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Sunday services are conducted by a First and Second Reader and include music, hymns, prayer, and readings from the Bible and Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy. Unless otherwise indicated, Scriptural selections are from the King James Version of the Bible.
Sunday, October 2, 2022
Unless otherwise indicated, Scriptural quotations are from the King James Version of the Bible.
Mimi Oka, First Reader
Don Wallingford, Second Reader
Subject: UNREALITY
Prelude:
Bryan Ashley, Organist of The Mother Church
Psalm Prelude Set 1, Op. 32: No. 1 (Psalm 34:6) by Herbert Howells
Finale: Andante (from Sonata VI) by Felix Mendelssohn
Hymn 5
Irving C. Tomlinson, words
English Traditional Melody Arr. by Ralph Vaughan Williams, music
A voice from heaven we have heard,
The call to rise from earth;
Put armor on, the sword now gird,
And for the fight go forth.
The foe in ambush claims our prize,
Then heed high heaven's call.
Obey the voice of Truth, arise,
And let not fear enthrall.
The cause requires unswerving might:
With God alone agree.
Then have no other aim than right;
End bondage, O be free.
Depart from sin, awake to love:
Your mission is to heal.
Then all of Truth you must approve,
And only know the real.
Scriptural Selection
I John 5:1, 4, 5, 6 3rd And, 9–11, 13–15, 18 he, 20
Prayer
Silent prayer, followed by the audible repetition of the Lord’s Prayer with its spiritual interpretation by Mary Baker Eddy
(Read in context)
Hymn 299
Mary Baker Eddy, words
Walter E. Young, music
Saw ye my Saviour? Heard ye the glad sound?
Felt ye the power of the Word?
'Twas the Truth that made us free,
And was found by you and me
In the life and the love of our Lord.
Mourner, it calls you,—“Come to my bosom,
Love wipes your tears all away,
And will lift the shade of gloom,
And for you make radiant room
Midst the glories of one endless day.”
Sinner, it calls you,—“Come to this fountain,
Cleanse the foul senses within;
'Tis the Spirit that makes pure,
That exalts thee, and will cure
All thy sorrow and sickness and sin.”
Strongest deliverer, friend of the friendless,
Life of all being divine:
Thou the Christ, and not the creed;
Thou the Truth in thought and deed;
Thou the water, the bread, and the wine.
Notices
Solo
Josh Henn, Soloist of The Mother Church
Truth
Words from the Bible
Music by Don Humphreys
And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free,
and the truth shall make you free.
For the Lord is good, His mercy is everlasting;
His truth endureth to all generations.
The Lord is good, His mercy is everlasting, and His
truth endureth through all generations.
Stand fast, therefore, having your loins gird about with the truth,
and having on the breastplate of righteousness,
the breastplate of righteousness.
Stand fast, therefore, having your loins gird about with
the truth, stand fast, stand fast.
For the Lord is good, His mercy is everlasting;
His truth endureth to all generations.
His mercy is everlasting;
His truth endureth to all generations.
And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free,
And the truth shall make you free.
Copyright © 1956 by R.D. Row Music Company New York, NY International Copyright Secured.
All rights reserved.
Explanatory Note
Golden Text and Responsive Reading
Golden Text: Job 34:4
Let us judge for ourselves what is right; let us decide together what is good.
The Golden Text is from the Christian Standard Bible®.
Responsive Reading: James 3:11–13 (to ?); Psalms 37:3–6, 18, 23, 27, 28 (to :), 29, 31 (to ;)
11 Doth a fountain send forth at the same place sweet water and bitter?
12 Can the fig tree, my brethren, bear olive berries? either a vine, figs? so can no fountain both yield salt water and fresh.
13 Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you?
3 Trust in the Lord, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.
4 Delight thyself also in the Lord; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.
5 Commit thy way unto the Lord; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass.
6 And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday.
18 The Lord knoweth the days of the upright: and their inheritance shall be for ever.
23 The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord: and he delighteth in his way.
27 Depart from evil, and do good; and dwell for evermore.
28 For the Lord loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints; they are preserved for ever:
29 The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell therein for ever.
31 The law of his God is in his heart;
The Bible Lesson-Sermon, the Explanatory Note, Golden Text and Responsive Reading are from the Christian Science Quarterly Bible Lesson, a publication copyrighted by the Christian Science Publishing Society.
Offertory and collection
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Sinfonia to Cantata No.106 (arr. E. Power Biggs) by Johann Sebastian Bach
Hymn 72
Charles Wesley and John Taylor, adapted, words
Samuel Webbe, music
Glory be to God on high,
God whose glory fills the sky;
Peace on earth to man is given,
Man, the well-beloved of heaven.
Gracious Father, in Thy love,
Send Thy blessings from above;
Let Thy light, Thy truth, Thy peace
Bid all strife and tumult cease.
Mark the wonders of His hand:
Power no empire can withstand;
Wisdom, angels' glorious theme;
Goodness one eternal stream.
All ye people, raise the song,
Endless thanks to God belong;
Hearts o'erflowing with His praise,
Join the hymns your voices raise.
Scientific Statement of Being
From Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy, p.468, line 8
Correlative Scripture
I John 3:1-3
Benediction
II Corinthians 3:3 ye (to ;), 17 and
Postlude
Fugue in G minor, BWV 542/2 by Johann Sebastian Bach
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