At Wednesday testimony meetings, you’ll hear hymns and readings specially selected for the day from the Bible and Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy. Scriptural selections are from the King James Version of the Bible. You’ll also hear testimonies of healing and remarks on Christian Science submitted by listeners.
Wednesday, August 5, 2026
Susan Booth Mack Snipes, First Reader
Hymns: Bryan Ashley, Organist
Voluntaries: Stephen Loher, Assistant Organist
Prelude
Voluntary on Ville Du Havre (Hymn 596)
Hymn 596
Horatio G. Spafford, adapt., words
Philip P. Bliss, music
When peace, like a river, flows calmly each day,
Or sorrows like seas surge and roll,
Whatever my lot, Love has taught me to say,
It is well, it is well with my soul.
REFRAIN
It is well with my soul,
It is well, it is well with my soul.
Though terror may buffet, my joy is innate.
This unchanging thought is my goal:
That God has created my spiritual state,
And has given me strength in my soul.
REFRAIN
Lord, hasten the day when my faith shall be sight,
The clouds be rolled back as a scroll.
When trumpets shall sound and we all see the light,
I will sing, it is well with my soul.
REFRAIN
Words adaptation © 2017 The Christian Science Board of Directors.
Readings
Readings from the Bible, and correlative passages from Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures.
Prayer
Silent Prayer, followed by the audible repetition of the Lord's Prayer, its spiritual interpretation being omitted.
Hymn 346
John Marriott*, words
Arr. from Felice de Giardini, music
Thou whose almighty Word
Chaos and darkness heard,
And took their flight;
Hear us, we humbly pray,
And where the Gospel-day
Sheds not its glorious ray,
Let there be light.
Christ, thou dost come to bring
On thy redeeming wing
Healing and sight,
Health to the sick in mind,
Sight to the inly blind;
Ah, now to all mankind
Let there be light.
Spirit of truth and love,
Life-giving, holy dove,
Speed forth thy flight;
Move on the waters’ face,
Bearing the lamp of grace,
And in earth’s darkest place
Let there be light.
Notices
Experiences, testimonies and remarks on Christian Science
To submit a testimony, scroll down to the bottom of this webpage to the section that says “Testimonies."
Hymn 533
Pauline T., adapt., alt., words
Robert Lowry; harm. Robert Rockabrand, music
My life flows on in endless song
Above earth’s lamentation;
I hear the sweet though far-off hymn
That hails a new creation.
Through all the tumult and the strife
I hear the music ringing;
It finds an echo in my soul.
How can I keep from singing?
What though my human comforts die,
The Lord my Savior liveth;
What though the darkness gather round,
Songs in the night God giveth.
No storm can shake my inmost calm
While to that Rock I’m clinging;
Since Love is God of heaven and earth,
How can I keep from singing?
I lift mine eyes, the cloud grows thin;
I see the blue above it.
And day by day this pathway smooths
Since first I learned to love it.
The peace of Christ makes fresh my heart,
A fountain ever springing;
All things are mine since I am God’s.
How can I keep from singing?
Words adaptation and Music harmonization © 2008 The Christian Science Board of Directors.
Postlude
Voluntary on Endless Song (Hymn 533)
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