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, January 7, 2026
Susan Booth Mack Snipes, First Reader
Bryan Ashley, Organist
Prelude
Communion, Op. 8 by Louis Vierne
Prelude on "Union Seminary" by Charles Callahan
Hymn 88
Thomas T. Lynch*, words
Schicht’s Choralbuch, 1819, music
Gracious Spirit, dwell with me:
I myself would gracious be,
And with words that help and heal
Would Thy life in mine reveal;
And with actions bold and meek
Christ’s own gracious spirit speak.
Truthful Spirit, dwell with me:
I myself would truthful be,
And with wisdom kind and clear
Let Thy life in mine appear;
And with actions brotherly
Follow Christ’s sincerity.
Mighty Spirit, dwell with me:
I myself would mighty be,
Mighty, that I may prevail
Where unaided man must fail;
Ever by triumphant hope
Pressing on and bearing up.
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 50
John Greenleaf Whittier*, words
C. Hubert H. Parry, music
Dear Lord and Father of us all,
Forgive our foolish ways;
Reclothe us in our rightful mind;
In purer lives Thy service find,
In deeper reverence, praise.
In simple trust like theirs who heard,
Beside the Syrian sea,
The gracious calling of the Lord,
Let us, like them, without a word
Rise up and follow thee.
Breathe through the pulses of desire
Thy coolness and Thy balm;
Let sense be dumb, let flesh retire;
Speak through the earthquake, wind and fire,
O still small voice of calm.
Drop Thy still dews of quietness,
Till all our strivings cease;
Take from us now the strain and stress,
And let our ordered lives confess
The beauty of Thy peace.
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 556
Agnes Chalmers, alt., words
Raymond David Burkhart, music
Our Father knows my need today;
I do not merely ask
For happy hours or golden way,
Or loving, helpful task;
But, with all trust in Love, I pray:
Our Father knows my need today.
Our Father knows my need this hour;
Where’er my steps may go,
The saving light from Truth’s high tower
Now leads me—this I know.
Yours is the majesty and power,
O Love divine, this day—this hour.
Our Mother knows this moment’s need,—
My work, my prayer, my song,
The healing word and Christlike deed.
Here where the way seems long,
Truth’s manna falls and I am fed;
Love’s light shines clear and I am led.
Love sets the earth-bound captive free;
And, mindful of Her own,
With loving care God’s leading me.
When wandering and lone,
I find in Truth the living way:
Our Mother knows my need today.
Music © 2016 The Christian Science Board of Directors.
Postlude
In Thee is Gladness, BWV 615 by Johann Sebastian Bach
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