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, April 22, 2026
Susan Booth Mack Snipes, First Reader
Bryan Ashley, Organist
Prelude
Adagio e dolce ( from Sonata No. 3 in D minor BWV 527) by Johann Sebastian Bach
Prière (Prayer) by Clément Loret
Hymn 587
Kathryn Paulson Grounds, alt., words
Peter Johnson, music
There is a presence walks with us
On every pathless way,
A light outshining midday sun
However dark the day.
We reach our hand—and feel God near;
We cry—and She replies.
We open eyes that sense had dimmed;
We stretch our wings and rise
Above the mist, above the dark,
Above the threats of fear,
Upheld by Love that never fails
And is forever near.
We cannot stray beyond Love’s care,
For Love does fill all space;
And where we go the path is marked
By angels of Love’s grace.
Words © 1988 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 566
Frederic W. Root, based on a hymn by A. M. Toplady, words
James H. Hegarty, music
Rock of Ages, Truth divine,
Be Thy strength forever mine;
Let me rest secure on Thee,
Safe above life’s raging sea.
Rock of Ages, Truth divine,
Be Thy strength forever mine.
Rock of Truth, our fortress strong,
Thou our refuge from all wrong,
When from mortal sense I flee,
Let me hide myself in Thee.
Rock of Ages, Truth divine,
Be Thy strength forever mine.
Christ, the Truth, foundation sure,
On this rock we are secure;
Peace is there our life to fill,
Cure is there for every ill.
Rock of Ages, Truth divine,
Be Thy strength forever mine.
Music © 2017 The Christian Science Board of Directors.
Notices
Experiences, testimonies and remarks on Christian Science
Hymn 586
Pablo Sosa, adapt.; eng. tr. Mary Louise Bringle, adapt., words
Pablo Sosa; harm. and arr. CSPS, music
REFRAIN
This is the day, this is the day,
This is the day that God has made!
Open, now open the doorways of justice,
Let us be glad as we pass through those gates.
There is the place where the righteous may enter,
Singing to God with thanksgiving and praise.
REFRAIN
I will sing praises because You have heard me,
Offering salvation with grace upon grace.
Turning the stone that the builders rejected,
Into the cornerstone, rock of our faith.
REFRAIN
It is the Lord who has done all these wonders;
I have seen marvelous, marvelous things.
This is the day that the Lord has created;
Join the rejoicing as every heart sings.
REFRAIN
Words and Music © 1983 GIA Publications, Incorporated. All rights reserved. Used by permission. English translation © 2006 GIA Publications, Incorporated. All rights reserved. Used by permission.
Postlude
Come God, Creator, Holy Ghost, BWV 667 by Johann Sebastian Bach
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