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, December 10, 2025
Lisa Rennie Sytsma, Guest First Reader
Hymns: Bryan Ashley, Organist
Voluntaries: Stephen Loher, Assistant Organist
Prelude
Voluntary on Willingham (Hymn 359)
Hymn 359
William P. McKenzie, words
Franz Abt, music
Trust the Eternal when the shadows gather,
When joys of daylight seem so like a dream;
God the unchanging pities like a father;
Trust on and wait, the daystar yet shall gleam.
Trust the Eternal, for the clouds that vanish
No more can move the mountains from their base
Than sin’s illusive wreaths of mist can banish
Light from His throne or loving from His face.
Trust the Eternal, and repent in meekness
Of that heart’s pride which frowns and will not
yield,
Then to thy child-heart shall come strength in weakness,
And thine immortal life shall be revealed.
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 222
Phillips Brooks, words
Lewis H. Redner, music
O little town of Bethlehem,
How still we see thee lie;
Above thy deep and dreamless sleep
The silent stars go by;
Yet in thy dark streets shineth
The everlasting Light;
The hopes and fears of all the years
Are met in thee tonight.
O morning stars, together
Proclaim the holy birth,
And praises sing to God the King,
And peace to men on earth;
Where charity stands watching
And faith holds wide the door,
The dark night wakes, the glory breaks,
And Christmas comes once more.
How silently, how silently,
The wondrous gift is given;
So God imparts to human hearts
The blessings of His heaven.
No ear may hear his coming,
But in this world of sin,
Where meekness will receive him, still
The dear Christ enters in.
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 588
Fenella Bennetts, alt., words
British melody; arr. Fenella Bennetts, music
Though I may speak with moving words,
Which can inspire the human heart,
But have no love to seal their worth,
They are but sham and empty art.
Though I may give my worldly goods
Without a thought of self or gain,
Unless they bear the fruits of love,
They are as clouds without their rain.
Though I may search the deepest books,
Companion with the wisest men,
God’s loving voice still calls to me,
It bids me turn and look again.
Now I would learn to know this Love
Through meek and patient ministry,
Until my life has grown anew
And Love is All-in-all to me.
Words and Music arrangement © 2008 Fenella Bennetts.
Postlude
Voluntary on O Waly Waly (Hymn 588)
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