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 17, 2025
Lisa Rennie Sytsma, Guest First Reader
Bryan Ashley, Organist
Prelude
Now Come, Saviour of the Nations, BuxWV 211 by Dietrich Buxtehude
Now Come, Saviour of the Nations, BWV 659 by Johann Sebastian Bach
Pastorale Symphony (from Messiah) by George Frideric Handel
Hymn 437
Joachim Neander; tr. Robert Bridges; adapt. Fenella Bennetts, alt., words
Herbert Howells, music
All my hope on God is founded;
Day by day my trust is new.
Through the trials of life He guides me,
Only good and only true.
God alone, dearly known,
Calls my heart to be His own.
Earthly treasures, pride and glory,
Human power and worldly trust,
Though with care and toil are builded,
In the end will fall to dust.
But God’s power, hour by hour,
Is my temple and my tower.
Daily does th’almighty Giver
Bounteous gifts on us bestow.
Love’s desire our soul delighteth,
Joy attends us where we go.
Blessings stand at God’s hand,
Healing flows at Love’s command.
Now from man to God eternal
Endless thanks and praise be sung.
Hearts made new are anthems raising
Through the love of Christ, His Son.
Hear God’s call, one and all,
We who follow shall not fall.
Words adaptation © 2008 Fenella Bennetts. Music © 1938 Novello & Company, Limited. All rights reserved. International copyright secured.
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 213
Isaac Watts*, words
William Croft, music
O God, our help in ages past,
Our hope for time to come,
Our shelter from the stormy blast,
And our eternal home.
Before the hills in order stood,
Or earth received her frame,
From everlasting Thou art God,
To endless years the same.
A thousand ages in Thy sight
Are like an evening gone,
Short as the watch that ends the night
Before the rising sun.
O God, our help in ages past,
Our hope for time to come,
Thou art our guard while ages last,
And our eternal home.
Notices
Experiences, testimonies and remarks on Christian Science
Hymn 362
John Morison, adapted, words
Georg Friedrich Händel, music
To us a Child of Hope is born,
To us a Son is given;
Him shall the tribes of earth obey,
And all the hosts of heaven.
His name shall be the Prince of Peace,
Forevermore adored;
The Wonderful, the Counsellor,
The great and mighty Lord.
His power, increasing, still shall spread;
His reign shall never cease;
For justice ever guards his throne,
And all his paths are peace.
Postlude
Now come, Saviour of the Nations, BWV 599 by J.S. Bach
Now come, Saviour of the Nations, P. 386 by Johann Pachelbel
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