Sunday services are conducted by a First and Second Reader and include music, hymns, prayer, and readings from the Bible and Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy. Unless otherwise indicated, Scriptural selections are from the King James Version of the Bible.
Sunday, May 24, 2026
Unless otherwise indicated, Scriptural quotations are from the King James Version of the Bible.
Susan Booth Mack Snipes, First Reader
Robert Witney, Second Reader
Subject: SOUL AND BODY
Prelude
Bryan Ashley, Organist of The Mother Church
Gloria – Plein Jeu, Récit de Chromhorne by François Couperin
Dialogue sur la Voix humaine, Elevation – Tierce en Taille
Hymn 35
Charles Wesley, words
Arranged from “Treuer Heiland” Conrad Kocher, music
Christ, whose glory fills the skies,
Christ, the true, the perfect Light,
Sun of righteousness, arise,
Triumph o’er the shades of night;
Dayspring from on high, be near,
Daystar, in my heart appear.
Dark and cheerless is the morn
Uncompanioned, Lord, by thee;
Joyless is the day’s return,
Till thy mercy’s beams I see;
Till they inward light impart,
Glad my eyes, and warm my heart.
Visit then this soul of mine,
Pierce the gloom of sin and grief;
Fill me, radiancy divine,
Scatter all my unbelief;
More and more thyself display,
Shining to the perfect day.
Scriptural Selection
Gen. 1:1, 3, 4 (to :)
Ex. 34:27–32
Prayer
Silent prayer, followed by the audible repetition of the Lord’s Prayer with its spiritual interpretation by Mary Baker Eddy
(Read in context)
Hymn 513
Mary Baker Eddy, words
Andrew D. Brewis, music
It matters not what be thy lot,
So Love doth guide;
For storm or shine, pure peace is thine,
Whate’er betide.
And of these stones, or tyrants’ thrones,
God able is
To raise up seed—in thought and deed—
To faithful His.
Aye, darkling sense, arise, go hence!
Our God is good.
False fears are foes—truth tatters those,
When understood.
Love looseth thee, and lifteth me,
Ayont hate’s thrall:
There Life is light, and wisdom might,
And God is All.
The centuries break, the earth-bound wake,
God’s glorified!
Who doth His will—His likeness still—
Is satisfied.
Music © 2008 The Christian Science Board of Directors.
Notices
Solo
Tessa Frost, Guest Soloist of The Mother Church
You Are The Light Of The World
You are the light of the world
A city high on a hill
A shining promise fulfilled
You are the light of the world
There is no darkness in you
Truth is the sunlight that shines in the darkness
Bright as a song in the air
Our God is good, and good is everywhere
You are the light of the world
A city high on a hill
A shining promise fulfilled
You are the light of the world
There is no darkness in you
Let your light shine, let it glow in the darkness
Truth and Love filling the air
All good is God and God is everywhere
You are the light of the world
A city high on a hill
A shining promise fulfilled
You are the light of the world
There is no darkness in you.
Words and Music by Ann Stephan
© 2014 Ann Stephan
Explanatory Note
Golden Text and Responsive Reading
Golden Text:
Job 11:17 thou
. . . thou shalt shine forth, thou shalt be as the morning.
Responsive Reading:
Isaiah 61:1 (to 1st ;), 10 (to ;); 60:1, 2, 19–22 (to :)
Matthew 5:12 (to 1st :), 14–16
Isa. 61:1 The spirit of the Lord God is upon me;
10 I will greatly rejoice in the Lord, my soul shall be joyful in my God;
60:1 Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee.
2 For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people: but the Lord shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee.
19 The sun shall be no more thy light by day; neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee: but the Lord shall be unto thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy glory.
20 Thy sun shall no more go down; neither shall thy moon withdraw itself: for the Lord shall be thine everlasting light, and the days of thy mourning shall be ended.
21 Thy people also shall be all righteous: they shall inherit the land for ever, the branch of my planting, the work of my hands, that I may be glorified.
22 A little one shall become a thousand, and a small one a strong nation:
Matt. 5:12 Rejoice, and be exceeding glad:
14 Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.
15 Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house.
16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
The Bible Lesson-Sermon, the Explanatory Note, Golden Text and Responsive Reading are from the Christian Science Quarterly Bible Lesson, a publication copyrighted by the Christian Science Publishing Society.
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O Christ, Who Art the Light and Day by Johann Pachelbel
Hymn 589
Janet Hegarty, words
James H. Hegarty, music
Through pure love, God has commanded
Healing light to shine on earth.
And in our hearts there beams the same love—
Let the love of Christ shine bright.
REFRAIN
Rise and shine, your light has come,
God the everlasting sun.
Christ has given us this light—
Radiate God’s glory.
Jesus’ grace revealed God’s goodness,
Giving hope to all the world.
Love is the light that burns within us—
Let the life of Christ shine bright.
REFRAIN
God has made us in Love’s image,
Perfect, Christlike, pure, and free.
We all reflect this strength and power—
Let the mind of Christ shine bright.
REFRAIN
We are one with God forever,
One with Love eternally—
A perfect bond that can’t be broken—
Let the truth of Christ shine bright.
REFRAIN
Words and Music © 2016 The Christian Science Board of Directors.
Scientific Statement of Being
From Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy, p.468, line 8
Correlative Scripture
I John 3:1-3
Benediction
Numbers 6:24–26
Postlude
Toccata in E Minor by J. Pachelbel
In My Beloved God I Trust
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