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, January 25, 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: TRUTH
Prelude
Bryan Ashley, Organist of The Mother Church
Adagio (from Organ Symphony No. 3) by Louis Vierne
Finale: Andante (from Sonata VI) by Felix Mendelssohn
Hymn 460
verse 1 Robert Robinson, adapt., alt.; verses 2, 3 Eugene B. Navias, alt., words
American melody, Wyeth’s Repository of Sacred Music, Part Second, 1813, music
Come, O fount of every blessing,
Tune our hearts to sing Your grace.
Streams of mercy never ceasing,
Call for songs of deepest praise.
While the truth of life’s perfection
Fills our hearts with joy and love,
Teach us ever to be faithful,
May we still Your goodness prove.
Come, O fount of every vision,
Lift our eyes to what will come.
See the lion and the young lamb
Dwell together in Your home.
Hear the cries of war fall silent,
Feel our love glow like the sun.
When we all serve one another,
Then our heaven is begun.
Come, O fount of inspiration,
Turn our lives to higher ways.
Lift our gloom and desperation,
Show the promise of this day.
Help us bind ourselves in union,
Help our hands tell of our love.
With Your grace, O fount of justice,
Earth be fair as heaven above.
Words verses 2, 3 © 1991 Eugene B. Navias.
Scriptural Selection
Gen. 24:2–4, 10 (to ;), 11, 12, 15, 17–19, 22, 26–28, 50, 51, 58, 66, 67 (to :)
Ps. 86:15 thou
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 423
James J. Rome, words
Edward Dearle, music
Give me, O Lord, an understanding heart,
That I may learn to know myself in Thee,
To spurn the wrong and choose the better part
And thus from sinful bondage be set free.
Give me, O Lord, a meek and contrite heart,
That I may learn to quell all selfish pride,
Bowing before Thee, see Thee as Thou art
And ’neath Thy sheltering presence safely hide.
Give me, O Lord, a gentle, loving heart,
That I may learn to be more tender, kind,
And with Thy healing touch, each wound and smart
With Christly bands of Love and Truth to bind.
Notices
Solo
Robin Reinert, Guest Soloist of The Mother Church
Praise The Lord, O My Soul
Praise the Lord, O my soul,
And all that is within me,
Praise His holy name,
Who forgiveth all thy sin,
And healeth all thine infirmities,
Who saveth thy life from destruction,
And crowneth thee with mercy and loving kindness,
Praise the Lord, O my soul;
For all His works are done in truth.
Words from Psalms
Music by Maurice Greene
edited and arranged by E Stanley Roper
Explanatory Note
Golden Text and Responsive Reading
Golden Text:
Psalms 117:1, 2 the (to 1st .)
O praise the Lord, all ye nations: praise him, all ye people. . . . the truth of the Lord endureth for ever.
Responsive Reading:
Psalms 85:8 (to 1st :), 10–13; 89:1, 2, 5, 6, 8, 13, 14, 52
85:8 I will hear what God the Lord will speak:
10 Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other.
11 Truth shall spring out of the earth; and righteousness shall look down from heaven.
12 Yea, the Lord shall give that which is good; and our land shall yield her increase.
13 Righteousness shall go before him; and shall set us in the way of his steps.
89:1 I will sing of the mercies of the Lord for ever: with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations.
2 For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: thy faithfulness shalt thou establish in the very heavens.
5 And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O Lord: thy faithfulness also in the congregation of the saints.
6 For who in the heaven can be compared unto the Lord? who among the sons of the mighty can be likened unto the Lord?
8 O Lord God of hosts, who is a Lord God of hosts, who is a strong Lord like unto strong Lord like unto thee? or to thy faithfulness round about thee?
13 Thou hast a mighty arm: strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand.
14 Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face.
52 Blessed be the Lord for evermore. Amen, and Amen.
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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The Lord's Prayer by Maurice Duruflé
Hymn 505
Frank Hernandez, words
Frank Hernandez, music
REFRAIN
I will bless the Lord and give Him glory.
O I will bless His name and give Him glory.
The Lord is gracious and merciful,
Great in kindness and good to all.
The Lord is righteous in all His ways;
Bless the Lord and give Him praise.
REFRAIN
Words and Music © 1981 Frank Hernandez (administered by Bridgestone Multimedia Group, LLC). All rights reserved. Used by permission.
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
Ps. 98:2 (to :), 3
Postlude
Final (from Organ Symphony No. 1) by L. Vierne
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