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, November 2, 2025
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: EVERLASTING PUNISHMENT
Prelude
Bryan Ashley, Organist of The Mother Church
Adagio (from Sonata No. 1 in E-flat Major), BWV 525/2 by Johann Sebastian Bach
Prayer by H.M. Higgs
Hymn 383
Mary W. Hale*, words
William Horsley, music
Whatever dims thy sense of truth
Or stains thy purity,
Though light as breath of summer air,
O count it sin to thee.
Preserve the tablet of thy thoughts
From every blemish free,
For our Redeemer’s holy faith
Its temple makes with thee.
And pray of God, that grace be given
To tread the narrow way:
How dark soever it may seem,
It leads to cloudless day.
Scriptural Selection
Lev. 19:2
Mal. 3:1–7, 10–12
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 443
Juliane Klein; eng. tr. CSPS, words
Juliane Klein, music
Be gentle, be pure.
Since Spirit keeps all secure,
No pain or fear has power.
Be gentle, be pure;
Love guards, Love guides this hour.
Be tranquil, be free.
Since Life holds both you and me,
We know what Life has wrought.
Be tranquil, be free;
Infirmity is nought.
Be watchful, be still.
Then listen for Love’s clear will
Which keeps us safe, at ease.
Be watchful, be still;
Assured your God you’ll please.
Be joyful, be calm.
As Soul’s own melodious psalm,
Each day you’re sung anew.
Be joyful, be calm;
Know well that God loves you.
English translation, Music © 2016 The Christian Science Board of Directors.
Notices
Solo
Kendra Fogg, Soloist of The Mother Church
Feed My Sheep
Shepherd, show me how to go
O’er the hillside steep,
How to gather, how to sow, —
How to feed Thy sheep;
I will listen for Thy voice,
Lest my footsteps stray;
I will follow and rejoice
All the rugged way.
Thou wilt bind the stubborn will,
Wound the callous breast,
Make self-righteousness be still,
Break earth’s stupid rest.
Strangers on a barren shore,
Lab’ring long and lone,
We would enter by the door,
And Thou know’st Thine own;
So, when day grows dark and cold,
Tear or triumph harms,
Lead Thy lambkins to the fold,
Take them in Thine arms;
Feed the hungry, heal the heart,
Till the morning’s beam;
White as wool, ere they depart,
Shepherd, wash them clean.
Words by Mary Baker Eddy
Music by Simon Clark
Music © 2011 Simon Clark, Courtesy of Watchfire Music, all rights reserved
Explanatory Note
Golden Text and Responsive Reading
Golden Text:
Isaiah 1:16 (to 1st ;)
Wash you, make you clean;
Responsive Reading:
Matthew 5:8
Psalms 25:1, 6, 7, 18, 20, 21; 9:7 the (to :), 8, 10, 11
Matt. 5:8 Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.
Ps. 25:1 Unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul.
6 Remember, O Lord, thy tender mercies and thy loving kindnesses; for they have been ever of old.
7 Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions: according to thy mercy remember thou me for thy goodness’ sake, O Lord.
18 Look upon mine affliction and my pain; and forgive all my sins.
20 O keep my soul, and deliver me: let me not be ashamed; for I put my trust in thee.
21 Let integrity and uprightness preserve me; for I wait on thee.
9:7 . . . the Lord shall endure for ever:
8 And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness.
10 And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for thou, Lord, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.
11 Sing praises to the Lord, which dwelleth in Zion: declare among the people his doings.
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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Meditation by Edward M. Read
Hymn 15
based on the Danish of Bernhard S. Ingemann, words
C. Christian Hoffman, music
As gold by fire is tested,
Its purity shown forth,
So cleansing fires of Truth may prove
To man his native worth.
And as a mirror shows us
A likeness clear and bright,
So God forever sees His child
Revealed in radiant light.
’Twas thus the loving Master
Saw man’s perfection shine,
Beheld God’s child forever pure
In radiance all divine.
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.
I Thess. 3:12 the, 13
Postlude
Litanies by Jehan Alain
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