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, October 11, 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: ARE SIN, DISEASE, and DEATH REAL?
Prelude
Bryan Ashley, Organist of The Mother Church
Communion (from Tryptique Op. 58) by Louis Vierne
Aria by Charles Callahan
Hymn 77
James Montgomery, words
Meiningen Gesangbuch, 1693, music
God is my strong salvation;
What foe have I to fear?
In darkness and temptation,
My light, my help is near:
Though hosts encamp around me,
Firm in the fight I stand;
What terror can confound me,
With God at my right hand?
Place on the Lord reliance;
My heart, with courage wait;
His truth be thine affiance,
When faint and desolate:
His might thy heart shall strengthen,
His love thy joy increase;
Thy day shall mercy lengthen:
The Lord will give thee peace.
Scriptural Selection
Jonah 1:1–6, 10, 12, 15, 17; 2:1–6, 8–10
Jonah 2:7
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 166
Henry Francis Lyte, adapted, words
Heinrich Albert, music
Know, O child, thy full salvation;
Rise o’er sin and fear and care;
Joy to find, in every station,
Something still to do, or bear.
Think what spirit dwells within thee;
Think what Father’s smiles are thine;
Think what Jesus did to win thee;
Child of heaven, can’st thou repine?
Haste thee on from grace to glory,
Armed with faith and winged with prayer;
Heaven’s eternal day before thee,
God’s own hand shall guide thee there.
So fulfill thy holy mission,
Swift shall pass thy pilgrim-days,
Hope shall change to glad fruition,
Faith to sight and prayer to praise.
Notices
Solo
Rebecca Minor, Guest Soloist of The Mother Church
The Master’s Voice
Come unto me, the Savior said,
Learn of me, listen to my words,
The multitudes that followed there in Galilee,
Marveled at his wisdom,
At the truth they heard him speak,
For in the Master’s voice
They heard the pow’r that framed the heavens,
The peace that stilled the tempest,
The love that saves us all,
Oh, can you hear his voice
Re-echo o’er the ages,
With the promise of salvation to our souls?
With the hope of life and everlasting joy,
To the humble who will hear the Master’s voice.
Abide in me, the Savior said,
Walk with me in meekness and be blessed,
He taught them on the mountain,
He taught them by the sea,
In word and deed he taught them
And he said, “Come, follow me.”
And in the Master’s voice
They heard the pow’r that framed the heavens,
The peace that stilled the tempest,
The love that saves us all,
Oh, can you hear his voice
Re-echo o’er the ages,
With the promise of salvation to our souls?
With the hope of life and everlasting joy,
To the humble who will hear the Master’s voice.
Words and Music by Sally DeFord
© 2005 Sally DeFord
Explanatory Note
Subject: ARE SIN, DISEASE, and DEATH REAL?
Golden Text and Responsive Reading
Golden Text:
Job 32:8 there
. . . there is a spirit in man: and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth them understanding.
Responsive Reading:
Isaiah 33:6 wisdom (to :)
Psalms 103:2–4; 38:15, 18, 21, 22; 3:1–4 many, 7 (to :), 8
Isa. 33:6 . . . wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of thy times, and strength of salvation:
Ps. 103:2 Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits:
3 Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases;
4 Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies;
38:15 For in thee, O Lord, do I hope: thou wilt hear, O Lord my God.
18 For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin.
21 Forsake me not, O Lord: O my God, be not far from me.
22 Make haste to help me, O Lord my salvation.
3:1 . . . many are they that rise up against me.
2 Many there be which say of my soul, There is no help for him in God.
3 But thou, O Lord, art a shield for me; my glory, and the lifter up of mine head.
4 I cried unto the Lord with my voice, and he heard me out of his holy hill.
7 Arise, O Lord; save me, O my God:
8 Salvation belongeth unto the Lord: thy blessing is upon thy people.
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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Song by Flor Peeters
Hymn 522
para. Psalm 24 Georg Weissel; verses 1, 2 eng. tr. Catherine Winkworth, adapt.; verse 3 eng. tr. CSPS, words
German melody, Freylinghausen’s Gestreiches Gesangbuch, 1704; harm. Annette Ruth Söllinger, music
Lift up the door, the mighty gates,
Behold, the King of Glory waits!
Our King of kings is drawing near;
The Maker of the world is here.
Life and salvation He will bring,
A cause for us to gladly sing!
We sing our praise to You,
Creator, wise and true.
A God of help, integrity,
Whose chariot’s humility,
His kingly crown is holiness,
His scepter, mercy, all to bless –
To ev’ry woe an end He’ll bring;
A cause for us to gladly sing!
We thank You, Spirit true,
For mighty deeds from You.
Oh, bless the nation, bless the town,
That holds this King in high renown.
Oh, bless alike the heart and mind
Whose love for God together bind.
His righteousness will always bring
A cause for us to gladly sing!
Exalt our God above—
Who comforts with pure love.
English translation adaptation verses 1, 2, English translation verse 3, Music harmonization © 2017 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
Ps. 3:8 (to 1st .)
Postlude
Salvation Has Come to Us, BWV 638 by Johann Sebastian Bach
Postlude by William Mathias
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