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 3, 2026
Unless otherwise indicated, Scriptural quotations are from the King James Version of the Bible.
Melanie L. Daglian, Guest First Reader
Robert Witney, Second Reader
Subject: EVERLASTING PUNISHMENT
Prelude
Bryan Ashley, Organist of The Mother Church
Have Mercy Upon Me, O Lord God, BWV 721 by Johann Sebastian Bach
Cantabile by César Franck
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.
Scriptural Selection
Matt. 4: 17 Jesus
Matt. 5: 1-2, 20, 23, 24, 38, 39, 43-46
Matt. 6: 14
Matt. 7: 1-5, 13, 14, 24, 25
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 30
Mary Baker Eddy, words
Walter E. Young, music
Brood o’er us with Thy shelt’ring wing,
’Neath which our spirits blend
Like brother birds, that soar and sing,
And on the same branch bend.
The arrow that doth wound the dove
Darts not from those who watch and love.
If thou the bending reed wouldst break
By thought or word unkind,
Pray that his spirit you partake,
Who loved and healed mankind:
Seek holy thoughts and heavenly strain,
That make men one in love remain.
Learn, too, that wisdom’s rod is given
For faith to kiss, and know;
That greetings glorious from high heaven,
Whence joys supernal flow,
Come from that Love, divinely near,
Which chastens pride and earth-born fear,
Through God, who gave that word of might
Which swelled creation’s lay:
“Let there be light, and there was light.”
What chased the clouds away?
’Twas Love whose finger traced aloud
A bow of promise on the cloud.
Thou to whose power our hope we give,
Free us from human strife.
Fed by Thy love divine we live,
For Love alone is Life;
And life most sweet, as heart to heart
Speaks kindly when we meet and part.
Notices
Solo
Christa Seid-Graham, Guest Soloist of The Mother Church
Teach Me, O Lord
Teach me, O Lord, the way of thy statutes;
and I shall keep it unto the end.
Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law;
yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart.
Make me to go in the path of thy commandments;
for therein do I delight.
Incline my heart unto thy testimonies,
and not to covetousness.
Turn away my eyes from beholding vanity;
and quicken thou me in thy way.
Teach me, O Lord, the way of thy statutes;
and I shall keep it unto the end.
Teach me, O Lord, the way of thy statutes;
and I shall keep it unto the end.
Teach me, O Lord. Teach me, O Lord.
Words: Psalm 119
Music: Frank La Forge
© 1988 by Carl Fischer, Inc., New York,
International Copyright Secured
Explanatory Note
Golden Text and Responsive Reading
Golden Text:
Isaiah 54:8 with
. . . with everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee, saith the Lord thy Redeemer.
Responsive Reading:
Psalms 25:8 (to :), 9–11
Psalms 51:1–3 (to :), 6, 7 (to :), 9–12
Zephaniah 3:17
Ps. 25:8 Good and upright is the Lord:
9 The meek will he guide in judgment: and the meek will he teach his way.
10 All the paths of the Lord are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.
11 For thy name’s sake, O Lord, pardon mine iniquity; for it is great.
51:1 Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.
2 Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.
3 For I acknowledge my transgressions:
6 Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom.
7 Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean:
9 Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities.
10 Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.
11 Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me.
12 Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit.
Zeph. 3:17 The Lord thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing.
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.
Offertory and collection
During the offertory you're invited to participate in the collection via PayPal using a PayPal account or a credit card if you do not have a PayPal account.
Cantabile Nr. 2 "For you" by Enrico Pasini
Hymn 438
John Newton, adapt., words
American melody, Shaw and Spillman’s Columbian Harmony, 1829; harm. and arr. Robert Rockabrand, music
Amazing grace! how sweet the sound,
That saved a soul like me.
I once was lost, but now am found,
Was blind, but now I see.
’Twas grace that taught my heart to fear,
And grace my fears relieved;
How precious did that grace appear
The hour I first believed!
Through many dangers, toils, and snares,
I have already come;
’Tis grace has brought me safe thus far,
And grace will lead me home.
The Lord has promised good to me,
His word my hope secures;
He will my shield and portion be
As long as life endures.
Music arrangement © 2008 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
II Thess. 2: 16 our Father, 17
Postlude
Fugue in B minor, BWV 544/2 by J.S. Bach
Copyright
Please note that the words to certain hymns and solos cannot be republished without permission due to copyright restrictions. Copyrighted Music included in today's streaming church service, including display of lyrics on this page if applicable, is either owned by the Church, directly licensed, or covered by one or more of the following licenses:
ONE LICENSE - Streaming/Podcast License #A-700000
Christian Copyright Solutions - WORSHIPcast License #5885
Christian Copyright Licensing International - CCLI Streaming License #3949277
For branches of The Mother Church streaming their hybrid services, please see the guidelines. For all other requests to use music owned by the Church, email permissions@csps.com.
Replays are not available by phone.
Dial: 1-646-558-8656
Access code: 969 9392 8161#
Phone charges, if any, are the responsibility of the caller.
Toward the end of the service, a collection is taken. You're welcome to make a secure online donation via PayPal using a PayPal account or a credit card if you do not have a PayPal account. You may also make donations by mail.