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, March 22, 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: MATTER
Prelude
Stephen Loher, Assistant Organist of The Mother Church
Sheep May Safely Graze by Johann Sebastian Bach
Hymn 10
Frederic W. Root based on hymn by Martin Luther, words
Martin Luther, music
All power is given unto our Lord,
On Him we place reliance;
With truth from out His sacred word
We bid our foes defiance.
With Him we shall prevail,
Whatever may assail;
He is our shield and tower,
Almighty is His power;
His kingdom is forever.
Rejoice, ye people, praise His name,
His care doth e’er surround us.
His love to error’s thralldom came,
And from its chains unbound us.
Our Lord is God alone,
No other power we own;
No other voice we heed,
No other help we need;
His kingdom is forever.
O then give thanks to God on high,
Who life to all is giving;
The hosts of death before Him fly,
In Him we all are living.
Then let us know no fear,
Our King is ever near;
Our stay and fortress strong,
Our strength, our hope, our song;
His kingdom is forever.
Scriptural Selection
Luke 4:1–15
Matthew 7:15
John 6:63
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 8
Henry Francis Lyte, words
William H. Monk, music
Abide with me; fast falls the eventide;
The darkness deepens; Lord, with me abide.
When other helpers fail, and comforts flee,
Help of the helpless, O abide with me.
I need Thy presence every passing hour;
What but Thy grace can foil the tempter’s power?
Who like Thyself my guide and stay can be?
Through cloud and sunshine, O abide with me.
I fear no foe, with Thee at hand to bless;
Ills have no weight, and tears no bitterness;
Where is death’s sting? where, grave, thy victory?
I triumph still, if Thou abide with me.
Notices
Solo
Christa Seid-Graham, Guest Soloist of The Mother Church
Hear, O Israel
Hear, O Israel: the Lord our God is one Lord:
and thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart,
and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.
And these words which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart:
And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children,
And shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house,
and when thou walkest by the way,
when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
I am the Lord thy God,
which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt,
Out of the house of bondage.
Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
Hear, O Israel: the Lord thy God is one Lord.
Words from Deuteronomy 6 and Exodus 20
Music by Glenn Hardy
©2002 HardyMuse Publications
Courtesy of Watchfire Music, all rights reserved
Explanatory Note
Golden Text and Responsive Reading
Golden Text:
Galatians 6:7 (to ;)
Be not deceived;
Responsive Reading:
Matthew 6:19–21, 24; 24:4 Take
Psalms 92:4 thou, 5, 8 thou; 93:1, 2, 4, 5
Matt. 6:19 Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
20 But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:
21 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
24 No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
24:4 . . . Take heed that no man deceive you.
Ps. 92:4 . . . thou, Lord, hast made me glad through thy work: I will triumph in the works of thy hands.
5 O Lord, how great are thy works! and thy thoughts are very deep.
8 . . . thou, Lord, art most high for evermore.
93:1 The Lord reigneth, he is clothed with majesty; the Lord is clothed with strength, wherewith he hath girded himself: the world also is stablished, that it cannot be moved.
2 Thy throne is established of old: thou art from everlasting.
4 The Lord on high is mightier than the noise of many waters, yea, than the mighty waves of the sea.
5 Thy testimonies are very sure: holiness becometh thine house, O Lord, for ever.
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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Voluntary on Charlestown (Hymn 553)
Hymn 553
Mara Purl, alt., words
American melody, Pilsbury’s United States’ Sacred Harmony, 1799; arr. CSPS, music
Our desire to heed God’s calling
Lifts us to a new design,
Outlined by pure inspiration,
Rendered in Love’s graceful line.
When our own plans seem to crumble
Incomplete or ill-defined,
Let us turn to God’s creation,
Always perfectly aligned.
With the model right before us,
Perfect God and perfect man,
Let God’s wholeness reign within us,
Let Mind’s will perfect our plan.
Far beyond the bounds of matter,
Unrestrained by fear or time,
All our plans unfold together
In Soul’s harmony and rhyme.
Words © 1985 The Christian Science Board of Directors. Words alteration and Music arrangement © 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
James 1:12
Postlude
Processional by Felix Mendelssohn
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