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 1, 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: EVERLASTING PUNISHMENT
Prelude:
Bryan Ashley, Organist
From God I Will Not Part, BWV 658 by Johann Sebastian Bach
Cantilene (from Sonata No. 11 in D minor, Op. 148) by Josef Rheinberger
Hymn 371
Margaret Morrison, words
Hebrew Melody, music
We lift our hearts in praise,
O God of Life, to Thee,
And would reflect in all our ways
Thy purity.
Thy thoughts our lives enfold,
And free us from all fear;
All strife is stilled, all grief consoled,
For Thou art here.
We lift our hearts in praise,
O God of Truth, to Thee,
And find within Thy perfect law
Our liberty.
We bless Thy mighty name
In this exalted hour,
And to the world in faith proclaim
Thy healing power.
We lift our hearts in praise,
O God of Love, to Thee,
With joy to find through darkened days
Thy harmony.
O Father-Mother Love,
We triumph ’neath Thy rod,
We glory in Thy light, and prove
That Thou art God.
Scriptural Selection
Psalms 119:10–12, 18, 19, 24, 32–35, 60, 62, 66, 77, 80, 89, 97–104, 111, 112
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 329
Frederic W. Root, words
Joseph Barnby, music
The heavens declare the glory
Of Him who made all things;
Each day repeats the story,
Each night its tribute brings.
To earth’s remotest border
His mighty power is known;
In beauty, grandeur, order,
His handiwork is shown.
His law man’s pathway brightens,
His judgments all are pure,
His Word the thought enlightens,
And ever shall endure.
To heed His testimony,
And Wisdom’s way to hold,
Is sweeter far than honey,
And better far than gold.
In daily contemplation
Of Thee, I take delight;
O, let my meditation
Lay hold of Thee aright.
O, aid me in suppression
Of idle thought or word;
O, keep me from transgression,
Redeemer, strength, and Lord.
Notices
Solo
Kendra Fogg, Soloist of The Mother Church
In His Eyes
In His eyes you’re a fire that never goes out
A light on the top of a hill
In His eyes you’re a poet a painter a prophet
With a mission of love to fulfill
Outside there’s a world so enchantingly strange
A maze of illusion and lies
But there’s never a story that ever could change
The glory of you in His eyes
In His eyes you’re a radiant vision of beauty
A gemstone cut one of a kind
You’re fine as a diamond deep as a ruby
Rare as a jade in His mind
No need to believe all you may have been told
No need to live in disguise
You’re brighter than silver purer than gold
A pearl beyond price in His eyes
You’re an innocent child in the sight of His face
No cause for blame or fear or disgrace
He sees only goodness His vision is true
And nothing can change the perfection of you in His eyes
In His eyes you’re a fire that never goes out
A light on the top of a hill
You’re a rose in the forest a prelude from Bach
A triumph of heavenly skill
Outside there’s a world that keeps breaking your heart
And tearing your dreams down to size
But guiding you homeward piercing the dark
Is the love-light that shines in His eyes
Now and forever that light never dies
You’re dearly beloved in His eyes
Words by Mindy Jostyn and Jacob Brackman
Music by Mindy Jostyn
©1998 Say No More Publishing (BMI) & Maya Productions Ltd. (ASCAP)
PO Box 1089, Hudson, NY 12534
This arrangement by L. Nelson Wolf
All Rights Reserved.
Explanatory Note
Subject: EVERLASTING PUNISHMENT
Golden Text and Responsive Reading
Golden Text:
Psalms 40:8, 17 thou (to 2nd ;)
I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart. . . . thou art my help and my deliverer;
Responsive Reading:
Psalms 71:1, 3 (to ;); 40:11 let
Luke 15:11–14 A, 17, 20–22, 24 (to 1st .)
Ps. 71:1 In thee, O Lord, do I put my trust: let me never be put to confusion.
3 Be thou my strong habitation, whereunto I may continually resort: thou hast given commandment to save me;
40:11 . . . let thy lovingkindness and thy truth continually preserve me.
Luke 15:11 . . . A certain man had two sons:
12 And the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of goods that falleth to me. And he divided unto them his living.
13 And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living.
14 And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that land; and he began to be in want.
17 And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father’s have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger!
20 And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.
21 And the son said unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in thy sight, and am no more worthy to be called thy son.
22 But the father said to his servants, Bring forth the best robe, and put it on him; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet:
24 For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found.
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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Andante religioso (from Sonata IV) by Felix Mendelssohn
Hymn 342
Laura Lee Randall, words
F. Mendelssohn, arr. by E. J. Hopkins, music
This is the day the Lord hath made;
Be glad, give thanks, rejoice;
Stand in His presence, unafraid,
In praise lift up your voice.
All perfect gifts are from above,
And all our blessings show
The amplitude of God’s dear love
Which every heart may know.
The Lord will hear before we call,
And every need supply;
Good things are freely given to all
Who on His word rely.
We come today to bring Him praise
Not for such gifts alone,
But for the higher, deeper ways
In which His love is shown.
For sin destroyed, for sorrow healed,
For health and peace restored;
For Life and Love by Truth revealed,
We thank and bless the Lord.
This is the day the Lord hath made,
In praise lift up your voice.
In shining robes of joy arrayed,
Be glad, give thanks, rejoice.
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:
Psalms 45:2
Postlude
Fugue in E-flat Major, BWV 552/2 ("St. Anne") by J.S. Bach
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