At Wednesday testimony meetings, you’ll hear hymns and readings specially selected for the day from the Bible and Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy. Scriptural selections are from the King James Version of the Bible. You’ll also hear testimonies of healing and remarks on Christian Science submitted by listeners.
Wednesday, April 8, 2026
Susan Booth Mack Snipes, First Reader
Bryan Ashley, Organist
Prelude
Fantasie (Andante from Sonate No. 4) by Samuel de Lange, Sr.
Preludio by Filippo Capocci
Hymn 20
Kate L. Colby, adapted, words
Horatio W. Parker, music
Be true and list the voice within,
Be true unto thy high ideal,
Thy perfect self, that knows no sin,
That self that is the only real.
God is the only perfect One:
My perfect self is one with Him;
So man is seen as God’s own son,
When Truth dispels the shadows dim.
True to our God whose name is Love,
We shall fulfill our Father’s plan;
For true means true to God above,
To self, and to our fellow-man.
Readings
Readings from the Bible, and correlative passages from Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures.
Prayer
Silent Prayer, followed by the audible repetition of the Lord's Prayer, its spiritual interpretation being omitted.
Hymn 444
Harold Rogers, alt., words
Fenella Bennetts, music
Be still, my heart: you rest in Love divine;
God’s gracious touch has silenced grief and pain.
Love’s timeless Christ allows for no decline;
In changeless being shall your health remain.
Be still, my heart: your faithful only Friend
Secures your joyful voyage without end.
Be still, my heart: of present glories sing,
Instead of mourning for a troubled past.
Replace sad tunes with melodies that ring
Of God’s rich mercy and of blessings vast.
Be still, my heart: the winds and waves recede
When to God’s angel voices you give heed.
Be still, my heart: our God casts out all fears,
Assuring you that God and man are one;
And in that oneness here and now appears
Love’s everlasting life, with death outdone.
Be still, my heart: no lies, no tears, no curse
Can mar the rhythm of God’s universe.
Words © 1987 The Christian Science Board of Directors. Words alteration and Music © 2017 The Christian Science Board of Directors.
Notices
Experiences, testimonies and remarks on Christian Science
Hymn 157
Violet Hay, words
George Dyson, music
Jesus’ prayer for all his brethren:
Father, that they may be one,
Echoes down through all the ages,
Nor prayed he for these alone
But for all, that through all time
God’s will be done.
One the Mind and Life of all things,
For we live in God alone;
One the Love whose ever-presence
Blesses all and injures none.
Safe within this Love we find all
being one.
Day by day the understanding
Of our oneness shall increase,
Till among all men and nations
Warfare shall forever cease,
So God’s children all shall dwell
in joy and peace.
Postlude
Toccata & Ricercare in C by Johann Pachelbel
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