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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 11, 2025
Unless otherwise indicated, Scriptural quotations are from the King James Version of the Bible.
Mimi Oka, First Reader
Don Wallingford, Second Reader
Subject: ADAM AND FALLEN MAN
Prelude:
Bryan Ashley, Organist of The Mother Church
Adagio e dolce (from Sonata No. 3 in D minor) BWV 527/2 by Johann Sebastian Bach
Psalm Prelude by Robert Hebble
Hymn 200
Author Unknown*, words
E. Norman Greenwood, music
O daughter of Zion, awake from thy sadness;
Awake, for thy foes shall oppress thee no more;
And bright o’er thy hills dawns the daystar of gladness;
Arise, for the night of thy sorrow is o’er.
O many thy foes, but the arm that subdued them
And scattered their legions was mightier far;
They fled like the chaff from the scourge that
pursued them,
For vain were their steeds and their chariots
of war.
O daughter of Zion, the power that hath saved thee,
Extolled with the harp and the timbrel should be;
Then shout, for the foe is destroyed that enslaved thee;
Th’ oppressor is vanquished, and Zion is free.
Scriptural Selection
Acts 27:1 they, 2 (to ;), 14 (to ,), 41 (to ;), 44 3rd And; 28:1–5, 7–9
II Cor. 10:1 (to 1st ,), 3–5; 13:8
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 184
Horatius Bonar, adapted, words
English Traditional Carol Sandys’ Collection, 1833, music
Make haste, O man, to do
Whatever must be done;
Thou hast no time to lose in sloth,
When all to Truth must come.
The useful and the great,
The thing that never dies,
The silent toil that is not lost,—
Set these before thine eyes.
Up, face the task and work;
Fling ease and self away;
This is no time for thee to sleep;
Up, watch, and work, and pray.
Notices
Solo
Kendra Fogg, Soloist of The Mother Church
God’s Tender Touch Awakens Me
Awake, awake out of sleep!
Awake out of slumber!
Awake out of doubt!
God’s tender touch awakens me.
Awake, God awakens me.
Awaking to the solace of His morn,
The peace and quiet of His dawn,
The tender touch of His omnipotence,
is heard in the leading of His voice.
The irradiance of Life shines so bright,
Filling thought with the warmth of His love.
The armor of Love embraces me, leads me, protects me, defends me.
Awake, awake out of sleep!
Awake out of slumber!
Awake out of doubt!
God’s tender touch awakens me.
Awake, God awakens me.
Darkness flees Fear subdues
Night abates Doubt dissolves
The night is Far spent, the day is at hand!
Awakened in the light of Love,
I step into the day of His making.
Seeing His creation pure and free,
being His perfect child immediately.
Awake, awake out of sleep!
Awake out of slumber!
Awake out of doubt!
God’s tender touch awakens me.
Awake, God awakens me.
Awake. Awake. Awake. Awake.
Lyrics by Lynn Jackson
Music by Jesus Fuentes
© Woodpecker Musicians LLC
Explanatory Note
Golden Text and Responsive Reading
Golden Text:
Revelation 12:9 the (to :)
. . . the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world:
Responsive Reading:
Mark 1:14 Jesus, 15; 16:17, 18
Luke 21:8, 15 I will; 10:3, 5, 9, 19, 20, 23 Blessed
Mark 1:14 . . . Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God,
15 And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.
16:17 And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues;
18 They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.
Luke 21:8 And he said, Take heed that ye be not deceived: for many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and the time draweth near: go ye not therefore after them.
15 . . . I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist.
10:3 Go your ways: behold, I send you forth as lambs among wolves.
5 And into whatsoever house ye enter, first say, Peace be to this house.
9 And heal the sick that are therein, and say unto them, The kingdom of God is come nigh unto you.
19 Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you.
20 Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven.
23 . . . Blessed are the eyes which see the things that ye see:
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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Meditation by Flor Peeters
Hymn 181
Rosemary B. Hackett, words
Arr. from L. van Beethoven, music
Loving Father, we Thy children
Look to Thee in fear’s dark night
While the angels of Thy presence
Guide us upward to the light.
Then we feel the power that lifts us
To Thy holy secret place,
Where our gloom is lost in glory
As we see Thee face to face.
We would learn, O gracious Father,
To reflect Thy healing love.
May we all awake to praise Thee
For Thy good gifts from above.
Make us strong to bear the message
To Thy children far and near:
Fear shall have no more dominion.
God is All, and heaven is here.
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 Cor. 2:14 thanks
Postlude
Praeludium in D, BuxWV 139 by Dietrich Buxtehude
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