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Hymns and Readings from the Wednesday Testimony Meeting on June 2nd, 2021
Hymns 91, 396, 278 The Bible: Exodus 24:7 Deuteronomy 4:29-40 if 2 Corinthians 8:7-16 Job 36:5-11 Daniel 4:1, 4-6, 18-19, 24-37 to : Matthew 14:22-33 Acts 3:1-8 Jeremiah 42:6 we will obey Romans 6:16-18 Science and Health: 410:4-21 54:1-17 31:12-13, 14-22 323:13-324:18 471:31-12 349:18-21, 24-11 463:21-28 573:23-2
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Hymns and Readings from the Wednesday Testimony Meeting on May 19th, 2021
Hymns: 88, 240, 221 The Bible 1 Samuel 12:6-7 It Isaiah 1:18 to :, 19 Luke 5:12-31 Mark 4:1-8, 10-24 2 Corinthians 3:17-18 Matthew 11:25-30 Philippians 3:13-17, 20 Science and Health 114:23-29 327:24-329:13 494:15-495:24 396:22-397:22 376:17-11 347:23-2 315:29-11 Hymns and Readings from the Wednesday Testimony Meeting on May 5th, 2021
Hymns: 54, 341, 472 The Bible Isaiah 65:18-19, 1-24 Matthew 6:8 for 1 Kings 19:1-15 2 Kings 6:1-23 Psalms 16:5-11 Job 5:8-17, 27 Psalms 33:4-11, 20-21 Science and Health 2:23-3:24 96:12-98:8 227:21-228:24 276:12-28 331:11 84:3-23 243:4-29 355:11 Hymns and readings from testimony meeting April 28, 2021 Hymn 412 O dreamer, leave thy dreams for joyful waking, / O captive, rise and sing, for thou art free; / The Christ is here, all dreams of error breaking, / Unloosing bonds of all captivity. He comes to bless thee on his wings of healing; / To banish pain, and wipe all tears away; / He comes anew, to humble hearts revealing / The mounting footsteps of the upward way. He comes to give thee joy for desolation, / Beauty for ashes of the vanished years; / For every tear to bring full compensation, / To give thee confidence for all thy fears. He comes to call the dumb to joyful singing; / The deaf to hear; the blinded eyes to see; / The glorious tidings of salvation bringing. / O captive, rise, thy Saviour comes to thee. THE BIBLE The prophet that hath a dream, let him tell a dream; and he that hath my word, let him speak my word faithfully. What is the chaff to the wheat? saith the LORD. Is not my word like as a fire? saith the LORD; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces? (Jeremiah 23:28, 29) And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams, wherewith his spirit was troubled, and his sleep brake from him. ... Then spake the Chaldeans to the king in Syriac, O king, live for ever: tell thy servants the dream, and we will shew the interpretation. The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, The thing is gone from me: if ye will not make known unto me the dream, with the interpretation thereof, ye shall be cut in pieces, and your houses shall be made a dunghill. ... ... ¶ The Chaldeans answered before the king, and said, There is not a man upon the earth that can shew the king's matter: therefore there is no king, lord, nor ruler, that asked such things at any magician, or astrologer, or Chaldean. ... Then Daniel went in, and desired of the king that he would give him time, and that he would shew the king the interpretation. ... ... ¶ Then was the secret revealed unto Daniel in a night vision. Then Daniel blessed the God of heaven. Daniel answered and said, Blessed be the name of God for ever and ever: for wisdom and might are his: And he changeth the times and the seasons: he removeth kings, and setteth up kings: he giveth wisdom unto the wise, and knowledge to them that know understanding: He revealeth the deep and secret things: he knoweth what is in the darkness, and the light dwelleth with him. I thank thee, and praise thee, O thou God of my fathers, who hast given me wisdom and might, and hast made known unto me now what we desired of thee: for thou hast now made known unto us the king's matter. ... Daniel answered in the presence of the king, and said, The secret which the king hath demanded cannot the wise men, the astrologers, the magicians, the soothsayers, shew unto the king; But there is a God in heaven that revealeth secrets, and maketh known to the king Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the latter days. Thy dream, and the visions of thy head upon thy bed, are these; ... ... ¶ Thou, O king, sawest, and behold a great image. This great image, whose brightness was excellent, stood before thee; and the form thereof was terrible. This image's head was of fine gold, his breast and his arms of silver, his belly and his thighs of brass, His legs of iron, his feet part of iron and part of clay. Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces. Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshingfloors; and the wind carried them away, that no place was found for them: and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth. ¶ This is the dream; and we will tell the interpretation thereof before the king. ... ... Thou art this head of gold. And after thee shall arise another kingdom inferior to thee, and another third kingdom of brass, which shall bear rule over all the earth. ... And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever. Forasmuch as thou sawest that the stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it brake in pieces the iron, the brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold; the great God hath made known to the king what shall come to pass hereafter: and the dream is certain, and the interpretation thereof sure. (Daniel 2:1, 4,5, 10,16, 19–23; 27, 28, 31–36, 38 Thou, 39, 44, 45) ¶ The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God. Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain: And the glory of the LORD shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it. (Isaiah 40: 3–5) Behold, I will make thee a new sharp threshing instrument having teeth: thou shalt thresh the mountains, and beat them small, and shalt make the hills as chaff. Thou shalt fan them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the whirlwind shall scatter them: and thou shalt rejoice in the LORD, and shalt glory in the Holy One of Israel. (Isaiah 41: 15, 16) Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Cæsar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judæa, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of Ituræa and of the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias the tetrarch of Abilene, Annas and Caiaphas being the high priests, the word of God came unto John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness. And he came into all the country about Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins; As it is written in the book of the words of Esaias the prophet, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight. ... And as the people were in expectation, and all men mused in their hearts of John, whether he were the Christ, or not; John answered, saying unto them all, I indeed baptize you with water; but one mightier than I cometh, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire: Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and will gather the wheat into his garner; but the chaff he will burn with fire unquenchable. (Luke3: 1–4; 15–17) And after six days Jesus taketh Peter, James, and John his brother, and bringeth them up into an high mountain apart, And was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light. And, behold, there appeared unto them Moses and Elias talking with him. Then answered Peter, and said unto Jesus, Lord, it is good for us to be here: if thou wilt, let us make here three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias. While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him. And when the disciples heard it, they fell on their face, and were sore afraid. And Jesus came and touched them, and said, Arise, and be not afraid. And when they had lifted up their eyes, they saw no man, save Jesus only. And as they came down from the mountain, Jesus charged them, saying, Tell the vision to no man, until the Son of man be risen again from the dead. And his disciples asked him, saying, Why then say the scribes that Elias must first come? And Jesus answered and said unto them, Elias truly shall first come, and restore all things. But I say unto you, That Elias is come already, and they knew him not, but have done unto him whatsoever they listed. Likewise shall also the Son of man suffer of them. Then the disciples understood that he spake unto them of John the Baptist. (Matthew 17:1–13) For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty. For he received from God the Father honour and glory, when there came such a voice to him from the excellent glory, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. And this voice which came from heaven we heard, when we were with him in the holy mount. We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts: Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation. For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost. (II Peter 1:16–21) SCIENCE AND HEALTH FAN. Separator of fable from fact; that which gives action to thought. (586:7) The Science of Christianity comes with fan in hand to separate the chaff from the wheat. Science will declare God aright, and Christianity will demonstrate this declaration and its divine Principle, making mankind better physically, morally, and spiritually. (466: 26–31) For right reasoning there should be but one fact before the thought, namely, spiritual existence. (492: 3–4) All Science is divine. Human thought never projected the least portion of true being. Human belief has sought and interpreted in its own way the echo of Spirit, and so seems to have reversed it and repeated it materially; but the human mind never produced a real tone nor sent forth a positive sound. ... If Christendom resists the author's application of the word Science to Christianity, or questions her use of the word Science, she will not therefore lose faith in Christianity, nor will Christianity lose its hold upon her. (126: 8; 32–4) The terms Divine Science, Spiritual Science, Christ Science or Christian Science, or Science alone, she employs interchangeably, according to the requirements of the context. These synonymous terms stand for everything relating to God, the infinite, supreme, eternal Mind. It may be said, however, that the term Christian Science relates especially to Science as applied to humanity. Christian Science reveals God, not as the author of sin, sickness, and death, but as divine Principle, Supreme Being, Mind, exempt from all evil. It teaches that matter is the falsity, not the fact, of existence; that nerves, brain, stomach, lungs, and so forth, have — as matter — no intelligence, life, nor sensation. (127: 9–22) The spiritual reality is the scientific fact in all things. The spiritual fact, repeated in the action of man and the whole universe, is harmonious and is the ideal of Truth. Spiritual facts are not inverted; the opposite discord, which bears no resemblance to spirituality, is not real. The only evidence of this inversion is obtained from suppositional error, which affords no proof of God, Spirit, or of the spiritual creation. Material sense defines all things materially, and has a finite sense of the infinite. (207:27) If you wish to know the spiritual fact, you can discover it by reversing the material fable, be the fable pro or con, — be it in accord with your preconceptions or utterly contrary to them. (129: 7) Disease arises, like other mental conditions, from association. Since it is a law of mortal mind that certain diseases should be regarded as contagious, this law obtains credit through association, — calling up the fear that creates the image of disease and its consequent manifestation in the body. This fact in metaphysics is illustrated by the following incident: A man was made to believe that he occupied a bed where a cholera patient had died. Immediately the symptoms of this disease appeared, and the man died. The fact was, that he had not caught the cholera by material contact, because no cholera patient had been in that bed. (154: 3–15) The transmission of disease or of certain idiosyncrasies of mortal mind would be impossible if this great fact of being were learned, — namely, that nothing inharmonious can enter being, for Life is God. (228: 3–6) In proportion as the belief disappears that life and intelligence are in or of matter, the immortal facts of being are seen, and their only idea or intelligence is in God. Spirit is reached only through the understanding and demonstration of eternal Life and Truth and Love. Every system of human philosophy, doctrine, and medicine is more or less infected with the pantheistic belief that there is mind in matter; but this belief contradicts alike revelation and right reasoning. A logical and scientific conclusion is reached only through the knowledge that there are not two bases of being, matter and mind, but one alone, — Mind. (279: 16–29) All that really exists is the divine Mind and its idea, and in this Mind the entire being is found harmonious and eternal. The straight and narrow way is to see and acknowledge this fact, yield to this power, and follow the leadings of truth. (151: 26–30) Matter cannot change the eternal fact that man exists because God exists. (544: 10–11) ELIAS. Prophecy; spiritual evidence opposed to material sense; Christian Science, with which can be discerned the spiritual fact of whatever the material senses behold; the basis of immortality. (585: 9–12) Hymn 226 O Lord of life, to Thee we lift / Our hearts in praise for those, / Thy prophets, who have shown Thy gift / Of grace that ever grows, / Of truth that spreads from shore to shore, / Of wisdom's widening ray, / Of light that shineth more and more / Unto Thy perfect day. Shine forth, O Light, that we may see, / With hearts all unafraid, / The meaning and the majesty / Of things that Thou hast made: / Shine forth, and let the darkling past / Beneath Thy beam grow bright; / Shine forth, and touch the future vast / With Thine untroubled light. Light up Thy word; the fettered page / From darkened bondage free: / Light up our way; lead forth this age / In love's large liberty. / O Light of light, within us dwell, / Through us Thy radiance pour, / That word and deed Thy truths may tell, / And praise Thee evermore. Hymns and Readings from the Wednesday Testimony Meeting on April 21, 2021
Hymns: 437, 157, 582 The Bible Psalm 18:6 Romans 3:4 II Chronicles 1:8-13 I Kings 3:11-12, 14-21, 23-28 Proverbs 19:22,25 Mark 6:34, 56 Psalm 27:4 Jeremiah 9:24 I John 2:14 Science and Health 269:3-8; 11-14 270: 1-13 275: 12-23 3:4-5 128: 27-6 307: 30-4 113:9-25 372: 6-13 333: 19-31 276: 1-11 Hymns and Readings Wednesday, April 14, 2021
Opening Hymn 88 Gracious Spirit, dwell with me: / I myself would gracious be, / And with words that help and heal / Would Thy life in mine reveal; / And with actions bold and meek / Christ's own gracious spirit speak. Truthful Spirit, dwell with me: / I myself would truthful be, / And with wisdom kind and clear / Let Thy life in mine appear; / And with actions brotherly / Follow Christ's sincerity. Mighty Spirit, dwell with me: / I myself would mighty be, / Mighty, that I may prevail / Where unaided man must fail; / Ever by triumphant hope / Pressing on and bearing up. READINGS THE BIBLE And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people. (Matthew 4:23) And it came to pass, that, as he was praying in a certain place, when he ceased, one of his disciples said unto him, Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples. And he said unto them, When ye pray, say, Our Father which art in heaven, ... Give us day by day our daily bread. (Luke 11:1, 2, 3) SCIENCE AND HEALTH Here let me give what I understand to be the spiritual sense of the Lord's Prayer: ... Give us this day our daily bread; Give us grace for to-day; feed the famished affections; (Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, pp. 16:24; 17:4) Grace and Truth are potent beyond all other means and methods. (Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 67:23) What we most need is the prayer of fervent desire for growth in grace, expressed in patience, meekness, love, and good deeds. (Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 4:3–5) THE BIBLE In your patience possess ye your souls. (Luke 21:19) Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit. (Ecclesiastes 7:8) For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise. For yet a little while, and he that shall come will come, and will not tarry. (Hebrews 10:36, 37) ... tribulation worketh patience; And patience, experience; and experience, hope: (Romans 5:3 tribulation, 4 ) My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience. But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing. (James 1:2–4) SCIENCE AND HEALTH Patience is symbolized by the tireless worm, creeping over lofty summits, persevering in its intent. (Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 515:4–5) God requires perfection, but not until the battle between Spirit and flesh is fought and the victory won. ... When we wait patiently on God and seek Truth righteously, He directs our path. Imperfect mortals grasp the ultimate of spiritual perfection slowly; but to begin aright and to continue the strife of demonstrating the great problem of being, is doing much. (Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 254:6–8, 10) Beholding the infinite tasks of truth, we pause, — wait on God. Then we push onward, until boundless thought walks enraptured, and conception unconfined is winged to reach the divine glory. (Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 323:9) THE BIBLE Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth. (Matthew 5:5) The LORD lifteth up the meek: he casteth the wicked down to the ground. (Psalms 147:6) ¶ Then cometh Jesus with them unto a place called Gethsemane, and saith unto the disciples, Sit ye here, while I go and pray yonder. ... And he went a little farther, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt. (Matthew 26:36, 39) SCIENCE AND HEALTH Meekly our Master met the mockery of his unrecognized grandeur. (Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 39:1–2) The meek demonstrator of good, the highest instructor and friend of man, met his earthly fate alone with God. ... Forsaken by all whom he had blessed, this faithful sentinel of God at the highest post of power, charged with the grandest trust of heaven, was ready to be transformed by the renewing of the infinite Spirit. He was to prove that the Christ is not subject to material conditions, but is above the reach of human wrath, and is able, through Truth, Life, and Love, to triumph over sin, sickness, death, and the grave. (Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 49:14) He won eternal honors. (Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 39:4 (only)) Your good will be evil spoken of. This is the cross. Take it up and bear it, for through it you win and wear the crown. Pilgrim on earth, thy home is heaven; stranger, thou art the guest of God. (Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 254:29) THE BIBLE ... we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; ... We love him, because he first loved us. ... And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also. (I John 4:16 we (to ;), 19, 21) ... be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you. ... And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, ... (Ephesians 4:32 be; 5:2 (to 2nd ,)) ... let us not be weary in well-doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not. As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith. (Galatians 6:9 let, 10 ) ¶ And a woman having an issue of blood twelve years, which had spent all her living upon physicians, neither could be healed of any, Came behind him, and touched the border of his garment: and immediately her issue of blood stanched. ... And Jesus said, Somebody hath touched me: for I perceive that virtue is gone out of me. And when the woman saw that she was not hid, she came trembling, and falling down before him, she declared unto him before all the people for what cause she had touched him, and how she was healed immediately. And he said unto her, Daughter, be of good comfort: thy faith hath made thee whole; go in peace. (Luke 8:43, 44, 46–48) And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work: (II Corinthians 9:8) Divine Love always has met and always will meet every human need. It is not well to imagine that Jesus demonstrated the divine power to heal only for a select number or for a limited period of time, since to all mankind and in every hour, divine Love supplies all good. The miracle of grace is no miracle to Love. (Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 494:10–15) Your influence for good depends upon the weight you throw into the right scale. The good you do and embody gives you the only power obtainable. (Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 192:21–24 (to 1st .)) Love inspires, illumines, designates, and leads the way. (Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 454:18–19) THE BIBLE Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man. (Colossians 4:6) ... follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness. (I Timothy 6:11 follow) Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give. (Matthew 10:8) ... Grace be with you. Amen. (II Timothy 4:22 Grace) Hymn 278 Pilgrim on earth, home and heaven are within thee, / Heir of the ages and child of the day. / Cared for, watched over, beloved and protected, / Walk thou with courage each step of the way. Truthful and steadfast though trials betide thee, / Ever one thing do thou ask of thy Lord, / Grace to go forward, wherever He guide thee, / Gladly obeying the call of His word. Healed is thy hardness, His love hath dissolved it, / Full is the promise, the blessing how kind; / So shall His tenderness teach thee compassion, / So all the merciful, mercy shall find. Closing Hymn 601 With one accord in one place, / In joyful praise of God's grace, / We join together in one divine embrace. / A rushing mighty Spirit / Descends from heaven, hear it: / “I have touched your heart / And made whole your heart, / Now go walk in My light.” / All can hear of it, / Hearts revealing it, / Gently moved by Your might. Of one accord, of one Mind, / Our healing mission we find. / We pray together—our lives in worship bind. / The Comforter is with us; / Its presence here assures us: / “I am guiding you / And uniting you / Through the love of God's Son. / I am blessing you; / I am healing you; / I am making you one.” Readings for Testimony Meeting March 10, 2021
Hymns: 14, 15, 482 The Bible: Genesis 1:3-4 to : 2 Samuel 23:2, 4 Psalms 119:105, 130 Revelation 21:18, 21-23 Acts 9:1-22 Ephesians 5:8, 13, 14 Acts 20:7-12 Proverbs 6:22-23 Romans 13:12 1 John 2:10, 8 Science and Health 295:5-24 546:18-8 72:9-13 280:2 281:4 305:5 325:30 407:22 In 458:32-1 461:11 474:16-4 561:22-10 501:10-13 492:7-12 Readings for Testimony Meeting February 24, 2021
Hymns: 105, 554, 518 The Bible: Luke 2:40-52 Ephesians 4:15 speaking, 23-24 be Psalms 115:13-15 Proverbs 9:9-11 Luke 17:5-6 Matthew 17:14-21 Mark 6:7, 12-13 1 Corinthians 3:7-11 God 2 Peter 3:18 grow Science and Health 264:28-265:28 350:6 91:5 94:17-95:22 195:15-22 406:20-25 256:13-3 312:20-22 520:23-6 Hymns 267, 499, 350
The Bible Ephesians 4:6-7, 13 Ephesians 3:9, 17-21 1 Corinthians 12:4-6 Acts 17:22-28 to ; John 6:26-40 to : Psalms 18:28-32 1 Corinthians 8:6 there (to ;) Science and Health 472:24-26 All 469:21 475:11 339:25-14 276:1-24 72:9-12 As 513:26 494:10 471:31-8 Readings for Testimony Meeting December 23, 2020
Hymns: 222, 23, 417 The Bible: Isaiah 42:1, 3 2nd he, 4 till (to :), 5-8 (to 1st:) Isaiah 33:22 Matthew 1:18, 21 Luke 2:25, 27-32, 36 (to :), 38 Luke 2:33 Romans 1:16 I John 3:16, 17 Luke 7:36-38 one, 44-47 (to :), 50 Luke 18:35-42 Hebrews 2:3, 4 Revelation 12:10 (to :) Science and Health vii:1-10 593:20 210:11-16 30:30-1 31:12-17 285:27 51:19-24 39:4 230:1 497:13 458:25 45:16 |
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