July 21st, 2024

Prelude:

Sonata Op. 5, no. 9

Composer: Arcangelo Corelli

Hymn 135: I know no life divided, 

Scriptural Selection

Unless otherwise indicated, Scriptural quotations are from the King James Version of the Bible.

Prayer

Silent prayer followed by the audible repetition of the Lord’s Prayer with its spiritual interpretation by Mary Baker Eddy

Our Father which art in heaven,     

Our Father-Mother God, all-harmonious,

Hallowed be Thy name.     

Adorable One.

Thy kingdom come.     

Thy kingdom is come; Thou art ever-present.

Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.     

Enable us to know, as in heaven, so on earth, God is omnipotent, supreme.

Give us this day our daily bread;     

Give us grace for to-day; feed the famished affections;

And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.     

And Love is reflected in love;

And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil;     

And God leadeth us not into temptation, but delivereth us from sin, disease, and death.

For Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever.     

For God is infinite, all-power, all Life, Truth, Love, over all, and All.

From Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy, p.16, line 26

Hymn 381: What brightness dawned in resurrection

Notices

Solo: How lovely are Thy dwellings

Words: Ps 84:1-3,10

Composer: Samuel Liddle              

Subject: Life

GOLDEN TEXT

Psalms 42:2 (to . )

I thirst for the living God.

RESPONSIVE READING

Psalms 31:1 (to 1^st .), 6 I trust, 7 (to 1^st .), 8, 15 (to 1^st .), 22, 23 (to 1^st .); 34:1, 2 (to 1^st .), 5, 7, 10 those, 11, 18, 19; 62:1, 8 (to 1^st .)

31:1 Lord, I trust in you.

6 . . . I trust only in the Lord.

7 I will be glad because of your love.

8 You have not let my enemies defeat me. You have set me in a safe place.

15 My life is in your hands.

22 In my distress, I said, “God cannot see me!” But you heard my prayer when I cried out to you for help.

23 Love the Lord, all you who belong to him.

34:1 I will praise the Lord at all times. His praise is always on my lips.

2 My whole being praises the Lord.

5 Those who go to him for help are happy. They are never disgraced.

7 The Lord saves those who fear him. His angel camps around them.

10 . . . those people who go to the Lord for help will have every good thing.

11 Children, come and listen to me. I will teach you to worship the Lord.

18 The Lord is close to the brokenhearted. He saves those whose spirits have been crushed.

19 People who do what is right may have many problems. But the Lord will solve them all.

62:1 I wait patiently for God. Only he can save me.

8 People, trust God all the time.

The Golden Text and Responsive Reading are from the International Children’s Bible^®.

Offertory:

Jesus Christus, unser Heiland, BWV 688

Composer: J.S. Bach

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Hymn 370: We are hid with Christ forever

Scientific Statement of Being

There is no life, truth, intelligence, nor substance in matter. All is infinite Mind and its infinite manifestation, for God is All-in-all. Spirit is immortal Truth; matter is mortal error. Spirit is the real and eternal; matter is the unreal and temporal. Spirit is God, and man is His image and likeness. Therefore man is not material; he is spiritual. From Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy, p.468, line 9

Correlative Scripture

I John 3:1–3 Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not. Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is. And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.

Benediction

Postlude:

Chorale on Hymn 370  

Improvisation: Rashaan Rori Allwood