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Plainfield Christian Science Church

Independent

Full-Text Lesson Sermon

June 2022

Plainfield, New Jersey, USA


Plainfield Christian Science Church
Independent
905 Prospect Avenue
P.O. Box 5619
Plainfield, NJ 07061-5619

(908) 756-4669

www.plainfieldcs.com

Saturday Adult Bible Study – 10:00 a.m.


Sunday Roundtable – 10:00 a.m.
Sunday Service – 11:00 a.m.
Sunday School – 11:00 a.m.
Wednesday Meeting – 8:15 p.m.

This church is not affiliated with


The First Church of Christ, Scientist in Boston, Massachusetts

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

GOD THE ONLY CAUSE AND CREATOR ……………........................................ JUNE 5, 2022

GOD THE PRESERVER OF MAN ........................................................................... JUNE 12, 2022

IS THE UNIVERSE, INCLUDING MAN,


EVOLVED BY ATOMIC FORCE? ...………………................................................ JUNE 19, 2022

CHRISTIAN SCIENCE ...……………….................................................................... JUNE 26, 2022

The Lesson is to be studied daily during the week


prior to the Sunday date.
SUNDAY JUNE 5, 2022

SUBJECT—GOD THE ONLY CAUSE AND CREATOR

GOLDEN TEXT: JEREMIAH 32 : 17

“Ah Lord GOD! behold, thou hast made the heaven and the earth by
thy great power and stretched out arm, and there is nothing too hard for thee.”

RESPONSIVE READING: Psalm 121 : 1-3, 5, 6


Psalm 148 : 3, 5

1. I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.

2. My help cometh from the LORD, which made heaven and earth.

3. He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber.

5. The LORD is thy keeper: the LORD is thy shade upon thy right hand.

6. The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night.

3. Praise ye him, sun and moon: praise him, all ye stars of light.

5. Let them praise the name of the LORD: for he commanded, and they were created.

This Bible Lesson was prepared by Plainfield Christian Science Church, Independent. It is composed of
Scriptural Quotations from the King James Bible and Correlative Passages from the Christian Science textbook,
Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, by Mary Baker Eddy.
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LESSON SERMON

The Bible
1. Proverbs 3 : 19, 20
19
The LORD by wisdom hath founded the earth; by understanding hath he established the
heavens.
20
By his knowledge the depths are broken up, and the clouds drop down the dew.

2. Isaiah 25 : 1, 3, 4
1
O LORD, thou art my God; I will exalt thee, I will praise thy name; for thou hast done
wonderful things; thy counsels of old are faithfulness and truth.
3
Therefore shall the strong people glorify thee, the city of the terrible nations shall fear
thee.
4
For thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge
from the storm, a shadow from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm
against the wall.

3. Psalm 55 : 8, 16 (I), 17, 22


8
I would hasten my escape from the windy storm and tempest.
16
I will call upon God; and the LORD shall save me.
17
Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and he shall hear my
voice.
22
Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the
righteous to be moved.

4. Exodus 14 : 5, 8 (and he) (to :), 10, 13, 21-23, 26, 27, 30, 31
5
And it was told the king of Egypt that the people fled: and the heart of Pharaoh and of his
servants was turned against the people, and they said, Why have we done this, that we
have let Israel go from serving us?
8
…and he pursued after the children of Israel:

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Scriptural Quotations from the King James Bible and Correlative Passages from the Christian Science textbook,
Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, by Mary Baker Eddy.
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And when Pharaoh drew nigh, the children of Israel lifted up their eyes, and, behold, the
Egyptians marched after them; and they were sore afraid: and the children of Israel cried
out unto the LORD.

13
And Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the
LORD, which he will shew to you to day: for the Egyptians whom ye have seen to day, ye
shall see them again no more for ever.

21
And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the LORD caused the sea to go back
by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were
divided.

22
And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea upon the dry ground: and the
waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left.

23
And the Egyptians pursued, and went in after them to the midst of the sea, even all
Pharaoh’s horses, his chariots, and his horsemen.

26
And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand over the sea, that the waters may
come again upon the Egyptians, upon their chariots, and upon their horsemen.

27
And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to his strength
when the morning appeared; and the Egyptians fled against it; and the LORD overthrew
the Egyptians in the midst of the sea.

30
Thus the LORD saved Israel that day out of the hand of the Egyptians; and Israel saw the
Egyptians dead upon the sea shore.

31
And Israel saw that great work which the LORD did upon the Egyptians: and the people
feared the LORD, and believed the LORD, and his servant Moses.

5. Psalm 107 : 23, 24, 28 (they)-30

23
They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters;

24
These see the works of the LORD, and his wonders in the deep.

28
…they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, and he bringeth them out of their distresses.

This Bible Lesson was prepared by Plainfield Christian Science Church, Independent. It is composed of
Scriptural Quotations from the King James Bible and Correlative Passages from the Christian Science textbook,
Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, by Mary Baker Eddy.
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29
He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still.
30
Then are they glad because they be quiet; so he bringeth them unto their desired haven.

6. Matthew 8 : 18, 23-27


18
Now when Jesus saw great multitudes about him, he gave commandment to depart unto
the other side.
23
And when he was entered into a ship, his disciples followed him.
24
And, behold, there arose a great tempest in the sea, insomuch that the ship was covered
with the waves: but he was asleep.
25
And his disciples came to him, and awoke him, saying, Lord, save us: we perish.
26
And he saith unto them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? Then he arose, and
rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm.
27
But the men marvelled, saying, What manner of man is this, that even the winds and the
sea obey him!

7. Isaiah 32 : 1-3
1
Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in judgment.
2
And a man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as
rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.
3
And the eyes of them that see shall not be dim, and the ears of them that hear shall
hearken.

8. Job 37 : 5 (to ,), 6, 10-12, 14 (to ,), 14 (stand)


5
God thundereth marvellously with his voice; great things doeth he,
6
For he saith to the snow, Be thou on the earth; likewise to the small rain, and to the great
rain of his strength.
10
By the breath of God frost is given: and the breadth of the waters is straitened.
11
Also by watering he wearieth the thick cloud: he scattereth his bright cloud:

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12
And it is turned round about by his counsels: that they may do whatsoever he command-
eth them upon the face of the world in the earth.
14
Hearken unto this, … stand still, and consider the wondrous works of God.

9. Amos 4 : 13
13
For, lo, he that formeth the mountains, and createth the wind, and declareth unto man
what is his thought, that maketh the morning darkness, and treadeth upon the high places
of the earth, The LORD, The God of hosts, is his name.

Science and Health

1. 583 : 20-25

CREATOR. Spirit; Mind; intelligence; the animating divine Principle of all that is real and good;
self-existent Life, Truth, and Love; that which is perfect and eternal; the opposite of matter and
evil, which have no Principle; God, who made all that was made and could not create an atom or
an element the opposite of Himself.

2. 275 : 10-24

To grasp the reality and order of being in its Science, you must begin by reckoning God as the
divine Principle of all that really is. Spirit, Life, Truth, Love, combine as one, — and are the
Scriptural names for God. All substance, intelligence, wisdom, being, immortality, cause, and
effect belong to God. These are His attributes, the eternal manifestations of the infinite divine
Principle, Love. No wisdom is wise but His wisdom; no truth is true, no love is lovely, no life is
Life but the divine; no good is, but the good God bestows.

Divine metaphysics, as revealed to spiritual understanding, shows clearly that all is Mind, and
that Mind is God, omnipotence, omnipresence, omniscience, — that is, all power, all presence,
all Science. Hence all is in reality the manifestation of Mind.

3. 209 : 5-8, 10-11

Mind, supreme over all its formations and governing them all, is the central sun of its own
systems of ideas, the life and light of all its own vast creation; and man is tributary to divine
Mind.

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Scriptural Quotations from the King James Bible and Correlative Passages from the Christian Science textbook,
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The world would collapse without Mind, without the intelligence which holds the winds in its
grasp.

4. 597 : 27-30

WIND. That which indicates the might of omnipotence and the movements of God's spiritual
government, encompassing all things. Destruction; anger; mortal passions.

5. 192 : 17-26, 11-16

Moral and spiritual might belong to Spirit, who holds the "wind in His fists;" and this teaching
accords with Science and harmony. In Science, you can have no power opposed to God, and the
physical senses must give up their false testimony. 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. Evil is not power. It is a mockery of strength, which erelong betrays its weakness
and falls, never to rise.

Erring power is a material belief, a blind miscalled force, the offspring of will and not of
wisdom, of the mortal mind and not of the immortal. It is the headlong cataract, the devouring
flame, the tempest's breath. It is lightning and hurricane, all that is selfish, wicked, dishonest,
and impure.

6. 293 : 21-31

There is no vapid fury of mortal mind — expressed in earthquake, wind, wave, lightning, fire,
bestial ferocity — and this so-called mind is self-destroyed. The manifestations of evil, which
counterfeit divine justice, are called in the Scriptures, "The anger of the Lord." In reality, they
show the self-destruction of error or matter and point to matter's opposite, the strength and
permanency of Spirit. Christian Science brings to light Truth and its supremacy, universal har-
mony, the entireness of God, good, and the nothingness of evil.

7. 97 : 5 (the)-13

…the more closely error simulates truth and so-called matter resembles its essence, mortal mind,
the more impotent error becomes as a belief. According to human belief, the lightning is fierce
and the electric current swift, yet in Christian Science the flight of one and the blow of the other
will become harmless. The more destructive matter becomes, the more its nothingness will ap-
pear, until matter reaches its mortal zenith in illusion and forever disappears.

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Scriptural Quotations from the King James Bible and Correlative Passages from the Christian Science textbook,
Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, by Mary Baker Eddy.
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8. 183 : 1 (Truth)-7

Truth makes all things possible to Spirit; but the so-called laws of matter would render Spirit of
no avail, and demand obedience to materialistic codes, thus departing from the basis of one God,
one lawmaker. To suppose that God constitutes laws of inharmony is a mistake; discords have
no support from nature or divine law, however much is said to the contrary.

9. 134 : 21-26 (to Jesus), 27 (stilled)-8

The true Logos is demonstrably Christian Science, the natural law of harmony which overcomes
discord, — not because this Science is supernatural or preternatural, nor because it is an
infraction of divine law, but because it is the immutable law of God, good. Jesus … stilled the
tempest, healed the sick, walked on the water. There is divine authority for believing in the
superiority of spiritual power over material resistance.

A miracle fulfils God's law, but does not violate that law. This fact at present seems more
mysterious than the miracle itself. The Psalmist sang: "What ailed thee, O thou sea, that thou
fleddest? Thou Jordan, that thou wast driven back? Ye mountains, that ye skipped like rams, and
ye little hills, like lambs? Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the
God of Jacob." The miracle introduces no disorder, but unfolds the primal order, establishing the
Science of God's unchangeable law.

10. 240 : 1-9

Nature voices natural, spiritual law and divine Love, but human belief misinterprets nature.
Arctic regions, sunny tropics, giant hills, winged winds, mighty billows, verdant vales, festive
flowers, and glorious heavens, — all point to Mind, the spiritual intelligence they reflect. The
floral apostles are hieroglyphs of Deity. Suns and planets teach grand lessons. The stars make
night beautiful, and the leaflet turns naturally towards the light.

11. 143 : 26-31

Mind is the grand creator, and there can be no power except that which is derived from Mind. If
Mind was first chronologically, is first potentially, and must be first eternally, then give to Mind
the glory, honor, dominion, and power everlastingly due its holy name.

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Scriptural Quotations from the King James Bible and Correlative Passages from the Christian Science textbook,
Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, by Mary Baker Eddy.
THE DAILY DUTIES
by Mary Baker Eddy

Daily Prayer
It shall be the duty of every member of this Church to pray each day: "Thy kingdom
come;" let the reign of divine Truth, Life, and Love be established in me, and rule out of me
all sin; and may Thy Word enrich the affections of all mankind, and govern them!
Church Manual, Article VIII, Sect. 4

A Rule for Motives and Acts


Neither animosity nor mere personal attachment should impel the motives or acts of the
members of The Mother Church. In Science, divine Love alone governs man; and a Christian
Scientist reflects the sweet amenities of Love, in rebuking sin, in true brotherliness,
charitableness, and forgiveness. The members of this Church should daily watch and pray to be
delivered from all evil, from prophesying, judging, condemning, counseling, influencing or
being influenced erroneously.
Church Manual, Article VIII, Sect. 1

Alertness to Duty
It shall be the duty of every member of this Church to defend himself daily against
aggressive mental suggestion, and not be made to forget nor to neglect his duty to God, to his
Leader, and to mankind. By his works he shall be judged, — and justified or condemned.
Church Manual, Article VIII, Sect. 6

_____________________

Take Notice

“Christian Scientists, be a law to yourselves that mental malpractice


cannot harm you either when asleep or when awake.”
(S&H, p. 442)
SUNDAY JUNE 12, 2022

SUBJECT—GOD THE PRESERVER OF MAN

GOLDEN TEXT: PSALM 16 : 1

“Preserve me, O God: for in thee do I put my trust.”

RESPONSIVE READING: Psalm 56 : 1-5, 11

1. Be merciful unto me, O God: for man would swallow me up; he fighting daily oppresseth
me.

2. Mine enemies would daily swallow me up: for they be many that fight against me, O thou
most High.

3. What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee.

4. In God I will praise his word, in God I have put my trust; I will not fear what flesh can do
unto me.

5. Every day they wrest my words: all their thoughts are against me for evil.

11. In God have I put my trust: I will not be afraid what man can do unto me.

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Scriptural Quotations from the King James Bible and Correlative Passages from the Christian Science textbook,
Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, by Mary Baker Eddy.
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LESSON SERMON

The Bible

1. Isaiah 45 : 1 (to 1st ,), 5, 22


1
Thus saith the LORD to his anointed,
5
I am the LORD, and there is none else, there is no God beside me: I girded thee, though
thou hast not known me:
22
Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none
else.

2. Genesis 21 : 9-20
9
And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, which she had born unto Abraham,
mocking.
10
Wherefore she said unto Abraham, Cast out this bondwoman and her son: for the son of
this bondwoman shall not be heir with my son, even with Isaac.
11
And the thing was very grievous in Abraham’s sight because of his son.
12
And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the lad, and
because of thy bondwoman; in all that Sarah hath said unto thee, hearken unto her voice;
for in Isaac shall thy seed be called.
13
And also of the son of the bondwoman will I make a nation, because he is thy seed.
14
And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread, and a bottle of water, and
gave it unto Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, and the child, and sent her away: and she
departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Beer-sheba.
15
And the water was spent in the bottle, and she cast the child under one of the shrubs.
16
And she went, and sat her down over against him a good way off, as it were a bowshot:
for she said, Let me not see the death of the child. And she sat over against him, and lift
up her voice, and wept.

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17
And God heard the voice of the lad; and the angel of God called to Hagar out of heaven,
and said unto her, What aileth thee, Hagar? fear not; for God hath heard the voice of the
lad where he is.

18
Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand; for I will make him a great nation.

19
And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water; and she went, and filled the bottle
with water, and gave the lad drink.

20
And God was with the lad; and he grew, and dwelt in the wilderness, and became an
archer.

3. Psalm 121 : 1-3, 7, 8

1
I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.

2
My help cometh from the LORD, which made heaven and earth.

3
He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber.

7
The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul.

8
The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even
for evermore.

4. I Samuel 17 : 4, 10, 11, 32, 33, 37-40, 45 (to 1st ,), 46 (to 1st ;), 47-50

4
And there went out a champion out of the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, of
Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span.

10
And the Philistine said, I defy the armies of Israel this day; give me a man, that we may
fight together.

11
When Saul and all Israel heard those words of the Philistine, they were dismayed, and
greatly afraid.

32
And David said to Saul, Let no man’s heart fail because of him; thy servant will go and
fight with this Philistine.

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Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, by Mary Baker Eddy.
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33
And Saul said to David, Thou art not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him:
for thou art but a youth, and he a man of war from his youth.

37
David said moreover, The LORD that delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of
the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine. And Saul said
unto David, Go, and the LORD be with thee.

38
And Saul armed David with his armour, and he put an helmet of brass upon his head; also
he armed him with a coat of mail.

39
And David girded his sword upon his armour, and he assayed to go; for he had not
proved it. And David said unto Saul, I cannot go with these; for I have not proved them.
And David put them off him.

40
And he took his staff in his hand, and chose him five smooth stones out of the brook, and
put them in a shepherd’s bag which he had, even in a scrip; and his sling was in his hand:
and he drew near to the Philistine.

45
Then said David to the Philistine,

46
This day will the LORD deliver thee into mine hand;

47
And all this assembly shall know that the LORD saveth not with sword and spear: for the
battle is the LORD’S, and he will give you into our hands.

48
And it came to pass, when the Philistine arose, and came and drew nigh to meet David,
that David hasted, and ran toward the army to meet the Philistine.

49
And David put his hand in his bag, and took thence a stone, and slang it, and smote the
Philistine in his forehead, that the stone sunk into his forehead; and he fell upon his face
to the earth.

50
So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and smote the
Philistine, and slew him; but there was no sword in the hand of David.

5. Psalm 23 : 1-6

1
The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.

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2
He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.
3
He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.
4
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou
art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.
5
Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my
head with oil; my cup runneth over.
6
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the
house of the LORD for ever.

Science and Health

1. 131 : 10-11

The central fact of the Bible is the superiority of spiritual over physical power.

2. 340 : 15-22

"Thou shalt have no other gods before me." (Exodus xx. 3.) The First Commandment is my
favorite text. It demonstrates Christian Science. It inculcates the tri-unity of God, Spirit, Mind; it
signifies that man shall have no other spirit or mind but God, eternal good, and that all men shall
have one Mind. The divine Principle of the First Commandment bases the Science of being, by
which man demonstrates health, holiness, and life eternal.

3. 151 : 20-21, 23-24, 26-30

Every function of the real man is governed by the divine Mind. … The divine Mind that made
man maintains His own image and likeness. … 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.

4. 550 : 5-8

God is the Life, or intelligence, which forms and preserves the individuality and identity of
animals as well as of men. God cannot become finite, and be limited within material bounds.

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5. 167 : 24-31

There is but one way — namely, God and His idea — which leads to spiritual being. The
scientific government of the body must be attained through the divine Mind. It is impossible to
gain control over the body in any other way. On this fundamental point, timid conservatism is
absolutely inadmissible. Only through radical reliance on Truth can scientific healing power be
realized.

6. 169 : 29-2

Whatever teaches man to have other laws and to acknowledge other powers than the divine
Mind, is anti-Christian. The good that a poisonous drug seems to do is evil, for it robs man of
reliance on God, omnipotent Mind, and according to belief, poisons the human system.

7. 104 : 13-18

Christian Science goes to the bottom of mental action, and reveals the theodicy which indicates
the rightness of all divine action, as the emanation of divine Mind, and the consequent wrong-
ness of the opposite so-called action, — evil, occultism, necromancy, mesmerism, animal
magnetism, hypnotism.

8. 494 : 30-24

Our Master cast out devils (evils) and healed the sick. It should be said of his followers also, that
they cast fear and all evil out of themselves and others and heal the sick. God will heal the sick
through man, whenever man is governed by God. Truth casts out error now as surely as it did
nineteen centuries ago. All of Truth is not understood; hence its healing power is not fully
demonstrated.

If sickness is true or the idea of Truth, you cannot destroy sickness, and it would be absurd to
try. Then classify sickness and error as our Master did, when he spoke of the sick, "whom Satan
hath bound," and find a sovereign antidote for error in the life-giving power of Truth acting on
human belief, a power which opens the prison doors to such as are bound, and sets the captive
free physically and morally.

When the illusion of sickness or sin tempts you, cling steadfastly to God and His idea. Allow
nothing but His likeness to abide in your thought. Let neither fear nor doubt overshadow your
clear sense and calm trust, that the recognition of life harmonious — as Life eternally is — can
destroy any painful sense of, or belief in, that which Life is not. Let Christian Science, instead of

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Scriptural Quotations from the King James Bible and Correlative Passages from the Christian Science textbook,
Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, by Mary Baker Eddy.
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corporeal sense, support your understanding of being, and this understanding will supplant error
with Truth, replace mortality with immortality, and silence discord with harmony.

9. 203 : 13-16

Spiritual perception brings out the possibilities of being, destroys reliance on aught but God, and
so makes man the image of his Maker in deed and in truth.

10. 155 : 15-25

The universal belief in physics weighs against the high and mighty truths of Christian
metaphysics. This erroneous general belief, which sustains medicine and produces all medical
results, works against Christian Science; and the percentage of power on the side of this Science
must mightily outweigh the power of popular belief in order to heal a single case of disease. The
human mind acts more powerfully to offset the discords of matter and the ills of flesh, in propor-
tion as it puts less weight into the material or fleshly scale and more weight into the spiritual
scale.

11. 14 : 25-30

Entirely separate from the belief and dream of material living, is the Life divine, revealing
spiritual understanding and the consciousness of man's dominion over the whole earth. This
understanding casts out error and heals the sick, and with it you can speak "as one having
authority."

12. 593 : 20-22

SALVATION. Life, Truth, and Love understood and demonstrated as supreme over all; sin,
sickness, and death destroyed.

13. 207 : 10-11 (to 2nd ;)

Evil is not supreme; good is not helpless;

14. 577 : 32-18

In the following Psalm one word shows, though faintly, the light which Christian Science
throws on the Scriptures by substituting for the corporeal sense, the incorporeal or spiritual
sense of Deity: —

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PSALM XXIII

[DIVINE LOVE] is my shepherd; I shall not want.


[LOVE] maketh me to lie down in green pastures:
[LOVE] leadeth me beside the still waters.
[LOVE] restoreth my soul [spiritual sense]: [LOVE] lead-
eth me in the paths of righteousness for His name's sake.
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of
death, I will fear no evil: for [LOVE] is with me; [LOVE'S]
rod and [LOVE'S] staff they comfort me.
[LOVE] prepareth a table before me in the presence of
mine enemies: [LOVE] anointeth my head with oil; my cup
runneth over.
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of
my life; and I will dwell in the house [the consciousness]
of [LOVE] for ever.

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THE DAILY DUTIES
by Mary Baker Eddy

Daily Prayer
It shall be the duty of every member of this Church to pray each day: "Thy kingdom
come;" let the reign of divine Truth, Life, and Love be established in me, and rule out of me
all sin; and may Thy Word enrich the affections of all mankind, and govern them!
Church Manual, Article VIII, Sect. 4

A Rule for Motives and Acts


Neither animosity nor mere personal attachment should impel the motives or acts of the
members of The Mother Church. In Science, divine Love alone governs man; and a Christian
Scientist reflects the sweet amenities of Love, in rebuking sin, in true brotherliness,
charitableness, and forgiveness. The members of this Church should daily watch and pray to be
delivered from all evil, from prophesying, judging, condemning, counseling, influencing or
being influenced erroneously.
Church Manual, Article VIII, Sect. 1

Alertness to Duty
It shall be the duty of every member of this Church to defend himself daily against
aggressive mental suggestion, and not be made to forget nor to neglect his duty to God, to his
Leader, and to mankind. By his works he shall be judged, — and justified or condemned.
Church Manual, Article VIII, Sect. 6

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Take Notice

“Christian Scientists, be a law to yourselves that mental malpractice


cannot harm you either when asleep or when awake.”
(S&H, p. 442)
SUNDAY JUNE 19, 2022

SUBJECT—IS THE UNIVERSE, INCLUDING MAN,


EVOLVED BY ATOMIC FORCE?

GOLDEN TEXT: MALACHI 2 : 10

“Have we not all one father? hath not one God created us?”

RESPONSIVE READING: Isaiah 42 : 5-9


Deuteronomy 32 : 6
Psalm 100 : 3
Psalm 95 : 6

5. Thus saith God the LORD, he that created the heavens, and stretched them out; he that
spread forth the earth, and that which cometh out of it; he that giveth breath unto the
people upon it, and spirit to them that walk therein:

6. I the LORD have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee,
and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles;

7. To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, and them that sit in
darkness out of the prison house.

8. I am the LORD: that is my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither my
praise to graven images.

9. Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare: before they
spring forth I tell you of them.

6. Do ye thus requite the LORD, O foolish people and unwise? is not he thy father that hath
bought thee? hath he not made thee, and established thee?

3. Know ye that the LORD he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we
are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.

6. O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the LORD our maker.

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LESSON SERMON

The Bible
1. Isaiah 44 : 24
24
Thus saith the LORD, thy redeemer, and he that formed thee from the womb, I am the
LORD that maketh all things; that stretcheth forth the heavens alone; that spreadeth
abroad the earth by myself;

2. Isaiah 43 : 1 (Fear)-3 (to :), 10-13, 15


1
Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine.
2
When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they
shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned;
neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.
3
For I am the LORD thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour:
10
Ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD, and my servant whom I have chosen : that ye may
know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed,
neither shall there be after me.
11
I, even I, am the LORD; and beside me there is no saviour.
12
I have declared, and have saved, and I have shewed, when there was no strange god
among you: therefore ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD, that I am God.
13
Yea, before the day was I am he; and there is none that can deliver out of my hand: I will
work, and who shall let it?
15
I am the LORD, your Holy One, the creator of Israel, your King.

3. John 1 : 1-5, 10-14


1
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
2
The same was in the beginning with God.
3
All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.

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4
In him was life; and the life was the light of men.
5
And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.
10
He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.
11
He came unto his own, and his own received him not.
12
But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to
them that believe on his name:
13
Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of
God.
14
And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory
as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.

4. II Corinthians 1 : 2-4
2
Grace be to you and peace from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.
3
Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the
God of all comfort;
4
Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are
in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God.

5. John 5 : 2 (to 1st ,), 5, 8, 9, 15, 16 (to 1st ,), 17-20, 24, 26
2
Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool,
5
And a certain man was there, which had an infirmity thirty and eight years.
8
Jesus saith unto him, Rise, take up thy bed, and walk.
9
And immediately the man was made whole, and took up his bed, and walked: and on the
same day was the sabbath.
15
The man departed, and told the Jews that it was Jesus, which had made him whole.
16
And therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus,
17
But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work.

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18
Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only had broken the
sabbath, but said also that God was his Father, making himself equal with God.
19
Then answered Jesus and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do
nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do: for what things soever he doeth,
these also doeth the Son likewise.
20
For the Father loveth the Son, and sheweth him all things that himself doeth: and he will
shew him greater works than these, that ye may marvel.
24
Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent
me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death
unto life.
26
For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself;

6. Matthew 23 : 9-12
9
And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven.
10
Neither be ye called masters: for one is your Master, even Christ.
11
But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant.
12
And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that shall humble himself shall
be exalted.

7. Luke 10 : 21, 22
21
In that hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit, and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and
earth, that thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them
unto babes: even so, Father; for so it seemed good in thy sight.
22
All things are delivered to me of my Father: and no man knoweth who the Son is, but the
Father; and who the Father is, but the Son, and he to whom the Son will reveal him.

8. Isaiah 51 : 1 (to 3rd ,)


1
Hearken to me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that seek the LORD: look unto the
rock whence ye are hewn,

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Science and Health


1. 63 : 5-11

In Science man is the offspring of Spirit. The beautiful, good, and pure constitute his ancestry.
His origin is not, like that of mortals, in brute instinct, nor does he pass through material
conditions prior to reaching intelligence. Spirit is his primitive and ultimate source of being;
God is his Father, and Life is the law of his being.

2. 31 : 4-11

Jesus acknowledged no ties of the flesh. He said: "Call no man your father upon the earth: for
one is your Father, which is in heaven." Again he asked: "Who is my mother, and who are my
brethren," implying that it is they who do the will of his Father. We have no record of his calling
any man by the name of father. He recognized Spirit, God, as the only creator, and therefore as
the Father of all.

3. 555 : 16-32

Searching for the origin of man, who is the reflection of God, is like inquiring into the origin of
God, the self-existent and eternal. Only impotent error would seek to unite Spirit with matter,
good with evil, immortality with mortality, and call this sham unity man, as if man were the
offspring of both Mind and matter, of both Deity and humanity. Creation rests on a spiritual
basis. We lose our standard of perfection and set aside the proper conception of Deity, when we
admit that the perfect is the author of aught that can become imperfect, that God bestows the
power to sin, or that Truth confers the ability to err. Our great example, Jesus, could restore the
individualized manifestation of existence, which seemed to vanish in death. Knowing that God
was the Life of man, Jesus was able to present himself unchanged after the crucifixion.

4. 544 : 13-17

In Science, Mind neither produces matter nor does matter produce mind. No mortal mind has the
might or right or wisdom to create or to destroy. All is under the control of the one Mind, even
God.

5. 262 : 27-6

The foundation of mortal discord is a false sense of man's origin. To begin rightly is to end
rightly. Every concept which seems to begin with the brain begins falsely. Divine Mind is the
only cause or Principle of existence. Cause does not exist in matter, in mortal mind, or in
physical forms.

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Mortals are egotists. They believe themselves to be independent workers, personal authors, and
even privileged originators of something which Deity would not or could not create. The
creations of mortal mind are material. Immortal spiritual man alone represents the truth of
creation.

6. 547 : 19-22

Material evolution implies that the great First Cause must become material, and afterwards must
either return to Mind or go down into dust and nothingness.

7. 524 : 28-29

Could Spirit evolve its opposite, matter, and give matter ability to sin and suffer?

8. 69 : 2-7

The scientific fact that man and the universe are evolved from Spirit, and so are spiritual, is as
fixed in divine Science as is the proof that mortals gain the sense of health only as they lose the
sense of sin and disease. Mortals can never understand God's creation while believing that man
is a creator.

9. 178 : 8 only, 18-27

Heredity is not a law.

Mortal mind, acting from the basis of sensation in matter, is animal magnetism; but this so-
called mind, from which comes all evil, contradicts itself, and must finally yield to the eternal
Truth, or the divine Mind, expressed in Science. In proportion to our understanding of Christian
Science, we are freed from the belief of heredity, of mind in matter or animal magnetism; and
we disarm sin of its imaginary power in proportion to our spiritual understanding of the status of
immortal being.

10. 259 : 22-31

Mortal thought transmits its own images, and forms its offspring after human illusions. God,
Spirit, works spiritually, not materially. Brain or matter never formed a human concept. Vib-
ration is not intelligence; hence it is not a creator. Immortal ideas, pure, perfect, and enduring,
are transmitted by the divine Mind through divine Science, which corrects error with truth and
demands spiritual thoughts, divine concepts, to the end that they may produce harmonious
results.

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11. 257 : 12-21

Mind creates His own likeness in ideas, and the substance of an idea is very far from being the
supposed substance of non-intelligent matter. Hence the Father Mind is not the father of matter.
The material senses and human conceptions would translate spiritual ideas into material beliefs,
and would say that an anthropomorphic God, instead of infinite Principle, — in other words,
divine Love, — is the father of the rain, "who hath begotten the drops of dew," who bringeth
"forth Mazzaroth in his season," and guideth "Arcturus with his sons."

12. 135 : 9-10

Spiritual evolution alone is worthy of the exercise of divine power.

13. 264 : 13-31

As mortals gain more correct views of God and man, multitudinous objects of creation, which
before were invisible, will become visible. When we realize that Life is Spirit, never in nor of
matter, this understanding will expand into self-completeness, finding all in God, good, and
needing no other consciousness.

Spirit and its formations are the only realities of being. Matter disappears under the microscope
of Spirit. Sin is unsustained by Truth, and sickness and death were overcome by Jesus, who
proved them to be forms of error. Spiritual living and blessedness are the only evidences, by
which we can recognize true existence and feel the unspeakable peace which comes from an all-
absorbing spiritual love.

When we learn the way in Christian Science and recognize man's spiritual being, we shall
behold and understand God's creation, — all the glories of earth and heaven and man.

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THE DAILY DUTIES
by Mary Baker Eddy

Daily Prayer
It shall be the duty of every member of this Church to pray each day: "Thy kingdom
come;" let the reign of divine Truth, Life, and Love be established in me, and rule out of me
all sin; and may Thy Word enrich the affections of all mankind, and govern them!
Church Manual, Article VIII, Sect. 4

A Rule for Motives and Acts


Neither animosity nor mere personal attachment should impel the motives or acts of the
members of The Mother Church. In Science, divine Love alone governs man; and a Christian
Scientist reflects the sweet amenities of Love, in rebuking sin, in true brotherliness,
charitableness, and forgiveness. The members of this Church should daily watch and pray to be
delivered from all evil, from prophesying, judging, condemning, counseling, influencing or
being influenced erroneously.
Church Manual, Article VIII, Sect. 1

Alertness to Duty
It shall be the duty of every member of this Church to defend himself daily against
aggressive mental suggestion, and not be made to forget nor to neglect his duty to God, to his
Leader, and to mankind. By his works he shall be judged, — and justified or condemned.
Church Manual, Article VIII, Sect. 6

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Take Notice

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cannot harm you either when asleep or when awake.”
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SUNDAY JUNE 26, 2022

SUBJECT—CHRISTIAN SCIENCE

GOLDEN TEXT: JEREMIAH 17 : 14

“Heal me, O LORD, and I shall be healed; save me, and


I shall be saved: for thou art my praise.”

RESPONSIVE READING: Psalm 147 : 1-5, 7

1. Praise ye the LORD: for it is good to sing praises unto our God; for it is pleasant; and
praise is comely.

2. The LORD doth build up Jerusalem: he gathereth together the outcasts of Israel.

3. He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.

4. He telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by their names.

5. Great is our Lord, and of great power: his understanding is infinite.

7. Sing unto the LORD with thanksgiving; sing praise upon the harp unto our God

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LESSON SERMON

The Bible
1. Psalm 103 : 1-5
1
Bless the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name.
2
Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits:
3
Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases;
4
Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and
tender mercies;
5
Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things; so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle’s.

2. II Kings 20 : 1-7
1
In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz
came to him, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Set thine house in order; for thou
shalt die, and not live.
2
Then he turned his face to the wall, and prayed unto the LORD, saying,
3
I beseech thee, O LORD, remember now how I have walked before thee in truth and with
a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore.
4
And it came to pass, afore Isaiah was gone out into the middle court, that the word of the
LORD came to him, saying,
5
Turn again, and tell Hezekiah the captain of my people, Thus saith the LORD, the God of
David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will heal thee:
on the third day thou shalt go up unto the house of the LORD.
6
And I will add unto thy days fifteen years; and I will deliver thee and this city out of the
hand of the king of Assyria; and I will defend this city for mine own sake, and for my
servant David’s sake.
7
And Isaiah said, Take a lump of figs. And they took and laid it on the boil, and he
recovered.

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3. Isaiah 35 : 3-6, 10
3
Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees.
4
Say to them that are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not: behold, your God will come
with vengeance, even God with a recompence; he will come and save you.
5
Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped.
6
Then shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of the dumb sing: for in the
wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the desert.
10
And the ransomed of the LORD shall return, and come to Zion with songs and everlasting
joy upon their heads: they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee
away.

4. John 4 : 46 (there)-53
46
…there was a certain nobleman, whose son was sick at Capernaum.
47
When he heard that Jesus was come out of Judæa into Galilee, he went unto him, and
besought him that he would come down, and heal his son: for he was at the point of
death.
48
Then said Jesus unto him, Except ye see signs and wonders, ye will not believe.
49
The nobleman saith unto him, Sir, come down ere my child die.
50
Jesus saith unto him, Go thy way; thy son liveth. And the man believed the word that
Jesus had spoken unto him, and he went his way.
51
And as he was now going down, his servants met him, and told him, saying, Thy son
liveth.
52
Then enquired he of them the hour when he began to amend. And they said unto him,
Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him.
53
So the father knew that it was at the same hour, in the which Jesus said unto him, Thy son
liveth: and himself believed, and his whole house.

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5. Matthew 8 : 14-17
14
And when Jesus was come into Peter’s house, he saw his wife’s mother laid, and sick of a
fever.
15
And he touched her hand, and the fever left her: and she arose, and ministered unto them.
16
When the even was come, they brought unto him many that were possessed with devils:
and he cast out the spirits with his word, and healed all that were sick:
17
That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, Himself took
our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses.

6. John 13 : 31
31
Therefore, when he was gone out, Jesus said, Now is the Son of man glorified, and God
is glorified in him.

7. John 14 : 12, 13, 15-17


12
Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do
also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father.
13
And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified
in the Son.
15
If ye love me, keep my commandments.
16
And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide
with you for ever;
17
Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither
knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.

8. Revelation 10 : 1-3 (to :), 8-11


1
And I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed with a cloud: and a
rainbow was upon his head, and his face was as it were the sun, and his feet as pillars of
fire:

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2
And he had in his hand a little book open: and he set his right foot upon the sea, and his
left foot on the earth,
3
And cried with a loud voice, as when a lion roareth:
8
And the voice which I heard from heaven spake unto me again, and said, Go and take the
little book which is open in the hand of the angel which standeth upon the sea and upon
the earth.
9
And I went unto the angel, and said unto him, Give me the little book. And he said unto
me, Take it, and eat it up; and it shall make thy belly bitter, but it shall be in thy mouth
sweet as honey.
10
And I took the little book out of the angel’s hand, and ate it up; and it was in my mouth
sweet as honey: and as soon as I had eaten it, my belly was bitter.
11
And he said unto me, Thou must prophesy again before many peoples, and nations, and
tongues, and kings.

Science and Health


1. xi : 9-21

The physical healing of Christian Science results now, as in Jesus' time, from the operation of
divine Principle, before which sin and disease lose their reality in human consciousness and
disappear as naturally and as necessarily as darkness gives place to light and sin to reformation.
Now, as then, these mighty works are not supernatural, but supremely natural. They are the sign
of Immanuel, or "God with us," — a divine influence ever present in human consciousness and
repeating itself, coming now as was promised aforetime,

To preach deliverance to the captives [of sense],


And recovering of sight to the blind,
To set at liberty them that are bruised.

2. 139 : 4-8, 15-27

From beginning to end, the Scriptures are full of accounts of the triumph of Spirit, Mind, over
matter. Moses proved the power of Mind by what men called miracles; so did Joshua, Elijah,
and Elisha.

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The decisions by vote of Church Councils as to what should and should not be considered Holy
Writ; the manifest mistakes in the ancient versions; the thirty thousand different readings in the
Old Testament, and the three hundred thousand in the New, — these facts show how a mortal
and material sense stole into the divine record, with its own hue darkening to some extent the
inspired pages. But mistakes could neither wholly obscure the divine Science of the Scriptures
seen from Genesis to Revelation, mar the demonstration of Jesus, nor annul the healing by the
prophets, who foresaw that "the stone which the builders rejected" would become "the head of
the corner."

3. 107 : 1-6

In the year 1866, I discovered the Christ Science or divine laws of Life, Truth, and Love, and
named my discovery Christian Science. God had been graciously preparing me during many
years for the reception of this final revelation of the absolute divine Principle of scientific
mental healing.

4. 109 : 11-15, 16-22

For three years after my discovery, I sought the solution of this problem of Mind-healing,
searched the Scriptures and read little else, kept aloof from society, and devoted time and
energies to discovering a positive rule.… I knew the Principle of all harmonious Mind-action to
be God, and that cures were produced in primitive Christian healing by holy, uplifting faith; but
I must know the Science of this healing, and I won my way to absolute conclusions through
divine revelation, reason, and demonstration.

5. 558 : 1-8

St. John writes, in the tenth chapter of his book of Revelation: —

And I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed with a cloud: and a rainbow
was upon his head, and his face was as it were the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire: and he had
in his hand a little book open: and he set his right foot upon the sea, and his left foot on the
earth.

6. 559 : 1-23

This angel had in his hand "a little book," open for all to read and understand. Did this same
book contain the revelation of divine Science, the "right foot" or dominant power of which was
upon the sea, — upon elementary, latent error, the source of all error's visible forms? The angel's
left foot was upon the earth; that is, a secondary power was exercised upon visible error and
audible sin. The "still, small voice" of scientific thought reaches over continent and ocean to the

This Bible Lesson was prepared by Plainfield Christian Science Church, Independent. It is composed of
Scriptural Quotations from the King James Bible and Correlative Passages from the Christian Science textbook,
Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, by Mary Baker Eddy.
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globe's remotest bound. The inaudible voice of Truth is, to the human mind, "as when a lion
roareth." It is heard in the desert and in dark places of fear. It arouses the "seven thunders" of
evil, and stirs their latent forces to utter the full diapason of secret tones. Then is the power of
Truth demonstrated, — made manifest in the destruction of error. Then will a voice from
harmony cry: "Go and take the little book. ... Take it, and eat it up; and it shall make thy belly
bitter, but it shall be in thy mouth sweet as honey." Mortals, obey the heavenly evangel. Take
divine Science. Read this book from beginning to end. Study it, ponder it. It will be indeed
sweet at its first taste, when it heals you; but murmur not over Truth, if you find its digestion
bitter.

7. 150 : 4-17

To-day the healing power of Truth is widely demonstrated as an immanent, eternal Science,
instead of a phenomenal exhibition. Its appearing is the coming anew of the gospel of "on earth
peace, good-will toward men." This coming, as was promised by the Master, is for its establish-
ment as a permanent dispensation among men; but the mission of Christian Science now, as in
the time of its earlier demonstration, is not primarily one of physical healing. Now, as then,
signs and wonders are wrought in the metaphysical healing of physical disease; but these signs
are only to demonstrate its divine origin, — to attest the reality of the higher mission of the
Christ-power to take away the sins of the world.

8. 55 : 15-29

Truth's immortal idea is sweeping down the centuries, gathering beneath its wings the sick and
sinning. My weary hope tries to realize that happy day, when man shall recognize the Science of
Christ and love his neighbor as himself, — when he shall realize God's omnipotence and the
healing power of the divine Love in what it has done and is doing for mankind. The promises
will be fulfilled. The time for the reappearing of the divine healing is throughout all time; and
whosoever layeth his earthly all on the altar of divine Science, drinketh of Christ's cup now, and
is endued with the spirit and power of Christian healing.

In the words of St. John: "He shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you
forever." This Comforter I understand to be Divine Science.

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Scriptural Quotations from the King James Bible and Correlative Passages from the Christian Science textbook,
Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, by Mary Baker Eddy.
THE DAILY DUTIES
by Mary Baker Eddy

Daily Prayer
It shall be the duty of every member of this Church to pray each day: "Thy kingdom
come;" let the reign of divine Truth, Life, and Love be established in me, and rule out of me
all sin; and may Thy Word enrich the affections of all mankind, and govern them!
Church Manual, Article VIII, Sect. 4

A Rule for Motives and Acts


Neither animosity nor mere personal attachment should impel the motives or acts of the
members of The Mother Church. In Science, divine Love alone governs man; and a Christian
Scientist reflects the sweet amenities of Love, in rebuking sin, in true brotherliness,
charitableness, and forgiveness. The members of this Church should daily watch and pray to be
delivered from all evil, from prophesying, judging, condemning, counseling, influencing or
being influenced erroneously.
Church Manual, Article VIII, Sect. 1

Alertness to Duty
It shall be the duty of every member of this Church to defend himself daily against
aggressive mental suggestion, and not be made to forget nor to neglect his duty to God, to his
Leader, and to mankind. By his works he shall be judged, — and justified or condemned.
Church Manual, Article VIII, Sect. 6

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