Order of Service
Sunday, May 31, 2026
Ancient and Modern Necromancy, alias Mesmerism and Hypnotism, Denounced
Hymn 160
Scriptural Selection
Psalm 37: 23, 24, 27-36; Isa 8: 19 (to 1st ?)
Silent Prayer
The Lord’s Prayer with its spiritual interpretation
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, pp. 16-17
Hymn 99
Notices
Solo
Lisa Huffaker, Soloist
The Lord Is My Light
John B. Marsh, music
Psalm 27, text
The Lord is my light and my salvation:
whom then shall I fear?
The Lord is the strength of my life;
of whom then shall I be afraid?
One thing have I desired, have I desired of the Lord:
even that I may dwell in the house of the Lord
all the days of my life;
To behold the fair beauty, the beauty of the Lord,
and to visit His temple.
For in the time of trouble, He shall hide me in His pavillion,
Yea, in the secret place of His dwelling shall He hide me,
And set me upon a rock of stone.
And now shall He lift up mine head above mine enemies round about me.
Therefore will I offer in His dwelling an oblation,
therefore will I offer an oblation with great gladness.
I will sing and give praises,
I will sing and give praises,
I will sing and give praises unto the Lord.
I will sing and give praises,
I will sing and give praises,
I will sing and give praises unto the Lord.
Amen.
Amen.
Amen.
Explanatory Note
Subject of the Lesson-Sermon
Ancient and Modern Necromancy, alias Mesmerism and Hypnotism, Denounced
Golden Text
Proverbs 21:30
There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the Lord.
Responsive Reading
II Thessalonians 2:1–3 (to :), Ephesians 4:1–3 walk, 13–15, 29, 31, 32
Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him,
That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand.
Let no man deceive you by any means:
. . . walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called,
With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;
Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:
That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;
But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ:
Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.
Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:
And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.
Lesson-Sermon
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Hymn 10
The scientific statement of being and its correlative scripture
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.
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 468:9-15)
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.
(I John 3:1–3)
Benediction
Romans 15:13
Postlude
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