Order of Service
Sunday, August 23, 2026
Mind
Hymn 342
Scriptural Selection
II Kings 6:8–17
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 550
Notices
Solo
The Lord’s Prayer, by Albert Hay Mallotte
Explanatory Note
Subject of the Lesson-Sermon
Mind
Golden Text
Romans 12:2 let
. . . let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God’s will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect.
Responsive Reading
Proverbs 2:6 the, 10, 11, Proverbs 9:10, Psalms 25:4, 5, 9, 15, Psalms 119:10, 15, 18, 24, 27 (to :), 34
. . . the Lord giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.
When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul;
Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee:
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.
Shew me thy ways, O Lord; teach me thy paths.
Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art the God of my salvation; on thee do I wait all the day.
The meek will he guide in judgment: and the meek will he teach his way.
Mine eyes are ever toward the Lord; for he shall pluck my feet out of the net.
With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments.
I will meditate in thy precepts, and have respect unto thy ways.
Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law.
Thy testimonies also are my delight and my counsellors.
Make me to understand the way of thy precepts:
Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart.
Lesson-Sermon
Collection
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Hymn 51
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
II Corinthians 2:16
Postlude
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