Prelude
Hymn 269
Our God is Love, unchanging Love,
And can we ask for more?
Our prayer for Love’s increase is vain;
’Twas infinite before.
Ask not the Lord with breath of praise
For more than we accept;
The open fount is free to all,
God’s promises are kept.
Our God is Mind, the perfect Mind,
Intelligence divine;
Shall mortal man ask Him to change
His infinite design?
The heart that yearns for righteousness,
With longing unalloyed,
In such desire sends up a prayer
That ne’er returneth void.
O loving Father, well we know
That words alone are vain,
That those who seek Thy will to do,
The true communion gain.
Then may our deeds our pure desire
For growth in grace express,
That we may know how Love divine
Forever waits to bless.
Hymn 269. Words: Frederic W. Root. Music: Franz Joseph Haydn (HAYDN)
Readings
From the Bible, and correlative passages from Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy.
Silent Prayer
The Lord’s Prayer
Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever.
Hymn 436
All may seem vain, but we are forever
With You, written in the book of Life.
You are forever, You are forever,
All may seem vain, but You endure.
You, You endure; You, You endure,
With those written in the book of Life.
Life is eternal, infinite light, and
It gives us conviction, strength, and might.
Infinite light, infinite light,
Life is eternal, infinite light.
Infinite light, infinite light,
It gives us conviction, and strength, and might.
Hymn 436. Words: verse 1 Gerhard Fritzsche; verse 2 Juliane Klein; eng. tr. CSPS. Music: Theophil Rothenberg (Untitled)
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