First Church of Christ, Scientist, La Cañada Flintridge
Wednesday Meeting Readings
- Gen. 1:1, 3, 4 (to :), 5-10 3rd And, 13, 16-21, 23, 26 (to :), 27, 31
1In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
... 3And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
4And God saw the light, that it was good:
5 ... And the evening and the morning were the first day.
6¶ And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.
7And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.
8And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.
9¶ And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.
10And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.
13And the evening and the morning were the third day.
16And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.
17And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,
18And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.
19And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.
20And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.
21And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
... 23And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.
26¶ And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness:
... 27So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
31And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.
- Gen. 2:1-3
1Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.
2And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.
3And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.
- Ps. 118:24, 27, 29
24This is the day which the Lord hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.
... 27God is the Lord, which hath shewed us light: bind the sacrifice with cords, even unto the horns of the altar.
... 29O give thanks unto the Lord; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.
- Ps. 68:2, 3, 19 (to 1st .), 28, 34 (to :)
2As smoke is driven away, so drive them away: as wax melteth before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God.
3But let the righteous be glad; let them rejoice before God: yea, let them exceedingly rejoice.
... 19Blessed be the Lord, who daily loadeth us with benefits, even the God of our salvation.
... 28Thy God hath commanded thy strength: strengthen, O God, that which thou hast wrought for us.
... 34Ascribe ye strength unto God:
- Ezek. 38:1 the, 7, 8
1the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,
... 7Be thou prepared, and prepare for thyself, thou, and all thy company that are assembled unto thee, and be thou a guard unto them.
8¶ After many days thou shalt be visited: in the latter years thou shalt come into the land that is brought back from the sword, and is gathered out of many people, against the mountains of Israel, which have been always waste: but it is brought forth out of the nations, and they shall dwell safely all of them.
- Acts 2:1, 2, 4-8, 12, 14, 22, 23 (to 1st ,), 25
1And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.
2And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.
... 4And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
5And there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, out of every nation under heaven.
6Now when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and were confounded, because that every man heard them speak in his own language.
7And they were all amazed and marvelled, saying one to another, Behold, are not all these which speak Galilæans?
8And how hear we every man in our own tongue, wherein we were born?
... 12And they were all amazed, and were in doubt, saying one to another, What meaneth this?
14¶ But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and said unto them, Ye men of Judæa, and all ye that dwell at Jerusalem, be this known unto you, and hearken to my words:
... 22Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know:
23Him,
... 25For David speaketh concerning him, I foresaw the Lord always before my face, for he is on my right hand, that I should not be moved:
- Mark 6:34 Jesus
34Jesus, when he came out, saw much people, and was moved with compassion toward them, because they were as sheep not having a shepherd: and he began to teach them many things.
- Mark 13:1-6, 21-23, 26, 27, 31, 33 (to :), 34-37
1And as he went out of the temple, one of his disciples saith unto him, Master, see what manner of stones and what buildings are here!
2And Jesus answering said unto him, Seest thou these great buildings? there shall not be left one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.
3And as he sat upon the mount of Olives over against the temple, Peter and James and John and Andrew asked him privately,
4Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign when all these things shall be fulfilled?
5And Jesus answering them began to say, Take heed lest any man deceive you:
6For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.
21And then if any man shall say to you, Lo, here is Christ; or, lo, he is there; believe him not:
22For false Christs and false prophets shall rise, and shall shew signs and wonders, to seduce, if it were possible, even the elect.
23But take ye heed: behold, I have foretold you all things.
26And then shall they see the Son of man coming in the clouds with great power and glory.
27And then shall he send his angels, and shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from the uttermost part of the earth to the uttermost part of heaven.
... 31Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.
33Take ye heed, watch and pray:
... 34For the Son of man is as a man taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch.
35Watch ye therefore: for ye know not when the master of the house cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or in the morning:
36Lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping.
37And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch.
- SH 584:1-8
584:1Day. The irradiance of Life; light, the spiritual idea of Truth and Love.
3 “And the evening and the morning were the first day.” (Genesis i. 5.) The objects of time and sense disappear in the illumination of spiritual understanding, and Mind 6 measures time according to the good that is unfolded. This unfolding is God’s day, and “there shall be no night there.”
- SH 502:24
24 The infinite has no beginning. This word beginning is employed to signify the only, — that is, the eternal ver-Ideas and identitiesity and unity of God and man, including 27the universe. The creative Principle — Life, Truth, and Love — is God. The universe reflects God. There is but one creator and one creation. This crea-503503:1tion consists of the unfolding of spiritual ideas and their identities, which are embraced in the infinite Mind and 3forever reflected. These ideas range from the infini-tesimal to infinity, and the highest ideas are the sons and daughters of God.
- SH 503:20, 28
Immortal and divine Mind presents the idea of God: 21first, in light; second, in reflection; third, in spiritual and Mind’s idea faultlessimmortal forms of beauty and goodness. But this Mind creates no element nor symbol of 24discord and decay. God creates neither erring thought, mortal life, mutable truth, nor variable love.
God, Spirit, dwelling in infinite light and harmony 504 504:1from which emanates the true idea, is never reflected by aught but the good.
- SH 504:16, 28-1
The successive appearing of God’s ideas is represented as taking place on so many evenings and mornings, — 18Evenings and morningswords which indicate, in the absence of solar time, spiritually clearer views of Him, views which are not implied by material darkness and dawn. 21Here we have the explanation of another passage of Scripture, that “one day is with the Lord as a thousand years.” The rays of infinite Truth, when gathered into 24the focus of ideas, bring light instantaneously, whereas a thousand years of human doctrines, hypotheses, and vague conjectures emit no such effulgence.
27Spirit is light, and the contradiction of Spirit is matter, Spirit versus darknessdarkness, and darkness obscures light. Mate-30rial sense is nothing but a supposition of the absence of Spirit. No solar rays nor planetary revolutions 505 505:1form the day of Spirit.
- SH 505:7-8, 16-17, 20-28
Spiritual understanding, by which human conception, material sense, is separated from Truth, is the firmament.
Spirit imparts the understanding which uplifts con-sciousness and leads into all truth. ... Spiritual sense is the discernment of spiritual 21good. Understanding is the line of demarcation between the real and unreal. Spiritual understanding unfolds Mind, — Life, Truth, and Love, — and demonstrates the 24divine sense, giving the spiritual proof of the universe in Christian Science.
This understanding is not intellectual, is not the result 27of scholarly attainments; it is the reality of all things Original reflectedbrought to light.
- SH 506:10
- SH 507:15
15 The universe of Spirit reflects the creative power of the divine Principle, or Life, which reproduces the multi-Divine propagationtudinous forms of Mind and governs the mul-18tiplication of the compound idea man. The tree and herb do not yield fruit because of any propagat-ing power of their own, but because they reflect the Mind 21 which includes all. A material world implies a mortal mind and man a creator. The scientific divine creation declares immortal Mind and the universe created by God.
- SH 508:28
The third stage in the order of Christian Science is an important one to the human thought, letting in the light 509 509:1of spiritual understanding. This period corresponds to the resurrection, when Spirit is discerned to be the Life of 3Rising to the lightall, and the deathless Life, or Mind, dependent upon no material organization. Our Master reappeared to his students, — to their apprehension he 6rose from the grave, — on the third day of his ascending thought, and so presented to them the certain sense of eternal Life.
- SH 367:17
A Christian Scientist occupies the place at this period 18of which Jesus spoke to his disciples, when he said: “Ye The salt of the earthare the salt of the earth.” “Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill can -21not be hid.” Let us watch, work, and pray that this salt lose not its saltness, and that this light be not hid, but radiate and glow into noontide glory.
- SH 496:9
9 We all must learn that Life is God. Ask yourself: Am I living the life that approaches the supreme good? Condition of progressAm I demonstrating the healing power of 12Truth and Love? If so, then the way will grow brighter “unto the perfect day.” Your fruits will prove what the understanding of God brings to man. 15Hold perpetually this thought, — that it is the spiritual idea, the Holy Ghost and Christ, which enables you to demonstrate, with scientific certainty, the rule of healing, 18based upon its divine Principle, Love, underlying, over-lying, and encompassing all true being.
From the Christian Science Hymnal
Hymn 585: “This is the. day the Lord hath made”
Hymn 2: “A glorious day is dawning”
Hymn 586: “This is the day, this is the day”
