First Church of Christ, Scientist, La Cañada Flintridge, California
Wednesday Meeting Readings
- Deut. 4:1 hearken, 2, 8
hearken, O Israel, unto the statutes and unto the judgments, which I teach you, for to do them, that ye may live, and go in and possess the land which the Lord God of your fathers giveth you.
2Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish aught from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the Lord your God which I command you.
... 8And what nation is there so great, that hath statutes and judgments so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day?
- Deut. 30:11-14
11¶ For this commandment which I command thee this day, it is not hidden from thee, neither is it far off.
12It is not in heaven, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go up for us to heaven, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it?
13Neither is it beyond the sea, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go over the sea for us, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it?
14But the word is very nigh unto thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart, that thou mayest do it.
- Ps. 1:1, 2
1Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.
2But his delight is in the law of the Lord; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.
- Ps. 19:7, 8
7The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple.
8The statutes of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes.
- Ps. 37:30, 31, 37
30The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment.
31The law of his God is in his heart; none of his steps shall slide.
... 37Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end of that man is peace.
- Ps. 40:8
8I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.
- Ps. 119:1, 18, 34, 97, 142
1Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord.
18Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law.
34Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart.
97O how love I thy law! it is my meditation all the day.
142Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and thy law is the truth.
- Isa. 51:4, 7 (to ;)
4¶ Hearken unto me, my people; and give ear unto me, O my nation: for a law shall proceed from me, and I will make my judgment to rest for a light of the people.
7¶ Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law;
- Matt. 4:23 Jesus
Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people.
- Matt. 5:17, 18
17¶ Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.
18For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.
- Matt. 7:12
12Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.
- Matt. 22:34-40 when
when the Pharisees had heard that he had put the Sadducees to silence, they were gathered together.
35Then one of them, which was a lawyer, asked him a question, tempting him, and saying,
36Master, which is the great commandment in the law?
37Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
38This is the first and great commandment.
39And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
40On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.
Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures
by Mary Baker Eddy
- SH 146:31
Divine metaphysics is now reduced to a system, to a form comprehensible by and adapted to the thought of 147 147:1the age in which we live. This system enables the Reduction to systemlearner to demonstrate the divine Principle, 3upon which Jesus’ healing was based, and the sacred rules for its present application to the cure of disease.
- SH 111:26
After a lengthy examination of my discovery and its 27demonstration in healing the sick, this fact became evi-Confirmatory testsdent to me, — that Mind governs the body, not partially but wholly. I submitted my 30metaphysical system of treating disease to the broad-est practical tests. Since then this system has gradually gained ground, and has proved itself, whenever scien-112112:1tifically employed, to be the most effective curative agent in medical practice.
- SH 126:22
I have set forth Christian Science and its application to the treatment of disease just as I have discovered them. 24Biblical basisI have demonstrated through Mind the effects of Truth on the health, longevity, and morals of men; and I have found nothing in ancient or in modern 27systems on which to found my own, except the teachings and demonstrations of our great Master and the lives of prophets and apostles. The Bible has been my only au-30thority. I have had no other guide in “the straight and narrow way” of Truth.
- SH vii:27-4
- SH 146:2-5, 7
The ancient Christians were healers. Why 3How healing was losthas this element of Christianity been lost? Because our systems of religion are governed more or less by our systems of medicine. ... By trusting matter to destroy its own discord, health and 9harmony have been sacrificed. Such systems are barren of the vitality of spiritual power, by which material sense is made the servant of Science and religion becomes 12Christlike.
- SH 268:6-11, 14-18
Belief in a material basis, from which may be deduced all rationality, is slowly yielding to the idea of a metaphysical basis, looking away from 9matter to Mind as the cause of every effect. Material-istic hypotheses challenge metaphysics to meet in final combat.
In this final struggle for supremacy, semi-metaphysi-15cal systems afford no substantial aid to scientific meta-Confusion confoundedphysics, for their arguments are based on the false testimony of the material senses as 18well as on the facts of Mind.
- SH 423:8, 18
The Christian Scientist, understanding scientifically 9that all is Mind, commences with mental causation, the Scientific correctivetruth of being, to destroy the error. This cor-rective is an alterative, reaching to every part 12of the human system. According to Scripture, it searches “the joints and marrow,” and it restores the harmony of man.
The metaphysician, making Mind his basis of operation irrespective of matter and regarding the truth and harmony of being as superior to 21error and discord, has rendered himself strong, instead of weak, to cope with the case; and he proportionately strengthens his patient with the stimulus of courage and 24conscious power. Both Science and consciousness are now at work in the economy of being according to the law of Mind, which ultimately asserts its absolute supremacy.
- SH 420:17
- SH 460:5-8
- SH 123:12
- SH 371:30
- SH 447:14-16
- SH 394:7-10
- SH 547:1
A simple statement of Chris-tian Science, if demonstrated by healing, contains the 3Proof given in healingproof of all here said of Christian Science. If one of the statements in this book is true, every one must be true, for not one departs from the stated sys-6tem and rule. You can prove for yourself, dear reader, the Science of healing, and so ascertain if the author has given you the correct interpretation of Scripture.
- SH 546:27
Hymn 102: “Hear our prayer”
Hymn 371: “We lift our hearts in praise”
Hymn 216: “O he who trusts in God's protection”