First Church of Christ, Scientist, La Cañada Flintridge, California
Wednesday Meeting Readings
- Ps. 91:10
10There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling.
- Ps. 107:1-7, 16, 25, 29-31, 35-37, 42
1O give thanks unto the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.
2Let the redeemed of the Lord say so, whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy;
3And gathered them out of the lands, from the east, and from the west, from the north, and from the south.
4They wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way; they found no city to dwell in.
5Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them.
6Then they cried unto the Lord in their trouble, and he delivered them out of their distresses.
7And he led them forth by the right way, that they might go to a city of habitation.
... 16For he hath broken the gates of brass, and cut the bars of iron in sunder.
... 25For he commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind, which lifteth up the waves thereof.
... 29He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still.
30Then are they glad because they be quiet; so he bringeth them unto their desired haven.
31Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!
... 35He turneth the wilderness into a standing water, and dry ground into watersprings.
36And there he maketh the hungry to dwell, that they may prepare a city for habitation;
37And sow the fields, and plant vineyards, which may yield fruits of increase.
... 42The righteous shall see it, and rejoice: and all iniquity shall stop her mouth.
- Matt. 6:30 if, 31 take, 33
if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to-day is, and to-morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?
... take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?
... 33But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
- Matt. 8:16, 18, 23-27
16¶ When the even was come, they brought unto him many that were possessed with devils: and he cast out the spirits with his word, and healed all that were sick:
18¶ Now when Jesus saw great multitudes about him, he gave commandment to depart unto the other side.
23¶ And when he was entered into a ship, his disciples followed him.
24And, behold, there arose a great tempest in the sea, insomuch that the ship was covered with the waves: but he was asleep.
25And his disciples came to him, and awoke him, saying, Lord, save us: we perish.
26And he saith unto them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm.
27But the men marvelled, saying, What manner of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him!
- Matt. 9:18 there, 19, 23-26
there came a certain ruler, and worshipped him, saying, My daughter is even now dead: but come and lay thy hand upon her, and she shall live.
19And Jesus arose, and followed him, and so did his disciples.
23And when Jesus came into the ruler’s house, and saw the minstrels and the people making a noise,
24He said unto them, Give place: for the maid is not dead, but sleepeth. And they laughed him to scorn.
25But when the people were put forth, he went in, and took her by the hand, and the maid arose.
26And the fame hereof went abroad into all that land.
- Matt. 13:24-30, 36-38 (to 1st ;), 38 6th the, 39 (to 1st ;), 41, 43 (to 1st .)
24¶ Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field:
25But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way.
26But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also.
27So the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? from whence then hath it tares?
28He said unto them, An enemy hath done this. The servants said unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up?
29But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them.
30Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn.
36Then Jesus sent the multitude away, and went into the house: and his disciples came unto him, saying, Declare unto us the parable of the tares of the field.
37He answered and said unto them, He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man;
38The field is the world; ... the tares are the children of the wicked one;
39The enemy that sowed them is the devil;
... 41The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity;
... 43Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father.
- II Tim. 3:14 continue, 17
continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them;
... 17That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.
Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures
by Mary Baker Eddy
- SH 72:13, 19-23
Mortal belief (the material sense of life) and immortal Truth 15(the spiritual sense) are the tares and the wheat, which are not united by progress, but separated.
Error is not a convenient sieve through which truth can be strained.
21 God, good, being ever present, it follows in divine logic that evil, the suppositional opposite of good, is never Scientific phenomenapresent.
- SH 119:21
- SH 207:8, 20-23
God is not the creator of an evil mind. Indeed, evil 9is not Mind. We must learn that evil is the awful decep-Subordination of eviltion and unreality of existence. Evil is not supreme; good is not helpless; nor are the 12so-called laws of matter primary, and the law of Spirit secondary. Without this lesson, we lose sight of the per-fect Father, or the divine Principle of man.
There is but one primal cause. Therefore there can 21be no effect from any other cause, and there can be no One primal causereality in aught which does not proceed from this great and only cause.
- SH 304:3-5
- SH 367:31-4
Because Truth is omnipotent in goodness, error, Truth’s opposite, has no might. Evil is but the 368 368:1counterpoise of nothingness. The greatest wrong is but a supposititious opposite of the highest right. The 3Real and counterfeitconfidence inspired by Science lies in the fact that Truth is real and error is unreal.
- SH 339:7-10 Since
- SH 393:12-18
Rise in the strength of Spirit to resist all that is unlike good. God has made man capable of this, and nothing can vitiate the ability and power divinely bestowed on 15man.
Be firm in your understanding that the divine Mind governs, and that in Science man reflects God’s govern-18No pain in matterment.
- SH 294:19
The lines of demarcation between immortal man, repre-senting Spirit, and mortal man, representing the error that 21Mythical pleasurelife and intelligence are in matter, show the pleasures and pains of matter to be myths, and human belief in them to be the father of mythology, in 24which matter is represented as divided into intelligent gods. Man’s genuine selfhood is recognizable only in what is good and true. Man is neither self-made nor made by 27mortals. God created man.
- SH 203:7-8, 13, 31-1
If God were understood instead of being merely be-lieved, this understanding would establish health. ... Spiritual perception brings out the possibilities of being, destroys reliance on aught 15but God, and so makes man the image of his Maker in deed and in truth.
God, divine good, does not kill a man in order to give him eternal Life, for God alone is man’s life. God is at 204 204:1once the centre and circumference of being.
- SH 223:28-32
- SH 224:4-7, 8
- SH 248:29
- SH 516:9-12
- SH 288:20-28
The chief stones in the temple of Christian Science are 21to be found in the following postulates: that Life is God, The chief stones in the templegood, and not evil; that Soul is sinless, not to be found in the body; that Spirit is not, and 24cannot be, materialized; that Life is not subject to death; that the spiritual real man has no birth, no ma-terial life, and no death.
27 Science reveals the glorious possibilities of immortal The Christ-element man, forever unlimited by the mortal senses.
- SH 445:5-10, 19-24
No 6hypothesis as to the existence of another power should interpose a doubt or fear to hinder the demonstration of Christian Science. Unfold the latent energies and capac-9ities for good in your pupil. Teach the great possibilities of man endued with divine Science.
Christian Science silences human will, quiets fear with Truth and Love, and illustrates the unlabored motion 21Divine energyof the divine energy in healing the sick. Self-seeking, envy, passion, pride, hatred, and revenge are cast out by the divine Mind which heals 24disease.
- SH 478:23-27, 30-1
Error says, “I am man;” but this 24belief is mortal and far from actual. From beginning to end, whatever is mortal is composed of material hu-man beliefs and of nothing else. That only is real which 27reflects God.
Mortal man is really a self-contradictory phrase, for man is not mortal, “neither indeed can be;” man is im-479479:1mortal.
- SH 329:1
- SH 515:22
Hymn 48: “Dear Father-Mother, Thou dost grant All good and perfect gifts to me”
Hymn 480: “…Let Your light, Your truth, Your peace Bid all strife and tumult cease”
Hymn 432: “…Your goodness is revealed And here for all to see”