At our Sunday Service, two readers read selections from the King James Version of the Bible and Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy.

  Here is a preview of what to expect at our service:

Subject

Life

Golden Text

Isaiah 41:10 I am thy

. . . I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.

135 – I know no life divided

551 – O’er waiting harpstrings of the mind

342 – This is the day the Lord hath made

Below is a sample of what is in this week’s Lesson Sermon on “Life”:

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Section 1

The Bible
Isaiah 65:8 (to 1st , ), 18 be (to : )
8 Thus saith the Lord,
18 be ye glad and rejoice for ever in that which I create:

Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures
by Mary Baker Eddy
468:25–27
Question. — What is Life?
Answer. — Life is divine Principle, Mind, Soul, Spirit. Life is without beginning and without end.

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Section 2

Proverbs 21:21
21 He that followeth after righteousness and mercy findeth life, righteousness, and honour.

326:16–17 (to 2nd . ), 20–21
The purpose and motive to live aright can be gained now. This point won, you have started as you should.
Working and praying with true motives, your Father will open the way.

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Section 3

Job 5:8, 12
8 I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause:
12 He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.

193:32–2
It has been demonstrated to me that Life is God and that the might of omnipotent Spirit shares not its strength with matter or with human will.

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Section 4

Luke 12:32
32 Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.

2:4
Are we benefited by praying? Yes, the desire which goes forth hungering after righteousness is blessed of our Father, and it does not return unto us void.

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Section 5

Proverbs 12:28
28 In the way of righteousness is life; and in the pathway thereof there is no death.

355:11
Let discord of every name and nature be heard no more, and let the harmonious and true sense of Life and being take possession of human consciousness.

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Section 6

Jude 1:21
21 Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.

410:4–7
"This is life eternal,” says Jesus, — is, not shall be; and then he defines everlasting life as a present knowledge of his Father and of himself, — the knowledge of Love, Truth, and Life.

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Our Bible Lesson Sermons can be found in the Christian Science Quarterly which is
for sale inside our Reading Room.

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