Hymn 2
Hymn 2 Author Unknown (2) MISSIONARY HYMN Lowell MasonA glorious day is dawning,And o’er the waking earthThe heralds of the morningAre springing into birth.In dark and hidden placesThere shines the blessed light;The beam of Truth displacesThe darkness of the night. The advocates of errorForesee the glorious morn,And hear in shrinking terror,The watchword of reform:It rings from hill and valley,It breaks oppression’s chain.A thousand freemen rally,And swell the mighty strain. The watchword has been spoken,The light has broken forth,Far shines the blessed tokenUpon the startled earth.To hearts and homes benightedThe blessed Truth is given,And peace and love, united,Point upward unto heaven. John 1:1-5 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. In him was life; and the life was the light of men. And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not. Gen. 1:3 God, 4 (to :) God said, Let there be light: and there was light. And God saw the light, that it wasgood: Gen. 1:31 (to 1st .) And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. Matt. 5:14-16 Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid. Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house. Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven. Eccl. 2:13 wisdom wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness. Eccl. 11:7 ¶ Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun: Ps. 18:3-6, 9, 17-28 I will call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies. The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid. The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me. In my distress I called upon the Lord, and cried unto my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, even into his ears. ... He bowed the heavens also, and came down: and darkness was under his feet. ... He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them which hated me: for they were too strong for me. They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the Lord was my stay. He brought me forth also into a large place; he delivered me, because he delighted in me. The Lord rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me. For I have kept the ways of the Lord, and have not wickedly departed from my God. For all his judgments werebefore me, and I did not put away his statutes from me. I was also upright before him, and I kept myself from mine iniquity. Therefore hath the Lord recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight. With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful; with an upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright; With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself froward. For thou wilt save the afflicted people; but wilt bring down high looks. For thou wilt light my candle: the Lord my God will enlighten my darkness. Acts 12:1-24 Now about that time Herod the king stretched forth his hands to vex certain of the church. And he killed James the brother of John with the sword. And because he saw it pleased the Jews, he proceeded further to take Peter also. (Then were the days of unleavened bread.) And when he had apprehended him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to keep him; intending after Easter to bring him forth to the people. Peter therefore was kept in prison: but prayer was made without ceasing of the church unto God for him. And when Herod would have brought him forth, the same night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains: and the keepers before the door kept the prison. And, behold, the angel of the Lord came upon him, and a light shined in the prison: and he smote Peter on the side, and raised him up, saying, Arise up quickly. And his chains fell off from his hands. And the angel said unto him, Gird thyself, and bind on thy sandals. And so he did. And he saith unto him, Cast thy garment about thee, and follow me.And he went out, and followed him; and wist not that it was true which was done by the angel; but thought he saw a vision. When they were past the first and the second ward, they came unto the iron gate that leadeth unto the city; which opened to them of his own accord: and they went out, and passed on through one street; and forthwith the angel departed from him. And when Peter was come to himself, he said, Now I know of a surety, that the Lord hath sent his angel, and hath delivered me out of the hand of Herod, and from all the expectation of the people of the Jews.And when he had considered the thing, he came to the house of Mary the mother of John, whose surname was Mark; where many were gathered together praying. And as Peter knocked at the door of the gate, a damsel came to hearken, named Rhoda.And when she knew Peter’s voice, she opened not the gate for gladness, but ran in, and told how Peter stood before the gate. And they said unto her, Thou art mad. But she constantly affirmed that it was even so. Then said they, It is his angel. But Peter continued knocking: and when they had opened the door, and saw him, they were astonished. But he, beckoning unto them with the hand to hold their peace, declared unto them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. And he said, Go shew these things unto James, and to the brethren. And he departed, and went into another place. Now as soon as it was day, there was no small stir among the soldiers, what was become of Peter. And when Herod had sought for him, and found him not, he examined the keepers, and commanded that they should be put to death. And he went down from Judæa to Cæsarea, and there abode. ¶ And Herod was highly displeased with them of Tyre and Sidon: but they came with one accord to him, and, having made Blastus the king’s chamberlain their friend, desired peace; because their country was nourished by the king’s country.And upon a set day Herod, arrayed in royal apparel, sat upon his throne, and made an oration unto them. And the people gave a shout, saying, It is the voice of a god, and not of a man. And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory: and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost. ¶ But the word of God grew and multiplied. Mic. 7:7-9 1st I I will look unto the Lord; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me. ¶ Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the Lord shall be a light unto me. I will bear the indignation of the Lord, because I have sinned against him, until he plead my cause, and execute judgment for me: he will bring me forth to the light, and I shall behold his righteousness. SH 325:26-17 (to 1st .) The time cometh when the spiritual origin of man, the divine Science which ushered Jesus into human presence, will be understood and demonstrated. When first spoken in any age, Truth, like the light, “shineth in darkness, and the darkness comprehended it not.” A false sense of life, substance, and mind hides the divine possibilities, and conceals scientific demonstration. If we wish to follow Christ, Truth, it must be in the way of God’s appointing. Jesus said, “He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also.” He, who would reach the source and find the divine remedy for every ill, must not try to climb the hill of Science by some other road. All nature teaches God’s love to man, but man cannot love God supremely and set his whole affections on spiritual things, while loving the material or trusting in it more than in the spiritual. We must forsake the foundation of material systems, however time-honored, if we would gain the Christ as our only Saviour. Not partially, but fully, the great healer of mortal mind is the healer of the body. The purpose and motive to live aright can be gained now. SH 72:9-12 As As light destroys darkness and in the place of darkness all is light, so (in absolute Science) Soul, or God, is the only truth-giver to man. SH 72:32-1 As readily can you mingle fire and frost as Spirit and matter. SH 188:28-24 When darkness comes over the earth, the physical senses have no immediate evidence of a sun. The human eye knows not where the orb of day is, nor if it exists.Astronomy gives the desired information regarding the sun. The human or material senses yield to the authority of this science, and they are willing to leave with astronomy the explanation of the sun’s influence over the earth. If the eyes see no sun for a week, we still believe that there is solar light and heat. Science (in this instance named natural) raises the human thought above the cruder theories of the human mind, and casts out a fear. In like manner mortals should no more deny the power of Christian Science to establish harmony and to explain the effect of mortal mind on the body, though the cause be unseen, than they should deny the existence of the sunlight when the orb of day disappears, or doubt that the sun will reappear. The sins of others should not make good men suffer. We call the body material; but it is as truly mortal mind, according to its degree, as is the material brain which is supposed to furnish the evidence of all mortal thought or things. The human mortal mind, by an inevitable perversion, makes all things start from the lowest instead of from the highest mortal thought. The reverse is the case with all the formations of the immortal divine Mind. They proceed from the divine source; and so, in tracing them, we constantly ascend in infinite being. SH 516:9-13, 16-19 2nd The God fashions all things, after His own likeness. Life is reflected in existence, Truth in truthfulness, God in goodness, which impart their own peace and permanence.Love, redolent with unselfishness, bathes all in beauty and light. ... The sunlight glints from the church-dome, glances into the prison-cell, glides into the sick-chamber, brightens the flower, beautifies the landscape, blesses the earth. SH 274:25 The conventional firm, called matter and mind, God never formed. Science and understanding, governed by the unerring and eternal Mind, destroy the imaginary copartnership, matter and mind, formed only to be destroyed in a manner and at a period as yet unknown. This suppositional partnership is already obsolete, for matter, examined in the light of divine metaphysics, disappears. SH 566:1 As the children of Israel were guided triumphantly through the Red Sea, the dark ebbing and flowing tides of human fear, — as they were led through the wilderness, walking wearily through the great desert of human hopes, and anticipating the promised joy, — so shall the spiritual idea guide all right desires in their passage from sense to Soul, from a material sense of existence to the spiritual, up to the glory prepared for them who love God. Stately Science pauses not, but moves before them, a pillar of cloud by day and of fire by night, leading to divine heights. SH 562:7 This This idea reveals the universe as secondary and tributary to Spirit, from which the universe borrows its reflected light, substance, life, and intelligence. SH 669:24-19 A RESTLESS SENSE OF EXISTENCE DESTROYEDThrough reading Science and Health and the illumination which followed, I was healed of ulceration of the stomach and kindred troubles, a restless sense of existence, agnosticism, etc. The torture I endured with the stomach trouble I will not attempt to describe. The attending physician declared that I could live but a short time, and I felt there would be a limit to my endurance of the torture, but the disease was dissipated into nothingness through Christian Science, which brought me peace. Like many others I had been seemingly lost in the sea of error, without a compass, yet earnestly and honestly seeking a haven. I had investigated all kinds of religions and philosophies that came under my notice, with the exception of Christian Science, which was not then deemed worthy of inquiry, and yet it held the very truth I was searching for — the light which “shineth in the darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.” Three years of stubborn resistance to Truth, with increasing suffering, followed — then the light came, and with it a new experience. Now, after nine years of Christian Science experience, under severe tests, it can be truthfully said that it has not failed me in any hour of need. — J. F. J., Cincinnati, Ohio. Hymn 30 Hymn 30–32, 434, 435 Love Mary Baker Eddy (30) LOVE Walter E. Young (31) VITA Eaton Faning Music by permission of the executor of the late Dr. Joseph Eaton Faning (32) GOTTLOB Johann Sebastian Bach, alt.Brood o’er us with Thy shelt’ring wing,’Neath which our spirits blendLike brother birds, that soar and sing,And on the same branch bend.The arrow that doth wound the doveDarts not from those who watch and love. If thou the bending reed wouldst breakBy thought or word unkind,Pray that his spirit you partake,Who loved and healed mankind:Seek holy thoughts and heavenly strain,That make men one in love remain. Learn, too, that wisdom’s rod is givenFor faith to kiss, and know;That greetings glorious from high heaven,Whence joys supernal flow,Come from that Love, divinely near,Which chastens pride and earth-born fear, Through God, who gave that word of mightWhich swelled creation’s lay:“Let there be light, and there was light.”What chased the clouds away?’Twas Love whose finger traced aloudA bow of promise on the cloud. Thou to whose power our hope we give,Free us from human strife.Fed by Thy love divine we live,For Love alone is Life;And life most sweet, as heart to heartSpeaks kindly when we meet and part. Hymn 447 Hymn 447, 160–162 Satisfied Mary Baker Eddy (447) MKHAYA Andrew D. Brewis Music Copyright 2008 The Christian Science Board of Directors.It matters not what be thy lot,So Love doth guide;For storm or shine, pure peace is thine,Whate’er betide. And of these stones, or tyrants’ thrones,God able isTo raise up seed—in thought and deed--To faithful His. Aye, darkling sense, arise, go hence!Our God is good.False fears are foes—truth tatters those,When understood. Love looseth thee, and lifteth me,Ayont hate’s thrall:There Life is light, and wisdom might,And God is All. The centuries break, the earth-bound wake,God’s glorified!Who doth His will—His likeness still--Is satisfied. Hymn 160 Hymn 160–162, 447 Satisfied Mary Baker Eddy (160) GLOAMING John Stainer (161) FORTITUDE Walter E. Young (162) SATIS Percy WhitlockIt matters not what be thy lot,So Love doth guide;For storm or shine, pure peace is thine,Whate’er betide. And of these stones, or tyrants’ thrones,God able isTo raise up seed—in thought and deed--To faithful His. Aye, darkling sense, arise, go hence!Our God is good.False fears are foes—truth tatters those,When understood. Love looseth thee, and lifteth me,Ayont hate’s thrall:There Life is light, and wisdom might,And God is All. The centuries break, the earth-bound wake,God’s glorified!Who doth His will—His likeness still--Is satisfied. Comments are closed.
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