July 31st, 2024
From The Bible
Ps. 90:1, 2
Lord, thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations. Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.Jer. 31:3 (to :)
The Lord hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love:Ps. 71:1, 9 (to ;), 10 (to ;), 11 (to :), 12 (to :), 17 thou (to :), 18 (to 3rd ,), 22 (to 2nd ,), 22 2nd O
In thee, O Lord, do I put my trust: let me never be put to confusion. ... Cast me not off in the time of old age; ... For mine enemies speak against me; ... Saying, God hath forsaken him: ... O God, be not far from me: ... thou hast taught me from my youth: ... Now also when I am old and greyheaded, O God, forsake me not; until I have shewed thy strength unto this generation, ... I will also praise thee with the psaltery, even thy truth, ... O thou Holy One of Israel.Ex. 6:10, 11; 7:7; 15:22 (to 1st ,); 16:35 2nd until
And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, Go in, speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, that he let the children of Israel go out of his land. ... And Moses was fourscore years old, and Aaron fourscore and three years old, when they spake unto Pharaoh. ... So Moses brought Israel from the Red sea, ... until they came unto the borders of the land of Canaan.Josh. 14:6 (to ,), 7 (to ;), 10 3rd and, 11 (to 2nd ,), 11 both
¶ Then the children of Judah came unto Joshua in Gilgal: and Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite said unto him, ... Forty years old was I when Moses the servant of the Lord sent me from Kadesh–barnea to espy out the land; ... and now, lo, I am this day fourscore and five years old. As yet I am as strong this day as I was in the day that Moses sent me: as my strength was then, even so is my strength now, ... both to go out, and to come in.Isa. 45:18 (to 1st ;), 22; 46:4 even
For thus saith the Lord that created the heavens; ... Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else. ... even to your old age I am he; and even to hoar hairs will I carry you: I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver you.Luke 1:5 (to 3rd ,), 11, 13, 18, 19 (to ;); 18:27
¶ There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judæa, a certain priest named Zacharias, ... And there appeared unto him an angel of the Lord standing on the right side of the altar of incense. ... But the angel said unto him, Fear not, Zacharias: for thy prayer is heard; and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John. ... And Zacharias said unto the angel, Whereby shall I know this? for I am an old man, and my wife well stricken in years. And the angel answering said unto him, I am Gabriel, that stand in the presence of God; ... And he said, The things which are impossible with men are possible with God.Titus 2:1–3 speak (to 2nd ,), 13
... speak thou the things which become sound doctrine: That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience. The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, ... Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;Matt. 4:23 (to 1st ,), 24 2nd and (to 1st ,), 24 5th and; 12:22
¶ And Jesus went about all Galilee, ... and they brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments, ... and those which were lunatic, and those that had the palsy; and he healed them. ... ¶ Then was brought unto him one possessed with a devil, blind, and dumb: and he healed him, insomuch that the blind and dumb both spake and saw.Luke 13:10–13
And he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath. ¶ And, behold, there was a woman which had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and was bowed together, and could in no wise lift up herself. And when Jesus saw her, he called her to him, and said unto her, Woman, thou art loosed from thine infirmity. And he laid his hands on her: and immediately she was made straight, and glorified God.John 8:31 (to 1st ,), 51, 52 (to 1st ,), 52 Abraham, 53 (to 1st ?), 54 (to 1st ,), 56–58; 10:30
Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, ... Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my saying, he shall never see death. Then said the Jews unto him, ... Abraham is dead, and the prophets; and thou sayest, If a man keep my saying, he shall never taste of death. Art thou greater than our father Abraham, which is dead? ... Jesus answered, ... Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it, and was glad. Then said the Jews unto him, Thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast thou seen Abraham? Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am. ... I and my Father are one.Rev. 21:3 (to 5th ,), 3–5 5th and (to 1st .)
And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, ... and be their God. And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away. And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. ...Ps. 23:1, 2 2nd he, 4 (to ;), 6 2nd and
The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. ... he leadeth me beside the still waters. ... Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; ... and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.Ps. 121:8
The Lord shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore.Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures
SH 140:25–27
The Christian Science God is universal, eternal, divine Love, which changeth not and causeth no evil, disease, nor death.SH 503:24
God creates neither erring thought, mortal life, mutable truth, nor variable love.SH 475:7–9
The Scriptures inform us that man is made in the image and likeness of God.SH 346:2
When man is spoken of as made in God’s image, it is not sinful and sickly mortal man who is referred to, but the ideal man, reflecting God’s likeness.SH 258:13–15, 26–27
God expresses in man the infinite idea forever developing itself, broadening and rising higher and higher from a boundless basis. ... To him belongs eternal Life.SH 336:9–15 Immortal, 25–26 God
... Immortal man was and is God’s image or idea, even the infinite expression of infinite Mind, and immortal man is coexistent and coeternal with that Mind. He has been forever in the eternal Mind, God; but infinite Mind can never be in man, but is reflected by man. The spiritual man’s consciousness and individuality are reflections of God. ... God, the divine Principle of man, and man in God’s likeness are inseparable, harmonious, and eternal.SH 333:16–23 The, 26–30 (to ;), 32–5 By (to 2nd ,)
... The advent of Jesus of Nazareth marked the first century of the Christian era, but the Christ is without beginning of years or end of days. Throughout all time and eternity, there has never been but one Christ, that is, one Divine Idea, one eternal Truth.SH 76:8–10
The divine idea of God was ever manifest, revealing itself in God’s works and the divine idea of man.SH 468:15–18
The real man is not a product of growth, but of God, and is complete and perfect.SH 246:18–19
The more we understand of the divine Science of being, the more we shall be able to show forth the beauty of holiness.SH 303:31–32
... Science reveals that man is not the product of growth or development.SH 572:10
The divine consciousness, or God, is an ever-present reality. It is not a mere concept.SH 65:15–16
The eternal God is our refuge.SH 306:15–17
Our Father-Mother God, all-harmonious, is the one Mind, the divine Principle.SH 547:7–9
... Man is spiritual and not material, and therefore cannot be affected by age or time.SH 431:24–25
... The true idea of man is the image of divine perfection.SH 549:23–25
Immortality is not a gift bestowed upon man; it is his inherent quality.SH 558:5
Man is not an animal; he is the spiritual image and likeness of God.SH 273:27–28
We must accept Science, not as a mere theory, but as a practical, demonstrable truth.SH 276:9
The understanding of God and man demonstrates that man is ageless and perfect.
Hymnals
Hymn. 213
O God, our help in ages past,
Our hope for time to come,
Our shelter from the stormy blast,
And our eternal home.Before the hills in order stood,
Or earth received her frame,
From everlasting Thou art God,
To endless years the same.A thousand ages in Thy sight
Are like an evening gone,
Short as the watch that ends the night
Before the rising sun.O God, our help in ages past,
Our hope for time to come,
Thou art our guard while ages last,
And our eternal home.
Words: Isaac Watts
Music: William CroftHymn. 444
Be still, my heart: you rest in Love divine;
God’s gracious touch has silenced grief and pain.
Love’s timeless Christ allows for no decline;
In changeless being shall your health remain.
Be still, my heart: your faithful only Friend
Secures your joyful voyage without end.Be still, my heart: of present glories sing,
Instead of mourning for a troubled past.
Replace sad tunes with melodies that ring
Of God’s rich mercy and of blessings vast.
Be still, my heart: the winds and waves recede
When to God’s angel voices you give heed.Be still, my heart: our God casts out all fears,
Assuring you that God and man are one;
And in that oneness here and now appears
Love’s everlasting life, with death outdone.
Be still, my heart: no lies, no tears, no curse
Can mar the rhythm of God’s universe.
Words: Harold Rogers, alt.
Music: Fenella BennettsHymn. 148
In heavenly Love abiding,
No change my heart shall fear;
And safe is such confiding,
For nothing changes here.
The storm may roar without me,
My heart may low be laid;
But God is round about me,
And can I be dismayed?Wherever He may guide me,
No want shall turn me back;
My Shepherd is beside me,
And nothing can I lack.
His wisdom ever waketh,
His sight is never dim;
He knows the way He taketh,
And I will walk with Him.Green pastures are before me,
Which yet I have not seen;
Bright skies will soon be o’er me,
Where darkest clouds have been.
My hope I cannot measure,
My path in life is free;
My Father has my treasure,
And He will walk with me.
Words: Anna L. Waring
Music: Alexander Ewing
