APRIL 12th, 2023

From The Bible

Isa. 8:19 should (to 1st ?)

... should not a people seek unto their God? ...

Prov. 8:4 (to ;), 17

Unto you, O men, I call; ...

I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me. 

Mal. 3:6 I (to ;), 10 (to 1st ,), 10 and

... I am the Lord, I change not; ...

Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, ... and prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it. 

Gen. 37:2 Joseph (to ;), 3, 23, 24 (to :), 28

... Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brethren; ...

Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age: and he made him a coat of many colours. ...

... ¶ And it came to pass when Joseph was come unto his brethren, that they stripped Joseph out of his coat, his coat of many colours that was on him; And they took him, and cast him into a pit: ...

Then there passed by Midianites merchantmen; and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmeelites for twenty pieces of silver: and they brought Joseph into Egypt. 

Gen. 39:1 (to ;), 2; 41:14 (to 1st ,), 15, 16, 39 (to 2nd ,), 40, 41 See, 46 2nd And, 47, 49 (to 2nd ,), 49 for

And Joseph was brought down to Egypt; ...

And the Lord was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian. ...

... ¶ Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, ...

And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I have dreamed a dream, and there is none that can interpret it: and I have heard say of thee, that thou canst understand a dream to interpret it. And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, It is not in me: God shall give Pharaoh an answer of peace. ...

And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Forasmuch as God hath shewed thee all this, ...

Thou shalt be over my house, and according unto thy word shall all my people be ruled: only in the throne will I be greater than thou. 

... See, I have set thee over all the land of Egypt. ...

... And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of Egypt. And in the seven plenteous years the earth brought forth by handfuls. ...

And Joseph gathered corn as the sand of the sea, very much, ... for it was without number. 

Gen. 41:54; 42:3, 8; 45:1 (to ;), 4, 5, 8 (to :)

And the seven years of dearth began to come, according as Joseph had said: and the dearth was in all lands; but in all the land of Egypt there was bread. ...

... ¶ And Joseph's ten brethren went down to buy corn in Egypt. ...

And Joseph knew his brethren, but they knew not him. ...

Then Joseph could not refrain himself before all them that stood by him; ...

And Joseph said unto his brethren, Come near to me, I pray you. And they came near. And he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt. Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life. ...

So now it was not you that sent me hither, but God: ...

Rom. 8:28

And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. 

Matt. 9:35

And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among the people. 

Mark 10:46–48, 51, 52 (to 2nd ,)

¶ And they came to Jericho: and as he went out of Jericho with his disciples and a great number of people, blind Bartimæus, the son of Timæus, sat by the highway side begging. And when he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out, and say, Jesus, thou son of David, have mercy on me. And many charged him that he should hold his peace: but he cried the more a great deal, Thou son of David, have mercy on me. ...

And Jesus answered and said unto him, What wilt thou that I should do unto thee? The blind man said unto him, Lord, that I might receive my sight. And Jesus said unto him, Go thy way; thy faith hath made thee whole. And immediately he received his sight, ...

Luke 11:5, 7 (to 2nd ,), 7–9 I

And he said unto them, Which of you shall have a friend, and shall go unto him at midnight, and say unto him, Friend, lend me three loaves; ...

And he from within shall answer and say, Trouble me not: the door is now shut, ... I cannot rise and give thee. I say unto you, Though he will not rise and give him, because he is his friend, yet because of his importunity he will rise and give him as many as he needeth. And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you. 

Luke 19:1, 2 (to 4th ,), 3 (to ;), 4 (to :), 5, 8, 9 (to 2nd ,), 10, 11 (to 2nd ,)

And Jesus entered and passed through Jericho. And, behold, there was a man named Zacchæus, which was the chief among the publicans, ...

And he sought to see Jesus who he was; ...

And he ran before, and climbed up into a sycomore tree to see him: ...

And when Jesus came to the place, he looked up, and saw him, and said unto him, Zacchæus, make haste, and come down; for to-day I must abide at thy house. ...

And Zacchæus stood, and said unto the Lord; Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have taken any thing from any man by false accusation, I restore him fourfold. And Jesus said unto him, This day is salvation come to this house, ...

For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost. And as they heard these things, he added and spake a parable, ...

Luke 15:11 A, 12 (to 1st .), 13 2nd and, 14 (to ,), 14 2nd he, 16 (to :), 17 (to 1st ,), 20–22 he (to 1st ,), 22 2nd put, 23 (to 1st ,), 23 3rd and, 24 (to 1st .)

... A certain man had two sons: And the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of goods that falleth to me. ...

... and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living. And when he had spent all, ... he began to be in want. ...

And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: ...

And when he came to himself, ...

... he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him. And the son said unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in thy sight, and am no more worthy to be called thy son. But the father said to his servants, ... put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet: And bring hither the fatted calf, ... and let us eat, and be merry: For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. ...

Luke 3:5, 6

Every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall be brought low; and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough ways shall be made smooth; And all flesh shall see the salvation of God. 

Luke 5:27 (to 1st ,), 36 (to 1st ;), 37 no, 38

¶ And after these things he went forth, ...

... ¶ And he spake also a parable unto them; ...

... no man putteth new wine into old bottles; else the new wine will burst the bottles, and be spilled, and the bottles shall perish. But new wine must be put into new bottles; and both are preserved. 

Phil. 3:8 I, 9 (to 1st ,), 13, 14

... I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ, And be found in him, ...

Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. 

II Chron. 15:2 The (to 3rd ;)

... The Lord is with you, while ye be with him; and if ye seek him, he will be found of you; ...

Joel 2:12 (to 3rd ,), 25 (to 1st ,)

¶ Therefore also now, saith the Lord, turn ye even to me with all your heart, ...

And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, ...

SCIENCE AND HEALTH WITH KEY TO THE SCRIPTURES by MARY BAKER EDDY

SH 55:15–16

Truth's immortal idea is sweeping down the centuries, gathering beneath its wings the sick and sinning. 

SH 139:4–5

From beginning to end, the Scriptures are full of accounts of the triumph of Spirit, Mind, over matter. 

SH 38:10–12 (to .)

Jesus said: “These signs shall follow them that believe; . . . they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.” 

SH 145:31–5; 146:9

The theology of Christian Science includes healing the sick. Our Master's first article of faith propounded to his students was healing, and he proved his faith by his works. The ancient Christians were healers. Why has this element of Christianity been lost? 

Because our systems of religion are governed more or less by our systems of medicine. ... Such systems are barren of the vitality of spiritual power, by which material sense is made the servant of Science and religion becomes Christlike. 

SH 110:25–29

Jesus demonstrated the power of Christian Science to heal mortal minds and bodies. But this power was lost sight of, and must again be spiritually discerned

, taught, and demonstrated according to Christ's command, with “signs following.” 

SH 51:19–23

His consummate example was for the salvation of us all, but only through doing the works which he did and taught others to do. His purpose in healing 

was not alone to restore health, but to demonstrate his divine Principle. 

SH 55:22

The time for the reappearing of the divine healing is throughout all time; and whosoever layeth his earthly all on the altar of divine Science, drinketh of Christ's cup now, and is endued with the spirit and power of Christian healing. 

SH 162:4, 16–19

Christian Science brings to the body the sunlight of Truth, which invigorates and purifies. Christian Science acts as an alterative, neutralizing error with 

Truth. It changes the secretions, expels humors, dissolves tumors, relaxes rigid muscles, restores carious bones to soundness. The effect of this Science is to stir the human mind to a change of base, on which it may yield to the harmony of the divine Mind. 

... Working out the rules of Science in practice, the author has restored health in cases of both acute and chronic disease in their severest forms. 

SH x:22–23

The divine Principle of healing is proved in the personal experience of any sincere seeker of Truth. 

SH 304:9

This is the doctrine of Christian Science: that divine Love cannot be deprived of its manifestation, or object; that joy cannot be turned into sorrow, for sorrow is not the master of joy; that good can never produce evil; that matter can never produce mind nor life result in death. The perfect man — governed by God, his perfect Principle — is sinless and eternal. 

SH 470:23–24, 32

Man is the expression 

of God's being. ...

The relations of God and man, divine Principle and idea, are indestructible in Science; and Science knows no lapse from nor return to harmony, but holds the divine order or spiritual law, in which God and all that He creates are perfect and eternal, to have remained unchanged in its eternal history. 

SH 302:3–6 (to ;), 8–10 (to ,), 12 is

The material body and mind are temporal, but the real man is spiritual and eternal. The identity of the real man is not lost, but found through this 

explanation; ... It is impossible that man should lose aught that is real, when God is all and eternally his. The notion that mind is in matter, ... is a mortal belief; and this belief is all that will ever be lost. 

SH 264:7–8, 10–19

Mortals must look beyond fading, finite forms, if they would gain the true sense of things. ... We must look where we would walk, and we must act as possessing all power from Him in whom we have our being. 

As mortals gain more correct views of God and man, multitudinous objects of creation, which before were invisible, will become visible. When we 

realize that Life is Spirit, never in nor of matter, this understanding will expand into self-completeness, finding all in God, good, and needing no other consciousness. 

SH 281:27

Divine Science does not put new wine into old bottles, Soul into matter, nor the infinite into the finite. Our false views of matter perish as we grasp 

the facts of Spirit. The old belief must be cast out or the new idea will be spilled, and the inspiration, which is to change our standpoint, will be lost. Now, as of old, Truth casts out evils and heals the sick. 

SH 335:22

Only by losing the false sense of Soul can we gain the eternal unfolding of Life as immortality brought to light. 

SH 452:10–11; 454:22

When outgrowing the old, you should not fear 

to put on the new. ...

... Wait patiently for divine Love to move upon the waters of mortal mind, and form the perfect concept. Patience must “have her perfect work.” 

SH 265:5–15, 23–24, 26–28

Mortals must gravitate Godward, their affections and aims grow spiritual, — they must near the broader interpretations of being, and gain some proper sense of the infinite, — in order that sin and mortality may be put off. 

This scientific sense of being, forsaking matter for Spirit, by no means suggests man's absorption into Deity and the loss of his identity, but confers upon man enlarged individuality, a wider sphere of thought and action, a more expansive love, a higher and more permanent peace. ...

Who that has felt the loss of human peace has not gained stronger desires for spiritual joy? ... The loss 

of earthly hopes and pleasures brightens the ascending path of many a heart. 

SH 459:3–7

Paul and John 

had a clear apprehension that, as mortal man achieves no worldly honors except by sacrifice, so he must gain heavenly riches by forsaking all worldliness. 

SH 238:6–9, 10–13, 23

To obey the Scriptural command, “Come out from among them, and be ye separate,” is to incur society's frown; but this frown, more than flatteries, enables one to be Christian. ... “If God be for us, who can be against us?” 

To fall away from Truth in times of persecution, shows that we never understood Truth. ...

... He who leaves all for Christ forsakes popularity and gains Christianity. 

SH 451:2–4, 11–16

Christian Scientists must live under the constant pressure of the apostolic command to come out from the material world and be separate. ...

... They must not only seek, but strive, 

to enter the narrow path of Life, for “wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat.” Man walks in the direction towards which he looks, and where his treasure is, there will his heart be also. 

SH 216:28

When you say, “Man's body is material,” I say with Paul: Be “willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.” Give up 

your material belief of mind in matter, and have but one Mind, even God; for this Mind forms its own likeness. The loss of man's identity through the understanding which Science confers is impossible; and the notion of such a possibility is more absurd than to conclude that individual musical tones are lost in the origin of harmony. 

SH 183:21–22, 23

Divine Mind rightly demands man's entire obedience, affection, and strength. ... Obedience to Truth gives man power and strength. Submission to error superinduces loss of power. 

SH 487:8, 19–23

There is more Science in the perpetual exercise of the Mind-faculties than in their loss. Lost they cannot be, while Mind remains. The apprehension of this gave sight to the blind and hearing to the deaf centuries ago, and it will repeat the wonder. ...

... Christian evidence is founded on Science or 

demonstrable Truth, flowing from immortal Mind, and there is in reality no such thing as mortal mind. Mere belief is blindness without Principle from which to explain the reason of its hope. 

SH 486:23–26, 27

Sight, hearing, all the spiritual senses of man, are eternal. They cannot be lost. Their reality and immortality are in Spirit and understanding, not in 

matter, — hence their permanence. ... If the five corporeal senses were the medium through which to understand God, then palsy, blindness, and deafness would place man in a terrible situation, where he would be like those “having no hope, and without God in the world;” but as a matter of fact, these calamities often drive mortals to seek and to find a higher sense of happiness and existence. 

SH 444:2

In some way, sooner or later, all must rise superior to materiality, and suffering is oft the divine agent in this elevation. “All things work together for good to them that love God,” is the dictum of Scripture. 

SH 1:11 and

... and no loss can occur from trusting God with our desires, that they may be moulded and exalted before they take form in words and in deeds. 

SH 254:10–12

When we wait patiently on God and seek Truth righteously, He directs our path. 

SH 464:19

Thus it is that we “prove all things; [and] hold fast that which is good.” 

SH 317:11–12 (to :), 13 Lo

These blessed benedictions rest upon Jesus' followers: ... “Lo, I am with you alway,” — that is, not only in all time, but in all ways and conditions. 

SH 208:20

Let us learn of the real and eternal, and prepare for the reign of Spirit, the kingdom of heaven, — the reign and rule of universal harmony, which cannot be lost nor remain forever unseen.

Christian Science Hymnals

Hymn. 174

Like as a mother, God comforteth His children; / Comfort is calm, that bids all tumult cease; / Comfort is hope and courage for endeavor, / Comfort is love, whose home abides in peace. 

Love is true solace and giveth joy for sorrow,— / O, in that light, all earthly loss is gain; / Joy must endure, Love's giving is forever; / Life is of God, whose radiance cannot wane. 

O holy presence, that stills all our demanding, / O love of God, that needs but to be known! / Heaven is at hand, when thy pure touch persuades us, / Comfort of God, that seeks and finds His own. 

Words: Maria Louise Baum

Music: F. Mendelssohn, arr.

Hymn. 154

In Thee, O Spirit true and tender, / I find my life as God's own child; / Within Thy light of glorious splendor / I lose the earth-clouds drear and wild. 

Within Thy love is safe abiding / From every thought that giveth fear; / Within Thy truth a perfect chiding, / Should I forget that Thou art near. 

In Thee I have no pain or sorrow, / No anxious thought, no load of care. / Thou art the same today, tomorrow; / Thy love and truth are everywhere. 

Words: Frances A. Fox

Music: Lyman Brackett

Hymn. 539

O gentle presence, peace and joy and power; / O Life divine, that owns each waiting hour, / Thou Love that guards the nestling's faltering flight! / Keep Thou my child on upward wing tonight. 

Love is our refuge; only with mine eye / Can I behold the snare, the pit, the fall: / His habitation high is here, and nigh, / His arm encircles me, and mine, and all. 

O make me glad for every scalding tear, / For hope deferred, ingratitude, disdain! / Wait, and love more for every hate, and fear / No ill,—since God is good, and loss is gain. 

Beneath the shadow of His mighty wing; / In that sweet secret of the narrow way, / Seeking and finding, with the angels sing: / “Lo, I am with you alway,”—watch and pray. 

No snare, no fowler, pestilence or pain; / No night drops down upon the troubled breast, / When heaven's aftersmile earth's tear-drops gain, / And mother finds her home and heav'nly rest. 

Words: Mary Baker Eddy

Music: Lisa Redfern; arr. CSPS