noVEMBER 15th, 2023

From The Bible

Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of thine habitations: spare not, lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes; For thou shalt break forth on the right hand and on the left; ...

Fear not; ...
(Isaiah 54:2, 3 (to ;), 4 (to 1st ;))

I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: ...

He brought me forth also into a large place; ...
(Psalms 18:3 (to :), 19 (to ;))

And Abram went up out of Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the south. And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold. And he went on his journeys from the south even to Beth–el, unto the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Beth–el and Hai; Unto the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first: and there Abram called on the name of the LORD. ¶ And Lot also, which went with Abram, had flocks, and herds, and tents. ...

And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we be brethren. Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me: if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left. ...

Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan; and Lot journeyed east: and they separated themselves the one from the other.
(Genesis 13:1–5, 8, 9, 11)

¶ And the LORD said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward: For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever. ...

Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it; for I will give it unto thee.
(Genesis 13:14, 15, 17)

... whither shall I flee from thy presence?
(Psalms 139:7 2nd whither)

My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O LORD; in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up.
(Psalms 5:3)

I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit. ...

I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing. ...

If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you. Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples. As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love. ...

These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full. ...

Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.
(John 15:1, 2, 5, 7–9, 11, 16)

O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: ...

... the LORD answered me, and set me in a large place.
(Psalms 118:1 (to :), 5 2nd the)

After these things Jesus shewed himself again to the disciples at the sea of Tiberias; and on this wise shewed he himself. There were together Simon Peter, and Thomas called Didymus, and Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, and the sons of Zebedee, and two other of his disciples. Simon Peter saith unto them, I go a-fishing. They say unto him, We also go with thee. They went forth, and entered into a ship immediately; and that night they caught nothing. But when the morning was now come, Jesus stood on the shore: but the disciples knew not that it was Jesus. Then Jesus saith unto them, Children, have ye any meat? They answered him, No. And he said unto them, Cast the net on the right side of the ship, and ye shall find. They cast therefore, and now they were not able to draw it for the multitude of fishes.
(John 21:1–6)

... the glorious LORD will be unto us a place of broad rivers and streams; wherein shall go no galley with oars, neither shall gallant ship pass thereby.
(Isaiah 33:21 the)

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

Mortals must emerge from this notion of material life as all-in-all. They must peck open their shells with Christian Science, and look outward and upward.
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 552:16–19)

Faith should enlarge its borders and strengthen its base by resting upon Spirit instead of matter.
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 430:6–7)

The astronomer will no longer look up to the stars, — he will look out from them upon the universe; and the florist will find his flower before its seed.
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 125:28)

What a contrast between our Lord’s last supper and his last spiritual breakfast with his disciples in the bright morning hours at the joyful meeting on the shore of the Galilean Sea! ... Convinced of the fruitlessness of their toil in the dark and wakened by their Master’s voice, they changed their methods, turned away from material things, and cast their net on the right side.
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, pp. 34:29–32; 35:2–6)

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.
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 264:15)

But the human self must be evangelized. This task God demands us to accept lovingly to-day, and to abandon so fast as practical the material, and to work out the spiritual which determines the outward and actual.
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 254:19)

Let us feel the divine energy of Spirit, bringing us into newness of life and recognizing no mortal nor material power as able to destroy.
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 249:6–8)

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.
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 566:1)

The four sides of our city are the Word, Christ, Christianity, and divine Science; “and the gates of it shall not be shut at all by day: for there shall be no night there.”
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 575:17–20)

The condemnation of mortals to till the ground means this, — that mortals should so improve material belief by thought tending spiritually upward as to destroy materiality.
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 545:7–10)

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.
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, pp. 281:30–1)

Willingness to become as a little child and to leave the old for the new, renders thought receptive of the advanced idea. Gladness to leave the false landmarks and joy to see them disappear, — this disposition helps to precipitate the ultimate harmony.
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, pp. 323:32–4)

Every step towards goodness is a departure from materiality, and is a tendency towards God, Spirit.
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 213:11–12)

We look before our feet, and if we are wise, we look beyond a single step in the line of spiritual advancement.
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 429:8)

Judge not the future advancement of Christian Science by the steps already taken, lest you yourself be condemned for failing to take the first step.
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 459:8)

Spiritual ideas unfold as we advance.
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 361:22–23)

When man gives up his belief in death, he will advance more rapidly towards God, Life, and Love.
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 430:7–9)

Soul is synonymous with Spirit, God, the creative, governing, infinite Principle outside of finite form, which forms only reflect.
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 71:7)

Love is impartial and universal in its adaptation and bestowals.
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 13:2–3)

Acquaintance with the Science of being enables us to commune more largely with the divine Mind, to foresee and foretell events which concern the universal welfare, to be divinely inspired, — yea, to reach the range of fetterless Mind.
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 84:14)

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.
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 208:20)

Universal Love is the divine way in Christian Science.
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 266:18 Universal)

Jesus’ promise is perpetual. ... The purpose of his great life-work extends through time and includes universal humanity.
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 328:28 (only), 30–31)

Thus Jesus taught that the kingdom of God is intact, universal, and that man is pure and holy.
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 477:4–5)

When the divine precepts are understood, they unfold the foundation of fellowship, in which one mind is not at war with another, but all have one Spirit, God, one intelligent source, in accordance with the Scriptural command: “Let this Mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus.”
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 276:4–9)

When the divine precepts are understood, they unfold the foundation of fellowship, in which one mind is not at war with another, but all have one Spirit, God, one intelligent source, in accordance with the Scriptural command: “Let this Mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus.”
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 276:4–9)

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Now,” cried the apostle, “is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation,” — meaning, not that now men must prepare for a future-world salvation, or safety, but that now is the time in which to experience that salvation in spirit and in life.
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 39:18–22)

Both Science and consciousness are now at work in the economy of being according to the law of Mind, which ultimately asserts its absolute supremacy.
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 423:24)

We should strive to reach the Horeb height where God is revealed; and the corner-stone of all spiritual building is purity.
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 241:24–27)

Beholding the infinite tasks of truth, we pause, — wait on God. Then we push onward, until boundless thought walks enraptured, and conception unconfined is winged to reach the divine glory.
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 323:9)

We can unite with this church only as we are new-born of Spirit, as we reach the Life which is Truth and the Truth which is Life by bringing forth the fruits of Love, — casting out error and healing the sick.
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 35:20–25)

This kingdom of God “is within you,” — is within reach of man’s consciousness here, and the spiritual idea reveals it.
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 576:21–23)

Happiness is spiritual, born of Truth and Love. It is unselfish; therefore it cannot exist alone, but requires all mankind to share it.
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 57:18)

It is not well to imagine that Jesus demonstrated the divine power to heal only for a select number or for a limited period of time, since to all mankind and in every hour, divine Love supplies all good.
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 494:11)

Christian science hymnals

If on our daily course, our mind / Be set to hallow all we find, / New treasures still, of countless price, / God will provide for sacrifice.

Old friends, old scenes, will lovelier be, / As more of heaven in each we see; / Some softening gleam of love and prayer / Shall dawn on every cross and care.

New mercies, each returning day, / Around us hover while we pray; / Old fears are past, old sins forgiven, / New thoughts of God reveal our heaven.
(Christian Science Hymnal, No. 140)

Shepherd, show me how to go / O’er the hillside steep, / How to gather, how to sow,— / How to feed Thy sheep; / I will listen for Thy voice, / Lest my footsteps stray; / I will follow and rejoice / All the rugged way.

Thou wilt bind the stubborn will, / Wound the callous breast, / Make self-righteousness be still, / Break earth’s stupid rest. / Strangers on a barren shore, / Lab’ring long and lone, / We would enter by the door, / And Thou know’st Thine own;

So, when day grows dark and cold, / Tear or triumph harms, / Lead Thy lambkins to the fold, / Take them in Thine arms; / Feed the hungry, heal the heart, / Till the morning’s beam; / White as wool, ere they depart, / Shepherd, wash them clean.
(Christian Science Hymnal, No. 574)

In Thee, my God and Saviour, / Forevermore the same, / My spirit hath rejoicing, / For holy is Thy name. / My soul doth magnify the Lord, / Sing all in glad accord! / Praise Him who lifts the lowly, / For faithful is His word. / I magnify and bless Thee, / For faithful is Thy word.

Thou who alone art mighty / Hast done to me great things, / Remembrance of Thy mercy / Sure help to Israel brings. / Thy power, O Lord, will I extol, / Who hast redeemed my soul; / I praise Thee, Lord, with gladness, / For Thou hast made me whole. / I magnify and bless Thee, / For Thou hast made me whole.
(Christian Science Hymnal, No. 153)