The Might of Meekness
Wednesday Evening Readings for June 9, 2021
Ps. 147:5, 6 (to
Great is our Lord, and of great power: his understanding is infinite. The Lord lifteth up the meek: …
Ps. 25:9
The meek will he guide in judgment: and the meek will he teach his way.
Isa. 57:15 (to 3rd ,)
For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, …
II Chron. 6:1 (to ,), 14 O (to 5th ,), 21 (to 2nd ,), 28 (to 2nd ,), 28 4th if, 30 (to ;); 7:12 (to 3rd ,), 14 (to 1st ,), 14 shall (to 3rd ,), 14 3rd and
Then said Solomon, …
… O Lord God of Israel, there is no God like thee in the heaven, nor in the earth; which keepest covenant, and shewest mercy unto thy servants, …
Hearken therefore unto the supplications of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, …
… ¶ If there be dearth in the land, if there be pestilence, … if their enemies besiege them in the cities of their land; whatsoever sore or whatsoever sickness there be: …
Then hear thou from heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive, and render unto every man according unto all his ways, whose heart thou knowest; …
… ¶ And the Lord appeared to Solomon by night, and said unto him, I have heard thy prayer, …
If my people, … shall humble themselves, … and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
Prov. 29:23
A man’s pride shall bring him low: but honour shall uphold the humble in spirit.
I Cor. 4:21
What will ye? shall I come unto you with a rod, or in love, and in the spirit of meekness?
Ps. 149:4
For the Lord taketh pleasure in his people: he will beautify the meek with salvation.
Isa. 11:1, 2, 3 2nd and, 4 (to
And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots: And the spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord;
… and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of his ears: But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: …
Acts 13:17 (to 1st ,), 21 (to 2nd and), 22 2nd he (to ;), 22 2nd and (to 5th ,), 23
The God of this people of Israel chose our fathers, …
And afterward they desired a king: and …
… he raised up unto them David to be their king; … and said, I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after mine own heart, …
Of this man’s seed hath God according to his promise raised unto Israel a Saviour, Jesus:
Matt. 4:23 (to 3rd ,), 24
¶ And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, …
And his fame went throughout all Syria: and they brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments, and those which were possessed with devils, and those which were lunatic, and those that had the palsy; and he healed them.
Matt. 5:1 (to 1st :), 2, 5; 7:3–5 why
And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: …
And he opened his mouth, and taught them, saying, …
Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth. …
… why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother’s eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye? Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye? Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother’s eye.
Gal. 6:1 (to
Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; …
Matt. 18:1–3 (to 1st ,), 4
At the same time came the disciples unto Jesus, saying, Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven? And Jesus called a little child unto him, and set him in the midst of them, And said, …
Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven.
Matt. 11:28, 29 (to :), 30
¶ Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: …
For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.
Mic. 6:8
He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?
Gal. 5:1, 16 Walk, 17 (to 2nd :), 22 (to 6th ,), 23 (to ,), 25
Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage. …
… Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: …
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, …
Meekness, …
If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.
Eph. 4:1 (to 1st ,), 1–3 beseech
I therefore, … beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called, With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love; Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
Ps. 37:11 the
… the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.
Col. 3:12
Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;
SH 333:19–23
Throughout all generations both before and after the Christian era, the Christ, as the spiritual idea, — the reflection of God, — has come with some measure of power and grace to all prepared to receive Christ, Truth.
SH 224:22
A higher and more practical Christianity, demonstrating justice and meeting the needs of mortals in sickness and in health, stands at the door of this age, knocking for admission. Will you open or close the door upon this angel visitant, who cometh in the quiet of meekness, as he came of old to the patriarch at noonday?
SH 597:5–10
The great Nazarene, as meek as he was mighty, rebuked the hypocrisy, which offered long petitions for blessings upon material methods, but cloaked the crime, latent in thought, which was ready to spring into action and crucify God’s anointed.
SH 54:10–13, 16
That he might liberally pour his dear-bought treasures into empty or sin-filled human storehouses, was the inspiration of Jesus’ intense human sacrifice. … This was the highest proof he could have offered of divine Love. His hearers understood neither his words nor his works. They would not accept his meek interpretation of life nor follow his example.
SH 39:1–2, 4–7
Meekly our Master met the mockery of his unrecognized grandeur. … He won eternal honors. He overcame
the world, the flesh, and all error, thus proving their nothingness. He wrought a full salvation from sin, sickness, and death.
SH 30:32–1
In meekness and might, he was found preaching the gospel to the poor.
SH 136:32–1
Jesus patiently persisted in teaching and demonstrating the truth of being.
SH 33:18–20 (to !), 21–22, 23
When the human element in him struggled with the divine, our great Teacher said: “Not my will, but Thine, be done!” … This is the new understanding of spiritual Love. … It blesses its enemies, heals the sick, casts out error, raises the dead from trespasses and sins, and preaches the gospel to the poor, the meek in heart.
SH 343:21–32
It would sometimes seem as if truth were rejected because meekness and spirituality are the conditions of its acceptance, while Christendom generally demands so much less.
Anciently those apostles who were Jesus’ students, as well as Paul who was not one of his students, healed the sick and reformed the sinner by their religion. Hence the mistake which allows words, rather than works, to follow such examples! Whoever is the first meekly and conscientiously to press along the line of gospel-healing, is often accounted a heretic.
SH 192:27
We walk in the footsteps of Truth and Love by following the example of our Master in the understanding of divine metaphysics. Christianity is the basis of true healing. Whatever holds human thought in line with unselfed love, receives directly the divine power.
SH 271:26–30; 272:3–5
Those, who are willing to leave their nets or to cast them on the right side for Truth, have the opportunity now, as aforetime, to learn and to practise Christian healing. The Scriptures contain it. The spiritual import of the Word imparts this power. …
The spiritual sense of truth must be gained before Truth can be understood. This sense is assimilated only as we are honest, unselfish, loving, and meek.
SH 323:32–4
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.
SH 382:21
This verifies the saying of our Master: “Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, shall in no wise enter therein.”
SH 4:3–9
What we most need is the prayer of fervent desire for growth in grace, expressed in patience, meekness, love, and good deeds. To keep the commandments of our Master and follow his example, is our proper debt to him and the only worthy evidence of our gratitude for all that he has done.
SH 3:27–32
If we are ungrateful for Life, Truth, and Love, and yet return thanks to God for all blessings, we are insincere and incur the sharp censure our Master pronounces on hypocrites. In such a case, the only acceptable prayer is to put the finger on the lips and remember our blessings.
SH 1:6
Prayer, watching, and working, combined with self-immolation, are God’s gracious means for accomplishing whatever has been successfully done for the Christianization and health of mankind.
SH 89:21–22
We are all capable of more than we do.
SH 254:10–12
When we wait patiently on God and seek Truth righteously, He directs our path.
SH xi:9–14
The physical healing of Christian Science results now, as in Jesus’ time, from the operation of divine Principle, before which sin and disease lose their reality in human consciousness and disappear as naturally and as necessarily as darkness gives place to light and sin to reformation.
SH 454:17–18, 19–21, 22–23
Love for God and man is the true incentive in both healing and teaching. … Right motives give pinions to thought, and strength and freedom to speech and action. … Wait patiently for divine Love to move upon the waters of mortal mind, and form the perfect concept.
SH 445:13–15
Teach the meekness and might of life “hid with Christ in God,” and there will be no desire for other healing methods.
SH 455:3–5, 8–10, 14
A mental state of self-condemnation and guilt or a faltering and doubting trust in Truth are unsuitable conditions for healing the sick. … You must utilize the moral might of Mind in order to walk over the waves of error and support your claims by demonstration. … “First cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother’s eye.”
SH 568:30–32; 569:11–14
Self-abnegation, by which we lay down all for Truth, or Christ, in our warfare against error, is a rule in Christian Science. …
… He that touches the hem of Christ’s robe and masters his mortal beliefs, animality, and hate, rejoices in the proof of healing, — in a sweet and certain sense that God is Love.
SH 496:15
Hold perpetually this thought, — that it is the spiritual idea, the Holy Ghost and Christ, which enables you to demonstrate, with scientific certainty, the rule of healing, based upon its divine Principle, Love, underlying, overlying, and encompassing all true being.
SH 106:15, 26
Let this age, which sits in judgment on Christian Science, sanction only such methods as are demonstrable in Truth and known by their fruit, and classify all others as did St. Paul in his great epistle to the Galatians, when he wrote as follows:
… But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.”
SH 67:23
Grace and Truth are potent beyond all other means and methods.
Hymn. 352
Thy works, how beauteous, how divine, / That in true meekness used to shine, / That lit thy lonely pathway, trod / In wondrous love, O Son of God.
O, who like thee so calm, so bright, / So pure, so made to live in light? / O, who like thee did ever go / So patient through a world of woe?
O, who like thee so humbly bore / Scorn and the scoffs of men, before? / So meek, forgiving, Godlike, high, / So glorious in humility.
O, in thy light be mine to go, / Let it illume my way of woe / And give me ever on the road / To trace thy footsteps, Son of God.
Words: Arthur C. Coxe, adapted
Music: Henry K. Oliver
Hymn. 423
Give me, O Lord, an understanding heart, / That I may learn to know myself in Thee, / To spurn the wrong and choose the better part / And thus from sinful bondage be set free.
Give me, O Lord, a meek and contrite heart, / That I may learn to quell all selfish pride, / Bowing before Thee, see Thee as Thou art / And ‘neath Thy sheltering presence safely hide.
Give me, O Lord, a gentle, loving heart, / That I may learn to be more tender, kind, / And with Thy healing touch, each wound and smart / With Christly bands of Love and Truth to bind.
Words: James J. Rome
Music: Edward Dearle
Hymn. 85
God of Truth, eternal good, / Lift our hearts to revelation, / That Thou mayst be understood, / Thou, the Rock of our salvation; / All Thy love we have for loving, / All Thy truth is ours for proving.
Open now our eyes to see, / As the clouds of sense are riven, / We behold reality, / Know the glory of Thy heaven; / So we seek Thy perfect healing / Through the Truth of Thy revealing.
All the way that we must go / We will take at Thy direction, / Where the floods of trouble flow / Find Thy perfect, calm reflection; / On the path that has no turning, / Patience, courage, meekness learning.
Words: Edith Gaddis Brewer
Music: Johann R. Ahle
