Readings for November 10, 2021
From The Bible
Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!
(Psalms 133:1)
Sing unto God, sing praises to his name: ...
A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation. God setteth the solitary in families: ...
(Psalms 68:4 (to :), 5, 6 (to 1st :))
For thy Maker is thine husband; the LORD of hosts is his name; ... The God of the whole earth shall he be called.
(Isaiah 54:5 (to 2nd ;), 5 3rd The)
Now it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Beth–lehem–judah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons. ...
And Elimelech Naomi's husband died; ...
And Naomi said unto her two daughters in law, Go, return each to her mother's house: the LORD deal kindly with you, ...
... Orpah kissed her mother in law; but Ruth clave unto her. ...
And Ruth said, Entreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God: ...
So Naomi returned, and ... her daughter in law, with her, ...
And Ruth the Moabitess said unto Naomi, Let me now go to the field, and glean ears of corn after him in whose sight I shall find grace. ...
... and her hap was to light on a part of the field belonging unto Boaz, ...
Then said Boaz unto his servant that was set over the reapers, Whose damsel is this? And the servant that was set over the reapers answered and said, It is the Moabitish damsel that came back with Naomi out of the country of Moab: ...
Then said Boaz unto Ruth, ...
... It hath fully been shewed me, all that thou hast done unto thy mother in law since the death of thine husband: and how thou hast left thy father and thy mother, and the land of thy nativity, ...
The LORD recompense thy work, and a full reward be given thee of the LORD God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to trust. ...
Then went Boaz up to the gate, ...
And he said unto the kinsman, Naomi, ... selleth a parcel of land, which was our brother Elimelech's: ...
... What day thou buyest the field of the hand of Naomi, thou must buy it also of Ruth the Moabitess, ...
... ¶ And the kinsman said, I cannot redeem it for myself, ...
... Buy it for thee. ...
... ¶ And Boaz said unto the elders, and unto all the people, Ye are witnesses this day, that I have bought all that was Elimelech's, ...
... ¶ So Boaz took Ruth, and she was his wife: and ... the LORD gave her conception, and she bare a son. ...
... and they called his name Obed: he is the father of Jesse, the father of David.
(Ruth 1:1, 3 (to ;), 8 (to 3rd ,), 14 Orpah, 16, 22 (to 1st and), 22 her (to 4th ,); 2:2 (to 1st .), 3 4th and (to 3rd ,), 5, 6, 8 (to 1st ,), 11 It (to 4th ,), 12; 4:1 (to 1st ,), 3 (to 2nd ,), 3 selleth, 5 What (to 3rd ,), 6 (to 2nd ,), 8 Buy (to 1st .), 9 (to 4th ,), 13 (to 2nd and), 13 the, 17 2nd and)
Know therefore that the LORD thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations;
(Deuteronomy 7:9)
... I will betroth thee unto me for ever; yea, I will betroth thee unto me in righteousness, and in judgment, and in lovingkindness, and in mercies.
... and thou shalt know the LORD.
(Hosea 2:19 I, 20 and)
... it came to pass in an eveningtide, that David arose from off his bed, and ... he saw a woman washing herself; and the woman was very beautiful to look upon. And David sent and inquired after the woman. And one said, Is not this Bath–sheba, ... the wife of Uriah the Hittite? And David sent messengers, and took her; ...
... ¶ And it came to pass in the morning, that David wrote a letter to Joab, ...
... saying, Set ye Uriah in the forefront of the hottest battle, ... that he may be smitten, and die. ...
... ¶ And when the wife of Uriah heard that Uriah her husband was dead, she mourned for her husband. And ... David sent and fetched her to his house, ... But the thing that David had done displeased the LORD. ...
And the LORD sent Nathan unto David. ...
... ¶ And Nathan said to David, ... Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, ...
Wherefore hast thou despised the commandment of the LORD, to do evil in his sight? thou hast killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and hast taken his wife to be thy wife, ...
Now therefore the sword shall never depart from thine house; because thou hast despised me, ...
And David said unto Nathan, I have sinned against the LORD. ...
(II Samuel 11:2 it (to 2nd and), 2 he, 3 (to 2nd ,), 3 3rd the, 4 (to 1st ;), 14 (to 2nd ,), 15 saying (to 3rd ,), 15 that, 26, 27 (to 1st And), 27 David (to 2nd ,), 27 But; 12:1 (to 1st .), 7 (to 1st ,), 7 Thus (to 2nd ,), 9 (to 3rd ,), 10 (to ,), 13 (to 1st .))
Turn, O backsliding children, saith the LORD; for I am married unto you: ...
And I will give you pastors according to mine heart, which shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.
(Jeremiah 3:14 (to 1st :), 15)
¶ And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people. ...
And seeing the multitudes, ...
... he opened his mouth, and taught them, saying, ...
... ¶ Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; ...
But I say unto you, That ... whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, ... Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire. ...
... ¶ Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery: But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart. ...
... ¶ Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth: But I say unto you, ... whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also. ...
... ¶ Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy. But I say unto you, Love your enemies, ... and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: ...
(Matthew 4:23; 5:1 (to 1st ,), 2 he, 21 (to ;), 22 (to That), 22 2nd whosoever (to 3rd ,), 22 Thou, 27, 28, 38, 39 (to 1st ,), 39 whosoever, 43, 44 (to 2nd ,), 44 and, 45 (to :))
Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another; ...
Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: ...
(Romans 12:10, 19 (to :))
A soft answer turneth away wrath: ...
(Proverbs 15:1 (to :))
... yea, strife and reproach shall cease.
(Proverbs 22:10 yea)
Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children; And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, ...
... let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband.
(Ephesians 5:1, 2 (to 2nd ,), 33 let)
Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
(Ephesians 4:3)
Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.
(Romans 13:10)
Selections from Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy
It should be thoroughly understood that all men have one Mind, one God and Father, one Life, Truth, and Love. Mankind will become perfect in proportion as this fact becomes apparent, war will cease and the true brotherhood of man will be established. Having no other gods, turning to no other but the one perfect Mind to guide him, man is the likeness of God, pure and eternal, having that Mind which was also in Christ.
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 467:9)
As a drop of water is one with the ocean, a ray of light one with the sun, even so God and man, Father and son, are one in being. The Scripture reads: “For in Him we live, and move, and have our being.”
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 361:16)
With one Father, even God, the whole family of man would be brethren; and with one Mind and that God, or good, the brotherhood of man would consist of Love and Truth, and have unity of Principle and spiritual power which constitute divine Science.
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, pp. 469:30–5)
The scientific unity which exists between God and man must be wrought out in life-practice, and God's will must be universally done.
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 202:3)
It has been said, and truly, that Christianity must be Science, and Science must be Christianity, else one or the other is false and useless; but neither is unimportant or untrue, and they are alike in demonstration. This proves the one to be identical with the other. Christianity as Jesus taught it was not a creed, nor a system of ceremonies, nor a special gift from a ritualistic Jehovah; but it was the demonstration of divine Love casting out error and healing the sick, not merely in the name of Christ, or Truth, but in demonstration of Truth, ...
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 135:21–31 (to ,))
Rabbi and priest taught the Mosaic law, which said: “An eye for an eye,” and “Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed.” Not so did Jesus, the new executor for God, present the divine law of Love, which blesses even those that curse it.
As the individual ideal of Truth, Christ Jesus came to rebuke rabbinical error and all sin, sickness, and death, — to point out the way of Truth and Life.
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 30:14–21)
Mankind must learn that evil is not power. Its so-called despotism is but a phase of nothingness. Christian Science despoils the kingdom of evil, and pre-eminently promotes affection and virtue in families and therefore in the community. ...
The destruction of the claims of mortal mind through Science, by which man can escape from sin and mortality, blesses the whole human family.
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, pp. 102:30–2; 103:6–9)
Mortals can never understand God's creation while believing that man is a creator. God's children already created will be cognized only as man finds the truth of being. Thus it is that the real, ideal man appears in proportion as the false and material disappears.
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 69:6–10)
Our false views of life hide eternal harmony, and produce the ills of which we complain.
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 62:29–30)
Experience should be the school of virtue, and human happiness should proceed from man's highest nature. ...
... The union of the sexes suffers fearful discord. ...
The broadcast powers of evil so conspicuous to-day show themselves in the materialism and sensualism of the age, struggling against the advancing spiritual era. Beholding the world's lack of Christianity and the powerlessness of vows to make home happy, the human mind will at length demand a higher affection.
... Matrimony, which was once a fixed fact among us, must lose its present slippery footing, and man must find permanence and peace in a more spiritual adherence.
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 65:1–2, 10–11, 13, 25)
Marriage is the legal and moral provision for generation among human kind.
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 56:7–8)
Marriage should improve the human species, becoming a barrier against vice, a protection to woman, strength to man, and a centre for the affections.
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 60:16–18)
Infidelity to the marriage covenant is the social scourge of all races, “the pestilence that walketh in darkness, . . . ... The commandment, “Thou shalt not commit adultery,” is no less imperative than the one, “Thou shalt not kill.”
Chastity is the cement of civilization and progress. Without it there is no stability in society, and without it one cannot attain the Science of Life.
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, pp. 56:15–17 (to 3rd .), 18–3)
Matrimony, which was once a fixed fact among us, must lose its present slippery footing, and man must find permanence and peace in a more spiritual adherence.
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 65:25)
Science inevitably lifts one's being higher in the scale of harmony and happiness.
Kindred tastes, motives, and aspirations are necessary to the formation of a happy and permanent companionship. The beautiful in character is also the good, welding indissolubly the links of affection.
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 60:2–8)
The scientific morale of marriage is spiritual unity.
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 61:30–31)
Marriage should signify a union of hearts. ...
Until it is learned that God is the Father of all, marriage will continue. Let not mortals permit a disregard of law which might lead to a worse state of society than now exists. Honesty and virtue ensure the stability of the marriage covenant.
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 64:17 (only), 26–30)
Both sexes should be loving, pure, tender, and strong. The attraction between native qualities will be perpetual only as it is pure and true, bringing sweet seasons of renewal like the returning spring.
Beauty, wealth, or fame is incompetent to meet the demands of the affections, and should never weigh against the better claims of intellect, goodness, and virtue. ...
Marriage is unblest or blest, according to the disappointments it involves or the hopes it fulfils. To happify existence by constant intercourse with those adapted to elevate it, should be the motive of society. Unity of spirit gives new pinions to joy, or else joy's drooping wings trail in dust.
... Unselfish ambition, noble life-motives, and purity, — these constituents of thought, mingling, constitute individually and collectively true happiness, strength, and permanence. ...
“She that is married careth . . . how she may please her husband,” says the Bible; and this is the pleasantest thing to do. ... There should be the most tender solicitude for each other's happiness, and mutual attention and approbation should wait on all the years of married life. ...
The nuptial vow should never be annulled, so long as its moral obligations are kept intact; ... Separation never should take place, and it never would, if both husband and wife were genuine Christian Scientists. Science inevitably lifts one's being higher in the scale of harmony and happiness.
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, pp. 57:10–18, 31; 58:7, 31–1; 59:3, 27–28 (to ;), 31)
Progress takes off human shackles. ... Advancing to a higher plane of action, thought rises from the material sense to the spiritual, from the scholastic to the inspirational, and from the mortal to the immortal. ... Love, the divine Principle, is the Father and Mother of the universe, including man.
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 256:1 (only), 2–5, 7)
... We acknowledge Jesus' atonement as the evidence of divine, efficacious Love, unfolding man's unity with God through Christ Jesus the Way-shower; and we acknowledge that man is saved through Christ, through Truth, Life, and Love as demonstrated by the Galilean Prophet in healing the sick and overcoming sin and death.
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 497:13 We)
Through spiritual sense you can discern the heart of divinity, and thus begin to comprehend in Science the generic term man. ...
In divine Science, man is the true image of God.
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, pp. 258:31–1; 259:6 (only))
One infinite God, good, unifies men and nations; ... fulfils the Scripture, “Love thy neighbor as thyself;” ... equalizes the sexes; annuls the curse on man, and leaves nothing that can sin, suffer, be punished or destroyed.
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 340:23 (only, to ;), 24–25 fulfils (to ;), 28 equalizes)
Hymns from the Christian Science Hymnal
Hymn 32
Brood o'er us with Thy shelt'ring wing, / 'Neath which our spirits blend / Like brother birds, that soar and sing, / And on the same branch bend. / The arrow that doth wound the dove / Darts not from those who watch and love.
If thou the bending reed wouldst break / By 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 given / For 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 might / Which swelled creation's lay: / “Let there be light, and there was light.” / What chased the clouds away? / 'Twas Love whose finger traced aloud / A 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 heart / Speaks kindly when we meet and part.
(Christian Science Hymnal, No. 32)
Hymn 519
Lean on the sustaining infinite / And blessings will be yours. / Lean not on person, place, or thing, / Or economic laws; / But lean upon all-blessing God / Who will all needs supply / And give to all abundant good / That money cannot buy.
Let the healing reign of Truth and Life, / The reign of Love divine, / Be now established within me / To show Soul's clear design / Of Oneness, indivisible— / Of God and me as one— / As water is to ocean wave, / As sunbeam is to sun.
Love with a heart of tenderness / Your enemies and friends; / However hard this may appear, / This quality just mends. / For Love is God in action true, / A presence that is felt; / A healing and a saving power / That will all discord melt.
So lean, and let, and love; / This is the balanced Way. / It's free from self-will, pressure, stress; / It welcomes in God's day. / The leaning is so gentle; / The letting is so free. / And loving is the only way / To think, and speak, and be.
(Christian Science Hymnal, No. 519)
Hymn 315
Speak gently, it is better far / To rule by love than fear; / Speak gently, let no harsh word mar / The good we may do here.
Speak gently to the erring ones, / They must have toiled in vain; / Perchance unkindness made them so; / O win them back again.
Speak gently, 'tis a little thing, / Dropped in the heart's deep well; / The good, the joy that it may bring, / Eternity shall tell.
(Christian Science Hymnal, No. 315)
