3 And Solomon loved the Lord, walking in the statutes of David his father:

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1 Untitled Readings Hymn: 49 Bible: Ps. 25:1, 4-10,18,20,21 1 Unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul. 4 Shew me thy ways, O Lord; teach me thy paths. 5 Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art the God of my salvation; on thee do I wait all the day. 6 Remember, O Lord, thy tender mercies and thy loving kindnesses; for they have been ever of old. 7 Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions: according to thy mercy remember thou me for thy goodness' sake, O Lord. 8 Good and upright is the Lord: therefore will he teach sinners in the way. 9 The meek will he guide in judgment: and the meek will he teach his way. 10 All the paths of the Lord are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies. 18 Look upon mine affliction and my pain; and forgive all my sins. 20 O keep my soul, and deliver me: let me not be ashamed; for I put my trust in thee. 21 Let integrity and uprightness preserve me; for I wait on thee. 1 Kings 3: 3 (to:), 5-13 (to :), 14 3 And Solomon loved the Lord, walking in the statutes of David his father: 5 In Gibeon the Lord appeared to Solomon in a dream by night: and God said, Ask what I shall give thee. 6 And Solomon said, Thou hast shewed unto thy servant David my father great mercy, according as he walked before thee in truth, and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with thee; and thou hast kept for him this great kindness, that thou hast given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is this day. 7 And now, O Lord my God, thou hast made thy servant king instead of David my father: and I am but a little child: I know not how to go out or come in. 8 And thy servant is in the midst of thy people which thou hast chosen, a great people, that cannot be numbered nor counted for multitude. 9 Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad: for who is able to judge this thy so great a people? 10 And the speech pleased the Lord, that Solomon had asked this thing. 11 And God said unto him, Because thou hast asked this thing, and hast not asked for thyself Page 1

2 long life; neither hast asked riches for thyself, nor hast asked the life of thine enemies; but hast asked for thyself understanding to discern judgment; 12 Behold, I have done according to thy words: lo, I have given thee a wise and an understanding heart; so that there was none like thee before thee, neither after thee shall any arise like unto thee. 13 And I have also given thee that which thou hast not asked, both riches, and honour: 14 And if thou wilt walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as thy father David did walk, then I will lengthen thy days. 1 Kings 5: 12(to:) 12 And the Lord gave Solomon wisdom, as he promised him: 1 Kings 6: 1 (to 2nd,) 1 And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon's reign over Israel, 1 Kings 6:1 that (to.), 9 (to ;) 1 that he began to build the house of the Lord. 9 So he built the house, and finished it; Matt. 1: 1(to 2nd,) 1 The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, Matt. 4: 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. Matt. 5: 1, 2,11,12, And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when he was set, his disciples came unto him: 2 And he opened his mouth, and taught them, saying, 11 Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake. 12 Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you. Page 2

3 14 Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid. 15 Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house. 16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven. Matt. 6: 6 when, 8 for (to.), 14,15,19-21, 33 seek (to.) 6 when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly. 8 for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him. 14 For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you: 15 But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses. 19 Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: 20 But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: 21 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. 33 seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. Phil. 3:1(to 1st.), Finally, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord. 13 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, 14 I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. 15 Let us therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus minded: and if in any thing ye be otherwise minded, God shall reveal even this unto you. Phil. 4: 8, 9 and the (to.) 8 Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things. 9 and the God of peace shall be with you. Page 3

4 Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures: SH 1:1-4, The prayer that reforms the sinner and heals the sick is an absolute faith that all things are 3 possible to God, a spiritual understanding of Him, an unselfed love. 6 Prayer, watching, and working, combined with self-immolation, are God's gracious means for accomplishing whatever has been successfully done for the Christian- 9 ization and health of mankind. Thoughts unspoken are not unknown to the divine Mind. Desire is prayer; and no loss can occur from 12 trusting God with our desires, that they may be moulded and exalted before they take form in words and in deeds. SH 2: 1-7,15(1st.), What are the motives for prayer? Do we pray to make ourselves better or to benefit those who hear us, 3 to enlighten the infinite or to be heard of Right men? Are we benefited by praying? Yes, the desire which goes forth hungering after righteous- 6 ness is blessed of our Father, and it does not return unto us void. 15 Prayer cannot change the Science of being, but it motives God is Love. Can we ask Him to be more? God is 24 intelligence. Can we inform the infinite Mind of anything He does not already comprehend? God's standard SH 3: 4-11, Who would stand before a blackboard, and pray the principle of mathematics to solve the problem? The 6 rule is already established, and it is our The spiritual task to work out the solution. Shall we mathematics ask the divine Principle of all goodness to do His own Page 4

5 9 work? His work is done, and we have only to avail ourselves of God's rule in order to receive His blessing, which enables us to work out our own salvation. Gratitude is much more than a verbal expression of thanks. Action expresses more gratitude than speech. SH 4: 3 (1st.), 12-22, What we most need is the prayer of fervent desire 12 The habitual struggle to be always good is unceasing prayer. Its motives are made manifest in the blessings they bring, blessings which, even if not 15 acknowledged in audible words, attest our worthiness to be partakers of Love. Simply asking that we may love God will never 18 make us love Him; but the longing to be better and holier, expressed in daily watchfulness and in striving to assimilate more of 21 the divine character, will mould and fashion us anew, until we awake in His likeness. Watchfulness requisite 27 Audible prayer can never do the works of spiritual understanding, which regenerates; but silent prayer, watchfulness, and devout obedience enable 30 us to follow Jesus' example. devotion SH 5: 3-6, 22, 23 Sin - 25, 27He ( to.) SH 6: 1, We cannot escape the penalty due for sin. The Scriptures say, that if we deny Christ, "he also will deny us." Veritable 3 Divine Love corrects and governs man. Men may pardon, but this divine Principle alone reforms the sinner. God is not separate from the wis- Pardon and 6 dom He bestows. The talents He gives we amendment must improve. Calling on Him to forgive our work badly done or left undone, implies the vain supposition 9 that we have nothing to do but to ask pardon, and that afterwards we shall be free to repeat the offence. To cause suffering as the result of sin, is the means 12 of destroying sin. Every supposed pleasure in sin Page 5

6 SH 16: 1-2 will furnish more than its equivalent of pain, until belief in material life and sin is destroyed. 1 A great sacrifice of material things must precede this advanced spiritual understanding. SH 22: 3-22, Vibrating like a pendulum between sin and the hope of forgiveness, selfishness and sensuality causing constant retrogression, our moral progress will Moral 6 be slow. Waking to Christ's demand, mortals retrogression experience suffering. This causes them, even as drowning men, to make vigorous efforts to save themselves; and 9 through Christ's precious love these efforts are crowned with success. "Work out your own salvation," is the demand of 12 Life and Love, for to this end God worketh with you. "Occupy till I come!" Wait for your re- Wait for ward, and "be not weary in well doing." If reward 15 your endeavors are beset by fearful odds, and you receive no present reward, go not back to error, nor become a sluggard in the race. 18 When the smoke of battle clears away, you will discern the good you have done, and receive according to your deserving. Love is not hasty to deliver us from 21 temptation, for Love means that we shall be tried and purified. 30 Justice requires reformation of the sinner. Mercy cancels the debt only when justice approves. Revenge is inadmissible. SH 23: Wisdom and Love may require many sacrifices of self to save us from sin. 3 One sacrifice, however great, is insufficient to Justice and pay the debt of sin. The atonement requires substitution constant self-immolation on the sinner's part. SH 339: 1-6 Page 6

7 1 XXX. The destruction of sin is the divine method of pardon. Divine Life destroys death, Truth destroys 3 error, and Love destroys hate. Being de- Divine stroyed, sin needs no other form of forgiveness. pardon Does not God's pardon, destroying any one sin, prophesy 6 and involve the final destruction of all sin? SH 497: As adherents of Truth, we take the inspired Word of the Bible as our sufficient guide to eternal Life. 2. We acknowledge and adore one supreme and in- 6 finite God. We acknowledge His Son, one Christ; the Holy Ghost or divine Comforter; and man in God's image and likeness We acknowledge God's forgiveness of sin in the destruction of sin and the spiritual understanding that casts out evil as unreal. But the belief in sin is pun- 12 ished so long as the belief lasts. 4. We acknowledge Jesus' atonement as the evidence of divine, efficacious Love, unfolding man's unity 15 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 18 Galilean Prophet in healing the sick and overcoming sin and death. 5. We acknowledge that the crucifixion of Jesus and 21 his resurrection served to uplift faith to understand eternal Life, even the allness of Soul, Spirit, and the nothingness of matter And we solemnly promise to watch, and pray for that Mind to be in us which was also in Christ Jesus; to do unto others as we would have them do unto us; and 27 to be merciful, just, and pure. Hymn 318 Hymn 318 Based on the Danish of Nikolaj F. S. Grundtvig BAIRN Danish Folk Melody Page 7

8 Suffer the children to come to me, This was the Master's tender plea; Gentle and loving, they are mine, Ah, will not ye who see this sign Come unto me? He who receiveth the Word as they, Teachable, ready to choose my way, He shall have peace of sin forgiven, He shall in this wise enter heaven; Come unto me. See ye the lilies, how fair they grow, Clothed in a glory kings ne'er know; They, like the sparrows, praise the Lord, Publish my call with clear accord, Come unto me. Hymn 12 Hymn 12, 13 Violet Hay MELITA John B. Dykes ERMUNTRE DICH Johann Schop Arise ye people, take your stand, Cast out your idols from the land, Above all doctrine, form or creed Is found the Truth that meets your need. Christ's promise stands: they that believe His works shall do, his power receive. Go forward then, and as ye preach So let your works confirm your speech, And prove to all with following sign The Word of God is power divine. In love and healing ministry Show forth the Truth that makes men free. O Father-Mother God, whose plan Page 8

9 Hath given dominion unto man, In Thine own image we may see Man pure and upright, whole and free. And ever through our work shall shine That light whose glory, Lord, is Thine. Page 9