Inspirational readings
from Testimonial Meetings
Wednesday Evening Readings 10/14/26
From the Christian Science Hymnals
Due to copyright laws, only hymn numbers are given. Please be sure to read the hymns as they are very much a part of the readings.
208, 276, 93
The Holy Bible King James Version.
1 Ps. 46:1–3 (to ,), 7 (to 1st .), 10
1 God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
2 Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the
mountains be carried into the midst of the sea;
3 Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, …
7 The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. …
10 Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be
exalted in the earth.
2 Jer. 30:10, 11 (to 2nd :)
10 ¶ Therefore fear thou not, O my servant Jacob, saith the LORD; neither be
dismayed, O Israel: for, lo, I will save thee from afar, and thy seed from the
land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and shall be in rest, and be quiet,
and none shall make him afraid.
11 For I am with thee, saith the LORD, to save thee: though I make a full end of all
nations whither I have scattered thee, yet will I not make a full end of thee: …
3 II Chron. 20:1, 2 (to ;), 3 (to 2nd ,), 4 (to :), 5 (to 2nd ,), 6, 7
1 It came to pass after this also, that the children of Moab, and the children of
Ammon, and with them other beside the Ammonites, came against
Jehoshaphat to battle.
2 Then there came some that told Jehoshaphat, saying, There cometh a great
multitude against thee from beyond the sea on this side Syria; …
3 And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek the LORD, …
4 And Judah gathered themselves together, to ask help of the LORD: …
5 ¶ And Jehoshaphat stood in the congregation of Judah and Jerusalem, in the
house of the LORD, …
6 And said, O LORD God of our fathers, art not thou God in heaven? and rulest
not thou over all the kingdoms of the heathen? and in thine hand is there not
power and might, so that none is able to withstand thee?
7 Art not thou our God, who didst drive out the inhabitants of this land before
thy people Israel, and gavest it to the seed of Abraham thy friend for ever?
4 II Chron. 20:14 came, 15, 17 (to ;), 18, 22, 27, 30
14 … came the spirit of the LORD in the midst of the congregation;
15 And he said, Hearken ye, all Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem, and thou
king Jehoshaphat, Thus saith the LORD unto you, Be not afraid nor dismayed by
reason of this great multitude; for the battle is not yours, but God’s.
17 Ye shall not need to fight in this battle: set yourselves, stand ye still, and see
the salvation of the LORD with you, O Judah and Jerusalem: fear not, nor be
dismayed; …
18 And Jehoshaphat bowed his head with his face to the ground: and all Judah
and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell before the LORD, worshipping the LORD.
22 ¶ And when they began to sing and to praise, the LORD set ambushments
against the children of Ammon, Moab, and mount Seir, which were come
against Judah; and they were smitten.
27 Then they returned, every man of Judah and Jerusalem, and Jehoshaphat in the
forefront of them, to go again to Jerusalem with joy; for the LORD had made
them to rejoice over their enemies.
30 So the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet: for his God gave him rest round about.
5 Ps. 37:37
37 Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end of that man is peace.
6 Ps. 107:1, 2
1 O give thanks unto the LORD, for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.
2 Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom he hath redeemed from the hand
of the enemy;
7 I Tim. 2:1, 2 2nd that, 3
1 I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and
giving of thanks, be made for all men;
2 … that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.
3 For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour;
8 Mark 4:35–40
35 And the same day, when the even was come, he saith unto them, Let us pass
over unto the other side.
36 And when they had sent away the multitude, they took him even as he was in
the ship. And there were also with him other little ships.
37 And there arose a great storm of wind, and the waves beat into the ship, so that
it was now full.
38 And he was in the hinder part of the ship, asleep on a pillow: and they awake
him, and say unto him, Master, carest thou not that we perish?
39 And he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea, Peace, be still. And
the wind ceased, and there was a great calm.
40 And he said unto them, Why are ye so fearful? how is it that ye have no faith?
9 Ps. 107:21, 23–25, 29, 30
21 Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful
works to the children of men!
23 They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters;
24 These see the works of the LORD, and his wonders in the deep.
25 For he commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind, which lifteth up the waves
thereof.
29 He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still.
30 Then are they glad because they be quiet; so he bringeth them unto their
desired haven.
10 Isa. 32:17, 18
17 And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness
quietness and assurance for ever.
18 And my people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, and in sure dwellings,
and in quiet resting places;
11 Mark 5:21–24, 35–42 (to ;)
21 And when Jesus was passed over again by ship unto the other side, much
people gathered unto him: and he was nigh unto the sea.
22 And, behold, there cometh one of the rulers of the synagogue, Jairus by name;
and when he saw him, he fell at his feet,
23 And besought him greatly, saying, My little daughter lieth at the point of death:
I pray thee, come and lay thy hands on her, that she may be healed; and she
shall live.
24 And Jesus went with him; and much people followed him, and thronged him.
35 While he yet spake, there came from the ruler of the synagogue’s house certain
which said, Thy daughter is dead: why troublest thou the Master any further?
36 As soon as Jesus heard the word that was spoken, he saith unto the ruler of the
synagogue, Be not afraid, only believe.
37 And he suffered no man to follow him, save Peter, and James, and John the
brother of James.
38 And he cometh to the house of the ruler of the synagogue, and seeth the
tumult, and them that wept and wailed greatly.
39 And when he was come in, he saith unto them, Why make ye this ado, and
weep? the damsel is not dead, but sleepeth.
40 And they laughed him to scorn. But when he had put them all out, he taketh
the father and the mother of the damsel, and them that were with him, and
entereth in where the damsel was lying.
41 And he took the damsel by the hand, and said unto her, Talitha cumi; which is,
being interpreted, Damsel, I say unto thee, arise.
42 And straightway the damsel arose, and walked; …
12 Rom. 15:13, 33
13 Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may
abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.
33 Now the God of peace be with you all. Amen.
Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy
1 SH 15:25–26
Christians rejoice in secret beauty and bounty, hidden from the world, but known to God.
2 SH 471:17–19
Man is, and forever has been, God’s reflection. God is infinite, therefore ever present, and there is no other power nor presence.
3 SH 264:24
Spiritual living and blessedness are the only evidences, by which we can recognize true existence and feel the unspeakable peace
which comes from an all-absorbing spiritual love.
4 SH 306:25–31
Undisturbed amid the jarring testimony of the material senses, Science, still enthroned, is unfolding to mortals the immutable, harmonious, divine Principle, — is unfolding Life and the universe, ever present and eternal. God’s man, spiritually created, is not material and mortal.
5 SH 97:11, 22
The more destructive matter becomes, the more its nothingness will appear, until matter reaches its mortal zenith in illusion and forever disappears. The nearer a false belief approaches truth without passing the boundary where, having been destroyed by divine Love, it ceases to be even an illusion, the riper it becomes for destruction. The more material the belief, the more obvious its error, until divine Spirit, supreme in its do main, dominates all matter, and man is found in the likeness of Spirit, his original being.
It requires courage to utter truth; for the higher Truth lifts her voice, the louder will error scream, until its in articulate sound is forever silenced in oblivion.
6 SH 495:14
When the illusion of sickness or sin tempts you, cling steadfastly to God and His idea. Allow nothing but His likeness to abide in your thought. Let neither fear nor doubt overshadow your clear sense and calm trust, that the recognition of life harmonious — as
Life eternally is — can destroy any painful sense of, or belief in, that which Life is not. Let Christian Science, instead of corporeal sense, support your understanding of being, and this understanding will supplant error with Truth, replace mortality with immortality, and silence discord with harmony.
7 SH 180:25–2
When man is governed by God, the ever-present Mind who understands all things, man knows that with God all things are possible. The only way to this living Truth, which heals the sick, is found in the Science of divine Mind as taught and demonstrated by Christ
Jesus. To reduce inflammation, dissolve a tumor, or cure or ganic disease, I have found divine Truth more potent than
all lower remedies. And why not, since Mind, God, is the source and condition of all existence?
8 SH 318:5
Corporeal senses define diseases as realities; but the Scriptures declare that God made all, even while the corporeal senses are saying that matter causes disease and the divine Mind cannot or will not heal it. The material senses originate and support all that is material, untrue, selfish, or debased. They would put soul into soil, life into limbo, and doom all things to decay. We must silence this lie of material sense with the truth of spiritual sense. We must cause the error to cease that brought the belief of sin and death
and would efface the pure sense of omnipotence.
9 SH 391:28–3 and
… and to others. Mentally contradict every complaint from the body, and rise to the true consciousness of Life as Love, — as all that is pure, and bearing the fruits of Spirit. Fear is the fountain of sickness, and you master fear and sin through divine Mind; hence it is through divine Mind that you overcome disease. Only while fear or sin remains can it bring forth death.
10 SH 392:5–16, 22
Fear, which is an element of all disease, must be cast out to readjust the balance for God. Casting out evil and fear enables truth to outweigh error. The only course is to take antagonistic grounds against all that is opposed to the health, holiness, and harmony of man, God’s image. The physical affirmation of disease should always be met with the mental negation. Whatever benefit is produced on the body, must be expressed mentally, and thought should be held fast to this ideal. If you believe in inflamed and weak nerves, you are liable to an attack from that source.
Your decisions will master you, whichever direction they take.
11 SH 393:8–21
Mind is the master of the corporeal senses, and can conquer sickness, sin, and death. Exercise this God-given authority. Take
possession of your body, and govern its feeling and action. Rise in the strength of Spirit to resist all that is unlike good. God has made man capable of this, and nothing can vitiate the ability and power divinely bestowed on man. Be firm in your understanding that the divine Mind governs, and that in Science man reflects God’s government. Have no fear that matter can ache, swell, and be inflamed as the result of a law of any kind, when it is self-evident that matter can have no pain nor inflammation.
12 SH 414:32–9; 415:24
Matter cannot be inflamed. Inflammation is fear, an excited state of mortals which is not normal. Immortal Mind is the only cause; therefore disease is neither a cause nor an effect. Mind in every case is the eternal God, good. Sin, disease, and death have no foundations in Truth. Inflammation as a mortal belief quickens or impedes the action of the system, because thought moves quickly or slowly, leaps or halts when it contemplates unpleasant things, or when the in dividual looks upon some object which he dreads.
To remove the error producing disorder, you must calm and instruct mortal mind with immortal Truth.
13 SH 412:4–5, 13
Mentally and silently plead the case scientifically for Truth.
The power of Christian Science and divine Love is omnipotent. It is indeed adequate to unclasp the hold and to destroy disease, sin, and death.
14 SH 324:7–12
Unless the harmony and immortality of man are be coming more apparent, we are not gaining the true idea of God; and the body will reflect what governs it, whether it be Truth or error, understanding or belief, Spirit or matter. Therefore “acquaint now thyself with Him, and be at peace.”
15 SH 355:11
Let discord of every name and nature be heard no more, and let the harmonious and true sense of Life and being take possession of human consciousness.
16 SH 99:23
The calm, strong currents of true spirituality, the manifestations of which are health, purity, and self-immolation, must deepen human experience, until the beliefs of material existence are seen to be a bald imposition, and sin, disease, and death give everlasting place to the scientific demonstration of divine Spirit and to God’s spiritual, perfect man.
17 SH 506:11–12
The calm and exalted thought or spiritual apprehension is at peace.
18 SH 144:20
Truth, and not corporeal will, is the divine power which says to disease, “Peace, be still.”
19 SH 45:16 (only)
Glory be to God, and peace to the struggling hearts!
