This weekend is the celebration of Earth Day. There’s a passage in Psalms that will lead us this Wednesday in praying about this celebration…”Let the earth rejoice” (Ps 97:1)
First Church of Christ, Scientist-Asheville, Wednesday Meeting 4-20-2016
First Church of Christ, Scientist-Asheville, Wednesday Meeting 4-20-2016
- KJV Ps 96:11-12
- 11 Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad; let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof. 12 Let the field be joyful, and all that is therein: then shall all the trees of the wood rejoice
- KJV Ps 97:1 (to 1st rejoice)
- 1 The LORD reigneth; let the earth rejoice;
- KJV Gen 1:1, 26-28
- 1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. 26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. 27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. 28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
- KJV Ps 8:3-6
- 3 When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained; 4 What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him? 5 For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour. 6 Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet:
- KJV Deut 10:14
- 14 Behold, the heaven and the heaven of heavens is the LORD’s thy God, the earth also, with all that therein is.
- KJV Ps 24:1
- 1 The earth is the LORD’s, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.
- KJV Ps 104:24, 30-31
- 24 O LORD, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches. 30 Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created: and thou renewest the face of the earth. 31 The glory of the LORD shall endure for ever: the LORD shall rejoice in his works.
- KJV Job 1:1
- 1 There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.
- KJV Job 11:1, 7-8
- 1 Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said, 7 Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection? 8 It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know?
- KJV Job 12:1, 7-10
- 1 And Job answered and said, 7 But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee: 8 Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee. 9 Who knoweth not in all these that the hand of the LORD hath wrought this? 10 In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind.
- KJV Ps 139:7-10
- 7 Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence? 8 If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there. 9 If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea; 10 Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.
- KJV Luke 8:22-25
- 22 Now it came to pass on a certain day, that he went into a ship with his disciples: and he said unto them, Let us go over unto the other side of the lake. And they launched forth. 23 But as they sailed he fell asleep: and there came down a storm of wind on the lake; and they were filled with water, and were in jeopardy. 24 And they came to him, and awoke him, saying, Master, master, we perish. Then he arose, and rebuked the wind and the raging of the water: and they ceased, and there was a calm. 25 And he said unto them, Where is your faith? And they being afraid wondered, saying one to another, What manner of man is this! for he commandeth even the winds and water, and they obey him.
- KJV Luke 10:19
- 19 Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you.
- KJV Ps 1:1-3
- 1 Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. 2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night. 3 And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.
- KJV Job 42:1-2, 5, 12
- 1 Then Job answered the LORD, and said, 2 I know that thou canst do every thing, and that no thought can be withholden from thee. 5 I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth thee. 12 So the LORD blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning:
- S&HÂ 202:3
- The scientific unity which exists between God and man
must be wrought out in life-practice, and God’s will must
be universally done.
- S&H 17:1-3
- Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
Enable us to know,- as in heaven, so on earth,- God is
omnipotent, supreme.
- S&H 202:6-13, 17 The
- If men would bring to bear upon the study of the
Science of Mind half the faith they bestow upon the so-
called pains and pleasures of material sense,
they would not go on from bad to worse,
until disciplined by the prison and the scaffold; but
the whole human family would be redeemed through
the merits of Christ, – through the perception and ac-
ceptance of Truth.
The days
of our pilgrimage will multiply instead of di-
minish, when God’s kingdom comes on earth; for the
true way leads to life instead of to death, and earthly
experience discloses the finity of error and the infinite
capacities of Truth, in which God gives man dominion
over all the earth.
- S&H 200:9
- Life is, always
has been, and ever will be independent of
matter; for life is God, and man is the idea
of God, not formed materially but spiritually, and not
subject to decay and dust. The Psalmist said: “Thou
madest him to have dominion over the works of Thy
hands. Thou hast put all things under his feet.”
- S&H 246:27
- Life is eternal. We should find this out, and begin the
demonstration thereof. Life and goodness are immortal.
Let us then shape our views of existence into
loveliness, freshness, and continuity, rather
than into age and blight.
- S&H 247:10-15, 21
- Beauty, as well as truth, is eternal; but the beauty
of material things passes away, fading and fleeting as
mortal belief. Custom, education, and fashion
form the transient standards of mortals. Im-
mortality, exempt from age or decay, has a glory of its
own, – the radiance of Soul.
Beauty is a thing of life, which
dwells forever in the eternal Mind and re-
flects the charms of His goodness in expression, form,
outline, and color. It is Love which paints the petal
with myriad hues, glances in the warm sunbeam, arches
the cloud with the bow of beauty, blazons the night with
starry gems, and covers earth with loveliness.
- S&H 264:7-10
- Mortals must look beyond fading,
finite forms, if they would gain the true sense of things.
Where shall the gaze rest but in the unsearchable realm
of Mind?
- S&H 306:21-2
- The myriad forms of mortal thought, made manifest
as matter, are not more distinct nor real to the mate-
rial senses than are the Soul-created forms
to spiritual sense, which cognizes Life as per-
manent. 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.
The parent of all human discord was the Adam-dream,
the deep sleep, in which originated the delusion that life
and intelligence proceeded from and passed into matter.
- S&H 307:7-16, 25
- Evil still affirms itself to be mind, and declares that
there is more than one intelligence or God. It says:
“There shall be lords and gods many. I declare that God
makes evil minds and evil spirits, and that I aid Him.
Truth shall change sides and be unlike Spirit. I will
put spirit into what I call matter, and matter shall seem
to have life as much as God, Spirit, who is the only life.”
This error has proved itself to be error. Its life is found
to be not Life, but only a transient, false sense of an ex-
istence which ends in death.
Truth has no beginning. The divine Mind is the Soul
of man, and gives man dominion over all things. Man
was not created from a material basis, nor
bidden to obey material laws which Spirit never
made; his province is in spiritual statutes, in the higher
law of Mind.
- S&H 509:29-5
- Knowing the Science of creation, in which all is Mind
and its ideas, Jesus rebuked the material thought of his
fellow-countrymen: “Ye can discern the face of the
sky; but can ye not discern the signs of the times?”
How much more should we seek to apprehend the spirit-
ual ideas of God, than to dwell on the objects
of sense! To discern the rhythm of Spirit
and to be holy, thought must be purely spiritual.
- S&H 516:9-21
- God fashions all things, after His own likeness. Life
is reflected in existence, Truth in truthfulness, God in
goodness, which impart their own peace and
permanence. Love, redolent with unselfish-
ness, bathes all in beauty and light. The grass beneath
our feet silently exclaims, “The meek shall inherit the
earth.” The modest arbutus sends her sweet breath to
heaven. The great rock gives shadow and shelter. The
sunlight glints from the church-dome, glances into the
prison-cell, glides into the sick-chamber, brightens the
flower, beautifies the landscape, blesses the earth. Man,
made in His likeness, possesses and reflects God’s domin-
ion over all the earth.
- S&H 531:10
- …The human mind will sometime
rise above all material and physical sense, ex-
changing it for spiritual perception, and exchanging hu-
man concepts for the divine consciousness. Then man
will recognize his God-given dominion and being.
Ps 96:11-12
Ps 97:1 (to rejoice)
Gen 1:1, 26-28
Ps 8:3-6
Deut 10:14
Ps 24:1
Ps 104:24, 30-31
Job 1:1
Job 11:1, 7-8
Job 12:1, 7-10
Ps 139:7-10
Luke 8:22-25
Luke 10:19
Ps 1:1-3
Job 42:1-2, 5, 12202:3
17:1-3
202:6-13, 17 The
200:9
246:27
247:10-15, 21
264:7-10
306:21-2
307:7-16, 25
509:29-5
516:9-21
531:10
Ps 97:1 (to rejoice)
Gen 1:1, 26-28
Ps 8:3-6
Deut 10:14
Ps 24:1
Ps 104:24, 30-31
Job 1:1
Job 11:1, 7-8
Job 12:1, 7-10
Ps 139:7-10
Luke 8:22-25
Luke 10:19
Ps 1:1-3
Job 42:1-2, 5, 12202:3
17:1-3
202:6-13, 17 The
200:9
246:27
247:10-15, 21
264:7-10
306:21-2
307:7-16, 25
509:29-5
516:9-21
531:10
168…Let all the earth with songs rejoice
342…This is the day the Lord hath made
275…Praise now restive Mind
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