Manual of the Mother Church: The First Church of Christ Scientist in Boston, Massachusetts — John Shaqi
Manual of the Mother Church: The First Church of Christ Scientist in Boston, MassachusettsEddy, Mary Baker
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Manual of the Mother Church: The First Church of Christ Scientist in Boston, Massachusetts
Eddy, Mary Baker
Christian Science
The services should be preceded and followed by organ or piano music
of an appropriate character in all cases where this is possible.
On the first Sunday of each month Article VIII, SECT. 1, _A Rule for
Motives and Acts_, is to be read.
WEDNESDAY MEETINGS
1. Hymn.
2. Reading from the BIBLE, and correlative passages from SCIENCE AND
HEALTH WITH KEY TO THE SCRIPTURES.
3. Silent Prayer, followed by the audible repetition of the Lord's
Prayer, its spiritual interpretation being omitted.
4. Hymn.
5. Announcing necessary notices.
6. Experiences, testimonies, and remarks on Christian Science.
7. Closing Hymn.
The services should be preceded and followed by organ or piano music
of an appropriate character in all cases where this is possible.
Thanksgiving Day.
Order of Service for The Mother Church and Branch Churches.
1. Hymn.
2. Reading the Thanksgiving Proclamation of the President of the
United States, or the Governor of the state, or both.
3. Reading a Scriptural Selection.
4. Silent Prayer, followed by the audible repetition of the Lord's
Prayer with its spiritual interpretation.
5. Hymn.
6. Reading the Explanatory Note on the first leaf of the _Quarterly_.
7. Announcing the subject of the Lesson Sermon, and reading the
Golden Text.
8. Responsive Reading by the First Reader and the congregation.
9. Reading the Lesson-Sermon prepared by the Bible Lesson Committee.
10. Solo.
11. Testimonies by Christian Scientists, appropriate for the occasion.
12. Hymn.
13. Reading the Scientific Statement of Being, and the correlative
SCRIPTURE according to I John 3:1-3.
14. Pronouncing Benediction.
No collection is to be taken at this service.
The services should be preceded and followed by organ or piano music
of an appropriate character in all cases where this is possible.
Present Order of Communion Services in Branch Churches
1. Hymn.
2. Reading a Scriptural Selection.
3. Silent Prayer, followed by the audible repetition of the Lord's
Prayer with its spiritual interpretation.
4. Hymn.
5. Announcing necessary notices.
6. Reading Tenets of The Mother Church.
7. Collection and Solo.
8. Reading the explanatory note on first leaf of _Quarterly_.
9. Announcing the subject of the Lesson Sermon, and reading the
Golden Text.
10. Reading the scriptural selection entitled "Responsive Reading"
alternately by the First Reader and the congregation.
11. Reading the Lesson-Sermon. (After the Second Reader reads the
BIBLE references of the first Section of the Lesson, the First Reader
makes the following announcement: "As announced in the explanatory
note, I shall now read correlative passages from the Christian
Science textbook, SCIENCE AND HEALTH WITH KEY TO THE SCRIPTURES,
by Mary Baker Eddy.")
12. The First Reader briefly invites the congregation to kneel in
silent Communion. This is concluded by the audible repetition of the
Lord's Prayer (spiritual interpretation omitted).
13. Singing the Doxology:
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