First Church
of Christ, Scientist
Chattanooga​

ORDER OF SERVICE

  1. Hymn 195

Not what I am, O Lord, but what Thou art;
That, that alone can be my soul’s true rest;
Thy love, not mine, bids fear and doubt depart,
And stills the tumult of my troubled breast.

Girt with the love of God, on every side,
I breathe that love as heaven’s own healing air;
I work and pray, and follow still my guide,
And fear no foe, escaping every snare.

’Tis what I know of Thee, my Lord and God,
That fills my soul with peace, my lips with song;
Thou art my health, my joy, my staff, my rod;
I lean on Thee, in weakness I am strong.

(Christian Science Hymnal, Hymn 195. Words: Horatius Bonar, alt. Music: John Yoakley.)

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  2. Reading from the Bible, and correlative passages from Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy.

  3. Silent Prayer, followed by the audible repetition of the Lord's Prayer.

  4. 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: Hymns 430–603, Hymn 519. Words: Jill Gooding, alt. Music: Andrew D. Brewis. Words © 2013 The Christian Science Board of Directors. Words alt. and Music © 2017 The Christian Science Board of Directors.)

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  5. Announcing necessary notices.

  6. Experiences, testimonies, and remarks on Christian Science.

  7. Hymn 53

Everlasting arms of Love
Are beneath, around, above;
God it is who bears us on,
His the arm we lean upon.

He our ever-present guide
Faithful is, whate’er betide;
Gladly then we journey on,
With His arm to lean upon.

From earth’s fears and vain alarms
Safe in His encircling arms,
He will keep us all the way,
God, our refuge, strength and stay.

(Christian Science Hymnal, Hymn 53. Words: Based on a hymn by John R. Macduff. Music: John Dowland; adapt. and harm. Martin Shaw, alt. Words adapt. © 1932, ren. 1960 The Christian Science Board of Directors. )

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