Archive for January 2023

A Desire to Love   Leave a comment

Though I may speak with moving words,

Which can inspire the human heart,

But have not love to seal their worth,

They are but sham and empty art.

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Though I may give my worldly goods

Without a thought of self or gain,

Unless they bear the fruits of love,

They are as clouds without their rain.

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Though I may search the deepest books,

Companion with the wisest men,

God’s loving voice still calls to me,

It bids me turn and look again.

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Now I would learn to know this Love

Through meek and patient ministry,

Until my life has grown anew

And Love is All-in-all to me.

(Hymn 588 from the Christian Science Hymnal – words by Fenella Bennetts inspired by I Corintians 13)

Posted January 18, 2023 by cscanberra in Brotherhood, Christ message, Hymns, Love, Prayer for the world, Thought

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Psalm of Care and Protection   1 comment

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O Lord, You have searched me and known me.
Where can I go from Your Spirit?
Or where can I flee from Your presence?
If I ascend into heaven, You are there;
If I make my bed in hell, behold, You are there.
If I take the wings of the morning,
And dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea,
Even there Your hand shall lead me,
And Your right hand shall hold me.

(The Bible NKJV – Psalm 139: 1, 8-10)

Posted January 12, 2023 by cscanberra in God, Safety, Spiritual Comfort, Wellbeing

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No Human History   1 comment

Wednesday Testimony Meeting Readings

This recording is of the readings on the topic: No Human History

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Why search the future and the past?
Why do ye look with tearful eyes
And seek far off for paradise?
Before your feet Life’s pearl is cast.

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Of all that was and is to come
The present holds the Mind and Cause;
For God lives in eternal laws,
And here today upholds His throne.

(Hymn 391 from the Christian Science Hymnal)

Posted January 8, 2023 by cscanberra in Ageing, Deborah Packer, Eternal life, Hymns, spiritual identity, Thought, Wednesday Testimony Meeting

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