Music
Bible Lessons in the audio editions of the Christian Science Quarterly are followed by a hymn. Below you'll find some information about music included with current Bible Lessons.
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February
February 23, 2025 — Mind
Hymn 7: Abide with me; fast breaks the morning light
Words: Bertha H. Woods, based on hymn by H. F. Lyte
Music: William H. Monk
Performer: Julia Wade
Recording: Embraced, ℗ The Christian Science Publishing Society
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February 16, 2025 — Soul
Hymn 543: O Jesus, Our Dear Master
Words: Margaret Glenn Matters, alt
Music: James R. Corbett
Words and music © The Christian Science Board of Directors
Recording: Christian Science Hymnal: Hymns 430–603 (audio edition), ℗ The Christian Science Publishing Society
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February 9, 2025 — Spirit
Hymn 480: Glory be to God on high
Words: Verse 1, lines 1-4, Charles Wesley, verse 1, lines 5-8 and verse 2 John Taylor, adapt.; Words adapt. © 1932, ren. 1960 The Christian Science Board of Directors
Music: Chinese melody, arr. CSPS; Music arr. © 2016 The Christian Science Board of Directors
Recording: Christian Science Hymnal: Hymns 430–603 (audio edition),℗ The Christian Science Publishing Society
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February 2, 2025 — Love
Hymn 30: Brood o’er us with Thy shelt’ring wing (“Love”)
Words: Mary Baker Eddy
Music: Walter E. Young; Music © 1932, ren. 1960 The Christian Science Board of Directors
Performer: Julia Wade
Recording: Embraced, ℗ The Christian Science Publishing Society
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January
January 26, 2025 — Truth
Hymn 251: O Word of God, Most Holy
Words: William W. How, adapt.; © 1932, ren. 1960 The Christian Science Board of Directors
Music: John P. Hullah
Performer: Larry Groce
Recording: On Joyful Wing, ℗ The Christian Science Publishing Society
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January 19, 2025 — Life
Hymn 218: O Life that maketh all things new
Words: Samuel Longfellow
Music: Heinrich Christoph Zeuner
Performers: Teddy Crecelius, Tenor; Adrian Dahlin, Bass; Lindsay Pope, Mezzo-Soprano; Robin Worth Reinert, Soprano
Recording: All Things New, R. Elliott Reinert, © ℗ 2010
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January 12, 2025 — Sacrament
Hymn 446: Be Thou, O God, exalted high (Communion Doxology)
Words: Nahum Tate and Nicholas Brady; © The Christian Science Board of Directors, Music © 1970 Izumi Shiota
Music: Izumi Shiota, arr. CSPS; arr. © 2016 Izumi Shiota
Recording: Christian Science Hymnal: Hymns 430–603 (audio edition), ℗ The Christian Science Publishing Society
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January 5, 2025 — God
Hymn 457: Cause me to hear Your lovingkindness in the morning
Words: Para. I Kings 19:11, 12, Psalms 23:2, 4 Psalms, 143:8, 1; © 2017 The Christian Science Board of Directors
Music: Susan Thierman; © 2017 The Christian Science Board of Directors
Recording: Christian Science Hymnal: Hymns 430–603 (audio edition), ℗ The Christian Science Publishing Society
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December
December 29, 2024 — Christian Science
Hymn 23: Blest Christmas morn (“Christmas Morn”)
Words: Mary Baker Eddy
Music: arr. from William V. Wallace
Performer: Larry Groce
Recording: Peace and Joy and Power, ℗ The Christian Science Publishing Society
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December 22, 2024 — Is the Universe, Including Man, Evolved by Atomic Force?
Hymn 511: It came upon the midnight clear
Words: Edmund H. Sears, adapt.
Music: Richard Storrs Willis
Recording: Christian Science Hymnal: Hymns 430–603 (audio edition), ℗ The Christian Science Publishing Society
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December 15, 2024 — God the Preserver of Man
Hymn 538: O come, all ye faithful
Words: Latin, 18th c.; tr. Frederick Oakeley and others
Music: John Francis Wade; harm. The English Hymnal, 1906
Recording: Christian Science Hymnal: Hymns 430–603 (audio edition), ℗ The Christian Science Publishing Society
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December 1, 2024 — Ancient and Modern Necromancy, alias Mesmerism and Hypnotism, Denounced
Hymn 539: O gentle presence (“Mother’s Evening Prayer”)
Words: Mary Baker Eddy
Music: Lisa Redfern; arr. CSPS, © 2010 The Christian Science Board of Directors, arr. © 2017 The Christian Science Board of Directors
Recording: Christian Science Hymnal: Hymns 430–603 (audio edition), ℗ The Christian Science Publishing Society
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