God Given Dominion

Wednesday Bible Readings

March 18th, 2026

From The Bible

1 ... 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. (Genesis 1:1 God, 26)

1 Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father in law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the backside of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, even to Horeb. 2 And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed. 3 And Moses said, I will now turn aside, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt. 4 ... God called unto him out of the midst of the bush, and said, Moses, Moses. And he said, Here am I. 6 Moreover he said, I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. ... 7 ¶ And the LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people which are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows; 8 And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey; ... 10 Come now therefore, and I will send thee unto Pharaoh, that thou mayest bring forth my people the children of Israel out of Egypt. 11 ¶ And Moses said unto God, Who am I, that I should go unto Pharaoh, and that I should bring forth the children of Israel out of Egypt? 12 And he said, Certainly I will be with thee; and this shall be a token unto thee, that I have sent thee: When thou hast brought forth the people out of Egypt, ye shall serve God upon this mountain. 13 ... and they shall say to me, What is his name? what shall I say unto them? 14 And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you. 15 And God said moreover unto Moses, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, The LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you: this is my name for ever, and this is my memorial unto all generations. (Exodus 3:1–3, 4 God, 6 (to 1st .), 7, 8 (to ;), 10–12, 13–15 3rd and)

1 And Moses answered and said, But, behold, they will not believe me, nor hearken unto my voice: for they will say, The LORD hath not appeared unto thee. 2 And the LORD said unto him, What is that in thine hand? And he said, A rod. 3 And he said, Cast it on the ground. And he cast it on the ground, and it became a serpent; and Moses fled from before it. 4 And the LORD said unto Moses, Put forth thine hand, and take it by the tail. And he put forth his hand, and caught it, and it became a rod in his hand: 5 That they may believe that the LORD God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath appeared unto thee. 10 ¶ And Moses said unto the LORD, O my Lord, I am not eloquent, neither heretofore, nor since thou hast spoken unto thy servant: but I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue. 11 And the LORD said unto him, Who hath made man’s mouth? or who maketh the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the blind? have not I the LORD? 12 Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt say. 17 And thou shalt take this rod in thine hand, wherewith thou shalt do signs. (Exodus 4:1–5, 10–12, 17)

17 ¶ And it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God led them not through the way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near; for God said, Lest peradventure the people repent when they see war, and they return to Egypt: 18 But God led the people about, through the way of the wilderness of the Red sea: and the children of Israel went up harnessed out of the land of Egypt. 21 And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to go by day and night: (Exodus 13:17, 18, 21)

5 ¶ And it was told the king of Egypt that the people fled: and the heart of Pharaoh and of his servants was turned against the people, and they said, Why have we done this, that we have let Israel go from serving us? 6 And he made ready his chariot, and took his people with him: 7 And he took six hundred chosen chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt, and captains over every one of them. 9 ... the Egyptians pursued after them, all the horses and chariots of Pharaoh, and his horsemen, and his army, ... 10 ¶ And when Pharaoh drew nigh, the children of Israel lifted up their eyes, and, behold, the Egyptians marched after them; and they were sore afraid: and the children of Israel cried out unto the LORD. 13 ¶ And Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the LORD, which he will shew to you to-day: for the Egyptians whom ye have seen to-day, ye shall see them again no more for ever. 14 The LORD shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace. 15 ¶ And the LORD said unto Moses, ... 15 ... speak unto the children of Israel, that they go forward: 16 But lift thou up thy rod, and stretch out thine hand over the sea, and divide it: and the children of Israel shall go on dry ground through the midst of the sea. (Exodus 14:5–7, 9 the (to 4th ,), 10, 13–15 (to 1st ,), 15 speak, 16)

21 And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the LORD caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided. 22 And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea upon the dry ground: and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left. 30 Thus the LORD saved Israel that day out of the hand of the Egyptians; ... (Exodus 14:21, 22, 30 (to ;))

6 ... thy right hand, O LORD, hath dashed in pieces the enemy. 7 And in the greatness of thine excellency thou hast overthrown them that rose up against thee: ... 18 The LORD shall reign for ever and ever. (Exodus 15:6 2nd thy, 7 (to :), 18)

1 And they came over unto the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gadarenes. 2 And when he was come out of the ship, immediately there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit, 3 Who had his dwelling among the tombs; and no man could bind him, no, not with chains: 4 Because that he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been plucked asunder by him, and the fetters broken in pieces: neither could any man tame him. 5 And always, night and day, he was in the mountains, and in the tombs, crying, and cutting himself with stones. 6 But when he saw Jesus afar off, he ran and worshipped him, 7 And cried with a loud voice, and said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of the most high God? I adjure thee by God, that thou torment me not. 8 For he said unto him, Come out of the man, thou unclean spirit. 14 ... and told it in the city, and in the country. And they went out to see what it was that was done. 15 And they come to Jesus, and see him that was possessed with the devil, and had the legion, sitting, and clothed, and in his right mind: and they were afraid. (Mark 5:1–8, 14 2nd and, 15)

5 ¶ And when Jesus was entered into Capernaum, there came unto him a centurion, beseeching him, 6 And saying, Lord, my servant lieth at home sick of the palsy, grievously tormented. 7 And Jesus saith unto him, I will come and heal him. 8 The centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof: but speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed. 9 For I am a man under authority, having soldiers under me: and I say to this man, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it. 10 When Jesus heard it, he marvelled, and said to them that followed, Verily I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel. 13 And Jesus said unto the centurion, Go thy way; and as thou hast believed, so be it done unto thee. And his servant was healed in the selfsame hour. (Matthew 8:5–10, 13)

13 Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and thy dominion endureth throughout ... (Psalms 145:13 (to throughout))

14 For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace. (Romans 6:14)

10 But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you. 11 To him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen. (I Peter 5:10, 11)

10 The LORD shall reign for ever, even thy God, O Zion, unto all generations. Praise ye the LORD. (Psalms 146:10)

Truth has no beginning. The divine Mind is the Soul of man, and gives man dominion over all things. (Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 307:25–26)

Nothing is more disheartening than to believe that there is a power opposite to God, or good, and that 30 God endows this opposing power with strength to be used against Himself, against Life, health, harmony. Every law of matter or the body, supposed to govern 1 man, is rendered null and void by the law of Life, God. (Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, pp. 380:28–1)

Nothing but the power of Truth can prevent the fear of 21 error, and prove man’s dominion over error. (Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 380:19)

And God said: “Let us make man in our image, after 24 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 27 creepeth upon the earth.” (Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 475:23)

21 “Let them have dominion.” All that God imparts moves in accord with Him, reflecting goodness and power. (Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 515:21 (only), 22)

30 Divine Love blesses its own ideas, ... Man is not made to till the soil. His birthright is dominion, not subjection. He is lord of the belief in earth 3 and heaven, — himself subordinate alone to his Maker. This is the Science of being. (Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 517:30 (only, to ,), 31)

The notion 12 of a material universe is utterly opposed to the theory of man as evolved from Mind. Such fundamental errors send falsity into all human doctrines and conclusions, 15 and do not accord infinity to Deity. Error tills the whole ground in this material theory, which is entirely ... ... false view, destructive to existence and happiness. (Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 545:11–16 (to entirely), 17 false (only))

The condemnation of mortals to till the ground means this, — that mortals should so improve material belief 9 by thought tending spiritually upward as to destroy materiality. Man, created by God, was given dominion over the whole earth. (Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 545:7–11)

Entirely separate from the belief and dream of material living, is the Life divine, revealing spiritual understanding and the consciousness of man’s dominion over the whole earth. This understanding casts out error and heals the sick, and with it you can speak 30 “as one having authority.” (Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 14:25)

6 The Hebrew Lawgiver, slow of speech, despaired of making the people understand what should be revealed to him. When, led by wisdom to cast down his 9 rod, he saw it become a serpent, Moses fled before it; but wisdom bade him come back and handle the serpent, and then Moses’ fear departed. In 12 this incident was seen the actuality of Science. Matter was shown to be a belief only. The serpent, evil, under wisdom’s bidding, was destroyed through understanding 15 divine Science, and this proof was a staff upon which to lean. The illusion of Moses lost its power to alarm him, when he discovered that what he apparently saw was really 18 but a phase of mortal belief. (Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 321:6)

When the illusion of sickness or sin tempts you, cling 15 steadfastly to God and His idea. Allow nothing but His likeness to abide in your thought. Let neither 18 fear nor doubt overshadow your clear sense and calm trust, that the recognition of life harmonious — as Life eternally is — can destroy any painful sense of, or belief in, that which Life is not. (Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 495:14–20)

You conquer error by denying its verity. (Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 339:31–32)

Mind is the 9 master of the corporeal senses, and can conquer sickness, sin, and death. Be firm in your understanding that the divine Mind governs, and that in Science man reflects God’s government. 18 (Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 393:8–10 (to 1st .), 16–18)

It is man’s moral right to annul an unjust sentence, a sentence never 30 inflicted by divine authority. (Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 381:28)

9 I hope, dear reader, I am leading you into the understanding of your divine rights, your heaven-bestowed harmony, — that, as you read, you see there is no 12 cause (outside of erring, mortal, material sense which is not power) able to make you sick or sinful; and I hope that you are conquering this false sense. (Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 253:9–14)

We must look where we would walk, and we must act as possessing all power from Him in whom we 12 have our being. (Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 264:10)

Man, created by God, was given dominion over the whole earth. (Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 545:10–11)

21 Christ illustrates that blending with God, his divine Principle, which gives man dominion over all the earth. (Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 316:21)

Fear Not

Wednesday Bible Readings

March 4th, 2026

From The Bible

BIBLE

When thou goest out to battle against thine enemies, and seest horses, and chariots, and a people more than thou, be not afraid of them: for the LORD thy God is with thee, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. ...

... Hear, O Israel, ye approach this day unto battle against your enemies: let not your hearts faint, fear not, and do not tremble, neither be ye terrified because of them; For the LORD your God is he that goeth with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.
(Deuteronomy 20:1, 3 Hear, 4)

¶ Then the king of Syria warred against Israel, and took counsel with his servants, saying, In such and such a place shall be my camp. And the man of God sent unto the king of Israel, saying, Beware that thou pass not such a place; for thither the Syrians are come down. And the king of Israel sent to the place which the man of God told him and warned him of, and saved himself there, not once nor twice. Therefore the heart of the king of Syria was sore troubled for this thing; and he called his servants, and said unto them, Will ye not shew me which of us is for the king of Israel? And one of his servants said, None, my lord, O king: but Elisha, the prophet that is in Israel, telleth the king of Israel the words that thou speakest in thy bedchamber. ¶ And he said, Go and spy where he is, that I may send and fetch him. And it was told him, saying, Behold, he is in Dothan. Therefore sent he thither horses, and chariots, and a great host: and they came by night, and compassed the city about. And when the servant of the man of God was risen early, and gone forth, behold, an host compassed the city both with horses and chariots. And his servant said unto him, Alas, my master! how shall we do? And he answered, Fear not: for they that be with us are more than they that be with them. And Elisha prayed, and said, LORD, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw: and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha.
(II Kings 6:8–17)

¶ Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees. Say to them that are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not: behold, your God will come with vengeance, even God with a recompence; he will come and save you. Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped. ...

And the ransomed of the LORD shall return, and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads: they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.
(Isaiah 35:3–5, 10)

¶ And, behold, there came a man named Jairus, and he was a ruler of the synagogue: and he fell down at Jesus’ feet, and besought him that he would come into his house: ...

... ¶ While he yet spake, there cometh one from the ruler of the synagogue’s house, saying to him, Thy daughter is dead; trouble not the Master. But when Jesus heard it, he answered him, saying, Fear not: believe only, and she shall be made whole. And when he came into the house, he suffered no man to go in, save Peter, and James, and John, and the father and the mother of the maiden. And all wept, and bewailed her: but he said, Weep not; she is not dead, but sleepeth. And they laughed him to scorn, knowing that she was dead. And he put them all out, and took her by the hand, and called, saying, Maid, arise. And her spirit came again, and she arose straightway: ...
(Luke 8:41, 49–55 (to :))

¶ And in the synagogue there was a man, which had a spirit of an unclean devil, and cried out with a loud voice, Saying, Let us alone; what have we to do with thee, thou Jesus of Nazareth? art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art; the Holy One of God. And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold thy peace, and come out of him. And when the devil had thrown him in the midst, he came out of him, and hurt him not. And they were all amazed, and spake among themselves, saying, What a word is this! for with authority and power he commandeth the unclean spirits, and they come out. And the fame of him went out into every place of the country round about. ¶ And he arose out of the synagogue, and entered into Simon’s house. And Simon’s wife’s mother was taken with a great fever; and they besought him for her. And he stood over her, and rebuked the fever; and it left her: and immediately she arose and ministered unto them. ¶ Now when the sun was setting, all they that had any sick with divers diseases brought them unto him; and he laid his hands on every one of them, and healed them.
(Luke 4:33–40)

There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death. ...

For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. ...

So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God. But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. ...

For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.
(Romans 8:1, 2, 6, 8, 9 (to 1st .), 14, 15)

For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.
(II Timothy 1:7)

Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.
(Luke 12:32)


SCIENCE AND HEALTH
We cannot build safely on false foundations. Truth makes a new creature, in whom old things pass away and “all things are become new.” Passions, selfishness, false appetites, hatred, fear, all sensuality, yield to spirituality, and the superabundance of being is on the side of God, good.
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 201:7)

If we pray to God as a corporeal person, this will prevent us from relinquishing the human doubts and fears which attend such a belief, and so we cannot grasp the wonders wrought by infinite, incorporeal Love, to whom all things are possible.
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 13:20–24)

If we are sensibly with the body and regard omnipotence as a corporeal, material person, whose ear we would gain, we are not “absent from the body” and “present with the Lord” in the demonstration of Spirit. ... To be “present with the Lord” is to have, not mere emotional ecstasy or faith, but the actual demonstration and understanding of Life as revealed in Christian Science. To be “with the Lord” is to be in obedience to the law of God, to be absolutely governed by divine Love, — by Spirit, not by matter.
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 14:1–5, 6)

The less that is said of physical structure and laws, and the more that is thought and said about moral and spiritual law, the higher will be the standard of living and the farther mortals will be removed from imbecility or disease.

We should master fear, instead of cultivating it.
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 197:11–16)

To hold yourself superior to sin, because God made you superior to it and governs man, is true wisdom. To fear sin is to misunderstand the power of Love and the divine Science of being in man’s relation to God, — to doubt His government and distrust His omnipotent care. To hold yourself superior to sickness and death is equally wise, and is in accordance with divine Science. To fear them is impossible, when you fully apprehend God and know that they are no part of His creation.

Man, governed by his Maker, having no other Mind, — planted on the Evangelist’s statement that “all things were made by Him [the Word of God]; and without Him was not anything made that was made,” — can triumph over sin, sickness, and death.
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, pp. 231:20–2)

When man is governed by God, the ever-present Mind who understands all things, man knows that with God all things are possible. The only way to this living Truth, which heals the sick, is found in the Science of divine Mind as taught and demonstrated by Christ Jesus.
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 180:25)

Inasmuch as God is good and the fount of all being, He does not produce moral or physical deformity; therefore such deformity is not real, but is illusion, the mirage of error. Divine Science reveals these grand facts. On their basis Jesus demonstrated Life, never fearing nor obeying error in any form.
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 243:32)

... Christ changes a belief of sin or of sickness into a better belief, then belief melts into spiritual understanding, and sin, disease, and death disappear. Christ, Truth, gives mortals temporary food and clothing until the material, transformed with the ideal, disappears, and man is clothed and fed spiritually. St. Paul says, “Work out your own salvation with fear and trembling:” Jesus said, “Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.” This truth is Christian Science.
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 442:20 Christ)

Christian Science silences human will, quiets fear with Truth and Love, and illustrates the unlabored motion of the divine energy in healing the sick.
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 445:19–21)

Always begin your treatment by allaying the fear of patients. Silently reassure them as to their exemption from disease and danger. Watch the result of this simple rule of Christian Science, and you will find that it alleviates the symptoms of every disease. If you succeed in wholly removing the fear, your patient is healed. The great fact that God lovingly governs all, never punishing aught but sin, is your standpoint, from which to advance and destroy the human fear of sickness. Mentally and silently plead the case scientifically for Truth. You may vary the arguments to meet the peculiar or general symptoms of the case you treat, but be thoroughly persuaded in your own mind concerning the truth which you think or speak, and you will be the victor.
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 411:27)

When fear disappears, the foundation of disease is gone.
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 368:31–32)

I knew a person who when quite a child adopted the Graham system to cure dyspepsia. ... He passed many weary years in hunger and weakness, ... At this point Christian Science saved him, and he is now in perfect health without a vestige of the old complaint.

He learned that suffering and disease were the self-imposed beliefs of mortals, and not the facts of being; that God never decreed disease, — never ordained a law that fasting should be a means of health. Hence semi-starvation is not acceptable to wisdom, and it is equally far from Science, in which being is sustained by God, Mind. These truths, opening his eyes, relieved his stomach, and he ate without suffering, “giving God thanks;” ...

He learned that a dyspeptic was very far from being the image and likeness of God, — far from having “dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle,” if eating a bit of animal flesh could overpower him. He finally concluded that God never made a dyspeptic, while fear, hygiene, physiology, and physics had made him one, contrary to His commands.
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, pp. 221:1–2, 10–11 (to 1st ,), 14–24 (to ;); 222:22)

Error is not real, hence it is not more imperative as it hastens towards self-destruction. The so-called belief of mortal mind apparent as an abscess should not grow more painful before it suppurates, neither should a fever become more severe before it ends.
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 251:1)

Moral courage is requisite to meet the wrong and to proclaim the right.
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 327:23–24)

Moral courage is “the lion of the tribe of Juda,” the king of the mental realm. Free and fearless it roams in the forest. Undisturbed it lies in the open field, or rests in “green pastures, . . . beside the still waters.”
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 514:10–14)


HYMNS
How firm a foundation, ye saints of the Lord, / Is laid for your faith in His excellent Word. / What more can He say than to you He hath said, / To you who to God for your refuge have fled:

Fear not, I am with thee, O be not dismayed, / For I am thy God, I will still give thee aid; / I’ll strengthen thee, help thee, and cause thee to stand, / Upheld by My gracious, omnipotent hand;

When through fiery trials thy pathway shall lie, / My grace, all sufficient, shall be thy supply; / The flame shall not hurt thee; I only design / Thy dross to consume and thy gold to refine.
(Christian Science Hymnal, No. 123)

O gentle presence, peace and joy and power; / O Life divine, that owns each waiting hour, / Thou Love that guards the nestling’s faltering flight! / Keep Thou my child on upward wing tonight.

Love is our refuge; only with mine eye / Can I behold the snare, the pit, the fall: / His habitation high is here, and nigh, / His arm encircles me, and mine, and all.

O make me glad for every scalding tear, / For hope deferred, ingratitude, disdain! / Wait, and love more for every hate, and fear / No ill,—since God is good, and loss is gain.

Beneath the shadow of His mighty wing; / In that sweet secret of the narrow way, / Seeking and finding, with the angels sing: / “Lo, I am with you alway,”—watch and pray.

No snare, no fowler, pestilence or pain; / No night drops down upon the troubled breast, / When heaven’s aftersmile earth’s tear-drops gain, / And mother finds her home and heav’nly rest.
(Christian Science Hymnal, No. 539)

In Love divine all earth-born fear and sorrow / Fade as the dark when dawn pours forth her light; / And understanding prayer is fully answered, / When trustingly we turn to God aright.

And as on wings of faith we soar and worship, / Held by God’s love above the shadows dim, / Hushed in the grandeur of a heart’s awakening, / Unfolds a joy unknown till found in Him.

Then in this radiant light of adoration, / We know that man beloved is in God’s care, / Not wrapped in fear nor bowed with tired labor, / But satisfied, complete, divinely fair.
(Christian Science Hymnal, No. 510)