First Church of Christ, Scientist, La Cañada Flintridge, California

Wednesday Meeting Readings

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Healing problems with eyesight
Wednesday, November 13, 2024
The Bible
  1. Prov. 20:12

    12The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the Lord hath made even both of them.

  2. Ps. 146:8 (to 1st :)

    8The Lord openeth the eyes of the blind:

  3. Matt. 5:8

    8Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.

  4. Matt. 20:30-34 behold

    behold, two blind men sitting by the way side, when they heard that Jesus passed by, cried out, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, thou son of David.

    31And the multitude rebuked them, because they should hold their peace: but they cried the more, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, thou son of David.

    32And Jesus stood still, and called them, and said, What will ye that I shall do unto you?

    33They say unto him, Lord, that our eyes may be opened.

    34So Jesus had compassion on them, and touched their eyes: and immediately their eyes received sight, and they followed him.

  5. Matt. 13:16 blessed (to :)

    blessed are your eyes, for they see:

  6. Mark 8:22-25

    22And he cometh to Bethsaida; and they bring a blind man unto him, and besought him to touch him.

    23And he took the blind man by the hand, and led him out of the town; and when he had spit on his eyes, and put his hands upon him, he asked him if he saw aught.

    24And he looked up, and said, I see men as trees, walking.

    25After that he put his hands again upon his eyes, and made him look up: and he was restored, and saw every man clearly.

  7. Luke 18:35-43

    35And it came to pass, that as he was come nigh unto Jericho, a certain blind man sat by the way side begging:

    36And hearing the multitude pass by, he asked what it meant.

    37And they told him, that Jesus of Nazareth passeth by.

    38And he cried, saying, Jesus, thou son of David, have mercy on me.

    39And they which went before rebuked him, that he should hold his peace: but he cried so much the more, Thou son of David, have mercy on me.

    40And Jesus stood, and commanded him to be brought unto him: and when he was come near, he asked him,

    41Saying, What wilt thou that I shall do unto thee? And he said, Lord, that I may receive my sight.

    42And Jesus said unto him, Receive thy sight: thy faith hath saved thee.

    43And immediately he received his sight, and followed him, glorifying God: and all the people, when they saw it, gave praise unto God.

  8. John 9:1-7, 13, 18-21, 24, 25, 32-39 (to ;)

    1And as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was blind from his birth.

    2And his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind?

    3Jesus answered, Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest in him.

    4I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.

    5As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.

    6When he had thus spoken, he spat on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and he anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay,

    7And said unto him, Go, wash in the pool of Siloam, (which is by interpretation, Sent.) He went his way therefore, and washed, and came seeing.

    13They brought to the Pharisees him that aforetime was blind.

    ... 18But the Jews did not believe concerning him, that he had been blind, and received his sight, until they called the parents of him that had received his sight.

    19And they asked them, saying, Is this your son, who ye say was born blind? how then doth he now see?

    20His parents answered them and said, We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind:

    21But by what means he now seeth, we know not; or who hath opened his eyes, we know not: he is of age; ask him: he shall speak for himself.

    ... 24Then again called they the man that was blind, and said unto him, Give God the praise: we know that this man is a sinner.

    25He answered and said, Whether he be a sinner or no, I know not: one thing I know, that, whereas I was blind, now I see.

    ... 32Since the world began was it not heard that any man opened the eyes of one that was born blind.

    33If this man were not of God, he could do nothing.

    34They answered and said unto him, Thou wast altogether born in sins, and dost thou teach us? And they cast him out.

    35Jesus heard that they had cast him out; and when he had found him, he said unto him, Dost thou believe on the Son of God?

    36He answered and said, Who is he, Lord, that I might believe on him?

    37And Jesus said unto him, Thou hast both seen him, and it is he that talketh with thee.

    38And he said, Lord, I believe. And he worshipped him.

    39And Jesus said, For judgment I am come into this world, that they which see not might see;

  9. Ps. 19:8 4th the

    the commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes.


Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures
by Mary Baker Eddy
  1. SH 586:3

    Eyes. Spiritual discernment, — not material but mental.

  2. SH 505:20-21

    Spiritual sense is the discernment of spiritual 21good.

  3. SH 512:21-25

    From the infinite elements of the one Multiplication of pure ideasMind emanate all form, color, quality, and quantity, and these are mental, both primarily 24and secondarily. Their spiritual nature is discerned only through the spiritual senses.

  4. SH 330:13-15

    Eye hath neither seen God nor His image and likeness. Neither God nor the perfect man 15can be discerned by the material senses.

  5. SH 489:24-29

        The corporeal senses are the only source of evil or error. Christian Science shows them to be false, be-Organic construction valuelesscause matter has no sensation, and no organic 27construction can give it hearing and sight nor make it the medium of Mind. Outside the material sense of things, all is harmony.

  6. SH 215:11

        Spiritual vision is not subordinate to geometric alti-12tudes. Whatever is governed by God, is never for an instant deprived of the light and might of intelligence and Life.

  7. SH 210:11-16

        Knowing that Soul and its attributes were forever 12manifested through man, the Master healed the sick, gave sight to the blind, hearing to the deaf, feet to the lame, thus bringing to light the scientific action of the 15divine Mind on human minds and bodies and giving a better understanding of Soul and salvation.

  8. SH 393:25

        When Jesus declares that “the light of the body is the eye,” he certainly means that light depends upon Mind, 27not upon the complex humors, lenses, muscles, the iris and pupil, constituting the visual organism.

  9. SH 214:26-30

        How transient a sense is mortal sight, when a wound on 27the retina may end the power of light and lens! But the The senses of Soulreal sight or sense is not lost. Neither age nor accident can interfere with the senses of Soul, 30and there are no other real senses.

  10. SH 519:11-16

    Hu-12man capacity is slow to discern and to grasp God’s creation and the divine power and presence which go with it, demonstrating its spiritual origin. Mortals 15can never know the infinite, until they throw off the old man and reach the spiritual image and likeness.

  11. SH 91:16

        Absorbed in material selfhood we discern and reflect but faintly the substance of Life or Mind. The denial of 18material selfhood aids the discernment of man’s spirit-ual and eternal individuality, and destroys the erroneous knowledge gained from matter or through what are termed 21the material senses.

  12. SH 346:15-16

    Disbelief in error destroys error, and leads to the discernment of Truth.

  13. SH 275:31

        Truth, spiritually discerned, is scientifically understood. It casts out error and heals the sick.

  14. SH 183:26-29

        Truth casts out all evils and materialistic methods 27with the actual spiritual law, — the law which gives Belief and understandingsight to the blind, hearing to the deaf, voice to the dumb, feet to the lame.

  15. SH 194:10

        Destruction of the auditory nerve and paralysis of the optic nerve are not necessary to ensure deafness and blind-12ness; for if mortal mind says, “I am deaf and blind,” it will be so without an injured nerve. Every theory op-posed to this fact (as I learned in metaphysics) would 15presuppose man, who is immortal in spiritual under-standing, a mortal in material belief.

  16. SH 487:6

    There is more Christianity in seeing and hearing spiritually than materially. There is more Science in the perpetual 9exercise of the Mind-faculties than in their loss. Lost they cannot be, while Mind remains. The apprehension of this gave sight to the blind and hearing to the deaf cen-12turies ago, and it will repeat the wonder.

  17. SH 247:3-5

        I have seen age regain two of the elements it had lost, sight and teeth. A woman of eighty-five, whom I knew, Eyes and teeth renewedhad a return of sight.

  18. SH 607:7

        I wish to add my testimony to those of others, and hope that it may be the means of bringing some poor sufferer to health, to happiness, and to God. I was healed through simply reading this wonderful book, Science and Health. I had been troubled periodically for many years with sore eyes, and had been to many doctors, who called the disease iritis and cataract. They told me that my eyes would always give me trouble, and that I would eventually lose my sight if I remained in an office, and advised me to go under an operation. Later on I had to wear glasses at my work, also out of doors as I could not bear the winds, and my eyes were gradually becoming worse. I could not read for longer than a few minutes at a time, otherwise they would smart severely. I had to rest my eyes each evening to enable me to use them the next day; in fact gas-light was getting unbearable because of the pain, and I made home miserable. A dear brother told me about Christian Science, and said that if I would read Science and Health it would help me. He procured for me the loan of the book. The first night I read it, it so interested me I quite forgot all about my eyes until my wife remarked that it was eleven o’ clock. I found that I had been reading this book for nearly four hours, and I remarked immediately after, “I believe my eyes are cured,” which was really 608 608the case. The next day, on looking at my eyes, my wife noticed that the cataract had disappeared. I put away my outdoor glasses, which I have not required since, and through the understanding gained by studying Christian Science I have been able to do away with my indoor glasses also, and have had no return of pain in my eyes since. This is now a year and a half ago. — G. F. S., Liverpool, England.

  19. SH 84:19-23

        To understand that Mind is infinite, not bounded by corporeality, not dependent upon the ear and eye for 21The Mind unboundedsound or sight nor upon muscles and bones for locomotion, is a step towards the Mind-science by which we discern man’s nature and existence.

  20. SH 284:28-32

        According to Christian Science, the only real senses of man are spiritual, emanating from divine Mind. 30Thought passes from God to man, but neither sensation nor report goes from material body to Mind. The in-tercommunication is always from God to His idea, man.

  21. SH 486:23-26

        Sight, hearing, all the spiritual senses of man, are 24eternal. They cannot be lost. Their reality and immor-Permanent sensibilitytality are in Spirit and understanding, not in matter, — hence their permanence.

From the Christian Science Hymnal
Hymn 34: “Christ comes again with holy power”
Hymn 130: “How wondrous is Thy mercy”
Hymn 401: “Christ, thou dost come to bring ... healing and sight” (verse 2)