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First Church of Christ, Scientist, Edinburgh is a charity registered in Scorland No SCO 14327

Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and...
24/10/2026

Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. Let us therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus minded: and if in any thing ye be otherwise minded, God shall reveal even this unto you.
(Philippians 3:13–15)

Human theories weighed in the balances of God are found wanting; and their highest endeavors are to Science what a child...
23/10/2026

Human theories weighed in the balances of God are found wanting; and their highest endeavors are to Science what a child’s love of pictures is to art.
(Miscellaneous Writings 1883–1896, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 365:5–7)

1 Quickly earth’s jewels disappear; The turf, whereon I tread,3 Ere autumn blanch another year, May rest above...
22/10/2026

1 Quickly earth’s jewels disappear;
The turf, whereon I tread,
3 Ere autumn blanch another year,
May rest above my head.

The wild winds mutter, howl, and moan,
To scare my woodland walk,
15 And frightened fancy flees, to roam
Where ghosts and goblins stalk.

1 Yet here, upon this faded sod, —
O happy hours and fleet, —
3 When songsters’ matin hymns to God
Are poured in strains so sweet,

My heart unbidden joins rehearse,
6 I hope it’s better made,
When mingling with the universe,
Beneath the maple’s shade.
(Poems, Mary Baker Eddy, pp. 58:1, 13; 59:1–8)

But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth; and some to honour...
21/10/2026

But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth; and some to honour, and some to dishonour. If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honour, sanctified, and meet for the master’s use, and prepared unto every good work.
(II Timothy 2:20, 21)
Pittencreiff House,Dunfermline

The varied manifestations of Christian Science indicate Mind, never matter, and have one Principle.(Science and Health w...
20/10/2026

The varied manifestations of Christian Science indicate Mind, never matter, and have one Principle.
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 466:4)

Pittencreiff Park, Dunfermline

Divine Science demands mighty wrestlings with mortal beliefs, as we sail into the eternal haven over the unfathomable se...
19/10/2026

Divine Science demands mighty wrestlings with mortal beliefs, as we sail into the eternal haven over the unfathomable sea of possibilities.
(Retrospection and Introspection, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 56:24)

How wondrous is Thy mercy, Lord,How faithful is Thy kindness.Thou gav’st the treasure of Thy Word;That Word dispels all ...
18/10/2026

How wondrous is Thy mercy, Lord,
How faithful is Thy kindness.
Thou gav’st the treasure of Thy Word;
That Word dispels all blindness.
Thou holdest all things in Thy sight,
For in Thy presence is no night,
And in Thy light shall we see light.
(Christian Science Hymnal, No. 130:1)

Love is the golden chain that bindsThe hearts that faithful prove;And he’s an heir of heaven who findsHis bosom glow wit...
17/10/2026

Love is the golden chain that binds
The hearts that faithful prove;
And he’s an heir of heaven who finds
His bosom glow with love.
(Christian Science Hymnal, No. 126:4)

16/10/2026

No more let sin and sorrow grow,
Nor thorns infest the ground;
Where’er he comes, his blessings flow,
And hope and joy abound.
(Christian Science Hymnal, No. 164:2)

Be tranquil, be free. / Since Life holds both you and me, / We know what Life has wrought. / Be tranquil, be free; / Inf...
15/10/2026

Be tranquil, be free. / Since Life holds both you and me, / We know what Life has wrought. / Be tranquil, be free; / Infirmity is nought.
(Christian Science Hymnal, No. 443:2)

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