First Church of Christ, Scientist, Ashland, OR

Reading Room Article Week of August 25, 2025

ashlandclerk — Mon, 25 Aug 2025 21:04:39 +0000

SHALOM FRIENDS – the Christian

Science Sentinel and/or Christian Science Journal articles for consideration with next week’s Lesson on “CHRIST JESUS” are:

1. “Press On! Press On!”

by M. Ethel Whitcomb

from the January 11, 1930 CSS

2. “For She Loved Much”

by Paul Stark Seeley

from the May 8, 1948 CSS

Press on, dear traveler, press thou on

(Hymn # 288)

“ The Lord bless thee and keep thee “

With love, Tim

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“FOR SHE LOVED MUCH”

Jesus raises son of Nain widow (Section 2) (Domenico Fiasella)

Jesus dining with Simon the Pharisee (Section 4) (Harold Copping)

Reading Room Article Week of August 18, 2025

ashlandclerk — Mon, 18 Aug 2025 03:37:07 +0000

BONJOUR FRIENDS

The Christian Science Sentinel and/or Christian Science Journal articles for consideration with next week’s Lesson on “MIND” are:

1. “Tribute To Whom Tribute Is Due”

by Irving C. Tomlinson

from the October 18, 1913 CSS

2. “Beliefs Cannot Fasten On Man”

by Paul Stark Seeley

from the October 6, 1945 CSS

Give me, O Lord, an understanding heart

(Hymn # 423)

“ The Lord bless thee and keep thee “

With love, Tim

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“Tribute to whom tribute is due”

Beliefs Cannot Fasten on Man

Jesus and woman of Canaan (Section 3) (Mattia Preti)

Christ Drives the Money-Changers from the Temple’ by Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn, 1626. From the Pushkin Museum of Fine Art, Moscow.. (Photo by: Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Reading Room Article Week of August 4, 2025

ashlandclerk — Sun, 03 Aug 2025 20:53:46 +0000

BUNA ZIUA FRIENDS – the Christian

Science Sentinel and/or Christian Science Journal articles for consideration with next week’s Lesson

on “SPIRIT” are:

1. “God Never Leaves Us”

by Elaine H. Natale

from the May 30, 1983 CSS

2. “And The Prisoners Heard Them”

by Dorothy M. Gibson

from the June 15, 1940 CSS

Loosener of prison bands

at midnight hour

(Hymn # 297)

“ The Lord bless thee and keep thee “

With love, Tim

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God never leaves us

“And the prisoners heard them”

David plays the harp for Saul (Section 3) (Rembrandt)

Paul and Silas escape prison (Section 6) (William Henry Margetson)

Reading Room Article Week of July 28, 2025

ashlandclerk — Mon, 28 Jul 2025 00:04:18 +0000

TALOFA FRIENDS

The Christian Science Sentinel and/or Christian Science Journal articles for consideration with next week’s Lesson on LOVE” are:

1. “Where Have Ye Laid Him?”

by Jean E. Sanders

from the November 1939 CSJ

2. “The Search For Security”

by William E. Moody

from the August 8, 1988 CSS

In God alone hath love its true abode

(Hymn # 21)

“ The Lord bless thee and keep thee “

With love, Tim

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“WHERE HAVE YE LAID HIM?”

The search for security

Jesus raises Lazarus (Section 3) (Harold Copping)

Mount of Transfiguration (Section 4) (Walter Rane)

Reading Room Article Week of July 21, 2025

ashlandclerk — Mon, 21 Jul 2025 21:49:11 +0000

KIA ORA FRIENDS – the Christian

Science Sentinel and/or Christian Science Journal articles for consideration with next week’s Lesson

on “TRUTH” are:

1. “Bearing Witness To Truth”

by Jeanne R. Price

from the November 25, 1950 CSS

2. “Truth For Authority”

by Eldredge M. Murray

from the November 1956 CSJ

His Truth is ever near

(Hymn # 70)

“ The Lord bless thee and keep thee “

With love, Tim

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BEARING WITNESS TO TRUTH

TRUTH FOR AUTHORITY

Jesus heals man in synagogue with unclean spirit (Section 4) (James Tissot)

Paul before Festus and Agrippa (Section 5) (Sir James Thornhill)

Reading Room Article Week of July 14, 2025

ashlandclerk — Sun, 13 Jul 2025 15:25:20 +0000

MANAO AHOANA FRIENDS – the Christian

Science Sentinel and/or Christian Science Journal articles for consideration with next week’s Lesson

on “LIFE” are:

1. “Ho, Every One That Thirsteth”

by Daniel W. Gleason

from the January 11, 1930 CSS

2. “Needful Steps”

by Lena M. Hall

from the December 14, 1929 CSS

Blest river of salvation,

Pursue thine onward way

(Hymn # 335)

“ The Lord bless thee and keep thee “

With love, Tim

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“Ho, every one that thirsteth”

Needful Steps

Jesus and woman of Samaria (Resp Reading) (Dirk Walker)

Jesus and man at Pool of Bethesda (Section 4) (Bartolome Esteban)

Reading Room Article Week of July 7, 2025

ashlandclerk — Tue, 08 Jul 2025 22:15:32 +0000

LABDIEN FRIENDS – the Christian

Science Sentinel and/or Christian Science Journal articles for consideration with next week’s Lesson

on “SACRAMENT” are:

1. “Doers Of The Word”

by Ella W. Hoag

from the August 1924 CSJ

2. “Children, Have Ye Any Meat?

by Allan Carson

from the November 10, 1934 CSS

My bread and wine thou art,

With Thee I hold communion;

(Hymn # 151)

“ The Lord bless thee and keep thee “

With love, Tim

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“DOERS OF THE WORD”

“Children, have ye any meat?”

Christ Jesus appears to Mary Magdalene (Section 4) (Harold Copping)

Come and Dine (Section 4) (Mike Moyers)

Reading Room Article Week of June 30, 2025

ashlandclerk — Sat, 05 Jul 2025 03:39:58 +0000

TUNGJATJETA FRIENDS – the Christian

Science Sentinel and/or Christian Science Journal articles for consideration with next week’s Lesson

on “GOD” are:

1. “Glorifying God”

by Blanche H. Hogue

from the December 24, 1910 CSS

2. “The Law Of Healing”

by Harry A. Collins

from the November 3, 1934 CSS

Lord, Thy salvation strong,

Now is become our song,

Great I AM

(Hymn # 378)

“ The Lord bless thee and keep thee “

With love, Tim

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GLORIFYING GOD

The Law of Healing

Elisha and pot of pottage (Section 4) (Giorgio Vasari)

Jesus heals man with palsy (Section 5) (Anthony Van Dyck)

Reading Room Article Week of June 16, 2025

ashlandclerk — Mon, 16 Jun 2025 17:47:56 +0000

NAMASTE FRIENDS –

the Christian Science Sentinel and/or Christian Science Journal articles for consideration with next week’s Lesson “IS THE UNIVERSE, INCLUDING MAN, EVOLVED BY ATOMIC FORCE?” are:

1. “Above The Troubled Waters”

by Desmond E. Mac-Kwashie

from the February 26, 1977 CSS

2. “The Mustard Seed And The Mountain”

by Paul Stark Seeley

from the November 30, 1946 CSS

And o’er earth’s troubled, angry sea

I see Christ walk

(Hymn # 253)

“ The Lord bless thee and keep thee “

With love, Tim

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Above the Troubled Waves

The Mustard Seed and the Mountain

Jesus asleep during the storm (Resp. Reading) (Rembrandt)

The Good Shepherd (Section 6) (Morgan Weistling)

Reading Room Article Week of June 9, 2025

ashlandclerk — Tue, 10 Jun 2025 18:40:30 +0000

ANYOUNG HASEYO FRIENDS –

The Christian Science Sentinel and/or Christian Science Journal articles for consideration with next week’s Lesson on “GOD THE PRESERVER OF MAN” are:

1. “Uncondemned And Uncondemning” by Katrin E. Schoonmaker from the May 1995 CSJ

2. “Supply Is At Hand” by Jeanne R. Price from the October 1948 CSJ

Make me as a little child

(Hymn # 291)

“ The Lord bless thee and keep thee “

With love, Tim

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Uncondemned and uncondemning

SUPPLY IS AT HAND

Jesus and woman taken in adultery (Section 4) (Walter Rane)

Jesus and the child in the midst (Section 5) (Harold Copping)