Wednesday, July 29th, 2026 Testimony Meeting

Psalm 34 : 11

11 Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the Lord.

Proverbs 9 : 10 (to : )

10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom:

Proverbs 1 : 7

7 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.

Proverbs 8 : 13 (to 3rd ,)

13 The fear of the Lord is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way,

Genesis 37 : 1 (to 1st ,), 4 (to 2nd ,), 24 (to : ), 28 (and they) only, 28 (to 2nd and), 36

3 Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children,
4 And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, they hated him,
24 And they took him, and cast him into a pit:
28 and they … sold Joseph to the Ishmeelites for twenty pieces of silver: and they brought Joseph into Egypt.
36 And the Midianites sold him into Egypt unto Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh’s, and captain of the guard.

Genesis 39 : 3, 4 (to 2nd and), 7, 8 (to 1st ,), 17 (and she spake) only, 17 (The Hebrew), 20 (to 2nd ,), 21, 22 (to 2nd and), 23

3 And his master saw that the Lord was with him, and that the Lord made all that he did to prosper in his hand.
4 and he made him overseer over his house, and all that he had he put into his hand.
7 And it came to pass after these things, that his master’s wife cast her eyes upon Joseph; and she said, Lie with me.
8 But he refused,
17 And she spake …, The Hebrew servant, which thou hast brought unto us, came in unto me to mock me:
20 And Joseph’s master took him, and put him into the prison,
21 But the Lord was with Joseph, and shewed him mercy, and gave him favour in the sight of the keeper of the prison.
22 And the keeper of the prison committed to Joseph’s hand all the prisoners that were in the prison; and
23 The keeper of the prison looked not to any thing that was under his hand; because the Lord was with him, and that which he did, the Lord made it to prosper.

Genesis 41 : 14 (to 1st ,), 15, 16, 25, 29, 30 (to 1st ; ), 39, 40 (to : )

14 Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph,
15 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I have dreamed a dream, and there is none that can interpret it: and I have heard say of thee, that thou canst understand a dream to interpret it.
16 And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, It is not in me: God shall give Pharaoh an answer of peace.
25 And Joseph said unto Pharaoh, The dream of Pharaoh is one: God hath shewed Pharaoh what he is about to do.
29 Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt:
30 And there shall arise after them seven years of famine;
39 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Forasmuch as God hath shewed thee all this, there is none so discreet and wise as thou art:
40 Thou shalt be over my house, and according unto thy word shall all my people be ruled:

Genesis 41 : 46, 49, 53, 54 (to 1st ,), 56 (to :), 57

47 And in the seven plenteous years the earth brought forth by handfuls.
49 And Joseph gathered corn as the sand of the sea, very much, until he left numbering; for it was without number.
53 And the seven years of plenteousness, that was in the land of Egypt, were ended.
54 And the seven years of dearth began to come,
56 And the famine was over all the face of the earth:
57 And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph for to buy corn; because that the famine was so sore in all lands.

Genesis 42 : 3, 7 (to 3rd ,), 24 (to 1st ; )

3 And Joseph’s ten brethren went down to buy corn in Egypt.
7 And Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but made himself strange unto them,
24 And he turned himself about from them, and wept;

Genesis 45 : 4, 5, 15, 16

4 And Joseph said unto his brethren, Come near to me, I pray you. And they came near. And he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt.
5 Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life.
16 And the fame thereof was heard in Pharaoh’s house, saying, Joseph’s brethren are come: and it pleased Pharaoh well, and his servants.

Isaiah 33 : 6

6 And wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of thy times, and strength of salvation: the fear of the Lord is his treasure.

2 : 1-19

The Scriptures declare that God is too pure to behold iniquity (Habakkuk i. 13); but they also declare that God pitieth them who fear Him; that there is no place where His voice is not heard; that He is “a very present help in trouble.”

The sinner has no refuge from sin, except in God, who is his salvation. We must, however, realize God’s presence, power, and love, in order to be saved from sin. This realization takes away man’s fondness for sin and his pleasure in it; and, lastly, it removes the pain which accrues to him from it. Then follows this, as the finale in Science: The sinner loses his sense of sin, and gains a higher sense of God, in whom there is no sin.

The true man, really saved, is ready to testify of God in the infinite penetration of Truth, and can affirm that the Mind which is good, or God, has no knowledge of sin. In the same manner the sick lose their sense of sickness, and gain that spiritual sense of harmony which contains neither discord nor disease.

589 : 19-22

Joseph. A corporeal mortal; a higher sense of Truth rebuking mortal belief, or error, and showing the immortality and supremacy of Truth; pure affection blessing its enemies.

237 : 2-13, 19-23

The olden opinion that hell is fire and brimstone, has yielded somewhat to the metaphysical fact that suffering is a thing of mortal mind instead of body: so, in place of material flames and odor, mental anguish is generally accepted as the penalty for sin. This changed belief has wrought a change in the actions of men. Not a few individuals serve God (or try to) from fear; but remove that fear, and the worst of human passions belch forth their latent fires. Some people never repent until earth gives them such a cup of gall that conscience strikes home; then they are brought to realize how impossible it is to sin and not suffer.

This is a period of doubt, inquiry, speculation, selfishness; of divided interests, marvellous good, and mysterious evil. But sin can only work out its own destruction; and reform does and must push on the growth of mankind.

238 : 9-11, 22-23

What has not unselfed love achieved for the race? All that ever was accomplished, and more than history has yet recorded. Have you renounced self? Are you faithful? Do you love?

340 : 4-29

This text in the book of Ecclesiastes conveys the Christian Science thought, especially when the word duty, which is not in the original, is omitted: “Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep His commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.” In other words: Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: love God and keep His commandments: for this is the whole of man in His image and likeness. Divine Love is infinite. Therefore all that really exists is in and of God, and manifests His love.

“Thou shalt have no other gods before me.” (Exodus xx. 3.) The First Commandment is my favorite text. It demonstrates Christian Science. It inculcates the tri-unity of God, Spirit, Mind; it signifies that man shall have no other spirit or mind but God, eternal good, and that all men shall have one Mind. The divine Principle of the First Commandment bases the Science of being, by which man demonstrates health, holiness, and life eternal. One infinite God, good, unifies men and nations; constitutes the brotherhood of man; ends wars; fulfils the Scripture, “Love thy neighbor as thyself;” annihilates pagan and Christian idolatry, — whatever is wrong in social, civil, criminal, political, and religious codes; equalizes the sexes; annuls the curse on man, and leaves nothing that can sin, suffer, be punished or destroyed.

454 : 17-24

Love for God and man is the true incentive in both healing and teaching. Love inspires, illumines, designates, and leads the way. Right motives give pinions to thought, and strength and freedom to speech and action. Love is priestess at the altar of Truth. Wait patiently for divine Love to move upon the waters of mortal mind, and form the perfect concept. Patience must “have her perfect work.”

339 : 20 (As)-25

As the mythology of pagan Rome has yielded to a more spiritual idea of Deity, so will our material theories yield to spiritual ideas, until the finite gives place to the infinite, sickness to health, sin to holiness, and God’s kingdom comes “in earth, as it is in heaven.”