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Peace Be Still
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Peace Be Still
Words and music by Susan Booth Mack Snipes
Arranged by The Solo Committee
Verse 1
The waters lapped gently upon the seashore.
As nighttime drew near, the crowd went away.
So many had come to be healed and learn more,
For Christ Jesus said, “Follow me, I am the Way.”
Chorus
Peace, be still. Peace, be still.
Peace, peace, be still.
Verse 2
He must have been glad for a place he could rest.
In the back of the boat on a pillow, he slept.
On the way, as they crossed, there arose a tempest
And it raged ‘till they feared that away they’d be swept.
Chorus
Verse 3
He slept on as thought he felt utterly safe.
The disciples awoke him, afraid of their fate.
But still unconcerned, Jesus asked, “Where’s your faith?”
He rebuked the storm and the calm, it was great.
Chorus
Verse 4
What manner of man is this one that commands,
So that even the winds and the waves obey him?
Oh, this is the man that’s the one that God plans,
For God says, “In My likeness I eternally know them.”
Chorus
Peace, be still. Peace, be still.
Be still and know that I am God.
Peace, be still
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Wilt Thou Be Made Whole
04:47
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Wilt Thou Be Made Whole?
Words and music by Susan Booth Mack Snipes
Arranged by The Solo Committee
Verse 1
Now there was at Jerusalem, by the sheep market,
A pool called Bethesda that had five large porches.
In these lay a multitude of sick and failing folk
Who were waiting to be healed by the water’s moving forces.
Chorus
Wilt thou be made whole? Oh wilt thou be free?
It’s simply God’s pleasure. Oh when will you see?
There’s nothing to bind you, nor anything hold you back.
In all of God wholeness, there’s nothing you can lack.
Verse 2
A certain man, infirmed, had been there eight and thirty years.
When Jesus saw him lie, he knew he’d been there quite a while.
And yet the Master sensed the man expected something more,
So he questioned him quite bluntly and that startled thought in trial.
Chorus
Verse 3
The man began to protest, his excuses they were many.
“I have no help, so can’t be first when troubled water stirs.”
But Jesus cut right through these complications with command;
“Rise, take up thy bed and walk”, for nothing interferes.
Chorus
Verse 4
That man got up and walked, his wholeness plain for all to see.
Jesus found him in the temple for he’d one more thing to say.
“You are indeed quite whole now, but remember–sin no more.”
Pure thought is where your wholeness lies and there will always stay.
Chorus
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Neither Hath This Man Sinned
Words and music by Susan Booth Mack Snipes
Arranged by The Solo Committee
Verse 1
One day while Christ Jesus and his disciples were walking,
They passed by a man who’d been blind from his birth.
The disciples, they asked,”Who’s to blame for this problem?
Did the parents or the man sin? Please tell us the truth.”
Chorus
Neither hath this man sinned nor his parents.
In fact it is no one’s fault or fear.
God is to blame for all His perfection,
And He will show forth that His glory is here.
Verse 2
Jesus said, “I am the light of the world.”
He turned then and contemptuously spat on the ground.
Did he show his disdain for the dust as man’s source,
Showing he knew that this man was not bound?
Chorus
Verse 3
Then the Master made clay of the spittle.
He put it upon the man’s eyes, as said he,
“Go wash in the pool of Siloam,” meaning Sent.
So the man did just that, and he washed and could see.
Chorus
Verse 4
How many parents have asked themselves why?
Is it my fault that my child is this way?
So often we question the reason for troubles,
When right there Christ’s words are still speaking today.
Chorus
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Dearly Beloved Rejoice
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Dearly Beloved Rejoice
Words and music by Susan Mack
Arranged by The Solo Committee
Verse 1
Whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are true,
Whatsoever things are just and whatsoever things are pure,
Contemplate what God is doing, fill you thought with what is real,
Acknowledge what remains eternal, reflect on the truth that heals.
Chorus
Therefore, my brethren, dearly beloved, dearly beloved and longed for,
You are my joy; you are my crown; so stand fast in the Lord!
Verse 2
Whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever of good report,
If there be any virtue or any praise, think on the things of this sort.
God will give you all His goodness, God wll show you what He sees.
Know that all are safe in God’s care, this is the Truth that frees.
Chorus
And the peace of God which passes knowledge, keep your hearts and minds.
The peace of God shall be with you, now and throughout all time.
Verse 3
Rejoice in the Lord, in the Lord always, and again I say rejoice.
Be careful for nothing, make know your needs to the Infinite who is your source.
You can do all things through Christ the Lord, who always strengthens thee,
For my God shall supply all your needs by his riches, his riches in glory.
Chorus
Give praise to your Father for allness of good, praising with one blesses voice.
The grace of our Lord shall be with you. Dearly beloved, rejoice!
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Freely We Have Received
Words and music by Susan Mack
Arranged by The Solo Committee
Verse 1
“Alms for the poor! Alms for the poor!”
His call it was plaintiff by sure.
That lame man who was laid at the temple gate
Daily shut out of his spiritual estate.
Chorus
In the name and the nature of Christ we come,
As disciples of dominion and peace.
Freely we have received, freely give.
It doesn’t take money, it takes grace.
Verse 2
He was used to asking, he had little pride,
So When John and Peter came up by his side,
He naturally asked for an alms from them.
“Look on us!” Peter said to him.
Bridge
Silver and gold have I none,
But such as I have give I thee.
In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth,
Rise up and walk with me.
Chorus
Verse 3
Then Peter, with love, reached out his right hand
And lifted him up so he’d stand.
And he leaped up and stood and entered the temple,
Praising God’s proof, so pure and simple.
Chorus
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Ye Shall Know Them By Their Fruit
Words and music by Susan Mack
Arranged by The Solo Committee
Verse 1
Enter ye in through the narrow gate,
The door of God’s onliness,
Which cannot allow any death or disease.
Life is pure holiness.
Chorus
Ye shall know them by their fruit.
Is their any doubt what an apple tree will bear?
Is their any doubt that God is our Source–
Bearing goodness, bearing truth everywhere.
Chorus
Verse 2
Wide is the gate and broad the way
That argues distraction and sin.
How arrogant the broadcast of failure and fear.
How steady the Christ sense within.
Chorus
Bridge
Beware of false prophets,
Those thoughts dressed as innocent sheep.
But like wolves of destruction
They consume us ‘till there’s nothing to keep.
Chorus
Verse 3
Come out of your finite sense
Into the realm of Mind’s infinity.
The light and joy of freedom are immortal here.
Life is one grand harmony.
Chorus
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Remember the Only Begotten Son
Words and music by Susan Mack
Arranged by The Solo Committee
Verse 1
A certain man had two sons, and the younger said to him,
“Father, give me my portion,” so, he divided unto them.
Now, the son, he gathered up his wealth and he journeyed far away.
He spent it all on women, wine and the evils of his day.
Chorus
Remember the only begotten Son,
The Son of our Mother-Love,
The Christ, the same forever One,
Uplifting thought above.
Verse 2
There arose a famine in that land, and the son began to want.
So, he got a job feeding pigs, but his hunger did still haunt.
And then one day the son awoke, and remembered from where he came.
He vowed to go back home, then, and to face up to his shame.
Chorus
Verse 3
He arose and came to his Father saying, “Your servant I would be.”
While his Father saw him yet afar, and ran in love to greet.
The Son in protest said, “I¹ve sinned, I¹m not worthy to be your son.”
But the Father clothed with robe and ring, putting shoes on His beloved One.
Chorus
Bridge
Let us eat and be merry,
Bring forth the fatted calf,
For this my son that was dead and alive again,
His portion is whole not half.
Chorus
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Let Us Walk in the Spirit
Words and music by Susan Mack
Arranged by The Solo Committee
Verse 1
Stand fast in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free!
Stand fast in the liberty that embraces you and me!
And be not entangled with the yoke of worldly ways,
For the life that is Spirit can’t be touched by earthly phase.
Chorus
If we live in the Spirit, let us walk in the Spirit.
If we live in the Spirit, we must move in Spirit too.
Since we live in the Spirit, we all feel as the Spirit.
Since we are Spirit’s knowing, let us know as Spirit too.
Verse 2
For the flesh and the Spirit are at war with one another,
And these are contrary the one to the other.
It feels sometimes we can’t do what we would do,
But then stop and feel the Spirit; God is one and can’t be two.
Chorus
Verse 3
For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but of God.
They’re the conscious thoughts of Mind that bring us Truth’s commanding rod,
Casting down imaginations and the stronghold of all sin,
Bringing every thought to Christ, to the peace of God within.
Chorus
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Fear Not Little Flock
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Fear Not, Little Flock
Words and music by Susan Mack
Arranged by The Solo Committee
Chorus
Fear not, little flock! Fear not, little flock!
It is your Father’s good pleasure, since you are His treasure,
To give you the kingdom of heaven without measure.
Fear not, little flock, fear not!
Verse 1
Many publicans and sinners drew near to Jesus,
Longing in their hearts to be cleansed with his compassion,
To know what it means to be truly precious,
To hear the Master’s parables of holy redemption.
Chorus
Verse 2
If a man had an hundred sheep and one sent astray,
Would he not leave the ninety nine and search it out that day?
And even more, our God, who can’t be less than all,
He never has allowed a single one of us to fall.
Chorus
Verse 3
The kingdom of heaven is like unto a fisherman,
Who gathers in his nets bringing all the fishes in.
He sorts the fishes out, just as Mind precludes wrong thought,
Holding only what is true of man’s perfection that God wrought.
Chorus
Verse 4
When a woman puts some leaven in the bread that she bakes,
The leaven goes to work and lifts the lump up into cakes.
So Truth is at work, as understanding in mankind,
Transforming all our thoughts and lifting them to Mind.
Chorus
Fear not little flock! Fear not little flock!
For the kingdom of heaven is at hand, it is within you.
The gospel of peace, the reign of Soul, it holds forever true.
Fear not little flock, fear not!
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Ye Shall Be Holy
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Ye Shall Be Holy
Words and music by Susan Mack
Chorus
Ye shall be holy for I am holy.
Ye shall be holy for I am whole.
Ye shall be holy for I am holy.
I AM THAT I AM, I heal your soul.
Verse 1
Gird up the loins of your mind.
Be sober and hope to the end.
For the grace that is brought unto you
Is the revelation of Christ, the Truth within.
Chorus
Verse 2
As obedient children, don¹t fashion yourselves
According to ignorant lust
But as he which hath called you is holy,
So be ye holy as proof of your trust.
Chorus
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Nothing Can Separate Us
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Nothing Can Separate Us
Words and music by Susan Mack
Arranged by The Solo Committee
Who can separate? Who can separate us?
Who can separate us from the love of God?
Shall tribulation or distress or persecution?
Or famine, or nakedness, or peril or sword?
Nay in all these things we are more than conquerors,
More than conquerors through him that loved us.
For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels,
Nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,
Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature,
Shall be able to separate us,
From the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
From the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Who can separate? Who can separate us?
Who can separate us from the love of God?
Nothing can separate! Nothing can separate us!
Nothing can separate us from the love of God!
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May Christ Be Present
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May Christ Be Present
Words and music by Susan Mack
Chorus
May Christ be present at this bridal altar,
To turn the water into wine.
For Christ is Spirit moving deep within you,
And with tender healing grace it supplies.
Verse 1
May you feel it as the love that can patiently forgive,
As the kindness that delights to meet each need,
As the peace that pours out gentleness and never keeps a score,
As the self-effacing humble hearted deed.
Chorus
Verse 2
May you know it as the sinless purity of thought,
As the joy that rests serene in equipoise,
As the wonder of acknowledging each others truest self,
As the freedom of dominion each enjoys.
Chorus
Verse 3
May you rest in its unending strength that never fails to care,
And accept it as God’s good and guiding hand
To your purpose that’s unique and that’s forever understood.
May you trust the “warfare with oneself is grand.”
Chorus
Verse 4
May Christ be present at this bridal altar!
How could it be otherwise?
For Christ is Spirit moving deep within you,
And with tender healing grace it supplies.
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Jairus’s Daughter
Words and music by Susan Mack
It was many years ago, when a man named Christ Jesus walked the earth.
And he healed like he breathed, and he lived with such power,
That the multitude followed like the light draws the flower,
And he wrapped them up in the arms of God’s love
And he showed them they were whole.
Now a man named Jairus came to him for his daughter was very ill,
And he thought she would die, and he tried not to cry.
But someone came to say that she’d died just that day,
And he wrapped him up in the arms of God’s love
And showed him she was whole.
Then Jesus came to the house where the young maiden was laid,
And the people, they cried, for they knew she had died.
But the Master, he said, “Do not cry, she’s not dead.”
And he wrapped them up in the arms of God’s love
And he showed them they were whole.
When Jesus came to her room, he took her by the hand
And he said, “Maid, arise, you’re not dead, you’re alive.”
Then she sat up in bed. The call went out, “She’s not dead!”
And he wrapped her up in the arms of God’s love
And he showed her she was whole.
The Christ is with us today, and it shows us God is Life.
It is here. It is now, and it’s telling us how
We can prove God is All and from Life never fall.
And it wraps us up in the arms of God’s love
And it shows us we are whole.
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Shine
03:58
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Shine
Words and music by Susan Mack
Arranged by The Solo Committee
Verse 1
Jesus taketh Peter, James and John.
He brought them up into an high mountain apart
And was transfigured before them and his face did shine;
Shine with Love’s light in his heart.
Chorus
Shine, as the radiant beam of Truth’s might,
As one clothed in the raiment of light,
Pure as dawn when it pierces the night,
All Gods children in spiritual sight.
Verse 2
Then there appeared unto them
Moses and Elias talking with him.
Peter said, Lord, it is good to be here–
How should we honor these men?
Verse 3
While Peter yet spake came a bright cloud.
A voice from the cloud said him shall ye hear.
This is my loved Son, I am pleased with him!
The disciples fell on their faces in fear.
Verse 4
With tenderness Christ touched them and said
Don’t fear this prophetic vision–
This discernment of man as Love’s gentle beam
You will understand after my ascension.
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Mary and Martha
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Mary and Martha
Words and music by Susan Mack
Arranged by The Solo Committee
Verse 1
Two sisters there were that were friends of our Lord,
Two sisters who loved him so well.
When he came to their home they did both want to show
How his love had moved deep in their soul.
Now Martha she toiled and did work to prepare
Such a feast it would honor a king.
But Mary, she sat at the feet of our Lord
As he spoke of those spiritual things.
Chorus
Come sit at my feet precious woman awhile.
Unburden yourself of all toil.
For the words that I speak are of man that is whole,
Renewing, restoring your soul.
Verse 2
Then Martha approached him and said to him, “Lord,
Bid my sister come help with the work.
You can see that it’s fair that she do her own part,
Her womanly labors not shirk.”
Then Jesus said unto her “Martha dear friend,
You are careful and troubled too much.
Your sister has chosen the part that is right,
The part none can take nor earth touch.”
Chorus
Come sit at my feet weary woman awhile.
Unburden yourself of all toil.
For the words that I speak are of man that is whole,
Renewing, restoring your soul.
Bridge
You are fighting for justice for fragments and parts.
You have asked me to judge and divide.
But to me there is only the wholeness of God,
The kingdom of heaven so wide.
Chorus
Come sit at my feet all God’s children awhile.
Unburden yourself of all toil.
For the words that I speak are of man that is whole,
Renewing, restoring your soul.
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Thanksgiving Prayer
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Thanksgiving Prayer
Words and music by Susan Mack
Arranged by The Solo Committee
Thank you, God, for being Life.
Thank you, God, for being here.
Thank you, God, for loving everyone,
For holding us so dear.
Thank you, God, for being joy.
Thank you, God, for being peace.
Thank you, God, for knowing everything,
Your blessings never cease.
Thank you, God, for being Cause.
Thank you, God, for being whole.
Thank you, God, for being everywhere,
For being All-in-all.
Thank you, God, for being Truth.
Thank you, God, for being good.
Thank you, God, for all eternity
Our Father-Mother God.
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The Solo Committee Hernando, Florida
In May of 2001 a small group of people began holding Christian Science Sunday services on the south side of St. Louis. It was a precious group of people, and Susan, a Christian Science practitioner, decided to drag out her old guitar and write some church solos. She soon was joined by Carey and Sue Loomis and The Solo Committee was born. Over the years they have produced 11 albums. ... more
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