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REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY
10TH NOVEMBER 2013
Chaplain
The Reverend Thomas Coupar
Visiting Preacher
Revd Neil Gardner
Chairman of the Thistle Trust
Julian Birchall
Organist & Director of Music
Simon Niemiski
Sub Organist
Jeremy Cull
Verger
Donna Dalgetty
The Robin Chapel Choir
Trumpeter
Christopher Dickson
Highland Band, Royal Regiment of Scotland
Piper
Ian Wilson
WELCOME
HYMN
Lead, kindly Light, amid the encircling gloom,
Lead thou me on ;
The night is dark, and I am far from home ;
Lead thou me on.
Keep thou my feet; I do not ask to see
The distant scene, one step enough for me.
I was not ever thus, nor prayed that thou
Shouldst lead me on;
I loved to choose and see my path; but now
Lead thou me on.
I loved the garish day, and, spite of fears,
Pride ruled my will: remember not past years.
So long thy power hath blessed me, sure it still
Will lead me on,
Oer moor and fen, oer crag and torrent, till
The night is gone,
And with the morn those angel faces smile,
Which I have loved long since, and lost awhile.
Words: Blessed John Henry Cardinal Newman
Tune: Lux Benigna (John Bachus Dykes)
sacrifice in the cause of others. Let us remember our enemies, whose homes
and hearts are bereft as ours, whose dead lie also in a living tomb of
everlasting remembrance. Let us remember those who came back; those
whose lives still bear the scars of war; those who lost sight or limbs or
reason; those who lost faith in God and hope for humanity. We remember
those who came back to live here in the Thistle Foundation. Let us remember
the continuing grace of God, whose love holds all souls in life, and to whom
none is dead but all are alive for ever.
LAST POST
CHOIR
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not
weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and
in the morning: We will remember them.
Words: Laurence Binyon
Music: Douglas Guest
THE LAMENT
LAYING OF WREATHS
Thistle Veterans
Major Graeme Hutchison (Blues and Royals)
Colonel James Wilson TD (KOSB)
SILENCE
REVEILLE
KOHIMA EPITAPH
When you go home
tell them of us and say,
for your tomorrow
we gave our today.
Let us pray.
Please sit or kneel
Ever living God we remember those whom you have gathered from the
storm of war into the peace of your presence; may that same peace calm our
fears, bring justice to all peoples and establish harmony among the nations.
May the example of their devotion inspire us, that we may be taught to live
by those who learned to die. And at the last, grant that we, being faithful till
death, may receive with them the crown of life that never fades; through
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
ADDRESS
DOXOLOGY
Now to Him who loved us, gave us
Every pledge that love could give,
Freely shed His blood to save us,
Gave His life that we may live,
Be the kingdom and dominion
And the glory evermore.
Words: Samuel Miller Waring
Tune: Robin Chapel Melody (Sir Francis Tudsbery, 1954)
PRAYERS
O Lord, our Heavenly Father, high and mighty, King of Kings, Lord of
Lords, the only Ruler of princes, who dost from thy throne behold all
dwellers upon earth; most heartily we beseech thee with thy favour to
behold our most gracious Sovereign Lady, Queen Elizabeth; and so replenish
her with the grace of thy Holy Spirit, that she may always incline to thy will,
and walk in thy way; endue her plenteously with heavenly gifts; grant that
she may vanquish all her enemies; and finally, after this life, she may attain
everlasting joy and felicity; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
O God, the creator and Preserver of all mankind, we commend to thy
fatherly goodness all those, who are in any ways afflicted, or distressed, in
mind, body, or estate; that it may please thee to comfort and relieve them
according to their several necessities, giving them patience under their
sufferings, and a happy issue out of all their afflictions. And this we beg for
Jesus Christ, his sake. Amen.
Lord, we beseech thee to keep thy household of The Thistle Foundation, and
all who worship within the Robin Chapel, in continual godliness; that
through thy protection they may be free from all adversities, and devoutly
given to serve thee in good works, to the glory of thy Name; through Jesus
Christ our Lord. Amen.
O Lord Jesus Christ, who by thy Holy Apostle hast called us to put on the
armour of God and to take the sword of the Spirit, give thy grace, we pray
thee, to the Blues and Royals that they may fight manfully under thy banner
against all evil, and waiting on thee to renew their strength, may mount up
with wings as eagles, in thy name, who livest and reignest with the Father
and the Holy Ghost ever one God, world without end. Amen.
Remember, O Lord, all those who have died the death of honour and are
departed in the hope of resurrection to Eternal Life, especially the Officers,
Men and Women of our Sea, Land, and Air Forces, to whom it was given to
lay down their lives for the cause of Freedom and Justice. In that place of
light, whence sorrow and mourning are far vanished, give them rest, O Lord,
the Lover of Men. Grant this for thine only Son, Jesus Christs sake. Amen.
Almighty God, Father of all mercies, we thine unworthy servants do give
thee most humble and hearty thanks for all thy goodness and lovingkindness to us, and to all people; We bless thee for our creation,
preservation, and all the blessings of this life; but above all, for thine
inestimable love in the redemption of the world by our Lord Jesus Christ;
for the means of grace and for the hope of glory. And, we beseech thee,
give us that due sense of all thy mercies, that our hearts may be
unfeignedly thankful, and that we shew forth thy praise, not only with our
lips, but in our lives; by giving up ourselves to thy service, and by walking
before thee in holiness and righteousness all our days; through Jesus
Christ our Lord, to whom with thee and the Holy Ghost be all honour and
glory, world without end. Amen.
HYMN
O valiant hearts who to your glory came
Through dust of conflict and through battle flame;
Tranquil you lie, your knightly virtue proved,
Your memory hallowed in the land you loved.
Proudly you gathered, rank on rank, to war
As who had heard Gods message from afar;
All you had hoped for, all you had, you gave,
To save mankind yourselves you scorned to save.
Still stands his Cross from that dread hour to this,
Like some bright star above the dark abyss;
Still, through the veil, the Victors pitying eyes
Look down to bless our lesser Calvaries.
These were his servants, in his steps they trod,
Following through death the martyred Son of God:
Victor, he rose; victorious too shall rise
They who have drunk his cup of sacrifice.
BLESSING
God grant to the living, grace; to the departed, rest; to the Church, the
Queen, the Commonwealth, and all people, peace and concord; and to us
and all his servants life everlasting. And the blessing of God Almighty, the
Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit be with you, and all those whom you
love, this night and always.
CHORAL AMEN setting by T.T. Noble
NATIONAL ANTHEM arr. Sir Edward Elgar
ORGAN VOLUNTARY J.S. Bach Prelude in C Minor, BWV546/i
Chaplain
chaplain@robinchapel.org.uk / 07814 588 904
Organist & Director of Music
organist@robinchapel.org.uk