Remembrance Sunday 2013

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www.robinchapel.org.uk

REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY

10TH NOVEMBER 2013

SERVICE OF CHORAL EVENSONG

AND ACT OF REMEMBRANCE


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WELCOME TO THE ROBIN CHAPEL.

This chapel is a memorial of a beloved son, erected by his sorrowing par-

ents; it embodies and symbolises the wider spirit of Christian charity and

unity. It witnesses to the common heritage, the family of all humankind,

in a celebration of life in all its fullness here in this unique chapel where

the love of God dwells and all are welcome.

The Chapel stands as a witness to the lives of all those who have given,

and still give, their lives in the cause of others and, as a house of prayer,

continues to pray for peace in the world. Today in this act of remem-

brance, we remember them.

D r a w i n g

u s e d b y c o u r t e s y o f P r o f e s s o r J o h n H u m e , S c o t l a n d ’ s C h u r c h e s S c h e m e

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The Reverend Thomas Coupar

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Revd Neil Gardner

C T T

Julian Birchall

O & D M

Simon Niemiński

S O

Jeremy Cull

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Donna Dalgey

T R C C

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Christopher Dickson

Highland Band, Royal Regiment of Scotland

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Ian Wilson

Music before the service: Sir C.H.H. Parry Elegy


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Please stand as the Choir and Clergy enter.

INTROIT

I am the resurrection and the life, saith the Lord: he that believeth in

me, yea, though he were dead, yet shall he live. And whosoever liveth

and believeth in me shall never die.

W: J :-

M: T M

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,

O’er moor and fen, o’er 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.

W: B J H C N

T: L B (J B D)

The Lord be with you.

And with thy Spirit.

Let us confess to God the sins and shortcomings of the world; its pride, its

selshness, its greed; its evil divisions and hatreds. Let us confess our sharein what is wrong, and our failure to seek and establish that peace which God

wills for his children.


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Please sit or kneel

Almighty and most merciful Father; We have erred and strayed from thy

ways like lost sheep. We have followed too much the devices and desires

of our own hearts. We have oended against thy holy laws. We have left

undone those things which we ought to have done; And we have donethose things which we ought not to have done ; And there is no health in

us. But thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us, miserable oenders. Spare thou

them, O God, which confess their faults. Restore thou them that are

penitent; According to thy promises declared unto mankind in Christ Jesu

our Lord. And grant, O most merciful Father; for his sake; That we may

hereafter live a godly, righteous, and sober life; To the glory of thy holy

name. Amen.

Almighty God, who forgives all who truly repent, have mercy upon us,

pardon and deliver us from all our sins, conrm and strengthen us in all

goodness, and keep us in life eternal; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

ACT OF REMEMBRANCE

We are met this day to glorify God whose power sustains the world; to

remember with thanksgiving those who lived and died in the service of our

country; and to ask for God’s help and blessing, that we may be worthy oftheir sacrice each day of our life.

Let us pray.

Most gracious God, Father of all mercies, we oer our thanks for the bounty

of your providence and for the renewing liberty of your grace. We rejoice in

our inheritance in holy things, and in the freedom and peace in which we

live. Especially on this day we give thanks for the remembrance we are

privileged to make of those companions of our way whose lives were givenin time of war and whose names are forever remembered here in this

Chapel. Amen.

Please stand

Let us remember the kindness of God, and his favour to us in our time of

need. Let us remember those who were wounded in the ght; those who

perished in air raids at home; those who fell in bale, and are buried at sea,

or in some corner of a foreign eld; and especially those whom we have

known and loved, whose place is forever in our hearts. We remember Robin

Tudsbery, who like so many; showed courage, devotion to duty, and self-


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sacrice 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 rememberthose 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 andin the morning: We will remember them.W: L B

M: D G

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.


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PSALM 46 (please remain seated)

God is our hope and strength: a very present help in trouble.

Therefore will we not fear, though the earth be moved:

and though the hills be carried into the midst of the sea.

Though the waters thereof rage and swell:

and though the mountains shake at the tempest of the same.

The rivers of the ood thereof shall make glad the city of God: the holy

place of the tabernacle of the most Highest.

God is in the midst of her, therefore shall she not be removed: God

shall help her, and that right early.

The heathen make much ado, and the kingdoms are moved: but God

hath shewed his voice, and the earth shall melt away.

The Lord of hosts is with us: the God of Jacob is our refuge.

O come hither, and behold the works of the Lord: what destruction he

hath brought upon the earth.

He maketh wars to cease in all the world: he breaketh the bow, and

knappeth the spear in sunder, and burneth the chariots in the re.

Be still then, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among theheathen, and I will be exalted in the earth.

The Lord of hosts is with us: the God of Jacob is our refuge. C T.T. N

1st LESSON Romans 8:31-39

read by Flora Henderson, Thistle Foundation

ANTHEM

Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it. Loveis strong as death. Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay

down his life for his friends. Who his own self bare our sins in his own

body on the tree, That we, being dead to sins, should live unto

righteousness. Ye are washed, ye are sanctified, ye are justified in the

name of the Lord Jesus. Ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a

holy nation; That ye should show forth the praises of him who hath

call'd you out of darkness into his marvellous light. I beseech you

brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies, a livingsacrifice, holy, acceptable unto to God, which is your reasonable service. M: J I


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2nd LESSON John 15:9-17

read by Lieutenant Colonel Neil Morrison OBE, Trustee

CREED

We believe that God is Spirit,

And they that worship Him must worship Him in spirit and in truth.

We believe that God is Light,

And if we walk in the Light, as He is in the light,

we have fellowship one with an other.

We believe that God is Love,

And everyone that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.

We believe that Jesus is the Son of God,

And that God hath given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son.

We believe that we are children of God,

And that He hath given us of His Spirit.

We believe that, if we confess our sins,

He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins.

We believe that the world passeth away, and the lust thereof,

But he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever

LORD'S PRAYER seing by Richard Langdon

1st COLLECT for the Armed Forces

Almighty God, stretch forth thy mighty arm to strengthen and protect the

armed forces: grant that meeting danger with courage and all occasions with

discipline and loyalty, they may truly serve the cause of justice and peace to

the honour of thy holy name, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

2nd COLLECT for Peace

O God, from whom all holy desires, all good counsels, and all just works do

proceed: give unto thy servants that peace which the world cannot give;that

both our hearts may be set to obey thy commandments, and also that by thee

we being defended from the fear of our enemies may pass our time in rest

and quietness; through the merits of Jesus Christ our Saviour. Amen.


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3rd COLLECT for Aid against all Perils

Lighten our darkness, we beseech thee, O Lord; and by thy great mercy

defend us from all perils and dangers of this night; for the love of thy only

Son, our Saviour, Jesus Christ. Amen.

PRAYER OF KING HENRY VI

O Lord Jesus Christ, who hast created and redeemed me,

and hast brought me hither where I am:

Thou knowest what Thou wouldst do with me.

Do with me according to Thy will, with mercy.

Amen.

HYMN In our day of thanksgiving one psalm let us oer

For the saints who before us have found their reward;

When the shadow of death fell upon them, we sorrowed,

But now we rejoice that they rest in the Lord.

In the morning of life, and at noon, and at even,

He called them away from our worship below;

But not till his love, at the font and the altar,

Had girt them with grace for the way they should go.

These stones that have echoed their praises are holy,

And dear is the ground where their feet have once trod;

Yet here they confessed they were strangers and pilgrims,

And still they were seeking the city of God.

Sing praise, then, for all who here sought and here found him,

Whose journey is ended, whose perils are past:

They believed in the Light; and its glory is round them,

Where the clouds of earth's sorrow are lifted at last. W: W.H. D

T: S C’ C (R S)

ADDRESS Revd Neil Gardner, Domestic Chaplain to Her Majesty The Queen


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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. W: S M W

T: R C M (S F T, )

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 alldwellers 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 nally, after this life, she may aain

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 aicted, 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

suerings, and a happy issue out of all their aictions. 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 ght 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 Fatherand the Holy Ghost ever one God, world without end. Amen.


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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 Ocers,

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 Christ’s 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 loving-

kindness 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 conict and through bale ame;

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 God’s 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 Victor’s 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 sacrice.


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O risen Lord, O Shepherd of our dead,

Whose cross has bought them and whose sta has led,

In glorious hope their proud and sorrowing land

Commits her children to thy gracious hand. W: S J S. A

T: S S (R C H)

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 seing by T.T. Noble

NATIONAL ANTHEM arr. Sir Edward Elgar

ORGAN VOLUNTARY J.S. Bach Prelude in C Minor, BWV546/i


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