REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY

SUNDAY 13TH NOVEMBER 2011

SERVICE OF
CHORAL EVENSONG
AND ACT OF REMEMBRANCE
www.robinchapel.org.uk

THE ROBIN CHAPEL

The Robin Chapel is a memorial of a beloved son, erected by his
sorrowing parents; 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, in its personal association, stands as a witness to the lives
of all those who have given 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 remembrance, we remember them.
CHAPLAIN
The Reverend Thomas Coupar
VISITING PREACHER
Revd C.A. MacLeod
Chaplain to The Forces
CHAIR OF THE THISTLE TRUST
Julian Birchall
ORGANIST & DIRECTOR OF MUSIC
Simon Nieminski
SUB ORGANIST
Jeremy Cull
THE ROBIN CHAPEL CHOIR
TRUMPETER
Christopher Dixon
Highland Band, Royal Regiment of Scotland
PIPER
Ian Wilson

Music before the service: Elgar Nimrod (from Enigma Variations)

Please stand as the Choir and Clergy process

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)

The Lord be with you.

And with thy Spirit.
Let us confess to God the sins and shortcomings of the world;
its pride, its selfishness, its greed; its evil divisions and hatreds.
Let us confess our share in what is wrong, and our failure to
seek and establish that peace which God wills for his children.
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 offended against thy holy laws. We
have left undone those things which we ought to have

done; And we have done those things which we ought

not to have done ; And there is no health in us. But
thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us, miserable
offenders. 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,
confirm 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 Gods help and
blessing, that we may be worthy of their sacrifice each day of
our life.
Let us pray.
Most gracious God, Father of all mercies, we offer 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 given in
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 fight; those

who perished in air raids at home; those who fell in battle, and
are buried at sea, or in some corner of a foreign field; 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-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

For the Fallen

Words: Laurence Binyon
Music: Douglas Guest

THE LAMENT
LAYING OF WREATHS
Mr Julian Tudsbery
Major Graeme Hutchison (Blues and Royals)
Major John Currie MBE (KOSB)
Thistle Foundation Veterans
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.
PSALM 46
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 flood 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 fire.
Be still then, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among
the heathen, and I will be exalted in the earth.
The Lord of hosts is with us: the God of Jacob is our refuge.
CHANT BY T.T. NOBLE

1st LESSON

Isaiah 25:1-10, read by Liam J Fraser, Verger

ANTHEM

With Proud Thanksgiving

Words: Laurence Binyon
Music: Sir Edward Elgar

2nd LESSON

Matthew 25:14-30,
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 | fellow-ship | one with an - | other.
We believe that | God is | Love, |
And everyone that loveth is born of | God, and |
know eth | 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 con - | fess our | sins, |
He is faithful and just to for - | give | us our | sins.
We believe that the world passeth away,

and the | lust there - | of, |

But he that doeth the will of God a - | bideth for | ever.
LORD'S PRAYER
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.
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
O God of earth and altar,
bow down and hear our cry,
our earthly rulers falter,
our people drift and die;
the walls of gold entomb us,
the swords of scorn divide,
take not thy thunder from us,
but take away our pride.

From all that terror teaches,

from lies of tongue and pen,
from all the easy speeches
that comfort cruel men,
from sale and profanation
of honour, and the sword,
from sleep and from damnation,
deliver us, good Lord!
Tie in a living tether
the prince and priest and thrall,
bind all our lives together,
smite us and save us all;
in ire and exultation
aflame with faith, and free,
lift up a living nation,
a single sword to thee.

WORDS: G.K. CHESTERTON

TUNE: KING'S LYNN (ENGLISH TRAD. ARR. VAUGHAN WILLIAMS)

ADDRESS

Revd A.C. MacLeod, Chaplain to the Forces

GLORIA PATRI
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.
Almighty and everlasting God, who alone workest great
marvels; Send down upon our Clergy, and all Congregations
committed to their charge, the healthful Spirit of thy grace; and
that they may truly please thee, pour upon them the continual

due of thy blessing. Grant this, O Lord, for the honour of our
Advocate and Mediator, Jesus Christ. 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 loving-kindness
to us, and to all men; 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.
Splendid you passed, the great surrender made;
into the light that nevermore shall fade;
deep your contentment in that blest abode,
who wait the last clear trumpet-call of God.
Long years ago, as earth lay dark and still,
rose a loud cry upon a lonely hill,
while in the frailty of our human clay,
Christ, our Redeemer, passed the self-same way.
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.

O risen Lord, O Shepherd of our dead,

whose cross has bought them and whose staff has led,
in glorious hope their proud and sorrowing land
commits her children to thy gracious hand.
WORDS: SIR JOHN S. ARKWRIGHT
TUNE: SUPREME SACRIFICE (REVD CHARLES HARRIS)

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
NATIONAL ANTHEM
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