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REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY
13th November 2016

SERVICE OF CHORAL EVENSONG

AND ACT OF REMEMBRANCE

WELCOME TO THE ROBIN CHAPEL.

This 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 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 remembrance, we remember them.

Drawing used by courtesy of Professor John Hume, Scotlands Churches Scheme

Chaplain
The Reverend Thomas Coupar
Chairman of the Thistle Trust
Julian Birchall
Director of Music
Simon Nieminski
The Robin Chapel Choir
Verger
Dr Teodor Borz
Organist
David Goodenough
Trumpeter
Finlay Hetherington

Piper
Ian Wilson

Order of Service
Please stand as the choir and clergy enter.
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 selfsacrifice 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
The Blues Wreath: Mr Harry Robertson
KOSB Wreath: Colonel Jim Wilson
Chapel Wreath: Thistle Veterans
SILENCE
REVEILLE
KOHIMA EPITAPH read by Mr Julian Tudsbery, Family Member, Trustee
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 (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 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 Joshua 1:1-9 read by Mr Julian Birchall, Chairman, Thistle Trust

ANTHEM
When David heard that Absalom was slain He went up into his
chamber over the gate and wept, and thus he said: my son, my
son, O Absalom my son, would God I had died for thee!
Words: 2 Samuel 18:33
Music: Thomas Weelkes

2nd LESSON John 15:1-17 read by Mr 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 setting 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.
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 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.

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)

ADDRESS The Revd Professor Norman Drummond CBE FRSE

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, who laid 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 all.
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
Who would true valour see,
Let him come hither;
One here will constant be,
Come wind, come weather;
Theres no discouragement
Shall make him once relent
His first avowed intent
To be a pilgrim.

Whoso beset him round

With dismal stories,
Do but themselves confound,
His strength the more is.
No lion can him fright:
Hell with a giant fight,
But he will have the right
To be a pilgrim.
Hobgoblin nor foul fiend
Can daunt his spirit;
He knows he at the end
Shall life inherit.
Then, fancies, fly away;
Hell fear not what men say,
Hell labour night and day
To be a pilgrim.
Words: John Bunyan
Tune: Monks Gate (Trad. Sussex, arr. R. Vaughan Williams; Descant by Simon Nieminski)

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

THE ROBIN CHAPEL

Full details of services and of other events are on the
Chapel web site: www.robinchapel.org.uk

Chaplain
chaplain@robinchapel.org.uk / 07393 232736
Director of Music
organist@robinchapel.org.uk

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