Evensong on the Fourth Sunday after Trinity

Sunday 5 July 2020

3.30 p.m.

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Voluntary Soliloquy Philip Moore

Welcome and Introduction The Reverend Canon Professor Simon Oliver

All 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,

who 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.

The minister pronounces the absolution

Hymn God of mercy, God of grace

God of mercy, God of grace,

Show the brightness of thy face.

Shine upon us, Saviour, shine;

Fill thy Church with light divine;

All thy saving health extend

Unto earth’s remotest end.

Let the people praise thee, Lord;

Be by all that live adored.

Let the nations shout and sing

Glory to their Saviour King;

At thy feet their tribute pay,

And thy holy will obey.

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Let the people praise thee, Lord;

Earth shall then her fruits afford.

God to man his blessing give;

Man to God devoted live,

All below, and all above,

One in joy, and light, and love.

H F Lyte Henry Smart

Preces Francis Grier

Cantor O Lord, open thou our lips.

Choir And our mouth shall shew forth thy praise.

O God, make speed to save us.

O Lord, make haste to help us.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son: and to the Holy

Ghost; As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be:

world without end. Amen.

Praise ye the Lord.

The Lord’s name be praised.

Psalm 146

Praise the Lord, O my soul; while I live will I praise the

Lord : yea, as long as I have any being, I will sing praises

unto my God.

O put not your trust in princes, nor in any child of man : for

there is no help in them.

For when the breath of man goeth forth he shall turn again

to his earth : and then all his thoughts perish.

Blessed is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help : and

whose hope is in the Lord his God;

Who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that therein

is : who keepeth his promise for ever.

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Who helpeth them to right that suffer wrong : who feedeth

the hungry.

The Lord looseth men out of prison : the Lord giveth sight

to the blind.

The Lord helpeth them that are fallen : the Lord careth for

the righteous.

The Lord careth for the strangers; he defendeth the

fatherless and widow : as for the way of the ungodly, he

turneth it upside down.

The Lord thy God, O Sion, shall be King for evermore : and

throughout all generations.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son : and to the Holy

Ghost;

As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be :

world without end. Amen.

First Lesson 2 Samuel 2. 1-11, 3.1

After this David inquired of the Lord, ‘Shall I go up into any of the cities of

Judah?’ The Lord said to him, ‘Go up.’ David said, ‘To which shall I go up?’

He said, ‘To Hebron.’ So David went up there, along with his two wives,

Ahinoam of Jezreel, and Abigail the widow of Nabal of Carmel. David

brought up the men who were with him, every one with his household; and

they settled in the towns of Hebron. Then the people of Judah came, and

there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. When they told

David, ‘It was the people of Jabesh-gilead who buried Saul’, David sent

messengers to the people of Jabesh-gilead, and said to them, ‘May you be

blessed by the Lord, because you showed this loyalty to Saul your lord, and

buried him! Now may the Lord show steadfast love and faithfulness to you!

And I too will reward you because you have done this thing. Therefore let

your hands be strong, and be valiant; for Saul your lord is dead, and the

house of Judah has anointed me king over them.’ But Abner son of Ner,

commander of Saul’s army, had taken Ishbaal son of Saul, and brought him

over to Mahanaim. He made him king over Gilead, the Ashurites, Jezreel,

Ephraim, Benjamin, and over all Israel. Ishbaal, Saul’s son, was forty years

old when he began to reign over Israel, and he reigned for two years. But

the house of Judah followed David. The time that David was king in

Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months. There was

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a long war between the house of Saul and the house of David; David grew

stronger and stronger, while the house of Saul became weaker and weaker.

Magnificat John Casken

My soul doth magnify the Lord :

And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour.

For he hath regarded : the lowliness of his handmaiden.

For behold, from henceforth : all generations shall call me

blessed.

For he that is mighty hath magnified me : and holy is his

Name.

And his mercy is on them that fear him : throughout all

generations.

He hath showed strength with his arm : he hath scattered

the proud in the imagination of their hearts.

He hath put down the mighty from their seat : and hath

exalted the humble and meek.

He hath filled the hungry with good things : and the rich he

hath sent empty away.

He remembering his mercy hath holpen his servant Israel :

As he promised to our forefathers, Abraham and his seed for

ever.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son : and to the Holy

Ghost;

As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be : world

without end. Amen.

Second Lesson Luke 18. 31—19.10

Then Jesus took the twelve aside and said to them, ‘See, we are going up to

Jerusalem, and everything that is written about the Son of Man by the

prophets will be accomplished. For he will be handed over to the Gentiles;

and he will be mocked and insulted and spat upon. After they have flogged

him, they will kill him, and on the third day he will rise again.’ But they

understood nothing about all these things; in fact, what he said was hidden

from them, and they did not grasp what was said. As he approached

Jericho, a blind man was sitting by the roadside begging. When he heard a

crowd going by, he asked what was happening. They told him, ‘Jesus of

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Nazareth is passing by.’ Then he shouted, ‘Jesus, Son of David, have mercy

on me!’ Those who were in front sternly ordered him to be quiet; but he

shouted even more loudly, ‘Son of David, have mercy on me!’ Jesus stood

still and ordered the man to be brought to him; and when he came near, he

asked him, ‘What do you want me to do for you?’ He said, ‘Lord, let me see

again.’ Jesus said to him, ‘Receive your sight; your faith has saved

you.’ Immediately he regained his sight and followed him, glorifying God;

and all the people, when they saw it, praised God.

He entered Jericho and was passing through it. A man was there named

Zacchaeus; he was a chief tax-collector and was rich. He was trying to see

who Jesus was, but on account of the crowd he could not, because he was

short in stature. So he ran ahead and climbed a sycomore tree to see him,

because he was going to pass that way. When Jesus came to the place, he

looked up and said to him, ‘Zacchaeus, hurry and come down; for I must

stay at your house today.’ So he hurried down and was happy to welcome

him. All who saw it began to grumble and said, ‘He has gone to be the guest

of one who is a sinner.’ Zacchaeus stood there and said to the Lord, ‘Look,

half of my possessions, Lord, I will give to the poor; and if I have defrauded

anyone of anything, I will pay back four times as much.’ Then Jesus said to

him, ‘Today salvation has come to this house, because he too is a son of

Abraham. For the Son of Man came to seek out and to save the lost.’

Nunc Dimittis John Casken

Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace :

according to thy word.

For mine eyes have seen thy salvation : which thou hast

prepared before the face of all people.

To be a light to lighten the Gentiles : and to be the glory of

thy people Israel.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son : and to the Holy

Ghost;

As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be : world

without end. Amen.

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The Apostles’ Creed

All I believe in God the Father almighty, maker of heaven

and earth: and in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord, who

was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin

Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead,

and buried: he descended into hell; the third day he rose

again from the dead; he ascended into heaven, and sitteth

on the right hand of God the Father almighty; from thence

he shall come to judge the quick and the dead. I believe

in the Holy Ghost; the holy catholic Church; the

communion of saints; the forgiveness of sins; the

resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen.

The Lesser Litany, Responses and Collects Francis Grier

Cantor The Lord be with you.

Choir And with thy spirit.

Cantor Let us pray.

Choir Lord, have mercy upon us.

Christ, have mercy upon us.

Lord, have mercy upon us.

Our Father, which art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name, thy

kingdom come, thy will be done, in earth as it is in heaven.

Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our

trespasses, as we forgive them that trespass against us; and

lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Amen.

O Lord, shew thy mercy upon us.

And grant us thy salvation.

O Lord, save the Queen.

And mercifully hear us when we call upon thee.

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Endue thy ministers with righteousness.

And make thy chosen people joyful.

O Lord, save thy people.

And bless thine inheritance.

Give peace in our time, O Lord.

Because there is none other that fighteth for us,

but only thou, O God.

O God, make clean our hearts within us.

And take not thy Holy Spirit from us.

The Collect of the Fourth Sunday after Trinity

O God, the protector of all that trust in thee, without whom

nothing is strong, nothing is holy: Increase and multiply

upon us thy mercy; that, thou being our ruler and guide, we

may so pass through things temporal, that we finally lose

not the things eternal: Grant this, O heavenly Father, for

Jesus Christ’s sake our Lord. Amen.

The Second 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.

The Third 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.

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Anthem And I saw a new heaven

And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the

first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea. And I John

saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of

heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.

And I heard a great voice out of heaven, saying, Behold, the

tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they

shall be his people: and God himself shall be with them, and be their

God.

And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be

no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any

more pain: for the former things are passed away.

Revelation 21. 1 - 4 Edgar Bainton

Prayers and the Grace The Reverend Canon Professor Simon Oliver

Hymn Praise to the Holist in the height

Praise to the Holiest in the height,

And in the depth be praise,

In all his words most wonderful,

Most sure in all his ways.

O loving wisdom of our God!

When all was sin and shame,

A second Adam to the fight

And to the rescue came.

O wisest love! that flesh and blood,

Which did in Adam fail,

Should strive afresh against their foe,

Should strive and should prevail;

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And that a higher gift than grace

Should flesh and blood refine,

God’s presence and his very self,

And essence all-divine.

O generous love! that he who smote

In Man for man the foe,

The double agony in Man

For man should undergo;

And in the garden secretly,

And on the cross on high,

Should teach his brethren, and inspire

To suffer and to die.

Praise to the Holiest in the height,

And in the depth be praise,

In all his words most wonderful,

Most sure in all his ways.

John Henry Newman John Bacchus Dykes

The Blessing The Reverend Canon Professor Simon Oliver

May the Father from whom every family

in earth and heaven receives its name

strengthen you with his Spirit in your inner being,

so that Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith;

and the blessing of God almighty,

the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit,

be among you and remain with you always.

The Choir sings

Amen. Orlando Gibbons

Voluntary Postlude in D minor Charles Villiers Stanford

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