Sunday, February 16th, 2014

Sixth Sunday after Epiphany

Organ Prelude: Be Thou My Vision, by: Hal H. Hopson

Processional Hymn: 665 All My Hope on God is Founded

Gloria

Psalm 119: 1-8 Chanted by the Choir

1. Happy are those whose way is blameless,

who walk in the way of the Lord!

2. Happy are they who observe his decrees

and seek him with all their hearts!

3. Who never do any wrong,

but always walk in his ways.

4. You laid down your commandments,

that I might keep your statutes!

5. Oh, that my ways were made so direct

that I might keep your statutes!

6. Then I should not be put to shame,

when I regard all your commandments.

7. I will thank you with an unfeigned heart,

when I have learned your righteous judgments.

8. I will keep your statutes;

do not utterly forsake me.

Before the Gospel: 660 O Master Let Me Walk With Thee, stanzas 1 and 2

After the Gospel: 660 O Master Let Me Walk With Thee, stanzas 3 and 4

Offertory Anthem: Alleluia by: William Boyce (1711-1779)

Doxology

Sanctus

Lamb of God

Communion Anthem: Here, O My Lord, by Eleanor Daley

Here, O my Lord I see Thee face to face,

Here would I touch and handle things unseen,

Here grasp with firmer hand th’eternal grace,

And all my weariness upon Thee lean.

Here would I feed upon the bread of God,

Here drink with Thee, the royal wine of heav’n,

Here would I lay aside each earthly load,

And taste afresh the calm of sin forgiv’n.

This is the hour of banquet and of song,

This is the heav’nly table spread for me,

Here the brief bright hour of fellowship with Thee.

Amen.

Text by: Horatius Bonar (1808-1889)

Communion Hymn: 675 Take Up Your Cross

Recessional Hymn: 344 Lord, Dismiss Us With Thy Blessing

Postlude: Trumpet Voluntary, by: John Stanley (1712-1786).

Music Notes by: Ashley Sosis ("borrowed" from October)

Today’s service includes a Trumpet Voluntary by (Charles) John Stanley (1712-1786). Written for church use, this famous voluntary recently appeared in the television show Downton Abbey as a recessional for a wedding. (I’m not going to reveal which character’s wedding it was. If you’re curious, ask me.) John Stanley had a very dramatic life himself. He was blinded and disfigured as a child in a household accident. His remarkable auditory memory helped him to excel in music, despite his blindness. He began to study music at the age of seven and was hired for his first organist position at the age of eleven. At the age of 17, he became the youngest person ever to graduate with a Bachelor of music degree from Oxford University. Today, his most popular musical compositions are his three books of voluntaries for the organ.