Sunday, November 16th, 2014
Rite II, Twenty-Third Sunday after Pentecost
Themes from the Readings: God as judge of humanity, Prepare for the coming of the Lord
Prelude: Trumpet Processional in G, by: David Lasky
Processional Hymn: 583 O holy city, seen of John
Gloria: S280, Powell
First Reading: Judges 4:1-7
Psalm: Psalm 123
Second Reading: 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11
Before the Gospel: 290 Come, ye thankful people, come; stanzas 1 and 2
Gospel: Matthew 25:14-30
After the Gospel: 290 Come, ye thankful people, come; stanzas 3 and 4
Offertory Anthem: The Morning Trumpet, arranged by: Michael Richardson
O when shall I see Jesus and reign with him above, and shall hear the trumpet sound in that morning; and from the flowing fountain drink everlasting love, and shall hear the trumpet sound in that morning. O shout Glory! I shall mount above the skies when I hear the trumpet sound in that morning. But now I am a soldier, my captain’s gone before, and I hear the trumpet sound in that morning. He’s given me my orders and he bids me ne’er give o’er, till I hear the trumpet sound in that morning. When shall I be delivered from this vain world of sin, and with my blessed Jesus drink endless pleasures in, and shall hear the trumpet sound in that morning. O shout Glory! I shall mount above the skies when I hear the trumpet sound in that morning.
Doxology: Hymn 380, stanza 3
Holy: S125, Proulx
Communion Anthem: Harvest Song, by: Austin C. Lovelace
Sing to the Lord of harvest,
Sing songs of love and praise;
With joyful hearts and voices
Your alleluias raise!
By Him the rolling seasons
In fruit order move;
Sing to the Lord of harvest
A joyous song of love.
By Him the clouds drop fatness,
The deserts bloom and spring,
The hills leap up in gladness,
The valleys laugh and sing.
He filleth with His fullness
All things with large increase;
He crowns the year with goodness,
With plenty, and with peace.
Bring to His sacred altar
The gifts His goodness gave,
The golden sheaves of harvest,
The souls He died to save.
Your hearts lay down before Him
When at his feet you fall,
And with your lives adore Him,
Who gave His life for all.
Communion Meditation: St. Anne (O God, our help in ages past) arranged by: Dudley Buck
Communion Hymn: 620 Jerusalem, my happy home
Recessional Hymn: 680 O God, our help in ages past
Postlude: Fanfare on St. Anne (O God, our help in ages past) by: Rebecca te Velde
Music Notes
by: Ashley Sosis
It is by coincidence that I have the occasion to write about Isaac Watts two weeks in a row. Last week, our offertory anthem used Watts’ lovely paraphrase of Psalm 23, “My Shepherd will supply my need.” This week, we include several selections that highlight the hymn text, “O God, our help in ages past,” also by Watts. The hymn is also a Psalm paraphrase. It is based on Psalm 90:1-5. It is fun to look at the two side-by-side (hymnal and prayer book) and try to think the way Watts must have thought to try to bring these verses into a rhyme scheme and meter suitable for hymn singing. The tune, ST ANNE, was printed in London, in 1708 with a paraphrase of another psalm-- Psalm 42: “As pants the hart for cooling streams, when heated in the chase, so longs my soul, O God, for thee, and thy refreshing grace.” Can you match the Psalm 42 text to the hymn tune in your head?