O bright triumphant faith,
0 courage void of fears!
0 love most strong in death,
0 penitential tears!
By these, Lord, keep us lest we fall,
And make us go where thou shalt call.

THE SERMON: The Reverend David Barnes, Rural Dean

COLLECTION HYMN

Great is thy faithfulness, O God my Father,

there is no shadow of turning with thee;

thou changest not, thy compassions, they fail not;
as thou has been thou for ever wilt be.

Great is thy faithfulness! Great is thy faithfulness!
Morning by morning new mercies I see;

all I have needed thy hand hath provided,

great is thy faithfulness, Lord, unto me!

Summer and winter, and springtime and harvest,
sun, moon and stars in their courses above,

join with all nature in manifold witness

to thy great faithfulness, mercy and love.

Great is thy faithﬁdness!  '

Pardon for sin and a peace that endureth,

thine own dear presence to cheer and to guide;
strength for today and bright hope for tomorrow,
blessings all mine, with ten thousand beside!
Great is thy faithﬁzlnessl 

THE BLESSING

You are most welcome to take this order of service home with you.

Parish Church of St. Peter, Bekesbourne
FLOWER FESTIVAL
EVENSONG for the eve of St. Peter's Day
Sunday, 28th June, 1998

HYIVIN

Clnist is our Corner-stone,
On him alone we build; ‘
With his true saints alone
The courts of heaven are ﬁlled:
On his great love
Our hopes we place
Of present grace
And joys above.

0 then with hymns of praise
These hallowed courts shall ring;
Our voices we will raise
The Three in One to sing;
And thus proclaim
In joyful song,
Both loud and long
That glorious name.

Here, gracious God, do thou
For evermore draw nigh; ’
Accept each faithful vow,
And mark each suppliant sigh;
In copious shower
On all who pray
Each holy day
Thy blessings pour.


Here may we gain from heaven
The grace which we implore ;
And may that grace, once given,
Be with us evermone,
Until that day
When all the blest
To endless rest
Are called away.

THE OPENING RESPONSES

PSALM 126

When the Lord turned again the cap‘tiVity of ' Sion : then were we '
like unto ‘ them that ' dream.

2 Then was our mouth ' filled with ' laughter : and our ' tongue ' with
‘joy-

: 3 Then said they a'mong the ’ heathen : The ' Lord hath done ' great

i things ’ for them.

4 Yea the Lord hath done great things for ' us al'ready : where'of’ we
rejoice.

5 Turn our cap'tivity O ' Lord : as the ' rivers ' in the ' south.

6 They that ’ sow in ' tears : shall ' reap ' in ' joy.

‘ 7 He that now goeth on his way weeping, and beareth ' forth good '

1 seed : shall doubtless come again with joy and ' bring his ' sheaves '
with him.

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.’ A'men.

FIRST LESSON: Ezekiel 34 vv. ll — 16
MAGNlFICAT
SECOND LESSON: Matthew 16 W. l3 ~ 19
NUNC DIMITTIS

CREED to THIRD COLLECT

ANTHEM
Blessed are the pure in heart
for they shall see our God.
The secret of the Lord is theirs,
Their soul is Christ's abode.

Still to the lowly soul
he doth himself impart,
And for his dwelling and his throne
Chooseth the pure in heart. Music: Walford Davies

PRAYERS OF INTERCESSION

HYMN
‘Thou art the Christ, 0 Lord,
The Son of God most high!’
_ For ever be adored V *
That name in earth and sky, __
In which, though mortal strength may fail,
The saints of God at last prevail.

O surely he was blest
‘ Withblessedness unpriced,
Who, taught of God, confessed
The Godhead in the Christ!
For of thy Church, Lord, thou didst own
Thy saint a true foundation-stone.

Thrice fallen, thrice restored!
The bitter lesson learnt,
That heart for thee, O Lord,
With triple ardour burnt;
The cross he took he laid not down
Until he grasped the martyr's crown.