St. Giles’ Cathedral
Morning Service at 11.30am
Remembrance Sunday
10th November 2024
Organ Music
Henry Walford Davies Solemn Melody
C.H.H.Parry Elegy
Introit
To thee, O Lord do I lift up my soul
To thee O Lord do I lift up my soul,
My God, I trust in thee.
Text: Psalm 22 1-2
Music: Sergei Rachmaninoff 1873-1943
Processional Hymn
Praise, my soul, the King of heaven;
to his feet thy tribute bring;
ransomed, healed, restored, forgiven
who like me his praise should sing?
Praise him! Praise him!
Praise him! Praise him!
Praise the everlasting King!
Praise him for his grace and favour
to our fathers in distress;
praise him still the same for ever,
slow to chide, and swift to bless:
Praise him! Praise him!
Praise him! Praise him!
glorious in his faithfulness!
Father-like he tends and spares us;
well our feeble frame he knows;
in his hands he gently bears us,
rescues us from all our foes:
Praise him! Praise him!
Praise him! Praise him!
widely as his mercy flows!
Frail as summer's flower we flourish,
blows the wind and it is gone;
but, while mortals rise and perish
God endures unchanging on.
Praise him! Praise him!
Praise him! Praise him!
Praise the high eternal One!
Angels, help us to adore him,
ye behold him face to face;
sun and moon, bow down before him,
dwellers all in time and space:
Praise him! Praise him!
Praise him! Praise him!
Praise with us the God of grace!
Text: Henry Francis Lyte 1793-1847 From Psalm 103
Music: Praise, my soul CH4 160 John Goss 1800-80
Scripture Sentences
The Preces
O Lord open thou our lips
Humphrey Clucas b.1941
Bidding
Prayer
Collect
Almighty God, keep us mindful of all your benefits and heedful of our high calling, that we may yield ourselves in new obedience to your holy will, and live henceforth as those who are not their own, but are bought with a price; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
First Lesson Deuteronomy 4 9-14
Read by Rear Admiral Mark Beverstock National President,
The Royal British Legion Scotland and Poppy Scotland
Second Lesson Romans 8 31-35
Read by Lord Coaker
The Choir sings PSALM 46
God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea;
Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof.
There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the most High.
God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall help her, and that right early.
The heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved: he uttered his voice, the earth melted.
The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge.
Come, behold the works of the Lord, what desolations he hath made in the earth.
He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth; he breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder; he burneth the chariot in the fire.
Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.
The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge.
The Gospel St John 15 9-17
Read by The Rt Hon John Swinney MSP, The First Minister of Scotland
Hymn
For the healing of the nations,
Lord, we pray with one accord,
for a just and equal sharing
of the things that earth affords.
To a life of love in action
help us rise and pledge our word.
Lead us forward into freedom,
from despair your world release,
that, redeemed from war and hatred,
all may come and go in peace.
Show us how through care and goodness
fear will die and hope increase.
All that kills abundant living,
let it from the earth be banned:
pride of status, race or schooling,
dogmas that obscure your plan.
In our common quest for justice
may we hallow life's brief span.
You, Creator-God, have written
your great name on humankind;
for our growing in your likeness
bring the life of Christ to mind;
that by our response and service
earth its destiny may find.
Text: Fred Kaan 1929-2009
Music: Triumph CH4 706 H.J.Gauntlett 1805-1876
Sermon
Anthem
Light eternal
At David’s Grave
Yes, he is here in this
Open field, in sunlight, among
the few young trees set out
to modify the bare facts
Lux aeterna
May eternal light shine upon them, O Lord,
with thy saints forever, for thou art merciful.
Lux aeterna.
Grant them eternal rest, O Lord,
and may everlasting light shine upon them
Lux aeterna
Text: Denise Levertov from Relearning the Alphabet 1970 and The Requiem Mass
Music: Cecilia McDowall b.1951
The Offering
Prayer
The Lord’s Prayer
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 those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, the power, and the glory, for ever and ever.
Hymn
Behold, the mountain of the Lord
in latter days shall rise,
on mountain-tops, above the hills,
and draw the wondering eyes.
To this the joyful nations round,
all tribes and tongues, shall flow;
up to the hill of God, they'll say,
and to his house, we'll go.
Among the nations he shall judge;
his judgements truth shall guide;
his sceptre shall protect the just,
and quell the sinner's pride.
No strife shall rage, nor hostile feuds
disturb those peaceful years;
to ploughshares men shall beat their swords,
to pruning-hooks their spears.
No longer hosts, encountering hosts,
shall crowds of slain deplore;
they hang the trumpet in the hall,
and study war no more.
Come then, O house of Jacob! come
to worship at his shrine;
and, walking in the light of God,
with holy beauties shine.
Text: Scottish Paraphrases 1781 From Isaiah 2 2-5
Music: Glasgow CH4 715
Melody from Moore’s Psalm-Singer’s Pocket Companion 1756
Benediction
Organ Voluntary
Edward Elgar Nimrod
CCL Licence No 980930
Streaming Licence 57837
The service was conducted by The Rev. Dr George J. Whyte
The preacher was The Most Reverend Leo Cushley,
Archbishop and Metropolitan of St Andrews & Edinburgh