Gonville and Caius College Cambridge the Commemoration Of
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Gonville and Caius College Cambridge The Commemoration of Benefactors 9th May 2021 Cover: The College Seal granted by Dr Caius: SIGIL COLLEG DE GONEVIL ET CAIVS FVND I HO ANN B MA VIR I VNITE CATAB (‘seal of the College founded by Gonville & Caius in honour of Blessed Mary the Virgin in the University of Cambridge) showing the Annunciation. ORDER OF SERVICE ¶ All stand at the entry of the Choir, the Precentor and the Dean. ¶ Notices may be given. ¶ Remain standing to sing the first HYMN. HYMN Glory to thee, my God, this night For all the blessings of the light; Keep me, O keep me, King of kings, Beneath thy own almighty wings. Forgive me, Lord, for thy dear Son, The ill that I this day have done, That with the world, myself, and thee, I, ere I sleep, at peace may be. Teach me to live, that I may dread The grave as little as my bed; Teach me to die, that so I may Rise glorious at the aweful day. O may my soul on thee repose, And with sweet sleep mine eyelids close, Sleep that may me more vigorous make To serve my God when I awake. Praise God from whom all blessings flow, Praise him all creatures here below, Praise him above, ye heavenly host, Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Words: Thomas Ken (1637-1711) Music: Thomas Tallis (c. 1505-85) ¶ The Dean calls the congregation to prayer. DEARLY beloved brethren, I pray and beseech you, as many as are here present, to accompany me with a pure heart and humble voice unto the throne of the heavenly grace, saying after me. ¶ All kneel and say the CONFESSION. 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, which 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 Dean pronounces this ABSOLUTION. ALMIGHTY GOD, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who desireth not the death of a sinner, but rather that he may turn from his wickedness, and live; and hath given power, and commandment, to his Ministers, to declare and pronounce to his people, being penitent, the Absolution and Remission of their sins: He pardoneth and absolveth all them that truly repent, and unfeignedly believe his holy Gospel. Wherefore let us beseech him to grant us true repentance, and his Holy Spirit, that those things may please him, which we do at this present; and that the rest of our life hereafter may be pure, and holy; so that at the last we may come to his eternal joy; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. ¶ All say 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 them that 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. Amen. ¶ All stand: the Dean and Choir sings the First Preces & Responses. O LORD, open thou our lips. 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. Music: Philip Radcliffe (1905-1986) ¶ Remain standing: the Choir sings the following Psalm. Psalm 121 Levavi oculos I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills: from whence cometh my help. My help cometh even from the Lord: who hath made heaven and earth. He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: and he that keepeth thee will not sleep. Behold he that keepeth Israel: shall neither slumber nor sleep. The Lord himself is thy keeper: the Lord is thy defence upon thy right hand; So that the sun shall not burn thee by day: neither the moon by night. The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil: yea it is even he that shall keep thy soul: The Lord shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in: from this time forth for evermore. 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. Chant: H. Walford Davies (1869-1941) ¶ All sit: the President reads the lesson. Ecclesiasticus 44. 1–15 LET us now praise famous men, and our fathers that begat us. The Lord hath wrought great glory by them through his great power from the beginning. Such as did bear rule in their kingdoms, men renowned for their power, giving counsel by their understanding, and declaring prophecies: Leaders of the people by their counsels, and by their knowledge of learning meet for the people, wise and eloquent in their instructions; Such as found out musical tunes, and recited verses in writing: Rich men furnished with ability, living peaceably in their habitations: All these were honoured in their generations, and were the glory of their times. There be of them, that have left a name behind them, that their praises might be reported. And some there be, which have no memorial; who are perished, as though they had never been; and are become as though they had never been born; and their children after them. But these were merciful men, whose righteousness hath not been forgotten. With their seed shall continually remain a good inheritance, and their children are within the covenant. Their seed standeth fast, and their children for their sakes. Their seed shall remain for ever, and their glory shall not be blotted out. Their bodies are buried in peace; but their name liveth for evermore. The people will tell of their wisdom, and the congregation will shew forth their praise. Thanks be to God. ¶ The Choir sings the Anthem, ‘O thou the central orb’. O Thou, the central orb of righteous love, Pure beam of the most High, eternal Light Of this our wintry world, Thy radiance bright Awakes new joy in faith, hope soars above. Come, quickly come, and let thy glory shine, Gilding our darksome heaven with rays Divine. Thy saints with holy lustre round Thee move, As stars about thy throne, set in the height Of God's ordaining counsel, as Thy sight Gives measured grace to each, Thy power to prove. Let Thy bright beams disperse the gloom of sin, Our nature all shall feel eternal day In fellowship with thee, transforming day. To souls erewhile unclean, now pure within. Amen. Words: Henry Ramsden Bramley (1833-1917) Music: Charles Wood MusD (Fellow 1894–1926) ¶ The Master reads THE APPOINTED COMMEMORATION OF FOUNDERS AND BENEFACTORS. ACCORDING to our bounden duty and the decree of this our College, let us offer up our thanks and praise to Almighty God for our Founders and all our Benefactors. On the 28th of January 1348 EDMUND GONVILLE, Rector of Terrington in Norfolk, obtained Letters Patent granting licence to found a Hall in Cambridge, which came to be called after his own name and dedicated to the honour of the Annunciation of Blessed Mary the Virgin; wherein he appointed a Master and four Fellows, whom he maintained. In 1351 our First Founder died, making WILLIAM BATEMAN, Bishop of Norwich, his Executor, for the perfecting and endowment of his foundation; who in 1354 licensed the appropriation to Gonville Hall of the three benefices of Wilton and Foulden in Norfolk and Mutford in Suffolk, for the maintenance of the Master and the four Fellows. He also, as our Second Founder, made the statutes called by his own name for the Government of the College. Edmund Gonville and William Bateman were followed by founders of fellowships and scholarships, benefactors to the buildings of the College, and general benefactors. We especially remember that in 1480 ELIZABETH CLERE of Ormesby in Norfolk, gave money to support a Fellow in Divinity and to pay for the building of the east side of Gonville Court; and that shortly after 1500 the College received from the executors of Dame ANNE SCROOP pasture land comprising all that lies between Harvey Court and the Fellows’ Garden, and arable land in the East Field of Cambridge. In 1557 a Third Founder appeared in JOHN CAIUS, Doctor in Physic, Fellow and afterwards Master of this College, and President of the College of Physicians in London. He gave the manors of Croxley in Rickmansworth in Hertfordshire, and of Runcton and Burnham in Norfolk, for stipends. He also gave us new statutes and built the two wings of the Court called by his own name. And lastly, for the enlarging and improving the site of the College, he purchased from Trinity College four tenements over against St Michael’s Church-yard, whereon part of the building in Tree Court now stands.