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Dean of Chapel The Revd Dr Michael Banner

Director of Music Stephen Layton

Chaplains The Revd John Summers Olga Fabrikant-Burke

Associate Organist Luke Fitzgerald

Junior Harrison Cole

CHORAL

Sunday 7 June 2020

Trinity Sunday Welcome to this service of Choral Evensong Wherefore I pray and beseech you, as many as are sung by The of Trinity College Cambridge. here present, to accompany me with a pure heart, and humble voice, unto the throne of the heavenly CP 427 (t. NEH 205) WESTMINSTER ABBEY grace, saying after me; For the healing of the nations, Lord, we pray with one accord, Almighty and most merciful Father; for a just and equal sharing We have erred, and strayed from thy ways of the things that earth affords. like lost sheep. To a life of love in action We have followed too much the devices help us rise and pledge our word. and desires of our own hearts. We have offended against thy holy laws. Lead us forward into freedom, We have left undone those things from despair your world release, which we ought to have done; that, redeemed from war and hatred, and we have done those things all may come and go in peace. which we ought not to have done; Show us how through care and goodness and there is no health in us. fear will die and hope increase. But thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us, miserable offenders. All that kills abundant living, Spare thou them, O God, let it from the earth be banned: which confess their faults. pride of status, race or schooling, Restore thou them that are penitent; dogmas that obscure your plan. according to thy promises declared In our common quest for justice unto mankind in Christ Jesu our Lord. may we hallow brief life’s span. And grant, O most merciful Father, for his sake; You, Creator God, have written that we may hereafter live a godly, righteous, your great name on humankind; and sober life, for our growing in your likeness to the glory of thy holy name. bring the life of Christ to mind; Amen. that by our response and service earth its destiny may find. The minister then says the ABSOLUTION Words: Fred Kaan (1929–2009) Music: Music: adapted from Grant, we beseech thee, merciful Lord, CCLI Licence No: 176476 to thy faithful people pardon and peace, that they may be cleansed from all their sins, and serve thee with a quiet mind; The minister reads through Jesus Christ our Lord. Dearly beloved brethren, the Scripture moveth us Amen. in sundry places, to acknowledge and confess our manifold sins and wickedness; and that we should not dissemble nor cloak them before the face of RESPONSES Rose Almighty God our heavenly Father; but confess O Lord, open thou our lips. them with an humble, lowly, penitent, and obedient And our mouth shall shew forth thy praise. heart; to the end that we may obtain forgiveness of the same, by his infinite goodness and mercy. O God, make speed to save us. O Lord, make haste to help us. And although we ought, at all times, humbly to acknowledge our sins before God; yet ought we Glory be to the Father, and to the Son: most chiefly so to do, when we assemble and meet and to the Holy Ghost; together to render thanks for the great benefits that As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be: we have received at his hands, to set forth his most world without end. Amen. worthy praise, to hear his most holy Word, and to ask those things which are requisite and necessary, Praise ye the Lord. as well for the body as the soul. The Lord’s name be praised. PSALM 23 The Lord is my shepherd : therefore can I lack nothing. Second Service Leighton He shall feed me in a green pasture : and lead me forth beside the waters of comfort. My soul doth magnify the Lord, and my spirit hath He shall convert my soul : and bring me forth in the rejoiced in God my Saviour. For he hath regarded paths of righteousness, for his Name’s sake. the lowliness of his handmaiden. For behold, from Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow henceforth all generations shall call me blessed. of death, I will fear no evil : for thou art with me; For he that is mighty hath magnified me: and holy thy rod and thy staff comfort me. is his Name. And his mercy is on them that fear him Thou shalt prepare a table before me against them throughout all generations. He hath shewed strength that trouble me : thou hast anointed my head with his arm; he hath scattered the proud in the with oil, and my cup shall be full. imagination of their hearts. He hath put down the Surely thy loving-kindness and mercy shall follow mighty from their seat, and hath exalted the humble me all the days of my life : and I will dwell in the and meek. He hath filled the hungry with good things; house of the Lord for ever. and the rich he hath sent empty away. He remembering Glory be to the Father, and to the Son : his mercy hath holpen his servant Israel, as he promised and to the Holy Ghost; to our forefathers, Abraham and his seed, for ever. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be : Glory be to the Father, and to the Son: and to the world without end. Amen. Holy Ghost; As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be: world without end. Amen.

The FIRST LESSON is read

A reading from the Book of Isaiah. The SECOND LESSON is read

Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his A reading from the Gospel according to St John. hand and marked off the heavens with a span, enclosed the dust of the earth in a measure and But now I am going to him who sent me; yet none weighed the mountains in scales and the hills in a of you asks me, ‘Where are you going?’ But because balance? Who has directed the Spirit of the Lord, or I have said these things to you, sorrow has filled your as his counsellor has instructed him? Whom did he hearts. Nevertheless I tell you the truth: it is to your consult for his enlightenment, and who taught him advantage that I go away, for if I do not go away, the the path of justice, and taught him knowledge, and Counsellor will not come to you; but if I go, I will send showed him the way of understanding? Behold, him to you. And when he comes, he will convince the nations are like a drop from a bucket, and are the world concerning sin and righteousness and accounted as the dust on the scales; behold, he takes judgment: concerning sin, because they do not up the isles like fine dust. Lebanon would not suffice believe in me; concerning righteousness, because I go for fuel, nor are its beasts enough for a burnt offering. to the Father, and you will see me no more; concerning All the nations are as nothing before him, they are judgment, because the ruler of this world is judged. accounted by him as less than nothing and emptiness. “I have yet many things to say to you, but you cannot Why do you say, O Jacob, and speak, O Israel, “My way bear them now. When the Spirit of truth comes, he is hid from the Lord, and my right is disregarded by will guide you into all the truth; for he will not speak my God”? Have you not known? Have you not heard? on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the speak, and he will declare to you the things that are ends of the earth. He does not faint or grow weary, to come. He will glorify me, for he will take what is his understanding is unsearchable. He gives power mine and declare it to you. All that the Father has is to the faint, and to him who has no might he increases mine; therefore I said that he will take what is mine strength. Even youths shall faint and be weary, and and declare it to you. young men shall fall exhausted; but they who wait RSV John 16: 5–15 for the Lord shall renew their strength, they shall mount up with wings like eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint.

RSV Isaiah 40: 12–17, 27–end NUNC DIMITTIS Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our trespasses, Second Service Leighton as we forgive them that trespass against us;

and lead us not into temptation, Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, but deliver us from evil. according to thy word. For mine eyes have seen thy Amen. salvation, Which thou hast prepared before the face of all people; To be a light to lighten the Gentiles, and to be the glory of thy people Israel. Glory be RESPONSES Rose to the Father, and to the Son: and to the Holy Ghost; As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be: O Lord, shew thy mercy upon us. world without end. Amen. And grant us thy salvation. O Lord, save the Queen. And mercifully hear us when we call upon thee. All turn East and say THE APOSTLES’ CREED Endue thy ministers with righteousness. I believe in God And make thy chosen people joyful. the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth: O Lord, save thy people. And bless thine inheritance. And in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, Give peace in our time, O Lord. born of the Virgin Mary, Because there is none other that fighteth for us, suffered under Pontius Pilate, but only thou, O God. was crucified, dead, and buried: O God, make clean our hearts within us. he descended into hell; And take not thy Holy Spirit from us. the third day he rose again from the dead; he ascended into heaven, and sitteth on the right hand of God THE COLLECT OF THE DAY the Father Almighty; Almighty and everlasting God, who hast given unto from thence he shall come to judge us thy servants grace, by the confession of a true faith, the quick and the dead. to acknowledge the glory of the eternal Trinity, and I believe in the Holy Ghost; in the power of the Divine Majesty to worship the the Holy Catholick Church; Unity; we beseech thee, that thou wouldest keep us the Communion of Saints; stedfast in this faith, and evermore defend us from the forgiveness of sins; all adversities, who livest and reignest, one God, the Resurrection of the body, world without end. Amen. and the life everlasting. Amen. THE COLLECT FOR PEACE O God, from whom all holy desires, all good counsels, and all just works do proceed: Give unto thy servants The Lord be with you. that peace which the world cannot give; that both And with thy spirit. our hearts may be set to obey thy commandments, and also that by thee we being defended from the Let us pray. fear of our enemies may pass our time in rest and quietness; through the merits of Jesus Christ our Lord, have mercy upon us. Saviour. Amen. Christ, have mercy upon us. Lord, have mercy upon us. THE COLLECT FOR AID AGAINST ALL PERILS

Our Father Lighten our darkness, we beseech thee, O Lord; which art in heaven, and by thy great mercy defend us from all perils and hallowed be thy Name, dangers of this night; for the love of thy only Son, thy kingdom come, thy will be done, our Saviour, Jesus Christ. Amen. in earth as it is in heaven. THE BLESSING Bring us, O Lord God (1959)

Bring us, O Lord God, at our last awakening into ORGAN VOLUNTARY the house and gate of heaven, to enter into that gate and dwell in that house, where there shall be Fantaisie et Fugue sur le nom no darkness nor dazzling, but one equal light; de BACH Liszt arr. Guillou no noise nor silence, but on equal music; no fears nor hopes, but one equal possession; no ends nor beginnings, but one equal eternity, in the habitation of thy glory and dominion, world THIS EVENING’S MUSIC without end. Amen. Tonight’s setting of the by Words: (1572–1631) was commissioned by the Organists’ Music: William Harris (1883–1973) Association in memory of Brian Runnett, the Organist and Master of the Choristers at Norwich Cathedral, who was tragically killed in a car accident on his way THOUGHT FOR THE DAY home from giving an organ recital at Westminster The Dean of Chapel Abbey. Runnett’s memory can be keenly felt in this setting, particularly in the striking independence of the organ part throughout, which provides support to PRAYERS the voices above it whilst retaining its own rhythmic interest. Sir William Henry Harris, beloved cathedral organist HYMN NEH 373 (t. CP 466) COE FEN and teacher, established himself as a stalwart of 20th- How shall I sing that majesty century English music: he held the title of Professor which angels do admire? of Organ and Harmony at the Let dust in dust and silence lie; from 1921 to 1955, and became organist at St George’s sing, sing, ye heavenly choir. Chapel, Windsor, in 1933 – a position in which he Thousands of thousands stand around conducted the Coronation services of both 1937 and thy throne, O God most high; 1953. Harris’ faculties as a were perhaps ten thousand times ten thousand sound less celebrated, but his high-quality Anglican services, thy praise; but who am I? canticles and – and, of course, organ music – are still loved and heard daily in this country. Harris’ 1959 Thy brightness unto them appears, setting of John Donne’s blissfully radiant religious whilst I thy footsteps trace; poem Bring us, O Lord God is a comparatively late a sound of God comes to my ears, work. An expansive setting for double-choir in the but they behold thy face. burnished realm of D major, the imagery of Donne’s They sing because thou art their Sun; seventeenth-century text is brought to life by Harris’ Lord, send a beam on me; rich harmonic palette, which summons glorious for where heaven is but once begun visions of Heaven and continuously wills the listener there alleluyas be. toward a resplendent climax. Harris reserves the most mystical music for the concluding Amens and their How great a being, Lord, is thine, final cadence; the dreamlike arrival at the gates of which doth all beings keep! God’s own dominion. Thy knowledge is the only line to sound so vast a deep. Thou art a sea without a shore, THIS TERM’S CHARITIES a sun without a sphere; thy time is now and evermore, This term we will not be taking a regular collection, thy place is everywhere. but you might like to consider making a donation to one of the following charities: the Coronavirus Words: John Mason (c. 1645–94) Community Fund for Cambridgeshire or the Music: Ken Naylor (1931–91) CCLI Licence No. 808452 Cambridge COVID-19 Research Fund