XIV-THE LORD'S PRAYER (IN UNISON)-

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 debts as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen.

THANKSGIVING SERVICE

I-SONG (ALL STANDING)—

Lyons

F.J. Haydn (1732-1809)

Oh, worship the King, all-glo-rious above, Oh, grate-ful-ly

sing His pow'r and His love; Our Shield and De- fender, the

2. Oh, tell of his might, oh, sing of his praise
Whose robe is the light, whose canopy, space.
His chariots of wrath the deep thunder-clouds form
And dark is his path on the wings of the storm.

3. Thy bountiful care what tongue can recite?
It breathes in the air, it shines in the light.
It streams from the hills, it descends to the plain,
And sweetly distills in the dew and the rain.

4. Frail children of dust and feeble as frail
In Thee do we trust nor find Thee to fail.
Thy mercies how tender! how firm to the end!
Our Maker, Defender, Redeemer and Friend!

5. Oh, measureless Might, ineffable Love!
While angels delight to hymn Thee above,
The humbler creature though feeble their lays
With true adoration shall sing to thy praise.

-R. GRANT (1833)

II-A CALL TO PRAISE (ALL STANDING AND READING TOGETHER) — Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all ye lands. Serve the Lord with gladness: come before his presence with singing. Know ye that the Lord he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people and the sheep of his pasture. Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise; be thankful unto him and bless his name. For the Lord is good: his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endureth to all generations.

III-A SONG OF PRAISE (ALL STANDING) —

IV-COLLECT (ALL SEATED, WITH BOWED HEADS, ALL REPEATING TOGETHER)

Almighty God, Father of all mercies, we, thine unworthy servants, do give thee most humble and hearty thanks for all thy goodness and loving kindness to us and to all men. We bless thee for our creation, preservation, and all the blessings of this life; but above all, for thine inestimable love in the redemption of the world by our Lord Jesus Christ; for the means of grace, and for the hope of glory. And, we beseech thee, give us that due sense of all thy mercies, that our hearts may be unfeignedly thankful; and that we show forth thy praise, not only with our lips, but in our lives, by giving up ourselves to thy service, and by walking before thee in holiness and righteousness all our days; through Jesus Christ our Lord, to whom with thee and the Holy Ghost, be all honour and glory, world without end.

Amen.

V-SONG RESPONSE (ALL SEATED)—

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Tune, Heathlands"

For the wonder of each hour,

Of the day and of the night.
Hill and vale, and tree and flower,
Sun and moon, and stars of light.
Christ our God, to Thee we raise

This our hymn of grateful praise.

VI-RESPONSIVE READING (ALL SEATED)—

Oh come, let us sing unto the Lord:

-F. S. PIERPOINT

Let us make a joyful noise to the Rock of our Salvation.

Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving,

And make a joyful noise unto him with Psalms.

For the Lord is a great God,

And a great King above all gods.

In his hands are the deep places of the earth :

The strength of the hills is his also.

The sea is his, and he made it :

And his hands formed the dry land.

Oh come, let us worship and bow down

Let us kneel before the Lord our maker.

Bless the Lord, O my soul,

And all that is within me, bless his holy name.

Bless the Lord, O my soul,

And forget not all his benefits;

Who forgiveth all thine iniquities;

Who healeth all thy diseases;

Who redeemeth thy life from destruction;

Who crowneth thee with loving kindness and tender mercies;

Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things;

So that thy youth is renewed like the eagle's.
The Lord executeth righteousness.

And judgment for all that are oppressed.
He made known his ways unto Moses,
His acts unto the children of Israel.
The Lord is merciful and gracious.
Slow to anger and plenteous in mercy.
He hath not dealt with us after our sins.
Nor rewarded us according to our iniquities.
For as the heaven is high above the earth,

So great is his mercy toward them that fear him.

As far as the east is from the west,

So far hath he removed our transgressions from us.

Like as a father pitieth his children,

So the Lord pitieth them that fear him.

For he knoweth our frame;

He remembereth that we are dust.

As for man, his days are as grass,

As a flower of the field so he flourisheth;
For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone.

And the place thereof shall know it no more.

But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him,

And his righteousness unto children's children.

To such as keep his covenant,

And to those who remember his commandments to do them.