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Today’s hymn sung

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Today’s hymn sung by St Martins in the Fields is: O God our help in ages past

O God our help in ages past

sung by the Choral Scholars of St Martin-in-the-Fields

1 O God, our help in ages past,

our hope for years to come,

our shelter from the stormy blast,

and our eternal home;

2 Under the shadow of thy throne

thy saints have dwelt secure;

sufficient is thine arm alone,

and our defence is sure.

3 Before the hills in order stood,

or earth received her frame,

from everlasting thou art God,

to endless years the same.

4 A thousand ages in thy sight

are like an evening gone;

short as the watch that ends the night

before the rising sun.

5 Time, like an ever-rolling stream,

bears all its sons away;

they fly forgotten, as a dream

dies at the opening day.

6 O God, our help in ages past,

our hope for years to come,

be thou our guard while troubles last,

and our eternal home.

Isaac Watts (1674-1748)

(Public Domain)

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Today’s hymn sung by St Martins in the Fields is: O Worship the King

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Today’s hymn sung by St Martins in the Fields is:

For all the saints

sung by the Choral Scholars of St Martin-in-the-Fields

1 For all the saints who from their labours rest,

who thee by faith before the world confessed,

Thy name, O Jesu, be for ever blest:

Alleluia, alleluia!

2 Thou wast their rock, their fortress and their might;

thou, Lord, their captain in the well-fought fight;

thou in the darkness still their one true light:

Alleluia, alleluia!

3 O blest communion, fellowship divine.

we feebly struggle, they in glory shine;

yet all are one in thee, for all are thine:

Alleluia, alleluia!

4 But lo, there breaks a yet more glorious day:

the saints triumphant rise in bright array;

the King of Glory passes on his way!

Alleluia, alleluia!

5 From earth's wide bounds, from ocean's farthest coast,

through gates of pearl streams in the countless host,

singing to Father, Son and Holy Ghost:

Alleluia, alleluia!

William W How (1823-1897)

(CCLI 90590) 

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Today’s hymn sung

1 O Jesus, I have promised

to serve thee to the end;

be thou for ever near me,

my Master and my Friend:

I shall not fear the battle

if thou art by my side,

nor wander from the pathway

if thou wilt be my guide.

2 O let me hear thee speaking

in accents clear and still,

above the storms of passion,

the murmurs of self-will;

O speak to reassure me,

to hasten or control;

O speak, and make me listen,

thou guardian of my soul.

3 O Jesus, thou hast promised

to all who follow thee,

that where thou art in glory

there shall thy servant be;

and, Jesus, I have promised

to serve thee to the end:

O give me grace to follow,

my Master and my Friend.

4 O let me see thy foot-marks,

and in them plant mine own;

my hope to follow duly

is in thy strength alone:

O guide me, call me, draw me,

uphold me to the end;

and then in heaven receive me,

my Saviour and my Friend.

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Today’s hymn sung by St Martins in the Fields is: The King of Love my Shepherd is:

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Image: The Starry Night, by Vincent van Gogh

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Today’s hymn sung by St Martins in the Fields is: We plough the fields and scatter.

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Image: Jesus clears the traders from the Temple by James Tissot

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Today’s hymn sung by St Martins in the Fields is: Alleluia, Sing to Jesus

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Image: Jonah. From an 11th century Russian Manuscript, the Menologion of Basil.

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Today’s hymn sung by St Martins in the Fields is: God of Grace and God of Glory

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Image: Detail from "The Unforgiving Servant" by Jan van Hemmessen.

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Today’s hymn sung by St Martins in the Fields is: Dear Lord and Father of mankind.

Dear Lord and Father of mankind

sung by St Martin’s Voices

1 Dear Lord and Father of mankind,

forgive our foolish ways;

re-clothe us in our rightful mind;

in purer lives thy service find,

in deeper reverence, praise.

2 In simple trust like theirs who heard

beside the Syrian sea

the gracious calling of the Lord,

let us, like them, without a word

rise up and follow thee.

3 Drop thy still dews of quietness,

till all our strivings cease;

take from our souls the strain and stress,

and let our ordered lives confess

the beauty of thy peace.

4 Breathe through the heats of our desire

thy coolness and thy balm;

let sense be dumb, let flesh retire;

speak through the earthquake, wind and fire,

O still small voice of calm.

John Greenleaf Whittier (1807-1892)