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HOOGLANDSE KERK

CHORAL EVENSONG

Sunday 12 May 2013

Sunday after Ascension Day

1900

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THE BAVOCANTORIJ

is conducted by

FONS ZIEKMAN

The organ

is played by

TON VAN ECK

AD ALBLAS

Preacher

We welcome you to this historic church in the heart of Leiden. There has been a place of

Christian worship here since 1314. Our aim here is to offer beauty in stone and song to God, the

giver of all beauty and goodness. Based on the services held daily in the medieval Church,

evensong as arranged in the Book of Common Prayer of the Anglican Church has been sung

since the sixteenth century. Much of the service is sung by the choir on our behalf and our

participation is by our meditation and our prayers. However, we invite you to join in the singing

of the hymns and in those parts of the service which are said together. As words and music

come together and enrich each other, our senses and intellects, our hearts and minds are drawn

closer to God.

Bijzonder Kerkenwerk Leiden

Leidse Binnenstadsgemeente

You are kindly requested to switch off your mobile telephone.

Front page: Great Seal of the Collegiate Chapter of St Pancras Church (Hooglandse kerk )

(15th century, collection Leiden City Archives).

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ORGAN VOLUNTARY

INTROIT

Almighty and everlasting God, mercifully look upon our infirmities, and in all our dangers and

necessities stretch forth thy right hand to help and defend us, through Christ our Lord. Amen.

Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625)

All stand as the Choir and Ministers enter.

HYMN – NEH 446

Verses 1 and 3: choir. All other verses: congregation.

(1). Sing Alleluya forth ye saints on high,

And let the Church on earth make glad

reply:

To Christ the King, sing Alleluya!

(2). To him who is both Word of God and

Son,

Who, out of love, our nature did put on:


(3). To him who, bom of Mary, shared our

life,

And in our manhood triumphed in the strife:


(4). To him who did for all our sins atone,

In naked majesty on Calvary's throne:


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(5). To him who rose victorious from the

dead,

And reigns on high, his people's Lord and

Head:


(6). To him who sent the Holy Spirit's grace,

To bear the Father's love to every race:


(7). To him, the universal Saviour, now

Let every knee in adoration bow:


OPENING SENTENCES

Said by preacher

THE PRECES

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.

Richard Lloyd (b. 1933)

All sit.

PSALM 119 vs. 1-16

Beati immaculati

Blessed are those that are undefiled in the way : and walk in the law of the Lord.

Blessed are they that keep his testimonies : and seek him with their whole heart.

For they who do no wickedness : walk in his ways.

Thou hast charged : that we shall diligently keep thy commandments.

O that my ways were made so direct : that I might keep thy statutes!

So shall I not be confounded : while I have respect unto all thy commandments.

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I will thank thee with an unfeigned heart : when I shall have learned the judgements

of thy righteousness.

I will keep thy ceremonies : O forsake me not utterly.

In quo corriget?

Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way : even by ruling himself after thy word.

With my whole heart have I sought thee : O let me not go wrong out of thy commandments.

Thy words have I hid within my heart : that I should not sin against thee.

Blessed art thou, O Lord : O teach me thy statutes.

With my lips have I been telling : of all the judgements of thy mouth.

I have had as great delight in the way of thy testimonies : as in all manner of riches.

I will talk of thy commandments : and have respect unto thy ways.

My delight shall be in thy statutes : and I will not forget thy word.

All stand.

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 by J. Turle (1802-1882)

All sit.

THE FIRST LESSON

Isaiah 55: 1-3, 6-7

MAGNIFICAT

My soul doth magnify the Lord and my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour.

For he hath regarded the lowliness of his handmaiden.

For behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed.

For he that is mighty hath magnified me.

And holy is his Name.

And his mercy is on them that fear him throughout all generations.

He hath shewed strength with his arm.

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He hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.

He hath put down the mighty from their seat and hath exalted the humble and meek.

He hath filled the hungry with good things.

And the rich he hath sent empty away.

He remembering his mercy hath holpen his servant Israel.

As he promised to our forefathers, Abraham and his seed for ever.

All stand.

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.

Sir Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924) in G, op. 81

All sit.

THE SECOND LESSON

Acts of the Apostles 17:22-28

NUNC DIMITTIS

Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace according to thy word.

For mine eyes have seen thy 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.

All stand.

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.

C.V. Stanford in G, op. 81

THE APOSTLES’ CREED

Preacher: Now let us confess our faith.

All say: I believe in God, the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth;

and in Jesus Christ his only Son, our Lord; who was conceived by the Holy

Ghost, born of the virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified,

dead, and buried; he descended into hell; the third day he rose again from the

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dead; he ascended into heaven, and sitteth on the right hand of God the Father

Almighty; from thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead.

I believe in the Holy Ghost; the holy catholic church; the communion of saints;

the forgiveness of sins; the resurrection of the body; and the life everlasting.

Amen.

HYMN – NEH 486


(1). We have a gospel to proclaim,

Good news for men in all the earth,

The gospel of a Saviour’s name:

We sing His glory, tell His worth.

(2). Tell of His birth at Bethlehem,

Not in a royal house or hall,

But in a stable dark and dim:

The Word made flesh, a light for all.

(3). Tell of His death at Calvary,

Hated by those He came to save,

In lonely suffering on the cross:

For all He loved, His life He gave.

(4). Tell of that glorious Easter morn,

Empty the tomb, for He was free:

He broke the power of death and hell

That we might share His victory.

(5). Tell of His reign at God’s right hand,

By all creation glorified:

He sends His Spirit on His Church,

To live for Him, the Lamb who died.

(6). Now we rejoice to name Him King:

Jesus is Lord of all the earth.

This gospel message we proclaim;

We sing His glory, tell His worth.

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All sit.

THE SERMON

“Verdwenen om gevonden te worden”

All stand.

HYMN – NEH 476


(1). Ye servants of God, your Master

proclaim,

And publish abroad his wonderful name:

The name all-victorious of Jesus extol:

His kingdom is glorious, and rules over all,

(2). God ruleth on high, almighty to save;

And still he is nigh, his presence we have:

The great congregation his triumph shall

sing,

Ascribing salvation to Jesus our King.

(3). Salvation to God who sits on the throne!

Let all cry aloud, and honour the Son:

The praises of Jesus the angels proclaim,

Fall down on their faces, and worship the

Lamb.

(4). Then let us adore, and give him his

right:

All glory and power, all wisdom and might,

All honour and blessing, with angels above,

And thanks never-ceasing, and infinite love.

All sit.

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THE LESSER LITANY, THE LORDS’ PRAYER, AND THE RESPONSES

The Lord be with you.

And with thy spirit.

Let us pray.

Lord, have mercy upon us.

Christ, have mercy upon us.

Lord, have mercy upon us.

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, on

earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we

forgive those that trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.

Amen.

O Lord, shew thy mercy upon us.

And grant us thy salvation.

O Lord, save the Queen.

And mercifully hear us when we call upon thee.

Endue thy ministers with righteousness.

And make thy chosen people joyful.

O Lord, save thy people.

And bless thine inheritance.

Give peace in our time, O Lord.

Because there is none other that fighteth for us, but only thou, O God.

O God, make clean our hearts within us.

And take not thy Holy Spirit from us.

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COLLECT OF THE DAY

O God the King of glory, who hast exalted thine only Son Jesus Christ with great triumph unto

thy kingdom in heaven; We beseech thee, leave us not comfortless; but send to us thine Holy

Ghost to comfort us, and exalt us unto the same place whither our Saviour Christ is gone before,

who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost, one God, world without end. Amen.

COLLECT FOR PEACE

O God, from whom all holy desires, all good counsels, and all just works do proceed; give unto

thy servants that peace which the world cannot give; that both, our hearts may be set to obey thy

commandments, and also that by thee, we, being defended from the fear of our enemies, may

pass our time in rest and quietness; through the merits of Jesus Christ our Saviour. Amen.

COLLECT FOR AID AGAINST ALL PERILS

Lighten our darkness, we beseech thee, O Lord; and by thy great mercy defend us from all

perils and dangers of this night; for the love of thy only Son, our Saviour, Jesus Christ. Amen.

R. Lloyd

THE ANTHEM

Insanae et vanae curae invadunt mentes

nostras. Saepe furore replent corda, privata

spe. Quid prodest O mortalis conari pro

mundanis, si coelos negligas. Sunt fausta tibi

cuncta, si Deus est pro te.

Dwaze en zinloze zorgen overrompelen onze

geest. Vaak overladen zij met waanzinnige

drift ons hart, dat dan van elke hoop beroofd

wordt. Ach sterveling, welke zin heeft het te

streven naar wereldse schatten, als je de

hemel vergeet. Alles is voor jou gunstig als

God maar met jou is.

Joseph Haydn (1892-1983)

SAID PRAYERS

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All stand.

HYMN – NEH 134


(1). The head that once was crowned with thorns

Is crowned with glory now:

A royal diadem adorns

The mighty victor's brow.

(2). The highest place that heaven affords

Is his, is his by right,

The King of kings and Lord of lords,

And heaven's eternal light;

(3). The joy of all who dwell above,

The joy of all below,

To whom he manifests his love,

And grants his name to know.

(4). To them the cross, with all its shame.

With all its grace is given:

Their name an everlasting name,

Their joy the joy of heaven.

(5). They suffer with their Lord below,

They reign with him above,

Their profit and their joy to know

The mystery of his love.

(6). The cross he bore is life and health,

Though shame and death to him;

His people's hope, his people's wealth,

Their everlasting theme.

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THE BLESSING

Please remain standing as the Choir and Ministers depart.

ORGAN VOLUNTARY

You are invited to be seated for the playing of the Organ Voluntary, or to leave at this

point without disturbing those who wish to listen.

Ascension, English manuscript, 14th century.

There is a collection at the exit of the church. We are grateful for your generous giving.

The next service of evensong will be on 16 June 2013 at 19.00 hrs. This service will be sung

by the Leidse Cantorij, conducted by Hans Brons. The organ will be played by Theo

Visser.

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