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Festival of Lessons and Carols

Sunday 21st December, 2014

www.robinchapel.org.uk



Organ music before the service: Somervell Shepherds' Cradle Song

WELCOME TO THE ROBIN CHAPEL. Whether you come as part of aChristian denomination or of none, all have a place within thesewalls where the love of God dwells.Every Sunday at 4.00pm the Chaplain and Choir of the Chapel sing achoral service. As part of the Chapel’s interdenominationalfoundation we have regular visiting preachers from across thevarious Christian churches. There is an invitation to all to join us inworship at the Robin Chapel.Full details of services and of other events can be found on theChapel website: www.robinchapel.org.ukAmong the carols in today’s service, we commemorate the 80 th anniversary of the birth of composer William Mathias (1934-1992).

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CHAPLAIN The Reverend Thomas Coupar

CHAIR OF THE THISTLE TRUST Julian Birchall

ORGANIST & DIRECTOR OF MUSIC Simon Niemiński

SUB ORGANIST

Jeremy CullTHE ROBIN CHAPEL CHOIR



O RDER OF S ERVICE Processional Hymn:

Once in royal David's cityStood a lowly cattle shed, Where a mother laid her BabyIn a manger for His bed:Mary was that mother mild,Jesus Christ her little Child.

He came down to earth from heaven, Who is God and Lord of all, And His shelter was a stable, And His cradle was a stall; With the poor, and mean, and lowly,Lived on earth our Saviour holy.

And through all His wondrous childhoodHe would honour and obey,Love and watch the lowly maiden,In whose gentle arms He lay:Christian children all must beMild, obedient, good as He.

For he is our childhood's pattern;Day by day, like us He grew;He was little, weak and helpless,

Tears and smiles like us He knew; And He feeleth for our sadness, And He shareth in our gladness.

And our eyes at last shall see Him, Through His own redeeming love;For that Child so dear and gentleIs our Lord in heaven above,

And He leads His children on To the place where He is gone.



Not in that poor lowly stable, With the oxen standing by, We shall see Him; but in heaven,Set at God's right hand on high;

Where like stars His children crowned All in white shall wait around.WORDS: CECILFRANCES ALEXANDER TUNE: IRBT (HENRY GAUNTKETT) DESCANT: STEPHEN CLEOBURY

Bidding Prayer:Beloved in Christ, be it this Christmas time our care and delight toprepare ourselves to hear again the message of the angels; in heart andmind to go even unto Bethlehem and see this thing which is come to

pass, and the Babe lying in a manger.Let us read and mark in Holy Scripture the tale of the loving purposes ofGod from the rst days of our disobedience unto the gloriousRedemption brought us by this Holy Child; and let us make this Chapelglad with our carols of praise:

But rst let us pray for the needs of his whole world; for peace andgoodwill over all the earth; for unity and brotherhood within the Church

he came to build, and especially in the dominions of our sovereign ladyQueen Elizabeth, within this City of Edinburgh, and in this Chapel: Andbecause this of all things would rejoice his heart, let us at this timeremember in his name the poor and the helpless, the cold, the hungryand the oppressed; the sick in body and in mind and them that mourn;the lonely and the unloved; the aged and the little children; all who knownot the Lord Jesus, or who love him not, or who by sin have grieved hisheart of love.

Lastly let us remember before God all those who rejoice with us, butupon another shore and in a greater light, that multitude which no mancan number, whose hope was in the Word made esh, and with whom, inthis Lord Jesus, we for evermore are one.

These prayers and praises let us humbly offer up to the throne ofheaven, in the words which Christ himself hath taught us:

Our Father, which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name, Thykingdom come, Thy will be done, in earth as it is in heaven. Give usthis day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, As we



forgive them that trespass against us. And lead us not intotemptation; But deliver us from evil. Amen

The Almighty God bless us with his grace: Christ give us the joys ofeverlasting life: and unto the fellowship of the citizens above may theKing of Angels bring us all. Amen.

Choir: Trad. arr. Stuart Nicholson Ding dong merrily on highDing dong merrily on high,In heav'n the bells are ringing:Ding dong! verily the sky Is riv'n with angel singing.Gloria, Hosanna in excelsis! E'en so here below, below,Let steeple bells be swungen,And "Io, io, io!"By priest and people sungen.Pray you, dutifully primeYour matin chime, ye ringers;May you beautifully rimeYour evetime song, ye singers.WORDS: TRADITIONAL

First Lesson: Genesis 3 In the BeginningRead by Neil Morrison OBE, TrusteeAnd they heard the voice of the Lord God walking in the garden in thecool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presenceof the Lord God amongst the trees of the garden. And the Lord Godcalled unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou? And he said, Iheard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and

I hid myself. And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hastthou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldestnot eat? And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me,she gave me of the tree, and I did eat. And the Lord God said unto thewoman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, Theserpent beguiled me, and I did eat. And the Lord God said unto theserpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle,and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dustshalt thou eat all the days of thy life: and I will put enmity between theeand the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy



Choir: Carl Rü tti Tomorrow shall be my dancing day

Tomorrow shall be my dancing day;I would my true love did so chanceto see the legend of my play,

to call my true love to my dance;Sing, oh! my love, oh! my love, my love, my love,This have I done for my true love. Then was I born of a virgin pure,Of her I took fleshly substanceThus was I knit to man's natureTo call my true love to my dance.In a manger laid, and wrapped I was -So very poor, this was my chanceBetwixt an ox and a silly poor ass,To call my true love to my dance.Tomorrow shall be my dancing day;I would my true love did so chanceto see the legend of my play,to call my true love to my dance;WORDS: TRADITIONAL

Hymn:O little town of Bethlehem,How still we see thee lie!

Above thy deep and dreamless sleep The silent stars go by. Yet in thy dark streets shineth The everlasting Light;

The hopes and fears of all the years Are met in thee tonight.

O morning stars together,Proclaim the holy birth,

And praises sing to God the King, And peace to men on earth!For Christ is born of Mary,

And gathered all above, While mortals sleep, the angels keep Their watch of wondering love.



Choir: How silently, how silently,The wondrous Gift is giv’n; So God imparts to human hearts

The blessings of His Heav’n. No ear may hear His coming,But in this world of sin,Where meek souls will receive Him still,The dear Christ enters in.

Where children pure and happyPray to the blessèd Child,

Where misery cries out to Thee,Son of the mother mild;

Where charity stands watching And faith holds wide the door, The dark night wakes, the glory breaks, And Christmas comes once more.

O holy Child of Bethlehem,Descend to us, we pray;

Cast out our sin, and enter in,Be born in us today. We hear the Christmas angels The great glad tidings tell;O come to us, abide with us,Our Lord Emmanuel!WORDS: PHILLIPS BROOKS TUNE: FOREST GREEN (TRAD. ENGLISH ARR. R. VAUGHAN WILLIAMS; VERSE 3: PHILIP LEDGER)DESCANT: THOMAS ARMSTRONG

Third Lesson: Luke 1 Hail Mary! Read by Gill Salvesen, Friend of The Robin ChapelAnd in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a cityof Galilee, named Nazareth, to a virgin espoused to a man whose name asJoseph, of the house of David; and the virgin’s name was Mary. And theangel came in unto her, and said, Hail, thou that art highly favoured, theLord is with thee: blessed art thou among women. And when she saw

him, she was troubled at his saying, and cast in her mind what mannerof salutation this should be. And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary:for thou hast found favour with God. And, behold, thou shalt conceive inthy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name Jesus. He shall



be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord Godshall give unto him the throne of his father David: and he shall reignover the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there shall be noend. Then said Mary unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not

a man? And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shallcome upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee:therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be calledthe Son of God. And Mary said, Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be itunto me according to thy word. And the angel departed from her.

Choir: Peter Wishart Alleluia! A new work is come on handAlleluya!A new work is come on handThrough might and grace of Godès sonTo save the lost of every land.For now is free that erst was bound.We may well sing Alleluya!Now is fulfilled the prophecyOf David and of JeremyAnd also of Isaiah.Sing we therefore both loud and highAlleluya!Alleluya, this sweetè songOut of a green branch it sprung;God send us the life that lasteth long.Now joy and bliss be him amongThat thus can sing Alleluya!WORDS: ANON. 15TH CENTURY

Fourth Lesson: Luke 2 A child is born Read by Gavin Bolus, Friend of the Robin ChapelAnd it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree fromCæsar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed. And all went to betaxed, every one into his own city. And Joseph also went up from Galilee,out of the city of Nazareth, into Judæa, unto the city of David, which iscalled Bethlehem; (because he was of the house and lineage of David:) Tobe taxed with Mary his espoused wife, being great with child. And so it

was, that, while they were there, the days were accomplished that sheshould be delivered. And she brought forth her rstborn son, andwrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; becausethere was no room for them in the inn.



Choir: Harold Darke In the bleak midwinterIn the bleak midwinter Frosty wind made moan,Earth stood hard as iron, water like a stone;Snow had fallen, snow on snow, snow on snow,

In the bleak midwinter, long ago.Our God, heaven cannot hold him, nor earth sustain;Heaven and earth hall flee away when he comes to reign;In the bleak midwinter a stable place sufficedThe Lord God almighty, Jesus Christ.

Enough for him, whom Cherubim Worship night and day,A breast full of milk and a manger full of hay.Enough for him, whom angels fall down before,,The ox and ass and camel which adore.

What can I give him, poor as I am?If I were a shepherd I would bring a lamb,If I were a wise man I would do my part,Yet what I can I give him — Give my heart.WORDS: CHRISTINA ROSSETTI

Hymn:

While shepherds watched their flocks by night, All seated on the ground, The angel of the Lord came down, And glory shone around.

Fear not, said he, for mighty dreadHad seized their troubled mind.Glad tidings of great joy I bring

To you and all mankind. To you, in David's town, this dayIs born of David's line

A Saviour, who is Christ the Lord, And this shall be the sign.

The heavenly Babe you there shall find To human view displayed, All meanly wrapped in swathing bands, And in a manger laid.



Thus spake the Seraph, and forthwith Appeared a shining throngOf angels praising God, who thus,

Addressed their joyful song.

All glory be to God on high, And on the earth be peace;Good will henceforth from heaven to menBegin and never cease!WORDS: NAHUM TATE TUNE: WINCHESTER OLD (ESTE’S PSALTER, 1592) DESCANT: ALAN GRAY

Fifth Lesson: Luke 2 The Shepherds Read by Diana Noel-Paton, Chief Executive, Thistle FoundationAnd there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the eld,keeping watch over their ock by night. And, lo, the angel of the Lordcame upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: andthey were sore afraid. And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for,behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which isChrist the Lord. And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall nd the babe

wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger. And suddenly therewas with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, andsaying, Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will towardmen. And it came to pass, as the angels were gone away from them intoheaven, the shepherds said one to another, Let us now go even untoBethlehem, and see this thing which is come to pass, which the Lordhath made known unto us. And they came with haste, and found Mary,and Joseph, and the babe lying in a manger.

Choir: Francis Poulenc O magnum mysteriumO great mystery, and wonderful sacrament, that animalsshould see the new-born Lord, lying in a manger! Blessed isthe Virgin whose womb was worthy to bear Christ the Lord.RESPONSORY AT MATINS ON CHRISTMAS DAY

Sixth Lesson: Matthew 2 The Wise MenRead by Elizabeth Cumming, Friend of The Robin Chapel Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judæa in the days of Herodthe king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem,saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his



star in the east, and are come to worship him. When Herod the king hadheard these things, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him. Andwhen he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the peopletogether, he demanded of them where Christ should be born. And they

said unto him, In Bethlehem of Judæa: for thus it is written by theprophet, And thou Bethlehem, in the land of Juda, art not the leastamong the princes of Juda: for out of thee shall come a Governor, thatshall rule my people Israel. Then Herod, when he had privily called thewise men, inquired of them diligently what time the star appeared. Andhe sent them to Bethlehem, and said, Go and search diligently for theyoung child; and when ye have found him, bring me word again, that Imay come and worship him also. When they had heard the king, they

departed; and lo, the star, which they saw in the east, went before them,till it came and stood over where the young child was. When they sawthe star, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy. And when they werecome into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother,and fell down, and worshipped him: and when they had opened theirtreasures, they presented unto him gifts; gold, and frankincense, andmyrrh. And being warned of God in a dream that they should not returnto Herod, they departed into their own country another way.

Choir: William Mathias (1934-1992) Sir Christèmas

Nowell, nowell.Who is there that singeth so, Nowell, nowell?I am here, Sir Christèmas.Welcome, my lord Sir Christèmas!Welcome to all, both more and less! Come near, come near.Nowell, nowell.

Dieu vous garde, beaux sieurs, tidings I you bring:A maid hath borne a child full young,Which causeth you to sing:Nowell, nowell.Christ is now born of a pure maid;In an ox-stall he is laid,Wherefore sing we at abrayde:Nowell, nowell.



Buvez bien, buvez bien par toute la compagnie.Make good cheer and be right merry,And sing with us now joyfully:Nowell, nowell.WORDS: ANON. (C. 1500)

¶ All stand

Seventh Lesson: John 1 LogosRead by The Chaplain In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and theWord was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things weremade by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.

In him was life; and the life was the light of men. And the light shinethin darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not. There was a mansent from God, whose name was John. The same came for a witness, tobear witness of the light, that all men through him might believe. Hewas not that light, but was sent to bear witness of that light. That wasthe true light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world. Hewas in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knewhim not. He came unto his own, and his own received him not. But as

many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons ofGod, even to them that believe on his name: who were born, not of blood,nor of the will of the esh, nor of the will of man, but of God. And theWord was made esh, and dwelt among us, and we beheld his glory, theglory as of the only-begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.

Hymn:O come, all ye faithful,

Joyful and triumphant,O come ye, O come ye to Bethlehem;Come and behold him,Born the King of angels:O come, let us adore him, Christ the Lord!

God of God,Light of Light,Lo, he abhors not the Virgin's womb;

Very God,Begotten, not created:



Child, for us sinnersPoor and in the manger,Fain we embrace thee with awe and love;

Who would not love thee,

Loving us so dearly?Sing, choirs of angels,Sing in exultation,Sing, all ye citizens of heaven above:“Glory to God In the highest:” WORDS: TR. F. OAKELEY, W.T. BROOKE AND OTHERS TUNE: ADESTE FIDELES (ATTRIB. J.F. WADE) DESCANT: PHILIP LEDGER

Collect for the Fourth Sunday in Advent:Lord, raise up, we pray thee, thy power, and come among us, and withgreat might comfort and support us; that whereas, through our sins andwickedness, we are sore let and hindered in running the race that is setbefore us, thy bountiful grace and mercy may speedily help and deliverus; through the satisfaction of thy Son our Lord, to whom, with thee andthe Holy Ghost, be honour and glory, world without end. Amen.

Collect for Christmas Day:Almighty God, who hast given us thy only begotten Son to take ournature upon him, and as at this time to be born of a pure virgin; Grantthat, as we are made thy children by adoption and grace, may we bedaily be renewed by thy Holy Spirit; through the same our Lord JesusChrist, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the same Spirit ever, oneGod, world without end. Amen.

Hymn:Hark the herald angels singGlory to the newborn King;Peace on earth and mercy mild,God and sinners reconciled:Joyful, all ye nations rise,Join the triumph of the skies,

With the angelic host proclaim,Christ is born in Bethlehem.Hark! the herald angels singGlory to the newborn King!"



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