GUILDFORD CATHEDRAL
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A SERVICE OF COMMEMORATION AND
COMMENDATION FOR THOSE WHO
SERVED ON THE HOME FRONT DURING THE
SECOND WORLD WAR
Sunday 5 March 2000
at 3.00pm
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SURREY
COUNTY COUNCIL
MUSIC BEFORE THE SERVICE
Surrey Army Cadet Force Band Directed by Bob Wilson
A Selection of Music from the 1940s
Other music provided by:
The Guildford Philharmonic Choir
Directed by Jeremy Backhouse
Guildford Cathedral
Stephen Farr
Organist and Master of the Choristers
BEFORE THE SERVICE
Members of the congregation are respectfully asked to be seated by
2.40 p.m. and to remain in their places until directed to move by one
of the stewards.
By 2.45 p.m. the Civic Dignitaries of the County, having assembled
in the Narthex, proceed to their places in the Nave.
At 2.48 p.m. the Chief Executive of Surrey County Council, Mr Paul
Coen, arrives at the Cathedral and is greeted in the Narthex by the
Sub Dean.
At 2.50 p.m. the Mayor and Mayoress of Guildford, Councillor Dr
Robert Blundell and Mrs Blundell, arrive at the Cathedral and are
met at the West Door by the Sub Dean.
At 2.53 p.m. the Chairman of Surrey County Council Mrs Heather
D. Hawker DL, is greeted in the Narthex by the Sub Dean.
At 2.54pm the High Sheriff of Surrey Mr. Peter Nutting and Mrs
Nutting arrive at the Cathedral and are met in the Narthex by the Sub
Dean.
At 2.55 p.m. the Lord-Lieutenant of Surrey, Mrs Sarah Goad and Mr
Goad, are met at the West Door of the Cathedral by the Sub Dean.
THE PROCESSION
Virger
Visiting Clergy
Canon Eric James
The Residentiary Canons
Virger
The Chief Executive of Guildford Borough Council and Mrs Watts
The Mayor of Guildford and Mrs Blundell
The Chief Executive of Surrey County Council
The Chairman of Surrey County Council
The High Sheriff of Surrey and Mrs Nutting
The Dean’s Virger
The Sub Dean
The Lord-Lieutenant of Surrey and Mr Goad
ORDER OF SERVICE
The Congregation is asked to stand as the Procession moves down the
Nave. When all are in their places the Hymn is sung.
HYMN
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Praise to the Lord, the Almighty, the
Praise to the Lord, who doth prosper
King of creation;
thy work and defend thee;
O my soul, praise him, for he is thy
- Surely his goodness and mercy shall
health and salvation:
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daily attend thee:
All ye who hear,
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Ponder anew
Now to his temple draw near,
What the Almighty can do,
joining in glad adoration.
If to the end he befriend thee.
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Praise to the Lord, who o’er all things
Praise to the Lord! O let all that is
so wondrously reigneth.
in me adore him!
Shieldeth thee gently from harm, or
All that hath life and breath, come
when fainting sustaineth:
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. now with praises before him!
Hast thou not seen
Let the Amen
How thy heart’s wishes have been
Sound from his people again:
Granted in what he ordaineth?
Gladly for ay we adore him.
Words: J Neander Tr. Catherine Winkworth Music: P Sohren’s edition of
Praxis pietatis melica, 1688
All please sit.
The Sub Dean welcomes the Congregation and reads the Bidding Prayer
The contribution of the Armed Forces and other uniformed organisations
to World War II has been clearly recognised. But many others gave up
their home lives, their personal freedom and their security to serve on the
Home Front. They included the Women’s Land Army and Timber Corps,
the miners and Bevin Boys who worked underground, the munitions and
industrial workers, and many other civilians whose homes and workplaces
were often the targets for enemy bombs. Some were volunteers, others
were conscripted. Their courage and quiet dedication kept this country
going through the darkest days of the war.
Those people and organisations were not formally recognised and thanked
by the nation at the time, and we owe it to them to put that omission right.
We are indeed grateful to them; many were then young; most of them are
now entering old age. They set aside their personal ambitions and plans
for the common good, and thereby set an example to our society. We now
look to the younger generation to take up the story and pass it on.
St Paul wrote: “Let each of you look not to your own interests, but to the
interests of others”. In gratitude to Almighty God for the past and in trust
for the future, let us pray together in the words our Saviour taught us:
All:
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 who trespass against us.
And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
For thine is the kingdom, the power and the glory,
for ever and ever.
Amen.
Please sit.
LOOKING BACK IN THANKSGIVING
Short reminiscences contributed by people who served on the Home Front
INTERLUDE
‘Amazing Grace’
Surrey Army Cadet Force Band
Solo piper from the Surrey Pipe Band
FIRST READING
read by Sir Richard Thornton KCVO OBE JP DL
Zechariah 8: 1-8
And the word of the Lord of hosts came to me, saying, “Thus says the
Lord of hosts: I am jealous for Zion with great jealousy, and I am jealous
for her with great wrath. Thus says the Lord: I will return to Zion, and
will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem, and Jerusalem shall be called the
faithful city, and the mountain of the Lord of hosts, the holy mountain.
Thus says the Lord of hosts: Old men and old women shall again sit in the
streets of Jerusalem, each with staff in hand for very age. And the streets
of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in its streets. Thus says
the Lord of hosts: If it is marvellous in the sight of the remnant of this
people in these days, should it also be marvellous in my sight, says the
Lord of hosts? Thus says the Lord of hosts: Behold, I will save my people
from the east country and from the west country; and I will bring them to
dwell in the midst of Jerusalem; and they shall be my people and I will be
their God, in faithfulness and righteousness.”
HYMN
4
Through all the changing scenes of life
.. In trouble and in joy,
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O make but trial of his love:
Experience will decide
The praises of my God shall still
, How blest are they, and only they,
My heart and tongue employ.
' 'Who in his truth confide.
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O magnify the Lord with me,
Fear him, ye saints, and you will then
With me exalt his name;
When in distress to him I called,
He to my rescue came.
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Have nothing else to fear;
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Make you his service your delight,
Your wants shall be his care.
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The hosts of God encamp around
To Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,
The dwellings of the just;
The God whom we adore,
Deliverance he affords to all
Who on his succour trust.
Words: N Tate and N Brady
Please sit.
“\Be glory, as it was, is now,
And shall be evermore.
Music: Sir G Smart, 1776-1867
SECOND READING
read by Mrs Heather D Hawker DL
Chairman of Surrey County Council
Philippians 2: 3-11
Do nothing from selfishness or conceit, but in humility count others better
than yourselves. Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but
also to the interests of others. Have this mind among yourselves, which
you have in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did not
count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied himself, taking
the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. And being found
in human form he humbled himself and became obedient unto death, even
death on a cross. Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on
him the name which is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every
knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every
tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
ANTHEM
I was glad when they said unto me: We will go into the house of the Lord.
Our feet shall stand in thy gates: O Jerusalem.
Jerusalem is builded as a city: that is at unity in itself.
O pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee.
Peace be within thy walls: and plenteousness within thy palaces.
Sir C.H.H. Parry (1848-1918)
LOOKING FORWARD IN HOPE
SERMON
Canon Eric James, D.D.
formerly Chaplain to HM The Queen
“Thou sufferedst men to ride over our heads: we went through fire
and water, and thou broughtest us out into a wealthy place”
(Psalm 66, versell)
HYMN
during which a Collection will be taken for Surrey Charities
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O Jesus, I have promised
O let me hear thee speaking
To serve thee to the end;
In accents clear and still,
Be thou for ever near me,
Above the storms of passion,
My Master and my Friend;
The murmurs of self-will;
I shall not fear the battle
O speak to reassure me,
To hasten or control;
. ) If thou art by my side,
Nor wander from the pathway
O speak, and make me listen,
If thou wilt be my guide.
Thou guardian of my soul.
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O let me feel thee near me:
O Jesus, thou hast promised
The world is ever near;
To all who follow thee,
I see the sights that dazzle,
That where thou art in glory
The tempting sounds I hear;
There shall thy servant be;
My foes are ever near me,
And, Jesus, I have promised
Around me and within;
To serve thee to the end:
But, Jesus, draw thou nearer,
O give me grace to follow,
And shield my soul from sin.
My Master and my Friend.
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.
Words: J. E. Bode
Please kneel or sit.
Music:
W H Ferguson
THE INTERCESSIONS
Let us give thanks to Almighty God for those who served on the Home
Front during the Second World War and pray that their example may
inspire us to meet the challenges of our own day.
For all who served on the Home Front, enduring danger, privation
and separation from those they loved:
All: We thank you, O Lord.
For men and women whose efforts in agriculture, industry and munitions
enabled the nation to survive, and to defeat the enemy:
All: We thank you, O Lord.
For the ambulance and fire services, for all who tended the wounded,
and for those who dealt with the worst effects of the bombing:
All: We thank you, O Lord.
For mothers, and all who cared for children, or who provided practical
and moral support for those engaged in the war effort:
All: We thank you, O Lord.
For those who prepared to defend our island against the invader:
All: We thank you, O Lord.
For all on the Home Front who experienced physical or mental
suffering as a consequence of the war, and who bore that suffering
courageously:
All: We thank you, O Lord.
Short silence
Give us, Lord, a strong attachment to freedom, honesty and truth,
that we may resist tyranny and uphold justice:
All: Lord, have mercy.
Enable us to take the part of those whose lives are blighted by war,
civil strife or terrorism, and help us to give them reason to hope for
better things:
All: Lord, have mercy.
Help us never to take for granted the labours of those who struggle to
produce our food, or who do tedious and sometimes dangerous
industrial jobs to supply our wants:
All: Lord, have mercy.
Teach us, and all the nations, to work together, that war and want may
become things of the past:
All: Lord, have mercy.
Inspire us by the example of those who served on the Home Front,
that we may live in a society where each looks to the needs of others
and seeks the common good.
All: Lord, have mercy.
Teach us, good Lord, to serve you as you deserve: to give and not to
count the cost; to fight and not to heed the wounds; to toil and not to
seek for rest; to labour and not to ask for any reward, save that of
knowing that we do your will, through Jesus Christ our Lord.
All: Amen.
Please stand.
HYMN
O thou who camest from above
The fire celestial to impart,
Kindle a flame of sacred love
On the mean altar of my heart.
There let it for thy glory burn
With inextinguishable blaze,
And trembling to its source return
In humble prayer and fervent praise.
Jesus, confirm my heart’s desire
To work and speak and think for thee;
Still let me guard the holy fire
And still stir up the gift in me.
Still let me prove thy perfect will,
My acts of faith and love repeat;
Till death thy endless mercies seal,
And make the sacrifice complete.
Words: C Wesley
Music: S.S. Wesley
Remain standing
THE ACT OF DEDICATION
Reader 1
Inspired by the example of those on the Home Front who kept
the flame of hope alive during the darkest days of the Second
World War let us re-dedicate our lives to the cause of freedom,
peace and mutual support.
Reader 2
Lord, make me an instrument of your peace —
where there is hatred, let me sow love;
where there is injury, pardon;
where there is doubt, faith;
where there is despair, hope;
where there is sadness, joy;
where there is darkness, light.
All
Grant that we may not seek so much to be consoled as to
console;
to be understood, as to understand;
to be loved, as to love;
for in giving, we receive,
in pardoning, we are pardoned,
and in dying we are born to eternal life. Amen.
HYMN
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3
All my hope on God is founded;
God’s great goodness aye
he doth still my trust renew.
endureth,
Me through change and chance he
deep his wisdom, passing thought:
guideth,
splendour, light, and life attend
only good and only true.
him,
God unknown,
beauty springeth out of naught.
he alone
Evermore
calls my heart to be his own.
from his store
new-born worlds rise and adore.
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Pride of man and earthly glory,
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sword and crown betray his trust;
Daily doth th’ Almighty giver
what with care and toil he
bounteous gifts on us bestow;
buildeth,
his desire our soul delighteth,
tower and temple, fall to dust.
pleasure leads us where we go.
But God’s power,
Love doth stand at his hand;
hour by hour,
joy doth wait on his command.
is my temple and my tower.
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Still from man to God eternal
sacrifice of praise be done,
high above all praises praising
for the gift of Christ his Son.
Christ doth call
one and all:
we who follow shall not fall.
Text: Robert Bridges (1844-1930)
Music: Herbert Howells (1892-1983)
Based on the German of J Neander (1650-80)
THE BLESSING
THE NATIONAL ANTHEM
(arr. Sir Edward Elgar)
God save our gracious Queen,
Long live our noble Queen,
God save the Queen.
Send her victorious,
Happy and glorious,
Long to reign over us:
God save the Queen.
O Lord our God, arise,
Scatter our enemies,
And make them fall;
Confound their politics,
Frustrate their knavish tricks;
On thee our hopes we fix:
God save us all.
Thy choicest gifts in store
On her be pleased to pour,
Long may she reign.
May she defend our laws,
And ever give us cause
To sing with heart and voice,
God save the Queen.
Members of the Congregation are asked to remain in their places
until the Procession has lefft.
Music after the Service:
Imperial March - Elgar
Acknowledgements
Surrey County Council wishes to express gratitude to the Dean and
Chapter of Guildford for permission to use the Cathedral on this occasion,
and to the Guildford Philharmonic Choir and the Surrey Army Cadet
Force Band for their support and participation in the service.
Hymns that are still within copyright are reproduced under CCLI Licence
No. 266692.