Eskdale School 125th Jubilee Order of Service 1984

ESKDALE (PETANE) SCHOOL
1859 – 1984

JUBILEE
THANKSGIVING
SERVICE

ESKDALE CHURCH

SUNDAY, MAY 13th, 1984, 10.30am

CONDUCTED BY REV. R.D. FOSTER AND REV. J.R. SHALLCRASS
ADDRESS BY REV. L.P. FLORANCE
ORGANIST: MRS. H. RUDDENKLAU

CALL TO WORSHIP.

Leader: O magnify the Lord with me and let us exalt His name together.

Response: We will bless the Lord from his time forth and for evermore.

Leader: O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness.

Response: Holy, Holy, Holy is the Lord of Hosts, the whole earth is full of His glory.

INVOCATION.

HYMN.

O worship the King, all-glorious above,
O gratefully sing His Power and His Love
Our Shield and Defender, the Ancient of Days
Pavilioned in splendour girded with praise.

O tell of His might, O sing of His grace,
Whose robe is the light, Whose canopy space,
His chariots of wrath the deep thunderclouds form,
And dark is His path on the wings of the storm.

The earth, with its store of wonders untold.
Almighty, Thy power hath founded of old,
Hath established it fast by a changeless decree,
And round It hath cast, like a mantle, the sea.

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 distils in the dew and the rain.

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.

O measureless Might, ineffable Love,
While angels delight to hymn Thee above,
The humbler creation, though feeble their lays,
With true adoration shall lisp to Thy praise.

Amen

OLD TESTAMENT LESSON

Offering will be taken during following Hymn

Hymn

Guide me, O Thou great Jehovah,
Pilgrim through this barren land;
I am weak, but Thou art mighty;
Hold me with Thy powerful hand:
Bread of heaven.
Feed me till my want is o’er.

2   Open now the crystal fountain.
Whence the healing stream doth flow;
Let the fire and cloudy pillar
Lead me all my journey through:
Strong Deliverer,
Be Thou still my strength and shield.

3   When I tread the verge of Jordan,
Bid my anxious fears subside!
Death of death, and hell’s Destruction,
Land me safe on Canaan’s side!
Songs of praises
I will ever give to Thee.

Dedication of Offering.

NEW TESTAMENT LESSON

Hymn

NOW thank we all our God,
With heart and hands and voices,
Who wondrous things hath, done,
In whom His world rejoices,
Who, from our mothers’ arms,
Hath blessed us on our way
With countless gifts of love,
And still is ours to-day.

2   O may this bounteous God
Through all our life be near us,
With ever-joyful hearts
And blessed peace to cheer us,
And keep us in His grace,
And guide us when perplexed,
And free us from all ills
In this world and the next.

3   All praise and thanks to God
The Father now be given,
The Son, and Him who reigns
With Them in higher heaven,
The one, eternal God,
“Whom earth and heaven adore;
For thus it was, in now,
And shall be evermore.

ADRESS [ADDRESS] BY REV. L.P. Florance.

Hymn

Lord, dismiss us with Thy blessing,
Thanks for mercies past receive;
Pardon all, their faults confessing;
Time that’s lost may all retrieve;
May Thy children
Ne’er again Thy Spirit grieve.

2   Bless Thou all our days of leisure;
Help us selfish lures to flee;
Sanctify our every pleasure;
Pure and blameless may it be ;
May our gladness
Draw us evermore to Thee.

3   By Thy kindly influence cherish
All the good we here have gained;
May all taint of evil perish,
By Thy mightier power restrained;
Seek we ever
Knowledge pure and love unfeigned.

4   Let Thy Father- hand be shielding
All who here shall meet no more;
May their seed-time past be yielding
Year by year a richer store ;
Those returning
Make more faithful than before.

BENEDICTION