Forde, Matthew Lawrence Walter Service Sheet 2005

MATTHEW LAWRENCE WALTER FORDE

(MATT)

1926 – 2005

In Loving Memory Of

MATTHEW LAWRENCE WALTER FORDE

(MATT)

28TH APRIL 2005 – AGED 78 YEARS,

SERVICE HELD AT ST MATTHEW’S ANGLICAN CHURCH
HASTINGS ON WEDNESDAY MAY 4TH 2005 AT 10.30 A.M.
FOLLOWED BY INTERMENT AT THE
CROWNTHORPE CEMETERY AT 3.00 P.M.

OFFICIATING:
The Rev’d Graeme Pilgrim

ORGANIST:
Ngaire Anderson

FUNERAL DIRECTOR:
Brent Jones

INVITATION:
The Family of Matt sincerely thank you all for being here today and warmly invite you to share refreshments and fellowship in the Church Hall following this Service.

You are also invited to sign the tribute card in the foyer to record your presence here today.

HYMN:

IMMORTAL, INVISIBLE, GOD ONLY WISE

Immortal, invisible, God only wise,
In light inaccessible hid from our eyes,
Most blessed, most glorious, the Ancient of Days,
Almighty, victorious, Thy great Name we praise.

Unresting, unhasting, and silent as light,
Nor wanting, nor wasting, Thou rulest in might;
Thy justice like mountains high soaring above,
Thy clouds which are fountains of goodness and love.

To all life Thou givest – to both great and small;
In all life Thou livest, the true life of all;
We blossom and flourish as leaves on a tree,
And wither and perish – but naught changeth Thee.

Great Father of glory, pure Father of light,
Thine angels adore Thee, all veiling their sight;
All laud we would render; O help us to see:
‘Tis only the splendour of light hideth Thee.

HYMN:   THE KING OF LOVE MY SHEPHERD Is

The King of love my Shepherd is,
Whose goodness faileth never;
I nothing lack if I am His
And He is mine for ever.

Where streams of living water flow
My ransomed soul He leadeth,
And where the verdant pastures grow
With food celestial feedeth.

Perverse and foolish oft I strayed,
But yet in love He sought me,
And on His shoulder gently laid,
And home rejoicing brought me.

In death’s dark vale I fear no ill
With Thee, dear Lord, beside me;
Thy rod and staff my comfort still,
Thy Cross before to guide me.

Thou spread’st a table in my sight;
Thy unction grace bestoweth;
And O what transport of delight
From Thy pure chalice floweth!

And so through all the length of days
Thy goodness faileth never:
Good Shepherd, may I sing Thy praise
Within Thy house for ever!

THE LORD’S PRAYER:

Our Father, which art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done, in earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive them that 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.

HYMN:

AND DID THOSE FEET IN ANCIENT TIME (Jerusalem)

And did those feet in ancient time
Walk upon England’s mountains green?
And was the holy Lamb of God
On England’s pleasant pastures seen?
And did the countenance divine
Shine forth upon our clouded hills?
And was Jerusalem builded here
Among those dark satanic mills?

Bring me my bow of burning gold!
Bring me my arrows of desire!
Bring me my spear! O clouds, unfold!
Bring me my Chariot of fire!
I will not cease from mental fight,
Nor shall my sword sleep in my hand,
Till we have built Jerusalem
In England’s green and pleasant land.

Photograph courtesy Hawke’s Bay Today

Tong & Peryer
FUNERAL DIRECTORS
F.D.A.N.Z. Cnr St Aubyn & King Streets, Hastings,
Ph 878-5149
Serving Hastings, Havelock North and Districts