|
We
incorporate the remembrance service into our normal Sunday service. It is at
this time that we remember those who have lost their lives in the wars not
only in this country but also around the world.
This
is done to commemorate the end of the second world war, but unfortunately some
parts of this world are still at war.
Let
us pray for world peace.
Flanders'Fields
by John McCrae
In Flanders' fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place: and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders' fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe;
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high,
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders' fields
|
|
|
Midi now playing is:
Danny Boy
Remembrance Day Hymn
To-day we pay
our homage to the fallen,
To those who died on land and sea and skies,
The brave who fought to free the world from thralldom,
With fires of faith, bright- burning in their eyes.
So many souls with sorrow still are weeping,
So many hearts left bleeding still by war,
And yet the truth could set their spirits leaping;
If they could only see, their souls would weep no more.
Beside the grave and cenotaph are standing
The lonely hearted, longing for relief,
O farther, shed the light of understanding
Upon their eyes, and wash away their grief
Lord let them see the smiles for which their yearning,
O let them hear the voices they adore,
The dead who die not! Back in love returning,
Lord open thou their eyes that they may weep no more.
There,
Jew and Gentile, Briton, German, pole,
Stand hand in hand, their differences forgiven,
At God's intent, united now in soul,
O let their love pervade throughout all nations,
Inspiring minds with light from that bright shore,
Till all Mankind shall see their revelations,
Lord, open thou men's hearts that war shall be no more.
words by Laura Hatton
Sung to the tune of Danny Boy