Prayers & Hymns

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Eternal God – Creator of All – I Firmly believe – that I am now – in Thy presence – I adore – Thy divine majesty – and I ask of thee – to enlighten my mind – that I may know thee – above all things – any my neighbour – as myself for love of Thee.
Amen ......

O – God – we thank thee for the love and care
that make us good
And for the pleasure of eating
Tasty Food

O –God – Infinite wisdom and the source of all knowledge grant that we may remember – what we have learned. We offer you our work, endeavours – our failures and successes. Forgive us our shortcomings and give us the courage – to- follow always the path of truth. O Lord, keep us safe along the way.

1
O Lord make us instruments of thy peace.
Teach us to show love where there is hatred
to pardon where there is injury bring faith where
There is doubt, light where there is darkness,
Hope where there is despair and happiness to all in misery.

2
Be thou within, me lord,
To purify me, above me to draw me up,
beneath me to sustain me,
behind me to restrain me,
round about me to protect me.

3
Where the mind is without fear
And the head is held high;
Where knowledge is free;
Where the world has not been broken up
into fragments by narrow domestic walls;
Where words come out from the depth of truth;
Where tireless striving stretches its arm towards perfection.
Where the clear stream of reason
has not lost its way into the
dreary desert sand of dead habits;
Where the mind is led forward by thee
into ever widening thought and action
Into the Heaven of Freedom my Father
Let my country awake.

4
Blessed are the poor in the spirits,
for theirs is the kingdom of heaven
Blessed are they that mourn
for they shall be comforted
Blessed are the meek,
for they shall inherit the earth
Blessed are they that hunger and thirst
after righteousness, for they shall be filled
Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.
Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.

5
Our father in heaven
Holy be your name
Your kingdom come your will be done
On earth as in heaven
Give us today our daily bread
And forgive us our sins
As we forgive those who sin against us
Do not bring us to test
But deliver us from evil.
Amen ......

1
O God, our help in ages past.
Our hope for years to come
Our shelter form the stormy blast’
And our eternal home.

2
Under the shadow of thy thron
The saints have dwelt secure
Sufficient is thine arm aldone
And our defence is sure.

3
Before the hills in order stood
Or earth received her frame.
From everlasting thou art God.
To endless years the same.

4
A thousand ages is thy sight
Are like an everything gone
Short as the watch that ends the night
Before the rising sun.

5
Time like an ever rolling stream
Bears all its sons away;
They fly forgotten, as a dream
Dies as the opening day.

6
O God, our help in ages
Our hope for years to come.
Be thou our guard while thoubleslast.
An our eternal home.

There shall be showers of blessing
This is the promise of love
There shall be seasons refreshing
Sent from the saviour above.

CHORUS
Showers of blessing, showers of blessing we need
mercy drops round us are falling
But for the showers we plead.
There shall be showers of blessing
If we but trust and obey
There shall be seasons refreshing
When we let him has his way.