Processional Hymn E24 : O God, my strength and fortitude

1.    PROCESSIONAL HYMN EMHB 24

1.    O God, my strength and fortitude,

In truth I will love Thee;

Thou art my castle and defence

In my necessity.

2.    When I, beset with pain and grief,

Prayed to my God for grace,

Forthwith my God heard my complaint

Out of His holy place.

3.    The Lord descended from above,

And bowed the heavens high,

And underneath His feet He cast

The darkness of the sky.

4.    On cherub and on cherubim

Full royally He rode:

And on the wings of all the winds

Came flying all abroad.

5.    He brought me forth in open place,

That so I might be free;

And kept me safe, because He had

A favour unto me.

6.    Unspotted are the ways of God,

His word is truly tried:

He is a sure defence to such

As in His ways abide.

Adesegun Akitoye

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Order of Opening Eucharistic Service

ORDER OF OPENING EUCHARISTIC SERVICE

CHIEF OFFICIANT – THE RT. REVD S. O. OGUNLERE

(BISHOP OF DIOCESE OF LAGOS WEST)

1.    Processional Hymn E24

2.    Declaration – Absolution (Minister)

3.    Praise and Worship

4.    The Ministry of the Word (Minister)

5.    Bible Readings        (i)   Exodus 14 : 8-22

(ii)  Philipians 3 : 1-14

(iii) Luke 9 : 57-62 (Minister)

6.    Hymn E485

7.    Sermon

8.    Nicene Creed and Prayer (Minister)

9.    Hymn E391

10. Communion Thanksgiving – Administration (Minister)

11. Concluding Communion Prayer (Minister)

12. Notices

13. Closing Hymn E718

14. Benediction (Minister)

15. Recessional Hymn E822

Adesegun Akitoye

http://spiritualhymnsong.blogspot.com

 

Raise the Psalm : Let earth adoring (Tune : Austria)

Recessional Hymn – EMHB 16 – Raise the Psalm – Tune: Austria

1.    Raise the psalm : let earth adoring

Through each kindred, tribe, and tongue,

To her God His praise restoring,

Raise the new accordant song,

Bless His name, each farthest nation;

Sing His praise, His truth display:

Tell anew His high salvation

With each new return of day.

2.    Tell it out beneath the heaven,

To each kindred, tribe, and tongue,

Tell it out from morn till even

In your unexhausted song:

Tell that God for ever reigneth,

He, who set the world so fast,

He, who still its state sustaineth

Till the day of doom to last.

3.    Tell them that the day is coming

When that righteous doom shall be:

Then shall heaven new joys illumine,

Gladness shine o’er earth and sea,

Yea, the far-resounding ocean

Shall its thousand voices raise,

All its waves in glad commotion

Chant the fullness of His praise.

4.    And earth’s fields, with herbs and flowers,

Shall put on their choice array,

And in all their leafy bowers

Shall the woods keep holy-day:

When the Judge, to earth descending,

Righteous judgement shall ordain,

Fraud and wrong shall then have ending,

Truth, immortal truth, shall reign. Amen.

 Adesegun Akitoye

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Come let us all unite and sing (Tune : Better World)

Closing Hymn : EMHB 22 – Come let us all unite and sing – Tune: Better World

1.    Come, let us all unite and sing-

God is love!

While heaven and earth their praises bring-

God is love!

Let every soul from sin awake,

Each in his heart sweet music make,

And sweetly sing for Jesu’s sake-

God is love!

2.    O tell to earth’s remotest bound-

God is love!

In Christ is full redemption found-

God is love!

His blood can cleanse our sins away;

His Spirit turns our night to day,

And leads our souls with joy to say-

God is love!

3.    How happy is our portion here-

God is love!

His promises our spirits cheer-

God is love!

He is our Sun and Shield by day,

By night He near our tents will stay,

He will be with us all the way.

God is love!

4.    In Zion we shall sing again-

God is love!

Yes, this shall be our highest strain-

God is love!

Whilst endless ages roll along,

In concert with the heavenly throng,

This shall be still our sweetest song-

God is love!

Adesegun Akitoye

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