A SERVICE OF THANKSGIVING

for those whose names are
recorded in

THE MEMORIAL BOOK
FOR THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN LOST AT SEA
AND FOR WHOM THERE IS NO KNOWN GRAVE

Thursday 11th October 2007
12 noon

ALL HALLOWS BY THE TOWER
BYWARD STREET, LONDON EC3R 5BJ
A Christian Beacon on Tower Hill since 675 AD

Music before the Service

Intrada - John Ireland
Intermezzo (Psalm Sketches) - Percy Whitlock
Fantasia on British Sea Songs - arr. Jonathan Melling

Music after the Service

Tuba Tune - Norman Cocker

Hymns reproduced in accordance with CCLI Licence 557772

The Team at All Hallows

Vicar: The Rev’d Bertrand Olivier
Hon. Deacon: The Rev’d James Rosenthal
Director of Music: Prof. Jonathan Melling, FRCO, FLCM, ARCM
Parish Clerk and Verger: Terry Barber
Assistant Verger: Richard Allshorn
Vicar’s Assistant: Angie Poppitt
Curator and Education Officer: Helen Elletson
Church Wardens: Peter Forbes, Ken Marshall

Parish Office: 020 7481 2928
E-mail: parish@ahbtt.org.uk
www.ahbtt.org.uk

All stand:

Hymn

Dear Lord and Father of mankind
Forgive our foolish ways!
Re-clothe us in our rightful mind,
In purer lives thy service find,
In deeper reverence praise,
In deeper reverence praise.

In simple trust like theirs who heard,
Beside the Syrian sea,
The gracious calling of the Lord,
Let us, like them without a word
Rise up and follow thee,
Rise up and follow thee.

O Sabbath rest by Galilee!
O calm of hills above,
Where Jesus knelt to share with thee
The silence of eternity,
Interpreted by love!
Interpreted by love!

Drop thy still dews of quietness,
Till all our strivings cease;
Take from our souls the strain and stress,
And let our ordered lives confess
The beauty of thy peace,
The beauty of thy peace.

Breathe through the heats of our desire
Thy coolness and thy balm;
Let sense be dumb, let flesh retire;
Speak through the earthquake, wind and fire,
O still small voice of calm!
O still small voice of calm!

John Whittier, 1807-1892

The Welcome

We meet here today to give thanks to God for the lives of those lost at
sea. We remember with affection all those who have no grave but the sea.
We pray for their families and friends. We pledge ourselves to work for
greater safety in all seafaring and to support all who work to save and
preserve human life. We thank God for the work of the British Maritime
Charitable Foundation and for all who have given so generously of their
time and effort in founding the Record Book kept within this church. We
keep silence and thank God for his creation and many blessings.

The Reading

Matthew 5: 1-12 "The Beatitudes"

Read by The Countess Mountbatten of Burma CBE CD DL
Hon. President

All stand

Hymn

Glorious things of thee are spoken,
Sion, city of our God;
He whose word cannot be broken
Formed thee for his own abode:
On the Rock of Ages founded,
What can shake thy sure repose?
With salvation’s walls surrounded,
Thou may’st smile at all thy foes.

See, the streams of living waters,
Springing from eternal love,
Well supply thy sons and daughters,
And all fear of want remove:
Who can faint, while such a river
Ever flows their thirst to assuage?
Grace, which like the Lord the giver,
Never fails from age to age. 5
Saviour, if of Sion’s city
I through grace a member am,
Let the world deride or pity,
I will glory in thy name:
Fading is the worldling’s pleasure,
All his boasted pomp and show;
Solid joys and lasting treasure
None but Sion’s children know.

words: John Newton (1725-1807)
tune: ABBOTS LEIGH - Cyril Taylor b1907

The Prayers

Conducted by John Holland CBE JP DL
Chairman of the Maritime Volunteer Service

A Prayer for the Departed

A Prayer for Seafarers

A Prayer for the Work of The British Maritime Charitable Foundation
and the Maritime Volunteer Service

A Reflection

Led by The Rev'd Canon Bill Christianson,
Secretary General, The Mission to Seafarers

to be followed by a short Organ Meditation - music tbc

The Lord’s Prayer

The Grace

A procession forms and moves to the Mariner’s Chapel
during the singing of the following hymn

Hymn

Thine be the glory, risen, conquering Son
Endless is the victory thou o'er death hast won;
Angels in bright raiment rolled the stone away,
Kept the folded grave-clothes where thy body lay.

Thine be the glory, risen, conquering Son,
Endless is the victory thou o'er death hast won.

Lo, Jesus meets us, risen from the tomb;
Lovingly he greets us, scatters fear and gloom;
Let the Church with gladness hymns of triumph sing,
For her Lord now liveth, death hath lost its sting:

No more we doubt thee, glorious Prince of Life;
Life is nought without thee: aid us in our strife;
Make us more than conquerors through thy deathless love;
Bring us safe through Jordan to thy home above:

words: Edmund Budry, 1854-1932
tr. Richard Hoyle, 1875-1939
tune: Maccabeus

The Act Of Commemoration

We give thanks for all those whose names are recorded in this Memorial
Book. We keep their memory alive in our hearts and minds, and pledge
to work for a more peaceful world. Amen

A sheaf of flowers is laid by the Memorial Book

The procession returns to the nave

During the following hymn there will be a collection for the work of
The British Maritime Charitable Foundation and the
Maritime Volunteer Service.

All stand

Hymn

Eternal Father, strong to save,
Whose arm doth bind the restless wave,
Who bidd’st the mighty ocean deep
Its own appointed limits keep;
O hear us when we cry to thee
For those in peril on the sea.

O Saviour, whose almighty word
The winds and waves submissive heard,
Who walkedst on the foaming deep,
And calm amid its rage didst sleep:
O hear us when we cry to thee
For those in peril on the sea.

O sacred Spirit, who didst brood
Upon the chaos dark and rude,
Who bad’st its angry tumult cease,
And gavest light and life and peace
O hear us when we cry to thee
For those in peril on the sea.

O Trinity of love and power,
Our brethren shield in danger’s hour;
From rock and tempest, fire and foe,
Protect them whereso’er they go:
And ever let there rise to thee
Glad hymns of praise from land and sea

William Whiting 1825-1878

The Blessing

You are requested to sign the Visitor’s Book which will be at the North
Porch entrance at the Church

The Service next year will be on 16th October 2008

“For those in peril on the Sea”

Over the centuries in both peace and war many men, women and children have
died at sea. Most have no known grave or permanent memorial of their passing.

The Memorial Book provides without regard to creed or nationality, a memorial
to loved ones who have died at sea so tragically and, where possible, records the
circumstances.

If you have a relative or friend who died in such circumstances, however long
ago, and you would like to enter his or her name in the Memorial Book, please
ask for an entry form. If there are any difficulties in completing the form our
historian will be pleased to help.

A Thanksgiving Service is held each year for the families to commemorate those
whose names have been entered in the Memorial Book. Each year details of the
Service are announced in the press and invitations are sent to the families and
friends of those who have been entered in the Memorial Book.

The Memorial Book is kept in the Mariners’ Chapel of All Hallows Church on
Tower Hill near the Pool of London. This is the central church of Toc H and has
long been connected with the sea.

A charge of £45 is made for placing each name in the Memorial Book. A hand-
drawn facsimile extract of the entry, suitable for mounting and framing is also
provided. Any surplus arising after costs have been met will be used by the
Maritime Foundation for education and training equipment to
reduce accidents and loss of life at sea.

Maritime Foundation
202 Lambeth Road, London SE1 7JW Telephone: 020 7928 8100

Hon. President
The Countess Mountbatten of Burma CBE CD JP DL

Chairman of Trustees
Lord Strathcona and Mount Royal

Secretary
Anthony Harvey