ADVENT CAROL SERVICE

Sunday 1st December, 2013

WELCOME TO THE ROBIN CHAPEL. Whether you come as

part of a Christian denomination or of none, all have a place
within these walls where the love of God dwells.
Every Sunday the Chaplain and Choir of the Chapel sing the
service of Choral Evensong, with Choral Eucharist being
celebrated on the first Sunday of every month. As part of the
Chapels interdenominational foundation we have regular
visiting preachers from across the various Christian churches.
There is an invitation to all to join us in worship at the Robin
Chapel.
Full details of services and of other events can be found on the
Chapel website: www.robinchapel.org.uk

Drawing used by courtesy of Professor John Hume, Scotlands Churches Scheme

THE ROBIN CHAPEL, EDINBURGH

THISTLE TRUST
www.robinchapel.org.uk
Chaplain
The Reverend Thomas Coupar
Chairman of the Thistle Trust
Julian Birchall
Organist & Director of Music
Simon Niemiski
Sub Organist
Jeremy Cull
Verger
Donna Dalgetty
The Robin Chapel Choir

CCL Licence & MRL Licence: 227071 ~ Scottish Charity SC003834

ORDER OF SERVICE
Antiphon: O Sapientia
O Wisdom, which camest out of the mouth of the Most High,
and reachest from one end to another, mightily and sweetly
ordering all things: Come and teach us the way of prudence.
PROCESSIONAL HYMN
O come, O come, Emmanuel
And ransom captive Israel
That mourns in lonely exile here
Until the Son of God appear
Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel
Shall come to thee, O Israel.
O come, Thou Rod of Jesse, free
Thine own from Satan's tyranny
From depths of hell thy people save
And give them victory o'er the grave
O come, thou Dayspring, come and cheer
Our spirits by thine advent here
Disperse the gloomy clouds of night
And death's dark shadows put to flight.
O come, thou Key of David, come,
And open wide our heavenly home;
Make safe the way that leads on high,
And close the path to misery.
O come, O come, thou Lord of might,
Who to thy tribes, on Sinai's height,
In ancient times didst give the Law,
In cloud, and majesty and awe.
Words: Advent Antiphons trans. J.M. Neale
Tune: Veni Emmanuel (adapted from a French Missal
by Thomas Helmore)

Beloved in Christ, as we await the great festival of Christmas let us

prepare ourselves so that we may be shown its true meaning. Let us hear,
in lessons from Holy Scripture, how the prophets of Israel foretold that
God would visit and redeem his waiting people. Let us rejoice, in our
carols and hymns, that the good purpose of God is being mightily
fulfilled. Let us celebrate the promise that our Lord and Saviour, Jesus
Christ, will bring all men and all things into the glory of God's eternal
kingdom. The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are
cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have
the Gospel preached to them.
But first, let us pray for the world which God so loves, for those who
have not heard the good news of God, or who do not believe it; for those
who walk in darkness and the shadow of death; and for the Church in
this place and everywhere, that it may be freed from all evil and fear, and
may in pure joy lift up the light and love of God. These prayers and
praises let us humbly offer to God, in the words which Christ himself
taught us:
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.
Exodus 2:23-3:6 Moses encounters the burning bush.
And it came to pass in process of time, that the king of Egypt died: and
the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried,
and their cry came up unto God by reason of the bondage. And God
heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham,
with Isaac, and with Jacob. And God looked upon the children of Israel,
and God had respect unto them. Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his
father in law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the backside of
the desert, and came to the mountain of God, even to Horeb. And the
angel of the LORD appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst
of a bush: and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the
bush was not consumed. And Moses said, I will now turn aside, and see

this great sight, why the bush is not burnt. And when the LORD saw that
he turned aside to see, God called unto him out of the midst of the bush,
and said, Moses, Moses. And he said, Here am I. And he said, Draw not
nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon
thou standest is holy ground. Moreover he said, I am the God of thy
father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And
Moses hid his face; for he was afraid to look upon God.
Antiphon: O Adonai
O Adonai, and Leader of the house of Israel, who appearest in
the bush to Moses in a flame of fire, and gavest him the Law in
Sinai: Come and deliver us with an outstretched arm.
HYMN:
Come, Thou long-expected Jesus,
Born to set Thy people free;
From our fears and sins release us,
Let us find our rest in Thee.
Israels Strength and Consolation,
Hope of all the earth Thou art;
Dear Desire of every nation,
Joy of every longing heart.
Born Thy people to deliver;
Born a child and yet a King,
Born to reign in us for ever,
Now Thy gracious kingdom bring.
By Thine own eternal Spirit
Rule in all our hearts alone;
By Thine all-sufficient merit,
Raise us to Thy glorious throne.
Words: Charles Wesley
Tune: Cross of Jesus (John Stainer)

Isaiah 11: 1-4, 10 Gods Spirit upon him who is to come from the root of Jesse.
And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch
shall grow out of his roots: And the spirit of the LORD shall rest upon
him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and
might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD; And shall
make him of quick understanding in the fear of the LORD: and he shall
not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of
his ears: But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove
with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with
the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the
wicked. And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand
for an ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek: and his rest shall
be glorious.
Antiphon: O Radix Jesse
O Root of Jesse, which standest for an ensign of the people, at
whom kings shall shut their mouths, to whom the Gentiles shall
seek: Come and deliver us, and tarry not.
Anthem: Virga Jesse
The rod of Jesse hath blossomed: a Virgin hath brought forth
God and man: God hath restored peace, reconciling in Himself
the lowest with the highest. Alleluia.
Music: Anton Bruckner

Isaiah 22:20-24 David's key is laid upon Jesus' shoulder.

And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will call my servant Eliakim
the son of Hilkiah: And I will clothe him with thy robe, and strengthen
him with thy girdle, and I will commit thy government into his hand:
and he shall be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to the house
of Judah. And the key of the house of David will I lay upon his shoulder;
so he shall open, and none shall shut; and he shall shut, and none shall
open. And I will fasten him as a nail in a sure place; and he shall be for a
glorious throne to his father's house. And they shall hang upon him all
the glory of his father's house, the offspring and the issue, all vessels of
small quantity, from the vessels of cups, even to all the vessels of flagons.

Antiphon: O Clavis David

O Key of David, and Sceptre of the house of Israel; that openest,
and no man shutteth, and shuttest, and no man openeth: Come
and bring the prisoner out of the prison-house, and him that
sitteth in darkness and the shadow of death.
HYMN:
The people that in darkness sat
a glorious light have seen;
the Light has shined on them who long
in shades of death have been.
To hail thee, Sun of Righteousness,
the gathering nations come,
their joy when the reapers bear
their harvest treasures home.
For unto us a Child is born,
to us a Son is given;
and on his shoulder ever rests
all power in earth and heaven.
His name shall be the Prince of Peace
the everlasting Lord,
the Wonderful, the Counsellor,
the God by all adored.
His righteous government and power
shall over all extend;
on judgment and on justice based,
his reign shall have no end.
Lord Jesus, reign in us, we pray,
and make us thine alone,
who with the Father ever art
and Holy Spirit One.
Words: Isaiah 9:2- (Scottish Paraphrases, 7 17)
Tune: Dundee (Scottish Psalter, 7675)

Antiphon: O Oriens
O Radiant Dawn, splendour of eternal light, sun of justice:
come, shine on those who dwell in darkness and the shadow of
death. Isaiah had prophesied, The people who walked in
darkness have seen a great light; upon those who dwelt in the
land of gloom a light has shown.
Music: James Macmillan

Isaiah 41:25, 42:1-7 The announcement of Gods Servant and his work to come.
I have raised up one from the north, and he shall come: from the rising of
the sun shall he call upon my name: and he shall come upon princes as
upon morter, and as the potter treadeth clay. Behold my servant, whom I
uphold; mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth; I have put my spirit
upon him: he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles. He shall not cry,
nor lift up, nor cause his voice to be heard in the street. A bruised reed
shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench: he shall
bring forth judgment unto truth. He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till
he have set judgment in the earth: and the isles shall wait for his law.
Thus saith God the LORD, he that created the heavens, and stretched
them out; he that spread forth the earth, and that which cometh out of it;
he that giveth breath unto the people upon it, and spirit to them that
walk therein: I the LORD have called thee in righteousness, and will hold
thine hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the
people, for a light of the Gentiles; To open the blind eyes, to bring out the
prisoners from the prison, and them that sit in darkness out of the prison
house.
Antiphon: O Rex Gentium
O King of the Nations, and their desire; the Corner-stone, who
makest both one: Come and save mankind, whom thou
formedst of clay.
Isaiah 62: 1-5 The assurance of the Son of God's love, under all difficulties.
For Zion's sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem's sake I will
not rest, until the righteousness thereof go forth as brightness, and the
salvation thereof as a lamp that burneth. And the Gentiles shall see thy
righteousness, and all kings thy glory: and thou shalt be called by a new
name, which the mouth of the LORD shall name. Thou shalt also be a

crown of glory in the hand of the LORD, and a royal diadem in the hand
of thy God. Thou shalt no more be termed Forsaken; neither shall thy
land any more be termed Desolate: but thou shalt be called Hephzibah,
and thy land Beulah: for the LORD delighteth in thee, and thy land shall
be married. For as a young man marrieth a virgin, so shall thy sons
marry thee: and as the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, so shall thy
God rejoice over thee.
Antiphon: O Emmanuel.
O Emmanuel, our King and Lawgiver, hope of all nations, and
their Saviour: Come and save us, O Lord our God.
Music: John Stainer

Antiphon: O Virgo virginum

O Virgin of virgins, how shall this be? For neither before thee
was any like thee, nor shall there be after. Daughters of
Jerusalem, why marvel ye at me? The thing which ye behold is a
divine mystery.
Isaiah 7:1-4, 10-14 A call for faith and the sign of Immanuel
And it came to pass in the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham, the son of
Uzziah, king of Judah, that Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of
Remaliah, king of Israel, went up toward Jerusalem to war against it, but
could not prevail against it. And it was told the house of David, saying,
Syria is confederate with Ephraim. And his heart was moved, and the
heart of his people, as the trees of the wood are moved with the wind.
Then said the LORD unto Isaiah, Go forth now to meet Ahaz, thou, and
Shearjashub thy son, at the end of the conduit of the upper pool in the
highway of the fuller's field; And say unto him, Take heed, and be quiet;
fear not, neither be fainthearted for the two tails of these smoking
firebrands, for the fierce anger of Rezin with Syria, and of the son of
Remaliah. Moreover the LORD spake again unto Ahaz, saying, Ask thee
a sign of the LORD thy God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height
above. But Ahaz said, I will not ask, neither will I tempt the LORD. And
he said, Hear ye now, O house of David; Is it a small thing for you to
weary men, but will ye weary my God also? Therefore the Lord himself
shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and
shall call his name Immanuel.

Anthem: Ave Maria

Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee; blessed art thou
amongst women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.
Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the
hour of our death. Amen.
Music: Peter Philips

HYMN:
Lo! he comes with clouds descending,
Once for favoured sinners slain;
Thousand thousand saints attending
Swell the triumph of his train:
Alleluya!
God appears, on earth to reign.
Every eye shall now behold him
Robed in dreadful majesty;
Those who set at nought and sold him,
Pierced and nailed him to the tree,
Deeply wailing
Shall the true Messiah see.
Those dear tokens of his passion
Still his dazzling body bears,
Cause of endless exultation
To his ransomed worshippers:
Alleluya!
See! the day of God appears.
Yea, Amen! let all adore thee,
High on thine eternal throne;
Saviour, take the power and glory:
Claim the kingdom for thine own:
O come quickly
Alleluya!
Come, Lord, come!
Words: Charles Wesley
Tune: Helmsley (noted by T. Olivers)

Collect for Advent:

Almighty God, give us grace that we may cast away the works of
darkness, and put upon us the armour of light, now in the time of this
mortal life in which thy Son Jesus Christ came to visit us in great
humility; that in the last day, when he shall come again in his glorious
majesty to judge both the quick and the dead, we may rise to the life
immortal; through him who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy
Ghost, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
Blessing:
Christ the Sun of Righteousness shine upon you and scatter the darkness
from before your path. And the blessing of God almighty, the Father, the
Son, and the Holy Spirit, be among you, and remain with you always.
Amen.
Organ voluntary:

MUSIC AT SERVICES DURING DECEMBER:

8th December, 4.30pm
Tallis Audivi vocem de caelo
Wood O Thou, the central orb
15th December, 4.30pm
Amner Cesars Service
Gibbons This is the record of John
From 22nd December, chapel services move to 4.00pm.
22nd December, 4.00pm
Christmas Carol Service
29th December, 4.00pm
arr. Wood Ding dong! Merrily on high
arr. Willcocks The Cherry Tree Carol

THE ROBIN CHAPEL

www.robinchapel.org.uk
Chaplain
chaplain@robinchapel.org.uk
07814 588904
Organist & Director of Music
organist@robinchapel.org.uk

THE ROBIN CHAPEL, EDINBURGH

THISTLE TRUST
CCL Licence & MRL Licence: 227071
Scottish Charity SC003834

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