Photo – Yesterday exactly 800 years ago, the foundation stones of the beautiful building of Salisbury Cathedral were laid.
Be Thou My Vision – St. Columba’s Church, Drumcliffe
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Congregational Hymn ‘Be Thou My Vision’ – (8th Century) which was sang during a service for Peace and Reconciliation at St. Cloumba’s Church Drumcliffe, Co. Sligo. In attendance was TRH The Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall, Former President of Ireland Mary McAlesse, British Ambassador to Ireland Dominick Chilcott amongst others. The choir included students from; from Sligo Grammar School, Ursuline College, Mercy College, Summerhill College, Sligo & Grange VEC Schools. 20th May 2015.
The Day Thou Gavest Lord Is Ended
The Choir of the Abbey School, Tewkesbury sing Rev Clement Cotterill Scholefield’s beautiful hymn The day Thou gavest Lord is ended.
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The day thou gavest, Lord, is ended,
the darkness falls at thy behest;
to thee our morning hymns ascended,
thy praise shall sanctify our rest.
We thank thee that thy Church, unsleeping
while earth rolls onward into light,
through all the world her watch is keeping
and rests not now by day nor night.
As o’er each continent and island
the dawn leads on another day,
the voice of prayer is never silent,
nor dies the strain of praise away.
The sun that bids us rest is waking
our brethren ‘neath the western sky,
and hour by hour fresh lips are making
thy wondrous doings heard on high.
So be it, Lord; thy throne shall never,
like earth’s proud empires, pass away;
thy kingdom stands, and grows for ever,
till all thy creatures own thy sway.
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