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Above: Landscape with the Parable of the Sower, by Pieter Brueghel the Elder
Image in the Public Domain
Hymn Source = The Presbyterian Book of Praise (1915), Presbyterian Church in Canada, via hymnary.org
Text by Robert Murray (1832-1915)
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1. Sow the seed beside all waters,
North and south and east and west,
That our toiling sons and daughters
In the harvest may be blest.
Tell the tidings of salvation
‘Mid the storms of Labrador;
Speak the word of consolation
By the lone Pacific shore.
2. Where the forests old are falling,
Yielding place to lawn and lea;
Where the fisher plies his calling
‘Mid the perils of the sea;
Where the tide of commerce rushes
Through the city’s crowded street,
And unpitying mammon crushes
Poor and weak beneath his feet.
3. Where our brothers, sowing, reaping,
Delving for the hidden ore,
Now with joy and now with weeping,
Labor to increase their store;
Where the stranger wanders lonely
In the homeless wilderness,
Tell of Jesus, Jesus only,
Who alone can save and bless.
4. Tell how tenderly He careth
For the weary and oppressed,
How their burdens all He beareth,
As He leads them to His rest;
Tell that He, the Lord from heaven,
Died for all and lives again,
All through Him may be forgiven,
All with Him in glory reign.
5. Tell His love beyond all telling,
Seeking, following those who flee,
Love rebellious hearts compelling
To His service glad and free.
Thus a precious harvest gather,
North and south and east and west,
To the glory of the Father,
Son and Spirit ever blest.
Above: The Flag of Canada, 1868-1921
Image in the Public Domain
Hymn Source = Hymnal of the Presbyterian Church in Canada (1880)
Text by Robert Murray (1832-1910)
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1. Thou, Lord, art our life and the length of our days:
Our voices to Thee in thanksgiving we raise;
Our shield and our buckler, our refuge and tower,
We trust in Thy faithfulness, mercy, and power.
2. We thank Thee, we praise Thee, for sunshine and rain,
For calm and for tempest, for pleasure and pain;
Thy love and Thy wisdom our tongues shall employ,
In light and in darkness, in sorrow and joy.
3. The summer and autumn, the winter and spring,
To Thee shall their tribute of gratitude bring;
The sea and its fullness, the earth and the air,
And tell of Thy goodness, Thy glory declare.
4. We thank Thee, we praise Thee, for beauty and youth,
For justice and freedom, for honour and truth;
For the wealth of the ocean, the forest and field,
And all the rewards that our industries yield.
5. We thank Thee, we praise Thee, for plenty and peace,
For Thy full-flowing bounty that never doth cease,
For the Church and the Sabbath, the Home and the School,
For a land in which mercy and righteousness rule.
6. We thank Thee and praise Thee, our Father above,
For all the dear tokens of kindness and love
Thou sendest to greet us, as day follows day,
To lighten our burdens and gladden our way.
7. We thank Thee for life with its blessings so free,
And for the glad hope which we have, Lord, in Thee,
That Thou wilt receive us in peace to Thy rest,
To serve Thee on high with the saved and the blest.
Above: St. Catherine’s Episcopal Church, Marietta, Georgia, May 17, 2015
Image Source = Bill Monk, Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta
Hymn Source = Hymnal of the Presbyterian Church in Canada (1880)
Text by Robert Murray (1832-1910)
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1. Jesus, Lord, we humbly pray,
Take our gifts on this Thy day:
Gladly, gratefully, we give,
Of Thy grace do Thou receive:
With our store we worship Thee,
As we seek Thy favour free.
2. In the hollow of Thy hand
Is the wealth of sea and land;
All Thou grantest us to own
Appertains to Thee alone;
Claim, then claim, our earthly store
And ourselves for evermore!
3. In our wealth and poverty
With glad hearts we bow to Thee;
Thine we are in life, in death;
Thine from birth to latest breath;
Ransomed children, we shall be
Thine to all eternity.
4. Though our gifts be poor and small,
Thou dost welcome one and all;
Widow’s mite or water cup,
To our Lord when lifted up,
Is as precious in Thine eyes
As the costliest sacrifice.
5. Jesus, we our vows will pay
In Thy house on this Thy day;
And Thy service be our joy,
And Thy work our hands employ
Till we hear the sweet “Well done”
From Thy Glorious Judgment Throne.
Above: St. Catherine’s Episcopal Church, Marietta, Georgia, May 17, 2015
Image Source = Bill Monk, Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta
Hymn Source = Hymnal of the Presbyterian Church in Canada (1880)
Text by Robert Murray (1832-1910)
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1. Our blessed bond of union,
Thou art, O Christ, our Lord!
The rule of our communion
Is thine own faithful word.
Thou art our Elder Brother,
Who, to redeem us, died;
To Thee, and to none other,
Our souls do we confide.
2. Thy peace in us abounding,
Thy presence ever sure,
Thy light our path surrounding,
Thy strength to us secure.
Beneath Thy banner glorious,
Clad in Thy armour true,
We shall march on victorious,
And all our foes subdue.
3. Saviour, most true and gracious,
Thy Spirit now impart,
And let Thy love most precious
Possess and fill each heart.
We grasp Thy promise given,
We set before our eyes
One faith, one hope, one heaven,
One battle and one prize.
Above: Episcopal Church of the Ascension, Cartersville, Georgia, May 10, 2015
Image Source = Bill Monk, Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta
Hymn Source = The Hymnal of the Evangelical and Reformed Church (1941)
Text (1880) by Robert Murray (1832-1910)
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1. Lord, Thou lovest the cheerful giver,
Who with open heart and hand
Blesses freely, as a river
That refreshes all the land;
Grant us, then, the grace of giving
With a spirit large and free,
That our life and all our living
We may consecrate to Thee.
2. Thine own life Thou freely gavest
As an offering on the cross
For all sinners whom Thou savest
From eternal shame and loss.
Blest by Thee with gifts and graces,
May we heed Thy Church’s call,
Gladly in all times and places
Give to Thee, who givest all.
3. Saviour, Thou hast freely given
All the blessings we enjoy,
Earthly store and bread of heaven,
Love and peace without alloy;
Humbly now we bow before Thee,
And our all to Thee resign;
For the kingdom, power, and glory
Are, O Lord, forever Thine.
Above: Canada and Newfoundland, 1945
Image Source = Hammond’s New Era Atlas of the World (1945)
Scan by Kenneth Randolph Taylor
Hymn Source = The Hymnary of The United Church of Canada (1930)
Text (1880) by Robert Murray (1832-1910)
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1. From ocean unto ocean
Our land shall own Thee, Lord,
And, filled with true devotion,
Obey Thy sovereign word;
Our prairies and our mountains,
Forest and fertile field,
Our rivers, lakes, and fountains
To Thee shall tribute yield.
2. O Christ, for Thine own glory,
And for our country’s weal,
We humbly plead before Thee,
Thyself in us reveal;
And may we know, Lord Jesus,
The touch of Thy dear hand,
And, healed of our diseases,
The tempter’s power withstand.
3. Where error smites with blindness,
Enslaves and leads astray,
Do Thou in loving-kindness
Proclaim Thy gospel day,
Till all the tribes and races
That dwell in this fair land,
Adorned with Christian graces,
Within Thy courts shall stand.
4. Our Saviour King, defend us,
And guide where we should go,
Forth with Thy message send us,
Thy love and light to show,
Till, fired with true devotion
Enkindled by Thy word,
From ocean unto ocean,
Our land shall own Thee, Lord.
Above: Flag of Canada, 1868-1921
Image in the Public Domain
Hymn Source = The Hymnary of The United Church of Canada (1930)
Text by Robert Murray (1832-1910)
A verse of “God Save Our Gracious King/Queen” in Canada
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Our beloved Dominion bless
With peace and happiness
From shore to shore;
And let our Empire be
United, loyal, free
True to herself and Thee
For evermore.
GATHERED PRAYERS 
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