Sunday, August 31, 2014

Music for the Service of August 31, 2014



From: Richard
Sent: Saturday, August 30, 2014 5:24 PM
The opening hymn, Hymn No. 477 “Ye Servants of God, Your Master Proclaim,” is one of the many hymns authored by Charles Wesley (1707-1788).  He wrote this one in 1744.  It is sung to the tune HANOVER in the Presbyterian Hymnal.  We sang the hymn on August 18 last year.

Here it is sung by the Mount Ensemble Male Voice Choir:

http://youtu.be/fawNNvEyQIQ  “Ye Servants of God, Your Master Proclaim,”  sung by the Mout Ensemble Male Voice Choir.  The choir is made up of men who live in and near St. Thomas Mount, a village on “a small hillock in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.”  They sing in Tamil as well as English.

The tune, HANOVER, was written by William Croft (1678-1727) in 1708.  He was educated at the Chapel Royal, which is not under the Archbishop of Canterbury of the Church of England.  It is instead part of the Ecclesiastical Household of the monarch.  In 1707, William Croft became the “Master of the Children” of the Royal Chapel.  He also composed some music for the funeral of Queen Anne in 1714 and for the coronation of King George I in 1715.


Croft also wrote the tune ST. ANNE, to which we sing “O God, Our Help in Ages Past, Our Hope for Years to Come.”


Hymn No. 427  “Lord, Whose Love Through Humble Service”

About 1961, the Hymn Society of America called for new hymns written on the topic of “social welfare.”  The text of this hymn was the response of Alfred  F. Bayly (b. September 6, 1901, Bexhill on Sea, Sussex, England; d. July 26, 1984, Chichester, Sussex, England) to that call.  He served both Congregational and United Reform churches in England.

This relatively new hymn is often sung to the tune BEACH SPRING, but in our hymnal it is to be sung to a Welsh melody, BLAENHAFREN.

We know the tune from “We Are Living, We Are Dwelling, In a Grand and Awful Time.”

                http://youtu.be/Fkfj3rz_1As?t=2m4s “Lord, Whose Love Through Humble Service,” sung to BLAENHAFREN

You can hear a nice descant for this tune here:



Closing hymn, Hymn No. 552 “Give Thanks, O Christian People”

The first record I have of this hymn being sung by the Old South Haven congregation was at the Peacemaking Sunday service of 04 Oct 1992.  I didn’t get to sing it myself though, as I was marching in the Long Island AIDS Walk, as were Elders Mike Loftus and John Deitz.

The text was written by Mary Jackson Cathey (b. 1926) in 1984.  She attended Union Seminary, but not the UTS in the City of NY.  She attended Union Seminary – Presbyterian School of Christian Education.  An elder of Old South Haven, now retired, also graduated from Union Seminary, Richmond.
Mary Jackson Cathey

The tune is ES FLOG EIN KLEINS WALDVÖGELEIN.  We sang Rusty Edwards’s hymn, “We All Are One in Mission,” to that tune on July 20.  The tune dates from the 17th century, and was harmonized by George Ratcliffe Woodward in 1904.

This German folk tune is often used with the hymns “Hail to the Lord’s Anointed” and “O Day of Rest and Gladness.”

It sounds great in German accompanied by a guitar:

                http://youtu.be/jxnE3iQAvU4 ES FLOG EIN KLEINS WALDVÖGELEIN, sung in German, with guitar


Instrumental Music

Prelude: “Kyrie Eleison”  by Charles Gounod

   http://youtu.be/iYg_-4Lem6E “Kyrie Eleison,” Charles Gounod (sung by the Taipei Men’s Choir)

This piece was also heard on July 20.


Offertory: “Andantino” by Louis James Alfred Lefébure-Wély (13 Nov 1817 – 31 Dec 1869)

                http://youtu.be/OP9RsINEKA8  “Andantino” by Louis J. A. Lefébure-Wély, played by Prof. John Van Pier

From Wikipedia:

Louis James Alfred Lefébure-Wély played a major role in the development of the French symphonic organ style and was closely associated with the organ builder Aristide Cavaillé-Coll, inaugurating many new Cavaillé-Coll organs.

His playing was virtuosic, and as a performer he was rated above eminent contemporaries including César Franck.  His compositions however, were less substantial than those of Franck and others.



Postlude:  “Reverie Religieuse” by Frederick Scotson Clark (b. London, 16 Nov 1840; d. Marylebone, London, 05 Jul 1883), and English organist and composer.  He composed music for the harmonium, the organ, and the piano.

http://youtu.be/lFHN8SyApFY  “Reverie Religieuse” by Frederick Scotson Clark played on a reed organ

Before the church was moved, the music was provided on a reed organ on a choir platform to the right of the pulpit.  That reed organ, I think, is now in Darcy Corral-Stevens barn.

Frederick Scotson Clark was born in London of Irish parents.  At age 14, he was appointed organist of the Regent-Square Church.  He studied at the Royal Academy of Music in London.  He also attended Exeter College, Oxford, from which he received a Baccalaureate degree in Music in 1807.   At Exeter College, Oxford, he served as organist, scholar, and exhibitioner.  He was ordained in 1869.

At the Paris Exposition in 1878, Clark represented English organists and received a gold medal.

In the rather snobbish biography prepared by William Barclay Squire for the Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, Vol. 10, we find:

Clark was a voluminous writer of slight pieces for the organ, harmonium, and piano; his talents were considerable, but as a musician he lacked profundity, and his compositions courted popularity with the uneducated majority rather than the esteem of the educated few. He was a brilliant extempore player, and his memory was remarkable.

Well, I rather like “Reverie Religieuse,” despite what Mr. Squire thought of F. S. Clark’s abilities.

Clark was not happily married, perhaps because he didn’t get along well with his mother-in-law:

Frederick Scotson Clark, a clerk in holy orders, of No.8, Sackville Street Piccadilly, London, was summoned for unlawfully assaulting Mrs Matilda Brown, his mother-in-law, at her residence, No.3, Stanford Road, Preston-ville*, on the 7th inst. Mr J W Howlett, appeared on behalf of Mrs Brown; Mr W H Herbert representing the Rev Scotson Clark.

Clark married Catherine Eliza Brown, the daughter of Mrs. Matilda Brown.

The union did not prove a happy one, and steps were taken to bring about a divorce. By an order of the Divorce Court Mrs. Scotson Clark was to have the custody of her two children, the defendant, however, being allowed access to them once a fortnight, and to remain with them two hours. At these visits the defendant had behaved in the most reprehensible manner . . .  On one occasion he drew caricatures of his mother-in-law and gave them to the children

Richard

Tuesday, August 26, 2014

This Week at Old South Haven Presbyterian Church


Sunday, Aug.31 10:00am Morning Worship
Sermon: "Reflections on Labor Day 2014"
Lessons: Exodus 20: 8-11 John 6:22-34

Monday, Sept. 1 LABOR DAY

Saturday, Sept. 6 11:00am Memorial Service
for Edward Markow
Father of Elizabeth (BJ) Brown
conducted by Rev. Jeanne Baum
Reception following in Carriage House

1:00pm South Country Peace Group in
Gallery
Sunday, Sept. 7 10:00am Morning Worship
Holy Communion

11:15am Christian Education Committee

Saturday, Sept. 13 9:00am-2:30pm Presbytery Day
"Let Everything…Praise The Lord"
First Presbyterian Church of Babylon
workshops and worship $15
see Pastor Tom for ride

Sunday, Sept.14 10:00am Morning Worship
Sunday School begins

Thursday, Sept. 18 12:00noon Long Island Council of Churches
Board Meeting, Commack

Sunday, Sept. 21 10:00am Morning Worship

2:00pm Presentation of the play "Doubt"
directed by Deborah Mayo
Staller Center, SUNYSB
(van or car pools)

Sunday, Sept. 28 10:00am Morning Worship
Sunday School

6:00pm Pot Luck Supper
Speaker from the Patchogue Neighbor's INN




Wednesday, August 20, 2014

This Week at Old South Haven Presbyterian Church


Saturday, Aug. 23 9:00am Church Yard Clean-up

Sunday, Aug. 24 10:00am Morning Worship
Sermon: "We've A Story To Tell:
Listening Before Speaking"
Lessons: John 21: 15-25
Romans 12: 1-21
This is the final message in the series "Telling Stories"

Sunday, Aug. 31 10:00am Morning Worship

Saturday, Sept. 6 11:00am Memorial Service for Edward Markow
Father of Elizabeth (BJ) Brown
conducted by Rev. Jeanne Baum
1:00pm South Country Peace Group in Gallery

Sunday, Sept. 7 10:00am Morning Worship
11:15am Meeting of Christian Education
Committee

Saturday, Sept. 13 9:00am- 2:30pm Presbytery Day
"Let Everything…Praise the Lord!"
First Presbyterian Church of Babylon
workshops on "the New Hymnal"; global mission;
grassroots gun violence prevention; planned giving;
planning a retreat; faith formation; hands on Sunday
School, et. al. $10 to 8/29, $15 after that. See Pastor Tom

Sunday, Sept 14 10:00am Morning Worship
Sunday School begins

Thursday, Sept. 18 12noon Long Island Council of Churches
Board Meeting: Commack

Sunday, Sept. 28 10:00am Morning Worship
Sunday School
6:00pm Pot Luck Supper

Wednesday, August 13, 2014

This Week at Old South Haven Presbyterian Church



Sunday, Aug. 17 10:00am Morning Worship
Sermon: "Telling the Biblical Story:
It Speaks To Me"
Lessons: Hebrews 11: 1-3, 8-16, 32 -12:2
John 1: 1-18

Monday, Aug 18 7:00pm Session Meeting
at home of Nancy Best

Saturday, Aug. 23 9:00am Yard Clean-up Day

Sunday, Aug. 24 10:00am Morning Worship
Sermon: "We've a Story To Tell:
Listening Before Speaking"
Lessons: John 21: 15-25 Romans 12: 1-21

A note from Pastor Tom
The July 31, 2014 issue of The Long Island Advance contained an article "Village weighs in on land-use plan" which indicated that Bellport Village officials had sent a letter to the Town of Brookhaven opposing the North Bellport Land Use Plan. The following week the paper carried letters from Nancy Marr and John Rogers from the Greater Bellport Coalition challenging the arguments made in the Village's letter. John asked me, as one who has shown support for the plan, to consider writing a letter to Town Clerk Donna Lent indicating support. What follows is that letter:

Dear Ms. Lent:
I wish to respond to the opposition shown toward the Bellport Land Use Plan which is presently before the Brookhaven Town Board and has received negative reactions, particularly from individuals in the Village of Bellport.
I came to the Hamlet of Brookhaven eight years ago to serve as Pastor of Old South Haven Presbyterian Church. Our Congregation
includes members who reside in North Bellport. From the time of my arrival I have shown interest in proposals coming from the Greater Bellport Coalition. I have attended meetings of the Coalition when my schedule so permitted. I have been most impressed with the commitment and thoroughness with which both the concerns and the problems of North Bellport have been addressed. I need to say I have been distressed by the attitude of many in the Village of Bellport in addressing the North Bellport issues. Often I have heard, and even from friends who reside in the Village, "North Bellport is not Bellport nor our problem." The attitude expressed has been of negativity rather that that of a positive approach.
I feel the Bellport Land Use Plan is a positive document with recommendations which will address the problems and the concerns of residents not only in North Bellport but of the surrounding area. It is obvious that there is a need for affordable housing together with the development of business in the area leading to economic stability. Key to this is the development of the area around Montauk Highway and Station Road centered around the LIRR station.
The North Bellport "problem" has been there for years. It is about time to address it. I find the Bellport Land Use Plan to be a positive step forward. We cannot let the present situation continue without dire consequences.
Rev. Thomas J. Philipp, Pastor
Old South Haven Presbyterian Church
Brookhaven, New York

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Tuesday, August 5, 2014

This Week at Old South Haven Presbyterian Church


Wednesday, August 6 HIROSHIMA DAY
On August 6, 1945, the United States dropped an atomic bomb given the (named "Little Boy") on the City of Hiroshima, Japan. Three days later a second atomic bomb (named "Fat Man") was dropped on the City of Nagasaki. Those two bombs killed 120,000 people outright and close to a quarter of a million more over time. The dropping of those two bombs thrust our world into the nuclear age. On Wednesday, The South Country Peace Group, will mark this anniversary by holding for the 32nd year its annual World Peace Vigil, marked by a procession from the Woodland Cemetery, at 7:15pm to the Bellport Dock . There a brief program will take place including commemorative poetry and songs and remarks from Pastor Tom, Chair, and Paul Ames, Treasurer of SCPG.

Sunday, Aug. 10 10:00am Morning Worship
Sermon: 'Telling Our Stories:
Finding a Support Community"
Lessons: Matthew 26:36-46
Colossians 3: 12-17

Monday, Aug.11 7:30pm Property and Finance Committee

Sunday, Aug. 17 10:00am Morning Worship
Sermon: "Telling The Biblical Story
It Speaks To Me"
Lessons: Hebrews 11: 1-3, 8-16, 32-12:3
John 1: 1-18

Monday, Aug 18 7:00pm Session meeting
at home of Nancy Best

Saturday, Aug. 23 9:00am Yard Clean-up