April 5, 2020 

Rev. Douglas duCharme 

Eleanor Daley, Director of Music

Scripture Reading  Matthew 21:1-11

Please enjoy the music that was curated for today’s service by Eleanor Daley, Director of Music.

Prelude Look Who’s Coming!        Michael Bedford (b. 1949)

Look who’s coming! Look who’s coming through Jerusalem today:
It is Jesus Christ, the teacher, spread palm branches on his way.

Sing hosanna, loud hosanna! Let the joyful song be heard;
Sing hosanna, loud hosanna! Sound the trumpet, spread the word!

Look who’s coming! Look who’s coming through Jerusalem today:
It is Jesus Christ, the healer, spread palm branches on his way. R

Look who’s coming! Look who’s coming through Jerusalem today:
It is Jesus Christ, the Saviour, spread palm branches on his way. R
(Michael Bedford)

Opening Hymn All Glory, Laud and Honour

All glory, laud and honour to Thee, Redeemer, King,
To whom the lips of children made sweet hosannas ring.
Thou art the King of Israel, thou David’s royal Son,
Who in the Lord’s name comest, the King and blessèd one.

All glory, laud and honour to Thee, Redeemer, King,
To whom the lips of children made sweet hosannas ring.
The company of angels are praising Thee on high,
And mortals joined with all things created make reply.

All glory, laud and honour to Thee, Redeemer, King,
To whom the lips of children made sweet hosannas ring.
The people of the Hebrews with palms before Thee went,
Our praise and prayer and anthems before Thee we present.

All glory, laud and honour to Thee, Redeemer, King,
To whom the lips of children made sweet hosannas ring.
To Thee before Thy passion they sang their hymns of praise;
To Thee, now high exalted our melody we raise.

All glory, laud and honour to Thee, Redeemer, King,
To whom the lips of children made sweet hosannas ring.
Thou didst accept their praises; accept the prayers we bring,
Who in all good delightest, Thou good and gracious King.

All glory, laud and honour to Thee, Redeemer, King,
To whom the lips of children made sweet hosannas ring.

Anthem Hosanna to the King Who Comes!        Lloyd Larson (b. 1954)

Hosanna to the King who comes!
Hosanna to the King who comes!
Hosanna to the King! Let earth and heaven sing
For He comes in the name of the Lord our God,
For He comes in the name of the Lord.

Jerusalem, behold your King seated on a donkey’s colt.
Celebrate and sing! Let your praises ring
For He comes in the name of the Lord. R

Let the rocks cry out in praise to the King!
Our salvation is at hand.
Jesus comes today, God has made a way.
Yes, He comes in the name of the Lord. R
(Lloyd Larson, based on John 12:12-15)

Palm Parade Hosanna, Loud Hosanna        E. Daley (1991)

Hosanna, loud hosanna the little children sang;
Through pillared court and temple the lovely anthem rang;
To Jesus, who had blessed them close folded to his breast,
The children sang their praises, the simplest and the best.

From Olivet they followed ‘mid an exultant crowd.
The victor palm branch waving, and chanting clear and loud;
The Lord of all the angels rode on in lowly state,
Nor scorned that little children should on his bidding wait.

“Hosanna in the highest!” that ancient song we sing,
For Christ is our Redeemer, the Lord of heaven our King.
O may we ever praise him with heart and life and voice,
And in his blissful presence eternally rejoice!
(Jeanette Threlfall, 1821-1880, adapted by E. D., recorded by Fairlawn Senior Choir, 2000)

Offertory Anthem Hosanna to the Son of David        Thomas Weelkes (1576-1623)

Hosanna to the Son of David.
Blessed be the King that cometh in the name of the Lord.
Hosanna.
Thou that sittest in the highest heav’ns.
Hosanna in excelsis Deo.
(Matthew 21:9, adapted)

Closing Hymn Ride On, Ride On in Majesty

Ride on! Ride on in majesty!
Hark! All the tribes hosanna cry:
Thy humble beast pursues his road,
With palms and scattered garments strowed.

Ride on! Ride on in majesty!
In lowly pomp ride on to die;
O Christ, thy triumphs now begin
O’er captive death and conquered sin.

Ride on! Ride on in majesty!
The wingèd squadrons of the sky
Look down with sad and wondering eyes
To see th’approaching sacrifice.

Ride on! Ride on in majesty!
Thy last and fiercest strife is nigh;
The Father on His sapphire throne
Awaits His own anointed Son.

Ride on! Ride on in majesty!
In lowly pomp ride on to die;
Bow thy meek head to mortal pain,
Then take, O God, thy pow’r and reign.
(Henry Hart Milman, 1821)

This morning’s Prelude and Anthem texts are reprinted under onelicense.net #A-717945. Look Who’s Coming! – words by Michael Bedford © 2013 Choristers Guild.

Hosanna to the King Who Comes! – words by Lloyd Larson, based on John 12:12-15, © 2020 Lorenz Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

♪ Music notes ♪

Michael Bedford (b. 1949), a full-time church musician since 1973, currently serves as organist/choirmaster of St. John’s Episcopal Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where he plays the organ and supervises a full graded choir program including three singing choirs, one handbell choir and a chamber ensemble. Dr. Bedford has published choral music for children’s, youth and adult choirs, as well as organ collections and handbell pieces.

Lloyd Larson (b. 1954) is a native of Illinois. He received his Bachelor of Arts from Anderson University in Anderson, IN, and his Master of Church Music from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, KY, with an emphasis in piano and composition. Since 1982, he has been an active composer and arranger for several major publishing companies of church and school music. His compositions and arrangements include well over 1,500 published works—including choral anthems, numerous extended Christmas, Easter and non seasonal works, keyboard collections, vocal solo and duet collections, instrumental works for solo and ensembles, orchestrations, and hand bell settings, and he is also in constant demand as a clinician throughout North America. It is Larson’s work in his local church in Maple Grove, MN that continues to be the catalyst for much of his writing.

Hosanna, Loud Hosanna was composed for the Fairlawn Senior Choir and first sung on Palm Sunday, 1991. The recording heard this morning is from the choirs’ CD, Canticle to the Spirit, which was released in 2000.

Jeanette Threlfall (1821-1880) was a Victorian era English hymn writer and author of other sacred poems. She was brought up by an uncle and other relatives, as her parents died when she was young. Suffering from poor health during the greater part of her life seemed to deepen her spiritual faith, and she spent much of her time writing hymns. Her literary accomplishments were lauded after her death by many authorities, including the noted hymn writer Bishop Christopher Wordsworth. Hosanna, Loud Hosanna is one of her best known hymn texts, and is sung in many churches around the globe on Palm Sunday.

Thomas Weelkes (1576-1623) was an English organist and composer, known as one of the great names in the flowering of the Elizabethan madrigal, in a class with Thomas Morley, Orlando Gibbons and William Byrd. Unlike many of his famous contemporaries, he seems to have never served the royal household in London, but rather, made his living as a church musician, including an uneasy tenure as Winchester College organist and later as organist and choirmaster at Chichester Cathedral. Unfortunately, he spent the greater part of his church career being reprimanded by the ecclesiastical authorities: he was noted and famed as a drunkard and notorious swearer, and was dismissed from his musical duties at least once! However, his long tenure serving the church yielded a rich (though lesser-known than his madrigals) harvest of liturgical compositions, including this morning’s Offertory Anthem Hosanna to the Son of David.

Henry Hart Milman (1791-1868) was an English historian and ecclesiastic. He was born in London, the third son of Sir Francis Milman, who was physician to King George III. He was educated at Eton and at Brasenose College, Oxford, where he received numerous prizes for his poetry and essay writings. Milman was ordained in 1816, elected professor of poetry at Oxford in 1821, made Rector of St. Margaret’s, Westminster, and Canon of Westminster in 1835, and in 1849 he became the Dean of St. Paul’s. He was also elected a Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Science in 1864. His Palm Sunday text, Ride On! Ride On in Majesty! is the hymn by which he is chiefly remembered, and appears in countless hymnals.

Music Sources:
Glory, Laud and Honour youtu.be/h3a8fTTrAdE
Hosanna to the King Who Comes! youtube.com/watch?v=rxAM1Do7zQ0
Hosanna, Loud Hosanna E. Daley (1991) alliancemusic.com
Hosanna to the Son of David youtu.be/IQ2JcN-tgI8
Ride On, Ride On in Majesty youtu.be/g-qDQSjnzH8