The Chapel of St AugustineTonbridge School

Chapel ServicesMichaelmas Term 2015

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Principal Holy Days, Festivals and Memorials

3rd Sept St Gregory the Great8th Sept Birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary14th Sept Holy Cross Day29th Sept St Michael and All Angels13th Oct St Edward the Confessor18th Oct St Luke the Evangelist28th Oct Ss Simon and Jude, Apostles1st Nov All Saints’ Day2nd Nov All Souls’ Day8th Nov Remembrance Sunday22nd Nov Christ the King29th Nov Advent Sunday30th Nov St Andrew, Patron of Scotland6th Dec St Nicholas of Myra8th Dec The Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary

The Holy Eucharist

Sundays 8.30amTuesdays 7.30am

Wednesdays 6.30pmThursdays 7.30am

Fridays 7.30am

House Prayer Weeks

We pray for everyone by name in the House during their week. In addition, the 6.30pm Wednesday Eucharist will be offered for that House. Boys are especially invited to attend that service during their House week.

Commemoration of the Fallen of The Great War

The names listed in the booklet are some of those of the community of Tonbridge School who gave their lives in The Great War 1914-1918. Those who fell will have their names read aloud in Chapel on Tuesdays and Fridays, on a date as near as possible to the 100th anniversary of their deaths.

‘We will remember them’

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House Prayer Week: Ferox Hall Sunday 6th December

4.00pm Festival of Lessons and Carols for Parents and Friends School House, Park House, Hill Side, Welldon House and Oakeshott House parents invited 7.00pm Festival of Lessons and Carols for Parents and Friends Judde House, Parkside, Ferox Hall, Manor House, Smythe House, Whitworth House and Cowdrey House parents invited Tuesday 8th December

Maj. Richard Henry Edmund Pennell HS 1884-85 2nd Lieut. Alan Victor Hobbs DB 1909-13

2nd Lieut. Geoffrey Peake Allen HS 1909-15 Capt. Harold Esmond Haddon Sc 1902-07

Hymn 9 O come, O come, Emmanuel Thursday 10th December 4.00pm School Carol Service

Thursday 3rd September 8.45am Beginning of Term Service Hymns 188 Lift up your hearts 250 The School Hymn Friday 4th September

Lieut. Haldane Day Stokes Sc 1896-1902 Col. Robinson Lyndhurst Wadmore DB 1865-72

Maj. Ernest William Boyd-Moss FH 1891-93 Capt. Andre Mellard Pearkes Sc 1901-06

Lieut. Edward Burtt HS 1883-85 Capt. Cyril Bickford Isard DB 1904-06 Lieut. Alfric Euan Allies DB 1905-09

Capt. Bertram Vernon Nelson Falle MH 1895-97 Capt. George Grafton Currey PH 1906-09

Maj-Gen. Ralph Champneys Broome Sc 1870-71 Sgt. Geoffrey Garnett Horsfall JH 1896-1901

Hymn 168 He who would valiant be Reading A reading from Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons Introduction to the Friday Services On Fridays this term Fr Peters will look at various 20th century novels, almost all of them written after 1945, and see how the characters, plots and settings of these novels, not to mention the oddities of their authors, can speak to us today about our own world and the condition that we as people live in.

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House Prayer Week:

Sunday 6th September 10.30am School Matins All Novi attend and Day Novi Parents invited Opening Hymn 214 Praise, my soul, the King of heaven Responses Ayleward Psalm 145 Red Book p77 First Reading Mark 7:31-37 Canticle Jubilate in B flat – Stanford Second Reading A reading from the Homilies of St Gregory the Great Hymn 96 Lord of all hopefulness Prayers Anthem O for a closer walk with God – Stanford Sermon Fr David Peters, Senior Chaplain Hymn 207 O praise ye the Lord (During which the collection will be taken) Organ Voluntary Fanfare – Cook The Collection will be taken for Hospice in the Weald, a local charity which provides care for people with terminal illnesses, and support for their families. Sir Charles Stanford (1852-1924) was a prolific composer writing a wide range of pieces including seven symphonies, large-scale works for choir and orchestra, and solo songs. He is most well-known, though, for his Anglican church music. The Jubilate in B flat is one movement from a set of complete service music he wrote for Morning Prayer, Evening Prayer and the Eucharist. It is characterised by lively rhythms and clear text-setting: the words are those of Psalm 100, “O be joyful in the Lord all ye lands.”

Parkside Tuesday 1st December Hymn 6 Hills of the North, rejoice Speaker Fr David Peters Friday 4th December Hymn 1 Come, Thou long-expected Jesus Reading A reading from The Great Sermon Handicap by PG Wodehouse Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.

Ev'ry valley shall be exalted and ev'ry mountain and hill shall be made low, and the crookèd shall be made straight and the rough places shall be made plain.

And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed and all flesh shall see it together.

And the voice said cry, (What shall I cry?) all flesh is grass, and the goodliness thereof is as a flower that is in the field.

The grass withereth, the flower fadeth, but the word of the Lord shall stand fast forever.

O Zion, that bringeth glad tidings, get thee up into the mountains.

O Jerusalem, that bringeth glad tidings lift up thy voice with strength and say unto Judah, “Behold thy God”.

Music: Michael Wise (1648-1687) Words: Isaiah 40:3-9

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House Prayer Week: Sunday 29th November 7.15pm Service of Readings and Music for Advent Advent Sunday Manor House parents invited Introit Hymn 9 O come, O come, Emmanuel Introductory Words Advent Prose see page 22 Reading Mark 13:33-37 Advent Antiphon O Sapientia Anthem How beautiful are the feet (from Messiah) – Handel Reading Mark 1:16-20 Advent Antiphon O Radix Jesse Hymn 4 Hark the glad sound Reading A reading from a sermon for St Andrew’s Day by Mark Frank Advent Antiphon O Oriens Homily Anthem Prepare ye the way of the Lord – Wise Prayers Advent Antiphon O Emmanuel Hymn 7 Lo! He comes with clouds descending (During which the collection will be taken) Organ Voluntary Chorale Prelude: Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme BWV 645 – JS Bach The Collection will be taken for Stop the Traffik, a global coalition working together to help stop the sale of people, to see the traffickers prosecuted and to protect the victims of human trafficking. The seven Advent “O Antiphons” (of which four will be sung this evening) would traditionally be used on the days leading up to Christmas, immediately preceding the Magnificat at Vespers or Evensong. The antiphons take their title from the first line of the Latin text, which highlights an attribute of Christ in the scriptures: O Sapientia (O Widsom); O Radix Jesse (O Root of Jesse); O Oriens (O Dayspring) and O Emmanuel (O God with us).

Manor House Tuesday 8th September

Lieut. Edward Pearce Elworthy Sc 1904-07 Hymn 175 Immortal, invisible, God only wise Speaker Fr David Peters Friday 11th September Hymn 186 Let all the world in every corner sing Reading A reading from The Debt to Pleasure by John Lanchester Introduction to the Tuesday Services On Tuesday mornings this term various members of the Common Room will speak about the nature of religious heroes or inspirations. These might include individuals, institutions or groups who, in some way or other, have spoken to or influenced each one of the speakers.

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House Prayer Week:

Sunday 13th September 7.15pm School Evensong Opening Hymn 198 Now thank we all our God Responses Ayleward Psalm 27 Red Book p55 First Reading Mark 8:27-33 Canticle Magnificat in B minor – Noble Second Reading A reading from the homilies of St Andrew of Crete Hymn 176 In the Cross of Christ I glory Prayers Anthem Crux fidelis – King John IV of Portugal Sermon Fr Stephen Padfield, Senior Chaplain, King’s Rochester Hymn 48 My song is love unknown (During which the collection will be taken) Organ Voluntary Dance 4 – Philip Glass The Collection will be taken for Water Aid, an international charity that strives to provide access to clean water and encourages improved hygiene and sanitation, through direct involvement and supporting government policies and strategies. The anthem for Holy Cross Day is a setting of part of the ancient Pange lingua text which is primarily associated with Good Friday. The music is attributed to King John IV of Portugal (1604-1656) who was an accomplished composer, although there is some doubt as to whether this was actually his work or rather a pastiche by a 19th century composer. Crux fidelis, inter omnes arbor una nobilis: nulla silva talem profert, fronde, flore, germine. Dulce lignum, dulces clavos, dulce pondus sustinet.

Words: attrib. Venantius Fortunatus (c.530-609)

Faithful Cross, among all, the one noble tree; the wood offers nothing so great in flower, foliage, sprout. Sweet wood, sweet nail, sustaining sweet weight!

Hill Side Tuesday 24th November Hymn 142 Christ is the King, O friends rejoice! Speaker Mr Nick Rendall Friday 27th November Hymn 144 Christ triumphant, ever reigning Reading A reading from The Leopard by Giuseppe di Lampedusa

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House Prayer Week: Sunday 22nd November – Exeat Weekend The Advent Prose

Be not wroth very sore, O Lord, neither remember iniquity for ever: the holy cities are a wilderness, Sion is a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation: our holy and our beautiful house, where our fathers praised thee. R. We have sinned, and are as an unclean thing, and we all do fade as a leaf: and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away; thou hast hid thy face from us: and hast consumed us, because of our iniquities. R. Comfort ye, comfort ye, my people, my salvation shall not tarry: I have blotted out as a thick cloud thy transgressions: Fear not, for I will save thee: for I am the Lord thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Redeemer. R.

Welldon House Tuesday 15th September Hymn 163 God of mercy, God of grace Speaker Dr Ian Jackson Friday 18th September Hymn 149 Dear Lord and Father of mankind (omit *) Reading A reading from Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh

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House Prayer Week: Sunday 20th September 7.15pm School Eucharist Opening Hymn 113 Alleluia, sing to Jesus Confession Red Book p13 Kyrie from Messe solennelle – Vierne Reading Wisdom 2:12 & 17-20 Psalm 19 Red Book p50 Gospel Reading Mark 9:30-37 Homily Prayers Offertory Hymn 120 Lord, enthroned in heavenly splendour (During which the collection will be taken) The Offertory Red Book p17 Eucharistic Prayer Red Book p18 Sanctus from Missa in simplicitate – Langlais The Lord’s Prayer Communion Agnus Dei from Messe Basse – Fauré Communion Motet Panis angelicus – Franck Concluding Rite Red Book p21 Hymn 125 Sweet Sacrament divine Organ Voluntary Esquisse in B flat minor (Op.41, no.2) – Dupré The Collection will be taken for Child Action Lanka which works to assist and transform the lives of disadvantaged children in Sri Lanka. Many of the children live and work on the streets as beggars; as such, they are often socially excluded and deprived of opportunities and respect. Their purpose is to enable disadvantaged children to realize the possibilities for themselves and change their own lives for the better. There is a French theme to the music in this evening’s Eucharist. The three movements of the Mass are from three different 20th century settings: the Vierne Kyrie is grandiose and imposing; the Langlais Sanctus strongly influenced by the monody of Plainchant; and the Fauré Agnus Dei a delightful melody for upper voices.

Park House Thursday 19th November 8.45am School Eucharist Opening Hymn 80 Tell out, my soul, the greatness of the Lord Confession Red Book p13 Kyrie Red Book p22 Reading Gospel Reading Homily Prayers Offertory Hymn 124 Soul of my Saviour, sanctify my breast The Offertory Red Book p17 Eucharistic Prayer Red Book p18 Sanctus Red Book p23 The Lord’s Prayer Communion Agnus Dei Red Book p25 Communion Motet The Lord is King – Boyce Concluding Rite Red Book p21 Hymn 125 Sweet Sacrament divine Friday 20th November Hymn 219 Rejoice, the Lord is King Reading A reading from The Secret History by Donna Tartt

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House Prayer Week: Sunday 15th November 7.15pm School Evensong Hill Side parents invited Opening Hymn 205 O Jesus, I have promised Responses Ayleward Psalm 96 Red Book p69 First Reading Mark 13:1-8 Canticle Nunc dimittis in D – Dyson Second Reading A reading from a Life of St Hugh of Lincoln by Adam, a monk Hymn 229 The Lord’s my Shepherd, I’ll not want Prayers Anthem Agnus Dei (from Requiem) – Fauré Sermon Fr Neil Jeffers, Chaplain, Pangbourne College Hymn 131 All my hope on God is founded (During which the collection will be taken) Organ Voluntary Te Deum – Langlais The Collection will be taken for The Barnabas Fund, which supports projects throughout the world, helping Christians where they suffer discrimination, oppression and persecution as a consequence of their faith. Tuesday 17th November

Hymn 198 Now thank we all our God Speaker Mr Toby Sampson

Smythe House Tuesday 22nd September

2nd Lieut. Marcus Addison Koch FH 1907-11 Hymn 133 Amazing Grace Speaker Mr Will Biddle Friday 25th September

Capt. William Montagu Hughes-Hughes FH 1898-1903 Capt. Patrick Lionel Lethbridge MH 1901-05

Pte. Philip Fergus Rogers Sc 1903-05 2nd Lieut. Geoffrey Lennox Wainwright MH 1908-13

2nd Lieut. Edgar Arthur Bigsby Sc 1906-10 2nd Lieut. George Ernest Lister Cressey Sc 1908-14

Hymn 238 Ye holy angels bright Reading A reading from The Rebel Angels by Robertson Davies One of César Franck’s hallmarks as a composer was the ability to write canons (where the same melody is sung by two different voices but coming in at different points): the communion motet Panis Angelicus is a well-known example of this technique. The outgoing organ voluntary by Marcel Dupré is a dazzling toccata – somewhat exceeding the title he gave it of “esquisse” (sketch).

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House Prayer Week:

Sunday 27th September – Exeat Weekend

Judde House Tuesday 10th November

Lieut. John Samuel Harding PH 1909-13 Hymn 157 (ii) Glorious things of thee are spoken Speaker Dr Jeremy King Friday 13th November Hymn 178 Jerusalem the golden Reading A reading from Earthly Powers by Anthony Burgess

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House Prayer Week: Sunday 8th November 10.45am The School Service of Remembrance Oakeshott House parents invited

Whitworth House Tuesday 29th September

Lt.-Col. William Tankerville Monypenny Reeve DB 1880-84 Capt. Edward Corrigan Smith DB/HS 1902-07

Hymn 169 (ii) How shall I sing that majesty Speaker Mr Stefan Hargreaves Friday 2nd October

Lieut. Cedric Ernest Weldon Kauntze Sc 1910-11

Hymn 183 King of Glory, King of Peace Reading A reading from War in Heaven by Charles Williams

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House Prayer Week:

Sunday 4th October 7.15pm Choral Evensong Harvest Festival Friends and Patrons invited Opening Hymn 105 Come, ye thankful people, come Responses Ayleward Psalm 65 First Reading Mark 10:2-12 Canticle Magnificat in E flat no.1 – Wood Second Reading A reading from Life Together by Dietrich Bonhoeffer Canticle Nunc dimittis in E flat no.1 – Wood Creed Red Book p10 Hymn 99 God, that madest earth and heaven Responses Ayleward Anthem O clap your hands – Vaughan Williams Prayers Hymn 107 We plough the fields, and scatter (During which the Collection will be taken) Organ Voluntary Carillon de Westminster – Vierne The Collection will be taken for The Bridge Trust, which helps homeless people in West Kent, supporting them with advice and accommodation, and working with other agencies, enabling them to achieve independence. Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) was born in Gloucestershire, but the family moved to Surrey on the death of his father. He was then educated at Charterhouse (where his love of music was particularly fostered) before attending the Royal College of Music and Trinity College, Cambridge. His musical career included writing nine symphonies, editing the universally-acclaimed English Hymnal and collecting and notating English folksongs. The anthem, O clap your hands, composed in 1920, is a setting of words from Psalm 47:

School House Tuesday 3rd November

2nd Lieut. Gerald Charles Barnett MH 1900-02 Hymn 161 God is our strength and refuge Speaker Mr Jonathan Harber Friday 6th November

Lieut. Percy Lambe DB 1896-1900

Hymn 249 And did those feet in ancient times Reading A reading from The Power and the Glory by Graham Greene

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House Prayer Week:

Half Term

Cowdrey House Tuesday 6th October

Lieut. Dudley Gillespy Bois MH 1903-08 2nd Lieut. Norman Ernest Trier PH 1902-06

Hymn 166 Guide me, O Thou great Redeemer Speaker Mr John Bleakley Friday 9th October Hymn Libera me, Domine – Fauré (Red Book p105) Reading A reading from The Sin Eater by Alice Thomas Ellis Saturday 10th October 11.00am Old Tonbridgians’ Reunion Service O clap your hands, all ye people; shout unto God with the voice of triumph. For the Lord most high is terrible; he is a great King over all the earth. God is gone up with a shout, the Lord with the sound of a trumpet. Sing praises to God, sing praises: sing praises unto our King, sing praises. For God is the King of all the earth; sing ye praises everyone that hath understanding. God reigneth over all the heathen: God sitteth upon the throne of his holiness. Sing praises unto our King, sing praises.

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House Prayer Week:

Sunday 11th October 7.15pm School Evensong Opening Hymn 194 (i) Love Divine, all loves excelling Responses Ayleward Psalm 116 Red Book p75 First Reading Mark 10:17-23 & 25-27 Canticle Magnificat in F – Dyson Second Reading A reading from Life of Blessed Edward, King of England, by Osbert of Clare Hymn 129 Abide with me; fast falls the eventide Prayers Anthem Save us, O Lord – Bairstow Sermon Hymn 103 The day Thou gavest, Lord, is ended (During which the Collection will be taken) Organ Voluntary Prelude & Fugue in E flat (from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2) – JS Bach The Collection will be taken for Christian Aid, an organisation that works globally for profound change that eradicates the causes of poverty, strives to achieve equality, dignity and freedom for all, regardless of faith or nationality. Sir Edward Bairstow (1874-1946) was Organist at York Minster from 1913 until his death, a period of 33 years which included both World Wars. His output of choral and organ music has rightly remained central to the repertoire of most Cathedrals and Collegiate choirs, and tonight’s anthem Save us, O Lord captures much of his lyrical and expressive style in miniature. The setting uses the text of a prayer from the service of Compline at the end of the day: Save us, O Lord, waking, Guard us sleeping, That awake we may watch with Christ, And asleep we may rest in peace. Amen.

Oakeshott House Tuesday 13th October

Lieut. Robert William Ryall PS 1907-11 Capt. Henry Bertram Stokoe PH 1908-13

Pte. Bernard Edward Furley PS 1899-1901 Lieut. George Edward Davis HS 1904-07

2nd Lieut. Harold Vivian Woodford DB 1905-15 2nd Lieut. Thomas Basil Wood JH 1910-13 Sgt. Stewart Algernon Clarke DB 1893-95

Hymn 179 (i) Jesu, Lover of my soul Speaker Mr Julian Dobson Friday 16th October

Maj. Walter Harry Nichols HS 1887-88 Maj. Archibald Thomas Wynne Constable FH 1896-99

2nd Lieut. Cedric William Pepper Sc 1909-11

Hymn 130 (i) All hail the power of Jesu’s name (omit *) Reading A reading from The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco

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House Prayer Week:

Sunday 11th October 7.15pm School Evensong Opening Hymn 194 (i) Love Divine, all loves excelling Responses Ayleward Psalm 116 Red Book p75 First Reading Mark 10:17-23 & 25-27 Canticle Magnificat in F – Dyson Second Reading A reading from Life of Blessed Edward, King of England, by Osbert of Clare Hymn 129 Abide with me; fast falls the eventide Prayers Anthem Save us, O Lord – Bairstow Sermon Hymn 103 The day Thou gavest, Lord, is ended (During which the Collection will be taken) Organ Voluntary Prelude & Fugue in E flat (from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2) – JS Bach The Collection will be taken for Christian Aid, an organisation that works globally for profound change that eradicates the causes of poverty, strives to achieve equality, dignity and freedom for all, regardless of faith or nationality. Sir Edward Bairstow (1874-1946) was Organist at York Minster from 1913 until his death, a period of 33 years which included both World Wars. His output of choral and organ music has rightly remained central to the repertoire of most Cathedrals and Collegiate choirs, and tonight’s anthem Save us, O Lord captures much of his lyrical and expressive style in miniature. The setting uses the text of a prayer from the service of Compline at the end of the day: Save us, O Lord, waking, Guard us sleeping, That awake we may watch with Christ, And asleep we may rest in peace. Amen.

Oakeshott House Tuesday 13th October

Lieut. Robert William Ryall PS 1907-11 Capt. Henry Bertram Stokoe PH 1908-13

Pte. Bernard Edward Furley PS 1899-1901 Lieut. George Edward Davis HS 1904-07

2nd Lieut. Harold Vivian Woodford DB 1905-15 2nd Lieut. Thomas Basil Wood JH 1910-13

Sgt. Stewart Algernon Clarke DB 1893-95 Hymn 179 (i) Jesu, Lover of my soul Speaker Mr Julian Dobson Friday 16th October

Maj. Walter Harry Nichols HS 1887-88 Maj. Archibald Thomas Wynne Constable FH 1896-99

2nd Lieut. Cedric William Pepper Sc 1909-11

Hymn 130 (i) All hail the power of Jesu’s name (omit *) Reading A reading from The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco

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House Prayer Week:

Half Term

Cowdrey House Tuesday 6th October

Lieut. Dudley Gillespy Bois MH 1903-08 2nd Lieut. Norman Ernest Trier PH 1902-06

Hymn 166 Guide me, O Thou great Redeemer Speaker Mr John Bleakley Friday 9th October Hymn Libera me, Domine – Fauré (Red Book p105) Reading A reading from The Sin Eater by Alice Thomas Ellis Saturday 10th October 11.00am Old Tonbridgians’ Reunion Service O clap your hands, all ye people; shout unto God with the voice of triumph. For the Lord most high is terrible; he is a great King over all the earth. God is gone up with a shout, the Lord with the sound of a trumpet. Sing praises to God, sing praises: sing praises unto our King, sing praises. For God is the King of all the earth; sing ye praises everyone that hath understanding. God reigneth over all the heathen: God sitteth upon the throne of his holiness. Sing praises unto our King, sing praises.

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House Prayer Week:

Sunday 4th October 7.15pm Choral Evensong Harvest Festival Friends and Patrons invited Opening Hymn 105 Come, ye thankful people, come Responses Ayleward Psalm 65 First Reading Mark 10:2-12 Canticle Magnificat in E flat no.1 – Wood Second Reading A reading from Life Together by Dietrich Bonhoeffer Canticle Nunc dimittis in E flat no.1 – Wood Creed Red Book p10 Hymn 99 God, that madest earth and heaven Responses Ayleward Anthem O clap your hands – Vaughan Williams Prayers Hymn 107 We plough the fields, and scatter (During which the Collection will be taken) Organ Voluntary Carillon de Westminster – Vierne The Collection will be taken for The Bridge Trust, which helps homeless people in West Kent, supporting them with advice and accommodation, and working with other agencies, enabling them to achieve independence. Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) was born in Gloucestershire, but the family moved to Surrey on the death of his father. He was then educated at Charterhouse (where his love of music was particularly fostered) before attending the Royal College of Music and Trinity College, Cambridge. His musical career included writing nine symphonies, editing the universally-acclaimed English Hymnal and collecting and notating English folksongs. The anthem, O clap your hands, composed in 1920, is a setting of words from Psalm 47:

School House Tuesday 3rd November

2nd Lieut. Gerald Charles Barnett MH 1900-02 Hymn 161 God is our strength and refuge Speaker Mr Jonathan Harber Friday 6th November

Lieut. Percy Lambe DB 1896-1900

Hymn 249 And did those feet in ancient times Reading A reading from The Power and the Glory by Graham Greene

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House Prayer Week: Sunday 8th November 10.45am The School Service of Remembrance Oakeshott House parents invited

Whitworth House Tuesday 29th September

Lt.-Col. William Tankerville Monypenny Reeve DB 1880-84 Capt. Edward Corrigan Smith DB/HS 1902-07

Hymn 169 (ii) How shall I sing that majesty Speaker Mr Stefan Hargreaves Friday 2nd October

Lieut. Cedric Ernest Weldon Kauntze Sc 1910-11

Hymn 183 King of Glory, King of Peace Reading A reading from War in Heaven by Charles Williams

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House Prayer Week:

Sunday 27th September – Exeat Weekend

Judde House Tuesday 10th November

Lieut. John Samuel Harding PH 1909-13 Hymn 157 (ii) Glorious things of thee are spoken Speaker Dr Jeremy King Friday 13th November Hymn 178 Jerusalem the golden Reading A reading from Earthly Powers by Anthony Burgess

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House Prayer Week: Sunday 15th November 7.15pm School Evensong Hill Side parents invited Opening Hymn 205 O Jesus, I have promised Responses Ayleward Psalm 96 Red Book p69 First Reading Mark 13:1-8 Canticle Nunc dimittis in D – Dyson Second Reading A reading from a Life of St Hugh of Lincoln by Adam, a monk Hymn 229 The Lord’s my Shepherd, I’ll not want Prayers Anthem Agnus Dei (from Requiem) – Fauré Sermon Fr Neil Jeffers, Chaplain, Pangbourne College Hymn 131 All my hope on God is founded (During which the collection will be taken) Organ Voluntary Te Deum – Langlais The Collection will be taken for The Barnabas Fund, which supports projects throughout the world, helping Christians where they suffer discrimination, oppression and persecution as a consequence of their faith. Tuesday 17th November

Hymn 198 Now thank we all our God Speaker Mr Toby Sampson

Smythe House Tuesday 22nd September

2nd Lieut. Marcus Addison Koch FH 1907-11 Hymn 133 Amazing Grace Speaker Mr Will Biddle Friday 25th September

Capt. William Montagu Hughes-Hughes FH 1898-1903 Capt. Patrick Lionel Lethbridge MH 1901-05

Pte. Philip Fergus Rogers Sc 1903-05 2nd Lieut. Geoffrey Lennox Wainwright MH 1908-13

2nd Lieut. Edgar Arthur Bigsby Sc 1906-10 2nd Lieut. George Ernest Lister Cressey Sc 1908-14

Hymn 238 Ye holy angels bright Reading A reading from The Rebel Angels by Robertson Davies One of César Franck’s hallmarks as a composer was the ability to write canons (where the same melody is sung by two different voices but coming in at different points): the communion motet Panis Angelicus is a well-known example of this technique. The outgoing organ voluntary by Marcel Dupré is a dazzling toccata – somewhat exceeding the title he gave it of “esquisse” (sketch).

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House Prayer Week: Sunday 20th September 7.15pm School Eucharist Opening Hymn 113 Alleluia, sing to Jesus Confession Red Book p13 Kyrie from Messe solennelle – Vierne Reading Wisdom 2:12 & 17-20 Psalm 19 Red Book p50 Gospel Reading Mark 9:30-37 Homily Prayers Offertory Hymn 120 Lord, enthroned in heavenly splendour (During which the collection will be taken) The Offertory Red Book p17 Eucharistic Prayer Red Book p18 Sanctus from Missa in simplicitate – Langlais The Lord’s Prayer Communion Agnus Dei from Messe Basse – Fauré Communion Motet Panis angelicus – Franck Concluding Rite Red Book p21 Hymn 125 Sweet Sacrament divine Organ Voluntary Esquisse in B flat minor (Op.41, no.2) – Dupré The Collection will be taken for Child Action Lanka which works to assist and transform the lives of disadvantaged children in Sri Lanka. Many of the children live and work on the streets as beggars; as such, they are often socially excluded and deprived of opportunities and respect. Their purpose is to enable disadvantaged children to realize the possibilities for themselves and change their own lives for the better. There is a French theme to the music in this evening’s Eucharist. The three movements of the Mass are from three different 20th century settings: the Vierne Kyrie is grandiose and imposing; the Langlais Sanctus strongly influenced by the monody of Plainchant; and the Fauré Agnus Dei a delightful melody for upper voices.

Park House Thursday 19th November 8.45am School Eucharist Opening Hymn 80 Tell out, my soul, the greatness of the Lord Confession Red Book p13 Kyrie Red Book p22 Reading Gospel Reading Homily Prayers Offertory Hymn 124 Soul of my Saviour, sanctify my breast The Offertory Red Book p17 Eucharistic Prayer Red Book p18 Sanctus Red Book p23 The Lord’s Prayer Communion Agnus Dei Red Book p25 Communion Motet The Lord is King – Boyce Concluding Rite Red Book p21 Hymn 125 Sweet Sacrament divine Friday 20th November Hymn 219 Rejoice, the Lord is King Reading A reading from The Secret History by Donna Tartt

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House Prayer Week: Sunday 22nd November – Exeat Weekend The Advent Prose

Be not wroth very sore, O Lord, neither remember iniquity for ever: the holy cities are a wilderness, Sion is a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation: our holy and our beautiful house, where our fathers praised thee. R. We have sinned, and are as an unclean thing, and we all do fade as a leaf: and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away; thou hast hid thy face from us: and hast consumed us, because of our iniquities. R. Comfort ye, comfort ye, my people, my salvation shall not tarry: I have blotted out as a thick cloud thy transgressions: Fear not, for I will save thee: for I am the Lord thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Redeemer. R.

Welldon House Tuesday 15th September Hymn 163 God of mercy, God of grace Speaker Dr Ian Jackson Friday 18th September Hymn 149 Dear Lord and Father of mankind (omit *) Reading A reading from Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh

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House Prayer Week:

Sunday 13th September 7.15pm School Evensong Opening Hymn 198 Now thank we all our God Responses Ayleward Psalm 27 Red Book p55 First Reading Mark 8:27-33 Canticle Magnificat in B minor – Noble Second Reading A reading from the homilies of St Andrew of Crete Hymn 176 In the Cross of Christ I glory Prayers Anthem Crux fidelis – King John IV of Portugal Sermon Fr Stephen Padfield, Senior Chaplain, King’s Rochester Hymn 48 My song is love unknown (During which the collection will be taken) Organ Voluntary Dance 4 – Philip Glass The Collection will be taken for Water Aid, an international charity that strives to provide access to clean water and encourages improved hygiene and sanitation, through direct involvement and supporting government policies and strategies. The anthem for Holy Cross Day is a setting of part of the ancient Pange lingua text which is primarily associated with Good Friday. The music is attributed to King John IV of Portugal (1604-1656) who was an accomplished composer, although there is some doubt as to whether this was actually his work or rather a pastiche by a 19th century composer. Crux fidelis, inter omnes arbor una nobilis: nulla silva talem profert, fronde, flore, germine. Dulce lignum, dulces clavos, dulce pondus sustinet.

Words: attrib. Venantius Fortunatus (c.530-609)

Faithful Cross, among all, the one noble tree; the wood offers nothing so great in flower, foliage, sprout. Sweet wood, sweet nail, sustaining sweet weight!

Hill Side Tuesday 24th November Hymn 142 Christ is the King, O friends rejoice! Speaker Mr Nick Rendall Friday 27th November Hymn 144 Christ triumphant, ever reigning Reading A reading from The Leopard by Giuseppe di Lampedusa

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House Prayer Week: Sunday 29th November 7.15pm Service of Readings and Music for Advent Advent Sunday Manor House parents invited Introit Hymn 9 O come, O come, Emmanuel Introductory Words Advent Prose see page 22 Reading Mark 13:33-37 Advent Antiphon O Sapientia Anthem How beautiful are the feet (from Messiah) – Handel Reading Mark 1:16-20 Advent Antiphon O Radix Jesse Hymn 4 Hark the glad sound Reading A reading from a sermon for St Andrew’s Day by Mark Frank Advent Antiphon O Oriens Homily Anthem Prepare ye the way of the Lord – Wise Prayers Advent Antiphon O Emmanuel Hymn 7 Lo! He comes with clouds descending (During which the collection will be taken) Organ Voluntary Chorale Prelude: Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme BWV 645 – JS Bach The Collection will be taken for Stop the Traffik, a global coalition working together to help stop the sale of people, to see the traffickers prosecuted and to protect the victims of human trafficking. The seven Advent “O Antiphons” (of which four will be sung this evening) would traditionally be used on the days leading up to Christmas, immediately preceding the Magnificat at Vespers or Evensong. The antiphons take their title from the first line of the Latin text, which highlights an attribute of Christ in the scriptures: O Sapientia (O Widsom); O Radix Jesse (O Root of Jesse); O Oriens (O Dayspring) and O Emmanuel (O God with us).

Manor House Tuesday 8th September

Lieut. Edward Pearce Elworthy Sc 1904-07 Hymn 175 Immortal, invisible, God only wise Speaker Fr David Peters Friday 11th September Hymn 186 Let all the world in every corner sing Reading A reading from The Debt to Pleasure by John Lanchester Introduction to the Tuesday Services On Tuesday mornings this term various members of the Common Room will speak about the nature of religious heroes or inspirations. These might include individuals, institutions or groups who, in some way or other, have spoken to or influenced each one of the speakers.

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House Prayer Week:

Sunday 6th September 10.30am School Matins All Novi attend and Day Novi Parents invited Opening Hymn 214 Praise, my soul, the King of heaven Responses Ayleward Psalm 145 Red Book p77 First Reading Mark 7:31-37 Canticle Jubilate in B flat – Stanford Second Reading A reading from the Homilies of St Gregory the Great Hymn 96 Lord of all hopefulness Prayers Anthem O for a closer walk with God – Stanford Sermon Fr David Peters, Senior Chaplain Hymn 207 O praise ye the Lord (During which the collection will be taken) Organ Voluntary Fanfare – Cook The Collection will be taken for Hospice in the Weald, a local charity which provides care for people with terminal illnesses, and support for their families. Sir Charles Stanford (1852-1924) was a prolific composer writing a wide range of pieces including seven symphonies, large-scale works for choir and orchestra, and solo songs. He is most well-known, though, for his Anglican church music. The Jubilate in B flat is one movement from a set of complete service music he wrote for Morning Prayer, Evening Prayer and the Eucharist. It is characterised by lively rhythms and clear text-setting: the words are those of Psalm 100, “O be joyful in the Lord all ye lands.”

Parkside Tuesday 1st December Hymn 6 Hills of the North, rejoice Speaker Fr David Peters Friday 4th December Hymn 1 Come, Thou long-expected Jesus Reading A reading from The Great Sermon Handicap by PG Wodehouse Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.

Ev'ry valley shall be exalted and ev'ry mountain and hill shall be made low, and the crookèd shall be made straight and the rough places shall be made plain.

And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed and all flesh shall see it together.

And the voice said cry, (What shall I cry?) all flesh is grass, and the goodliness thereof is as a flower that is in the field.

The grass withereth, the flower fadeth, but the word of the Lord shall stand fast forever.

O Zion, that bringeth glad tidings, get thee up into the mountains.

O Jerusalem, that bringeth glad tidings lift up thy voice with strength and say unto Judah, “Behold thy God”.

Music: Michael Wise (1648-1687) Words: Isaiah 40:3-9

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House Prayer Week: Ferox Hall Sunday 6th December

4.00pm Festival of Lessons and Carols for Parents and Friends School House, Park House, Hill Side, Welldon House and Oakeshott House parents invited 7.00pm Festival of Lessons and Carols for Parents and Friends Judde House, Parkside, Ferox Hall, Manor House, Smythe House, Whitworth House and Cowdrey House parents invited Tuesday 8th December

Maj. Richard Henry Edmund Pennell HS 1884-85 2nd Lieut. Alan Victor Hobbs DB 1909-13

2nd Lieut. Geoffrey Peake Allen HS 1909-15 Capt. Harold Esmond Haddon Sc 1902-07

Hymn 9 O come, O come, Emmanuel Thursday 10th December 4.00pm School Carol Service

Thursday 3rd September 8.45am Beginning of Term Service Hymns 188 Lift up your hearts 250 The School Hymn Friday 4th September

Lieut. Haldane Day Stokes Sc 1896-1902 Col. Robinson Lyndhurst Wadmore DB 1865-72

Maj. Ernest William Boyd-Moss FH 1891-93 Capt. Andre Mellard Pearkes Sc 1901-06

Lieut. Edward Burtt HS 1883-85 Capt. Cyril Bickford Isard DB 1904-06 Lieut. Alfric Euan Allies DB 1905-09

Capt. Bertram Vernon Nelson Falle MH 1895-97 Capt. George Grafton Currey PH 1906-09

Maj-Gen. Ralph Champneys Broome Sc 1870-71 Sgt. Geoffrey Garnett Horsfall JH 1896-1901

Hymn 168 He who would valiant be Reading A reading from Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons Introduction to the Friday Services On Fridays this term Fr Peters will look at various 20th century novels, almost all of them written after 1945, and see how the characters, plots and settings of these novels, not to mention the oddities of their authors, can speak to us today about our own world and the condition that we as people live in.

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CHRISTMAS SERVICES

CHRISTMAS EVE: MIDNIGHT MASS OF THE NATIVITY OF OUR LORD

(by candlelight) 11.30pm

CHRISTMAS DAY: EUCHARIST (with carols)

9.00am

All parents, boys, staff and members of the public are warmly invited to attend these services.

THE CHAPLAINCY Senior Chaplain: The Rev’d David Peters 7 Dry Hill Road Tonbridge TN9 1LT dap@tonbridge-school.org Tel: 01732 365555 (School) Tel: 01732 364476 (Home) Choirmaster: Mr Julian Thomas jrpt@tonbridge-school.org Tel: 01732 365555 (School) Chapel Prae: George Bourne (FH) Verger: Mr Pietro Greco verger@tonbridge-school.org Tel: 01732 365555 Extn. 4273

Cover: Chapel of St AugustinePhoto: Graeme Gales