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MUSIC: For the fallen 鈥� Lucy Walker

As the stars that shall be bright when we are dust,听

Moving in marches upon the heavenly plain;

As the stars that are starry in the time of our darkness,听

To the end, to the end, they remain.

We will remember them.

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Welcome

CHAPLAIN:

Grace, mercy and peace be with you and welcome to the Chapel of the Holy Spirit at Wellington College as we reflect on remembrance and how this inspires us to live today. This year marks the eightieth anniversary of the end of World War Two and so our remembrance is especially poignant.

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Our service began with For the Fallen, a new piece by composer Lucy Walker commissioned specially for this occasion. Describing her setting, Lucy says 鈥淚 chose to set the final verse of Binyon's revered poem as an alternative to the more widely-quoted central verse, because, to me, it encapsulated a pivotal message: through pain and struggle, a quiet affirmation that solace can be found in the steadfastness of the heavens and the stars鈥�

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MASTER

As Master of Wellington College, it is a source of great pride and inspiration that our school was founded upon the notion of service. Conceived in 1853 by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert as a living memorial, the National Memorial to Arthur Wellesley, first Duke of Wellington, the college鈥檚 founding mission was to educate the orphaned sons of military heroes; our Foundationers, the 鈥淔ili Heroum鈥� of our school motto. Now fully coeducational, but still with Foundationers in our midst, the sons and daughters of heroes, the Wellington community continues to commemorate with reverence and respect the nearly 1300 former pupils and staff who gave their lives in service to our nation in the global conflicts of the 20th Century. Few schools suffered greater casualties and as we remember their sacrifice today, our student Heads of College, Georgia and Dan will guide us through this morning's Remembrance Service.

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GEORGIA, PUPIL HEAD OF COLLEGE:

Our first hymn invites us to call to mind the ways in which humankind can fall short, and our own part in that.

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DAN, PUPIL HEAD OF COLLEGE:

As we sing, we commit ourselves to the way of service, love, and peace.

Hymn: Dear Lord and Father of mankind

Dear Lord and Father of mankind,

Forgive our foolish ways;

Re-clothe us in our rightful mind,

In purer lives thy service find,

In deeper reverence praise,

In deeper reverence praise.

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Drop thy still dews of quietness,

Till all our strivings cease;

Take from our souls the strain and stress,

And let our ordered lives confess

The beauty of thy peace,

The beauty of thy peace.

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Breathe through the heats of our desire

Thy coolness and thy balm;

Let sense be dumb, let flesh retire;

Speak through the earthquake, wind, and fire,

O still small voice of calm,

O still small voice of calm.

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GEORGIA, PUPIL HEAD OF COLLEGE:

Sebastian reads a poem by F. B. Malim, who was Master of Wellington 1921 to 1937. It was written after the Memorial Service on 31st July 1946 for all Wellingtonians who fell in World War Two; amongst them was Malim鈥檚 eldest son, Frederick.

Reading 1: Poem

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July Thirty-first 1946

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I drove last week, dear Philip, with your Mother

By those familiar roads to Wellington,

Haunted by memories of your lost brother

听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 And my lost son.

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Dimly I say the masters in their places,

Dimly the mourners all the chapel through,

But clearer far came back to me the faces

听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 Of boys I knew.

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Silent we stood; the great Dead March was ringing

Its call to hope, triumphant over woe;

And all the while I heard the voices singing

听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 I used to know.

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One loss united all that congregation;

And it was mine to try and bring relief,

Try to distil some thought of consolation

听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 From my own grief.

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What fitter words than those of Samson鈥檚 father?

鈥楴othing is here for tears鈥� that these have died,

鈥楴o weakness, no contempt, no blame鈥� but rather

听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 Just cause for pride.

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For this they fell, that freedom should not perish,

That in the darkness wrapping us about

The light of faith and justice that we cherish

听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 Should not go out.

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Proud? Yes! And thankful that their hearts were ready.

No doubt could shake them, no defeat appal;

Unhesitating, resolute and steady

听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 They heard the call.

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And hope was ours, that when th鈥橝ll-seeing Master

Has proven here His servants brave and true,

Elsewhere they shall in fields unknown and vaster

听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 Find work to do.

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All these were then inextricably blended,

Sorrow and hope and thankfulness and pride,

When to God鈥檚 love and mercy we commended

听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 Our sons who died.

DAN, PUPIL HEAD OF COLLEGE:

Old Wellingtonian Tom Humphreys now leads us in Gabriel Faure鈥檚 setting of the Libera me 鈥� an impassioned plea for liberation and redemption. As is our tradition here at Wellington, the whole school joins in with the main melody when it returns for the second time.

Afterwards, Name reads for us now about Jesus talking about the importance of love.

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Music: Libera me 鈥� Gabriel Faur茅

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Reading 2: John 15.9-17

A reading from the fifteenth chapter of the Gospel according to John.

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Jesus said 鈥淎s the Father has loved me, so I have loved you; abide in my love.

If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father's commandments and abide in his love.

I have said these things to you so that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be complete.

"This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.

No one has greater love than this, to lay down one's life for one's friends.

You are my friends if you do what I command you.

I do not call you servants any longer, because the servant does not know what the master is doing; but I have called you friends, because I have made known to you everything that I have heard from my Father.

You did not choose me but I chose you. And I appointed you to go and bear fruit, fruit that will last, so that the Father will give you whatever you ask him in my name.

I am giving you these commands so that you may love one another.鈥�

GEORGIA, PUPIL HEAD OF COLLEGE:

The address is given b Lieutenant General Sir Chris Tickell, Old Wellingtonian, Governor of the College, and former Deputy Chief of the General Staff.

Address: Sir Chris Tickell

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Music: Nunc dimittis 鈥� George Dyson

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DAN, PUPIL HEAD OF COLLEGE:

The Venerable Liz Adekunle, Governor of the College and former Archdeacon of Hackney, leads us in prayer.

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THE VENERABLE LIZ ADEKUNLE:

Let us pray with hope for the future of the world

and the needs of all people.

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For peace and justice in our world,

For an end to war and conflict,

For the leaders of all nations and peoples,

And for those who make peace and foster reconciliation.

Lord, in your mercy

hear our prayer.

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For the unity of all people,

For all nations and communities,

For all who seek truth and mercy,

And for all who follow the way of conscience with integrity.

Lord, in your mercy

hear our prayer.

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For the healing of memories,

For those who suffer as a result of war,

For communities where past wrongs and violence persist,

For all in pain or distress and those who care for them.

Lord, in your mercy

hear our prayer.

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For friendship and trust amongst all,

For an appreciation of our interdependence,

For partnerships between the nations,

and for a world that is in harmony with itself.

Lord, in your mercy

hear our prayer.

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Most merciful Father,

accept our prayers

that we may know your peace in our hearts comment

and your love in our lives,

through Christ our Lord.

Amen.

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The Lord鈥檚 Prayer

Our Father, who art in heaven,

hallowed be thy name;

thy kingdom come,

thy will be done,

on earth as it is in heaven.

Give us this day our daily bread

and forgive us our trespasses,

as we forgive those who trespass against us.

And lead us not into temptation;

but deliver us from evil.

For thine is the kingdom,

the power and the glory,

for ever and ever.

Amen.

Music: My soul, there is a country 鈥� Hubert Parry

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GEORGIA, PUPIL HEAD OF COLLEGE:

That was My Soul, there is a country, by Hubert Parry, with words by the 17th-century metaphysical poet Henry Vaughan. It was completed in 1915, when Parry was president of the 鈥淢usic in Wartime鈥� committee, established by Parry and others to provide concerts for musicians to contribute to the war effort. According to fellow composer Herbert Howells, the war was 鈥渁 scourge that cast a devastating shadow over Parry鈥檚 mind and heart.鈥�

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DAN, PUPIL HEAD OF COLLEGE:

Before our worship closes with a blessing, we sing again of love, peace, and our commitment to making a better world.

Hymn: I vow to thee my country

I vow to thee, my country, all earthly things above,

Entire and whole and perfect, the service of my love:

The love that asks no question, the love that stands the test,

Thay lays upon the altar the dearest and the best;

The love that never falters, the love that pays the price,

The love that makes undaunted the final sacrifice.

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And there's another country, I've heard of long ago,

Most dear to them that love her, most great to them that know;

We may not count her armies, we may not see her king;

Her fortress is a faithful heart, her pride is suffering;

And soul by soul and silently her shining bounds increase,

And her ways are ways of gentleness and all her paths are peace.

The Blessing

Go forth into the world in peace;

Be of good courage;

Hold fast that which is good;

Render to no one evil for evil;

Strengthen the faint-hearted;

Support the weak;

Help the afflicted;

Honour everyone;

Love and serve the Lord,

rejoicing in the power of the Holy Spirit;

and the blessing of God almighty,

The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit,

The among you and remain with you always.

Amen.

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Organ Voluntary

Elegy Sir George Thalben-Ball 鈥� played by pupil organist Stephanie Ou