August 17, 2025

The prelude is based on the hymn, "Come, O Thou Traveler Unknown", which uses a Scottish melody and is not in our hymnal, though it is one of those tunes you might think you know.  The tune is known as "Candler", and the setting is by the American composer and organist, Dale Wood (1934-2003), whose music I often play.

Our processional hymn is the 20th century "Praise, my soul, the King of heaven", 410, which is familiar to all.  For the Gospel hymn, another from the 20th century, we will sing "They cast their nets in Galilee", 661.

At the offertory we will sing "Thy kingdom come, on bended knee the passing ages pray", 615, which uses the most familiar tune, "St. Flavian", sung during Lent, and from the 16th century.

During communion we will sing the beautiful "Eternal Spirit of the living Christ", 698, another 20th century hymn, and also "Where charity and love prevail", 581, a very old tune as you may note.

Closing, we will sing the centuries old but still popular "O worship the King, all glorious above", 388.

Jean Langlais, the famous French blind organist (1907-1991) wrote a set of 4 postludes, and I will play the first of the set as the day's postlude.