14 August 2022 MORNING SERVICE, St John's Annerley Presbyterian Church (released 21 August)
Pastor John Tucker Isaiah 66:18-19 PRAYER HYMN 1 We've a Story to Tell to the Nations Psalm 98 PRAYER HYMN 2 Rescue the Perishing, Matthew 28:16-20 PRAYER HYMN I Will Sing the Wondrous Story PRAYER SERMON The Great Commission – Our Part HYMN So Send I You BENEDICTION; 3FOLD AMEN + CCLI Streaming Licence No 1053011 + PRELUDE Go, Preach My Gospel Tune: TRURO 1. "Go, preach My gospel," says the Lord. "bid the whole earth My grace receive. Explain to them My sacred word; bid them believe, obey, and live. 2. "I'll make My great commission known, and you shall prove My gospel true by all the works that I have done and all the wonders you shall do. + Hymn 1 We've a Story to Tell to the Nations Tune: MESSAGE 1. We've a story to tell to the nations, that shall turn their hearts to the right, a story of truth and mercy, a story of peace and light, a story of peace and light. For the darkness shall turn to dawning, and the dawning to noonday bright; and Christ's great kingdom shall come on earth, the kingdom of love and light. 2. We've a song to be sung to the nations, that shall lift their hearts to the Lord, a song that shall conquer evil and shatter the spear and sword, and shatter the spear and sword. For the darkness ... 3. We've a message to give to the nations, that the Lord who reigns up above has sent us His Son to save us, and show us that God is love, and show us that God is love. For the darkness ... 4. We've a Saviour to show to the nations, Who the path of sorrow has trod, that all of the world's great peoples might come to the truth of God, might come to the truth of God. For the darkness ... + Hymn 2 Rescue the Perishing Tune: RESCUE THE PERISHING 1. Rescue the perishing, care for the dying, snatch them in pity from sin and the grave; weep o'er the erring one, lift up the fallen, tell them of Jesus, the mighty to save. Rescue the perishing, care for the dying; Jesus is merciful, Jesus will save. 2. Though they are slighting Him, still He is waiting, waiting the penitent child to receive; plead with them earnestly, plead with them gently; He will forgive if they only believe. Rescue ... 3. Down in the human heart, crushed by the tempter, feelings lie buried that grace can restore; touched by a loving heart, wakened by kindness, chords that were broken will vibrate once more. Rescue ... 4. Rescue the perishing, duty demands it; strength for thy labour the Lord will provide; back to the narrow way patiently win them, tell the poor wand'rer a Saviour has died. Rescue ... + Hymn 3 I Will Sing the Wondrous Story Tune: HYFRYDOL 1. I will sing the wondrous story of the Christ Who died for me, how He left His home in glory for the cross of Calvary. I was lost, but Jesus found me, found the sheep that went astray, threw His loving arms around me, drew me back into His way. 2. I was bruised, but Jesus healed me, faint was I from many a fall, sight was gone, and fears possessed me, but He freed me from them all. Days of darkness still come o'er me, sorrow's path I often tread, but the Saviour still is with me; by His hand I'm safely led. 3. He will keep me till the river rolls its waters at my feet; then He'll bear me safely over, where my loved ones I shall meet. Yes, I'll sing the wondrous story of the Christ Who died for me, sing it with the saints in glory, gathered by the crystal sea. + SERMON The Great Commission – Our Part + Hymn 4 So Send I You Edith M Clarkson, 1915-2008 Tune: TORONTO 1. So send I you to labour unrewarded, to serve unpaid, unloved, unsought, unknown, to bear rebuke, to suffer scorn and scoffing - so send I you to toil for Me alone. 2. So send I you to bind the bruised and broken, o'er wand'ring souls to work, to weep, to wake, to bear the burdens of a world aweary - so send I you, to suffer for My sake. 3. So send I you to loneliness and longing, with heart a-hung'ring for the loved and known, forsaking home and kindred, friend and dear one - so send I you, to know My love alone. 4. So send I you to leave your life's ambition, to die to dear desire, self-will resign, to labour long, and love where men revile you - so send I you, to lose your life in Mine. 5. So send I you to hearts made hard by hatred, to eyes made blind because they will not see, to spend, though it be blood, to spend and spare not - so send I you to taste of Calvary. "As the Father hath sent Me, So send I you." + Go, Preach My Gospel Dr Isaac Watts 1674-1748 Tune: TRURO, Anon, from Psalmodia Evangelica, Thomas Williams 1769 4. "While then you follow My commands I'm with you till the world shall end; all power is trusted in My hands; I can destroy and can defend." 4. He spoke, and light shone round His head, on a bright cloud to heaven He rode. They to the farthest nation spread the grace of their ascended God.
