good evening and welcome as this sunday closes sunday the 9th of august and we began the day in the orchard and we've come back here to finish this lovely day it's been a really hot day here in england but wherever you are throughout the world then feel welcome as we say the last service of the day compline i'm sitting here in front of one of our best apple trees which is burgeoning with fruit soon to be ripe and so a little poem to begin our compline the tree of life my soul hath seen laden with fruit and always green the trees of nature fruitless bee compared with christ the apple tree his beauty does all things excel by faith i know but now can tell the glory which i now can see in jesus christ the apple tree for happiness i long have thought and pleasure dearly i have bought i missed of all but now i see it is found in christ the apple tree i'm weary with my former toil here i will sit and rest a while under the shadow i will be of jesus christ the apple tree this fruit does make my soul to thrive it keeps my dying faith alive which makes my soul in haste to be with jesus christ the apple tree so we begin the service of compline the lord almighty grant us a quiet night and a perfect end amen be sober be vigilant because your adversary the devil as a roaring lion walketh about seeking whom he may devour whom resist steadfast in the faith but thou o lord have mercy upon us thanks be to god our help is in the name of the lord who has made heaven and earth the moment of reflection over the past day and then a little act of confession we confess to god almighty the father the son and the holy ghost before the whole company of heaven that we have sinned exceedingly in thought word and deed through our fault our own fault our own grievous fault therefore we pray god to have mercy upon us almighty god have mercy upon us forgive us all our sins and bring us to everlasting life amen turn us oh god our savior and let thine anger cease from us oh god make speed to save us oh lord make haste to help us glory be to the father and to the son and to the holy ghost as it was in the beginning is now and ever shall be world without end amen we say psalm 31 and part of psalm 91 in thee o lord have i put my trust let me never be put to confusion deliver me in thy righteousness bow down thine ear to me make haste to deliver me and be thou my strong rock and house of defense that thou mayest save me for thou art my strong rock and my castle be thou also my guide and lead me for thy name's sake draw me out of the net that they have laid privily for me for thou art my strengths into thy hands i commend my spirit for thou hast redeemed me o lord thou god of truth glory be to the father and to the son and to the holy ghost as it was in the beginning is now and ever shall be world without end amen who so dwelleth under the defense of the most high shall abide under the shadow of the almighty i will say unto the lord thou art my hope and my stronghold my god in him will i trust for he shall deliver thee from the snare of the hunter and from the noisome pestilence he shall defend thee under his wings and thou shalt be safe under his feathers his faithfulness and truth shall be thy shield and buckler thou shalt not be afraid for any terror by night nor for the arrow that flieth by day for the pestilence that walketh in darkness nor for the sickness that destroyeth in the noonday a thousand shall fall beside thee and ten thousand at thy right hand but it shall not come nighty yea with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the ungodly for thou lord art my hope thou has set thine house of defense very high there shall no evil happen unto thee neither shall any plague come neither dwelling for he shall give his angels charge over thee to keep thee in all thy ways they shall bear thee in their hands that thou hurt not thy foot against a stone glory be to the father and to the son and to the holy ghost as it was in the beginning is now and ever shall be world without end amen thou o lord out in the midst of us and we are called by thy name leave us not o lord our god thanks be to god into thy hands o lord i commend my spirit for thou hast redeemed me o lord thou god of truth i commend my spirit glory be to the father and to the son and to the holy ghost into thy hands o lord i commend my spirit before the ending of the day creator of the world we pray that with thy won'ted favor thou would be our guard and keeper now from all ill dreams defend our eyes from nightly fears and fantasies tread underfoot our ghostly foe that no pollution we may know oh father that we ask be done through jesus christ thine only son who with the holy ghost and thee doth live and reign eternally amen keep me o lord as the apple of an eye hide me under the shadow of thy wings at this point in our service we light a candle for all those whom we have known and loved who have died and those who have died this week some from coronavirus others in the desperate tragedy in beirut think of any that you know and name them in your hearts as we light our candle [Music] three rest eternal grant unto them oh lord and let light perpetual shine upon them save us our lord while waking and guard us while sleeping that awake we may watch with christ and asleep we may rest in peace lord now let us thou thy servant depart in peace according to thy word for mine eyes have seen thy salvation which thou has prepared before the face of all people to be a light to lighten the gentiles and to be the glory of thy people israel glory be to the father and to the son and to the holy ghost as it was in the beginning is now and ever shall be world without end amen save us o lord while waking and guard us while sleeping that awake we may watch with christ and asleep we may rest in peace lord have mercy upon us christ have mercy upon us lord have mercy upon us 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 forever and ever are men we will lay us down in peace and take our rest blessed art thou o lord god of our fathers and to be praised and glorified forever let us bless the father and the son and the holy ghost let us praise and exalt him above all forever blessed art thou o lord in the firmament of heaven and to be praised and glorified and exalted above all forever the almighty and merciful lord guide us and give us his blessing amen vouchsafe o lord to keep us this night without sin o lord have mercy upon us have mercy upon us o lord let thy mercy lighten upon us as our trust is in the lord hear our prayer and let our cry come unto thee let us pray visit we beseech thee o lord our homes and drive far from them all the snares of the enemy let thy holy angels dwell therein to preserve us in peace and may thy blessing be upon us ever more through jesus christ our lord amen o lord whom by triumphing over the power of darkness didst prepare our place in the new jerusalem grant us who have this day given thanks for thy resurrection to praise thee in the eternal city whereof thou art the light where with the father and the holy ghost thou livest and rainest one god world without end amen be present o merciful god and protect us through the silent hours of this night so that we who are fatigued by the changes and chances of this fleeting world may repose upon thy eternal changelessness through jesus christ our lord amen so in a moment of silence we make our own prayers at this compline hour the peace of god which passes all understanding keep your hearts and minds in the knowledge and love of god and of his son jesus christ our lord and the blessing of god almighty the father the son and the holy spirit be upon you upon those whom you love and those you would pray for tonight and always amen as we remember the citizens of beirut and the lebanon we use a poem from william blake can i see another's woe and not be in sorrow too can i see another's grief and not seek for kind relief can i see a falling tear and not feel my sorrows share can a father see his child weep nor be with sorrow filled can a mother sit and hear an infant groan an infant fear no no never can it be never never can it be and can he who smiles on all hear the wren with sorrows small hear the small birds grief and care hear the woes that infants bear and not sit beside the nest pouring pity on their breast and not sit the cradle near weeping tear on infant's tear he just give his joy to all he becomes an infant small he becomes a man of woe he doth feel the sorrow too think not thou can sire sigh and thy maker is not by think not thou canst weep a tear and thy maker is not near oh he gives to us his joy that our grief he may destroy till our grief is fled and gone he does sit by us and moan [Music] so so oh so [Music] okay