Service of Songs

ORDER OF SERVICE OF SONGS IN HONOUR OF LATE COL PETER FASHONA ABRAHAM (rtd)

VENUE: St. Paul’s Military Church (Protestant), Ojo, Lagos 31st January 2025, Time: 5 PM
1. Opening prayer/ Lord’s prayer
2. Psalm 23
3. Hymn CH 154 ( Be Thou my Guardian and Guide)
4. First Lesson Eccl 3:1-12 by Isaiah Abraham
5. Hymn CH 328 ( What a friend we have in Jesus)
6. Second Lesson Rom 8:37-39 by Daniel Abraham
7. Hymn CH 335 (When peace like a River)
8. Third Lesson 1 cor15:50-58 by Seun Fashona
9. Hymn : CH 252 (Hope is Built on nothing less)
10. Fourth Lesson Rev 7:9-17 by Monjolaoluwa Ariyo Fashona
11. Hymn :CH92 (How Bright this Glorious Spirit Shine)
12. Fifth Lesson John 11: 21-27 by mr Gbenga fashona
13. Testimonies
a. Friend’s
b. Colleague
c. Family Member’s
d. Church
14. Hymn CH 181 ( Fight the good fight)
15. Exhortation
16. Choir Rendition
17. Support for the family( offerings)
18. Prayer the family & Other
19. Voter of thanks/ Announcement by the family
20. Closing Hymn CH 320 ( Through the love of God)
21. Closing Prayer / Benediction

1. HYMN CH 154( BE THOU MY GUARDIAN AND MY GUIDE)
Be thou my guardian and my guide.
And hear me when I call:
Let not my slippery footsteps slide.
And hold me lest I fall.

2. The world, the flesh, and Satan dwell-
Around the path I tread;
O save me from the snares of hell,
Thou quickener of the dead.

3. And if I tempted am to sin.
And outward things are strong,
Do thou, 0 Lord, keep watch within,
And save my soul from wrong.

4. Still let me ever watch and pray.
And feel that I am frail;
That if the tempter cross my way:
Yet he may not prevail.

2. HYMN 328 (WHAT A FRIEND WE HAVE IN JESUS)
1. What a friend we have in Jesus,
All our sins and griefs to bear!
What a privilege to carry
Everything to God in prayer!
Oh what peace we often forfeit,
Oh, what needless pain we bear
All because we do not carry
Everything to God in prayer!

2. Have we trials, and temptations?
Is there trouble anywhere?
We should never be discouraged;
Take it to the Lord in prayer
Can we find a Friend so faithful,
Who will all our sorrows share?
Jesus knows our every weakness
Take it to the Lord in prayer!

3. Are we weak and heavy-laden,
Cumbered with a load of care?
Precious Saviour, still our refuge
Take it to the Lord in prayer.
Do thy Friend despise, forsake thee?
Take it to the Lord in prayer;
In His arms He’ll take and shield thee,
Thou wilt find a solace there.

3. HYMN CH 335 (WHEN PEACE LIKE A RIVER)
1. When peace like a river attended my way,
When sorrows like sea billows roll;
Whatever my lot, thou hast taught me to say,
“ It is well, it is well with my soul.”
It is well with my soul;
It is well, it is well with my soul.

2. Though satan should buffet, thought
Trials this blest assurance control:
That Christ has regarded my helpless estate,
And has shed his own blood for my soul.

3. My sin oh, the bliss of this glorious though!
My sin, not in part, but the whole,
Is nailed to the cross, and I bear it no more;
Praise the Lord, Praise the Lord o my soul!

4. O Lord. Haste the day when my faith shall be sight, The clouds be rolled back as a scroll;
The trump shall resound and the
Lord shall descend
Even so, it is well with my soul.

4. HYMN CH 252( MY HOPE IS BUILT ON NOTHING LESS)
1. My hope is built on nothing less
Than Jesus’ blood and righteousness;
I dare not trust the sweetest frame,
But wholly lean on Jesus’ name
Chorus:
On Christ, the solid Rock I stand;
All other ground is sinking sand,
All other ground is sinking sand.

2. When darkness seems to hide His face,
I rest on His unchanging grace;
‘In ev’ry high and stormy gale,
My anchor holds within the veil.

3. His oath, His covenant, His blood,
Support me in the whelming flood;
When all around my soul gives way,
He then is all my hope and stay.

4. When He shall come with trumpet
sound, Oh, may I then in Him be found,
Dressed in His righteousness alone,
Faultless to stand before the throne!

5. HYMN CH 126FADING AWAY LIKE THE STARS OF THE MORNING (SSS 798 Tune Only Remembered)
1. Fading away like the stars of the morning,
Losing their light in the glorious sun
Thus would we pass from the earth and its toiling:
Only remembered by what we have done
Refrain;
Only remembered only remembered.
Only remembered by what we have done:
Thus would we pass from the earth and its toiling,
Only remembered by what we have done.

2. Shall we be missed, tho’ by others, succeeded,
Reaping the fields we in spring time have sown?
Yes, but the sowers must pass from heir labours,
Ever remembered by what they have done.

3. Only the truth that in life we have spoken.
Only the seed that on earth we have sown;
These shall pass onward when we are forgotten.
Fruits of the harvest and what we have done.

4. Oh, when the Saviour shall make up His jewels,
When the bright crowns of rejoicing are won,
Then shall His weary and faithful disciples
All be remembered by what they have done.

6. HYMN CH 181(FIGHT THE GOOD FIGHT WITH ALL THY MIGHT)
1. Fight the good fight with all thy might!
Christ is thy strength, and Christ thy right;
Lay hold on life, and it shall be
Thy joy and crown eternally.

2. Run the straight race through God’s good grace,
Lift up thine eyes, and seek his face;
Life with its way before us lies;
Christ is the path, and Christ the prize.

3. Cast care aside, lean on thy guide;
His boundless mercy will provide;
Trust and thy trusting soul shall prove
Christ is its life, and Christ its love.

4. Faint not nor fear, his arms are near;
He changeth not, and thou are dear;
Only believe, and thou shalt see
That Christ is all in all to thee.