Mariners Evening Service, Crosby Church
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Date(s): May 1990
Scope & Content: Mariners Evening Service at Crosby Methodist Chapel recorded an evening in May 1990. The service begins with the congregation singing the hymn ‘For those in peril on the sea’. Preacher is The Reverend Eddie Cubbon; lessons read by Captain Harry Kinley and Captain John Kennaugh; soloist Harry Galbraith; and organist, Joyce Gelling.
Track 1: Hymn, ‘Light in the darkness sailor day is at hand’; announcement of death of member of Mariners choir, Fred Broadhurst, Port Erin; prayers; hymn, ‘Jesus, Saviour, Pilot Me’; first Lesson (Psalm 139) read by Captain Harry Kinley; Harry Galbraith sings ‘The song of the Manx Crofter’ (words and music by William Craine of Peel); hymn, ‘Brightly beams Our Father’s mercy’; second Lesson (Matthew ch19, v14) read by Captain John Kennaugh; Harry Galbraith sings ‘Goin’ home’ from the New World Symphony (Dvořák); church notices from Mr Gelling; hymn, ‘Isle of Mona’ (words by John W. Gelling, music by William R. Rowlands); prayers.
Track 2: Hymn, ‘At the cross, at the cross where I first saw the Light’; service by The Reverend Eddie Cubbon in which he mentions Leslie Kelly (ex-town clerk of Peel) and huge congregation at Methodist chapel, Salisbury Street, Douglas; decline in Sunday school attendance and religion; trouble at Strangeways prison; his time in Burma, in the jungle, during the Second World War; hymn, ‘The sands of time are sinking’; and finally The Blessing, said in English and Manx.
Language: English
Extent: 1 hr. 4 min. 32 sec.
Item name: cassette tape
Collection: Sound Archive
Level: ITEM
ID number: SA 2019-0052/6
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This was a great find and also fantastic to have a recording of this. Just a quick note about the name of the chapel. It should be Crosby Methodist Chapel, rather than Crosby Church (which could be mistaken for Marown Parish Church). Thanks so much for this! Gareth - Gareth Moore Report this
This was a great find and also fantastic to have a recording of this. Just a quick note about the name of the chapel. It should be Crosby Methodist Chapel, rather than Crosby Church (which could be mistaken for Marown Parish Church). Thanks so much for this! Gareth - Gareth Moore Report this