Prayer
Now thank we all our God (A. and M.
379; S.P. 350; C.H. 29: Tune, Nun danket)
Interlude: Francis Joseph Campbell ' Prayers; the Prayer of Thanksgiving; the Lord's Prayer
Through the night of doubt and sorrow (A. and M. 274, omitting vv. 7 and 8; S.P. 678; C.H. 214: Tune, Marching)
Blessing
Francis Joseph Campbell, the subject of today's Interlude, was born in America just over a hundred years ago. He was blinded by an accident when he was three years old, and devoted his life to teaching and helping other blind people to live a useful and normal life. He was the founder and first Principal of the Royal Normal College for the Blind. This story illustrates the saying of Christ: ' The blind receive their sight ' (St. Matthew 11, v. 5).