Leonard James Sleeman

14th May 2001 at 1:00 PM

at St Michael's Church

Stoke, Coventry

Leonard James Sleeman

Born 10th May 1914

In the Forest of Dean

Married Margaret Sophia Duff

St Michael's Stoke

January 1938

Died 1st May 2001

1 Angel voices ever singing

round thy throne of light,

angel-harps for ever ringing,

rest not day nor night;

thousands only live to bless thee

and confess thee Lord of might.

2 Thou who art beyond the farthest _

mortal eye can scan,

can it be that thou regardest _

songs of sinful man?

Can we know that thou art near us,

And wilt hear us? Yea we can.

3 Yea, we know that thou rejoicest

o'er each work of thine;

Thou didst ears and hands and voices

for thy praise design;

Craftsman's art and music's measure

for thy pleasure all combine.

4 In thy house, great God we offer

of thine own to thee;

and for thine acceptance proffer

all unworthily

hearts and minds and hands and voices

in our choicest psalmody.

5 Honour, glory, might, and merit

Thine shall ever be,

Father, Son and Holy Spirit,

Blessed Trinity!

Of the best that though hast given

1 The day thou gavest, Lord, is ended,

the darkness falls at thy behest;

to thee our morning hymns ascended,

Thy praise shall sanctify our rest.

2 We thank thee that thy Church unsleeping,

while earth rolls onward into light,

through all the world her watch is keeping,

and rests not now by day or night.

3 As o'er each continent and island

the dawn leads on another day,

the voice of prayer is never silent,

nor dies the strain of praise away.

4 The sun that bids us rest is waking _

our brethren 'neath the western sky,

and hour by hour fresh lips are making _

Thy wondrous doings heard on high.

5 So be it, Lord; thy throne shall never,

like earth's proud empires, pass away;

thy kingdom stands, and grows for ever,