11.0 National Service of Thanksgiving and Dedication

See panel and 'Television Diary'

A National Service of Thanksgiving and Dedication
in St. Giles' Cathedral, Edinburgh
on the occasion of the first visit to Scotland of Her Majesty the Queen after Her Majesty's Coronation

Conducted by the Very Rev. Charles L. Warr, K.C.V.O., D.D., LL.D., Dean of the Thistle and Chapel Royal and the Rt. Rev. James Pitt Watson, D.D., Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland

The Arrival

The Approach

Psalm 20 (metrical version)

Prayers and the Lord's Prayer

Psalm 84

The Lessons:
1 Kings 8, vv. 54-62
(read by the Chairman of the Baptist, Congregational, Methodist and Free Churches' Council)
St. Matthew 5, vv. 1-16
(read by the Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church)

The Apostles' Creed

Sixtieth Paraphrase: Father of peace and God of love!

The Sermon, by the Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland

The Thanksgiving

The Dedication

Anthem
Expectans, expectavi (Herrick Bunney)

The Intercession

Hymn "O worship the King"

The Blessing of the Queen

The National Anthem

The Benediction

Before the service Her Majesty the Queen and His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh, preceded by the Honours of Scotland - the Crown, the Sceptre, and the Sword of State, seen by the people in public procession for the first time since 1822 - drive in state to the High Kirk of Edinburgh, St. Giles' Cathedral

Scenes on the processional way described by Berkeley Smith at the Royal Scottish Academy, and at St. Giles' Cathedral by Richard Dimbleby.

A telerecording of part of this morning's programme at 10.25 p.m.

(to 12.15 app.)