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A Service in Preparation for the CORONATION of His Majesty KING GEORGE VI

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from The Concert Hall, Broadcasting House
Invocation
Hymn, O Holy Spirit, Lord of grace (A. and M. 208)
Hallowing
Hymn, Rejoice, O land, in God thy might (S.P. 631) (from the Yattendon Hymnal, Clarendon Press, Oxford)
Thanksgivings. The Rev. M. E. AUBREY, Moderator of the Federal Council of Evangelical Free Churches
Reading. The LORD MACMILLAN, P.C., G.C.V.O., LL.D., Chairman of the Corporation's General Advisory Council
Anthem (words set to music for this service by Sir WALFORD DAVIES , C.V.O., O.B.E., Mus.Doc., Master of the King's Musick)
Prayers. The Rt. Rev. Prof. DANIEL LAMONT, D.D., Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland
Hymn, Before Jehovah's awful throne (A. and M. 516)
Address. His Grace the LORD ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY, Primate of all England
Hymn, Now thank we all our God (A. and M. 379)
Blessing
National Anthem
Solemn Fanfare
(The final Hymn, the National Anthem, and the Solemn Fanfare will be broadcast from under the dome of St. Paul's Cathedral, where members of the Coronation Choir, together with delegate singers from the Dominions, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, and London will be assembled).
A Section of the London Symphony Orchestra
Leader, W. H. Reed
The BBC Chorus Section A
Organist, G. Thalben Ball
Conductor, Sir Adrian Boult

Contributors

Unknown:
Rev. M. E. Aubrey
Unknown:
Sir Walford Davies
Unknown:
Daniel Lamont

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