from the Chapel Royal of St. Peter-ad-Vincula, H.M. Tower of London.
Attended by the Officers and Yeoman Warders
Conducted by the Chaplain, the Rev. R. M. La Porte-Payne, M.B.E., T.D., Rector, St. Mary Abchurch, London, E.C.
Order of Service:
Jesus Christ is risen today, Alleluia! (A. and M. 134)
Sentence, Exhortation, General Confession, Absolution
The Lord's Prayer; Versicles and Responses
Easter Anthems
Psalm 111
First Lesson: Exodus 12, vv. 1-14 (read by the Constable, Field-Marshal the Earl Wavell, P.C., G.C.B., C.C.S.I., O.C.I.E., C.M.G., M.C.)
Te Deum
Second Lesson: St. John 20, w. 11-17 (read by the Major and Resident Governor, Colonel E. H. Carkeet-James, O.B.E., M.C.)
Jubilate; Creed; Collects
Christ the Lord is risen again (A. and M. 136)
Prayers
Alleluia! Hearts to heav'n (A. and M. 137)
Address by the Rev. C. B. Mortlock, H.C.F., F.S.A., Rector of St. Vedast, Foster Lane, London, E.C.
Christ the Lord is risen today (A. and M. 131)
Blessing: Last verse of A. and M. 370 (sung kneeling)
National Anthem (first verse)
Organ Voluntary: Chorale Prelude,
Heut triumphiret Gottes Sohn (Bach)
Organist and choirmaster, E. R. Todd
Before the Service begins, at 11.0, the Yeoman Warders, in state dress, parade on Tower Green prior to conducting the Major and Resident Governor to the Chapel Royal
(to 12.00)