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.)