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Order of Service
For the beauty of the earth (M.H.B.
35 ; S.P. 494 ; C.H. 43)
Invocation and Lord's Prayer
Chant
Reading: Matthew 16, vv. 13-18;
17, vv. 1-8
Prayers
God moves in a mysterious way
(M.H.B. 503 ; S.P. 503 ; A. and M. 373 ; C.H. 56)
Address by the Rev. Gwitym Rees
0 Jesus, I have promised (M.H.B.
526 ; S.P. 255 ; A. and M. 271 ; C.H. 499)
Benediction
Organist, J. Plain

Contributors

Unknown:
Rev. Gwitym Rees

by Roy Hay and W. J. C. Lawrence
W. J. C. Lawrence, whom Roy Hay is bringing to the microphone, is Curator of the John Innes Horticul tural Institution at Merton. They are going to discuss the problem of seed beds and the fertilisation of plant growth. The John Innes Institution in the course of its researches in plant heredity has made many discoveries of importance to the amateur gardener.

Contributors

Unknown:
Roy Hay
Unknown:
Roy Hay
Unknown:
John Innes Horticul

written and adapted for broadcasting by David Pilgrim and Philip Guedalla
Produced by Lance Sieveking with Belle Chrystall as Marie Walewska
Malcolm Keen as Napoleon supported by Ivan Samson as General Marbot Esme Percy as Fouche Robert Farquharson as Talleyrand Lesley Deane as Josephine Felix Irwin as Marshal Duroc
William Trent as Archchancellor Cambaceres and Caroline (Napoleon's sister), Marshal Murat (her husband), MarshalSoult. General Savary, Tisset, Francois (Fouche's agent), Montrond (a friend of Talleyrand), Susanne (General Marbot's grandchild), French officers, soldiers, children, maids, innkeepers, a Major Domo, postmaster, Spaniards, outriders, messengers, roughs, and beggars
' What a pity that so great a man should have been so badly brought up' (Talleyrand)

Contributors

Broadcasting By:
David Pilgrim
Broadcasting By:
Philip Guedalla
Produced By:
Lance Sieveking
Unknown:
Belle Chrystall
Unknown:
Marie Walewska
Unknown:
Malcolm Keen
Unknown:
Ivan Samson
Unknown:
General Marbot Esme Percy
Unknown:
Fouche Robert Farquharson
Unknown:
Talleyrand Lesley Deane
Unknown:
Josephine Felix Irwin
Unknown:
Marshal Duroc
Unknown:
William Trent
Unknown:
Archchancellor Cambaceres
Unknown:
Marshal Murat

Twelve families will again take part in this two-way exchange of greetings. The parents will speak from London, Birmingham, Manchester, and Leeds to their children in Boston, Vancouver, Halifax, Winnipeg, Montreal,
Ottawa, and Toronto
(The programme is arranged in collaboration with the National Broadcasting Company of the U.S.A. and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)

Order of Service
In Christ there is no East or West
(S.P. 537)
Exhortation and opening prayers PsaLn 134
First lesson: Deuteronomy 30, w.
11-16
Magnificat
Second lesson: St. Matthew 22, w.
35-40
Nunc Dimittis
Versicles and Responses Collects
Dear Lord and Father of mankind
(S.P. 481 ; C.H. 245)
Prayers
Eternal Father, strong to save (A. and M. 370 ; S.P. 336 ; C.H. 626)
Address by the Rev. Hugh L. Johnston
Glory to thee, mv God, this night (A. and M. 23 ; S.P. 45) Blessing
Organist, R. Dowdeswell

Contributors

Unknown:
Rev. Hugh L. Johnston
Organist:
R. Dowdeswell

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