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from a Red Cross and St. John convalescent hospital in the North-West
National Anthem
Sentence and Prayers
Before Jehovah's awful throne (M.H.B.
3 ; A. and M. 516 ; C.H. 230)
Lesson : St. Luke 10, vv. 25-37 (read by a member of the Fighting French Forces)
Eternal Father, strong to save (M.H.B.
917 ; A. and M. 370 ; C.H. 626)
Prayers
Lead, kindly light (M.H.B. 612 ; A. and M. 266 ; C.H. 568)
Address by the Rev. C. J. Wright , D.D.
(Manchester University)
From thee all skill and stience flow
(M.H.B. 921 ; C.H. 351)
Blessing

Contributors

Unknown:
Rev. C. J. Wright

from Holy Trinity, Coventry
All people that on earth do dwell (A. and M. 166 ; C.H. 229)
Prayer Lesson
Thine arm, 0 Lord, in days of old (A. and M. 369 ; C.H. 86)
Thanksgiving and Intercession
0 brother man (C.H. 485 ; S.P.. 307 : music by Geoffrey Shaw )
Address by the Very Rev. R. T. Howard ,
Provost of Coventry
Through the night of doubt and sorrow
(A. and M. 274 ; C.H. 214)
Blessing
This service has been arranged in collaboration with the Red Cross and St. John War Organisation.

Contributors

Music By:
Geoffrey Shaw
Unknown:
Very Rev. R. T. Howard

Play by James Bridie , produced by E. Martin Browne , with the Pilgrim Players of Canterbury. Presented by Barbara Burhham
The story is taken from ' The Desert Fathers ', by Helen Waddell. Scene : North Africa in the third and fourth centuries, A.D.

Contributors

Play By:
James Bridie
Produced By:
E. Martin Browne
Presented By:
Barbara Burhham
Unknown:
Helen Waddell.
An abbot:
Norman Tyrrell
A deaconess:
Nina Evans
Abraham:
Lewis Casson
Maria:
Sylvia Read
Absalom:
Brian Carey
Ephraem:
Ronald Long
A landlady^:
Henzie Raebum
A knave:
Brian Carey

on gramophone records
Serenade in D. (K.239 : Mozart) : Adolf Busch Chamber Players, conducted by Adolf Busch
Serenade for Frederick Delius on his sixtieth birthday (Warlock) : Constant Lambert String Orchestra, conducted by Constant Lambert
Serenade to Music (Vaughan Williams) : Isobel Baillie , Stiles Allen , Elsie Sud daby, Eva Turner , Margaret Balfour , Astra Desmond , Muriel Brunskill , Mary Jarred , Heddle Nash , Walter Widdop , Parry Jones , Frank Titterton , Roy Hen derson, Robert Easton , Harold Williams , and Norman Allin , with the BBC Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Sir Henry J. Wood

Contributors

Unknown:
Adolf Busch
Conducted By:
Adolf Busch
Unknown:
Frederick Delius
Unknown:
Isobel Baillie
Unknown:
Stiles Allen
Unknown:
Elsie Sud
Unknown:
Eva Turner
Unknown:
Margaret Balfour
Unknown:
Astra Desmond
Unknown:
Muriel Brunskill
Unknown:
Mary Jarred
Unknown:
Heddle Nash
Unknown:
Walter Widdop
Unknown:
Parry Jones
Unknown:
Frank Titterton
Unknown:
Roy Hen
Unknown:
Robert Easton
Unknown:
Harold Williams
Unknown:
Norman Allin
Conducted By:
Sir Henry J. Wood

BBC Home Service Basic

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