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First of a series of services on the Beatitudes (St. Matthew 5, vv. 3-10); conducted by the Rev. John Marsh , of Mansfield College, Oxford
Introduction
Reading: St. Matthew 5, w. 3-10 Prayer
Crown him with many crowns (Cong.
H. 135; A. and M. 304; C.H. 136)
Reading: St. Matthew 4, vv. 1-11
Forty days and forty nights (A. and M. 92; C.H. 79)
Sermon
The Lord will come (Cong. H. 144;
S.P. 658; C.H. 151)
Prayers
Soldiers of the Cross, arise (Cong. H.
304; A. and M. 588; C.H. 341)
Blessing
' Oh. I've had enough of dogmas, and theology and church, and all that stuff: the Sermon on the Mount is good enough for me.'
That, or something like it, has been said by thousands of people: to many who read these lines it may have a familiar sound. To anyone who makes the statement, there are two questions to be put at once: (1) When did you last read the Sermon on the Mount? (2) Is it really as simple as you suggest?
Take. for instance, the famous Sayings with which the Sermon opens: they are in St. Matthew's Gospel, chapter 5. verses 3 to 10. They are often called The Beatitudes, because in them Christ pronounces a blessing, or beatitude, on different types of people. In modern language, they describe the Secret of Happiness. We probably have our own ideas on that subject: here, in these verses, are Christ's ideas. They are staggering, revolutionary; can He really have meant what He said?
For eight consecutive weeks, beginning today, the Sunday morning services will be concerned with these famous Sayings. John Marsh , F. A. Cockin. A. M. Hunter W. F. Flenniston, and C. H. Dodd will wrestle with them and try to dig down to their real meaning and challenge

Contributors

Unknown:
Rev. John Marsh
Unknown:
John Marsh
Unknown:
F. A. Cockin.
Unknown:
C. H. Dodd

A fortnightly review, introduced by Alec Robertson and edited by Anna Instone and Julian Herbage. Contents: 'The Music of Honegger' a recorded talk by Ernest Ansermet; 'Words and Music,' by V. C. Clinton-Baadeley, illustrated by Henry Cummings (baritone); 'Giovanni Gabrieli (1557-1612)' by Alec Robertson.

Contributors

Introduced By:
Alec Robertson
Edited By:
Anna Instone
Edited By:
Julian Herbage
Speaker:
Ernest Ansermet
Speaker:
V. C. Clinton-Baadeley
Baritone:
Henry Cummings
Speaker:
Alec Robertson

1—' The Marooning of Henry Hudson': an episode in the three hundred years' search for a North-West passage to China. Script by Robin Fedden. Produced by Rayner Heppenstall

Contributors

Script By:
Robin Fedden.
Duced By:
Rayner Heppenstall
Henry Hudson:
Cecil Trouncer
John Hudson:
David O'Brien
Philip Staff:
Richard George
Thomas Widdows:
Harold Scott
Robert Jewitt:
Deryck Guyler
Robert Rayner:
Charles Leno
Robert Billet:
Eric Lugg
Henry Green:
John Stone
Thomas Wilson:
Alexander Sarner
Shantyman:
Dermot Cathie
Narrator:
Preston Lockwood

from St. Martin-in-the-Fields, conducted by the Vicar, the Rev. Eric S. Loveday
Immortal, invisible (S.P. 535; C.H. 12) Confession and Absolution The Lord's Prayer Psalm 67 Lesson
Collects and Prayer
My God, I love thee (S.P. 110; C.H.
433)
Sermon by the Rev. Eric S. Loveday Glory to thee, my God, this night
(S.P. 45; C.H. 291)
Blessing

Contributors

Unknown:
Eric S. Loveday
Unknown:
Rev. Eric S. Loveday

Archbishop of Westminster at Westminster Cathedral
Solemn Entry of the Cardinal Archbishop
Sacerdos et Pontifex Versicies and prayer
Veneration of the Sacred Pallium Tu es Petrus (Terry)
Allocution by the Cardinal Archbishop Te Deum Blessing
Publication of the Indulgence
Master of the Music, W. Hyde

Contributors

Unknown:
Pontifex Versicies
Music:
W. Hyde

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