Relayed from Albert Square
Prayer led by the Rev. Principal Grieve, M.A.
The Lord's Prayer
Hymn
Lesson read by Lieut. Col. Charles Bax, Salvation Army
Hymn
Addresses by the Very Rev. Dr. Hewlett Jonson, D.D., Dean of Manchester, and the Rev. Dr. B. Saloman
Benediction
National Anthem
(The Hymns will be sung by Massed Choirs, and the Service will be accompanied by the Besses o' the Barn and the Manchester City Police Bands)
Dr. Grieve has been Principal of the Lancashire Independent College since 1922. He has held many varied and important positions in England, Scotland and India, including academic appointments at the Universities of Edinburgh and of Manchester, and he has also worked on the staffs of the 'Encyclopedia Biblica' and the 'Encyclopedia Britannica.'
Lieut.-Col. Charles Bax is the head of the Salvation Army in Manchester, and Dr. Saloman represents the Jewish community, who have twelve synagogues in Manchester. As Dr. Hewlett Johnson, the Dean of Manchester, and founder and proprietor of 'The Interpreter,' which he edited from 1905-1024, also takes part, this may truly be described as a United Civic Week Service.
The 'Besses o' the Barn' band (which is taking part in the service) is Lancashire to the backbone in its history and traditions, since it sprang from the informal meetings of a group of musical cronies in the barn of a Lancashire inn more than a century ago, yet it is now known all over the world, having toured in America, Canada, New Zealand, Australia, and even the Pacific Islands. It is now a great favourite with listeners all over Great Britain.