A reading from the Very Rev. W. R. Matthews 's book ' Seven Words

Good Friday
Rock of ages, cleft for me (A. and M. 184)
Psalm xxii, vv. 1-11 Luke xxiii, 32-46
O Saviour of the world (Ouseley)
O Saviour of the world, who by Thy Cross and precious blood hast redeemed us. Save us and help us, we humbly beseech Thee, O Lord.

(Church of England) from St. Margaret's, Lee, Blackheath
Organ Voluntary
11.0 Order of Service
Hymn, Glory be to Jesus (A. and M. 107)
Confession and Absolution
Lord's Prayer and Lesser Litany Paraphrase, Isaiah liii Lesson, Peter ii, 11-25
Hymn, There is a green hill far away
(A. and M. 332 ; S.P. 131)
Creed and Collects
Litany, God the Father, God the Son (A. and M. 466 ; 2, 6-8, 12 and 13) The Grace
Hymn, When I survey the wondrous
Cross (A. and M. 108 ; S.P. 133)
Address by the Rev. Canon F. H.
GILLINGHAM
Hymn, My God, accept my heart this day (A. and M. 349 ; S.P. 254)
Blessing
Organist and Choirmaster,
R. Clifford Smith

Ⓓ ORCHESTRA

@ by Irene Scharrer

with Tessa Deane

Commander A. B. Campbell

Ⓓ 'THEY MADE THESE
FAMOUS'

@ Conductor, J. C. Dyson

The Griller String Quartet:
Sydney Griller (violin)
Jack O'Brien (violin)
Philip Burton (viola)
Colin Hampton (violoncello) and Max Gilbert (viola)

by Peter Dawson (bass)
There is a green hill far away
Gounod

F. H. Grisewood

with Cyril Grantham
All arranged by Fred Hartley

(D) (Church of England) from St. Sepulchre's, Holborn
Conducted by the Rev. G.H. Salter

Order of Service
Hymn, There is a green hill far away (A. and M. 332 ; E.H. 106)
Prayer, The Good Friday Collect
Scripture reading - The Two Trials, St. Matthew xxvii, 11-31
Anthem (Music by King John IV of Portugal, circa 1590)
Faithful Cross! above all other, One and only noble tree!
None in foliage, none in blossom. None in fruit thy peer may be.
Sweetest wood and sweetest iron, Sweetest weight is hung on thee
(Venantius Fortunatus, circa 600)
Scripture reading, The Crucifixion, St. Matthew xxvii, 32-44
Hymn, Jesu, meek and lowly (A. and M. 188; E.H. 416)
Scripture reading. The Death, St. Matthew xxvii, 45-56
Tenor solo, Behold and see if there be any sorrow like unto his sorrow (Handel's Messiah
Scripture reading, The Burial, St. Matthew xxvii, 57-66
O Lamb of God (from the Litany) (Tallis)
Anthem (English text by H. M. Adams reprinted by permission of the Oxford University Press)
Praise to Thee, Lord Jesus, Who in bitter pain
On the Cross didst suffer,
And for our sake wast slain.
Thou reign'st with God the Father In Eternity.
Lead us erring sinners Unto Heav'n and Thee.
Kyrie eleison (from St. Matthew Passion by Heinrich Schutz, 1585-1672)
Address, by His Grace the Lord Archbishop of Canterbury
Hymn, When I survey the wondrous Cross (A. and M. 108; E.H. 107)
Blessing
Organist, Sydney H. Nicholson

Music by Reginald King
Suite, In the Chilterns
1 Penn Woods in Spring. 2 June Night on Marlow Reach. 3 Hunting Days
In the Shade of the Palms
Song of Paradise m Summer Breezes

by Elgar
Words by Cardinal Newman from Queen's Hall, London
(Sole Lessees, Messrs. Chappell and Co. Ltd.)
Muriel Brunskill (contralto)
Parry Jones (tenor)
Harold Williams (baritone)
The BBC Choral Society
Chorus Master, Leslie Woodgate
The BBC Symphony Orchestra
Leader, Paul Beard
Conducted by Sir Henry J. Wood
8.0 : Part 1
Gerontius: Parry Jones
The Priest: Harold William :
Assistants: Chorus
Prelude
Gerontius: Jesu, Maria—I am near to death
Assistants:
Kyrie Eleison Gerontius : Rouse thee, my fainting soul
Assistants: Be merciful, be gracious ; spare him, Lord
Gerontius: Sanctus fortis,
Sanctus Deus Gerontius : I can no more
Assistants: Rescue him, 0 Lord, in this his evil hour
Gerontius: Novissima hora est
The Priest : Proficiscere anima
Christiana
Assistants: Go, in the name of Angels and Archangels

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Part 2
The Soul of Gerontius: Parry Jones
Angel-: Muriel Brunskill
Angel of the Agony: Harold
Williams
Demons, Angelicals, and Souls:
Chorus
Introductions
Soul of Gerontius: I went to sleep ; and now I am refreshed
Angel: My work is done, My task is o'er
Angel and Soul: All hail. My child and brother, hail !
Demons: Lowborn clods of brute earth
Angel: It is the restless panting of their being
Demons: The mind bold and independent
Soul and Angel: I see not those false spirits
Angeticals: Praise to the Holiest in the height
Soul: The sound is like the rushing of the wind
Angelicals: Glory to Him
Angel: They sing of thy approaching agony
Soul: But hark! a grand mysterious harmony
Angel: And now the threshold as we traverse it
All Voices: Praise to the Holiest in the 'height
Angel and Soul: Thy judgment now is here
Angel of Agony: Jesu! by that shuddering dread which fell on Thee
Voices on Earth: Be merciful, be gracious, spare him, Lord
Angel: Praise to His Name Soul: Take me away
Souls in Purgatory: Lord, Thou hast been our refuge
Angel: Softly and gently, dearly-ransomed soul
Souls: Lord, Thou has been our refuge
Angelicals: Praise to the Holiest
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