(Church of England) in connection with the Annual Shakespeare Birthday
Celebration from
The Collegiate Church of the Holy
Trinity, Stratford-upon-Avon
Organ Voluntary
11.0 Order of Service
Hymn, Father, if all Thy gifts of grace (The Shakespeare Hymn)
Prayers
Anthem, Ye boundless realms
(Handel)
Address by the Rt. Rev. the Bishop of MALMESBURY
Hymn, Thy hand, 0 God, has guided
(A. and M. 604)
Organist and Choirmaster, J. Brough
For sixty years the Shakespeare sermon, on the Sunday nearest to April 23, has been a regular part of the birthday celebrations. Included in this special service is the Shakespeare hymn written by A. C. Benson to a tune composed by W. Wells Hewitt , formerly organist of Stratford Parish Church and now organist of Toronto Cathedral.

from the Poetry of Adam Lindsay
Gordon by William Stratford
The poet, after being educated at Worcester and Cheltenham, emigrated to Australia