“We love to sing below for mercies freely given; But oh! we long to know the triumph-song of Heaven”
Rev Sir Henry Williams Baker, Editor of Hymns Ancient & Modern; Vicar at Monkland 1851 to 1877.
Saturday 30th July
10.00 am to 5.30 pm
Singing favourite classics from Hymns Ancient & Modern 1861–1875
Afternoon talks by
Professor Dick Watson and Canon Rosalind Brown
£20 in advance or £25 on the day including Tea, Coffee, and Souvenir Music
Please bring your own lunch.
Sunday 31st July
11.00 am BCP Sung Communion
2.30 pm Rehearsal
4.00 pm Tea
4.30 pm BCP Sung Evensong
Recreation of an 1871 service with the original music on the original Walker organ
Service Collections on behalf of Monkland Church Building Fund
Supported by The Hymn Society of Great Britain and Ireland, The Prayer Book Society, Leominster Museum, Hymn Singing Society and Vintage Hymns.
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