The Archive · 1940

Shanghai to Mark Day of Prayer

Special Services for

Local Britons; Address By Consul-General Sunday, September 8, has been set aside as a day of National Prayer for Britons the world over, and Shanghai will also have special services in the Holy Trinity Cathedral on that day. Arrangements have been made for a morning service and a united service for the evening, at which H. M. Consul-General, Mr. A. H. George, will make an address. Collections taken will be given to the Central British War Fund.

Mattins will be specially arranged with appprcpriate hymns, lessons and a psalm, The Te Deum will be omitted and the address will follow the Anthem. It will be delivered by Bishop J. Curtis and will be in the nature of a call to prayer. During the hymn which follows the sermon, a collection will be taken for the Central British War Fund, earmarked for the work of the Church Army. Following this hymn, special intercessions will be taken by Dean A. C. S. Trivett, The service will conclude with the National Anthem and the singing of Psalm 150, a psalm of praise and thanksgiving.

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