THANKSGIVING SERVICE
KING SENDS MESSAGE TO PRIMATE GRATITUDE EXPRESSED (Australian and N.Z. Press Association) (United Service) LONDON, Monday. The King’s private secretary. Lord Stamfordham, has sent the following message to the Primate and Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. Cosmo Lang: "His Majesty returned from Westminster Abbey with feelings of thankfulness and satisfaction that his earnest desire to join his people in the act of thanksgiving had been accomplished. "To the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Dean and Chapter of Westminster and to all responsible for the carrying out of the service his Majesty expresses his heartfelt gratitude. “The whole ceremony displayed reverence, dignity and beauty of holiness, which in the setting of the glorious Abbey seemed to complete the sacrifice of thanksgiving offered by the King add his people for ail the benefits received at the hand of God.”
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 710, 9 July 1929, Page 11
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137THANKSGIVING SERVICE Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 710, 9 July 1929, Page 11
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