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[[4 images]] ORDER OF SERVICE 7:30 P.M. .......... Musical Tribute to the Memory of "The Chief" A. Philip Randolph* 8:00 P.M. ...........The Memorial Service The Rev. Henderson R. Hughes, Presiding The Processional ............... "Onward Christian Soldiers" The Opening Sentences....... Pastor Hughes The Hymn of Consolation ... "Rock of Ages" The Prayer of Comfort and Strength .... Dr. Moran W. Weston The Scripture Lessons: The Old Testament .... The Rev. Paul Vastor Johnson The New Testament .... The Rev. Dr. F. Herbert Skeete Choral Selection .... The Choirs of Bethel Acknowledgements .... The Rev. George Lawrence Tributes (3 minutes) Fraternal ............ William Richardson Politics ........ Dr. Anna Arnold Hedgman Labor ........... L. Joseph Overton Civil Rights .... Dr. Joseph E. Lowery Choral Selection ... Concert Choir of Canaan A Personal Reflection Dr. Wyatt Tee Walker Dr. Gardner C. Taylor Solo ... "He'll Understand and Say 'Well Done'" Mrs. Frances Jackson The Eulogy ... Bishop Richard Allen Hildebrand The Closing Hymn .... "Battle Hymn of the Republic" The Benediction .... Bishop Hildebrand The Recessional * The Choirs of Bethel and Canaan; guest soloists, Frances Jackson and Carl Murray. The Rev. Henderson R. Hughes is Pastor of the Bethel A.M.E. Church. The Rev. Dr. Moran W. Weston, Senior Minister, St. Phillip's P.E. Church. The Rev. Paul Vastor Johnson, President of the Baptist Ministers' Conference of Greater New York. The Rev. Dr. F. Herbert Skeete, Minister of Salem United Methodist Church. The Rev. George Lawrence, Minister of the Antioch Baptist Church of Christ in Brooklyn. William Richardson, Grand Master of the Grand Lodge, A.F. & A.M. State of New York Dr. Anna Arnold Hedgman, Former Director FEPC in Roosevelt Administration L. Joseph Overton, Official, Negro American Labor Council. The Rev. Dr. Joseph E. Lowery, President, Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC). The Rev. Dr. Wyatt Tee Walker, Minister of the Canaan Baptist Church of Christ in Harlem. The Rev. Dr. Gardner C. Taylor, Senior Minister of [[text obscured by photo]] ord Baptist Church of Chirst in Brooklyn. The Rev. Dr. Richard Hildebrand, Presiding Bishop [[text obscured by photo]] opal District, African Methodist Episcopal Church. 265