Excerpts of Two Services from Riverside Church, 1961

As broadcast by WRVR    (Return to main page.)

From Easter 1961 (April 2)

• Jesus Christ is Risen Today
• A bit of Calvisius Christus Surrexit Hodie (in English), less than one complete stanza, but clearly identifiable, at 7'25"
• The Strife is O'er, The Battle Won, at 8'10"
• Sermon by R. McCracken (cut off?)

From October 15, 1961 (Laymen's Day)

• All Creatures of Our God and King (#64) (tune: Lasst uns erfreuen)
• Holy, Holy (choir anthem or preces, "Glory be to Thee, Most High" in place of Hosanna), at 10'30"
• Offertory sentences, at 11'50"
• Where Cross the Crowded Ways of Life, at 13'28"
• Sermon by R. McCracken

The links lead to The American Archive of Public Broadcasting, a collaboration between the Library of Congress and GBH, Boston, MA and Washington, DC. WRVR was the radio station of Riverside Church, New York, NY.