The Coronation has been looked forward to. It is now at hand. Special services will be held. The schools have their own services—Hillend in Dalgety Church on Thursday, 28th May; Aberdour in St. Colme’s Church on Friday, 29th May.
Sunday, 31st May, will be a day of preparation throughout the whole country, and on the actual day of the Coronation the service will commence at 9.30 a.m. and will be followed by the tree planting ceremony when two red hawthorn trees will be planted in front of the church hall.
There is a great danger that the secular may overshadow the spiritual on this great occasion. The Coronation is a religious ceremony, and we must all strive to make it so. Our young Queen has asked us to pray for her that she may be upheld to fulfil the promises she is to make that day. There is no better way of meeting her wishes than that on the day of Coronation she may be surrounded by a people who themselves arc dedicated to the same high-calling.
The two trees today are different. The one on the left a Cherry Plum and the one on the right a Flowering Cherry.
The tree on the right bears the inscription:
Planted by Rev G W Lawrence B.D. of the USA, Assistant Minister, to Commemorate the Coronation of HM Queen Elizabeth on the 2nd June 1953.
