Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-07-23

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It may Be Interesting 0rseall a
scene which was briefly noticed ID
the columns Of the Tines as hav.
ing occurred during the pest week.
and which gives a pleasing sugurJ
or a better feeling between The
contendiRg sections Of Church
and State. We refer 10 the par.
ticipation In the Communion BY
the Company Of the Revisers Of
the Authorized Version Of the
New Testament, which occurred
in Henry Wis Chapel in West
minister Abbey, preparatory to
their entrance ON their important
work. A notice had been issued
TO each Of the body, to the effect
that the sacrament would be ad-
ministered there, on the day Of
their first meeting, TO such Of the
body as should feel disposed TO ct.
tend. Some few were prevented
from appearing; but at the hour
named as many as 20 presented
themselves, and were placed in the
ancient stalls Of the chapel. No
one else assisted.
The Dean read the service from
the Communion table ct the Head
Of Henry Wis tomb It 90 hap.
pened that this table thus receiv.
ed its first use. It had within q
few days past replaced q tempo
rary table, having, as the inscrip.
ton round It records, been erect.
ed in the place Of the ancient altar
which once indicated the spot
where Edward VI. was buried
probably to meet the wishes Of
his sister Mary, and had been de.
stroyed by the Puritans in the
Civil War. On the marble slab
which covers its top 10 placed the
fragment Of the beautifully carved
frieze Of the lost altar, found I'M
expectedly last year in Edward
Wis grave, together with other
fragments Of ruined affairs which
happened to be at hand for like
purpose.
In front Of this table, thus t.
self a monument Of the extinct
~strifes Of former days, and around
the grave Of the young Protestant
King, in whose reign the English
Bible first received its acknow.
lodged place, in the Coronation
of the Sovereign, as well as itS
free and general circulation
throughout the people, knelt to-
gether the band Of scholars and
divines, consisting Of represen.
tatives of almost every form Of
Christianity in England. There
were Bishops Of the Established
Church, two Of them by theil
venerable years connected will
the past generation; there wert
the representatives Of our historic
Cathedrals and Collegiate Church
es, Of our learned Universities, o,
our laborious parochial charges
and Of our chief ecclesiastical con
vocation ; and with these, inter
mingled without distinction, werl
ministers Of the Established and O
the Free Churches Of Scotland
and Of almost every NonConform
ist Church in England-Inde
pendent, Baptist, Wesleyan, Uni
tartan.
1t is not to be supposed tina
each one of those present entered
with equal agreement into every
part of the service; but It is sure
ly not without q hopeful signifl
canoe that neither ON the side o.
the Church nor of NonConformity
was there any religious difficulty
raised as to q Joint participation
on such an occasion in the mos
venerable and sacred ordinance Of
the Christian religion. The Chape.
Of Henry VII. has witnessed many
famous sights, more august anC
more stirring-the funerals o,
Kings and Princes, of mobiles
Generals, and statesmen; the de
bates of the Westminster Assem-
bly, and of the Conversations of th,
English Church the installation
Of the Knights Of the Bath, whost
banners wave from the roof, anC
whose swords were deposited be
meath the altar raised on that spot
But it may be doubted whether /
has ever been the scene Of an even
80 fraught, il rightly considered
with possibilities of kindly inter
course between jarring factions
and pacific solution Of warrinI
problems, as that which happened
silent and unobserved, on Jun
22d.