The Sumter watchman. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1855-1881, 1870-07-13
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The Protestant Churchuau priuta th,
subjoiaed facts aud reflections in fefsr-
. snee to the religious training and life
Of Queen Yictoria:
=. To tho teachings Of . good mother
Victoria owes all ber greatness aud oil
her goodness and it has often been
recorded how the last moments of the
Duchess Of Kent were cheered By the
suooesS' Of her ..aorsl aud religious
training Of Victoria, recognized and
revered throughout the domains Of Brit.
ain, and wherever the Euglish name is
known or its language spoken.
2, At eighteen Victoria was Queen, aud
swayed = ecepter over domain "on
which che sun never, SETS" over peo-
pie. "whose drum.beat sncircles the
globe" There is something deeply re-.
ligious 10 the manner in which she re
oeivcd the news of tho death of William
the Fourth. The Archbishop of Cam
terbury sought an interview, in the
night, with the Princess, to inform her
Of her inheritance of the GROWN. Says
the account from which We quote "She
hastily attired herself, aud met the ven.
erable prelate in the ante room. He IN.
formed her Of tho demise of the Crown,
and did homage 10 her as the sovereign
of the nation. She was deeply agitatcd
The first words che uttered were these {:
u ask your prayers in my behalf"
They knclt down together, and the
young sovereign inaugurated her reign
like young king of Israel by asking
from on high Tan understanding heart
to judge so great people, who could
not be numbered, nor counted, for the
multitude" Many will remember the
reply when the African prince sent to
her an embassage, with costly presents.
and asked her in return the secret OF
Englauds greatness, how truly Chris
tian was the response, when, handing
the ambassador beautifully bound copy
Of the Bible, she said "Tell the Prince
that this is the secret OF Engand's
greatness"
Her Christian spirit has ever been
uutaiDted with exclusiveness or bigotry.
Though the temporal head Of the
Church, and bound to it in almost bands
of iron, by the language Of her regal
cath her mind has ever been free from
narrowness in religious views. She has
always been empbatically Low Church
woman. Such has always been her con.
duct in the management other family.
The monthly nurse Of hor household,
and no one will doubt that she was fire.
quently needed, was a member of the
Baptist Church. A Wesleyan (tbiak Of
that ye Highchurch men y was the wet
nurse of her last born child nor has
any proof been yet adduced that the
child was in any way tainted with inf
deity, or lacking in Christian character.
The tutor or instructor, to one at least
Of her sons, was Nonconformist. All
the heads Of the departments about the
Queen were pious people. Every
child that was born in the royal family
was born amid many prayers. The
pious members Of the household assem-
bled themselves together, and continued
praying for the Queen until the child
was born, when they gave God thanks
1t is tho knowledge of such facts in
the life of Victoria that has made her
name respected and revered not be-
cause she was queen but because she
was liberal minded Christian and q
virtuous and thoroughly good woman
nor when the above truths are known,
will any one wonder at hor being op-
posed to the exclusive aud narrow
minded views of the Highchurch party,
and decidedly averse to the conversion
Of the Church Of England iuto mill
tary establishment.