, 1870-07-17
THE BIBLE.
Revision OF the 6 tiauthortzcd's y,.,
Slon-E0m m union OF thc Colnpany
OF f{GyAsttAS

Revision OF khc 6 stauthortzrd'. y.r.
slon-Com m union OF thc Colnpauv
OF keya.ets~
From, tie Lendon Tin.<t, June y,
Ii may be interesting to recall scene wh; ii
vas briefly noticed III the columns OF the 7i,.S
~ having occurred during the psst week. AL
which gises i pleasing augnry for e::s:
Church and State. We refer to the pa:;s.i,,a-
ton In the Holy Communion By the co:n?an.
Of the revisers Of the authorized vc:s,3e
ot the Eew Testament, which ocess.~.
in Henry Wis Chapel il Westminster
their Important work. A notice h.d bae;
issued to each Of the body, to the eas,:
that the Sacrament would be administered
there. on the day OF their first meeting. II,
such Of the body as should feel disposed IL a.
tend Some feH we're prevented from apI''ss-
ing, but at the hour named ~ many as tws-,:s
presented themselves. md we're placed i'll tr.
sncieut rtal1s Of the chapel. No cue else A.
sistcd. The Dean reau tuc service from s!.c
communion table 1T tue head Of Henr: WIS
tomb. It 30 happened that this table thus re-
ceived its first use. It had within few ,ls,s
past replaced q temporary table. having. 81 the
Inscription round it records, been erected in
the place Of the ancient a4as which orce intl:-
Gated the spot where Edw3rf II. w1s burit..
probably to meet the wi-hcsof hi. sister N.rr,
and had bern destroyed by the rnritans III the
ita top il tlaet1 the fragment ot the beautiful.
| II CARED fHeze Of the lost altsr. found uuex-
pectetiy last ytsr, III Edward EI.'s grave, to-
: gether NTH other fragments Of ruined altar,
which happened 10 be at han! for Eac
+! pn1poss. In front OF .h:. tAtic.
thus itself Z monument Of the extinct strifcs
OF former days, and round the grave Of tt,s
ycuthfuh Protestant King, in whose reign ill.,.
! EuEliel s4ble first received its ackro~lea.,.'a
place IN the corouation Of the sovereign. IL
well ~ its frse and general circulation thrct:ss
out the people. knelt together the b.r.! If
scholars an: tlv:ne., con=iatins Of rerre*e,.;a-
tiv+s Of almost every form Of Christian !e!'.f
t iu Enclanu. There were Bishops Of tie E.--
| tAhli<hed Church, two OF then, by their ve,-sE-
able years cocnected + it'll the PAST genera.oa ::
there were the representatives Of o,sr historic
| cathedrals ant collegiate churches, U: arr
| learned universities. of our labosious psroeaia
cl,asees, aud Of or chef ecclesiastical con%o-
cation: and Hith tleee- iuteEmtugfel without
distinction, we're ministers of the Established
atd Of the Fres Church Of Scotland, sn!
England -Indepeusisat, Eapsist, Wesleyan,
! Unitarian. Il il not to he supposed that ratI1
! one Of those preselt eneered with equal aGrty-
mi nj into every par: 'of the service: but it j.
surely not without hopeful stgnlticanre t!ass
(; neither oa the side otthe Church nor VI .t,.-
!, o,nfor1Eitr was thero any Religious 1iil'll-
| r." raised Is 10 joint participation on rue;,
| an occasion in the most EeueEable and s1eEtal
ordinance Of the Chratisn religion. Tit.
Ch.pe. of Henry VII. hae Witnessed insmy
taa,uus sights, more auCuet and more stirring:
.+he funerals OF kings eEdrtinces, Of uo".cs,
generafs ard statesmen: debates OF the Mort
nai3ster assembly aud OF the ennvoeation- ii
tho English thuzcsS; tho installation Of the
Knights Of the Bath, wt1o~e tszsners wave FROM
tho ruof, and who~e swords were deposited be-
nea:h the altar 1aisei Oh thst Rpot. But it
may bs doubted whether IL has ever been tho
I sccnc Ut at event go frauEhs. It rightly c,'n-
s1erei, with possibilities oi kiaslly intercourse
hetNe n iarring factions. anti pacific solution
ut ~atzing prolleuls. as thss wh~h happened,
| silent .kA1 unobeeryed. on ths I'D Of June.