New-York tribune., 1871-12-27

belong the ,ssucs Of life and DEATH look down from
amo Thee With tho syS ,nr S %c
ths bed OF rnou Father Of srces and God
Of only help s, IN tine ot o. S Ssed .eTysn
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seech Thee his days here osrth and grant that no
snd Church and nation 4o,1 rrspss sDi1s
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Almighty
and n aqd whs and tho
OF love to knit together the members OF all CHRISTIAN a
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their great trouble. and on all the R0ya fanny; Nom
fort and support them IN their no ss snd
jesus Christ our Lord. Amen"
In many of the churches the prayer arrived too late to
be used but the clergy employed form OF prayers OF
their own for the Prince. Throughout the Kingdom in
every church and chapel prayer WAS offered for
him. Dean Stanley. preaching at Westminster AbOey on
Sunday afternoon, Dec. 10, said:
ION day like this whom there Ia trouble In every
bosom and one question every lip ia impossible to
every heart has felt The whole feeling Of the nation
was gathered into one focus the eyes OF ali the people
iousy watched by family and whence every one was
anxious know the truth Of their fears and hopes This
erences o rank and station and It was felt that this
family represented the whole people In the fierce
were looking with eager expectation might be seen the
sembance q what Vim beial every soul among us. Of
Of st. Paul were taken ITO live is Christ, to die is
gain and the preacher having dlated on the Lessons
e'sf" an Sd1idusl NJ life 70 which much that bad
% ss ss C sBDs dear and Worthy % %SfS
among whom the ties Of affection were indeed much
in its inspirations Of futurity or which had before
long future Of usefulnest was that Ire n which all ms H
hearers deeply Interested, and w1tn respect
" hfch all watching anXOuely ana Oeblrng
strongly to INT the dsrf vail o. he future Ine Ssr Go
and dear S to the person who lay on bed Of sickness
should pray, then. that 1t be Gods will that sufferer
those who were dear to him. but that his
te which might influence IN large degree she waoe
them in the future and far distance portended an
amount Of good such as no other individual IN hs the
congregation to Join again with one heart and soul 10
that life up and to grant that should continue to
cease grant that all sins should be purged away He
concluded by saying that this life was one which was
very precious for those who feared and watched Its
fluctuations from hour to hour round the bed Of sick
ness. 1t was further inestnaby precious TO some te
trafy it pleased God should be otherwise he prayed
Him TO grant life glorious resurrection
at St. Pauls Cathedral, Canon Leddow. preaching
from the words, "The realities Of the last judgment"
concluded his discourse as follows:
"Ths aspect of the judgment will be readily
tered into by IN these solemn hours, when the whole
heart of the nation watches with brcathoss s'ls,
seen S future sovereign. Soon or later sickness
and death know no favOrites. In presence of
the last realities all OF alike the highest and
the lowest, ON absolute level Let u.s. while wo lift
up hearts earnestly to God for the doWn-strcken
Prince. who but yesterday enjoying all that this
world could give and in whose future wo had 80 high
sake-let while pray for his augrt mother, our
beloved Queen for his wife and children, lot lis not
forget tho lesson that all that does not lead to
God from God that all that belongs merely to
the things of sense and time, that all that cannot AZ
grace and fath and hope and love- be truly incorporated
with the very life Of the soul, and s0 he carried beyond
the grave be truly Incorporated with the very life OF the
TO which the death of the body is but, 1t werc
incident in the history OF its existence Is nothing
literally nothing, If it be not worse than nothing
Monsgnor Capel, celebrated Roman Catholic priest.
who also alluded to the illness Of the Prince urged his
hearers to ask Him. who can do It IL He wil-tO
the sickness and suffering from him Who lay Frustrated
Charity cOmpels us" he said good children Of the
Church to do this and more Is our duty SUBJECTS
Of the nation to do Let therefore, ask the Al
mighty Dispenser of Mercy to spare the life OF him who
is to be the future King of this mighty empire There
fore, with this object prayers will be offered at the
cusion OF High Mass and the people present asked
10 send their prayers to God that lie may spare the
nation much suforing-much sorrOw