The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-06-06

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advantages Music again. and the King arose
from his seat and advanced to the silver chair, In
front OF the altar, whose back we have been
studying SO carefully during the sermon.
AS he advances two chamberlains take the
Princes mantle, which he has worn since he
LETT the palace, and lay it on the altar They then
remove the Princes crown, which he has also
worn, and hand 1t to the Grand Marshal who lays
1t likewise on the altar. Then the Archbishop,
sisted by General Wrede, lifted the Kings mantle
from the altar and gently placed it on his shout
ders AS they did so His Majesty knet on o cushion
which had been placed before him, and in front OF
praying-desk, on which lay Bible The Arch
bishop opened the Bible at the first chapter of
Revelations, and as he did SO the music ceased.
THE CORONATION OATH.
As the King knet expectanr the Minister OF JUS
tice advanced and read the royal oath. The King
placed three fingers on the opened Bible page
and repeated the oath, word for word, as the MIN
lister Of Justice pronounced 1t to him.
8 THE AMOUNTING
This done the Archbishop again advanced. The
King, with slight effort, opened the folds Of his
shirt bosom. The Archbishop anolnted him with
OIL first on the forehead, then on the bare bosom.
then on the temples and finally on the wrists. As
he did so he said in voice that rose gentle and
clear
Alntghtp ana eternal Goa instu HTS HOLY Spirit
into pour souI and mind, ana purpose and enter
te7p7fse, through t1hOse blessing vou may so
0oue,n country and Kingdom that your reign may
rebound to the praise and honor or GOd strengthen
right ana Justice and DO good to the land and its
people.
AS these words were spoken reverenty and
with manifest feeling, the King, with bent head,
listened, his eye fixed on the opened Bible which
lay before HIM. Then he arose and seated himself
in the silver chair fronting the altar. This famous
chair has been the traditional royal coronation
throne Of Sweden since tae time Of Christina, who
was daughter OF the renowned Gustavus Adolf
phus-Queen after his death-and, not lively IN her
life and conversation she resigned her royal funo-
tions in 1854 and went to Rome, leaving the crown
and the chair to her cousin known to men as
Charles x. Since his time all Swedish princes have
sat there to be crowned-Charles XII. and the re-
mainder OF the vasa people, who ran out in time
into wOrthlessness and decay and the Bernadottes
all sitting in this chair, under this very roof before
this high altar, while thousands looked on
as thousands are looking now, as thousands may
look in coming times, when this King, in all his
glory and the Queen Sophia in her radiant splen-
dor, and the blushing maids OF honor and danes Of
high degree, whose beauty noods the dark arches
OF this cathedral with their electric light, and the
men OF valor and fame and ilustrious station who
look on, enved OF the world yes, and the applaud
ing thousands who hurry upon the bridges and high
perching windows and narrow stony streets, in
spite OF the tormenting rain, ALL all shall van
ished- shadows following shadows-from this which
seems to that which Is.
THE CORONATION
The King takes his seat in the historic silver
chair, looking up to the altar, all eyes following
him. Then the Archbishop and the Minister Of JUS
tice, holding the royal crown between Them lift 1t
reverenty from the altar and place 1t on his brow
and Oscar Bernadotte, great grandson OF Jo-
sephine, who married the General Beauharnais, and
OF Bernadotte, the honest Pau tradesman, sits ac-
tually crowned King OF Sweden and OF the Gsths
and vandals. A prayer was read by His Grace, and
we all bowed our heads and said 'sAmen.n Then
the sceptre was taken from the altar and
placed In the royal hands. Another prayer was
read, and we bowed our heads and said
amen" And in the same manner the orb. the
sword, and other emblems OF royalty were placed in
his anointed hands,, And In like manner the
archbishops after each separate bestowal OF the
kingly decorations and instrumental read prayer,
whereupon we all bowed our heads and said
"Amen." When HIS Majesty had been thus deco
rated and an0nted, and the kingly instruments
duly bestowed, the Grand Marshal made q signal,
and OF the gaudy heralds advanced to the steps
OF the throne, and cried In loud voice. n4a
'No,c is oscar the Second cro,c1aed as King OF
S,oeden, OF the Goths ana the randals he, and
no Other.r MN afifaft*
Upon which unquesti0nable publication the
heralds again waved their stafYs, the drums and
trumpets sounded and all shouted in loyal exul-
tation, "Long live Oscar the Second" and the can
non began to thunder on the granite quais, and the
voices OF the multitude could be heard outside in
che merciless rain crying with an enthusiasm
which would not dampen, 'Long live oscar the
Second.n and the orchestra broke forth into
harmony signifyng that God had blessed this
nation among nations in giving 1t SO good king.
This done, the Archbishop read another
prayer to which we all bowed our heads
and said amen" And the King was crowned,
and. rising from the silver chair, he
descended from the throne and seated himself
in the chair Of blue and gold, where we all could
see him In his glory, heaven-anonted king, with
| a real crown on his head and real sceptre in his
hand and a royal mantle falling over his limbs
Truly q king thinking. I wonder what gentle
| man would be apt to think under these unusual
| circumstances with serene, serious face, as one
| who had been much In prayer for an hour or two
not by any means q bad idea OF king-but In
manner and pose and expression calculated to sat-
! isfy the most exacting critic
CORONATION OF THE QUEEN.
And there he sat, his face never changing It's
expression, holding the royal Instruments in his
hand, steady enough to have had his photograph
| taken. And Queen Sophia arose, her train sweep
/ ing after her in o manner SO graceful that n l
knew her milliner she should in these hosptable
and discriminating columns, have an immortal.
worldwide fame. She knet as her husband had
knelt, and was anointcd on her forehead and
wrists and not upon her bosom. And so In man
ner and form, exactly as have detailed In refer
ence TO the King she was crowned queen, and an
| mother herald advanced and cried:-
"No,o Is Sophfa croscned as queen OF Stoedc,s,
| the Got1s ana me Vandats-sN ana no otnev."