The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-12-04
THE QUEENS CHURCH
At Crathie, Near Balmoral Castle,
VictOria'S Highland Home.
The Little Church Where highlands sover.
eign Norships in Scotland, and Which
VIII Soon BE Replaced.
Lcopyrlght lsa2. BY be AnthOr.l

BALLATER, Scotland, Nov. lS.-The lit
tie church at Crsthie, near Balmoral
castle, Queen Victoria's highland home, is
TO be taken down early In 1898 and a new
and more commodious building put in Its
place.
II stands on the north side of the Dee,
not far from the bridge which crosses the
river near the castle, and high up the hill
side. A short way to reach it is by
graded path through q grove of Scotch frs
and graceful dropping birches, though a
higher carriage road stops ae the gate by
the north door.
Since 1915 The queen has worshipped in
this little kirk during her spring and au-
tumn soiourns in the highlands, until about
i've years ago, when chapel, or as 1t is
called by the queens household. sser-
vice-room,' - WAS finished of in the castle
itself. And now the queen is rarely seen
IN the Crathie church except on sacrament
Sunday in the autumn, which always falls
somewhere between the last of October
and the last OF November.
L has has been intimated that the chief
cause Of the queen giving up attendance
81 the kirk was the annoyance she ex-
perienced from the crowds Of tourists and
summer visitors who PACKED the little kirk
with the obvious purpose of staring at her,
1t is not at all probable, however, that
her majesty would have been driven away
by anything Of that kind, however I'M
pleasant it might be. Her chief reason
undoubtedly was her increasing lameness,
which renders il difficult for her 10 get in
and out of her carriage.
That the many tourists conducted them
selves after their irresponsible kind there
is no doubt. l once heard Scotch lady %
say that Of course she stared al the queen.
That was inst what she drove over from
Brennan to do, and she did i'll Tue queen,
" 10 observes keenly, and whose eyes at
once detect the presence Of q stranger,
saw and was evidently annoyed at
her staring. But what did she care
for thatl she said. That there was
any reverence due to the time and
place did not seem TO occur TO her. PeO-
pie have carried opera glasses, l am told.
and leveled them at the queen through
sermon. prayer and praise And one en-
terprising Englisnw0man even eclipsed
the performance with the opera glasses.
She went TO the church On sacrament Sun
day and in order to get as near as possible
10 royalty-it is difficult 80 be charitable
In view OF what follows-in order to get as
near as possible and force the attention of
the queen, sue joined in the solemn service,
and as the queen left the table she arose
ana swept her q low and elaborate
courtesy.
The mention Of the liable" indicates
that what is known as the liable COM
munion,' is still the custom IN this little
Highland kirk It is thing of the past in
large towns and in the lowland rural par
ishes. and had hardly hoped ever to see
&c. But l CHANGED to be in the neighbor-
hood of Crathie On the recent sacrament
Sunday-Oct. %, 1S92-and had the priv
ilege of witnessing this interesting cere-
monial.
A short table stood in front Of the pulpit
Just below the choir on which the elements
were placed by the elders. At right angles
with this, though disconnected with 1t,