Omaha daily bee., 1897-06-21
QUEEN vICTORIA's CHRISTIANITY
II Uos Exalted Her Above Queens of
All Arcs.

"It has been her Christianity that has
made the life and reign of Victoria stand
pre-eminent above the lives and reigns OF
the queens of all the ages" That was the
central thread in the sermon that Rev. John
Gordon of the Westminster Presbyterian
church preached yesterday morning, MS
topic being queen Victoria little OF
jubilee air was impaired to the sacred edifce
by the drapng of a British flag to one side
of the pulpit Upon the other side hung the
stars and stripes.
Pastor Gordon dissected the career of the
British sovereign and regarded her in the
light of woman, wife, a mother and
ruler. In all these respects he maintained
that she exceled every other woman who
had ever occupied a royal throne. And he
maintained that her predecessors were eX-
celed for the reason that they did not have
the Christianity she has.
The world 1owes her a great debt, as
woman, the pastor affirmed. She came to the
throne after 3the evil days of the Georges,
when woman was dishonored and dragged
down as never before in the Anglo-Saxon
world. Women, from those who worked in
| the mines TO those who were maids of the
| court were all degraded. Victoria estab-
! lshed a standard of pure and honorable
| womanhood that has been adopted by all
| the Anglo-Saxon people of the earth. ~
! AS a wife, continued the preacher, she
| solved the greatest problem that could have
confronted her. She performed her duties
| to the state and stood as the lord of all
| lords. including her husband, and yet rem
| Gered to her husband such honor and love
as was due him, and which caused him to
| be held in honor in the state. ThirtysiS
| years ago she lost him, and during these
| years of widOwhood she has looked forward
| to the time when she would be reunited
with him in eternity.
| Her duties as a mother were as well per-
| formed. Nine children she has had, seven
of whom are still living. During the sixty
years of her married life the whole nation
has been looking to her home life. She
made her home the ideal one of her people.
| Finally, the speaker asserted as a
| queen. Victoria has always been the ruler
Of her people. She has surrounded herself
with men of the highest character, but in
| all emergencies she has always come for
ward as the queen of the British dominion.
| Why is it that Victoria has been able to
| hold her power for sixty years? asked the
| preacher. 1t is owing to the fact that she
has been supreme as a woman, a wife, a
! mother and a queen, and above that, that
| she has been supreme in these qualities, be-
| cause she feared God. When she came to
| the throne she stated that she would be
guided in her conduct by the revelations of
! the Supreme Being. In accordance with this
| principle she has recognized herself as the
| servant of God throughout her life She was
| the head of not only the state, but aloo Of
| the church.
| This example of a woman who has shown
what it is to be a queen is cry to every
girl and woman in the world" stated the
pastor, when he pointed out the moral OF
! his discourse He said that with the fear
| of God in her heart, every woman could be
| lifted UP into a Kingdom or an empire where
| she could perform the duties OF woman
wife and mother, If not of queen, like Vic
| tOria