Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-06-21
JUBILEE SERVICES.
ImprtsslYe Ceremonies in The Church
IS OF London.
QUEEN VICTORIA IN ATTENDANCE.
.pecTal Hymn aud Prayers-yirtces
Of the Queen ixtolled-Ca'ho-
lie 5 nv CO.

LONDON, June 20.-It was consist.
ept with the entire life OF Queen
Victoria to have begun her jubilee be.
fore the altar Of her faith. And OF all
the affairs within her empire that in
front of which she kneels in ever
closer touch with the past is the altar
MT Ffogmore, the burial place OF the
pfipce uonsort and-to be-that Of her
msjea,y. There this morning at ii
O'Clock tho queen offered solemn
thanksgiving to the Almighty.
The scene was impressive. Tho four
imposing bronze angels guarding the
cumbent marble figure OF Prince
Albert were frightened by the sur
shire coming through tho stained
glass widows Of the dome. casting
shadows Or the arches OF the tran
septs aud chancel anu the lamps Of
bronze and gold, and then falling on
the marble figures OF Princess Alice
and her chilu.
The service was simple. There was
no .ign OF scarlet and gold oflic lism
which is to mark the coming week.
The queen was accompanied by the
nrince and princess OF Wales, the
Empress Frederick, Princess Chris.
tiap, the luke anu duchess OF SAKE
C0burg Gotba, the duRe and duchess
Of CoBnaught. the Princess L0uise,
Princess Henry OF Battenberg, the
duchess OF Albany, tho duke and
duchess of York, the duchess of Fife,
Princess Charles OF Denmark anu
Princess Victori OF Wales.
The Right Rev. the Lord Bishop
OF Winchester, assisted by the
Rev. J. f. Eliot, dean OF
Windsor fficiated. The ordinary
morning players began with = short
.xhor,ation from First Timothy and
The sufirages after the creed contained
these senie ces:
PRESTO Lord, save the queen.
Answei-Wbo puttetn her trust In
Thee.
Prles,--Send her help from Thy
holy place.
Answei-And evermore nightly
deIend her.
Priesi-Let her enemies have no ad-
vantage over her.
.Answei-Let not the wicked ap.
proach to hurt her.
AIter tue nIbt ColeUt tuis bpeclai
colIt ct was read:
80 Lord, which providest for Thy
people by tly power, and rulest over
them in love, grant unto thy servant,
Lur queen, tue spirit OF wisdom anu
government, that being devoted unto
Thee with oil her heart, she may SO
wisely govern this Kingdom, that In
her tune the church may bs in safety
and Christian devotion may continue
In peace; that 90, peIserverlng In good
works usto the emu, she may by Thy
guidance come to Thy everlasting
Kingdom through Jesus CHRIST, Thy
Son, our Lord, who ilveth and seiKn-
eth with Thee and the Holy Ghost,
ever one Gou, world without emo.
Amen."
Instead Of the usual prayer for the
queen ami royal family two special
prayers were substituted.
A special prayer for unity was used
anu there were special psalrns, epistles
and gospels instead VI those for the
day, the gospel being the weil-known
sixteenth verse Of the twenty second
chapter OF st. Matthew, wherein
Christ told the Jews, "Render there
fore unto C@ ar the things which are
Co aI's."
"A epec'ul hymn WIitteh ny the
Right Reverend William Walsham,
Hon. Lord Bishop of Wakefield, set 10
exquisite music by Sir Arthur Sulii.
va was sung at her msjesty's request.
The second and third verses alluded
TO the occasion as Iollow.:
For every heart made glad by Thee,
With thankful praise is swelling;
And every tongue, with JOY set free,
Its happy theme Is telling,
Thou hast been mindful of I hino own,
And lol we come confessing-
'Ils Thou has dower'd our queenly throro
With sixty years OF blessing.
o royal heart, with wide embrace
tlr all her children yearningi
siappy realm. such mother grace,
Nth loyal love returnirgi
Where England's hsgs fly wide unfurled,
All tyrant wrongs Iepelling.
God makes the world better world
For mans brief earthly dwelling.
Immediately after the general