Evening journal., 1897-06-21
THE JUBILEE BEGUN.
Queen Victoria Attends tho Cere-
monies at st. Georges Chapel
THE SCENE WAS MOST IMPRESSIVE.
The Service Was Private and For the
Members of the Royal Family, All OF
Whom Were Present-Hcr Maj
esty Very Much Anected.

esty Very Much Anected.
London. June 2l-Queen Victoria be-
gan the celebration OF her jubilee yes
terday. as was bentting her entire ca
reer. before the altar Of her faith, while
throughout London. the United King
dom and the empire In every cathedral,
church or chapel of the Established
Church Of England were held services
similar 10 those at st. Georges chapel,
Windsor. where her majesty paid her
devotlons and offered solemn thanks
giving
The announcement that the service at
St. Georges chapel would be private
and for the members of the royal FAM
lily prevented the gathering of large
crowd. The scene was most impressive
and the service very simple. Her maj
esty sat in the chair Of state immedi-
ately in front of the communion rail
and just beside the brass plate the in
scriptlon of which designates the spot
which was the temporary place of in
terment Of the prince consort.
The ladies and gentlemen who are the
grand officers of the queens household
entered first. followed by the military
Knights Of Windsor In the full costume
of cooked hats and scarlet coats. The
Duke Of Devonshire and Lord Rosebery
occupied their stalls as Knights Of the
Garter
The Dean OF Windsor. wearing the IN
sigma Of chaplain of the Order Of the
Garter, omciated assisted by the lord
bishop Of Barry and several oanons.
The Queens Arrival.
Punctually at 11,o'clock, amid the soft
strains of an organ voluntary. the queen
arrived from the cloisters at the en-
trance. Assisted by her Indian at
tendant. she walked slowly TO the chair
of state, the congregation standing.
She was dressed all In black except for
a white tuft ia her bonnet. The Em-
press Frederick Of Germany, attired In
deep black. took the seat at the right OF
the queen. while the Duke Of Con-
naueht wearing his Windsor uniform
seated himself at her left
The others grouped themselves close
ly behind and looked very like simple
family of worshipers. Among them
were the Duchess Of Connaught, Prince
Henry Of Prussia and the Princess
Henry Prince Christian and Princess
! Christian. with their children, Princess
Henry of Battenberg. the Grand Duke
Sergius and the grand duchess.
Ordinary morning prayers began with
/ a short exhortation from I. Tim, and
the Suffrages after the Greed contained
/ these sentences;
PRESTO Lord save the queen,
Answer-Who putteth her trust In
thee.
Priest-send her help from thy holy
place.
Answer-And evermore nightly de-
fend her.
4 Priest-Let her enemies have no ad
vantage over her
/ Answer-Let not the wicked approacs
to hurt her.
After the first collect a special collect
was read and instead Of the usua
prayer for the queen and royal family
two special prayers were substituted
A special prayer for unity was said
and there were special psalms and gos-
pels used instead Of those for the day
the gospel being the sixteenth verse OF
the twenty-second chapter Of st. Mat
thew, Render therefore, unto Caesar
the things which are Caesars
There was no sermon. but a specla
hymn. written by the Right Rev. vii.
liam Walsham. lord bishop Of Wake
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van. was sung at her majesty's re-
quest.
Before the benedictlon a specia
thanksgiving was offered.
Music by St. Georges Choir.
The choir Of St. Georges chapel rem
dered the musical portion Of the service
Sir Walter Parratt presiding at the or
gan. The service lasted 40 minutes tn
queen remaining seated throughout and
following closely the special prayers
and hymn.
At the end there was a pause, Tit
queen, with bowed head, continued II
silent prayer. Then followed a touching
scene, which will ever linger In tn
memory Of those who witnessed IL
Summoning the Empress Frederick
who bowed low at her side. the queer
kissed her on both cheeks. The Duke o
Connaught and the others of the faniil,
followed. receiving a similar token o
affection on bended knee. In mani
cases the recipient was kissed severa
times
The queen was profoundly moved
and the tears rolled down her cheeks
At last and evidently with great reluc
tance, she beckoncd her Indian attend
ant, and. leaning on his arm, passed
slowly out Of the chapel. the entire con
gregation standing the soft light fan
ing through the multicolored window
and the exquisite strains Of the orgai
rising and swelling beneath the gothi
hammered roof. II was a scene never q
with strong emotion.