Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-06-21

wearing his Windsor uniform, seated him
self at her left The Others grouped them
. simple family Of cworahipers.
Among them were the Duchess Of Con-
naught: Prince Henry Of Prussia and Frin-
cess Christian with theft children Princess
gius and the Grand DUCHESS.
ORD Ordinary morning prayers began with a
the sufrrages after tHs creed, contained
these sentences: %
Priest-"o Lord, Save the queen
5 1.s"t ..s pYttetn her trust in Thee"
pace" u
her"
ta rsie st. LIE. her enemies have no advan-
Answer-"Let not the wicked approach to
hurt her."
Prayer for Her Majesty.
AFTER the first collect a special collect
was read, and instead of the usual prayer
LOT the queen and royal family, two special
prayers were substituted, containing the
following:
Almighty God, who rulest over all the
kingdoms of the world and disposest of
them according to Thy good pleasure, we
yleid Thee unfeigned thanks for that Thou
vast pleased to place Thy servant, cur
sovereign lady, Queen Victoria upon the
throne of this realm.
Let Thy wisdom be her guide and let
rhine arms strengthen her; let justice
truth and holiness, let peace and love -four
ism IN her days. Direct all her counsels
ana endeaVors to Thy glory and the well
rare of her people, and give US grace to
OBEY her cheerfully for conscience.
Let her always possess the hearts of
her people, let her reign be long and pros
porous. and crown her with Immortality in
the life to come"
there were special psalms and gospels used
instead of those for the day. the gospel
being the sixteenth verse Of the twenty
second chapter of ST Matthew:
Render. therefore, unto Caesar the
things which are Caesars"
There was no sermon, but a special
hymn. written by Right Rev. William
Walsham, lord bishop of Wax. field with
music by Sir Arthur Sullivan, was sung at
her majesty's request. The third verse
was as follows:
20, royal heart. with wide embrace
For all her children yearning!
Oh, happy realm, such mother grace
With loyal ,ove returning!
Where England's flag flies wide unfurled,
All tyrant wrongs repelling;
God make the world better world
Fo' mip $ brief earthly dwelling.
Thanksgiving Prayer.
Before the benedction the following spe-
cial Thanksgiving was offered:
20 Lord, our Heavenly Father, we give
Thee hearty thanks for the many blessings
which Thou hast bestowed upon us during
the sixty years of the happy reign of our
gracious queen, Victoria. We thank Thee
for progress made in knowledge of Thy
marvellous works, for increase of comfort
given to human life, for kindliest feeling
between rich and poor, for wonderful
preaching of the Gospel to many nations,
and we pray Thee that these and all Thy
other gifts may be long continued TO
and to our queen, to the glory of Thy holy
name, through Jesus Christ, our Lord.
Amen
The choir of ST. Georges Chapel rem
dered the musical portion of the service,
Sir Walter Parrett presiding at the organ.
The service lasted forty minutes, the queen
remaining seated throughout and following
closely the special prayers and hymn.
The Queens Token to Her Family.
queen, with bowed head, continued in ST.
lent prayer. Then followed a touching
scene, which will lever finger in the mem
Dry of those who witnessed it, Summon
ing Empress Frederick, who bowed low at
her side, the queen kissed her on both
cheeks The Duke of Connaught and 9TH
ers of the family followed, receiving Oh
Bonded knee a similar token of affection.
In many cases the recipient was kissed
several times.
The queen was profoundly moved, and
tears rolled down her cheeks. At last, and
evidently with great reluctance, she beck
onsd her Indian attendant, and. leaning on
his arm, passed slowly out of the chapel.
the entire congregation standing, the soft
light falling through the muti-colored
windows, and the exquisite strains of the
organ rising and swelling beneath the
Gothic hammered roof,