The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-06-24
DIVINE JUBILEE SERVICES
QUEEN AND ROYAL FAMILY At
TENDED CHURCH At 81.
GEORGE CHAPEL, WINDSOR.
TOUCHING KISSING Scene ENACTED
Her Majesty Kissed the Members Oh
IN. RoynI Family In Churrh'
sp.cinI Prayers and Hymn.
Services at 81. Pnufs.

London. June 20.-Quccn Victoria D'-
pu, lie celebration Of her jubilee lodi'!'
,s was beittng her entire career. before
tbc altar Of her faith. In devout Lon
don. the United Kingdom and the en-
miro in every cathedral, church or chhpcl
az tLc established church Of England,
ycrc held services similar to those At 81.
Gcnrrc's CHAPEL Windsor where h"r
mnipsty maid her dpvOtiOnS. ana Ollcrcd
snlSrun thanks 10 God. The announce
ment that services at ST. Georges chapel
would be- private. for the members 0l the
royal family, prevented the gathering "l
large crowd.
The scene was most impressive ana the
SERVE very simple. Her majesty SAT III
The chair of state. Immediately. in front
of the communion rail, and just behind
the brass plate whose inscription dcSlg'
mates the spot which was the temporary
place Of intcrmcnt of the prince c0ns"r''
The ladies and gentlemen who are IN"
grand peers of the queen. entered nrhI, 'S-
cortcd by the military knights Of Windsor
in the full costume Of cooked mats ana
scarlet c0as
The Duke Of Dcyonslrc aud Lord
Rosrbcry occupied their stalls rs knights
of the Garter. The rest Of the church
being near the queens,
The dean Of Windsor wearing the in
sigma of chaplain Of the Order OF the
Garter. UiliciHtcd. assisted 10y the Lord
Bishop of Barry and several canons.
Principally nj / o'clock, amid the soft
strains Of an organ voluntary, the queen
arrived from the cloiStcrS 1T the entrance.
Assisted by the Indian attendant. she
walked slowly 10 the chair of state. the
Il
all in black. except for white tuft ON
her bonnet Empress Frederick Of Ger
many, nltircd in the deepest black. took
the seat at the right of the queen while
the Duke of COnnnught. wearing his
Windsor uniform, seated himself at her
left The others grouped closely behind
and looked very like simply II family of
wOrshippcrs Among them were the
Duchess of COnnaught. Prince Henry of
Prussia and Princess Henry. Prince
Christian and Princess Christian, with
their children, Princess Henry of Bnttcn-
berg. the Grand Duke ScrgiIlS and the
grand duchess.
Ordinary morning prayers began with II
short cXh0rtation from Timothy aud the
Suiiragcs after the creed contained in
these sentences:
Pricet-O. Lord. save the queen.
Answcr-Who pu;tcIh her trust in
Thee
Pricst-Send her help from Thy holy
place.
Answcr-Amd cvcrmorc nightly defend
her.
Pricst-Lct her enemies have no adj
vantage over her.
Answcr-lct not the wicked approach
Ia hurt her.
After the first collect this special collect
was read and instead of the usual prayer
for the queen and royal family. two
special prayers were substituted, contain
ing the following;
Almighty God Who rucst over all the
Kingdoms of the world and diSposcth Of
them according 10 Thy good pleasure. we
yield Thee unfcigncd thanks. for that
Thou vast pleased to place Thy servant
our sovereign lady. Queen Victoria, upon
the throne of this realm. Let Thy wis
dom be- her guide. and let Thine arm
strengthen her; let Justice truth and holt
ness, let peace and love. flourish in her
days. Direct all her counsclS and en-
deav0rs TO Thy glory. and the welfare of
her people, and give us grace to obey her
checriully for conscience. Let her always
possess the hearts of her people: let her
reign be- long and prosperous and crown
her with Immortality in the life to come"
special prayer for unity was said
and there were special psalms and Cos
pcls Instead of those for the day. the
gospel being the 10th verse of the 22nd
chapter of ST. Matthew: RENDER there
fore, unto Caesar the things which are
Caesars"
There was no sermon, but special
hymn, written by the Right Rev William
WalSham lord bishop of Wakefield. with
music by Sir Arthur Sullivan. was sung
III her majesty request The third verse
was rs follows:
20, royal heart, with wide embrace
For all her children ycarniug,
oh, happy real, such mother grace
With loyal love returning!
Where Englnnds flag flies wide unfwlcd
All tyrant wrongs rcpelling:
God make the world n better world
For mans brief earthly dwelling"
Before the hcncdiction the following
special thanksgiving was offered:
"Oh, Lord, our heavenly Father, we
give Thee hearty thanks for the many
blessings which Thou has bestowed upon
MS during the sixty years of the happy
reign of our gracious Queen Victoria. We
thank Thee for progress made in knowl-
edge of Thy marvellous works for in
crease of comfort given to human life
for klndlicr 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 he
long continued to MS and to our queen.
IL the glory Of Thy holy name. through
Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen"
The choir of st. Georges chapel rem
dcred the musical portion of the service.
Sir Walter Parrot presiding At the organ.
The service lasted forty minutes the
queen remaining seated throughout and