The Saint Paul globe., 1897-06-21

LONDON, June 20.-Queen Victoria
began the celebration of her jubilee
today as was befitting her entire ca
Feef before the altar of her faith,
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 to those at St. Georges chapel,
Windsor, where her majesty paid her
devotions and offered thanks to God.
The announcement that the services
at st. Georges chapel would be private
and for the members of the royal fam
lily prevented the gathering of q large
crowd. The scene was most impress
SlVe, and the service very simple Her
majesty sat in the chair Of state imme-
diately in front of the communion rail
and just beside the brass plate whose
inscription deSignates the spot which
was the temporary place of interment
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 cock
hats and scarlet coats. The Duke of
pied their stalls as knights of the Gar
ter. The rest of the church was empty,
the seats of the royal family being near
the queens. The dean of Windsor, wear
ing the insignia of a chaplain of the
order of the Garter, officiated. assisted
by the lord bishop of Barry and sew
eral canons. Punctually at IL o'clock,
amid the soft strains Of an organ vol
untary, the queen arrived from the
cloisterS at the entrance. Assisted by
her Indian attendant, she walked slow
ly to the chair of state, the cOngrega-
ton standing. She was dressed all in
black, except for a white tuft in her
bonnet Empress Frederick Of Ger
many, attired in deep black, took the
seat at the right Of the queen, while
the Duke of Connaught, wearing his
Windsor uniform, seated himself at her
left. The others grouped closely be-
hind and looked very like a simple fam
lily of Worshipers. Among them were
the Duchess of Connaught, Prince
Henry of Prussia and Princess Henry,
Prince Christian and Princess Chris
tian with their children, Princess Henry
of Battenberg, the Grand Duke Ser
gius and the grand duchess. Ordinary
morning prayers began with a short
eXhortatiOn from I. Timothy, and the
suffrages after the creed contained
these sentences:
PRESTO Lord, save the queen
AnsWer-Who putteth her trust in Thee
Prlest-Send her help from Thy holy place.
AnsWer-And evermore nightly defend her
Prlest-Let her enemies have no advantage
over her.
Answer-Let not the wicked approach to
hurt her.
After the first collect, a special col
lect was read, and instead of the usual
prayer for the queen and royal family
two special prayers were substituted,
containing the following:
Almighty God who rules over all the kings
OF the world and diSpoSes of them according
to Thy good pleasure, we yield Thee un-
feigned thanks for that Thou vast pleased
Queen Victoria upon the throne of this
realm. Let Thy wisdom be her aid, and let
Thy arms strengthen her; let justice, truth
and holiness; let peace and love flourish in
ker days. Direct all her counsels and en-
deavcrs to Thy glory and the welfare of
her people, and give US grace to obey her
cheerfully. Let her always possess the
hearts of her people; let her reign be long
and prosperous and crown her with immor-
tality in the life to come.
A special prayer for unity was said
and there were special psalms and gos-
pels used instead of those for the dav
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 special
hymn written by the Rt. Rev. William
Walsham, archbishop of Wakefield
with music by Sir Arthur Sullivan, was
sung at her majesty's request. The
o royal heart, with wide embrace,
For all her children yearning;
o happy realm, such mother-grace
With loyal love returning.
Where England's flag flies wide unfurled,
All tyrant wrongs repelling;
God make the world better world
For mans brief earthly dwelling
Before the benediction, the following
special thanksgiving was offered:
o Lord, our Heavenly Father we give Thee
hearty thanks for the many blessings which
Thou hast bestowed upon us during the sixty
years CT the happy reign of our gracious
queen Victoria We thank Thee for progress
made in knowledge Of Thy marvellous works
for increase of comfort-giving to human life
for kindlier feeling between rich and poor
for wondrous preaching of the gospel to many
nations, and we pray Thee that these and
Thy many gifts be continued to US and our
queen to the glory of Thy name through
Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen.
The choir at ST. Georges chapel
rendered the musical portion of the
service, Sir Walter Parrot presiding
at the organ. The service was quite
long, the queen remaining seated
throughout and following closely the
special prayer and hymn.
At the end there was a pause. The
queen, with bowed head, continued in
silent prayer. Then followed a touch
ing scene which will ever linger in
the memory of those who witnessed it,
Summoning Empress Frederick, who
bowed low at her side, the queen kiss
ed her on both cheeks. The Duke Of
Connaught and others of the family
followed, receiving on bended knee q
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 beckoned her In
dian attendant, and leaning on her
arm, passed slowly out of the chapel.
the entire congregation standing, the
soft light falling through the multi
colored windows. and the strains of
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