Waterbury Democrat., 1900-11-21
THE WORLDS RULERS.

ed. With rare exceptions, the heads of nations are punctilious i'll fuifllment Of their religious duties. thus setting q good example to their subjects.
 Queen Victoria. as deyout Chris tian as the humblest memper of the church of England, is great lover Of hymns. Her favorites used to be, Nearer My God. to Thee, Jesus Lover Of My Soul" and How Sweet the Name of Jesus Sounds Of late years, her choice has become confined almost entirely to hymns relating to the future state and breathing the spir- it of resignation. At service, she has frequently asked that the choir sing, Wake. for the Night Is Flying
 Wilhelm, the young and energetic German emperor, is a sincerely moral and religious man. He is a Protest ant. believing in the tenets of Luther. Wilhelm is one of the few monarchs in history who have preached. On his yacht he never takes minister along. but personally acts as spirit ual father of the family aboard. On Sundays at sea he conducts divine ser vice, taking his place behind the altar and preaching q sermon.
 The husband of Queen WilEelInina of Holland will surely be a Protestant for she is herself the. best and most regular worshiper in the Dutch church, Moreover the law of her land will not permit her to marry q Catholic She studied the Bible under d special pro lessor. and many Anecdotes are related of the questions by which she sought enlightenment. '@5 tr-
 King Christian of Denmark. though personally inclined to the Lutheran church, holds most liberal religious views regarding his people and mem- bers of his family. King Oscar II. of Sweden is of the Protestant faith. a practical Christian, and an ardent stu dent of the Bible. SwitZerland's pres ident. Colonel Edward Muller, is a Protestant. and member of the church of Bern. He worships simply as a private citizen, walking to and from church every Sunday morning with his family. President Kruger, of the South African republican, he can now be called the president-is of course a member of the Dutch Prot eStant church. He is fond of lay min istrations.
 The emperor Francis Joseph of Aus tria is detout Catholic. Every Sun 1 day morning he hears mass in the palace chapel. He wears civilian dress and remains standing throughout the service. his head barred and bowed. Louhet. the most democratic presi- dent France has known is a Catholic, and prefers to worship in a simple way as private citizen. King Victor Emmanuel of Italy is Roman Catho- lie. Carlos l.. of Portugal. is a Catho- | lie, as indolent and as apathetic in his religious duties as in those of his rul- ership. Alfonso. the boy King of Spain. is Catholic. Pope Leo XIII. is his godfather. With his mother the queen regent he attends mass every Sunday. Leopold, King of the Bel gians, is a Catholic.
 The Czar of Russia the only layman of the Orthodox Russian church who is allowed to step foot into an altar. has i his private chapel in both St Peters burg and Moscow. There is high mass for his majesty every Sunday The music is entirely vocal, the sing CTS being invisible according to the customs of the church-nO instrument al music being allowed The altar in the czar's chapel is behind golden gates on which sacred subjects are frescced. Suddenly the gates burst open and the Gloria" is sung by the invisible choir. Both the czar and czarinn are very punctilious about their hours of worship.
 King George of Greece, and Queer Olga are both deyotees of the Ortho doX Greek church.. Their private
 chapel in Athens is one Of the pretti
 est little churches in Greece. Here
 they worship every Sunday when il
 the capital. Nicholas. ruler of Monte
 negro, also lives according to the teach
 ings of the Orthodox Greek church
 Hing Carl of Roumania and ''Carmef ESylva,' his queen, belong to the samt
 church. as does Prince Ferdinand o1
 Bulgaria. King Alexander of Servif
 is of the Orthodox Greek faith bu
 not at all regular in his church at
 tendance.
 The Sultan of Turkey. an extreme
 MOhammedan, goes to public worship
 at the big mosque in ConStantinoplt
 every Friday. He rides in a closed carriage. attended by ten thousand [soldiers. and all along the line of 1narcl
 the people shout ns he passes: 'Thert
 is 10 God but Allah and Mohammed iS
 his prODEet'' On all other days in tho
 year he w0rships in private. Tht Khedive of Egypt and all his famil! T are also of the ,Muhammedanfa faith. 4 ' the ala baster mosque, of SIohanlet Al II in Cairo. once a yeaB, the khediye ant .4 all fha male membersIof his household 51attend public worsbip.., No outsider i:
 permitted to attend. The Shah of Per
 sin is a Mohammedan who observes
 his relieious duties only in most per
 frrctoly and worldly way. Tie Sultan
 of Morocco young mali only IS years
 old, is of the Mohammedan faith, tht
 religion of his predecessors. q Menelik IT,, King of Abyssinia, zoe
 to his native church every day in th' year. On Sundays he attends Eol!
 Trinity church; for Christianity was in
 troduceu into his country in the fourtl
 Century.
 The King of Siam is a Buddhist ant
 was for some time a priest as is tn
 custom with all the rulers of that coun !, try. During his priesthood he shave'
 his head and temporarily gave up tn . crown to wear yellow cotton scar about his waist and spend his days il