The Savannah morning news., 1900-11-18
RELIGION or wonLD's RULERS.
Kings. Queens, Emperors nnd 81
dents and Their Various Cree@s.

dents and Their Various Cree"s.
/ sopyrirht. 1890 tho Christian Herald
New YORK.
Tho reEcIon of the head 81 state or
nation .s usually the predominant belief
fthc notion itself In The rergions Of
The worlds rulers to-day. many different
creeds are represented. With rare cXcep-
tons. the heads OF nations ore puncul-
Gus In uIalmcn Of their relisious duties,
thus setting a good example TO their sub
Z lccgs.
/ queen Victoria. as devowt a Christian
~ tnc humblcu members 81 the Church
og England Is a great lover 81 hymns.
Her faycrter used 20 be Nearer My God
TO Thee jesus Lover OF My soul. and
How Sweet tine Namc OF Jesus sounds
| OF late years. her choice has become con-
fined almost entirely 10 hymns relating 90
the future state and breathing the spirit
OF res ruuuou. AZ service che has IRE
quenily asked that the choir sing Wake
Tor the Night Is Flying
Wilhelm the young and energetic Ger
man Emperor. b. "a sincerely moral and
RELIGIOUS man. He is a Protestant be-
uev.ng iu the tencts Of Luther. Wilhelm
IA one OF the few monarchs IN history who
have preached. on has yacht he never
takes "a minister along. but personally
acts as spiritual father OF the family
aboard on Sundays az sea he conducts
divine service taking bis place behind
The altar and preaching = sermon.
The husband Of Queen Wihclmina Of
Holland viii surely be "a Protestant, for
she IS herself sne best and most regular
worshiper in the Dutch Church. More
over the law OF ncr land will not permit
her 20 marry a Catholic She studied tho
Bible under a special professor. and many
anecdotes are related Of the questions by
whfch she sought enlightenment.
King Christlau Of Denmark. though per
soually inclined 20 che Lutheran Church.
holds meet liberal religious views regard
ing his people ana members Of his family
King oscar H. Of Sweden b. OF the Prot
estsnt faith. q practical Christian. and an
ardent student Of the Bible SWitzerland's
President. Col. Edward Muller. ls a Prot
estsnt and u member OF the Church OF
Bern. lie worships simply as q private
citizen. walking 70 and from church every
Sunday morning with his family. Pres
ident Krugcr. Of the South African Re
puhiic-if he can now be called the Pres
ideut-is OF course "A member Of the Dutch
| Protestant Church. lie IS fond OF lay
ministrations.
The Emperor Frnncis Joseph OF Austria
Is a devout Catholic. Every Sunday morn
ing he hears mass In the palace chapel
| lie wears civilian dress and remains
standing throughout the service his head
barred and bowed. NJ. Ioubet. the most
democratic President France has known.
! Is a Catholic. and prefers 70 worship iu
a simple way az "a private citizen. King Vic
/ tor Emmanuel OF Italy Is "a Roman cath
| Ollie. Carlos !. Of Portugal. is a Catholic
as incident and az apathetic in his reli-
/ gious duties as Ia those OF his rulership.
] Alfonso. che boy King Of Spain. Is a cath
I Ollie. Pope leo XIII IS hts godfather.
/ with HIS mother. tho Queen Regent, hc
attends mass every Sunday. Leopold
King Of the Belg~ns. s. a Catholic.
! The Car Of Russia. tho only laymau oi
| the Orthodox Russian Church who is al.
! l2wed 10 stcD foot into an altar. has bis
Z private chapel tn both St Petersburg and
| MOSCOW. There Is high mass for Ills Ma.
iessy every Sunday. The music is entire
/ " vocal the singers being Invisible ac-
/ cording TO the customs OF the churoh-nr
Instrumental music being allowed Tn,
/ altar IN tho Cars chapel Is behind gold
en- gates on which sacred subjects ar,
| frescoed. suddenly che gates burst opeT
and the Gloria" IS sung by the invisible
/ choir Both tho Gar and Czarina ar,
very puncti.ious about their hours OF wor'
ship
King George OF Greece. ana Queen Oleu
are both devotees Of the Orthodox Greek
/ Church. Their private chapel IN Athens
Is one OF che prettlest little churches Ia
Greece. Here they worship every Sunday
when IN The capital. Nicholas. ruler OF
/ Montenegro also lives according 20 the
teachings OF the Orthodox Greek Church
King Carl OF Roumania and GARNER
SYLVIA" his Queen. belong TO the same