The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-12-23

but personally acts "a spiritual "a her
OF the family aboard, On Sundays az
sea he conducts divine service. taking
his place behind the altar and preach
Ing a sermon.
The husband OF Queen wllhelmlna
of Holland viii surely be a Protestant.
tor she Is herself the best and most
regular worshlper In the Dutch church.
Moreover the law of her land win not
permit her to marry a Catholic, She
studied the Bible under u special pro-
fesSor and many anecdotes are re.
lated OF the questions by which she
sought enlightenment
King Christian OF Denmark. though
personally inclined TO the Lutheran
church, holds most liberal religious
views regarding his people and nem-
hers OF his family, King oscar II, OF
Sweden Is OF the Protestant faith. a
practical Christian, and an ardent stu
dent of the Bible. SwitHerlands prcsl-
dent Colonel Edward Muller is a
Protestant and member OF the Church
OF Berne, He worshlps simply US prl-
vate citizen, walking TO and from
church every Sunday morning with his
family. President Kruger ot the South
African republic-lt he can now BE- CALI
cd the president-is OF course a mem-
Der Of the Dutch Protestant church,
He is fond Of lay minlstrations,
The Emperor Francis Joseph OF Aus
trla is a devout Catholic. Every sun.
day morning he hears mass In the
palace chapel. He wears civilian dress
and remains standing throughout the
service his head barred and bowed, NJ.
Loube,, the most democratic president
France has known Is a Catholic. and
prefers TO worship In a simple way IS
private citizen, King Victor Emqn-
ual OF Italy is Roman Catholic, Car
los l.. OF Portugal, is Catholic. as In
dolent and as apathetlc In his religious
duties as In those OF his rulcrship. AL
fonso. the boy king OF Spain. Is a
Catholic Pope Leo XIII. Is his god
father With his mother the queen
regent. he attends mass every sunday.
Leopold. king OF the Belgians. is u
Catholic.
The car Of Russia, the only layman
Of the orthodox Russian church who Is
allowed to step foot into an altar, has
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 singers be-
Ing invisible. according TO the customs
" the church-no instrumental music
being allowed, The altar In the cars
chapel Is behind golden gates In which |
sacred subjects are frescoed. Suddenly |
the gates burst open and the Gloria"
Is sung by the Invisible choir. Both |
the czar and czarina are very pune |
tillous about their hours Of worship.
King George Of Greece. and Queen |
Olga are both devotees OF the ortho-
dox Greek church Their private chap
81 in Athens Is one of the prettlest |
little churches In Greece. Here they
worship every Sunday when In the cap
ltal. Nicholas. ruler Of Montenegro. al
so lives according 10 the teachings OF
the Orthodox Greek church. King Carl
Of Roumanla and Carmen sylvia" his
queen. belong to the same church. as
does Prince Ferdinand OF Bulgaria.
King Alexander. OF servia. Is OF the
orthodox Greek faith. bu, not at all
regular In his church attendance.
The sultan Of Turkey. an extreme
goes to public worship
al the big mosque In Constantlnople
every Friday. He rides in a closed car
riage attended by ten thousand soldiers,
and all along the line OF march the peo-
pie shout. as ne peasses: There Is no
God but Allah and Mohammed IL his
prophet" On all other days in the year
he worships in private. The khedive OF
Egypt and all his family are also OF
he Mohammedan faith. Al the ala
II
Daster mosque OF Mohamet All In Cairo.
)nce a year. the khedive and all the
male members OF his household attend
public worship No outsider is permit
ed to attend. The shah Of Persia Is
/ Mohammedan who observes his re-
iglous duties only in most perfume
ory and worldly way. The sultan Of
Morocco. a young man only eighteen
'ears old, is OF the Mohammedan
aith. the religion OF his predecessors.
Menellk II. king Of Abyssinla, goes TO
lis native church every day in the year.
IN Sunday he attends Holy Trinity
hurch: for Christianity was intro
Iuced into his country In the fourth
entury.
The king Of Siam Is a Buddhist and {
vas for some time priest. as Is the
ustom with all rulers of that country.
)urlng his priesthood ne shaved his ,