Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-02-02
MEMORIAL SERVICES
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makes stronger our faith in human nature
itself
True WomanhOOd and Royalty Blend
ed.
Such was Queen Victoria. To the En-
glish nation her majesty. with the sceptre
of the British empire in her hand. was first
the sovereign. then the woman. To the
people of other lands, she was first the
woman, and then the queen-an example
of true womanhood and royalty, so har-
moniously blended together into one, that,
byGod' s good help, she was able to transform
those insidious Temptations to evil which
encompass every royal palace into oppor-
tunities for doing good: and SO to live, for
three score years. under the fierce nght
which beats upon throne, that all her
people are joining with all her own chill
dren, are rising up to call her blessed.
England has had many illustrious SOW
ereigns. from William the Conqueror down,
whose signal victories. powers of admins
tration and gifts of leadership shine re-
splendent the pages of history, but
where among them all do We find another
whose reign has been such an inspiration
to all that was noble and true in the hearts
of the nation; or one who was so loving
ly just that gracious and beloved Brit
ish sovereign whose burial We are solem-
nzng this day?
the world that even on royal throne
character is the noblest OF all human pos
sessions.
'Other kings and queens of her own race
and of other lands have had blood as royal
flowing in their veins. and regal power and
opportunities as great as hers; but she by
her faithfulness to the ideal Of Christian
womanhood. has lifted up the ideal of SOW
ereignty, and has enriched the world by
revealing what every true-hearted king and
queen should be. and can be, in these gold
en- days of modern enlightenment and
civilization.
The Source of EnEland's Greatness.
Very characteristic and full Of deep sig
nificance now-when her whole life Is being
lived over in memory-is that familiar tale
which is told of her earlier days. When 1t
was first announced to her that she was to
be England's queen the reply sprang In
simultaneously to her lips: / will be good.
And afterward, when one of the princes
of India asked the young queen the cause
of Enylands power and greatness she
placed a Bible IN her hand, and said: The
source of England's greatness Is there.
And happy will the sovereigns Of the fu-
ture be, if drinking In the inspiration OF her
life they and their people, in coming days
and centuries, can rejoice to compare their
reigns with that OF the good Queen Victoria:
For every good gift and every perfect 1T
cometh down from the Father of Lights,
with whom Is no variableness, neither shad-
of turning.
Day by day for more than half a century
the people of England have been praying
for Queen Victoria that she knowing
whose minister she is, might seek God S
honor and Gods glory; and We cannot but
believe that she, whom He has thus filled
with the inspiration of His goodness, has.
In her long reign of sixty years, and by
seeking above all things His honor and
glCry" FASTENED the coming of Christs
kin gdOm in all the world
The British Ambassador.
At the conclusion of the service the
British ambassador escorted President Nc
kinley to the church door, and stood there
to receive the customary salutations from
the diplomats they passed out Of the his
toric edifice.
The State Department officials have been
overwhelmed by applications for tickets of
admission to st. Johns Church today,
where the memorial services In honor of
the queen were conducted. 1t was found
necessary to explain, not only to many pri-
waite individuals, but to a large number of
officials that the United States government
had nothing whatever to do with these GER
emonies, which were conducted entirely I'M
der the auspices of the British embassy.
The embassy also was the source Of all the
invitations. and the only part played by the
State Department was to transmit, at the
request of the British ambassador certain
invitations to officials indicated by the en-
haS