The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-01-28

the death of Queen Victoria was held
last night in the First Presbyterian
church, which was thronged to the
doors with members OF the congrega-
ton and members of the various Eng
lish societies In the city. The pastor,
Rev. DR.. James Mcleod, paid an clp-
puent tribute to the life of the dead
sovereign. He said In part:
THE whole world Is in mourning for
Queen Victoria Never before have
such honors been paid to dead SOW
ereign. All royal rulers acknowledge
her virtues, and most feclingly have
they expressed their sympathy with
her children and with all her sorrow
ing subjects. Tho high and the low.
the rich and the poor, princes or po-
tentates. republics and monarchies,
the president of the United states and
the president of France, the king of
Greece and the sultan of Turkey, the
queen of the Netherlands and the cm-
peror of Germany, the czar of Russia
and the pope of Rome church and
state, pulpit and press, Protestant and
Catholic. Christian and Pagan-all
unite in chorus and sing the praises
of Victoria the Good,
For more than sixty years this no.
BILE woman has stood out i'm the full
blaze Of that fierce light that beats
upon throne, and during all tnat
time she held the reins of govern
ment with a pure and powerful ard
steady hand, she won the hearts Of
her own people and the respect OF all
nations and she proved herself to be
every inch queen and every inch Il
CHRISTIAN.
a ROYAL LEGACY.
"s;he has left a royal legacy to her
children and to tho British empire,
and to the world. But the richest leg
acy she has left to her son, Edward
VII, does not consist in the gold, and
silver and crown Jewels. and great es-
tatcs, and vast empire which he i'm
herits-thesc, indeed are royal riches
but the noblest treasure she has be-
uueathed to him and to all her chill
dren and to the Christian nation, is
an unsullied Christian character. "A
good name is better than great riches,
and Queen Victoria valued il above all
else. and she maintained 1t until her
dying day.
"She never forgot her exalted station
with its tremendous responsibilities;
and throughout her long and eventful
reign she possessed name that is
without reproach. This choicest leg
acy she leaves to her son. and 1t IL
the richest jewel in her glorious crown
May what was so true of Victoria
England's queen, be, henceforth,
equally true of her son, who is now
1 l. Iy.l ~
VII.
'"The British are welded to mon
archy, and this state of feeling is due
in large measure to the queen herself.
she was no iigure-head throughout her
long reign. She had wise counsellors.
for the most part, but she had mind
of her own. and, on more than one
occasion, she taught her counsellors
wisdom. She did SO, notably, during
our Civil war. when she revised the
rough message that Lord Palmerston
submitted to her to be sent to Wash
ington. The queen of England never
appeared more queeny than when she
smoothed down her rough prime minis
ter. thereby avertins a threatened war
and paving the way for an enduring
peace.
"While loyal To our own form of gov
ernment. we have no reason to find
fault with that of England. II the
eXcelencies of the two governments
could be combined, and if the defects
of each could be eliminated, the result
would come as near as possible to gov
ernmental perfection. AS it is, how
ever. if England might learn some
thing from us, we might learn some
thing from England. Our laws are
quite as good as the laws of England
but can it be truly said that they are
as wisely and as impartially admin
istered?
ARCHRISHOp'S pRESENT