The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-01-27
THE ESTABLISHED CHURCH
AND THE KING OF ENGLAND
Death of the Queen, Who Was a Religious
Monarch, VIII Make No Change.
SOME FAVORED ECCLESIASTICS
Rfuakstic Conhobersy VIII Not Be Affected
by the Change In SoUeregns.
FAVORED ECCLESIASTICS.

perlter, Bishop Of Riporl- At each OF the
royal residences. save Balmoral, there
are Church OF England pI'elates, usually
bearing the title of resident canonS.
Their salary is 5000 a year, and their
work among people of the Queens house
hold as. well as officiating at services at
tended by the sovereign. Windsor is in
the Diocese of oxford, Bishop Stubs, but
Dean Eliot OF Windsor, like Dean Brad
ley of Westminster, does pretty much as
he oleases, in so far the diocesan is
concerned For example, the clergy of
Westminster Abbey, where the new King
Edward VII viii be crowned. are not I'M
der the Bishop of London, although Lon
don clergy. Curiously. they are not un.
der anybody, and do pretty much as they
please, a fact which has in times past
led to complications, in which the late
Queen was by no means uninterested
In temperament the new King of Eng
land is not q religious man. He has
never Drotessed to be interested in re-
.igious affairs. AS in politics, he has en-
tered into church functions as into state
ones but has RETAINED from expressing
religious as he has political views. Fer
haps not living q life that would indicate
religious conviction, it is due to him TO
say that he has never professed to be
other tilnn what he has been. The new
Queen of England is not especially q
spiritually-1ninded woman. Coming from
a family excessively Protestant, she mas
entered into the functions OF the EstaD
lished church, but has never been con-
spicuous as a leader in it. Her power,
always great OF course, has been social
rather than religious
REQUIREMENTS OT1 PUBLIC OPINION.
Queen Victoria was ever spiritually
y;
after the death of the Prince Consort
But her family, if the Emperor of Ger
many and the new Prince of Wales be
excepted, hive not followed in her way.
All attend religious services because pup
lie opinion in a sense requires them TO
do So but with few exceptions they are
not known as prominent church men ana
women The German Emperor, far more
than his mother, the Queens eiGest
daughter. is religiousy inclined, and so is
the Prince of Wales Since the mar
riage of the latter 10 Princess May OF
Tecl1. a very devout woman, he has tax
en- more interest in religious matters, and
has attended divine services oftener than
formerly OF his own accord. Albert Ed
ward. as Prince Of Wales, rarely went to
church 1t remains to be seen what he
will do as King of England.
In any event the old line OF ecclesiastical
favoritcs are now out. They have mad
their day Bishop Boyd-Carpenter Will
hardly row be called hastily to Court TO
preach, and Bishop Davidson can attend
to his duties in his historic see. Who
me new favoritcs Will be nobody can
predict. The new King has shown SC
little preference in church as in other
matters that it is an open chance Tor nny
prelate, even the lowest. for it is per
sonality rather than rank which usually
affects selections OH the part OF sover-
eigns.
CHANGE WILL MAKE NO DIFFER
ENCE.
The change in sovereigns will infect the
ritualistic controversy in the Church OF
England not at all. The matter OF 1t IS
wholly ecclcSiastical and political. ane
with it the sovereign will not meddte. As
in other matters. the prerosatiVes OF the
crown are delegated TO the Parllament
and the ministry The rituaiislS are
not responding to the round ROBIN re-
o,est Of the Archbishops and thirty or
more Bishops made the other DAY. anu
it is hard TO understand how anybody eA-
nae.ed them to- The trouble is on, but
king Edward VII is powerless one way
or another TO affect 1t.
When the coronation OF King tdWafu
VII takes place. it will be the ArcholShop
of Canterbury who will place the crown
anon his head 1t is his prerogatlFe as
Prinate OF all England. II It We're
Queen that WIS being crowned IN hes
own right as in the case in 1913. me &C.
u,nlIld be performed by the Archbishop OF
ycr,: The ceremony takes place IN
Westminster Abbey. The choir used VII
he The on<, preserved in Edward. the Con
ressor's Chapel in the Abbey, when mas
beneath its seat the famous stone OF
Scoue. that was brought from Scotland
and put into the chair at the time OF the
union OF the Scottish and Ensllsh crowns