The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-08-19
THE CORONATION OF KING EDwARD AND
QUEEN ALEXANDRA.


may wish a fuller account of the Eng
lish coronation show than was given
In editorial note of last week, and
for the benefit of such persons we pre-
sent the following from the New
York Weekly Outlook of Saturday,
10th:
With almost all possible ceremonial
and pomp (for the curtailment on ac-
count of the Kings illness was, after
all, not very great), Edward VII.
was crowned in Westminster Abbey
On Saturday last. The peoples afec-
ton for theirKing had been intensified
by the eve trial through which he
has just passed, and the prevalent
note was one of rejoicing and thank
fulness that, only seven weeks aftor
an alarming attack of illness and a
dangerous operation, he had so far re-
covered as to sustain the ceremony
with no i'll effects whatever. Apart
from the absence of some foreign per-
sonages of distinction and special am
bassadors, little was lacking in the
display and the function from the
original design. All London was d,e-
GRATED lavishly, if not always in the
most perfect taste as regards the col
OF scheme; hundreds of thousands of
people thronged the carefully guarded
route of the professions to the Abbey,
and the longer return to Buckingham
Palace; the Abbey itself was a blaze
of color and jewels-gold, crimson.
and white predominating; the popular
enthusiasm seemed reserved for the
King himself, and even the Prince Of
Wales received less than his usual
welcome; the quantity splendid cos
tunes of the hereditary officials, her
aids, kings-at-arms, kings standard
bearer, bearers of the regalia, and
lords and ladies in waiting, wero a Gu
riOus reminder of the fact that the
tei democratic of co1,stit ut;onaI
mcnarchieS CIirss II ere closet in mat.
Ter IF form an ceremony to the me-
dyaeval than 10 her absolutist neigh
bors of Europe. The coronation itself
vas digniied and not over-complicat-
ed. The venerable Archbishop of
Canterbury with difficulty performed
his full part because of f~eebleness;
the Archbishop of York placed the
Queens crown on her head. The his
toric "Vivats" of the Westminster
boys, the formal presentation of the
King to the people toward the four
cardinal points of the compass, the ad-
ministration of the oath, the a%noint-
ing, the enduing of the royal robes,
the girding on of the sword of state,
the bestowal of the ring symbolic of
kingly dignity, and, finally, the hom-
age of the Prince of Wales, the Duke
of Norfolk for the dukes, and repre-
~sentatives of the other orders of no
bility-all these and other acts of the
ceremony we're both in accordance
with ancient custom and endowed with
real significance and meaning. All
over the Kingdom and Empire rejoic-
ings took place, and on Sunday and
Monday thanksgiving services were
held in many of the cathedrals and
churches. The only ~discordant note
was in the u~tterances of some of the
Irish leaders, notably John Redmond
and John Dillon. It may be noted in
view of recent discussion that the part
of the Kings oath relating to reli-
gious matters read as follows:
"Will you to the utmost of your pow
er maintain the laws of God, the true
profession of the Gospel, and the Pro-
testant Reformed religion established
by law? And will you maintain and
preserve invio1ably the settlement of
the Church of England, and the doc
trine, worship, discipline, and govern
ment thereof as by law established in
England? And will you preserve up
on the Bishops and clergy of England,
and to the Church therein committed
to their charge, all such rights and
privileges as by law do or shall apper-
tain to them or any of them?"
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