The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-06-27
SERVICES AT ST. PAUL'S
Holders Of Tickets to Coronation
Ceremony Attend Prayer
Services.

London, June 26-At the hour when
the king should have been crowned. a
great and distinguished gathering, al
most Identical with that which would
have sat in Westminster abbey, gath
/ cred in st. PauFs cathedral. The ap-
approaches were lines by silent
| throngs, through which drove peers
and peeresses, colonial premiers, for
eign ENJOYS, ambassadors and mem
bers Of the house of commons, all in
sombre clothes. In the chancel were
Joseph II. Choate, the United States
| ambassador. and Mrs. Choate, Henry
White, secretary of the embassy, and
Mrs. White; WhiteIaw Reid, the spe-
cial ambassador of the United States
to the coronation. and Mrs. Reed; Mr..
and Mrs. J. Pierpont Morgan, jr., and
| the leading members Of the nobility.
In the nave about 1000 of the West
minister abbey ticket holders, mainly
women, were seated.
Shortly before noon the big western
doors were swung open, sunlight
streamed in, and the Duke of Cam
bridge, leaning on the arm of an equer-
~, walked to the chancel. AS 2
o'clock struck, there arose from the
far end of the nave the clear notes Of
the opening sentences of the ltany
Chanted by four Of the cathedral clergy.
Their tones were in such unison that
they seemed to emanate from one
powerful voice. The choir took up
the responses. At each supplication
the procession, with the cross at its
head, advanced a few steps and then
stood still until the response was COM
pleted. Through the kneeling coRgre-
cation the choir advanced to the chan
eel steps. A score Of the clergy fol-
lowed, and behind them were ten
bishops in gorgeous robes. Then came
the most Rev William Dalrymple Mac
Lagan the archbishop of York; the
most Rev. Frederick Temple, the arch
bishop of Canterbury, and the lord
mayor, Sir Joseph c. Dimsdale, the
corporation, in full state dress, bring
ing up the rear. With evident feeling
the choir sang the three psalms of in
tercession, after which the Rt. Rev.
COsmO Gordon Lang, bishop Of Steph-
cry read the lesson, Isaiah, chapter SO,
verse 10:
i said in the cutting off Of my days,
I shall go to the gates of the grave;
I am deprived Of the residue Of my
years"
The Rt. Rev. Arthur F. Wingram.
bishop Of London, from the altar
steps, read the prayer: 20, Lord, save
| the king"
His voice rang out to the furtherest
recess of the dome, and brought a
whole-sOuled response from the choir
and the congregation.
The anthem and the singing of the
hymn, Thine Arm, o, Lord, in Days Of
Old Was Strong to Heal and Save, ="
and psalm 81. concluded the service,
whereupon the bishop of London sur
rounded by the archbishOps and bish-
ops, from the altar steps, impressive
" pronounced the benediction. For a
few moments complete silence reigned
and all heads were bowed in prayer,
after which the almost blind arch
bishop of Canterbury was carefully led
down the steps. the procession re
| formed and the congregation went into
| the sunlight. gladly discussing the
wording of the latest bulletin from
Buckingham palace.
simultaneously, a similar service
was conducted at St. Margaret
church, Westminster. It was largely
attended by cabinet ministers, peers
/ and members of the house of commons,
| and was concluded with singing, God
/ Save the King
From India, Australia and Africa,
| everywhere where Britons congregated.
! kilograms announce the holding of i'm
/ pressive supplicatory services.