Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-06-27
PRAYING FOR EDWARD.
impressive IntercessOry Services
Held In st. PauI's Cathedral ana
In Other Historic Churches.

London, June 27.-At the hour when
the king should have been crowned
great and distinguished gathering, al
most identical with that which would
have sat in Westminster abbey, gath
cred in st. Paul's cathedral. The ap-
proaches to the cathedral were lined
by silent throngs, through which drove
peers and peeresses. colonial premiers,
| foreign ENJOYS, ambassadors and mem
bcrs of the house of commons, all in
| sOmher clothes. In the chancel were
Joseph II. Choate the United States
ambassador, and Mrs. ChOate; Henry
White, secretary of the embassy, and
Mrs White; John II. Carter, second
secretary of the embassy. and Mrs.
| Carter; Whtclaw Reid the special en-
| bassador of the United States to the
! coronation. and Mrs. Reid: Mr.. and
! Mrs ]. Pierpont Morgan. Jr.. and the
| leading members of the nobility. In
| the nave about thousand of the
Westminster abbey ticket holders,
mainly women. were seated.
| President Roosevelt's sisters, Mrs
! Duugia, robinson. and Mrs. W. Shelf
| field Cowles accompanied Mr.. and Mrs
Reid to st. Paul's, and the members of
this party were given the most promi-
nent places in the cathedral
Shortly before noon the big western
doors were swung open, sunlight
streamed in. and the Duke Of Cam
| bridge. leaning heavily on the arm OF
an equerry, walked to the chancel. AS
rs, OF from fln
| far end of the nave the clear notes of
the opening sentences of the litany,
| chanted by four of the cathedral cler-
w. 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, headed by the cross ad-
/ yanced few steps and then stood still
until the response was completed.
Through the kneeling congregation
the choir advanced to the chancel steps.
| A score of the clergy followed, and be-
hind them We're ten bishops in gorgeous
robes Then came the archbishop of
York. the Most Rev. william Dial
rymple Maclagan; the archbishop OF
Canterbury, the Most Rev. Frederick
Temple and the lord mayor. Sir 10
seph G. Dimsdale, the corporation in
full state bringing up the rear.
With evident feeling the choir sang
the three psalms of intercession. after
which the bishop of Stepney, the Right
Rev. Cosmo Gordon Lang, read the les
son, Isaiah xxXyiii TO-
81 said in the cutting off of my days
| shall go to the gates of the grave; ]
am deprived of the residue Of my
years"
The bishop Of London, the Right Rev.
Arthur f. w. Ingram, from the altar
steps read. the prayers. 80 Lord Save
the King" rang out to the farthest re-
cess of the dome and brought a whole
souled response from the choir and the
congregation
The anthem and the singing of the
hymn. Chine arm. o Lord. in days OF
old was strong to heal and save" and
the Fifty-tirst psalm concluded the
short service, whereupon the bishop OF
London. surrounded by the archbishops
and bishops. from the altar steps i'm
pressively pronounced the benediction.
For few moments complete silence
reigned and all heads were bowed in
prayer. after which, the almost blind
archbishop of Canterbury carefully led
down the steps the procession re-
formed and the congregation went out
into the sunlight. gladly discussing the
wording of the latest bulletin from
buckingham palace.
simultaneously a similar service was
conducted at st. Margaret's church,