The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-03-08

him to deliver it to a monk of Poictiers
 who would conceal it in large stone il
 the Church of St. Gregory. In thi
 place the "ampulla' and an account O
 the vision in the handwriting of St
 Thomas, were preserved until the reigr
 of King Edward III, when they were
 dlscoVered Tn consequence of q dream
 by holy man, who brought the sacred
 vessel to the Duke of Lancaster who delivered it to the Black Prince, who sent 1t to the Tower of London for safe.
 Keeping. Here it was kept until the
 coronation of King Henry ". in 1899
 when the ''ampulla" and the spoon were
 used for the first time The ''ampulla''
 is in the form of a dove with expanded wings, standing on o pedestal. The head of the dove unscrews so that the consecrated unguent can be poured into It, and it is poured out through an ori- flee in the beak into the equally ancient
 and extremely thin gold spoon, which pears traces of having been enamelled The anointing of King Edward will | immediately follow the coronation oath. 1 ana While 1t is in progress the choir will | sing the anthem, "Zakoc the Priest and Nathan the Prophet, Anointed Solomon King, and All the People Retoiced. The king will be disrobed of his crimson robes by the Lord Great Chamberlain.
 and these, along with the cap of state which his majesty will remove from his head will be carried into St. Edwards chapel. The monarch, having taken his seat on the thousand year-old throne of
 Edward the Confessor before the al- tar, four dukes, all Knights of the Gar ter, summoned by Garter-Kins-at
 Arms, will hold over the kings head a rich pail of cloth of gold. and then the Archbishop of Canterbury. pouring some of the consecrated oil into the spoon from the ''ampulla' held by the Dean of Westminster will first anoint the palms of the kings hands in the form of cross, exclaiming Be these hands anointed with the holy oil" and Will use the same words in anontiner subsequently the breast, thirdly both shoulders, and fourthly, the elbows Lastly he will anoint the crown of the kings head saying:
 Be this head anointed with holy oil as kings and prophets were anointed. And as solomon was anointed king by Zadoc the Priest and Nathan the Prophet, so be you anointed blessed and king over this people. whom | the Lord your God hath given you to govern In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost Amen
 The dean will then lay the "ampulla" and spoon upon the altar and the king l kneeling, the archbishop standing on | the north side of the altar will pro- 1 nounce the benediction. The king will then arise and resume his place on the ,hrone, and the Dean of Westminster. having first dried all the places anoint I'd, except the head and the hands with 'otton wool, will close with the ribbons attached to the places open for the 'nointing in the kings crimson sarse let shirt or coat. And then the arch bishop will place coif of lawn on the dng's head. and linen gloves on his lands for few moments in order to re- j noVe the holy oil. The queen will only Y 'e anointed on the forehead, as consort 'lthough the late Queen Victoria, as Iueen regnant, was anointed on shoul 1 i. lers, arms and breast as we'll It is nly subsequent to this anointment that l ! he actual coronation will take place t in the New York Fri ' une,