The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-09

| sage, sent on receipt of the news of the
| Kings illness. arrived few moments
| before his death. 1t was delivered at the
| palace by Ambassador Reid himself
court circular states that during the
| lsst moments of the Kings life the Arch
| bishop of Canterbury read special pray
| eis and conducted a short service in the
Kings chamber, at which the Queen, the
| Prince and Princess of Wales. the Duke
| az Fife Princess Victoria and Princess
| Louise were present.
| The court will 60 into full mourning
urtil November and after that the
| court will be In half mourning until
May I, 1911.
The services in all the church s
| throughout the United Kingdom today
| had special reference to the death OF
| the King. The sermons all dealt with
| the nations grief and the music was
such as Is customary at funeral serv-
| ices. Immense crowds attempted TO
| obtain entrance to st. Pauls and West
minister but only a small fraction was
admitted.
| One Of the most simple observances
| took place in the chapel royal in Buck
| ngham palace. where the royal fam
| lily with the embers of the late King
household worsh ipped TING morning.
Queen Alexandra attended and King
| George. with Queen Mary aud the
three young princes. all wearing deep
| mourning, drove over from Marlbor-
ough house. Princess Victoria, who
has been her mothers constant com
| panion, also was present Queen Alex
| andra requested that the service be
brief and simple. knowing that would
have been the Kings preference. Canon
Sh ephard, sub dean of the chapel royal,
| officiated. Two hymns only were sung,
The Resurrection Morn" and Peace,
l ~
! Alexandra's selections. The organst
played Tschaikowsky funeral march
before the service and Chopins funeral
march at its conclusion. all standing
| toward the end. The members of the
| new Kings household, in full mourn
ing, attended service a the royal chapel
at Marlborough house.
| At the chapel royal In st. James
palace the afternoon service was at
| tended by many of the late Kings
personal friends. The vicar of Wind
sor preached from the text Deuterono-
my, 9th chapter, thirty-fourth verse.
| He declared that King Edward. like
| Moses died just when he had led his
people into the promised land, when
| he was most wanted and when he had
the best and ripest experience to give.
The bishop of London preached in
the morning at st. Pauls The con
=
| it's capacity. The bishop spoke appre-
ciatively of the American sympathy
which had been extended to the Brit
| ish people and he read cablegram
which he said had arrived with char
acteristic promptness from that coun-
| try:
Deepest sympathy for our brethren
| of the English CHI urch and nation; me-
mortal service to be held in Trinity
church. New York"
The bishop commented saying "such
| a message shows how strong are the
ties which bind us TO our great sister
nation across the Atlantic
| His text was the nrst epstle of Tim
othy, sixth chapter and fifteenth verse:
(Which in his time he shall shew is
the blessed and only potentate, the
king of kings and lord of lords" In
the course of his sermon the bish op
said:
THE nation has received sudden
blow by which 1t is still stunned"
He paid a warm tribute to the late
King as a ruler, statesman and gentle
| man. or the death chamber, the hop
| said:
The quiet family gathering around
| the bedside the committal prayer said
by the archbishop before the King died
the blessing pronounced when it was
over in the hush ed room All was Chris
| tian there"
The Very Rev. Joseph Armitage Rob-
inson, dean of Westminster. preached
| from Deuteronomy, chapter thirty-nine
tenth verse Mgr Bourne, Catholic
archbishop of Westminster spoke OF
| the Kings courtesy to Catholics, and
his desire to show equal regard for
all his subjects.