Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-11-26
THE ARK, A PERSIAN FORT.
WHERE NOAH CAME TO EARTH.
Many Quaint Services in
Old English Churches

! Had sundry virtues that outweighed his
faults
You that on Bacchus have the like de-
pcndance
Pray copy Bob in Measure and At
tendance
Every, Oct IL. whether that date falls
on Sunday or Il week day. the Lion
Sermon" is delivered at the church Of
ST. katherine Cree in the old City OF
l.ondcn., In the Will of Sir John Gayer
dated 1GiS. money was left for 4 ser
mon to be preached each year to com
memoratc Sir Johns escape from Il lion
In the Arabian desert. Some sccptics
believe that he left this peculiar be-
quest in order to make the story of his
escape seem plausible Sir John. n
member of the Levant company, was
ell route for India when, while crossing
the Arabian desert, he was approached
by = lion, Sir John promptly descend
ed from his camel and engaged in
prayer. The Hon was so duGbfounded
that he withdrew from Sir johns pres
ence of solitary meditation. His life
being thus spared, Sir John vowed that
he would give the gains of his journey
to God and the poor.
On his return to England he provid
ed not only for the annual lion sermon
but he left money for II sermon to be
preached monthly, in his native town
y i y
of London. and as lord mayor in l6AI
he was committed to the Tower. where
he underwent eight months imprisou-
mcnt for refusing the supplies demand
cd by parliament from the city for the
army. In 1918, although parliament had
dcposed him from the office, Of lord
mayor and alderman. the governors Of
Christ hospital chose him TO b. prcsi-
dent of that foundation.
Recently tho money providing for
| this gift sermon was diverted from St
| katherine Cree church to n more needy
| parish. The sermon itself, however Is
still preached, in order to keep up the
| tradition.
Some of the most picturesque of the
| church ceremonies are the services held
! for the old city guilds. Each company
attends its church once u year before
| clecting it's officers. OF course the
members go dressed in the traditional
rcgalia of the company. Similarly the
| lord mayor before his election marches
| in state from the, Guildhall 10 tue
church of st. Lawrence Jewry, where
| an Impressive service is held in his hon
or. This custom originated in 14OI, on
| the occasion Of the first election OF
| Dick Wilmington.
REMARKABLE CEREMONY.
On Malmdy or Holy Thursday West
| minister Abbey Is the scene of y re-
! markablc ceremony. Maundy Thursday
| istthc anniversary of II day when Chris
| tiun kings We're wont to give aims ana
| render mclncSt service to the poorest
| of their subjects. Tho number Of poor
| who receive the kings aims grows
larger each year, the addition being the
| Increment of one poor old woman and
| ono poor old man for each succeeding
| wear of the kings age They are ranged
| in row on either side of the choir.
| Above them are the dean and chap
ter. in their stalls, the choir. In their
| white surpiccs. behind the twinkling
| candies: beyond, and within the COM
munion rails are the lord high almoncr.
tho sub-almoncr ana 'clergymcn IN
| acadcmica robes representing tho re-
cipicnts of the royal aims" After a
long service the Mnundy money in
purses Is distributed from Il great aims
dish.
Continental sovcrcigns still keep UP
| tho traditional custom of washing the
feet OF the poor on Maundy THURSDAY
In imitation of Chrlsts pattern of hui
mility. In England this washing OF
tho feet was an annual event until
after stuart days. Thus we learn that
Queen Elizabeth, WHOM she was 80 years
old, washed the feet of the same num-
Der of the poorest of her subjects. The
feet were first washed by the Seomcn
of tho laundry with warm water ana
sweet herbs: n second nbution was per
| formed hy tho sub-nlncncr; a,.d finally
l;hel majesty. knecling, and attended by
30 Of her gcntlcwomcn. gnvc them q
final wash. making II cross on each
I. foot and kissing 1t.
| James II for some years offlciated IN
this lowl- role OF foot-wnsher. until he
J. ldcputized the office to the nrchbishop OF
y York. GiffloNht VI, IN ~ :