New-York tribune., 1910-07-31
KING AND KIRK
GEORGE v May Be on Communion
Roll of Presbyterian Church.

| Copyright 1910, by the BRENTWOOD COMPANY
| Membership OF the Church OF England Is
,,ot ,ncomnatibIe with that Of the Presby-
.e-,sn Church Of Scotland. and there Is
nothing. therefore. IL is believed. which pre-
,,erts members OF the Protestant Episcopal
Church in the United States belonging 70
| the PRESBYTERIAN denomination here IN
| IN America. This question was gone into
yery thoroughIy at the time when. ai'or
becoming q widow, the late Queen slctoria
dr.t made inquiries Of the msderators OF
the PRESBYTERIAN Church OF scotianu
whether there was any obstacle 70 her au-
| mission to the molly communion In ti'
Craithie Presbyterian parish church "nen
she was living at Balmoral. After que III
vestisation It was decided that the 9ueei
| could receive the communion not only oS
| reason of the privilege which Is commonly
| extended in Presbyterian churcnes On 'io
| occasion of the Lords Supper to members
Of other churches but also as member OF
the PRESBYTERIAN Church, seeing that there
was nothing TO prevent her from belonging
to the latter while at the same time re-
| +aintnp, her membership of the Church ot
England. of which. OF course. she was the
head.
How greatly Queen Victoria valued th1s
nrivtIeee NAV be seen by the fact that from
1874 until the time Of her death, twenty
seven wears afterward, her name was. oy
her express wisi,, carried on the communion
roll of the pa risf church of Crafthie ana
bv the fact that she a regular attend
ant whenever the communion was admin
is,ered at Craithie during her sojourn AT
Ramoral
King Edward though attending Craithle
church regularly during his stay AT bai-
moral never took part In the communion
service there as King, for the reason thae
communion was never held during the
neriod of his sfay The communion at
Craithie Is administered at the end of Oc-
tober b. which time the late KING had IN
variably started for the south
King George and Queen Mary, who have
announced their intention of spending nuch
more of their time at Balmoral, being botn
Of them very fond of highland life and 6t
the Scottish climate, which agree WIN
them. have already intimated their lnten-
ton of following Queen Victoria's exsm-
pie and of having their names inscribed on
the communion roll of the parish church Of
Craithie Attention is called to the fact,
partly by reason Of the criticisms which
are certain to appear in intolerant London
Church of England papers when it becomes
known and also because of the questions
which have arisen in connection with the
projected modification of the royal declara-
ton oath, and are engaging the attention
of the House of Parliament.
For the amendment while doing away
with the offensive words regarding Roman
Catholicism and with the denunciation OF
the alteration of the Virgin Mary and the
celebration of the mass as idolatrous binds
the King down 20 membership of no other
church or denomination than that of the
Protestant Reformed Church in England
That is to say, if the bill becomes law,
which Is doubtful, the King will be pre-
vented from following the example of his
gra ndmother, Queen Victoria. in having his
name appear the communion roll of the
parish church of Craithie as member OF
the Presbyterian Church of Scotland
It Is interesting in connection with this
bill to recall that the Prime Minister Is noS
a member Of the Church of England, but
Congregationalist- Augustine Birrel, the
Chief Secretary for Ireland, is Baptist;
Mr. Runciman, the President of the Board
of Education is a Methodist, while Mr..
Samuels, the president of the Local Govern
ment Board in the Cabinet, is Jew.