The Wilson times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1896-19??, 1911-06-23
Drilling Rain Marred Day But Cere
mony Was Executed According to
Program---Greatest Coronation
In History of London
There were MANY PROMINENT AMERICANS PRESENT

headdresses of the Occident
In the great numbering coach of
state rode the King and Queen, the
cynosure of millions of eyes; hun
dreds of thousands Of strangers had
journeyed to London-some nearly
the entire distance around the worldd
to get a glimpse of the sturdy,
bearded potentate and his comely
wife seated beside him.
AS the procession reached the Alb
bey the party of the Prince of Wales
preceded the royal party, the Prince
entering the Abbey as a brilliant pre-
liminary to the coming of King
George and Queen Mary.
Police kept Parliament square and
the streets leading to the Abbey clear
of people and government agents and
ferret eyed men from Scotland Yard
mingled with the multitude, keeping
an alert eye open for suspicious look
ing persons.
Not until the ceremonies had been
ended was their vigilance relaxed.
King George was the first monarch
in the English line to use the new
coronation oath with religious allu-
led the efforts for change in the old
}oath and it was rewritten into new.
form. The oath which the King re-
peated today was as follows:
| Il do solemnly and sincerely, in the
presence Of God, profess, testify and
fdeclare that I am faithful member
| of the Protestant Reformed Church as
| by law established in England, and /
will according to the true intent of
| the enactments which are intended
to secure the Protestant succession
to the throne of my realm uphold
and maintain the said enactments TO
the best of my power according to
law"
In the light of the foregoing the
old oath will prove interesting. IL
was as follows:
81 do solemn1y and sincerely, in the
Ipresence of God, profess, testify and
Ideclare that / do believe that in the
lsacrament of the Lords Supper, there
lis not any transsubstantiation of the
elements of bread and wine into the
Ibody and blood of Christ at or after
the conservation thereof by any per
ison whatsoever; and that the invoca-
Ition or alteration of the Virgin Mary
Tor any other saint and the sacrifice
of the mass as they are now used IN
1.-The Church of Rome are superstitious
land idolatrous and / do solemnly, IN
the presence of God, profess, testify
sand declare that l do make this de-
: claration and every part thereof in
the plain and ordinary sense OF the
swords read unto me as they are com
smonly understood by English Protest
ants without any evasion, equlvoca
ton or mental reservation WhaJsO
| ever and without any dispensatioI
Ialready granted me for this purpose
Iby the Pope or any other authority
1 h ofc without
thinking that I am or can be acquit
ted before God or man or absolveo
Iof this declaration or any part there
of although the Pope or any other
!, person or persons of power Whatso
4 ever should dispense with or annu
the same or declare that it was null
and void from the beginning.
The ceremonials of the coronation
were sub-divided into twenty dis
tinct functions, all of them imposing
but of medieval character. Enum
Grated they follow: l. The Prepara
ltion: II. The entrance into tht
, church; III the recognition; ". tht
tiffany: v. the beginning of the com
: lmunion service; VI. the sermon; VII
. 1.-The oath; VIII. the annointing; TX. ths
, presentation of the spurs and sWorC
and the girdling and oblation OF tht
! sword, x the investing with tn'
, armill and Royal RoDe anu the ue
livery Of the Orb; XI. the inyestitur'
: per anns1lum ct baculum; XII, tn
! putting on of the Crown: Kill tn
: presenting of the Holy Bible; XIV
: 1.-THE Benedfction; XIV. the enthron1za
! ton; XVI the homage; XVII th'
! Queens coronation; XVIII. the com
: munion; XIX, the TIE Deum; Xxx IDS
1 recess.
) The preparation consisted of tn
{ lfilling of the ampulla with oil and to
. fgether with spoon, they were lalt
) upon the altar The Archbishop ant
+ Ibishops' assistants, vested in thel
robes, were already garbed for tn
: lceremony and awaited immed1ateE
!. loutside the west door of the churcl
) until notice was given that the Kini
5 land Queen had arrived. Then the.
. moved into the church.
AS the royal couple entered tn
lchurch the choir of Westm1nste
s broke forth into an anthem Whicl
( tthey continued to sing while the kini
. and Queen moved slowly through TIA
: choir, up the stairs and into IN