Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-06-29

When Edward VII. was crowned on
had taken place in this country since
1888; 10 there was much to discover,
consider and devise. When King
George v. and Queen Mary passed into
Westminster Abbey on June 20. this
year., the interval will have been only
M OF nine years; the arrangements
will be easier. the experience fresh.
An English sovereign is placed in le-
gal possession Of his rights by the act
of settlement, by his proclamation by
his acceptance In the privy council,
and by the oath of allegiance taken by
the w houses Of parliament. The po-
sition is one Of enormous responsibility.
The lords and commons are his advis-
ers; In his name and by his authority
power to act is given to Judges. mag
ietrates, the colonial p~arliaments, the
navy, h army. the diplomatic body.
n all the vast branches of the civil
service.
Religious Ceremony.
His personal influence with his min
the state, should be very great. The
effects of his personal character and
example are unlimited.
For the proper discharge of all these
duties 1t has from the earliest days
been felt that the office has essentially
a religious character. and that the king
should be invested with it at a relig-
ious service OF the most solemn de-
scription. 1t Ia reasonable to look for
the primitive precedents m s%criptural
times. David was three times an
ointed. First by Samuel. as the chos-
en- future ruler; then in Hebron. as
king of Judah: Their again in Hebron
as king OF all Israel. Solomon was
anointed as successor to David in his
fathers lifetime at Jerusalem, by Ia
dok. the priest and Nathan. the seer
Ancient Kings Anointsd.
Gildas. the historian OF the British
people during the existence OF the an
Client British church, states that kings
IN Nk were anointed with Oil.
The earliest Anglo-saxon document on
the subject that we know is the Pontif-
icial Cor Book Of Bishops Offices) of
Egbert. Archbishop Of York, in A. D.
736. which say that the rite OF JUNCTION
formed part Of the ceremony OF coro-
nation Egbert. king Of the M%ericans.
son of Offa. was crowned with great
solenlnity A. d. 706; the Saxon chron-
lcle states that by the use OF holy Oil
Egbert wal "hallowed to be king"
Archbishop Beckett wrote to Henry II.
that kings were anointed on the head,
breast and arms as a sign of glory.
holiness and courage. 1.-THE holy oil in
the service being symbolical Of the In
Wo4o III III 6Oul WltLIt ll0 unC.
ton OF the Holy Spirit. the employ
ment OF 1t in the coronation service has
ever been held to confer q sacredness
on the person Of the sovereign"
The enlightened Bishop Grosstete, of
Lincoln. writing to Henry Ill, informs
him that the oil 8 upon kings is an
outward sign whereby he received the
%sevenfold gifts of the Holy Spirit. It
was from having been thus anointed
that u kings have received the style
"Dei Gratia," by the Grace Of God,
which, as an old writer Of the 18th
century says. could not be given to any
n else of the laity.
The vestments peculiar to the regal
office are first a piece Of qua linen
For the head. called the amice; then the
Colobium sindonis, a sleeveless tunicn Of
white linen; then the supertunica of
cloth of gold, a long tunic reaching to
the feet with a girdle; then the armilla,
narrow strip Of silk shaped like a stole
passed over the kings shoulders, the
ends reaching to the waist, and fast
ened to the elbows by silken knots;
lastly, h imperial mantle, or cape,
also Of cloth Of gold.
The coronation oath vas for several
centuries, indeed In h time Of Charles
l., taken on a Latin cop of the Four
Gospels. now in the British museum,
said to have belonged to King Athel-
stan, crowned at Kingston in A. d. 925.
The oath was practically the same till
tho time of William III. when 1T took
that den%unciatory form againse Roman
Catholicism which has only lately been
altered.
The authority Of the form Of the cor
onation service IL the Liber RECALLS,
Cook of the KING, kept at westmin-
stsr Abbey. which dates back to the
coronation Of Edward II. The Pontif-
teal of Archbishop Egbert $3.50 has al
ready been mentioned; there are also
Pontificals Of Salisbury. Winchester
and Exeter.
The service as used for King Edward
VII. and Queen Alexandria wa some
what shortened from previous forms,
and may be divided into nineteen Sec
lions:
I. The PREPARATION. e., the laying
OF the oil and spoon on the altar and
tho procession Of the archbisnops and
bishops to the vestibule outside the
west door.