The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-06-14
Description Of Services
At Coming Coronation
Vestments and Robes, a
Ring. Sword and Scep-
ter For George v.

TIME form of the coronation serv-
ices has been determined upon
by King George and his pfivy
council The archbishop of Can
terbury will crown both the king and
the queen. When Edward VII. and
Alexandra were crowned in 1902 the
archbishop OF York crowned the queen.
A special form Of services has been
issued for use at thanksgiving services
In the churches all over England on
coronation day, June % The minister
will announce 30 his congregation that
the king and queen are crowned and
will then read a description Of the serv-
ice, which win be going on at that ex-
act time IN Westminster abbey.
. The description follows:
4. First the archbishop of Oanter
bury, divers greet officers Of state 60
ing along with him. presents his maj
esty 10 the people that they may rec
ognioe him and proclaim him by their
voices as their king.
2. Then after prayer to God, such as
VIC OutSCANt AhtNC uOW Luduct LlIc hlllS
takes solemn cath 10 govern his peo
pie according 30 the law and customs
of the realm, to cause law and Justice,
In mercy, 10 be executed in all his
judgments and to protect the church.
The Amounting With Oil.
3. Thereupon, AFTER solemn prayer
for the presence and blessing of God
the Holy Ghost, the king is anointed
with holy dl upon his head, his breast
and his hands in the name of the
Father and of the Son and of the Holy
Ghost forasmuch as kings, priests and
prophets of odd were after this manner
made and conSecrated to teach and
govern the people Of Israel, and the
archbishop says over him this blessing:
Our Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of
God, who by hts Father was anointed
with the Gl OF gfaGness above his fel-
lows, by his holy amounting pour down
upon your head and heart the blessing
of the Holy Ghost and prosper the
works Of your hands, that by the as
sistance of his heavenly grace you may
preserve the people committed to your
charge in wealth, peace and godliness
and after a long and glorious course
of ruling this temporal kingdom wise.
ly, justly and religiously you may at
last be made partaker of an eternal
kingdom, through Jesus Christ our
Lord"
4. Then is his majesty invested with
the ensigns of his kingly state. First
he is clothed with royal vestments,
and then he receives the sword of jus
tice, brought from the altar of God, and
delivered to him by the hands of the
bishops, and when he is girded there
with the archbishop says:
with this sword of justice stop the
growth of iniquity, protect the holy
church Of God, help and defend wild
ows and orphans, restore the things
that are gone to decay, maintain the
things that are restored, punish and
reform what is amiss and confirm
what is in good order, that doing these
things you may be glorious in all vir-
tue and so faithfully serve our Lord
Jesus Christ in this life that you may
reign forever with him in the life
which is to come"
Then the king, rising from the chair
of his coronation, ungirds his sword
and, going to the altar, offers 1t there
to God, from whom he has received
it. After this the armill and the royal
robe are put upon him, with the prayer
that the Lord, his God, may endue him
with knowledge and wisdom, with ma