New Britain herald., 1917-04-20
BRILLIANT SPECTACLE AS
 BRITAIN GREETS AMERICA
King and Queen all Other Royal Perso1
 ages at Ceremony m
 St. Paul's Cathedral!|
-.-E eT.a 81,@ Ia-- s73l OUR NATIONAL HYMN IS SUNG WITH ZESI

IS SUNG WITH ZESI Stars and Stripes Float from Higi
 Tower on Parliament Building N
 First Time in History-Civil XII
 Veterans March Through I40nd&
 streets-old Glory Makes Engif
 Capital sRcsplendent. 5ea k
 London, April 2O.-The British. p$$7 pie and Americans in this coul4zy celebrated Americas partnerships the world war by a religious sery3S today in St. Paul's cathedral, attene by the official heads of the nation TT a great congregation. which inclU& ed hundreds of American and pr4H nent British men and women. Thu was a great display of American daS in London and a popular demonsts ton by the crowds which surround& the cathedral. The Stars and Strip( foated from the highest tower Of th dC " VCSIAAA1A -z&3 the first time. a foreign flag was SvSI displayed on that eminenceand Aa above all government buildings Int capital. The service in the hiat9 cathedral, where the momentQus casions of rejoicing and mourN have been solemnized for s&pentNg4 was unprecedented in being the cpA memoration of an act and decisf0f
 As arches hung the dust-weighted7 batt1e-torn flags of famous Hritl regiments, some of which had pSy carried in the American revoluttu1 while among the ItoInbs and me9aori1 of famous soldiers r-anged about walls were the names of those fought against the colonies in war.
 ssgs M King and Quecn El,tpi.
 sThe catsedfaI seats .neArly 4sg people and waaT tIiled t9 It's furtlt4z most recesses, with hundrsds NIo0Kt down from the Balconies and nicAS high in the vault. All seats were g4 cupied when King George and QpfS Mary entered, followed by the rnayQ4 and aldermen of the twenty-six hfl& oughs of London, who formed r xtS block of color in their scarlet rak of office. 6s3
 Other members of the royal faHtl present in the cathedral inclu} Queen Dowager Alexandra, rho Rr3 cess Royal; Princess Maud or ,f44, the Duke of Connaught, PiincA5 Patricia. Princess Christian and Ftt5 cess Victoria of Schlesweig- HolatR4n The American embassy and consny staffs occupied front seats. with reN resentatiyes of the Pilgrims, t4 American Society, the Anlerei Luncheon club, and the Ame*iQ4 Chamber of Commerce. In the dtpl rnatic sections were officers in uniforms of France, Russia. Italy, gium. Serbia, Montenegro, RumA and Japan. f< h.
 Everywhere throughout the cAls dral the army khaki and navy were conspicuous. Chancellor of Exchequer Bonar Law repFesent the cabinet in tho absence of Prcfo Lloyd George.
 The king and queen and PrN0 Mary were received at the west trance by the lord mayor and shN{ and archbishop of Canterbury, M the dean and chapter, of St. Faula N United States Ambassador Page. corlgregatione rose while theif 1a9 ties walked down the center aisle n remained standing until the ruX party was seated. Then tho hy@3N "Oh, God, Our Help in Ages RAA was sung in a deep, mighty chorus Nf& a heavy roll of drums from the pa{ of the Welsh Guards, which W61 stationed at the chancel rails.
 .sstar spangIed Banner' sung.
 The service which followed cOnsls1 ed of the Lords prayer. Psalms 46 aA CXLIV., lesson from Isaiah L3kI,, t Apostles Creed, prayer, ."The HA&k Hymn of the Republic" a sermon Bishop Brent, the hymn, Through t Night of Doubt and Sorrow" benedt tion by the archbishop of Cantevhut the singtngsr ."The Star Spangj2 Banner and ,"God Save the King.
 The clergy of St. PauPs conduqt the services assisted. by the Srl bishop of Canterbury and bishop London. The text from which Bie&l Brent spoke was chosen from Macb7 bees, ssecond chapter, thirteenth v4tsf2 Having gone apart from the elde1I he resolved that they should go forGk and try the matter in fight. by thA help of God. And committing the de~ cision to the Lord of the world ana. exhorting them that were with him to contend manfully, even unto deaths,, for the laws, the temple, the city, the and the commonwealth, he pitched his camp-having given out tQ4 his men the watchword, victory i41 Gods"
 It is impossible for all the congFe1 gation to hear the words of a preacl CT in St. Paul's but the. prayers al{ psalms were read by the whole AX
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