Pike County Democrat, Volume 28, Number 7, Petersburg, Pike County, 25 June 1897 — Page 6

THE GOOD QUEEN Via Her Sixty Tears' Reign Appropriately Celebrated *** City, lUted Kingdom and EmpireSimple and laprealT* Tbankaplvlac BwrlfM la 81, Geor»e*» Chapel and 8t Paul'e Cathedral. London, June 91.—Queen Victoria began the celebration of her jubilee today as befitted her entire career, before the altar of her faith. Throughout London, the United Kingdom and the empire in every cathedral, church or chapel of the established church of England was held services similar to those at St George’s chapel, Windsor, where her majesty paid her devotions, and offered solemn thanks to.God. The announcement that the services at St George’s chapel would be private and for the members of the royal family, prevented the gathering of a large crowd. The scene was most impressive and the service most simple. Her majesty sat in the chair of state immediately before the communion rail, and just beside the brass plate whose inscription designates the spot which was the temporary place of in-' ferment of the prince consort. The ladies and gentlemeh who are •the grand officers of the queen’s househoid entered first, followed by the Military Knights of Windsor in t e full -costume of cocked hats and scarlet -coats. The dnke of Devonshire and Lord Rose berry occupied their stalls as knights of the garter. The rest of the •church was empty, the seats of the royal family being near the queen’s. The dean of Windsor, weariug the insignia of chaplain of the order of the garter, officiated, assisted by the lord bishop of Barry, and several canons. Punctually at 11 o’clock, amid the aoft strains of an organ voluntary the queen arrived from the cloisters at the entrance. Assisted by her Indian attendant, she walked slowly to the •chair of state, the congregation standing. She was dressed ail in black, except for a^white tuft in her bonnet. Empress Frederick of Germany, attired in deep mourning, took the seat At the right of the queen, while the duke of Connaught, wearing his Windsor uniform, seated himself at her left. The others grouped closely behind And looked like a simple family of worshipers. Among them were the duchess ■of Connaught. Prince Henry of Prussia and Princess Henry. Prince Christian and Princess Christian with their children. Princess Henry of liattenberg, Grand Duke Sergius and the grand duchess. Ordinary moruing prayers began with a short exortation from First Timothy, and the suffrages after the creed contained these sentences: Priest—Oh Lord, save the queen. Response—Who putteth her trust in Thee.

meat—,->euu uer uetp irom i t*y holy place. Response And evermore mightily defend her. Priest—Let her enemies have no advantage over her; Response—Let not the wicked approach to hurt her. After the first collect, a special collect was read and instead of the usual prayer for the queen and royal family, two special prayers were substituted, •containing the following: AlmightyUoil, whoever rulest over all the kings of the world and disposes! of them according to Thy good pleasure. We yield Thee uafeigacd thanks for that Thou wsst pleased to place Thjr servant ouf soverign lady. Queen Victoria, upon the throne of this realm Let Thy wisdom be her aid ami let Thine arms strengthen her; let justice, truth and holiness; let peace and lore flourish in her day*. Direct all her counsels and endeavors t o Thy glory and the welfare of her people: and give us grraoe to obey her cheerfully. Del her always poaneas the hearts of her people; let her reign be long and prosperous. and crown Uer with tmgnortaUty in the life to come.'’ A special prayer for unity was said, -and there were special psalms and gospels used instead of those for the day, the Gospel being the sixteenth verse of the twenty-second chapter of Matthews: Render, therefore, us to Caesar the things which are Ctosar’n There was no sermon, but a special liymn, written by Ut. Rev. William AVal&h&u). lord bishop of Wakefield, with music by Sir Arthur Sullivan, was sung at her majesty's request. The third verse was as follows: O. royal heart with wide embrace, • For all her children yearning’ jO. happy realm, such mother grace. With royal love returning. Where England'* Bag tlie* Wide unfurled. AU tyrant wrong* repelling. ■Hod saake the world a better world. , For man's brief earthly dwelling. “ Before the benediction the following special thanksgiving was offered:. O Lord, our Heavenly Father, we gtTcThee hearty thanks for the many blessings which Thou has liestcUeJ»upon us during the flu years ofthe happy reign of our gracious Queen Victoria We thank Thee for progress made Is knowledge of Thy marvelous work*, for increase of comfort given to human life, for kindlier feeling between r.eh and poor, for wondrous preaching ot the Gospel to many nations, an t we pray Thee that the-e and Thy many gifts be continue! to its and our queen, to the glory of Thy holy name, through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen - The choir of St. George's chapel rendered the musical portion of the service, Sir Walter Parrctt presiding at the organ. The service lasted 40 minutes, the queen remaining seated throughout and following closely the apecial prayers and hymn. At the end there was c. pause- The •queen with bowed bead, continued in silent prayer. Then followed a touching scene which will ever liuger in the memory of those who witnessed it. .Summoning Empress Frederick, who bowed low at her side, the queen kissed her on both cheeks. The duke of Counaught and the others of the family followed, receiving on bended knee a similar token of affection. In many cases the recipient was kissed several times. The queen was profoundly moved, mad tears rolled down her cheeks Al last, and evidently with great relue taoce. she* beckoned her Indian attendant, and, leaning on his arm. passed slowly out' of the chapel, the entire aongregation standing, the soft light

falling through the multi-colored windows and the exquisite strains of the organ rising and swelling beneath the Gothic bannered roof. It was a scene never to be forgotten, and thrilled all present with strong emotion. The Service* la St Pear* Cathedral. Loxdox, June 21.—There were two ser rices at St. Paul’s cathedral, at 11 a. m. and 3 p. m. Immense crowds filled all the approaches to the cathedral at the morning service, anxious to | catch a glimpse of the royalties and ' distinguished personages who were anJ nounced. including all the Protestant | envoys. The-first to arrive and to be recognized with the greatest interest were the archbishop of Finland, in purple and black vestments, accom- : panied by two deacons and Gen. Kirref, in full uniform. Then followed j Chang Ying Huan, the Chinese envoy j I in gorgeous celestial garments. He j was escorted to the choir, where were i seated also the envoys of the United } States, Russia, Holland, Denmark, Sweden, Brazil and Hawaii. Whitelaw Reid, with Ambassador Hay and Mrs. Hay, Gen. Nelson A. Miles. Ogden Mills, Creighton Webb, Capt. Maus and Capt. MacAuley, came in royal carriages. Under the dome and behind the richly-enmsoned royal pews were the peers and eeresses in full robes, the foreign envoys and five colonial pre- j miers with their families. Others seated in this portion of the edifice were the special delegations from the Royal society, the Society of Antiquaries. the Royal Academy of Art, and the Royal Academy of Music, the | presidents of thg pi incipal hospitals land colleges in London, Sir.Richard j Webster, the attorney-general, and 200 I queen’s counsel in their wigs and j gowns. I Just before 11 o’clock the archbishop of Canterbury, the bishop of London j and the dean of the cathedral, with the cathedral clergy and choir, proceeded to the west door to receive the members ot the royal family. The aisle was lined with a guard of honor consisting of the medical staff corps, j in view of the fact that it was Hospital * Sunday. . The members of the royal family ar- j rived punctually and were received with the profoundest respect as they drove through the streets to the cathedral. Among them were the prince and priueess of Wales, the duke and duchess of> York, the duke of Cambridge, the duke aud duchess of Saxe-Goburg-Gotha, Prince Charles of Denmark aud Princess Charles, Prince Al- j bertof Prussia, grand duke aud duchess of Hesse, Grand Duke Cecil of Russia. 1 Prince Waldcmar of Denmark. Prince Eugene of Sweden, the grand duke of Luxemburg and Prinee aud Priueess Frederick Charles of Hesse. Preceded by the clergy, and amid the strains of the processional hymn— j (Wine fit kimrs.

Whose reign of old Hath been from everlasting. They proceeded to their seats. The service was conducted by the lord bishop of London, and the celebrated cathedral choir of 150 male j voices, assisted b\' an orchestra of 150 j from Covent Carden opera house and several of the principal theaters, reu- j dered the musical portious. The form of services was the same as those in St. George's chapel,.and was participated j in by the vast congregation with evident feeling-. To the invocation of the priest: j ‘•Send her help from Thy holy place,” came the deep response of the kneeling multitude: “‘And ever j uiorp mightily defend her,” while in impressive unison came the “Amen,” following the priest's words, j “Let her reign be long and prosperous and crown her with immortality in the life to come. " AMERICAN PREACHERS Iu London Add Their Tribute of l’raiw to Queen Victoria. London, June 31.—Iu the. afternoon and evening there were special Accession day services at Westminster abbey aud at St. Paul's cathedral. ! At St. George's chapel, Windsor, in j the afternoon, a speeial service was held, at which most o:‘ the members of | the royal family except the queen and j Empress Frederick, who had attended i the morning service, were present. Mendelssohn's “Hymn of Praise was superbly sung by Madame Albi. Edward Lloyd and the choir of the chapel, assisted by the Windsor and Eton choral and madrigal societies. Sir Walter Parret presided at the organ and conducted her majesty’s private band. Several of the leading pulpits of the city were occupied byAmeriean preach- : era. all of whom alluded in the most feeling terms to the queen's life and character. Bishop Coxe preached at | the Windsor parish church and Bishop j Whipple at All Saints, Margaret street. Rev. W. 11. Milburn, chaplain of the ; I'nited States senate, preached at the Queen's Park Congregational chapel, in ! the Harrow road. IN NEW YORK CITY. Special Notice Taken of tko JabUca la lha I. pUcupai Churehea X*w Yoak, June 31.—At all the Protestant Episcopal churches in the j city special notice was taken yesterday ! of the queen's jubilee. Most ail of the , officiating clergymen made reference j to the events in their sermons, and in addition a special prayer was read as appointed by Episcopal direction, j There was a speeial Victoria service at the Church of the Holy Comforter, which was attended bjr many seamen from ships in the harbor. At St. Andrews’ M. E. church the pastor paid a * tribute to Queen Victoria, j The Victoria memorial window in the church of St. John the Evangelist was unveiled with appropriate services. Quit* a Crowd from Chicago. Chicago, June 30.—About six hu* dred Chicagoans will attend the six* teenth International Christian En« i deavor convention, which opens at ‘ San FrancUioo, July t.

TAT,MARE’S SERMON. Victoria, the Christian Empress of a Christian People. Her Moet Conspicuous Service to Humanity the Example of Her Dally Ufo—The Political Competency of Women. Rev. T. DeWitt Tahnage delivered ;he following Victorian jubilee discourse at the Beatrice (Neb.) Chautauqua. basing it upon the test: What wilt thou. Queen Esther?—Esther, v.,t> This question, which was asked of a queen thousands of years ago, all civilized nations are this day asking of Queen Victoria: “What wilt thou have of honor, of reward, or reverence, or service, of national and international acclamation? What wilt thou, the queen of the nineteenth century?” The seven miles of procession through the streets of Loudon day after to-morrow will be a small part of the congratulatory procession whose multitudious tramp will encircle the earth. The celebrative anthems that will sound up from Westminster Abbey and St. Paul’s cathedral in London will be less than the vibration of one harp string as compared with the doxologies which this hour roll up from all nations in praise to God for the beautiful life and the glorious reign of this oldest queen amid many centuries. From 5 o'clock of the morniug of 1837, when the archbishop of Canterbury addressed the embarrassed aud weeping and almost affrighted girl of 18 years with the startling words, “Your Majesty.” until this sixtieth anniversary of her enthronement the prayer of nil good people on nil sides of the seas, wuether that prayer be offered by the 3‘JO, 000,000 of her subjects or the larger number of millions who are not her subjects, whether that prayer be solemnized in church, or rolled from great orchestras, or poured forth by military bands from forts and battlements and iu front of triumphant armies all around the world, has been aud is now “Cod save the queen!” Amid the innumerable columns that have been printed in eulogy of this queen at the approaching anniversary columns which, put together, would be literally miles long—it seems to me that the chief cause of congratulation to her and of praise to Cod has not yet been properly emphasized, and in mauy cases the chief key-note has not been struck at all. We have beeu told over and over again what has occurred iu the Victorian era. The mightiest thing she has done has been almost ignored, while she has been honored by haring her name attached to individuals aud events for whom and for which she had no responsibility. We have put before us the names of potent and grandly useful men and women who have lived during her reign, but l do not suppose that she at all helped Thomas Carlyle in twisting his involved and mighty satires, or helped Disraeli in issuance of his epigrammatic wit, or helped Cardinal Newman in his crossing over from religion to religion, or helped to inspire the enchanted sentiments of George Eliot aud Harriet Martineau and Mrs. Browning, or helped to invent any of George Cruikshank's healthful cartoons, or helped George Grey in founding a British South African empire, or kindled the patriotic fervor with which John Bright stirred the masses, or had anything to do with the invention of the telephone or phonograph, or the building up of the science of bacteriology, or the directing of the Roentgen ray a which have revolutionized surgery, or helped in the inventions for facilitating printing and railroading and ocean voyaging, flue is not to be credited or discredited for the virtue or the vice, the brilliance or the stupidi

While Queen Victoria has been the friend of all art, ail literature, all science. all invention, all reform, her reign will be most remembered for all time and all eternity as the reign of Christianity. Beginning with that seene at five o'clock in the moaning, in Kensington palace, where she asked the archbishop of Canterbury to pray for her, and they knelt down, imploring Divine guidance, until this hour, not only in the sublime liturgy of her established church, but on all occasions, she has directly or indirectly declared: "1 believe in God the Father Almighty, maker of Heaven and earth, and iu Jesus Christ His only begotten Son.'' 1 declare it, fearless of any contradiction, that the mightiest champion of Christianity to-day is the throne of England. The queen's book, so much criticised at the time of its appearance, some saying it was not skillfully done, and some saying that the private affairs of a household ought not so to have been exposed, was nevertheless a book of va^t usefulness from the fact that it showed that God was aeknowl- ; edged in all her life and that “Rock ol Ages" was not an unnsual song in Windsor Castle. Was her son. the : prince of Wales, down with an illness ■ that baffled the greatest doctors of Enj gland? Then she proclaimed a day of i prayer to Almighty God. and in anJ swer to the prayers of the whole civil- : ized world the prince got well. Was Sebastopol to be taken and the thousands of bereaved homes of soldiers to be comforted, she called her nation to its knees, and the prayer was answered. See her walking through the hospitals like an angel of mercy! Was there ; ever an explosion of tire damp in the mines of Sheffield or Wales and her telegram was not the first to arrive withlielp and Christian sympathy? la President Garfield dying at Long Branch, and is not the cable under the sea, reaching to Balmoral castle, kept busy in announcing the symptoms ol the sufferer? 1 believe that no throne since the throne of David and the throne ol Hezrkiah and the throne of Esther haa been in such constant touch with the throne of Heaven as the throne of Victoria. From what I know of her habits, she reads the Bible more than she doei Shakespeare. She admires the hymni

of Horatio Bonar more than she does Byron’s “Corsair.” She has not knowingly admitted into her presence a corrupt man or dissolute woman. To very distinguished novelists and very celebrated prims donnas she has declined reception because they were immoral. All the coming centuries of time can not revoke the advantages of having had 60 years of Christian womanhood enthroned in the palaces of England. Compare her court surroundings with what were the court surroundings in the time of Henry VIII., or what were the court surroundings in the time of Napoleon, in the times of Louis XVI., in the times of men and women whose names may not be mentioned in decent society. Alas! for the revelries, and the worse than Bel shazzar feasts, and the more than Herodian dances, and the scenes from which the veil must not be lifted. You need, however, in order to appreciate j the'purity and virtuous splendor of* Victoria's reign, to contrast it somewhat with the gehennas and the pandemoniums of many of the throne rooms of the past, and some of the throne rooms of the present. I call the roll of the queens of the earth, not that I would have them come up or come back, but that I may make them the background of a picture in which I can better present the present septuagenarian. so soon to be an octogenarian, now on the throne of England, her example so thoroughly on the right side that all the scandal-mongers •in all the nations in six decades have not been able to manufacture an evil suspicion in regard to her that could be made to stick: Maria of Portugal, Isabella and Eleanor and Joanna of Spain, Catharine of Russia, Mapy of Scotland, Maria Teresa of Germany, Marie Antoinette of France, and all the queens of England, as Mrs. Strickland has put them before I us in her charming twelve volumes; { and while some queen may surpass our I modern queen in learning, and another in attractiveness of feature, and another in gracefulness of form, and another in romance of history, Victoria surpasses them all in nobility and grandeur and thoroughness of Christian character. I hail L -! the Chris- | tian daughter, the Christ.an wife, the I Christiau mother, the Christian queen! | and let the Church of God and all benign and gracious institutions the world over cry out. as they come with musie, and bannered host, and millionvoiced huzza, and the benedictions of earth and Heaven: “What wilt thou, ; Queen Esther?” Another thing I call to your attention in this illustrious woman’s career, is that she is a specimen of high life uncorrupted. Would she have lived to celebrate the sixtieth anniversary of her coronation and the seventy-eighth anniversary of her birthlay had she not been an example of good principles and good habits? While there have been bad men and women in exalted station and humble station who have carried their vices clear on into the seventies and eighties, and even the nineties of their lifetime, such persons are very rare. The majority of the vicious die in their thirties, and fewer reach the forties, and they are exceedingly scarce in the fifties. L ngevity has not been the characteristic of the most of those who have reached high places in that or this country. In

many cases their wealth leans them into indulgences, or their honors make them reckless, or their opportunities of doing wrong are multiplied into the overwhelming, and it is as true now as when the Bible first presented it—“The wicked live not out half their days.” Longevity is not a positive proof of goodness, but it is prirna facie evidence in that direction. A loose life has killed hundreds of eminent Americans. A loose life is now killing hundreds of Americans and Europeans. The doctors are very kind and the certificate given after the distinguished man of dissipation is dead, says, “Died of congestion of the brain,” although it was delirium tremens, or “Died of cirrhosis of the liver,” although it was a round of libertinism, or “Died of heart failure,” although it was of vengeance of outraged law that slew him. Thanks, doctor! for yon are right in saving the feelings of the bereft household by not being more specific. Look! all ve who are in high places of the earth, and see one who has been plied by all the temptations which wealth and honor aud all the secret place of palaces could produce, and yet next Tuesday she will ride along in the presence of 7.000,000 people, if they can get within sight of her chariot, in a vigorous old age, no more hurt by the splendors that have surrounded her for 78 years than is the plain country woman come down from her mountain home in an ox-cart to attend the Saturday marketing. The temptations of social life among the successful .classes have been so great that every winter is a holocaust of human nerves, and the beaches of this tossing spa of high life are constantly strewn with physical and mental and moral shipwreck. Beware! all ye successful ones. Take a good look at the venerable queen as she rides through Regent street and along the Strand, and through Trafalgar square, and by the Nelson monument. What U the use of your dying at 40, when you may just as.well live to be 80? If you are doing nothing for God or the race, the sooner you quit the better; but if you are worth anything for the world's betterment, in the strength of God and through good habits, lay out a plan for a life that will reach through most of a century. Again, thU international occasion impresses me with the fact that woman is competent for political government when God calls for it. Great fears have been experienced in this country that women would get the right of suffrage, and as a consequence, after awhile, women might get into congressional chair, and perhaps, after awhile, reach the chief magistracy. Awful! Well, better quiet your perturbances, as you look across the sea, in the anniversary time, and behold a woman who for 60 years has raled over the mightiest empire of •U and ruled well. In approval

of her government, the hands of all nations are clapping, the flags of all nations are waving, the batteries of all nations are booming. Look here! Men have not made such a wonderful success of government that they need, be afraid that woman should ever take a 1 turn at power. The fact is that men have made a bad mess of it. The most damnably corrupt things on earth is American politics after men have had it all their own way in this country for 131 years. Other things being equal, for there are fools among women as well as among men—I say others things being equal, woman has gen- j erally a keener sense of what is right and what is wrong than has man—has j naturally more faith in God, and knows i better how to make self-sacrifices, and j would more boldly act against intemperance and the social evil, and worse j things might come to this country than j a supreme court room and a senate ; chamber and a house of represents- i tiTes in which womanly voices were i sometimes heard. We men had better j drop some of the strut out of our | pompous gait and with a little su- i perciliousness thrust the thumbs into ! the sleeves of our vests, and be less apprehensive of the other j sex, ^ who seem to be the j Lord’s favorites from the fact that He j has made more of them. If woman had possessed an influential and controlling vote on Capitol hill at Washington and in the English parliament, do you think that the two ruffian and murderous nations of the earth could have gone on until this time with the butcheries in Armenia and Cuba? No! The Christian nations would have gone forth with bread and medicine, and bandages and military relief, until the Turks have had no throne to sit on. and Weyler, the commanding assassin in Cuba would have been thrust into a prison as dark as that in which they murdered Dr. Ruiz. 1 am no advocate for female suffrage, and I do not know whether it would be best to have it; but I point you to the queen of Great Britain and the nation over which she rules as proof that woman may be politically dominant and prosperity reign. God save the queen, whether now, on the throne in Buckingham palace. And now I pray God that day after to-morrow, the uncertain skies of England, so economic of sunshine, may pour golden light upon all the scene, and that since the daj- when, in Westminster abbey, the girlish queen took in one hand the scepter, and in the other thclorb of empire, there may have been no day so happy as that one m which she shall this week receive the plaudits of Christendom. May she be strengthened in her aged body to ride the whirlwind of international excitement, and her failing vision be illumined with bright memories of the past and brighter visions of the future, aud when she quits the throne of earth may she have a throne in Heaven, and as the doors of the eternal palace are swung open, may the® question of the text sound in her enraptured ears: “What wilt thou. Queen Esther?” But as all , of us will be denied attendance on that sixtieth anniversary coronation, I invite you, not to the anniversary of a coronation, but to a coronation itself—ave, to two coronations. Brought up as we are, we love as no other form of government that which is republican and democratic, we, living on this side of the sea, ean not so easily as those living on the other side of the sea. appreciate the two coronations to which all up and down the Bible you and I are urgently invited. Some of you have such morbid ideas of religion that you think of it as going down into a dark cellar, or out on a barren commons, or as a flagellation; when, so far from a dark cellar, it is m palace, and iustead of a barren commons it is a garden, atoss with the brightest fountains that were ever rainbowed, and instead of flagellation it is coronation, but a coronation utterly eclipsing the one whose sixtieth anniversary is now being celebrated. It was a great day when David, the little king, who was large enough to thrash Goliath, took the crown at Kabbah—a crown weighing a talent of gold and encircled with precious stones—and the people shouted: “Long live the king!” It was a great day when Petrarch, surrounded by 12 patrician youths, clothed in scarlet, received from a senator the laurel crown, and the people shouted: “Long live the poet!” It was a great day when Mark Antony put upon Caesar the mightiest tiara of all the efurth, and in honor of Divine authority Caesar had it plaeed afterward on the head of the statue of Jnpiter Olympus. It was a great day when the greatest of Frenchmen took the diadem of Charlemange and put it on his own brow. It was a great day when, about an eighth of a mile from the gate of Jerusalem, under a sky pallid with thickest darkness, and on a mountain trammeled of earthquake, and the air on fire with the blasphemies of a mob, a crown of spikes was put upon the pallid and agonized brow of onr Jesus. But that particular coronation, amid tears and blood and groans and shivering cataclysms, made your own coronation posr

Jesti* shall reign where'er the sun Does His successive journeys run. His kingdom stretch from shore to shore, Till suns rise and set no more. I«et ever; creature rise and bring Peculiar honors to our King. Angels descend with songs again. And earth repeat the loud Aiasa. What patriotism have we? How are we serving’ our country? Do we care more for place, for popularity, for the money or present influence than we do for the honor of our country, the upholding of her rights and liberties on which her life depends? Do we stand np for manliness and honesty in public officials, condemning the place-seeker of low views and sordid aims, and do we use oar influence, our votes, for the advance of oar country in honor and in righteous prosperity?—Rev. J. E. J. V* Huigin, Episcopalian, Beverly* Mass.

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