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The Oath.

The Benediction, which follow-

This assembling of the people] The towering pointed aroha, apeotive of the arches the Judges on his left knoo, looking across to uplifted by their prayers, the the booming of the great guns which hovered the sentiment of was not pageantry, or poup, or colunin, and architrave and mul- of the High Court in sourlet the northorn transept, straight to King is hore to receive from God shot off at the Tower And as the nation, vanished under the are ritual, or ordered ceremonial solioned window grew to fit the fine and grey looked like a fire now the Peoresses opposite, or lifting his hallowing and his Crown. In coho of the acclamation died upon all too soon for the multitude deeply rooted in history us to description unfrozen music" lit. Away down the long navo dim his oyes to the rank of the House the venerable home of its history the air thoro was heard this noble Thon enure author pause until a overwhelm the mind; but as when from the centre of the choir visions of many folk bocamo at of Cummons, catching a glimpeo and its faith, our Empire comes prayor, "God crown you with a the stroke of half-post nino the natural and simple as the fine, screen-which

visitors ouco a vivid mosaic of hende, eug of the High Court judges and thoir in to the presquco of the King of crown of glory and righteous guns announced that the King straight Saxon words of the ser- thought had been built for the gonting the background of a Rap- ladies through the arch on the Kings." He doos but anticipato ness," and then with a magnificent and Queen had started. Horald vices to como, and in spite of the occasion the first orchestral unel picture. The ohoristers were riglit, and many a distinguished the noblo symbolism that is to propriety the choir burst forth oil by resounding cheere the cumulative grandeur and flood of music rang. One thought quito "like saints appearing, and the visitor from abroad under the op- come by speaking of the sover into the "Confortaro": "Be eignty of servico, He shows us strong and play the man!" It longest aut most sumptuous and majestic colour, remained natural naturally of trumpet colours" figure of Sir Frederick Bridge posito arcit.

On either side, as if they were the King great above the small was a moment of lofty drama most signifiennt of the threo to to the end. A little girl, wide-and the "inceuse of light," and standing orect on the shoir screen cassions moved along the Moll eyed and frankly wondering, the ages were mingled in liko had a suggestion of somo Pros- his supportore, were seated the interests which perplex the which no one who was privileged If those that had preceded won tripped along the grent nave. Ad- confusion in this "acre sown in-pere, inspired by "the sound of Duke of Connaught and Princo world, the one man who is ro- to be present will ever forget."

In this wonderful ceremony impressive in their magnificence, miral Togo, in the heavy gold of doed with the richest royalist music and the voice of words," Arthur or Connaught. Perhaps moto enough from us all to em

directing the magic of the elo-as a spectacle none of the smaller body in his person tho fato and there was no anticlimax. The what can be said of this procehia naval uniform, touched the seed."

All so fur was preludo, the ments.

aconos that precoded the Corona prospority of the Empire. It is he King was crowned and invested sion in which were represented shoulder of his neighbour, General

Along the choir etalls and above tion surpassed in graco and who interprets to us the sacred with all the marks of sovereignty the majesty and the night of the Nogi, and Count Toda, in blue massing of fereos. It was tho British race and Empire? Great cloth adorned with a shining hour for ovent. "In the morning the pageant of present history beauty the progress of the cause of ponce, justice, and free-and moroy. There ware words "So help us still to be spoken, which thrilled officers of state in glowing unstar, turned this way and that upon the day of Coronation early," grow more than ever salient as princesses of the royal blood. As dom among mon.

the honror with their simple elo- form, aidos-do-camp of the "Army to admire the seeno almost assays the rubric, care is to be one saw with now disinctuoss the they passed the Duko of Con- God"!

quence, as poignantly as any and Navy, and equerrics re frankly as the children. The taken that the ampulla bo filled ranks of men manly and famous; naught the trainbearers surron,

words which land hoen heard be- plendent in uniform hended the American Ambassador, in simple with oil and, together with the in whose presence clashed, to the dered their office, the princesses

When the last words of the ser-fre. The Dean of Westminster gront array. Lord Roberts was dress, gavo contrast to a repre- spoon, Inid ready upon the altar, greatness of the occasion, the one by one mounted the staircase among them, and received the sentative of the East in light blue in the Abboy Church," and the golden koys of the East and to fill the one vacant spice left were spoken the Archbishop took the Bible from the altar and administered the Coronation Onth. delivered it to the Archbishop, tributo of his renown; at the and a dress of gleaming white. bringing in of the regalin by the West." Horo was indeed the round the throne.

Again we listened to the dram who prosented it to the King with All was prepared for the eyes of the multitudo rested long. The naturalness owed maneh to Chapter of Westminster is the opitome of an Empire “bound-

of kingship. "Sir, is your Majesty these plain and adequate worde momout of the crowning cere-willing to take the oath?" Thon Our gracious King, we present est on the using splendour of the Duke of Norfolk, whom no first ceremony of the day. The less as liberty and as ocean freo." the dress and the magnificent seatlot or gold robs of his quiet orchestra heralded it with the Such was the gift of a gloam of mony. Tho groat officers of comes tho answer, spoken in a

state, the lords appointed to carry firm voice: "I am willing." And valuable thing that this world you with this book, the most horses of tho Indian Princos who and natural demeanour. He was strains of wh's almost godlike sunshine,

On another notable occasion, tho reglilin in their robes of when the King had laid his hand affords. Here is wisdom; this is shared the tritinph of their in the Abbey among the earliest, chorale, "Ein Festo Burg ist brothers-in-arms.

our hymn during a climax of pageantry state, the Archbishops of Cantor- The entrance through the quiet unser fiott," Bot to loisters, now almost derorted," Rejoice to-day with one accord." which wrought the spectators to bury and York, conspicuous with upon the Bible and sigued the the royal law; these are the lively transcript of thogath, four Knights oracles of God." The style is gleaming pageant was the golden and thoro throngh an arch mado arrival of the King the march | Kipling once said, "1 think it is ing their oflice, the bishops, rest" | Rosebery, Crowe, and Minto-held not a word to clunge. You can. The contre and soud of this the glimpses of groen lenves lord Again and again, before then strango pitch of ecstasy, Mr.the holy initials 1.ILS. beacon of the Gartor-thoLords Cadogan, perfect in simplicity. There is of this tremendous music was the colour that gots in one's ed in their copes we now over his head the gorgeouscany acknowledge only that overy eon- coach with the eight cream natural prelude, coloured pouies in truppings of glimpse was vouchsafed before introduced by the orchestra, throat." It was so now. The new in a serriod rank. The. palon of cloth of gold, beneath which ho tenco in this great service roaches crimson and gold, with postillions the hour of assembling, which binding intern and event into quality lot to the colour of this and the cutica the bind was muointed with holy oil, astm integreervic and grooms of gorgeous attire, gave a mystical atmosphere to all the unity of a great poem. At the company, the gold and silver were carried to the west door, and Solomon was anointed by Zadok

Aitobler or moro exquisite gr that was alterwards seen aid semnd the procession movel from lared uniforms of the Diplomaticja moment later, wondering at the the priest and Nathan the propheted the presenting of the Holy

of completeness in the Nothing could exceed this impros- viage nover how King of Que heard. Looking from the east, the door in the north transept, Corps, the scarlet of a hundred sense to their crowning. And never behind and above the altar, the and in slow pomp crowns and uniforms, the minglal tints of the scene patterned below we heard sive scene in beantyoud solemnity. Bible, expressed the last wish of a were Sovereigns, acelaine with whole fabric of the Abbay appear and seeptres and all the his Eastern headdresses, the bar the first notes of the great An- The symbolism which in here loyal people to a prospering Sover- "The Lord give you," more fervour. The Qaner were ed as one mystical cross. The tried regalia were born to the nished livery of India massed them and the simple Saxon words

onacto land which followed provod ign. close against the surpliced choir, "I was glad when they said unto to us beyond argument that we prayed the Archbishop, “a fruitful adress of white and guld, and on tiers of seats, the people them altar.

The progession circled in front the bridal effalgunes of fair wome, we will go into the Honso of were not in the presence of a more country and healthful seasons; her right sat the King in purple solves, the Venolium cloth of silver gantle and cape of ermine, with throad and embossed velvet hid of the peeresses in the transept men-all this and more held and the Lord."

Thoir Majesties were in the Pageant, but of a high cerchiony victorious lects and armies; und which teaches both religion and a quiet Empire; a faithful Sopato, the erison cap of state on is the recesses and chapels and opon round the dais, across the view foiled within the caves and pre head. They wer visible to all, arches which on other days de- of the peers in the south tran- cipice walls of the minster, touch-Abbey, wore advancing up the statecraft. The King is anointed wise and upright counsellors and and received with inanitost plorato al comfuse the cruciform sept, and so fast the chairs of ed the emotions beyond the power long wave to the centre of the the service of his people. Every magistrates, a loyal nobility, and gesture, overy investiture made dutiful gentry; a pious and sure a demonstration of loyalty structure of the mister. For a Recognition to the altar, where of pageantry. And again the Cross.

learned and useful clorgy; a plain the King's consecration and they were laid down by the Dean childron here and there among

THE CORONATION. slowly and reverently. " God, the grand folk caught the gaze

the loyal devotion of his subjects.onest, poachable, and obedient Were this prayer The golden spurs with which the commonalty." our help in ages past," to the and, tune of "Croft's" "St. Ann," was "Like the eye of Heaven shining There is a blare of trumpets, a Lord Great Chamberlain touched nusworad, thon neither George V.

bright —still waters between

sang, and once more the proces

wish sound of martial music. The choir his Majesty's heels are the true in-nor England would have Did make a sunshine in a shadysings, "I was glad when they said (struments of chivalry. The same loft ungratified.. walls of shadowy granite in asion formed and carried back the

unlo mo, We will go into the high oflicor of Stato girl his No sooner was the solemn Bone, gleaming pass"

regalia all the length of the nave. place." and far away though art layond Alone on the white cloth of the

House of the Lord," and the Majesty with the sword, where-diction spoken than the King the west doar mysterious figuresaltar lay on a white cushion the The orchestra, in all the grand Queen enters with her ladies upon with he shall do justice, stop the asconded to his throne, placed on moved in a blue wash of fight like Holy Bible soon to be given as English music which they intera seeno of rare splendour. Gold, growth of iniquity, protect the a dais facing the altar. From the denizens of a cave.

the living orele of God" to the proted, did nothing more effective scarlet, and white dominuto its holy Church of Clod, help and de-int of view of spectacle this was But soon the ernelform pat-anointed King.

than the sudden fanfare of truni-magnificence. As you look you fend the widows and orphanus." the high masterpiece of the core

Abont him stood the Looking down from the Tri-pols which now, as many times lose all sense of time. It is by

Thus we were carried from core- Archbishops and bishops, in their the picture of the cross pressed itself and, afterwards forum the scone was, as it were, before and during the ceremonial, accident that you catch sight in

uony to ceremony, loft the mind; eron a pencilled and chiselled out into announced the approach of not the crowd of a familiar face. You own purposeand meaning; thus wo and by their side were ranged the cach with its splendidly embroidered copes, last when l King and an unforgettable pattern. Over able ovents. The sudden military put in from your mind at once. passed from the stern practicality Great Officers, of the Household, imping and picturesque finish Queen were imperially enthroned the altar screen the scarlet canopy | blare turned all attention to the The great names, the great titles, of our own century to the romance who wore the Swords and Sceptres, They are of Tudor England. We say the or who had carried the other Re to a pageant which, whether res on the dais in the centre, they over the Confessor's tomb left west, The meaning of a trun-sound in your ears.

seemed to be a part of the cross; only the gold cross visible. pot colour" was now proclaimed the samo names, the same titles garded as a sjovtuela or an a and it was felt that they must Above the altar the gold plate of indeed when in the blue lights sounded in the ears of our foreing invested with the Ring, the galia. It was wonder upon won- manifestation of imperial power, inspire mystical virtue from the St. Paul's and Westminster and beyond the western door appear fathers in the fourteenth century. sign of kingly dignity, with the der, splendour upon splendour, was superh in every detail.

For the first time the gate of very place of their enthronement. the Chapel Royal sought relice-ed Portcullis Fusuivant and Thoy who hear them to-day hold oral Sceptro, the onsign of The blaze of colour, the dignity of them morely in trust. Five hunkingly power, with the Sceptre bearing, the noble associations the restral arch was opened, as the lights were it below the tion in the pure white of the altar Rouge Dragon Pursuivant.

Irifurium, the broken radiance cloth, on which the Biblo luy dis- The summit of colour seemed dred years hence, let us hope, the aud Dove, the rod of equity and with the past which transfigured. their Majesties passed throughon from coloured windows and white tinet, even to its fine gold lines to have been already reached in same ceremonies will be enacted. mercy. We saw pass before us the ceremony, will be remember thoso ondowod with immemorialed by those who saw them to the From the moment the moralight from the clerestory made and the crimson ribbon. Three the transepts; but it was to be the same names will be heard privilogo. Still the Donn of West- ond of time. They will novor bo procession started from ho with it a layer of light that cleft Eastern carpola of inre design, out-topped when the foreign upon the general tongue se soemininator invests his Majesty with adequately described.

and affection that was unmistak ablo in 114 heartiness, and has certainly net bren surpassed for sincerity in any reign.

At their side rods Lasi Kit- choner. His stern lave, reluted

moment, looking down from tho precipice edge floored by the deep bus carpet and held in by the time-freffed walis suggested

into a smile as he heard the eltors thru were for him, and is be turned to look 18021 tin med retinue of India and the Domi- nions, And proud and worthy, ton, were diese Horsemen ol Hindustar and the Daniinstern, beyond the sea of their place in the seat of their Sovereign.

Their warlike presence" gave th

their progross to the Abbey,

The Prince's Bearing.

venerable to-day,

to

sanction of religion to their hil, three erosses-one din anul mistyĮ dations doar to Persian artists, lead in a scarlet line through the thore follows the procession of supports his Majesty's right arm.

bo to them a memory and min-

followed them through the longer

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Feudal Homage.

any

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And after the bishops came the

n dignity preserved always coremony to swear fealty to his ignity, which became his youth- throughout a long and trying

fathor. With the true phrase of

the interfur horizontally into the first bold and gorgeous, the representatives, first heralds of

Another blare of trumpels and Lord of the Manor of Worksop palace, till the King and his C-three layers; and lo, there were others delicate with the soft gra- the King's setting forth, swung

tho. Colobium_Sindonis; still the sort returned, consecrated by ther

Thon followed the Homage, which is feudalism in act, Tho in the roof, one bright with day from the altar to the dais. The midst of the Peoms to their allot the King. Still the choir aings,

And then, at last, came the Archbishop and hin colleagues offico, there was no in eak or passe in the fulues of the delight of the light in the midst, one gloriods two chairs of Recognition on the ted places. Up to this nomont" I was glad when they said upto supreme act of the ceremony. The wore the first in do their reverence, He and scarlet and gold beneath side in front of the royal the stillness of the Abbey had mo," and then the King's Scho-King sate himself down in King to the crowned King, and as they assembled multitudo. The strola

box, and the Coronation chair, scarcely been broken even by the lars of Westminster School cleave Edward's Chair, the chair which knelt before the throne they scom- were a microcosm in which every The cros lay at first gemless the printeral stone turned to the procession of the regalia, so in the air with their Vivats! Vivat contains within it the sacred stone od like an historical picture of the race and colour was found aid in the light of morning, but the altar, are the only furnishing of stinct was it with the solemnity Regina Maria! Vivat Box Geor of Scone, the stone whose originikoan historical p the panoply of war.

settings prepared. Looking at the holy space where the crown of a religious rits. The wonder gius," they cry, and emphasise at is lost in the mists of antiquity Lange, the minds of men a At two o'clock the gans the white books in each seat and ing, the final consecration, ia to and emotion of the throng were once what is felt throughout the and which is the one "primeval thundered once more to salute the tail ono night have said tiekotod take place. Bishops in two lines contemplative. From now to the crowning, a sense of intimacy, a monument which binds together vet thero is but one way in which sume other habits of thought; King and Queen on their return and labelled. For thres hours in front of the Pembroke tombs coming of the King pomp and link between King and subjects, the whole Empire." If myths being in a beay in which from Westminster. In this

moving splendour and the sus-which held fast unto the end, were true, then we might believe Sovereign, and as you saw the looking from above we saw the are na yot alono admitted. journey the order of the prices-

The grandeur is massed in the pense of grent events changed The boys shout with a sincerity that on this stone did Jacob iny. xious was roversad, and their gems dropped in one by one by Majesties, crowned and vestou unpremeditated, unrehearsed art, transepts, and by an accident of the mood. The demeanour of and pride which go to the heart his head when he dreamed of the bishop karel before the King Majesties, crowned and optill every niche was filled and the incalculablo virtus to the artist, the great congregation visibly of King and Queen, having pass- ascending and descending angels, beyond Cranmer to the days when your mind perforco went back There was slit and the and that the son of Cecrops carried Antrim thus, and in no other ty received the first tribute of the cross lay heavy and gorgeous with full of inexpressible symbolism, a altered,

jewels, ruby and amethysts and gleam of brilliant sunlight,eseap- audible hum and the poering of ed to their chair and made their in worship to Spain, that Scotland ise, paid the tribute which he affection of their people.

The fervour of the greetingwill chrysopraso, covering the whole ing through the flying but eager faces and hushed ques- humble adoration, the Archbishop received it, hoary with tradition.wed to his Lord and King.

save for the band down the treason and falling nalant through tions.

demands of the people its recogui- for the crowning of her Kings. The moment immediately ex-tion of the King.

What is certain is that in 1200 it Prince of Wales, with a grave spiration, for ane great ovation centre. When all was complete panes of the clerestory win-

"Sira, 1 horo prosent unto you," the rich colours, the people who dows, lit for a splendid mo-pected was the arrival of the

was brought to England, and round by Whitehall and Piccadilly were the gems, seaned to have sent the base of the north Prince of Wales, announced in he says, " King George, the un-

more rich and rare quality of of the Countess Avelino, the first gathering of 7,000 as complete Wherefore all you who are one to the reverence of his forefathers. till thog safely reached again the

suffered a sea change" into the transept and the beautiful tomb the Abbey by a hush from the doubted King of this realm: upon the chair, which contains it, ent Coorge V. in loyal obedience seclusion of the palace.

diamond. The robes of the bride to be married-700 years and impressive as the cheers this day to do your homage and

the Abbey. peoresses that had swept in age-within

It outside. With hisGarter plumes service, are you willing to do the IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY splendid waves of crims up the added depth to the crimson and in his hands, he took his stand become?" And the people with And no lo sat upon King chivalry did he speak. "I, Prince aisles disappeared, and their raised the white robes to the fore the contral chair, set out in acclamation cries out, "God Save Edward's Chair the Archbishop of Wales, de become your liego Many pictures, precise and full ranks became unbroken white, offulgent quality of silver. The front of the ranks of Poors, of King George." After these words placed the crown reverently upon man of life and limb, and of of meaning and beauty, passed white tiaras and miniver and whale place was suffused with whom many had gone to meet ara said, there are no spectators, his hand, the crown which, that earthly worship; and faith and before the eyes of those who wait-ermine, and gleaming diamonds.the silver mystery of sunlight, the King. He stood there, his All are participants in the cere- no link may be snapped binding truth I will bear unto you, to live ad in the Abbey: they passed in The coronets which they held in and the light seemed to abide na Garter plumes in hand, a picturemony.. There is no veil of my us to the past, contains a sapphire and dio, against all manner of snel stealy succession that the their hands or placed by their if it were caught and imprisoned na perfect as the era could desire, tory between what in the service which once shone in Eward the folk. So help me God." There fair in a few lines is the true speech long hours led not to woarheza | side were bit dots of crim-thero till the imperial thronos princely mid manly, an English is called the Theatre and the rest Confessor's, ring, and a but to the sort of excitement that son. The triumplut colour were agiin deserted and the gentleman on the threshold of of the Abbey. Everyone beneath ruby, "great like a rocket ball," and spirit of feudalism. Nor was for the most part only drama and of ceremonial had giver place to gathered company left the Abbey manhood. He stood there, bow the lofty roof of the Church feels which Podro the Cruel gave to the that the end. Lightly he touched action can give. When at last Fridal white. The whod Abboy to its own peopled glory.ing with grace in response to the that he has the right to acclaim Black Prince and which Honry V. his father's chock with his lipe. Farrontly the King returned the the great guns, bero dimly heard, bee une suddenly a woll of light, Colour leapt out again as you salutations of the great dukes and his own loyalty and reverence. wore at Agincourt. boomed the news of the King's focussed or set off by the scarlot looked, as when trees turn the the officers of state and all who Nor in this all. In this eloquent As the crown was placed upon salate, and the double link of departure from Buckingham uniforms and judges' robes which silver Jining to the wind or a moved to take their part as question and answer is implied the King's head there came the sovereignty and kiuship which Palace we seemed already tohave reflected light with just such vi-snil "shifta the sun snew.'

spectators or participants in the the right of the people to choose high moment of his allowing. bila them together was evident final scene. been translated, like Danto in his brant energy us the crimson of Antiphony of Colour.

un-Again and again the assembled to all. A similar debt of homage ita King, and the King's vision, through many eirchs of the peers and peeressen' robes lind A surprising number of tho Thon, as when a little later he doubted, " right to govern. people shouted "God Save the the other Peers of the realm, And then when the Litany has King!" The Peers and Kings doting their coroneta, paid to ecstasy. Had we really sorved at absorbed it. The particular jewels House of Commons, who were took his sent and could look with no more than the prolade? The that had caught the eye were soated above the Peerosses, ap-some freedom at the historic been sung by two Bishops, and of Arms put on their coronots, their King.

Crowning the Queen. spoll of the Abboy, wliore had been swallowed up in the general peared to be in uniform, and both scene before him, le looked what tho Creed has been said, the Everywhere was there acclama-

At tho conclusion of the Hom- crowned every king save one since radiance. They no longer filled transepts, where the tiers of seats the world knows him to be, an Archbishop of York proaches his tion, everywhere was heard the Harold fell at Hastings, land fallen the eye, but must be picked out rose, above and behind the Peers alumnus of whom the nation may sermon, brief and suitable to the sound of joy. "God Save the age once more the drums boat in progressive power on wall; with trouble.

and Pocrosses, almost up to theroso be proud. An honest shyness, occasion. "The great day has King! God Save the King!" and the trumpeis sounded. Once but it was joined with “touolus of The eye and ear were at the windows, flashed new colours to English and boylek, was express come," thus bis sermon opens, was, repeated again and again more there was an acclamation of thousands of loyal the peoplo, all men shouting things human" that rose to the last so flooded with impressious and fro as it were antiphonally.ed in his gestures and movements" Attended by the loving loyalty from dignity of the Abbey itself. that qualities lost all distinction. Boon framed in the diagonal per-ns he sat there holding his coronet of millions of his subjects and throats. And then afar was heard | Cod Save King George," not

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The Crowning.