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Vol. 56

Published Every Saturday

June 26, 1897

No. 9

day last. Not only were there commemorative thanksgiving services in all the Established Churches, but in every Nonconformist, Roman Catholic, and Jewish place of worship the National Anthem was sung with special fervor, and for a moment religious differences were forgotten. In the Established Churches two of the special prayers were as follows:

Almighty God, who rulest over all the kingdoms of the world and disposest of them according to thy good pleasure, we yield thee unfeigned thanks for that thou wast pleased to place thy servant, our sovereign lady, Queen Victoria, upon the throne of this realm. Let thy wisdom be her guide, and let thine arm strengthen her; let justice, truth, and holiness, let peace and love, flourish in her

thy glory and the welfare of her people, and give us grace to obey her cheerfully for conscience. Let her always possess the hearts of her people. Let her reign be long and prosperous, and crown her with immortality in the life to come.

T is not too much to say that the attention of the whole world is centered upon London, where the splendid celebrations of the Queen's Jubilee are in progress. The pageantry is not only an indication of the welldeserved affection existing between the Queen and her subjects, but it has developed into a significant demonstration far beyond the mere honoring of a great occasion. It is a remarkable manifestation of Imperial Federation. No such varied procession has ever been seen London as that in which the riflemen from Australia, the artillerymen and Maoris from New Zealand, the troops days. Direct all her counsels and endeavors to from Canada, the mounted men from the Cape, the brown troops from India and the black troops from the West Indies, the zaptiehs from Cyprus, and the distinctive soldiers from many other colonies, will be represented. No occasion has ever been graced by the attendance of so many Colonial Prime Ministers. The celebration began, indeed, with the arrival of these Prime Ministers in England, more especially with the arrival of the most prominent of them, the Hon. Wilfrid Laurier, of Canada. Queen Victoria must remember the rebellion of the French Catholics in Canada at the beginning of her reign as she sees honored above any of the other Colonial Prime Ministers a Frenchman and a Catholic. Canada is and has long been British soil, but there were also notable days when France ruled there. No wonder that past history moves the London "Times" respondent to say: "A genius essentially French once more directs the destiny of the Canada whose history is associated with the splendid names of Champlain, Frontenac, Laval, and Montcalm.”

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The official ceremonies opened with great dignity and appropriateness on Sun

Lord, our heavenly Father, we give thee hearty
thanks for the many blessings which thou hast
bestowed upon us during the sixty years of the
happy reign of our gracious Queen Victoria, We
thank thee for progress made in knowledge of thy
human life, for kindlier feeling between rich and
marvelous works, for increase of comfort given to
poor, for wonderful preaching of the Gospel to
many nations, and we pray thee that these and
all thy other gifts may be long continued to us
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
and to our Queen, to the glory of thy holy name,
written by Dr. How, Bishop of Wakefield,
At her Majesty's request, a special hymn,
with music by Sir Arthur Sullivan, was
sung.
The third verse is as follows:
O royal heart, with wide embrace,
For all her children yearning!

O happy realm, such mother-grace
With loyal love returning!

Where England's flag flies wide unfurled,
All tyrant wrongs repelling;

God make the world a better world
For man's brief earthly dwelling.

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On Monday the Queen entered London from Windsor and received her royal guests and the special representatives of foreign powers at Buckingham Palace.