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- -~ aW~ ~ -r%- -~ r Westmilnster ,Abbey- Focus 0f AUIlEyes Probably ne oher single edifce in the orld today se stirs fC em-otions cswetern non as dees Wasmnste Abby -or simply The Abbay asif.is afcintl called. Pcor inii nietbuilding will pre!sentjly tkeplace fht conn- tien -1of QcnElizabeth 11. lu Junetee wlljourney te Lon- don ,a mlttdecfvsit(-rons- cîtizns et England and the Cen- Continent aï Europe and beyond, othes fnem te Americas,!lees cf Egadand cf tflicinlish from cressditant laudsan The ocu etail their attentioni wilbe The Abbay, stili srtning stalartas t has stood ncw Cor aimosf :1',00 years, jusf across tha, square froan the Housas cf Parha- mnt1, thus edgCing that indi- visbleKirk between church and statewluc & ys'ofimly eu- treadini the Englîsi3traditio. Que ightconsiden St. Paul's Cathdra moe iprassi va, thrstng tsgreat dome hl aganst te pale blue SI', strching ifs vast legthaoh the fop tLudgafa Hill' and thus; eveleoîngmucli cf the city, the. T1ham,-es;; and ftha-surrouinding cputry AsforThe Abbeyeu mighf argue that if- is humblar, 1e-ss dramatîic, lying as if(-doas closE te the sou, nearer te the river, as tough if WvedAte very terrarn cf England. And this may be,--crue; ý:yet, bilt at tirst iu the marsbes about .Thorney Is!and, gayand somibe-rif eue- Abbey crns oser te thic.peopleý. Ifiý s at the thnobbinig beart cf th,,,- mnweathviLh aliil is diverifie andfar-scattar.ed citi- zensi. No bu)ilding more canl typi.fiesth unity and allegiance cf) the Engýisli people. Aise, tc an aaigdagree, if touches the sympat-hies andi cals forth the davotion etmenoutsideflic Con- W7hat %idced, is ithe firs uid ing t e daimthe netice cf the a-veaga ,,ucomer te Lond3on? Wh-y, We-stmiiinster Abbey, cf course. Riding the top-hea-vy red, busses as, tlieych.arge down Wh-itefhatliro Trafalgar Squiare, 1uin hroughi the dimn pas- sages cf *the Underground, trudg- ine foot past the antxrnce tu Downng trefand sitn'h Cenotaph, corna visitons tei pay their soCim! respects te Tha eAb- bey and , within its aleJoquenit wali1s, te sa.y their adn prayers fer flite p(ca~Ce cf flievorld. PaeTo YMeditate Gýol ne the pertico cf îtha great deriluthe north - tnasept. The intanier secms at first im- panetrable, se grope for a nearby pew and sit down until eyes ha- coracpacustesnoed to the shadowýs, Perhaps if is the heur of af fan- mmoo vespes wihhMe organ play- ing softly and thosa hiigh, swýeet vces cfr t hocirinboys zpanie- tratkin-g flic reachesc, éf 7the vs bilingir-, echliig'ndn, vaulted roof, lheard fndw h nlave te awefdoor find aven hu thle eŽ,ýiuisif e chapel Met Ilenry V ai thiceRcstýru nd Sut and listen and mediate, wbila gazing raptly af the jwl lika gl!ass and dlicafa raaroc the ose ido,,- in fh-e oppo(-site trasept. iTheraiýn lies ple2a s ure- e-nough f or semae timae,People move about silently, black shad- owiàwh iare scancaiynoie abia, se absorbedue is lu the Ignifîcance etbis surroundiugs. Oua quiets lunflic afmosphere et flchbe yThere ,ýsteals oe flic average nman auan w&renase 0f ts lon-ýg conscrat-,ion'et thie %Yorship "I God, dowu the agesý trom filic time wlicu ïKîng VEd- ward fie Ceufessor demolisbad a ruder crinurch on this, site whici had beau lifby Seberf, Kiug cf the East Saxons, and laid theý foundations et his owu courchs Eodward dîd nos long outlive flic couscrafof et his church cf bis, whicb fowok place ou1 the fi day cf Januai>y in the yean 06 Har.old's crnfin elwdand flicu thaf et William ntha colu- querfor, tme Normlan, as is de- picted luineue smnall sec ion et flcbayu Tapesfry. Yeorn ine hunded ear WesminterAh- bey lAs beu the plae cf crew- ing for ail English kiugs and queenu s w theficexceptio c twe0111y. Nwif w7ill s-oonse oua miore crntinfia fte youug, Elizabeth il, who bas ai- raady cuserae han(lit tei service cf than people, teulcwl fane and s oftyetEnlglaud and fc Commonwealth. Af l eug-t, î,1e a V -ung teess e at near lic norfdoor. lee moves ncvereuitl-y about flie buildinig anld vi«,ews ail ifs ,eajlbetar c-hitectural beauty andhitol ca allusion. Theýre is much tu e sec A week ef steady applicto would scanccly include ail the miontuments lu, for axample, the, Poets' Cernier aud aleng the nave auid in fic vanjius smrall conuncet- ing cliapecls. The supenb fan- vaulting cf H-enry VII's Claipelt, flic gney Coreonat ion Chair Liu(- dan wlichl is encasad fthe Stone' cf Scolie.flic worui flagstonces and littia 5f cps tssed fer se lont. by flic mouks cf flic adjoîning, moliastery, flie Tomlb «of the Uni- knlown Soldiar, fîlic cloistens aud littie anien-tt squares, flic au- frances toe i enslmChamn- bar and the Cliapel of the Py -fliese and incalcuLiably moire aathflic vsitons' inspection. The Abbey is a. varitabtame mniai te imm.rense num-bers of Englaud's fameus sons; and, if' nef alfilic monuments are pîcas- ing te the aye and if iey ara inexcusaibly cuowded lu ii v aind aisies and tranisepts, eti i-ndividual q1tnbs and memoenias arc m(osf beautiful audtouciug in their implications, such as those et Qucen Elizabeth aeti(o MAary Quecu cf Scots, cousin wý,ho neyer miet in lite, Iura. case, if sis n e fldetauls ,wbich - *God Save Ti. Qeen.-Sendboveiv, ibýtis cen-e . from jthe fiM "ooinCmon,"is c preview cf the crowning cf Queen i ýza#beih IW, Thé- Archbi5hop cf Canterbury bas juse returnod -fi rôm the alrtaîr cf London', Westminsýter Aibe*y, and is - - ,,, h4linp te Crcwn/ of St. dwrdabove the Queeri's heod. A& he pifmc2sei on hehu- ad te asmbaewil shovi Gad $OS*. te Qitern/ aind and ter; Comm c Sc; mu--cili maffer; tliey fade in fi pa1eu t!fIc woeaud ifs lu- uer meaning. OueaaccpfsWstminster AS- bey as flic sym o f union among licEnglisbs pca k lug peeples, ilie wifuess te their frac- dem),flic hope for the future cf ahl rigli-minded men. Ifs rag- nlificntaclsment is l'lai, jin soeainexplicable way, if, cen- frives -teo gathen up tha past wvithj ail1 ifs acievemient, anid flic fut- ure bniglif wifLi hope for flic hu- man raegalein lese te- gtef liar moee mighfy fruf h ne- 'assurng and significant baryondc mae-erd0jjS te ouvy.Nowliere is thena- a building c-omparable fc Westin-ster Abbey.Th Fran-cliani, Comi-te dc Ment al embent wall descrIbad if wlian lie wrofe: "No mionum-rent lias eýver beau mnorce iitified ,vith the hîstery cf Ea peepla; cv-ýe'r e of ifs stoin -es Lnepreseufs a pageý ilu th c-aunais foflicheuufLn." Hgre isef lia efect satfing,thn for the conucraticu cf a young and beaujiful Queeu. Bible 1Headlined At Cor onation . . 6 » Tlic Holy Bî ble, styljcI tii "mout vauable fhing thef flC, wenld affovds,ý' takes ttighecý -precadauc than aven before lu tha ceonaition serviceJu-nie '2) Tha- fonm cf service ihas been clingaed te mpia itis plac- lui British ie The fabric et religieu tistcy the. lita and mcan!,ing cf pageait- try, aven muicliofic huimagery et 2Ofli-century Egihspeech ide- rivas from ic (mScriptures. In flic seve-nflicentuIýry, Caed- mion was ma.,,kiug lis pefie ver- sion colc ifurts Tha iVani- MealcBedle," hflieaher ef Eng - l ish learning" was at work laÏ1flic cîlficeInuryý. King Aitfred, aý direct ane oe f Qu-eeu Eliza- beth il, translaftd parts'ethfli O1-d and -NaTe -stamients For thîs nasn nanly baýve fait the paatfof ethfle Bibl Ate csveneiun shoUld lie ar- 'pl-Iasized lhic ý,ecorouatien cere- order , oiservice-,te bniîng this -abouit aud associa-tîiàonfetfli Chunircli eOSffau lric e-acfet! presention have flierefora giv - au much satistactien acylee TheullghýI ic Churis et Engý- laind auScoland hlad fliair dit- tenencus "tey bofb equcly re- gar-,d f oy nitrsadapý-P peal te tbem, CDr eGaoffra Fihe , ArclhIibusiop eoCf tr Throgli theArcislopand Scotla, lu) i wclijr.ie0-in aoin toghe rluprsatingli 190apàesH!faue pt lcwl Corouatien sric i e lu 1689 er flic lc onoain- et illia ta- Mary, la sine fien gcued afri lic csrowbnng ath. od of w .,unif w . ikapae, nard flic e M beginnfflcfsrvceim medaiey t t flic recoiin stnt noe h omnoisrie "Te ible s ths gien ifshý nigliffu l sgiicnein tflicoer cf i pauthat," Dr. Fishe sa- "Toehev foundtafin aratruly l tad and flitch ofmuries anroccdh an ohnf ic bcgnd ning et fli :,uorsied. Theaerac fic cnly f wo ecures wliosa ýposý*ionwa specialfly recognized a ni d te wliose protection flic sovereigr, was cmitdby cdecIarafion and onfli." Presentation Foisows The presenfat ion oethflic110y Bile uow comas af fe whaf. ,igit hacallcd tfli itnoductory, part of flie service. Wli-tnàftie Quacu s'eatcad atter takiug fliceaflithe Aclibisiop approa-clias flic chair, and flic Miý,ss P. G. ell r- pus ihn- ishia touhes n a sinall i l Abbeywhiahis part 0l a arg The Bcnîtish ConJew'eIs, oe- ef thw.elmost brillian't and popul11ar' siglts i, Europe, willjt play ain essential aund important in l the Coronation cieremrony at mntnAbbey. Thousand.-, rf remmbn seig temon i îs- 'D'ay in 4tha Tower of Londi. This -,ipriceless îcollection is s-yrm- bohc of 0he solemnn vycws Land regal qualifies associated with Brîtish Kiugs and Queens, There was a timec, howýevetr, when palimentarians thouglit te, bauiish forever thbese, antique symbols cf monarchy. in Janu- ary, !G49, when O0liver Cromn- wall's followuers, victorious in the English Civil War, tried and ex- ecuted Chaules 1L tha nagalia was sýold for- what the gold and gems wvou1d fetch1. The move was pre- m-atura. Elevn yaas later when, Charles Il was restorecd te his fathier's th'o.ne, necn own jewels wav-ra provided. A London gold- smnitb h, mRoetVynýen,, direct- ed thie wok, uch cOf which ne- mnains ilu the Collection tdy Principal crowns The prinicipal cr-owns _me the Crown cf the, Realmy, dafing froma Ch-arlas II',s timre, ifs design based o n that cf Edwand the Cnesr and the Imtperial Stata Crcwn,1 which fheicEniglish sovereign. wvaars ou g'reaf occasions cf state. The Imiperial State Crown la i- rldenanyv gems wý,hich, though at one fimae scaffened, have sur- vi1ved the vicissitudes cf history. Thene is, for instance, thegra ballas ruby cf Edwvard the Black Prince, worn by lHenry V l in -sL hairnet ai A iïincout. There is the Stuart sapphira, given te0 George ILI by Cardinial York, thLe lastof b. is Une. There is a gem- cutfrm heCutliinardiamiondc Moderator cof the Ganera] ý1As- sembly ocfÉlie Church eof Sco:t- land, Dr. G. J. Jeffray, r*eceives the Bible from the Dean cf VWest,- minsted anid presents it ta the Queecu. The Arýchbi-)shop ean wvhile nepeats these wvordsz: "Our Gracious 1-0 kTo eep yotu . ai esfy ever rindful cf the Law and the Gospel cf God as the ruile- for the whole it e and govern.mnent of ClVijsfiain Prini- ',e,, e present y on wilith titi Book, the most valuable- thing that thisý world affords." The Me1derafor conitinues: "Here is wýisdom. This is the royal law. There are the lively oracles cf God." Qucen Elizabet'h II returns the Bible te fthe Modtenator wh(o bringse it te flie Dean cf West- minster te ha piaced ucpon th- altar. =UNld te Second Star of Afria, and fouir large pearis onice bc- longîng to Queen Elizabeth 1. First Star oï Africa Anotherf jewel fromr the C,,-lli- nan gleams near the head of one-rc of the royal scepters. Knownva, the First Star of Africa, it is si to ha the jlargest eut dliamronid in the world. it ,was given to &Ï-. w--ard VIT1 in 1907 by -the Goverct- ment of the Transvaal. It 's îlu- sertýed wit-h gold clas-ps so ar- ranged that it may be rempoved at wil and wvorn as a pendant. Besides crown ai-nd sceptors, the jewels icludé orbs, golden spheres -,surmiounted iby acos which symibolize thie donion c the westeirn. world by t1he Chris- tian relgion. There ame also rings, bracelets, sodand spuirs, ail magnifcent and ail with their significance as mbmsof oa pqesor qua-ijties. Ltstlyý there, are miaces, marks of authority, herformi- derîving f.-rm a mefdi- eval C-avalry weaponi, and nenw famiLia-rinu many civic armne thouhotthe wor1l. M1ountain of Light As .were KnsiniBiblicaiýý, times, the sovereigns of Englandj are annointed andosred bc-- fore being cond The ungue-nt consists of balm annid olive cil. it is heldi in the Ampûlla, a gLýoldeno vesse!lvwhiCh srvve lue dis- persai after the excuio c Charles I but lwas comîpletely rem- made under Vyner's directi,, te a Caline ýpattern. Th-e ods single object in thie wholereaa is the Anoînting Spoon ino whichý the oil is po)uredthe handie of which may l cate bac-k to the twelfth cnuy Possibly the m-ost fam1ous et th m-rany singie stones in the rýegaia- is the Koh-i-Noor .ýdiaiuond. T-hisý is cf Indian enigin, anid its namue, which is appropriate te its bril- liancmenianis lVountain cf Light. For many years ,ii 'adorneci theý crown cf Queen Mary, consort c)f King George V, adif astheni transferred te thaýt cf theprst Queen Mother. Onie cf the m-ost charilling cb- jeets is the small diajnond rn of Queen Victoria, -with thie stonesý set in ilver. The Qlueen was particulany fond of if, and< a rap. resent'atioin appers. on herJu- iee codnage cf 1887. Spread the lyord. In St. Je- sýeph, Mo., a wmnphoned 'te News-Press tu ask if iH wold ne- pnint the story about ber divorce because "thee' a feilow 1 thhik mouts a date wîth me . . . E ' mnust have mised the flrst no- tice." 'Lie Ro alonpg route. let 9'b eftr ai! Crown Jewels Are A Sparkling Sii Collection Shines In~ Tower 0f Lonc