is an inspiring thought that throughout the whole of somewhere in the world, wherever there were British subjects, prayer was offered for the King and Queen on their day of coro nation. Long before they went to Westminster Abbey for their dedication, and for hours after that noble service had ended, a wave of religious fervour swept the whole world in which praise and supplication was offered, praise that the empire was provided with such rulers, prayer that they may live long to carry out the holy mission to which they have been called.
Shanghai was no exception, and on May 12 Holy Trinity Cathedral was well filled with British subjects and friends of other nationalities assembled, "inside and on the lawn, for the religious ceremonies chosen for observance on such a day.
"The cathedral was simply decorated for the occasion. A Union Jack draped the altar; behind the pulpit a fagstatt bore the same emblem, while. at Intervols "down the nave long. streamers of white decorated with a red. cross were suspended from the pillars, all with the indirect Tighting showing up. brilliantly against. the sombre' red brick of the building.
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