In hig sermon Bishop Curtis said that they were looking forward to the hallowing of- their King and Queen, and their subjects. There had been. many kings and queens crowned, but: with the invention fof witless there was going to be @ ceremony different from anything that ever taken place before in the history of the world, The whole world, "as it were, would br gathered together in Westminster Abbey: for tha. Joyous occasion. {AN} the peoples throughout the Empire during the 24 hours of Coronation Day would adopt Western time, and would feel the pulsation of the heart that beat in the West. All were summoned to take taels part in the ceremony.
here was a certain "amount of humiliation about this coronation, and they had to ask themselves where they had Tailed in their duty, or their prayers, and how they failed the man who was to have been crowned king They needed to remember that their citizenship was in heaven, and they must not let the pomp of the cero-many, and the feeling of pride in. the extent of the Empire, take away from their minds the thought that the king and queen who were to be hallowed on that day were being di Aleated to the service of God.
In the course of the service, the king was presented to his people and acclaimed, and the "Vent -Creator* was sung. The king was then nointed with holy oft on the head, the breast and the hand, signifying service to God through his thoughts his words and his actions, Having been anointed king, he was given the ensign of his kingly estate—frgt, a sword, Planes whistling through the sky, the guns that were thundering forth all over the country and Empire, the great ships plying back and forth from England to distant parts of the world, all were.symbolized this sword,' which signified that power was given to him by God. He was commanded to use the sword for justice, It they were using these ensigns, then the British Empire would be used for the salvation of the world. This Would not be accomplished by their army, or their war planes, but their own righteousness, "The Question was whether there were Fighteoug: men forthcoming for the salvation of the world.
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