THE FORM AND ORDER OF THE SERVICE

Press, Volume LXXXIX, Issue 27055, 2 June 1953, Page 8 (Supplement)

THE FORM AND ORDER OF THE SERVICE

I THE PREPARATION In the morning upon the day of the Coronation early, care is to be taken that the Ampulla be filled with the Oil for the anointing, and, together with the Spoon, be laid ready upon the Altar in the Abbey Church. The Litany shall be sung as the Dean and Prebendaries and the choir of Westminster proceed from the Altar to the west door of the Church. The Archbishops being already vested in their Copes and Mitres and rhe Bishops Assistant in their Copes, the procession shall be formed immediately outside of the west door of the Church, and shall wait till notice be given of the approach of Her Majesty, and shall then begin to move into the Church. And the people shall remain standing from the Entrance until the beginning of the Communion Service. II THE ENTRANCE INTO THE CHURCH The Queen, as soon as she enters at the west door of the Church, is to be received with this Anthem: PSALM 122. 1-3, 6, 7 I WAS glad when they said unto me, We will go into the house of the Lord. Our feet shall stand in thy gates, O Jerusalem. Jerusalem is built'as a city ’ that is at unity in itself. O pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee. Peace be within thy walls, and plenteousness within thy palaces. (Hubert Parry) The Queen shall in the meantime pass up through the body of the Church, into and through the choir, and so up the stairs to the Theatre; and having passed by her Throne, she shall make her humble adoration, and then kneeling at the faldstool set for her before her Chair of Estate on the south side of the Altar, use some short private prayers; and after, sit down in her Chair. The Eible, Paten, and Chalice shall meanwhile be brought by the Bishops who had borne them, and placed upon the Altar. Then the Lords who carry in procession the Regalia, except those who carry the Swords, shall come from their places and present in order every one what he carries to the Archbishop, who shall deliver them to the Dean of Westminster, to be by him placed upon the Altar. HI THE RECOGNITION The Archbishop, together with the Lord Chancellor, Lord Great Chamberlain, Lord High Constable, and Earl Marshal (Garter King of Arms preceding them), shall then go to the East side of the Theatre, and after shall go to the other three sides in this order, South, West, and North, and at every of the four sides the Archbishop shall with a loud voice speak to the People: and the Queen in the meanwhile, standing up by King Edward’s Chair, shall turn and show herself unto the people at every of the four sides of the Theatre as the Archbishop is at every of them, the Archbishop saying: SIRS, I here present unto you Queen ELIZABETH, your undoubted Queen: Wherefore all you who are come this day to do your homage and service, Are you willing to do the same? The people signify their willingness and joy, by loud and repeated acclamations, all with one voice crying out, (goh eatip Eltzabrtlj Then the trumpets shall sound. IV THE OATH The Queen having returned to her Chair (Her Majesty having already on Tuesday, the 4th day of November, 1952, in the presence of the two Houses of Parliament, made and signed the Declaration prescribed by Act of Parliament), the Archbishop standing before her shall administer the Coronation Oath, first asking the Queen, Madam, is Your Majesty willing to take the Oath? And the Queen answering, I am willing. The Archbishop shall minister these questions; and the Queen, having a book in her hands, shall answer each question severally as follows: Archbishop: Will you solemnly promise and sWear to govern the Peoples of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the Union of South Africa, Pakistan, and Ceylon, and of your Possessions and the other Territories to any of them belonging or pertaining, according to their respective laws and customs? Queen: I solemnly promise so to do. Archbishop: Will you to your power cause Law and Justice, in Mercy, to be executed in all your judgments? Queen: I will. Archbishop: Will you to the utmost of your power maintain the Laws of God and the true profession of the Gospel? Will you to the utmost of your power maintain in the United Kingdom the Protestant Reformed Religion established by

law? Will you maintain and preserve inviolably the settlement of the Church of England, and the doctrine, worship, discipline, and government thereof, as by law established in England? And will you preserve unto the Bishops and Clergy of England, and to the Churches there committed to their charge, all such rights and privileges, as by law do or shall appertain to them or any of them? Queen: All this I promise to do. Then the Queen arising out of her Chair, supported as before, the Sword of State being carried before her, shall go to the Altar, and make her solemn Oath in the sight of all the people to observe the premisses: laying her right hand upon the Holy Gospel in the great Bible (which was before carried in the procession and is now brought from the Altar by the Archbishop, and tendered to her as she kneels upon the steps), and The Bible to saying these words: be brought The things which I have here before promised, I will perform and keep. So help me God. Then the Queen shall kiss the And a Silver Book and sign the Oath. Standish The Queen having thus taken her Oath shall return again to her Chair, and the Bible shall be delivered to the Dean of Westminster. V THE PRESENTING OF THE HOLY BIBLE When the Queen is again seated, the Archbishop shall go to her Chair: and the Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, receiving the Holy Bible from the Dean of Westminster, shall bring it to the Queen and present it to her, the Archbishop saying these words: OUR gracious Queen: to keep Your Majesty ever mindful of the Law and the Gospel of God as the Rule\ for the whole life and government of Christian Princes, we present you with this Book, the most valuable thing that this world affords. And the Moderator shall continue: Here is Wisdom; This is the royal Law; These are the lively Oracles of God. Then shall the Queen deliver back the Bible to the Moderator who shall bring it to the Dean of Westminster, to be reverently placed again upon the Altar. This done, the Archbishop shall return to the Altar. VI THE BEGINNING OF THE COMMUNION SERVICE THE INTROIT PSALM 84. 9, 10 BEHOLD, O God our defender: and look upon the face of thine Anointed. For one day in thy courts: is better than a thousand. (Hubert Howells) Then, the Queen with the people kneeling, the Archbishop shall begin the Communion Service saying: ALMIGHTY God, unto whom all hearts be open, all desires known, and from whom no secrets are hid: Cleanse the thoughts of our hearts by the inspiration of thy Holy Spirit, that we may perfectly love thee, and worthily magnify thy holy Name; through Christ our Lord. Amen. Archbishop: Lord have mercy upon us. Answer: Christ have mercy upon us. Archbishop: Lord have mercy upon us. Let us pray. OGOD, who provides! for thy people by thy power, and rulest over them in love: Grant unto this thy servant ELIZABETH, our Queen, the Spirit of wisdom and government, that being devoted unto thee with her whole heart, she may so wisely govern, that in her time thy Church may be in safety, and Christian devotion may continue in peace; that so persevering in good works unto the end, she may be the mercy come to thine everlasting kingdom; through Jesus Christ, thy Son, our Lord,- who liveth and reigneth with thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, one God for ever and ever. Amen. THE EPISTLE To be read by one of the Bishops. 1 ST. PETER 2. 13 SUMBIT yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake:, whether it be to the king, as supreme; or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers, and for the praise of them that do well. For so is the will of God, that with well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men: as free, and not using your liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of God. Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king. . THE GRADUAL PSALM 141. 2 LET my prayer come up into thy presence as the incense: and let the lifting up of my hands be as an evening sacrifice. Alleluia. .(William H. Harris).

THE GOSPEL To be read by another Bishop, the Queen with the people standing. ST. MATTHEW 22. 15 THEN went the Pharisees, and took counsel how they might entangle him in his talk. And they sent out unto him their disciples, with the Herodians, saying Master, we know that thou art true, and 'teachest the way ot God in truth, neither carest thou for any man: for thou regardest not the person of man. Tell us therefore, What thinkest thou? Is it lawful to give tribute unto Caesar, or not? But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, Why tempt ye me, ye hypocrites? Shew me the tribute-money. And they brought unto him a penny. And he saith unto them, Whose is this image and superscription? They say unto him, Caesar’s. Then saith he unto them, Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar s: and unto God the things that are God s. When they had heard these words they marvelled, and left him, and went their way. And the Gospel ended, shall be sung the Creed following, the Queen with the people standing, as before. I BELIEVE in one God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, And .of all things visible and invisible: And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the onlybegotten Son of God, Begotten of his Father before all worlds, God of Goa, light of Light, Very God of very God, Begotten, not made, Being of one substance with the Father, By whom all things were made: Who for us men, and for our salvation came down from heaven, And was incarnate by the Holy Ghost of the Virgin Mary, And was made man, And was crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate* He suffered and was buried, And the third day he rose again according to the Scriptures, And ascended into heaven, And sitteth on the right hand of the Father. And he shall come again with glory to judge both the quick and the dead: Whose kingdom shall have no end. And I believe in the Holy Ghost, The Lord and giver of life, Who proceedetfr from the Father and the Son, Who with the Father and the Son together is worshipped and glorified, Who spake by the Prophets. And I believe one CatholicK and Apostolick Church. I acknowledge one Baptism for the remission of sins. And I look for the Resurrection of the dead, And the life of the world to come. Amen. (R. Vaughan Williams, Adapted Maurice Jacobson) VII THE ANOINTING The Creed being ended, the Queen kneeling at her faldstool, and the people kneeling in their places, the Archbishop shall begin the hymn VENI, CREATOR SPIRITUS, and the cnoir shall sing it out. COME, Holy Ghost, our souls inspire. . . . (Original VIII Mode Melody, Arr. Sir Ernest Bullock) The hymn being ended the Archbishop shall say: Let Us Pray. OLORD, and heavenly Father, the exalter of the humble and the strength of thy chosen, who by anointing with Oil didst of old make and consecrate kings, priests, and prophets, to teach and govern thy people Israel; Bless and sanctify thy chosen servant ELIZABETH, who by our office and ministry is now to be anointed with He r e th e this Oil, and consecrated Archbishop is Queen: Strengthen her, O to lay his Lord with the Holy Ghost upon the Comforter; Confirm and stablish her with thy free and princely Spirit, the Spirit of wisdom and government, the Spirit of counsel and ghostly strength, the spirit of knowledge, and true godliness, and fill her, O Lord, with the Spirit of thy holy fear, now and for ever; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Thi? prayer being ended, and the people standing, the choir shall sing: I KINGS I. 39, 40 ZADOK the priest and Nathan the prophet anointed Solomon king; and all the people rejoiced and said: God srfVe the king, Long live the king, May the king live for ever. Amen. Hallelujah. (Handel) In the meantime, the Queen rising from her devotions, having been disrobed of her crimson robe by the Lord Great Chamberlain, assisted by the Mistress of the Robes, and being uncovered, shall go before the Altar, supported and attended as before. The Queen shall sit down in King Edward’s Chair (placed in the midst of the Area over against the Altar, with a faldstool before it), wherein she is to be anointed. Four Knights of the Garter shall hold over her a rich pall of silk, or cloth of gold: the Dean of Westminster, taking the Ampulla and Spoon from off the Altar, shall hold them ready, pouring some of the holy Oil into the Spoon, and with it the Archbishop shall anoint the Queen in the form of a cross: On the palms of both the hands, saying, Be thy Hands anointed with holy OiL On the breast, saying.

Be thy Breast anointed with Holy Oil On the crown of the head, saying, Be thy Head anointed with holy Oil: as kings, priests, and prophets were anointed: And as Solomon was anointed king by Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet, so be thou anointed, blessed, ana consecrated Queen over the Peoples, whom the Lord thy God hath given thee to rule and govern, In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen. Then shall the Dean of Westminster lay the Ampulla and Spoon upon the Altar; and the Queen kneeling down at the faldstool, the Archbishop shall say this Blessing over her: OUR Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, who by his Father was anointed with the Oil of gladness above his fellows, by his holy Anointing pour down upon your Head and Heart the blessing of the Holy Ghost, and prosper the works of your Hands: that by the assistance of his heavenly grace you may govern and preserve the Peoples committed to your charge in wealth, peace, and godliness; and after a long and glorious course of ruling a temporal kingdom wisely, justly, and religiously, you may at last be made caretaker of an eternal kingdom, through the same Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. This prayer being ended, the Queen shall arise and sit down again in King Edward's Chair, while the Knights of the Garter bear away the pall; whereupon the Queen again arising, the Dean of Westminster, assisted by the of the Robes, shall put upon Her Majesty the Colobium Sindonis and the Supertunica of Close Pall of cloth of gold, together with a Girdle of the same. Then shall the Queen again sit down; and after her, the people also. VIII THE PRESENTING OF THE SPURS AND SWORD, AND THE OBLATION OF THE SAID SWORD The Spurs shall be brought from the Altar by the Dean of Westminster, and delivered to the Lord Great Chamberlain; who, kneeling down, shall present them to the Queen, who forthwith sends them back to the Altar. Then the Lord who carries tne Sword of State, delivering to the Lord Chamberlain the said Sword (which is thereupon deposited in Saint Edward’s Chapel) shall receive from the Lord Chamberlain, in lieu thereof, another Sword in a scabbard which he shall deliver to the Archbishop: and the Archbishop shall lay it on the Altar and say: HEAR our prayers, O Lord, we beseech thee, and so direct and support thy servant Queen ELIZABETH, that she may not bear the Sword in vain; but may use it as the minister of God for the terror and punishment of evildoers, and for the protection and encouragement of those that do well, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Then shall the Archbishop take the Sword from off the Altar, and (the Archbishop of York and the Bishops of London and Winchester and other Bishops, assisting and going along with him) shall deliver it into the Queen’s hands; and, the Queen holding it, the Archbishop shall say: RECEIVE this kingly Sword, brought now from the Altar of God, and delivered to you by the hands of us the Bishops and servants of God, though unworthy. With this Sword do justice, stop the growth of iniquity, protect the holy Church of God, help and defend widows and orphans, restore the things that are gone to decay, maintain the things that are restored, punish and reform what is amiss, and confirm what is in good order; that doing these things you may be glorious in all virtue; and so faithfully’ serve our Lorr Jesus Christ in this life, that you may reign for ever with him in the life which is to come. Amen. Then the Queen, rising up and going to the Altar, shall offer it there in the scabbard, and then return and sit down in King Edward’s Chair; and the Peer, who first received the Sword, shall offer the price of it, namely one hundred shillings, ana having thus redeemed it, shall receive it from the Dean of Westminster, from off the Altar, and draw it out of the scabbard, and carry it naked before Her Majesty during the rest of the solemnity. Then the Archbishop of York and the Bishops who have assisted during the offering shall return to their places. IX THE INVESTING WITH . THE ARMILLS, THE . STOLE ROYAL AND THE ROBE ROYAL: AND THE DELIVERY OF THE ORB Then the Dean of Westminster shall deliver the Armills to the Archbishop, who, putting them upon the Queen’s wrists, shall say: RECEIVE the Bracelets of sincerity and wisdom, both for tokens of the Lord’s protection embracing you on every side; and also for symbols and pledges of that bond which unites you with your Peoples: to the end that you may be strengthened in all your works and defended against your enemies both bodily and ghostly, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.