MEMORIAL SERVICES IN NEW PLYMOUTH.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 11666, 28 January 1901, Page 2

MEMORIAL SERVICES IN NEW PLYMOUTH.

Memorial services were held at all the churches on Sunday, and in every instance the congregations were very large." The i churches were draped in black and the congregations, with few exceptions, wore sigus of , mourning. - .ST. MARY'S CHCRCH. At St. Mary's Church at the morning 'service there was a very large attendance, seating accommodation being- with diffi T culty provided. The Vicar, the Jtev, F. G. Evans, conducted the service anc preached an impressive sermon from the words ?< Whom not having seen, ye love " (1 Peter, eh. Iv. 8 ). In the course of his remarks, the preacher said that it had been predicted that the British Empire "would become divided when a great war occurred, that the colonies would drop away, but? the outbreak of war in South Africa had been the signal for a great gathering of the sons of the Empire from all, quarters of the globe, who united for the defence of their Queen and country 1 . Now a great sorrow had fallen upon the Empire— the death of its beloved Queen — and it had given us an amazing unity.* Why was it. he asked, that the Queen was so beloved and her loss so mourned ? First of all, it was because she had v, 'i Md the dignity of the throne, ;••• I had helped to make it more stable und more secure. Again, it was because she had created and was indeed the personification of our ideal of national life. As a Queen and as a woman she had set an example which realised all that was best and noblest. The memory of the "Good Quden" would endure for all time. Then, again, it waß because of her intense sympathy with her subjects. No one could tell what influence her example has exercised on many afflicted souls, who might otherwise have given way to despair. These were the chief reasons why our late Sovereign was bo loved and so monrned. Though she had passed away, her good deeds would live after her, and her shining example would « lead thousands to a higher love — the love of Christ, who died to snow how much love can do and suffer for mankind. At the evening service the church Was again densely crowded, and it was found impossible to seat all who desired to take part in the service. His Worship the Mayor and the Borough Councillors were present. The «Vicar conducted the service, and again preached an. eloquent sermon, taking for his text the words " Being dead, yet speaketh " (Heb. xi, pt. 4). He said that in the morning he had spoken of the causes which inspired the deep love and affection of the people for their late Queen. Now he desired to speak upon the influence her example would have upon the people. From the time that she was called up to be told that she was Queen of England she had realised that it was a serious thing to live, and the preacher impressed upon his hearers that they should take life ser iously, so that when their time came — as it did to all from the Quee« to the humblest of her subjects — to meet their Maker they might be prepared for the meeting. Special hymns and psalms were sung at each service ; and in the evening the choir sang the anthem " Crossing the Bar." The City Band was in attendance at each service and at the conclusion rendered the Dead March in Saul very effectively. The services throughout were most impressive, many of those present being visibly affected by the solemnity of the occasion. ST. .IOBEPH'B CHURCH. At Mass and Vespers the Rev. Father Treaoy made feeling reference to the death of the Queen, speaking specially of the freedom the Roman Catholic Church bad enjoyed during her reign. He also referred to her high qualities as a woman, urging his hearers to copy her bright «ximple. He instanced the part Irish loldiers had playod in the war In South' Africa as a proof of his assertion that [rishmen and Catholics were as loyal as >ther« in their devotion to the throne, md as deeply felt the great loss sustained n the death of their Sovereign. In con-

clusion, he spoko of the good works of the late Queen, and prayed that Almighty God would reward her accordingly. The congregations were very large at both services, and in the evening the organist played the Dead March in Saul. PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. The Rev. S. S. Osborne conducted the services at St. Andrews Church. At the morning service he took as his text the words, " Because the Lord loved Israel for Ever, therefore made He the King to do judgment and justice." The rev. gentleman pointed out that a wise and righteous sovereign was a gift from God to any nation so favoured, and that God himself was the supreme sovereign of all nations and peoples. The reign of Victoria, he considered, was a special token of the favour of the Almighty towards the British nation. The late Queen had ever had the cause of pity and morality at heart, and for this there was every reason to be thankful, when the large extension of territory; which had taken place during the reign was taken into consideration. In the evening Eev. Mr Osborne }based his remarks on the 15th verse of the Bth chapter of Proverbs^—"By me Kings reign and Princes decree Justice." He eulogised the benign influences of the late Queen, and dwelt oh the loss tine nation had sustained through her death; It was, he said, hard to realise that she was no longer with us, and that the sceptre had passed to another. "We could only hope and pray that the new King and Queen would follow the example of oui late Sovereign. The rev. gentleman concluded with the words "God save the King." WESLEYAN CHURCH. At the Whiteley Memorial Church, the Rev. 8. J. Berpell occupied the pulpit both, niojrning and evening. At the morni ing service His Worship the Mayor and members of the Borough Council were among, those present. The preachei dwelt apon the wave of sympathy thai had spread among the vast population oi the British Empire at the news of Her Majesty's death, and he spoke in eloquent terms of the special gifts of the late Queen— rgifts that had been so wisely and beneficently nsed. Her goodness was, he said, the basis of her greatness: good because she feared God, and great because she did her duty. Special hymns were sung during the service, the impressiveness of which was added to by tbt organist's (Mr G. H. White) playing oi the Dead March in Saul. Special reference was also made to the sad event at the Sunday School in the afternoon. In the evening, the rev. gentleman took as his subject, '- The heritage left to the nation by Qneen "Victoria." ' JBLe pointed out howrhe responsibility of each generation became greater as the agea went by, and said the late Queen had laid the nation under a' debt ttf gratitude foi the high ideal and lofty plane to whicl she had exalted the office of Royalty Her influence had ever been exerted oc the 'side of that which was noble and right, and the nation which had been sc blest shonld never fall back in the moral scale but press forward in the direction of the good and noble. • - • PRIMITIVE METHODIST CHUKCIC. At the Queen -street Church the Re\ T. Henderson preached in the moraine from the words in St Mark's Gospel "She hath done what she could," and paid a glowing tribute to the late Queen Revs John Nixon and G. H. Mann alsc assisted at ihe. service. In the evening th< Rev. G. H. Mann took as his text lh< words, " Not now, but afterwards." H< said in ihe course of his remarks that thii late Queen Victoria was a Queen in the highest sense of the word, having a high sense of responsibility and entering on affairs of State with all enthusiasm of a politician and the earnestness of another. BAPTIST CHURCH. The Rev. Jas. Ings, preaching at the Baptist Church, Gill-street, in the morning took as his text the words, ** Jesua wept." In the evening the v&r. gentleman based his remarks from the Book oi Revelations, "God shall wipe all tears from their eyes," and delivered a; very feeling termon thereon, alluding in terms of great praise to the life of the late Queen. . ■.<?■■> Memorial, services were .^reached at both Waitara Churches. laat v e,vening. The Waitara Band, attended '„i^e Anglican Church and at the conclusion of the service played the Dead t Harch in Saul, Mr Herbert Joll, performing the same service afr the Weleleyanv Chapel, where the pulpit was draped in '" black. There were large congregations at' bpth places. ATTEMPTS ON THE LIFE. Several, times durittg Her Majesty's career attempts were made on her 'life, but in most oases a mere mad love of notoriety or downrightrin^ahiiy prompted the attack.' The first" attempt was in June, 1840, went feelibg was strong against the Ministry in power, and mucfi anxiety was fe't regarding the state of the nation. On the eveivngof June 18th whilst the Queen was driving out with Prince Albert a > tnan leaning up against the Park railings suddenly pulled out a pistol and shot at her Majesty* The first SHat misSedand a secofatt ' was fired, but it,also mjssed. The would-be assassin, a lad named Edward Oxford, was treated as a madman and sent to Bedlam. He subsequently declared that his attack "on the Qreen was done out of sheer Tftnity and love of notoriety. , '• ' On May 30th, 7,842. the Queen wai fired at for the second time. ' fhie Royal pair were returning from a dri re and hod nearly reached the scene of O: :ford's attempt two years previously when a little swarthy, ill-looking rascal fired at the Queen, a shot, which went harmlessly by. The assailant Johb Francis, was sentenced to death, but the sentence was comTuLed to imprisonment for life itr accordance with her Majesty's desires. On Sunday, July 3rd, the Queen was again in danger, a hunchback named Bean attempting to shoot her, buttbe pistol missed fire. After a fortnight's liberty Bean was, caught and sentenced to a term of imprisonment. On May lGth. 1849, an Irishman nrmed Hamilton attempted to shoot Her Majesty as she was driving up Constitution Hill, but failed in his attempt. Hamilton was sentenced to seven years' transportation. In February, 1872, when about to alight from her carriage, a youth named Arthur O'Connor rushed at the Queen with a paper in one hand and a pistol in the other. The Queen's attendant, John Brown, seised the lad, who was found to be not in his right mind. He was an Irish boy, and had brooded over his country's wrongs till his brain had turned. John Brown received a gold medal and an annuity of £25. The l*«t of these attacks took place in 1882 at Royal Windsor. The Queen, accompanied by the Princess Beatrice, was entering her carriage at Windsor station when she was fired at by a man named Roderick McLean, who was at once arrested. The prisoner, who had formerly been respectable, but had recently fallen into want, was tried for high treason, and, being found guilty, he was, on the ground of insanity, ordered to be imprisoned during Her Majesty's pleasure.

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