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Show The King's Funeral M YESTERDAY the ashes of Great Britain's late M king w"ere given sepulcher. The ceremonies 'H were conducted with all the solemn pomp JH that the invention of centuries has been able to H make them, but underneath all the display there H was the real grief of a sorrowing people, for the ffl British nation sincerely loved their late klng.That 'H he was not above some human frailties, did not ;H lessen, but rather Intensified their affection for H him, for they held that his very frailties were a H proof of the warmth of his heart. Then he was H in full sympathy with all that Englishmen hold jH as a man's part in the world. He was with them jjH in their church; in the opening of their schools lH and hospitals; he went hunting and competed in B their races; and though he did not reach the H throne until late in life, he was a real king when H he did, and all the wise men of his country and H of foreign countries who watched his work, agree iH that he steadied the state with a master hand. ' So his death brought more sorrow to his people H than the death of any preceding sovereign of H his country over did. H They look back along the list from the first one , H who wore the crown down, and he holds first place !H in their hearts, at least the first place excepting H his royal mother, and we doubt if she was as near M the hearts of all her people as was her son. She M had the deep respect of her people, her son won M their love, and his funeral was not a cold follow- H ing of ceremonials, rather the casket that held his M crumbling dust had the benediction o' j people's tears. M |
