Show awaited swatted kings entrance at exactly 11 the members of the cabinet in company with leading clergymen hom all parts of norway with the officiating bishops marched down the long aisle of 0 the church to await the king and queen quean in the pavilion at the entrance ten minutes later while a shaft of light shot through the cathedral as the great portal was thrown open the organ with a crash of melody began to pour forth the weird strains of the national anthem the vast audience as one pan man roso rose to receive standing the youthful sovereigns who vrho marched slowly down the long nave under the red and gold of tho the imperial banners after the sovereigns had taken their places upon the dais the clergy in white robes disposed themselves in a semicircle around the altar the music ceased and the bishop of arose and read the first lines of a hymn the import of which was in the name of jesus all things must be done led by the organ orchestra and e horus chorus the audience sang a melody that might have been written for a sacrificial rite of the Nor semans ancient barbaric faith the king with a sprinted printed program in his hand joined in the singing after the rp recitation citation of the confession and the to te deum the bishop of Chrls mounted the pulpit facing the king and delivered an impressive sermon through which ran a clear note of courage and happiness bishops address norsemen norseman Nor semen be not afraid said ho he let joyful hearts praise god the S sa a vior for this great hour that with us will be glorious in the sagas of norway six hundred years have passed since a king of out our own has berin been crowned in our fatherland in the ceremony enacted today the great past meets the greater present and the broken threads of our nations glory are knitted together the bishop reviewed eNed Nor ways troublous story and proceeded but after dark centuries of history now new times come to fill up with ne new w aspirations thou norway was vas not permitted to die and it was the b belief lief of thy people in themselves that saved thee we now stand alone in tho the world but we ve are not afraid thou NorAe norwegians Norwegia glans ns have faith in god ind and in yourselves faithfulness to tho the king will carry us triumphantly on our way after wishing bishing the I 1 king ing and queen joy in the new kingdom and beseeching them to be hope hopeful fulfor for its greater future the bishop said 1 I voice tile the thought nearest the hearts of the people when I 1 ask your majesties to take to the little crown prince a greeting from tile the nat nation loir hu ho Is our hope with him lies which we shall prepare for him alay may he grow up in tho the spirit of norway learning to live and think tho the life and thoughts of 0 a norwegian after tho the manner and in the language dear to norwegian hearts after the service a part of tho the cantata was rendered then king Hatt heakon kon preceded by the chief of tile tho royal household walked to tho the throne lie ho was grave and dignified ills long purple and ermine robe was borne by five youna naval officers and ho he pre |