and accompanied the hours throughout the Diamond Jubilee Accession Day of our beloved Queen.

One of the great records of Her Majesty’s Reign is the marvellous increase of her Colonial Kingdom; it is largely through her own personal influence that during those sixty years it has been extended and cared for. Gladly has this tribute of affection been given by her grateful Colonists to their Queen by thus joining together in their rejoicings in a way, “Hands All Round,” which was impossible at the beginning of her reign, but which she has by her broad-minded advance, herself made practicable, and which therefore has marked a record of her great life work.

In conclusion I express my thanks to the Staff of the Head Office for their cheerful aid in the vastly increased correspondence entailed by the Jubilee Work, to our own District Deputies and officers, and to the officers and members of other Societies and to the members of the Clergy for the efficient and enthusiastic arrangements they made for the Sons of England service in their separate localities. I hope and feel that our united labours will have been for the strengthening of our patriotism, the awakening of new energies for Union and the deepening of British interests throughout our Empire.

Trusting that my actions through the year will have received your approval,

I have the honour to be,

Yours faithfully and fraternally,

BARLOW CUMBERLAND, S.G.P.

S. O. E. JUBILEE SERVICE AROUND THE WORLD
—STARTING THE WAVE OF SONG IN LEVUKA, FIJI ISLANDS.

DIAMOND  JUBILEE

 

OF

 

HER  MAJESTY  QUEEN  VICTORIA

 

Sunday,  June  20th,  1897.

 

 

ORDER  FOR  THE  SONS  OF  ENGLAND  JUBILEE

SERVICE  AROUND  THE  WORLD

1. The members shall meet at their Lodge Rooms, or some other convenient place, and, clad in their regalia, shall march in procession to the Church selected.

2. Where there are two or more Lodges in the locality they shall attend one combined Service, which shall be held in a Church selected by the Joint Committee.

3. The District Deputy or Senior Past President shall, on arrival at the Church, deliver the Union Jack to the Minister, to be displayed upon the pulpit or upon the reading desk.

4. The Service shall commence at 3.30 p.m.

5. The opening hymn shall be the “Old Hundredth,”—“All people that on earth do dwell.”

6. At 4 p.m. precisely, according to astronomical time, being the time at which the sun passes over each locality, the congregation shall stand and sing three verses of the National Anthem, “God Save the Queen,” to be immediately followed by: (1) The Collect of Thanksgiving for Her Majesty’s Accession to the Throne; (2) The prayer for the Queen and Royal Family, as formerly used in the Thanksgiving Service for the 20th June.

7. The rest of the service to be the usual Sunday afternoon service, with an interval to permit of the National Anthem being sung as above, at the proper time. See Time Table herewith.

8. The Collection shall be given, as has been desired by Her Majesty, to some charitable purpose.

9. The closing hymn shall be: “The Day Thou Gavest, Lord, is Ended.” No. 477, A. & M.

15. The Lodges shall invite the Municipal authorities and Sister Societies to attend the Service.

11. The District Deputies will be responsible for the fulfilment of these instructions.

By order.

BARLOW CUMBERLAND S.G.P.

Toronto, 8th April, 1897.