190 HISTORICAL SKETCH OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND 
     
    
   
   
    
     grand Jubilee for God. In the evening his discourse was 
     
     based on the first verse of the arst Psalm: ‘The King shall 
     
     joy in thy strength.’ Not the least interesting portion of the 
     
     services was the rendering by the choir of ‘The Diamond 
     
     Jubilee Hymn,’ written by Rev. H. F. Adams, of Prince Street 
     
     Baptist Church, Truro.” 
     
    
   
   
    
     At 3 o’clock, p. m., notwithstanding the heavy rain, the 
     
     parade of societies took place to the First Methodist Church. 
     
     Rev. Mr. Kirby conducted the services and Rev. Mr. 
     
     Campbell preached the sermon. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Head of Procession 
     
     Artillery Band 
     
     Sons of England 
     
     Orange Society 
     
     Good Templars 
     
     City Band 
     
     Odd Fellows 
     
     Mason Society 
     
     City Councillors 
     
     City Clerk and Mayor 
     
    
   
   
    
     “ Every seat both in the body of the church and in the 
     
     galleries was crowded. Hundreds of others lined the side- 
     
     walks or watched from doors and windows to see the 
     
     procession. Rev. Mr. Campbell’s sermon was a masterpiece 
     
     of eloquence, indicating a great depth of thought,——elegant 
     
     of diction and pleasing, yet forcible in delivery, it was an 
     
     oration seldom equalled in a Charlottetown pulpit. In glowing 
     
     terms he spoke of her who has ruled the British Empire so 
     
     long, so wisely and so well; who is the greatest production in 
     
     the scale of humanity to be found among the garnered glories 
     
     of too years. 
     
    
   
   
    
     “And while we show our loyalty to Britain’s crown let us 
     
     show even greater loyalty to Jesus Christ, the King of Kings 
     
     and Lord of Lords. Let us take the Union Jack, with the red 
     
     for love, the white for law, and the blue for liberty ; let us take 
     
     this grand old flag and nail it beneath the Cross of Christ and 
     
     die before we lower it from its standard. Then with the white 
     
     cross of Prince Emmanuel and the red cross of St. George, let 
     
     us go forth and fight the battles of life, and victory will be ours.” 
     
    
   
   
    
     In connection with the Jubilee celebration a special service