by CCW | 2 June 2022 13:08
Thank you. It is, perhaps, especially appropriate that we honour our Queen and Governor here at King’s-Edgehill School in this the seventieth year of her service. The School in its history and life has existed under the reign of nine monarchs over its 233 year history since its founding in 1788 during the reign of George the Third and who bestowed a royal charter upon the College and School in 1802. But in that long history of the School under monarchical rule and governance, the longest reigns were those of Queen Victoria and Queen Elizabeth who together constitute 134 years out of those 233 years, and who embody the very model of steadfastness and devotion to duty for which we can only be thankful. Let us pray.
O God, the King of Glory, who raises up Kings and Queens as the instruments of your justice and mercy, we give thanks to you for the seventy years of faithful, compassionate, and dedicated service of Elizabeth II, Queen of England, of the Commonwealth of Nations, and of this country Canada, and we beseech your strengthening grace upon her in her witness to truth and order, to peace and good government, and to the flourishing of all who are under her reign, and upon those who serve in her name, especially the Governor General of Canada, the Right Honourable Mary Simon, and the Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia, the Honourable Arthur J. Leblanc, and upon us in our service to her and to one another in love and compassion, in service and sacrifice, ever mindful that the hearts and minds of Kings and Queens are ever in your sight to the praise and glory of your Name and for the good of your church and people; through Jesus Christ who lives and reigns with the Father and the Holy Spirit, ever one God, world without end Amen.
(Rev’d) David Curry
Chaplain
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