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Oracles of God. Thus "presented" and "recognized," Elizabeth of England accepted the oath of high office...
...Queen knelt at the altar, kissed the Holy Bible and made her solemn oath: "The things which I have here before promised, I will perform and keep. So help me God." With a golden pen she signed a copy of the oath, the only formal contract between Sovereign and subjects. The Moderator of the Church of Scotland presented her with the Bible. "[It] is the most valuable thing that this world affords. Here is wisdom; this is the royal law; these are the lively oracles...
...five degrees of peerage (dukes, marquesses, earls, viscounts and barons) followed in Philip's footsteps. Philip and the Dukes of Gloucester and Kent alone kissed Her Majesty's cheek. As each peer pledged his fealty, the members of his ancient order repeated, phrase by phrase, his oath of liegemanship. When it was done, the acclaim roared out once more...
Editor Hutchinson printed the letter and asked Century readers how to answer it. More than 275 letters told him not to sign the oath, compared to about 70 that said he should. Said one letter: "Return [his] dollar. He is not ready for the 20th century, let alone the Christian Century...
...Would an oath establish credibility? ... Of course not . . . How silly can this stupidity become . . . Communists, whom it is allegedly the purpose of the oath-demanders to trap, do not hesitate to lie if it serves the . . . party line. Honest men and women, and journals which have built their reputation on their search for truth, refuse to believe that integrity and openness of conduct count for nothing . . . We shall not sign the pledge which he has concocted...