King George The Fifth of Great Britain, Ireland and the British Dominions beyond the Seas, Emperor of India, has passed away, greatly beloved of the people of his Empire.
When in 1901 our Leader asked the First Members of The Mother Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts, to "convene for the sacred purpose of expressing [their] deep sympathy with the bereaved nation, its loss and the world's loss, in the sudden departure of the late lamented Victoria," she spoke of the Queen as "long honored, revered, beloved" (The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and Miscellany, p. 289). How aptly her words apply to the sovereign who has just passed from the scene of his earthly labors! The love of every Christian Scientist goes out to his Queen, greatly loved as he himself was, to his family, and to the whole British people. And they pray for Edward, Prince of Wales, who now reigns in his father's stead, that, as King Edward VIII, divine wisdom and love will pilgrimage with him and support him throughout all the years of his reign.
January 21, 1936
