An Empire : Ocean-wide 



God-given, surely, is this mighty Empire into 

 the hands of the Anglo-Saxon Race, to be used 

 for God and for the good of Man, to be governed 

 in the Name and in the Spirit of Christ. 



It is a marvellous and unique sight. A world- 

 wide Empire of modern days ; divided by broad 

 extents of Ocean ; held together, not by fear, not 

 by the sword, not by the iron heel of despotism, 

 not even primarily by self-interest, but by Bonds 

 of Love. 



A congeries of free Nations, Mother and 

 Children, united into one, by the noblest and 

 purest of all ties ; having had through over sixty 

 years for its centre, for the controlling idea and 

 motive of Empire, a Woman of tender heart and 

 Royal spirit, a Queenly figure on Her Throne, 

 to whom those hundreds of millions in many 

 Lands were dear, since one and all they were 

 to Her— ''My People." And though She has 

 passed away, that thought has been taken up 

 by Her Royal successor, one of whose first 

 Kingly utterances was in the form of letters 

 addressed — not only to '' My People," but to 

 '* My People beyond the Seas." 



Thus around the whole world, in every zone, 

 through both hemispheres, about every ocean, the 

 Union Jack never ceases to flutter in the breeze. 



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