A Sermon for Queen and Country On Sunday, July 1, 1973, a Service of Thanksgiving, with HM Queen Elizabeth present, was held in , Charlottetown , to mark Prince Edward Island 's Centennial in Confederation. The preacher was Father Tanton, chosen not because he was the ranking Anglican dignitary - that in the view of the Anglican Church was the Bishop of Nova Scotia , because the Bishop of Nova Scotia exercises episcopal jurisdiction over the Island - but because he was the chairman that year of the Charlottetown Ministerial Association. An unfortunate incident occurred in the course of the Royal Visit when the Bishop of Nova Scotia , the Right Reverend William Davis , with Mrs. Davis , turned up at Government House in Charlottetown to attend a formal dinner in honour of the Queen and Prince Philip , and was refused admittance. In the view of the government authorities he was, as the Bishop of Nova Scotia , from "away", and therefore not an eligible participant in an Island event. One hundred years ago today, Prince Edward Island became a part of the Dominion of Canada . This was a political move, and because it was and is political there will always be differences of opinion as to the value of the move. Let that be as it may - one thing is certain, that something more important than political tactics makes a people great. Today, at the pivotal point in our Centennial celebrations, we gather with our Queen and Her Royal Consort for an Act of Worship. The Scripture read by His Royal Highness is one of our Lord's dissertations on prayer. It contains the Our Father. This prayer has become the heart of all Christian prayer life, both public and private. Our Lord, when asked by His disciples, "teach us to pray", did not say, "If ye pray", but "When ye pray...." Prayer is as natural to conscious man as breathing, and as universal as humanity itself. In all the living religions of the world, prayer and meditation have a central place. Let us look at three aspects of the Lord's prayer - our model prayer - the prayer that acknowledges: (1) Our Father - God is. (2) Give us this day - bread - man's needs. (3) Forgive us our trespasses - man's responsibility. 58