The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-05-02
TINE NEW BISHOP OF MONTANA.

Conservation Services Yesterday at Trinity
Chapel.
\ The conservation OF the first Episcopal Bishop Of
Montana, the Right Rev. E. sylvester Tuttle took place
yesterday in Trinity chapel and attended with the
usual solemnities
There was an extremely large attendance both Of
clergy and laity and the church nearly full when
the services commenced. The following Bishops were
present:-Bishop Hopkins, Of Vermont; Bishop Doane
OF New Jersey; Bishop Odenhemer Of Pennsy lvania:
Bishop Kerfoot. Of Iowa. and Bishop Randall Of Colo
rado-Bishop Hopkins presiding.
There were between forty and fifty clergymen present.
including Drs Dix, Morgan, Littleohn Gallaudct Peck,
Johnson Staunton, Rev. Mr. Harrington and the Rev.
Mr.. Dutton
The services opened with the usual Office for morning
prayer tho Rev. Dr. Ltejohn reading the exhortation
the Rev. Dr. Staunton the First Lesson and the Rev. Dr.
Morgan the Second. The communion service was then
commenced. At the close OF the epistle
Bishop RANDALL, OF Colorado assembled the pulpit and
delivered the sermon, taking for his text the passage
from Timothy, snake full proof of thy ministry" He
said they had assembled together to confer the apostle
ship OF the Son Of God upon brother; and such
the injunction of the great Apostle Of the Gen.
tiles addressed to young soldier Of the cross to whom
had been committed the charge Of all the churches in
Ephesus, was surely appropriate to the soemnitics.
While this injunction the truth expressed patent,
impHeQ lmpOftant
demanded their devout attention. Il was plain enough
If Timothy required to make full proof Of his min.
stry that there must be such an institution as the mln-
istry, the ministry Of Christ to and for
man, as part of that plan Of salvation
which the Son Of Man set forth and established II
strange that so, strange that infinite
wisdom should sometimes differ from Unite wisdom AZ
to the best mode Of carrying the Divine plans Of
grace regenerang, renewing and saving the human
family. The ministry then. as institution became
plain and positive element OF the Gospel But the min.
istry and the Word were not made TO dwell apart and
nj Gadh had n al
put asunder. Neither the ministry without the Word,
nor the Word without the ministry. could alone accom-
plish that which had been ordained the c0njont work
OF both. The Word and the ministry had como down
through all the since the birth Of Christendom to-
vine authorities and all who challenged the fact Of
apostolic ministry or of its unbroken secession,
to ''t the Word Of God and its integrity IS
transmitted through the Evangelists and Apostles.
world but God had chosen these only, and attempt
70 convert the world IN any other manner would only
disturb HIS kingdom, hinder its progress and end in
utter failure Besides the ministry and the Word there
were the sacraments as means 70 an end. in oonnec
ton with His mystical body, the church, and to the
hands Of the ministry were these ordinances committed
by virtue Of such agency bad these sacramenss
day, aer lapse OF more than eighteen hundred yearH
proved that Christ established two sacraments in His
Kingdom, no more and less, demonstrated also the
fact Of the ministry Of its three orders. and the pur-
poses for which II was ordained Why there
should be this trinity of means was question
which human ingenuity could answer, bat that
had faith to believe what he read could dare to deny
The Office OF the ministry to preach the Gospel de-
fend the faith, administer the ordinances and main
tain discipline and 50 set forward the Kingdom Of
Christ by honoring God in the OF the which
He had ordained TO that end Just In proportion this
done Just that would the Christian min
lister make full proof of his ministry Il not enough
for them TO demonstrate that they valid ambass
doris OF Christ they must by their Deeds they
must make full proof OF their ministry That alone
the full OF their duty, and less than that
they could not do with the hope Of receiving the Divine
blessing To make full proof Of their ministry
out its principles and to discharge its dutcs In
dong this there was. hrst, the preaching Of
his ministry by doing the work Of an evangelist
by preaching the Word Of God IN places where
u had not hitherto been proclaimed. When. from
the multiplicity OF his executive duties he had not time
to do this from views Of the nature and
dignity OF his ONCE neglected TO do It. he tell below the
apostolic standard. bishop should DO the FIRST mis-
s0nary In his diocese leading the army Of God into
the very heart Of the dominions OF darkness When
this WINS not done from want Of zeal he should 10
quckened; when from want Of strength he should b
assisted when because OF the extent Of his diocese
should be reduced The Bishop then alluded 10 tho
special temptations which assailed the clergy devats
from the path Of right the hand towards RATIONAL
ism and on the other towards nuasm. He closed BY o
The bishop elect habited In hs rochet was then led
up the presiding bishop and after the usual prayers
the oath Of conformity 70 the doctrines OF the Episcopal
church was administered Bishop Hopkins and tho
other participating bishops then placed their hands upon
his head and consecrated him 20 the Episcopal Office
The communion service then concluded, all tho
clargy present communicating.