The Irish republic. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1867-18??, 1867-10-26

; @ was Bishop Wilmer of Louisiana who looks sun
burned and am glad he here because he is
living testimony of the magnanmity of the United States
Government Five years ago he rucating in Palace
At Washington in which the Congress of his Government
formerly sat- and goyng in the fact that he located
in room in which the great apostle of his political faith
Mr. Cahou) had died. goryng in this fact but in that
other one that he prisoner for constant and pressing
his entreates to Mr. Seward to remember his presy
office and his noncombatant character do affirm that
Bishop Wilmer dangerous traitor, but do say
that he has been lately exercising high ecclesiastical unc
tons in his State and is representing it in Lambeth
Palace and for all these merces he should be grateful to his
Government. After these Bishop Odenhemer Bishop Bede
Bishop Clark Bishop Lee and the Bishop of Illinois attracted
my attention, and the individuals lost in the throng
did, however, the Bishops of Oxford Rochester, and
London arrive in the carriage of the latter preae Bishop
TAFT looked better than he has done of late Bishop WILDER
force who of the hardest working Bishops England
looked if hard work agreed with him. for he is getting
very round and monke the Bishop of Rochester looked
thoughtful and humble became the Junior Bishop of the
Bench when in company with his experienced brethren
The Bishops robed" in the grand drawing-room and
Princes Of the Anglican Church" casting off the habments
which puritan the outer world and aryng themselves in
the satin and lawn" which became the men who the
direct successors of Peter and Paul.
The toilet complete, His Grace the Archbishop of Canter
bury headed the procession which proceed the
private Chapel for opening religious services Dr. Long
ley the Archbishop born in 1884, master of
Harrow School, afterwards Bishop of Ripon then Bishop of
Durham land recipient of the celebrated letter of Earl Rus
sell Papa aggresson in 1860 he became Archbishop of
York and in 1862 was made Metropolitan and Prmate of all
England Next the Prince of Wales he is the first
in England in rank taking precedence of Princes of the
Next in the procession the Archbshops of Armagh
and Dublin The latter is DIR. Trench, who formerly
came the Presiding Bishop of the United States Bishop
Hopkns) and the Metropolitan of Canada the Bishop of
Montrea Then the Bishops of London, Winchester Sails
bury and Oxford and then all the rest with reference rank
seniority The Bishops of Rhode Island and Iowa walked
together and the taest and most stawar in the
procession
Arrived at the Chapel which is quite biiou Church.
having ases and naves painted windows and arches
and was believe built by Boniface the three Archbishops
and the Metropolitans went within the altar rails. The
Archbishop of Canterbury the head of the Anglican
Priesthood took his seat in the chair at the north side of the
altar. On his right the Archbishop of Dublin, the
Bishop of Montreal and the Bishop of New Zealand and
his left the Archbishop of Armagh the Bishop of Yer
mont and the Bishop of Moray and Ross the Scotch Metro
politan. Proceedings commenced with the Communion
service by the Lord of Canterbury reading the Collect and
Commandments the Archbishop of Dublin the Epistle and
the Archbishop of Armagh the Gospel.
This DONE the Bishop of illinois, who the only bishop
present wearing the black gown assembled the pulpit The
congregation he looked down upon certainly the
remarkable and the notable that has been assembled
generation outside the pale of the Church of Rome
More than thirty of them spiritual peers of the United
Kingdom. They have charge of the doceses comprising
very large proportion of Chrstendom and the whole of Pro-
etant Christendom and were all less distinguished
for their pety and scholarly aainmens The Bishop of
Illinois, who has fine voice. must have been distinctly heard
by father of the Church present. however deaf he may
have become by age. His manner was pleasing and his
English perfect, although foreigner.
The text taken from the words of Paul. in which he
besough the Corinthians Il think to Fill up the
of Crists suferngs for his bodys sake, which is the
Church"
The Bishop said that by the courtesy of His Grace of
Canterbury the duty of preaching before the Synod had been
deputed to the American Bishop and by the friendship of
the Presiding Bishop he had been selected for the honorable
and responsible position He felt it, he sad be the most
trying position Of his e for though of officially they
equal he felt that he occupying the position of
Father Fathers whose feet he should be sitting
child He had however, prayed that he might glory in his
nfrmiy and that thus the power of Christ might be mani
tested in him. Referring the place and of the
ing he said they assembled in halls in which the Fathers
of the Church, for six centuries from Boniface onward had
resided He and they had met to try perfect the unity of
the Anglican Church. Some of them had from
the great Atantc they the weaker branch and had
come hoping to gain strength from combined wisdom. He
felt that the prayers of the departed spirits of their great
predecessors would be with them
Inc bishop dwelt length upon the responsible nature of