Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1870-10-06

the EutsrOpa Habit-ClOSfu~ Cerc
monies Biography Of Bish' IN Piuck-
ney.
Ibe conservation of the = .ey. DIR. VIM. Piuck-
rCy, ID. d., tor the psst fourteen years the re-
s ,eot d rector Of the Church OF the Ascension.
i this city, ss me Assistant Bishop of the Do
cose OF Msry, and, OF the Protestant Episc ,pa,
Ctr,cb, TO which Office he was elected at the
,oFyeD,ion OF The diocese held in Baltimore IN
JTre last, took place at the Church OF the
Epiphany in this city to-day, on which occasion
the sersic6 were o. a most interesting and i'm
pre- i've cberacscr. Long before the hour of n
q. m, at which time it was announced that the
to gather about the doors Of the church. seeking
admission, bat move were admitted to the build,
irg until otter the procession of bishops and
School of Virginia, (rear Alexandria had
Pc ed IN, with the vest ries of the Episcopa,
churches Of the diocese and listing vestry men.
THE PROCESSION.
TIE bishops. ministers, and others who we,
10 take Part in the vices, began to assemble
in the vestry room about ten O'Clock, and at a
Few T,nutns before eleven, all being in readi-
Gen. ST John u. l.. SAirner at the head, and
proceeded to the front entrance where thew
ooeped order, and the bishops first passed in,
fhen the ministers, and lastly the theological
Students and the vcstrymen. The bishop, and
the clergy appointed to take part in the cers
monies Immediately tsok their PAGES in the
cbaDcel, and the CONGREGATION passed in aud
were seated, the orgar'st Prof George water.
OF the Ascension church, } me awhile pei lorm-
ing a march.
CHURCH DIaNITAPlEs
There were eight Eist ops pre- mt viz. Whit
irgton, Of Maryland; Stevens, of Penn, ylvapia:
L..y. OF Elsi on; Qu'ntard, OF Tennessee; JOHNS
OF Virginia; Smith, of ken;dcly; Kerfoot, of
PitisbUrg; Atk.r'on, of North Carolina: and
Ocerbeimer of New Je.sey; and about one hun
dred rin'stels, AL being in their rob-.
TIE OPkNING sRRvICEs.
Immediately after the clergy had taken ihe'r
pieces, 80 opening chant was rendered by tie
9 o,rs OF Aseeps;on and Epiphany, under the
The music LJr'uytb services was at +be -
orc toftNe commune having charge OF +se
r. -eTeD =. OF which DIR. Lewis YVES chairman
TeT;fe. G'oria. Tuc,erman,s Te DAM ~ s s1e,
Bsredi' ire, the Trichagion and Gloria in Exec
{ :, which were all well rendered.
II services were cOmmerced blythe morning
Dr.. b: l. Ba'ght, of Me-. Nore-R .qhs Rev. Dr.
b. b. Smith pronourcirg the al )iut'on. The
I, It les>on-EJ'ah " WIS reld by R,v. d.
Mat bew <, 1-29-by Rev. Dr.. o. Hut, IN, Of
East,n Ire rorr ng PRAYERS ending with that
for he Pr Sident o. The Ur,ted states were cor
clu1ed by l. '. W. II. C'"-ke, OF C oroia
The &C \ Psalm VS. cN1n' d by tue CHOW,
att"r which The how con nrrion IVES celebrated,
the ante con mr-'Cn beir : bv r ght II ". shop
Gu'n,ard, OF Tenn &c. Ihe fpi>'le Tor the
u
f: .-or, fnd re ospel bv Right Rev. E-shop
Stevens, otPa. TIE % 4 hymn, "The Sa, or
when to heaven he roe" was sung with fine
Phtsbr-g, then 70: = aud p cached the consecra-
tor Sel mon 20 follows:
THE coNsI CP AT ION SERMON.
As my Father hath sent Me, even TO seed yor.-
We are about (, proceed to a very solemn act;
- religious rite whose significance viii 'm-
pre- eyeIv heat. We attampt no mere ceIG-
DOnial. We rather shun th's. The simple
mniesty Of the Caurch's ordinal is ample aid
complete. In this very simplicity, the gre at act
grandeur. 1t is very DleTn ser vice; bat is it
T'cla Io- not! L DO rot mean is it an Ion~s.
act on orr part; for this t might =, though it
were merely human I IT saction of some grave
social imI OFT; q contract between men, ID be
made or omitted rs they will; a conc son of
privilege or authority of our own creation, by
our own choicei wholesome pomp in the 10 ut
public recogrit' on Of an office which We have
agre i 70 ESTABLISH and PERI etuate, aud which
one OF our number has been duly pamed All
this days act might lie, and yet if it was only
alftf's and no more; ii it were no higher than
even the highest Of any merely voluntary human
uarsactior, orr present service would not be a
realty. FGfit claims to be a Transaction higher
thHn hum an, not Oh & 'na,.ng in any mans Volt
lion or deNice; divine as well as human;
cd tie Redeemer's act, perretuatcd end
zone m ard with md Though our act.
80 M q - chosen bv follow ems cleo ion but
re Cfce ccrf errod is ret OF human de,.ce of
lrp ciia nal, oil hr nan authority a'one. God
the Son OrdainL d eud created the office, He
ore it as Man. AS He bore l.. He gave il to
other men. Nay, even more than THIS is true.
His L atbtr made fhat Iucar nate Son His ABos-
tie. In the lf days vi His esrthly mission, He
mere man might receive ard discharge il. tits
His CONNIE nd, His work wh CHI We are II do to-
day IN admit ng another man into His Al ostle-
ship. This, every one N ust see, IS the me- 1r;ng
OF this solemn service, or it has no meaning OF
reality. Take away this thought; o; deny the
ordinr. This interpreta' on. and the consecra-
ton OF Bishop is less than child's play. We
approae this act. the n, With the int nses. coz
v'c!lon OF its reali.y a combining in itself the
two eleme hts Of the Divine nd the hi'man Such
vsd S1k fo Ts the r pre- q his ihs elm -
the words q the sOr q God when sent fo n His
send Jon these ssort wCrds-ssss, "seven ~
nf,fT The G u. Sheh sS., 80 IBIS service the
DAY the 1d VOICE , ago ,Pose these werdson
To US ". h s the
es IN the day rsTG 10 g.
sqsiLst tur an foes; N, they were tic n civ, Mi
They could i it ne gyeni they e eo hs ~
no means measure its power and ssr nc ance. While
their I'D in some my sterIous way sf1cd in tLeir
midst let US, .or the Cment, thirk Of that little
,hs nos,Ie Jew or S tie esre
less Pas an q tina, dsy There were in that room and
supernat al. They were humble M n, the followers
u pgr He dsa h hs
Of his glory TO the eyes Of love and faith wound
have & ned 70 worldly view like the rest; and
when spske theee words and CAV IBIS comm
he spske rs man TO men in human words and tones
mid ~ -rourdipgs that be- okCnt Lothir miracr
ious Not even tho-e d. cpes then cCxid have apple
ne deo The import OF that ard Of those words
There were alresty, indeed, intervening between
.her Lord ard then. elves sn and reverence I'm
nown bt.ore. Les hen must He row be one
oil thens Ives Risen ii ON the dead, His superhu-
T. nature add might began to come ouf more
Clearly But II was not ior many days yet that TIE
spirit would come - oDen - their IN nd ,ith
the iull truth about HIN. Even tatg must as Yet
Isii 70 serceiye ia the LOur and its gh,y trans
tOa hat they - IN tier came TO realize, AZ hat
We believe OF the virtue that then came III f-on
the Son 81 God to them, ard through them 20 His
Ch' On, ana 10 US Iii n inisrry, n ell yes kCsp
int that enc add hat act before the lind in their
human a-ptCt, as the transaction man with men
Sueh an eopr' her sion OF il alias an ac,asI dced
cone On our earth, a human work literally then and
IN re begun; tcsuT " N aud there ut eoino on noW
Al the Instance Of ages ard races ard contine nts
moving onward, i cay. here in our midst TODD
ana haN ing eyely sign and promise Of the pernens
uon plugged TO II; such o thought OF that ari VIE
mt q have ss tae IA sorical thly, visible
tlon 10 uDderiie the other gIander bnt rot
uuer pst;.the divine, heavenly element in .h;s
great ACT thtn cone in that locked roum: anong
that little company of mere men like our Ave.
must not In our faith in the unseen, LEI All n our
bold on the literal earthly facts which the STOW
OF cur faith 10 based Such saTa.y Jocf was mi,
sending out Of the erely hun an apostles by Him
v DO was the Fin 81 Apostle OF Grace, God a-a MAJ
IN enc Person: Then, thus substantiating thai &c"
q III 49, H..