The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-07-01

seminary which has been arranged 70 Jake
place the last week Iii sSsptsrnber, biapy 1t
Is believed, unable 30 be here twice thesasne
season, have postponed their visit until The
later and more interesting occasion.
Founded in 1928, The VirRinia Seminary
numbers among it's surviving alumni about
four hundred ciergyunen (fnciuding ten bfsh-
opsb nearly two hundred being deceased.
These alumni src scattered throughout The
Uuion, more. OF course, than anywhere else
being in Virginia, where half the clergy
have been educaeed at this Seminary An
institution whose representatives arc so nu.
merous and widely spread, which numbers
among the laity SO many and influential
friends, and whose services to The Church
have beer, go great, can scarcely fail to gather
on its aftieth birthday many to rejoice with
her.
THE EXERCISES i.
incident to commencement begun on We'd
nesday with the meeting Of the Society OF
Alumni. The annual sermon before the So.
ciety was preached in the chapel at IL O'Clock
that day by the Rev. E. A. Dalrymple, DID,.
Of Baltimore.
The same evening at the final meeting Of
the 49,.
::s STUDENTS MISSIONARY SOCIETY
took place to hear their annual sermon. All:
ter divine service, read by the Rev, Z: '.
Jones, of Huntington, and the Rev. T.
Wrotb, Jr., of Matthews (both of the class
Of 1872, the Rev. John Fl. Elliott, S. T.. D.,
rector of Ascension church, Washington
city. preached. DIR. Elliotts discourse i!
mentioned by all with enthusiasm, and is SC
highly appreciated that its publication has
hoe lnFn min d mill
If ever before here paid to the sermon on
this occasion.
Thursday morning at 10 o'clock the closing
exercises proper OF the session took place at
the chapel After suitable deyotions, an
the senior class, all of whom were Virginians
The name of each student, and the subject
of his essay. is given below:
George A. Gibbons. Subject: The neces.
Sary qualifications of those who partake OF
the Lords Supper.
Fl. Melville Jackson. Subject: The arg,i'
mept for Epscopacy, drawn from the case
of st. James Ct Jesusalem.
Arthur S. Johns. Subject: The apostolic
| age.
Landon r. Mason. Subject: Gods pre-.
sepee 10 His Tempt.
Beverley .uckeT Subject: The Chris
tan cosmcpohte.
E. Henrs Ward. Subject The value OF
tradition.
The essays ii ished, a learned and able ad.
dress of considerable length on the Nature
of The Christian Church was delivered by
Rev. j. j. Mc|lhinney, d. D., one of the
| Seminary professors.
After q recess OF I'm hour or two, then fol-
lowed the delivery of their diplomas by the
Bishop to TIE several graduates indicated
above, with brief address. ...
Yesterday (Friday) at eleven O'Clock q
large congregation assembled iii the Chapel
| TO witness The annual ordination. Among the
clergy present from distance we observed
| the Reverend J. 4. Grammer, ID. D., and the
Reverend. Il. NJ. Randolph of Baltimore; Il
the Reverend W. W. Williams, u. D., OF
Georgetown, d. G.; The Reverend }. L. Hut
bard, of Massachusetts; the RererendS Will
liam +. Gardner and William L. Lockwood,
of Maryland, and the Reverend w. FL.
Meade, of Charestown.
Morning pray er was said by the Reverend
X. X. Mason, of Maryland. The ordination
sermon was to have been preached by the
Right Reverend Doctor Lee, Bishop of Della
ware, but he being detained by sickness. the
Reverend Randolph III. Mchim, of Christ
church, Alexandria, was, at a late hour
Thursday night, induced by Bishop Johns to
take his place. His text Was /. Cor. a, l !:
Let a man so account of lis as of the minis
tiers Of Christ and stewards Of tho mytericS of
God" '
Though, Of course, less elaborate than
longer time for preparation would have
made it, the discourse of Mr.. Mckim was
able and chectiye-toward its close truly
eloquent.
The sermon ended, the regular ordination
services proceeded, the fourteen candidates
in surplices having from the beginning
been seated around the chanccl. The fol-
lowing dcacons, presented by the Rev. Pro-
fcssor Packard, were advanced to the priest
hood BY Bishop White namely, the Rev.
Messrs, Il. Valentine Jones, L. Hugo Lacy,
M. 7. Mccormick, William IL. II. Powers.
Levin }. SothorOn, and Peregrine Wroth,
Jr.-al of the Diocese of Virginia. The
Rev. DIR. Packard and the Rev. Il. r..
Mason united in the imposition of hands.
The following graduates OF the Seminary
Zone of the class Of 1871 were then pre-.
sen,ed by the Rev. Professor Sparrow, and
ord zinc d by shop Johns to the deaconat.-
namely, Messrs. George A. Gibbons, II.
Melville Jackson, Arthur S. Johns Landon
Il. Mason, Everard Meade, J.. c. Pratt,
Beverly d. Tucker, and +. Henry Ward.
All of these gentlemen belong to Virginia
except Mr.. Pratt, who is of Pennsylvania.
An interesting feature Of the ordination Of
the deacons was the presence among them of
a grandson of the late Bishop Meade, and Il
son, the youngest, of the ordaining bishop.
The location of the new deacOns generally
is not yet ascertained, though it is known
that the Rev. III. NJ. jackson, one Of the
most gifted Of the class, is to take charge OF
Montgomery parish, residing, it Is antici.
pated, at Bhcksburg.
TIE CLOSING EXERCISES AT TIE EPISCOPAL
HIGH SCHOOL,
near the Seminary, also took place this week.
The final celebration Of the Fairfax Literary
Society was on Tuesday night. Mr.. j. w.
Ware, Jr., of Clarke, being valedictorian,
and MIR. L. A. Perkins, of Louisville, KY,
nedallist. The annual address before The
Society, which followed, was delivered by
Linden Kent, Esq, Of the Alexandria bar.
Wednesday afternoon the commencement
exercises proper took place. The usual GER
tifcates for success in examinations were
distributed, medal for English composition
presented to Mr.. Lancelot nj. kean, Of Lynch
burg, and other honors awarded. In con-
clusion. short address was delivered by the
Rev. W. N. PendIeton, D. D., of Lexington.
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