The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-05-22
THE CONSIDERATION.
Form Of Conservation OF Bishop
Kahn.

Form Of Conservation OF Bishop
Kahn.
The ceremony Of giving public and
official expression to the edict OF the
Holy See, comforting the office OF Bishop
OF this diocese upon Father ]. J. Kahn, Of
Martinsburg, will take place in st.
Joseph's Cathedral tomorrow morning.
The ceremonies will be attended by
large number OF the dignitarics oil the
Church, whose names We published few
days since, and will be very impressive
and imposing.
The ancient Canons aud the general
practice Of the Church require three
Bishops for the conservation. In some
instances, however, the places OF the two
assistant Bishops are filled by priests, by
a special dispensation OF the Apostolic
See. At the conservation OF Bishop
Kahn, Archbishop Bayley, OF Baltimore,
will perform the office OF ConsccratOr,
while Bishop Gibbons, OF Richmond,
and Bishop Becker, Of Wilmington, Del.
aware, will he assistant Consecrators,
and Bishop Gibbons will preach the ser
mon. A large number Of priests and
other officers Of the Church will also he
in attendance,
Atl0:3O o'clock, the hour fixed for the
ceremonies to begin, the rules Of the
Church provide that the Archbishop and
Bishop-elect will enter the Church to-
gether, followed by Bishops Gibbens and
Becker and their attendants. The
Archbishop will take the main altar
and the Bishop-clect the right side
altar, having on either side Of him the
two assisting Bishops. The Archbishop
then puts on the i'ontitlcal robes, and the
Bishop.elect takes on the simple vest
ments of a priest. The assistant Bishops
will be clothed with cope, and wear the
mitre. The cope is mantle used also by
priests and others Of the inferior orders.
The mitre corresponds to that which the
Jewish High Priest wore, and is intended
TO represent the helmet Of salvation
wherewith the Bishops, us leaders Of the
Christian people, should be specially pro-
teCted.
The Archbishop takes his seat, the
Bishop.elect faces him, and the "Papal
Bull" is read, which creates the new
Bishop. The Archbishop then annOints
the new Bishop, and both proceed To the
main altar and say the Pontillcal High
Mass. During the mass the Pontilical
robes are placed upon the new Bishop,
which are Of different cOlOrs in different
seasons. In this case the robes OF Bishop
Kahn will be white. lie will also during
the mass receive the four insignia Of his
office: the PcCtOral Gross, Ring, CrOzier
and Mitre. The Bishops ring is large
amethyst Of beautiful design, having on
either side Of the stone, engraved in the
gold, the four insignia Of his office above
mentioned. 1t is always worn. The
pCCtOral cross is worn around the neck,
and is Of solid gold aud Of large size,
having attached valuable gold chain,
and is also constant accompaniment Of
the Bishops person. The crozier and
mitre are only used in the church ser.
vice.
The ceremony Of placing the new
Bishop in the Episcopal chair Is per.
formed in token Of his being made aJudgc
and RulcI, after which the r. D'am is
sung, whilst he passes through the
Church giving his blessing, lie returns
Ia the Sanctuary, when M anthem Is
sung and prayer rccitcd previous to the
solemn blessing, which he gives from the
altar. The ceremony then terminates
with the recital oi the commencement NJ
the Gospel Of 81. John,
The ceremonies will probably be- near.
~ four hours duration. The Cun.ccra.
ton Of Bishop Is said to be ono ri the
most august ceremonies Of the Church
the preparatory rxaminatim-thc dcly.
cry ui the cmblcms oi PASTORAL authority,
and the various other ccrcmOnics,wr have
not the space Ia describe in full in this
article. The lSTELIIGESCEE will on Mon.
day morning, however, contain u full and
accurate description of the impressive
scene.
Prof. Ebcling will preside at the organ,
and the vocal music will h. furnished by
the following well known singers! Mcssr-.
c! Y. Lucas, Caldwell, John Mcndcl, a.
II. Beach, Ankle, Callahan, Fletcher,
pcasclcy, DOughcrty, Mrs Whitaker,
Misses Rolan, Ella Xinn, Mary Brown,
lIcnninghaus, Hubbard, Good, William.
son, lEcro, MCngcr and others.
During the masses the "kyrico and
"Gloria, from the "liarmcr- Mass" will
he sung. The other part Of the music
during the masses will bc taken from
avon Wchcrs Mass The 0Ilrrtory will
consist Of Mozarl's ave Ncrum," rem.
lcrcd by the choir. Before the sermon
the beautiful piece entitled "Ncni Crca-
tor" from Handel, will he sung by the
ladies and gentlemen Of the choir.