Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-10-15
BISHOP KNICKERBACKER.
CONSECRATED At ST. MARK'S, PHIL
ADELPHIA, LAST EVENING.
The Sermon Preached by Bishop Whipple
His Address TO the New Bishop, Who
Has Been Rector of GetElsemane, Mime
apoIis, Nearly Quarter of a Century.

PHILADELPHIA, Oct 14.-The conservation
of Rev. David Buell. Kniokerbaoker, ID,
rector of Gethsem Rne Protestant Episcopal
church; Minneapolis, as bishop of Indiana,
took place to-day in st. Marks Protestant
Episcopal church, this city, in presence of
large congregation. The consecrator
was Bishop Coke, assisted by Bishop Bene-
dict of North Carolina, and Bishop Robin
son, of Missouri. The altar was hand
somely decorated with flowers, and within
the chancel rails were growing plants. The
conservation of Bishop Knickerbacker
had special interest to the people here, not
alone because ofthe esteem in which he him.
self is held, but owing also to the presence
of so many right reverend bishops of the
church, and such a great number of the
reverend clergy who are attending the
Episcopal convention. AS the choir
emerged from the vestry they began the
professional, 80 day of rest and gladness."
Following the choir were Bishops Lyman,
Robertson, Seymour, Scarborough and
Niles and their attendant cnapiains, many
Of the reverend clergy and Archbishop
Medley, the metropolitan of Canada. In
the nave were Bishop elect Knickerbaclzer
and attending presbyteries, Rev. John
B. Wakefield, of Indiana, Rev. W.
w. Raymond, of Indiana, and Rev. z. S
Thomas, Of Minnesota. There were,
within the chancel rails, Revs. Abraham
Reeves, Walker, Scott and John J. Fande,
Of Indiana, Rev. Thomas Hickey ,professt T
of thu General Theological seminary, and
! others. Bishop Coke took the seat upon
the Episcopal throne. Bishops Coke, Ly-
! man and Robertson read the service.
Bishop Whipple, of Minnesota, preached
| the sermon; text, Matthew %, verses IS,
10 and 20. The bishops closing words,
addressed to DR.. Knickerbacker, were:
"My brother beloved, my heart is overfull
as l bid you God-speed to-day. For
almost quarter of a century you
have been my own son in the gospel
Taese years / have watched you with a
fathers care. Your whole ministry has
been given to a flock of which you were
| the first and only pastor. Always fore
| most in missionary labors, always glad to
minister to the sinful, the sorrowful, the
sick and the dying, few men have been
permitted so to endear themselves to the
flock committed to their care. We shall
miss your strong arms and stout heart.
The poor, the homeless, the suffering,
will miss the one whose willing feet
were always at their door in hours of sor-
row and death. The poor red men, who
know you as the brother and companion of
their bishop, will miss their earliest friend.
], who all these years have shared in yours
and your peoples love, will miss you
everywhere save from my heart. would
not keep you if I could. The Master calls
you and you shall go, laden with the love
of all our hearts. You go in the
full maturity of rounded
manhood, strong to endure hard
ships, good soldier Of Jesus
Christ. In this most solemn hour of your
life, forget these bishops, forget this gath
cred congregation. Think only of our
blessed Lord, and think OF yourself as re-
ceiving from his pierced hands this apos-
tleship; that so, by the consecration of
your whole self, body, soul and spirit,
through the power of the Holy Ghost,
which you receive this day for this apos-
tleship, you may receive from Him the
crown of life"
Bishop Seymour presented the bishop
elect and the Metropolitan of Canada read
the rrayer at conservation