Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-04-15
EPISCOPAL ORDINATION.
-IIae First Occurrence Of the KIND
In southern California.


-EIae First Occurrence OF the Kind
In southern California;
The first ordination in the Episcopal
Church in this portion of the State took
vlace Saturday, in St. Paul's Church, of
fhis city, the Right Reverend ]. H. D.
wingfeld, D. D., LII. D., Bishop OF
Northern California, acting for the
Bishop of the diocese. The candidate,
the Rev. Kiengh, was presented by the
Rev. L. w. Haskins, rector of Christ
Church. The other clergymen present
we've the Rev. Mr.. Trew. OF San Gabriel,
the Rev. Mr.. O.tman, of Pasadena, the
Rev. Mr.. Miller, of Santa Ana, Mr.. Loop,
of Pasadena, Mr.. Judd, of Santa Monica,
DIR. Mcclure, of Santa Barbara, MIR.
Starr, of San Pedro, and the rector and
assistant minister of st. Paul's, Messrs.
Birdsall and Dyer. The sermon was
preached by the Rev. Librotus Van
Bocklin, D. D., of Buffalo, N. Y, as fol-
.oWs:
1.-The Church of the Living God, the
pillar and the ground of the truth -
First Timothy H., Is. The order ap.
pointed by the church for the solemn
service in which we this morning unite
prescribes the subject of the sermon
which l am appointed to preach.
acknowledge the courtesy thus extended
Bishop of Northern California, whom l
have known from his youth, and esteem
for his works sake. May the Master
bless him abundantly in his labors for
the church be with him as he performs
H. ou11fOlio dK,f foaAsnr kha 10 he
feeding the sheep, carries the gospel
Gidings to those who anxiously look for
mis- coming, joyfully wait upon his min
he goes to other fields white for the har-
vest. To me this is an occasion of special
interest. In few days will have COM
pleted fifty years since l was commits
stoned for the work of the holy ministry
"a half century of the worlds history, a
half century of the history of the Holy
Catholic and Apostolic Church, period
during which progress in every
thing that makes earth an Eden, elevates
humanity and sends bright beams OF
light and joy and peace to every home
has been 20 great, that as we look upon
what is now and what was then, we ex-
claim, "These things are marvellous in
our eyes," But wonderful as has been
the development of material wealth. the
advance of art, science and literature, the
growth of population, the increase OF
comfort for the body and energy for the
mind; beyond and far above them all is
the expansion of the glorious gospel OF
the Lord Jesus Christ and with it that
civilization which alone gives to man
kind true happiness here and the encour-
aging promise of greater bliss hereafter.
have not time to present in detail a
picture of then and now, but of this
confidently affirm that all the majestic
material progress of which we boast has
followed in the path first made plain be-
cause illumined by the light that beams
from the cross of Jesus-the cross once
despised, but now high above every ban
ner. the symbol of a kingdom more pow
.erful than all the kingdoms of earth, the
banner of Him who wears the crown of
universal dominion, is King of Kings and
Lord of Lords. We indulge no vain
fancy; We do not expatiate in the realms
OF imagination; we are not deceived by
the illusions of hope when we say
that ere another half century passes,
before our brother who this day
Is to be made priest in the Church cele-
5rates his fiftieth anniversary, the prom
Use will be fulfilled, "The knowledge of
the Lord will cover the EARTH" and sat
the name of Jesus every knee will bow. /"
The act which you, my Christian
friends, will witness this morning in the
advancement of deacon to the Office of
priest, is novel to the eyes of many here
present, but it is not new; it is as old as
the Church of the living God. It began
when the kingdom of Christ began. The
blessed Savior came, not only to pro-
claim liberty to n-bound souls, to show
the way of life to nations cropping in
darkness, to teach those principles which
unite men in common brotherhood, to
give to the world a new philosophy
which would revolutionize the old sys-
TENS OF social science and political
economy; He came for these purposes,
and also TO set up a new kingdom on
earth. Jesus did not publish the gospel
as another school of philosophy to con-
tend for place among the many theo-
ries which, 1900 years ago, perplexed
the mind and gave little comfort to the
spirit; his gospel was to take the place
of every other system-old things were to
pass away, all things to become new. An
imperial kingdom was to be established
that kingdom of which it had
been proclaimed, "Thy throne, oh
God, endureth forever, scepte,
of righteousness is thy scepter." Fol
this purpose the Lord Jesus POUNDS q
kingdom; teaches its principles, pub.
fishes, as it were, its constitution and
laws, appoints and commissions its off
GERS, fixes its distinctive ceremonies.
This in virture of His own i'm.
perial authority. GAN power. He
says, is given to Me-" and He
delegates that power to eleven chosen
men, men who had followed Him during
the three years OF His public ministry
and the forty days of His mysterious
abode on earth after his resurrection. To
thesesmen He said, GAS the Father hath
sent Me, 80 send L you" He commands
them to 60 out into all the world, teach
ing men and nations OF this new king
dom, and bringing people and realms OF
every tongue into allegiance. He endues
them with power for this work-power
was to come upon them from on high.
BE equips them for their majestic march
to victory and promises, "Lo, am with
you always, to the end of time" Thus,
the Kingdom of Christ, the Church of
the Gospel, began, and by those to whom
the authority was first committed, it has
been continued. AS Jesus sent the
eleven, SO have they sent others, officers
of different degree, through the ages
down to our own time. When the Christ
was on earth, He was the chief pastor
With Him were the chosen twelve
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