St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-01-02

the house of God as friends In2that
other land, that land of peace and rest
and communion at the entrance of
which Christ has set an open doorif we
are faithful unto death, talk over I'm
perfect confidence all our experiene es
And dwell upon them, not upon the
honors of our earth pilgrimage, but
upon the souls we have won for the
Savior, the opportunities improved to
extend among men the kingdom of the
Lord and his Christi
TAKING THE OATH. s
A the conclusion of the sermon Hymn
No. 50, Jesus, Name of Wondrous
Love-" was sung, and the presiding
bishop took his seat, Bishop Gilbert
standing at his rightand Bishop Knight,
of Wisconsin, at his left. Rev. DR.. Oil
yer and Rev. DR.. Bell. presbyters of the
bishop-elect. then presented him to the
presiding bishop, with these words:
Reverend father in God, we present
unto you this godlY and well-learned
man to be ordained and consecrated
bishop"
Testimonials as to his election were
then called for by the presiding bishop,
and they were presented.
Rt. Rev. ID. B. Knickerbacker, of In
diana, read that from the house of bish-
house of deputies, and Bishop Hare, of
South Dakota, the letter of commits
sion from Bishop Williams, of Connecti-
cut. who presided at the convention
which elected Rev. MI. Graves bishop.
Kneeling before the presiding bishop,
the bishop-elect then took the following
oath:
"In the name of God, amen: ]. Arson
r. Graves, chosen bishop of the Protest
ant Episcopal church of the missionary
jurisdiction of the Platte, do promise
conformity aud obedience to the doc
trine. disciple and worship of the Prot
estant Episcopal church of the United
States of America; so help me God.
through Jesus Christ"
The prayers of all present for the new
bishop were then asked by the presid-
ing bishop. and the litany was sung by
Bishop Knight, the choristers, ministers
and congregation making the RESPONSES.
THE ACT OF CONSIDERATION.
Prayer by Bishop futile followed the
litany, and, kneeling before him, the
bishop-elect answered the questions put
to him by the presiding bishop. These
questions embraced the whole range of
doctrine, Christianity, faithfulnesS and
mercy. The presiding bishop then.
standing up, repeated this prayer:
almighty God. our Heavenly Father,
who hath given you good will to do
all these things, grant also unto you
strength and power to perform the same,
that, he, accomplishing in you the good
work which he hath begun, you may be
found perfect and irreprehensible at
the latter day: through Jesus Christ
our Lord. Amen"
Then vesting the kneeling figures in
the Episcopal habit, the presiding
bishop began the hymn, Come. Holy
Ghost, our souls INSPIRE" the responses
being sung by choir and congregation.
Presiding Bishop futile then said
short prayer over the bishop-eiect and
he was consPcrated by the LAYING on of
hands, the six bishops repeating these
words:
Receive the Holy Oh ost and work of
bishop in the church of God, now COM
mitted unto thee by the imposition of
our hands; in the name of the Father
and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost.
Amen. And remember that thou stir up
the grace of God, which is given thee by
this imposition Of our hands; for God
has not given us the spirit of fear, but
of power and love and soberneSs."
The Bible and pastoral staff were
then delivered to him, and Immediately
the glorious strains of lie Deum I.aud-
anus" sweiled forth from the choir as a
chant of victory and Thanksgiving. After
this came the Otfertory and the anthem,
"Hark, What Mean Those Holy
Voices?' after which communion was
administered TO all. The services closed
No: 207, "Gloria in Excelsis."
and Recessional Hymn No. 432.
AS. the imposing ceremonies closed
and the procession passed from the
church, the magnificent "GIoria." from
MoZart's twelfth mass, filled the vast
auditorium with a wealth of melody,
and fittingly closed a spectacle such as
few Minneapolitans had ever before
witnessed.
BISHOPS AND PRIESTS. -.-
The six bishops who W ere present, and
who took part in the conservation cere-
monies, were 1T. Rev. S. Dana futile,
OF Missouri, who acted as presiding
bishop; Rt. Rev. G. F. Knight, of Mil
waukee; Rt. Rev. Alexander Burgess, of
Quincy, ILL.,. Rt. Rev. NJ. n. Gilbert. of
Minnesota; Rt. Rev. ID. B. Knicker-
booker, of Indiana; Rt. Rev. William
II. Hare, of South Dakota. Ministers
were present from all parts of
Minnesota and Wisconsin, and other
states. among whom were the follow
ing: w. B. Hamilton and G. g. Hixon.
Minneapolis: G. Wallace, Honolulu,
Sandwich Islands; C. E. Harding. Balti-
more, Md; 5. S. Burleson, Sussex. Wis.,;
E. Steele Peake, Faribault; E. E. Ed
wards, Red Wing; James r. A. Clein,
Faribault; w. Ii. Knoweton, Winona;
g. II. Mueller, Northfeld; Samuel
Mills, St. Paul; &C. Hudson, Mankato:
A. H. Winsor, Fairmount: j. Wynne
Jones. Lake City: Alfred 6. Pinkham,
I.it0hflnIds Stuart y P1r,yic nd
Falls; A. j. D. Kuehn. Glencoe;
g. H. Davis, Brainerd; G. C. Farmer,
FaribauIt; w. NJ. Barker, Duluth; j.
ii. White, st. Paul; ID. F. Thompson.
Chippewa Falls, Wis; James Beddlo,
Hurley, Granite Falls county; II. Ii.
Ross, G. E. Hampt, ST. Paul; G. Con-
nell, GAINESVILLE; E. j. Purdy. Minneap-
oils; Edward Meyers, E. E. Wilson,
Hastings; II. T. Whitmarsh, cannon of
the diocese of Nebraska: l. G. F. Law
renee, Andrew S. Stone. saltwater; d.
N. Misty, st. Paul; F. w. Appleby,
Missouri; 1. NJ. Clark, S. T. b.
Clarke. Wells els: 6. 0ue Gibson E. Hu ID,
son; A. B. Peabody. Star Prairie;
Rev. G. W. Pope, st. Paul; A. J. Ora
ham. L. K. Millspaugh, L. i. Wells,
John Prosser. Minneapolis; W. NJ.
Fowler. Rochester; John Wright, Min
neapolis pastoral staff bearers). Among
Minneapolis ministers of other denom-
nations present were Revs. S. j.
Rogers, R. n. McKalg, G. II. Heard, w.
K. Marshall. J. NJ. Donaldson, G. l..
Morrill,, G. F. Thwing. NJ. Falk Glert-
sen. President Cyrus Nj. NOrthrop and
Prot. Norman Mcleod. The diocese of
Vermont was represented by Thomas
81. Garfield, secretary of the conYen-
ton of the diocese.