Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-12-20
BISHOP I. B. LYMAN.
sssAT'oN OF HIS sEMl-cENrEN.
NAL ANNlVs RsARY.
,.,cosing Ceremonies at the Church of tn.
Good SbcPhOrd--rrcsensed with Pas
,cral StaH-rhe Rishop's services,
.sc,.,,l telegram 10 mo Dlspnfch. ,

prroH. n. G., December i9.--The cello.
,....,n 90 the scnn-centepnjal anniversary
'.,.s ordination OF Bishop Theodore r.
,.-sr. Of this diocese, az priest began
80. to-day. The number Of clergy M.
..-s.a,is no, rs large as was expected.
o.. s.ae prevalence Of the grip largely
...5ogtug Tor this.
THE CEREMONIES.
The ceremonies to-day were at the
-...s Of the Good Shepherd. There
-, a-acsssion. led 10y the choir, follow.
III, Che Bishop and the clergy. After
.r.ac OF Onward. Christian Sol.
.... me Bishop celebrated the Holy
.mnrop and thon delivered lengthy
.,-.>,. "a which he sketehed bis life.
~. He stated that he had established
...-ra pa Rome, but was forced TO 70
s...a, tae walls.
t..bC,s AND PRESENTATION.
DEL, p- Marshall. rector o. Christ
..-- Raleigh made an address 10 the
...,. a, .ue end OF wAich he presented
......r. or behalf If the clergy aud
...,.. t.c diocese. with a pastoral staff
t.a.a. sud silver.
.Ir>E or IaE CELEBRATION.
.,.. Lyman, ~ receiving this rich
-. ... .. most teelngly Ia response to
' ,-..als address. Tho service was
.... By tbs celebration Of the Holy
,a.s.'1.
r. evening tie Bishop held public
..-..r. 80 bis handsome residence here.
.... vs largely attended.
fUEgAIR sEEy1Crs.
T.-.rlv evening there will he special
.....-.-a, Christ church IN further cole
f-... e tac occasion, at which time ad-
.....- n.. ac delivered by Hon. Kemp p
..-.. ..,. Joseph Bl5Unt Cheshire, and
ErE.S. ,pruil.
,.Fl.H oT TIKI BISHOPS LFK.
r.... LYMAN was horn at Brighton.
,,... r.,- Boston, November q, 1915. and
af-w wse6saVo kept lis seventy
.-.. ..,. he was graduated at Hamil-
... -- ttw York, IN 1887, and having
........ study and thorough considera-
..ne convinced of the scr.ptural
- . o., Episcopal Church, he was
...-.I t.G 10, ministry Ia the General
. Seminary IN The city ~ New
.-,. where be was graduated In lS40.
SD. ordained deacon September 20,
ISL . CHRIST church. Baltimore. by
s... Whiting with whom he was
. .--uulAted In the following
.. b.. took charge of ST. Johns
- H1-agstown, Md, whore he re-
.....- q ten wears.
MADE PRIEST.
.v.- , me 18th day Of December, 1871,
. church. OF which he then had
'.., bee was ordained priest 10y
Nottingham, thus making Iust q
....rr 60 tne DAY Of the present
Dr. l~tt the Rev. Or. ufold,
... -..-.. ui the large and important
.... su-h. Pittsburg. Pa, was elevated
.l-.opate, becoming the first
Indiana. This left this large
.-.. ....--, and the young and hard
a..-- -,.,.r Of the country parish was
1850 by the people IN Plttsburg
..... t.e.r rector.
Is ROME
F.. --Hu.l there another ten years,
. .- when he took his family to
. .y-- IN several foreign cities,
.... u.ly N Rome, where he was the
.- t e-.ablishIng the American
. .we was then completely under
l.4 ...t..., aud no worship other than
... '.- Roman church WAS permitted
r ..- waJ- Dr. Lyman was instru-
--. . s'attiug AN American chapel, at
.ta ....pug outside the walls but he
..-... '.r foundation for the important
--.-i which afterward resulted in
--.a magnificent American church
-.r stands on the VIA NazionGle, In
heart, and whose minister has
.- . many If the foreign residents
c.., and which IS aretuge for many
TLFCTEp DEAN.
.- Bishop Lyman was in Europe he
s.....'.. dean OF the General IheOlogi-
Seminary. New York. He declined
t..E -..Jl and remained III Europe until
r... l- returned 70 America and
a-. t.- rector OF Trinity church, San
.-...-... vleT. be would doubtless have
-.--.. another decade had he not, after
. years service, been called by the
.t IDS church IN North Carolina TO
.-- az their bishops.
OJS-EcRATED BISHOP.
3. r.- y5us-cratel bishop in Christ
.-. At..-A, December IL. 1873, by the
.-.I.v. W. h. " nittingham. Of Mary
-.. .--t Rev. Thomas Atkinson, of
.-.- Carolina whom he came TO assist,
-. a-.t hrv. Henry G. Law. bishop of
a. Bishop Atkinson died January 4,
...- N-. Lyman then became bishop
..,-. which then included the
-'..-. as the fourth bishop, having
..eI los kayenscraft, Ives, and
----. IL l--3 the State was divided
... ...g~-s the eastern portion be-
as the Diocese of East Caro-
ED L.y. Or. Watson, rector of st.
a .asrch, Wilmington, n. c., be-
%. frs, bishop.
rvsrCS-furY CuApGE
I'll. Lyman had charge of the Amerl-
.-..., ou the Continent of Europe
..... years and made several visits
.-.. --.r oihcIal visitation. A year
..'. up their care, being succeeded
.s..r uaaue of Albany. Bishop Ly-
..- .-- o., Vet found no need for the APP
.--.. 4 an assistant bishop. lie Is
-... v- -yment Of vigorous old age. He
.- --I... be spoken Of Is an old man. In
-'.-.ar, IN writing, aud IN speaking
b.. sign Ct the decTepltude of age.
tH..-rIral anT,piufrnpufg met