Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1891-10-15

chmc the city's modest Offering Of honor
| for tie day and tho mau, sent in the name
Of the city Of Boston by the mayor.
Tho Presence OF si4 Hundred Clersymen
| about the chancel rail- the profound seri-
business Of IA day beyond compare In the
| history II dssp feeling in our city, the ST.
! ,cacr OF great cons gregation whose feel
| ing WAS almost a part OF the service-a all
/ OF 'l.tsa are iucommuncable things in the
! Pageant whose outer story may be most
/ simply told.
After the Gloria Tiki came the mission.
ary chant, with the stanZa of praise to
| Cl ,e:
To I'athr-. Son and Holy Ghost,
The God whom earth and heaven adore,
BE glory as 1t was of old.
J. now and shall he evermore.
Bishop POtter's sermon was most i'm
C~c--jvr. There were many moments in ID
ilc impression Of which can be conveyed
teyprd tho walls ot Trinity only in the
memory Of thoso VINO heard the tones and
tclt personal note beyond tho power OF
nratery, notably whom Bishop Potter
syo-e of the days OF their youth together
and when his voice thrilled upward al
most to breaking as he spoke the words
~ Love You Through and Through"
q the one he was welcoming also into a
ne rrr brotherhood.
The formal presentation Of the elected
bishop. the reading of the certificate Of
| q cc, ir1 aad the can onical testimonial, the
seats 4 tho standing committes anl
of the bisaops. wore to the congregation
ike ~ organ prelude. Then came the
promise Of conformity. repeated In . very
owyoice after Bishop Williams:
/, Philips Brooks. chosen bishop OF the
Protestant Episcopal church in Massachu-
sott.. do promise conformity and obedience T.
tna doctrine, discipline and worship of tue
Pr tc-tant Episcopal church in tho United
>tajes OF America.
Ilere wa1 "A pause Phillips Brooks
= li,lel his face with quick, characteristic
movement, and looking upward, uttered
. clearly aud fervently. 80 help me God 4"
/ There was an accent Of emphasis, too, in
/ the first answer to the first question, "Are
| you persuaded that You are truly called I"
etc. The answer, II sm 30 persuaded" !"
| was given.
~ Am Truly Persuaded"
/ while the answerer's eyes were dark with
emotion, not shown by voice or manner,
but in that fervent upward glance seen by
| the few. There are seven more Of these
| short answers. closing with tho promise OF
| the bishop To show himself by Gods help
| "gentlc and merciful for Christ's sake TO
poor and needy people and to all strangers
destitute Of hep."
The litany and suffrages. the music of
| the anthem, tho disappearance Of Bishop
Brooks and hts return, wearing the rest OF
| the Episcopal habit in black and white; the
Ne"i Creator Sprtua repeated above him
kneelIug, and the ordinance of
Tho Laying on of Hands,
with tho adiuration TO remember to stir
mp tie grace of God" given him by the
| imp yit,pI of hands-the ceremony moved
on to its close. The lew offertory anthem
during tie collection for missions, the
| singing OF tue oauctus aud tho Euchar-
istic hymn and the Gloria In Excelsis aud
the strong AID ftting musical expires
sion Of all that had gono before, and the
long service was at an end with the last
stauza from the hymn, "For All the
Saints
| But To- there breaks n yet more glorious day;
The saints triumphant rise in bright array;
| Tie King Of Glory passes on his way.
Alleuia!
| From earth'4 wide bounds, from oceans far
| thcst coast.
| Though gates OF pearl streams In tho countless
| host,
| Singing TO Father, Son aad Holy Ghost,
Allelulal