The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-07-03


Of father and brother. Yet am salts
fed that the body OF the priesthood OF
the old world show no greater reverence
for their bishops or their hocks to:.the
priests, than Is shown in the new world.
] trust that the cordial and aiEectionste
relations which have bound US together
in the past viii remain unbroken In the
future. AS fellow priests You can APP
preciate and share in the Joyful feeling
which this anniversary wakens in my
heart. Surely the day OF ordination is
nhappy day for every priest. He looks
back to It with reverence and Joy, and
my heart Ia Glled with Joy and delight
at this celebration Of my silver jubilee.
/ rememberthat fourteen were ordained
on that day By the good Bishop Of Bait
more, and II / mistake not ten Of them
remain to-day to celebrate their jubi-
lees. My first labors in the ministry Of
the church were in q mission obscure
in some respects, but in others noted,
in the classic town Of Harpers Ferry.
The mission then embraced eight
counties in West Virginia and parts OF
fourin Virginia. look back upon these
first labors Of my priesthood with senti.
mcnts of gratitude to God and deep
affection for the poor scattered flocks
that wero in my charge. That little
church perched on the hill Mt Harpers
Ferry has bsen the stepping stone to
honors for fifty years. Ny predecessor,
the sainted first bishop Of Wheeling,
was serving that church when he was
called to the pishopric. My immediate
successor in the church OF Harper's
Ferry was Bishop Vancouver, the sixth
Bishop OF Richmond, who is with US
to-day.
When / came among you sixteen
years ago / found a noble work had
been begun. Schools had been founded,
churches were being built and missions
organized. Tho work 80 nobly carried
ON by the Sainted Bishop Mhelan re-
mainod to be carried out. OF those
who laborcd with Bishop Whelnn since
then four have followed him TO their
reward. Many OF yoa we're co-laborers
with him, and received your ordination
athis hands. Ihops and know to-day
that he looked down from his home on
high, with Joy, on what you have done
in carrying ont the work which lie so
u Monty DeSuu. p1y 'blbblOu Nltt ,SONA AlNo
been rather one Of direction and guild
ance in building up tho church so firm
IMPLANTED in the two Eirginias by my
predecessor.
] appreciate most gratefully the
presence here to-day of our brethren,
the Bishops OF Richmond and Pitts
burgh, for ] know that 1t has required a
sacrifice OF time to leave theirdioceaes
in those great cities for this occasion /;
but words fail TO express my gratitude
to them and to the clergy and laity for
the interest they have taken in this to
me grateful occasion. / cannot find
words to express my gratitude for tho
numerous tokens Of kindness and love,
which surround me on every hand. 1
pray Of our good Father in Heaven that
we may all be one day gathered in tho
sacred sanctuary above, and we may
thank Him for the wonderful blessings
He has showered upon us, and may
His blessings be upon you and the
prayers OF the sweet mother OF saints be
with you.
at the close of the Bishops address
the choir intoned the magnificent TIE
Deum, after which the clergy filed out
OF the Cathedral into the episcopal resi-
dence. Here an informal reception was
held, at which the Bishop received the
congratulations OF the clergy from
abroad and that Of his own diocese.