The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1894-02-09
BISHOP HALL.

The Rt. Rev. A. C. A. Hall, S. T. D.,
was consecrated third bishop of Yer
mont, last Friday, the day being that of
''The Publication of the Blessed Virgin
Mary" The services were held in st.
Pau's church, Burlington. Many dis
tinguished prelates and clergy from all
parts of Canada and the United States
were present. The consecrators were
Bishops Nealy of Maine, Niles of New
Hampshire and Lawrence of MaSsachu-
sets. Rev. William w. Weeks of Yer
mont acted as master of ceremonies. A
reception was given the new bishop in
the chapel i'll the afternoon, to which
the public were invited.
In this connection, Hall Harrison in
the Free Press, says: ut will, [ think.
interest many of your readers to see the
speech of Canon IRce, Regius Professor
of Divinity in Oxford, when the bishop-
elect of Vermont received the degree of
S. 7. D., from the university of Oxford
on December 18th. l therefore venture
to send a translation, although it falls
far short of the beautiful and sonorous
Latin of the original:
II present to you the Reverend Arthur
Crawshay AllistOn Hall, Master in Arts
of Christ church, in whom we have a sig
nal example of the close bonds of con
cord and affinity which unite the Anglican
Church planted ir trans Atlantic coun-
tries with our own chur" in Great Brit
ain. For this alumnus of our university,
after devoting his early years to the
study OF the liberal arts, turned his mind
to theology, and was admitted to holy
orders. Then, instead of undertaking
the ordinary duties of settled parish
priest, he entered the Society of St. John
the Evangelist, near Oxford, and was
commissioned to preach the Word of
God wheresoever the occasion might Of
fer. Those who are not acquainted with
ancient customs will not be unaware that
there has always existed in our univer-
sity power of issuing licenses of this
description.
after period of two years, their
clergyman was sent by order of his supe-
riors to America, and there in the United
States, and also in the neighboring Do
minion of Canada, he showed himself to
be a preacher of the first order. His sa-
cred eloquence, the uprightness of his
life, and his burning love of religion
were gratefully acknowledge by all who
knew HIM. For period of eighteen
years he passed his life in the city of
Boston, the very citadel and seat of lit
erature and the muses. in the Western
world as among those who were acute
and intelligent judges of his power as an
orator and preacher. Recalled to Eng
land by order of his superiors, for two
years last past he has pursued the same
course of life.
"And now, the Americans, not I'M
mindful of what they owe him, have
called him back again to a greater and
higher dignity. Originally an English
citizen, by ordination an English presby-
ter, the clergy and laitY of the diocese of
Vermont, have by their free suffrages
elected him to be their Bishop. Bidding
farewell to his own people, and to his
own home, obedient, as he hopes, to the
Divine call, this our alumnus, our fos er-
son, is about to take his departure. Let
us send him away with still higher uni
versity honors, so as to show the friend
ship which is due to the vast Western
republic, and to the American Church.
1.-THE Church of England to the Church
ofsAmerica the mother to her daughter,
commends her son; the ancient Univer-
sity of Oxford passes over to the more
modern universities of the new world
this her disciple, confident that he will
be received with all good will and kind
ness. now present unto you, Arthur
Crawshay Allistou Hall, to be admitted
to the degree of Doctor in Sacred 1heo-
logy, HonoriS CduSd."