St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-06-18
ORDINATION At ST. PAUL IS.

TWO 10 the MINIS TRY AVID THREE TO
THE DEAc0NATE.
BISHOP wHIpPLE SPEAKS.
b Rev. John H. Dallam and Rev.
Is. Ernest Dray Elevated to
h. sPriesthood-Harry Steele, r..
kp "A. Novelty and 4Charles f..
Kite Become Deacops--Im.
| pressive Ceremonies.
I. st. .Paul's Episcopal church was yes
Esterday the SCENE Of solemn aud i'm
Pressive ceremonies. Five gentleme n
were ordained, Rt. Rev. Bishop Whip
rbfe conducting the services ia person.
fsFhe gentlemen receiving q holy ord5rs
Etsere:- Rev. John II. Dallam. of Ex-
t-eelsiOE,' Minn,. a graduate Of Neshoto
SEMINARY. and Rev. Ernest Dray, of
Emanuel church, st. Paul. a graduate
of SeaDury college, both Of whom were
advanced from the deaeonate to the
priesthood. Messrs. Harry Steele, r.
A. McVetty and Charles F.. Kite, all
graduates of Seabury college, were Or
dained to the deaconate. az .rs-s~
= lnasmuch as the church has never
been recOnsecraled since the building
OF the new additions. the bishop took
this occasion to join the two sacred
functions in one and the same day.
fhe usual prayers were had at 10
o'clock. and the special services COM
menced at IL. The bishop delivered
special sermon adapted to both occa-
sions, taking for his text Timothy XIV,
l. 3-"That thou highest know how to
behave thyself in the house of God.''
In the course of his remarks the bishop
said:
"Ihere's no place around which hinge
SO many cherished memories as tine
church. whether it is the old parish
church OF our childhood or the magnifi-
cent edifice we visit in later years.
Memory tells US of those who have
Stood with us there at tile baptismal
fountain. and faith tells us of tie time
when we shall be inhabitants of heaven.
Other trysting places of love are always
changing. There are strangers in the
homestead, and the city is no longer as
it used to he. There are new faces on
the street, and those we love are Sleep
ing III the church yard. in the acre of
God.
mot so with the church. The same
truths are heard, the same prayers are
used. the same faith confessed, and all
tell us of the same Master who was
present 10 bless. 1t speak to you of
the church. nevers forget that its only
| corner stone is Christ. Without this 1t
! may be ali audience chamber, where
men rehearse the ideas of philosophers
or the topics of the times. The church
of Christ is nothing unless ChrIstis first,
last and everything"
y The bishop then spoke of the author
fly OF the ministry as coming from
Jesus Christ, that the office of the am
L. assador was not from the people to
whom he was sent, and that the author
1ty to administer the sacraments of the
church in the name of God. to proclaim
His gospel and to hold up HIS faith was
the ayowed work of the ministry. Con-
tinuing the bishop remarked: '%'.'
- "fhese are shifting days of anchor
ages. Men have adapted the idea that
It matters not what a man believes, so
lie is honest. Does it make any differ
ence TO a lost traveller whittier he goes?
Does il matter TO the shipwrecked mar
liner whether he is drifting into a
'tliorass or whether lie sees the shore
lines, which alone indicate the presence
81 the harbor of refuge? No man has
the right; to bind his opinions upon
his brother as the truth of Gtd.
But while we stand perplexed, there
comes pealing through l,SoO years the
simple faith taught by the apostles. 1t
is so simple that you can write it upon
the heart OF child and yet 50 strong
that it may serve as the staff OF the
statesman. Andthis faith is expressed
| in the creeds of the Catholic church.
| The hedges that have been built up in
the garden of the Lord to separate
! Christ's kinSmen. are all opinions of
men, and the opinions Of men cannot be
! the bond of union for all humanity. The
! great truths in which Christians agre
are all parts of the old creed Tue
things about which they differ are re-
ligious opinions. not necessary for any
man 10 believe in order to be saved.
/ "The message of the minister of God
I is Gods own message. 1t is the revela-
i7tion of God as our Father. Ii any man
would know God he must look into the
face of Jesus Christ. The tenderness,
the pity. the hopefulness and helpful.
ness of Jesus Christ are the earthly re-
sveiations of God and His love- There is
i:but one danger to US ministers. and that
is to Oyerlay the gospel with our Opin-
lons. But we must have SO much of His
!aiove burning in our hearts, that we can
+; tell tie wondrous stGrY SO as to reach
other hearts. The ministers must
deliberate the sacraments of the
church. not because He has ap-
proved them or appointed them, not
| because they are fitting cere.
monial, but because they were appoint
ed by Him who is as truly God as He
was truly man. 1t is not faith in water;
1T is not faith in priestly hands; it is
j not faith in bread and wine, but because
| it is faith in JeSds Christ. To take His
words just as they read, such faith as
little children have and are safe in the
! everlasting arms"
| The bishop then addressed the young
men to be ordained in reference to their
| duties as ministers of Christ, that they
! avoid all narrowneSS. which could in
; crease separation. that while they were
| to hold fast to the truths they believed,
they were to love all that Christ loved
and have that Divine charity that think
] eth no ill of its neighbor. a love that
l. knew how to work and To wait. certain
I-that God would give them Il harvest.
thf Lutheran League Meeting.
% The delegates to the United Norwe-