The record-union., 1896-06-17

to the index finger Of the left, ard from
the thumb of the left hand to the index
finger of the right. And afterwards he
anoints the entire palm of the Bishop
elect, saying:
May these hands be anointed with
the sanctified oil and the chrism OF
sanctification, as Samuel anojnred
David to be King and Prophet; so may
they he anointed and consecrated.
The ring and staff being then blessed
the Bishop-elect between the assis-
tant Bishops, returns to his chapel,
where, while he is seated, his head is
cleansed with some bread crumbs and
with clean cloth. Then his hair is
cleansed and combed; afterwards he
washes his hands The Consecrator
washes his hands at his faldstool. Then
he goes on with the mass up to the Of
fertory inclusive. The consecrated does
the same in his chapel.
The offertory having been said, the
Consecrator sits with his mitre on at
the faldstool before the middle of the
altar and the one consecrated, coming
from his chapel, between the assis-
tant Bishops, kneels before the Conse-
! torches, two loaves of bread and two
small barrels of wine, and kisses rev.
erently the hands of the Consecrator re-
ceiving the above gifts.
This was a very interesting part of
| the ceremony. The acolyres bearing
| the offering were six in number and
they came from the side altar. The two
| III the lead carried lighted candles, the
next two the loaves Of gold and silver,
| and the last two tiny kegs Of wine.
They were handed to the Bishop-elect,
| who in turn made the offering to the
| Concecrator kissing his hands while
| in the act of offering the presents. This
| was the first occasion on which the
new Bishop appeared with mitre and
| crozier. Events now began to move
| more quickly and the newly-made
| Bishop took his place on the main altar
with the Consecrator.
| The "Sanctus" or solemn part of the
mass was then beautifully sung by the
| choir and during the elevation of the
host, a cello solo, "Reverie," was rem
| dered in finished manner by Franklin
! A. Griffin.
| After the communion the impressive
ceremony of the Kiss Of Peace" oc-
| Cured and at the conclusion Of the
mass the Consecrator again occupied
his throne, and the new Bishop vested
in his Episcopal robes knelt before
him and received the remaining in
sigma of his office. He was then es-
ccrted down the main aisle by Bishops
Seaman and Montgomery and Chap
lains, and he blessed the kneeling peo-
pie on every side, going to the outer
door and returning. The mighty chorus
Of the "Te Deum" rang out, and the
peals were echoing through the great
Cathedral while the Bishops, priests
and acolytes left the altar. The i'm
pressive ceremony had been COM
pleted, and as the mass of people filed
out Of the church doors the orchestra
and organ belched forth Meyerbeer's
grand Coronation March"
THE SERMON.
| Bishop Montgomery of Los Ange-
les preached the sermon in a, mastery
manner, his subject being the Divine
command to the Bishops and priests of
the church to teach and expound the
| Word Of God to all peoples. He showed
| that for eighteen hundred years this
command had been obeyed in the Cath
olic Church; that the power conferred
. ir this Cathedral yesterday was the
| same that for ages had been conferred
on Bishops; that the authority was a
Divine command to "go forth and teach
all nations" accompanied with the
promise, "and behold I am with you all
| the days, even to the consummation Of
the world" The Bishop dwelt on the
perfect organism of the church in
obedience to the teachings of the apos-
| ties that such organization was needed
| in all human affairs, and that the
rs-Bishops-must have the au-
| thority to do the work demanded of
them by the Savior; and that this au-
thority comes to Bishops of the Roman
Catholic Church in an unbroken line
from the time of the apostles.
| Bishop Montgomery is an eloquent
and impressive speaker. He is, more
over, a scholarly man, and he dis
courses as one who is sure of his
ground, and, as a consequence, COM
manded the closest attention of his
| hearers.
! THE RELIGIOUS BODIES.
! In the rear of the Cathedral seats
were provided for the councils of the
Young Mems Institute and for the So
cieties Of ladies connected with the
church The members attended in a
| body and were seated with but very lit.
tie confusion. The Sisters Of Mercy
were given seats on the second gallery
and were screened from the gaze of the
crowd of people. The ceremony was a
great treat to them, as they very sell
dom see any of the pomp and splendor
or hear the music in the Cathedral.
The ushers were very proficient in
their duties, and the mass of people
was well handled.
CLERGYMEN PRESENT.
Following are the names of the cler-
gymen present at the conservation:
Revs. p. Scanlan, P. j. Cummins, P.
c.. Yorke, P. E. Mulligan, T. Larkin,
William Kirby, ]. Nugent, M. D. Con-
molly and Henry Wyman Of San Fran
| cisco; William O'Connor of Stockton,
p. Power of Livermore, M. Kerns of
Stockton, A. De Campos Of Napa, T.
Hudson of Gilroy, c. O'Connor of
Ukiah, NJ. King, L. Aerda, ]. B. Nc
Nally of Oakland; P. Griffin of Dixon,
j. A. Lally of Spanishtown, J.
Phelan of San Rafael, T. Phillips of
Berkeley, NJ. Riordan of Menlo Park.
Joseph Riordan, S. j., of Santa Clara
A. Governo, of Centerville, Plus Muir
ply, o. p, OF san Francisco, T. Welch,
Q. p, of Benicia, J. ]. Sullivan of Ala
media, T. McNaboe of Lockford J.
Leahy Of Suisun, J. Cleary Of Peta-