The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-10-29
IS NOW BISHOP C0ADJUT0R
CONSIDERATION or RET. Dr.. CHAUN-
CEFB. BREWSTER AZ TRINITY.

Impressive Service of the Church-Large
Number of ClergymenPrese Including
Six Blshops-Lunch at the Parish House
Address by Rev. DR.. Seymour-Dr.
Brewster's Response-Ritual Observed.
With the impressive ceremonies laid
down in the ritual of the Protestant
Episcopal church, and in the presence
of some of the most eminent divines of
the church in America, and all of the
leading Episcopal clergymen of Con-
necticut, and before an audience which
Rev. DR.. Chauncey B. Brewster, for
twelve years rector of Grace church,
Brooklyn, yesterday took on the Epis-
copal habit and became coadjutor to
the bishop of the Connecticut diocese,
the Right Rev. John Williams. The
exercises yesterday were a fitting con-
tinuation Of the celebration of the Jar
Wis centenary of Wednesday. Yester-
day, as was the case Wednesday, the
enforced absence of Bishop Williams
was feelingly remarked upon. The
number of clergymen and laymen pres
ent was greater than that of Wednes-
day because of the peculiar interest at
taching to the institution Of q new
bishop. Special early celebrations Of
the holy communion were held in three
churches at 1880, and $50. The con-
secration exercises began at 1890 a. m.
AT this hour the clerical procession,
led by the choir and headed by the
marshal, started down the aisle. First
came the consecrating bishops, the
Right Rev. A. N. Littlejohn of Long
Island, the Right Rev. w. c. Doane of
Albany, and the Right Rev. Henry c.
Potter of New York The other bishops
followed, Bishop Whitaker of Pennsyl-
vania, Bishop Lawrence of Massachu-
setts, and Bishop William Paret of
Maryland. Then came the clergy of the
state and elsewhere to the number of
l52. They were followed by delega-
ton of twenty-five from the Berkeley
Divinity school of Middletown. The
bishops and the clergy wore all the
vestments of their offices, and the stu
dents were clothed in academic gowns
The professional ended, the official
dCNieii ellioll VI blSuOD Williams IoTIldl-
ly announcing the election by the do
cesan convention of DR.. Brewster as
the coadjutor was read from the chan
eel, DR.. Brewster meanwhile taking a
seat directly under the chancel Bishop
Potter of New York had been chosen
as presiding bishop, and he conducted
the impressive communion service.
The Right Rev. William Paret, bishop
of the diocese of Maryland, delivered
the conservation sermon.
At l o'clock lunch was served in the
parish house.
AT o'clock a public reception to the
bishop coadjutor was held in the parish
house.
AT that hour the upper room of the
parish house was crowded with clergy
and laity eager to grasp the hand Of
Bishop Brewster.
The address Of welcome was made
by the Rev. DIR. Storrs A. Seymour.
president of the standing committee
of the diocese. He said:
Reverend Father in God:
Upon me has been laid the grave
and at the same time the very pleas
ant duty of extending to you, in behalf
of the clergy and laity, their welcome,
as you now enter upon your official re-
lation to this diocese
Believe me, sir, our hearts are full
to-day. They are full of memories of
the past and of hopes for the future.
We receive you, as you come to be at
first coadjutor of one who for these
many years has so earnestly and faith
fully fulfilled the office Of bishop whom
we all have loved and esteemed, and
been glad to follow, and whose absence
from this days services is SO deeply re-
gretted. 1t is our hope that as you re-
lieve him of the heavier duties and re-
sponsibilities of his office, he may be
spared the longer to you as a counsel
lor and friend, and to us as an object
of tender love for the many and great
services which he has rendered to us.
And we receive you as the one who
in the providence of God will succeed
him. not only in his official position,
but also in the love and veneration
which we so freely extended to him.
We are ready to receive you into our
parishes, our homes and our hearts.
| Without doubt you will find difficult
| ties enough in your new work. The la
| bors and responsibilities of the Bishop
| of Connecticut cannot be few nor alto
gether easy There will be many calls
upon your time, your strength and
your patience, probably more than you
can now foresee. But In behalf of
those for whom I speak, venture to
promise to you the sincere sympathy,
the earnest cooperation and the warm
| attachment of as noble a body of men
| and women as ever tried to uphold a
| bishops hands and encourage him in
| his work. They only ask that you
shall lead them in earnest labors for
the advancement of our beloved church
| and in devotion to the Masters king
dom.
| "As you go through the cities and
towns and villages Of this diocese
there will be opened to you many homes
! in which you will find a goodly piety, a
loving attachment to our church
| founded upon a knowledge of her prin-
ciples, and an open-handed hospitality
To these homes you will be welcomed
as to-day you are welcomed to your
work Yesterday we were engaged in
| looking back over a century OF the
church's life and activity During that
period l suppose there were many OPP
portunities offered, which if the church
| had seized, she would have been