Evening star., 1898-10-05

sen; bishop of MARYLAND. Rt. Rev DR..
Paret: bishop of Nebraska. Rt. Rev. Dr.
Dr. Weed; bishop coadjutor OF MIN.
nesota Rt Rev DR.. Gilbert; bishop of
central Pennsylvania, Rt- Rev Dr. Iai-
hot; bishop of Easton. Rt Rev Dr.
Adams: bishop of western Texas, Rt. Rev.
DR.. Johnston, bishop of Nevada, Utah ana
western Colorado, Rt. Rev. Dr. A Leon
ard, bishop Of Delaware. Rt Rev. DR..
Coleman: bishop of New Mexico ard Ari-
IONA. Rt Rev. DR. Kendrick; bishop coad-
tutor of southern Ohio. Rt. Rev. DR.. Vim
cent; bishop of Ohio, Rt- Rev DR.. W.
a. leonard; bishop of Michigan. RI Kew
Dr. Davies. bishop of The Platte, Rt. ReV
Dr. A r. Graves: bishop Of California. Rt
Rev. Dr. Nichols: bishop of west Missouri.
RI. Rev. DIR. Anvil: bishop coadirtor OF
Alabama F;t. Rev. DR.. jackson; bishop OF
Louisiana. Rt. Rev. DR. Sessums: 5ish''p
of Milwaukee. Rt Rev. DR., Nicholsol; :;
bishop of Georgia. Rt. Rev Or. Nelson;
bishop coadjCtor of Springfield. Il, Kew
Dr. Hale. bishop of Texas Rt rev Dr-
kinsolving: bishop of Spokane. KIT kew
Dr. Wells. bishop of southern Florida, Rt-
Rev. DIR. Cay: bishop of Oklahoma ana
Indian territory, Rt. Rev. DR. Brooke:
bishop of Olympia Rt; Rev. br; aarhe1:
bishop of Shanghai, Rt. Rev. DIR. +. X
Graves: bishop of South Carolina, r. Rev.
DR.. Capers: bishop of Tennessee. Rt. PeV.
DIR. Gaior: bishop of Massachusetts. r.
Rev DR. Lawrence; bishop of North Caro-
Ira RI. Rev. DR.. Cheshire: bishop of Yer
mont, Rt Rev DR.. Han: bishop If In
diana II Rev. DR. White; bishop OF Kan
sas Rt. Rev. Dr. Milspaugh: bishop OF
Lexington Rt. Rev. DIR. Burton; bishop of
Los Angeles Rt. T.ev. DIR. Johnson: bishop
Of Washington. RI. Rev Dr. Satteriee;
bishop of Marquette. Rt- Rev Dr.. T. NJ
Williams: bishop of Duluth, Rt. Rev DR..
Morrison: bishop coadjutor of Connect
cut, RI Rev. DIR. Brewster; bishop coadJu-
tor of Rhode Island .Rt. Rev DR.. McVickar;
bishop coadjutor of Arkansas, Rt- Rev Dr.
Brown
AS Bishop Whipple reached the chancel
Rev Mr. Hart. the secretary of the house
of bishops stepped in front of him and
led him and the line OF blShops INTO the
place set apart for them
The Spectacle Presented.
The spectacle afforded by these seventy
bishops was provocative of the most deep
" Ieverential feelings. The majority Of
them are men far advanced in years, with
whitcned hair. some being naarly bald, with
faces lighted by the fires of spiritual work
and ambitions and bearing themselves with
the dignity attaching to their station in the
chu1ch Not even the Senate at the Capt.
tol can show so many men of such marked
and distinguished intellectual and physical
appearance.
Their vestrnents varied according to the
degrees th4y have received Some Wore
crimson hoods. others Wore purple, many
The piaIn black vest with white sleeves
of several tCiOrs- Altogether, il was a
procession OF clergy such as has been seen
seldom in this city of magnificent and state
ly displays
The hCiy communion service then pro-
ceeded Bishop Nicely of Maine delivering
a short but fervent prayer. Bishop Whip
pie celebrated. The Epistle was read by
Bishop Nicely. the Gospel by Bishop VIII
ner. The Nicene creed was repeated by
the audience. standing, and DR.. Mcklrn
made the announcement OF the sermon In
the meantime the choir of fifey-fve voices
together with the audience sang Eyre III
A by Elvey; Gloria Tibi, Pleygel anc
hymn t9l-
Bishop WhippIe was assisted in the con-
frmation by Bishops Doane. Dudley, Whit-
aker Paret. Hare. Scarborough and Sat
t4rlee-
Bishop Tuttle was then brought to the
pulpit by Rev. Mr. Mckim. The bishop is
a stalwart churchinan. with partly ba!3
head and a heavy white beard falling IN
patriarcnal length upon his robes. he
smoke clearly, and his voice penetrated
every part Of the ohurch-
Bishop Tuttle's Sermon.
Bishop Tuttle took his text from Isaiah
Hy: 2-'E.uIarge the peace of thy tent and
let them stretch forth the curtains Of thine
habita.ions: spare not. lcngthen thy corus,
and strengthen thy stakes
The opposing forces of progress ana
conservatism are presented TO our minds
.Lengthen the cords is the motto blazoned
on the. banners of the one. and strengthen
the stakes on the banners of the other.
In the history of the church of God. and in
the history and nature of the human race,
they have always manifested themselves.
opposing forces set. not TO destroy each
other but to complete and strengthen each
other The church of God Is the divine in
stituticn set TO declare the will of God and
the truth Of God and the duty of man ON
earth at first IL was wrapped up in the
ytsaS olG g. al
wears the pitriarchal church furnished the
means of divine revelation and fixed the
standard of human duty. To Adam and
10 Noah TO whom the divine command for
progress was given. be fruitful and null
tiply and rcplenish the earth and Subdue
it But the time came when the men OF
the patriarchal church thought too little
of leugth-uiuE their cords ana too much oil
strengthening their stakes. They Were OF
one language and OF one speech They
came to the plain of Shinar- 1t is good
place To he IN this day. Let us not allow
ourselves TO scatter over all the earth. &c
to! Let raise a tower and raise and
fortify a city that we be not scattered
But Eabol-buildng conservatives must not
block progress that way The Lord him
self came down and by the confusion oil
tongues dispersed them when disobedienty
they had refused to disperse themselves.
The stake Strengthening.
The cord lengthening went on for 35(
years. Then the time came for stake
Strengthening The Lord Jehovah chose
out Abraham and inducted him into a spe-
cial covenant relationship, whereof cir
cumcision was the seal and pledge. So the
Jewish church arose the successor and he'll
to the patr!archal church. 1t lived about
1850 years. the patriarchal church had
lived about 1000 years The patriarcha
church had been busy in the main with
feT.gthening cords, though there Were
times, as We have seen. when conservative
instincts asserted themselves in sort OF
self-willed way. The Jewish church bidet
itself mainly with strengthening stakes
1t drove tent pegs deep and did not wan
them moved. 1t turned its back upon out
sidsrs and raised up hedges against them
In the polytheistic beliefs and undisciplineC
practice prevalent one can see how neces
sary such conservatism was. But yet Il
an outlook for larger things We're no
wanting, there We're proselytes of the
gate. In Abraham and his seed all of the
nations OF the world were to be blessed
There was 20 be circumcision by faitl