The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-05-27
VERY IMPRESSIVE SERVICE
CONSECRAT1ON or CHRIST CHURCH
 YESTERDAY.

A large congregation filled Christ
 church yesterday morning, when the
 consecration services began at 1O:S0.
 The full vestry, with the wardens, were
 in attendance. In side the church was
 lavishly decorated. Both altars were
 banked high with cut flowers, lilies and
 roses, and behind were masses of dog
 wood blossoms and white lilacs. Vases
 and punches of white cut flowers were
 on the altars On either side of the al-
 tar was a handsome seven -branched
 candelabra, six feet in length and of ex-
 quisite workmanship, the gift of Mrs.
 Morgan, mother of the rector, G. Brin- ley Morgan.
 Yesterday morning at 6:30 and at 7:3O
 services for the celebration of the holy
 eucharist were held in the church, at-
 tended by considerable congregations.
 Bishop Hall off1ciated at both services.
 The sacrament was administered to the
 attending clergy, about seventy in
 number.
 At 10:30 yesterday morning the inn
 pressive services began. The choir
 marched down the south aisle and around the church, taking up the pro cession of clergy and vestrNmen at the east door. Both the bishops, the Right Rev. Chauncey Bunce Brewster and the Right Rev. A. c. A. Hall, were outside the west door, and the procession halt ed as the wardens approached it. In the silence that followed the first act of the ceremony was performed. Ac- cording to the rites of the church, the bishops were not supposed to enter an
 unconsecrated church except for the
 purpose of consecrating it. A rapid knocking was heard and the WardenS opened the doors, admitting the bish- ops Then the procession reformed and
 marched up the center aisle to the chancel.
 The procession filed into the chancel, l the vestrymen seating themselves on the right of the aisle and the clergy | men behind them In the place of hon or sat Dr. Gallaudet, pr. Vibbert of New York, Rev. O. s. Prescott and
 Rev. MT. Braithwaite of Stamford. Rev.
 MT. Judd curate of the church, and
 Frederick Burpee acted as servers dur | ing the ceremony.
 | In the chancel sat the rector, Rev. C.. Brinley Morgan; Rev. Dr. E. S. Lines of St. Paul's church, Rev. G. J. Pres | colt, Rev W. M. Grosvenor, Rev. c. E. | Woodcock, marshal for the day, and | Rev. w. J. Brewster, brother of the | bishop coadiutor of the diocese. | A memorial chair in honor of Rev. | Joseph Brewster, formerly rector of ] Christ church and father of the pres | ent bishop coadjutor, had been placed | in the chancel, and this was occupied | by his son. Rev. W. J. Brewster. | The following clergymen accepted the | invitation to be present at the conse-
 cration service and large proportion I of them were present:
 | Revs. A. S. Ashley, Frederick w,
 Bailey, John F. Rallantyne, A. R, Bals- 1 ley, R. M. Berkeley, J. Albert Riddle, | Harry l. Bodley Louis N, Booth, F. | Windsor Brathwaite William J. Brews- | ter, c. c. Bristol George I. Brown, | George H. Buck, T. McK. Brown, N. | Ellsworth Cornwall, A. P. Chapman, A. | B. Carver, D. D., c. F. Canedy, D. D., | F. M. Clendenin, D. D., H D. Cone, w. ] H. Dean, J. w Ellsworth w. Stanley I Emory, James P. Fancon, w. M. Geer, 1 Louis French, Arthur J. Gammock, R, l H. Gessner, Alfred P Grint, William 1 M. Grosvenor, c. w Harris, Joseph
 Hooper, John P. Huntington, ". F. | Johnson Robert B. Kimber, William
 Fisher Lewis, William H. Lewis, H. Lil- | lenthal, D. s. Lines, D, D., George T.
 Linsley, J. Chauncey Linsley, William 1 Lusk Edward T. Matthewson, Stewart l Means, Charles N. Morris, Lewis F. | Morris, Pelham R. Ogle, Robert G. Os-
 borne, George w. Prescott, s. B. Pond,
 o. H. Raftery, A. T Randall, George
 A Robson, L. w. Saltonstall, Charles | o. Scovill, Livingston R. Schuyler, J. 1 F. Sexton, P. L. Shepard John D. | Skene, Herbert M. Smith, George M. | Stanley, John Townsend Milledge
 Walker, H. M Wayne, J. E. Wildman, | George H. Wilson and c. E. Wood | cock
 | When the clergy had all been seated | Bishop Brewster took his chair within | the rail, and the first part of the con- l secration took place. Wilbur F. Day, | for the wardens and vestry, read the | instrument of donation, declaring the | church property free from debt and | all incumbrance, and fit for consecra- | tion to the service of God.
 | The instrument of donation, as signed | by the wardens and clergymen, reads | as follows:
 Instrument of Donation. | To the Right Reverend, the Bishop of the Diocese of Connecticut | Whereas the parish of Christ church, 1 New Haven, has come into full pos | session and enjoyment, free from any | debt or encumhrance of a new church, | lately built in the place of it's former | house of worship by the people of said | parish, assisted thereto by the gifts of | many willing friends and servants of ! God in other parishes and churches, and
 Whereas, they have given, and do by
 us hereby give this building to be de- voted to the public service and wor- | ship of the Almighty God.
 1 Now, therefore, we the wardens and
 vestrymen of said parish, respectfully | request the bishop of the diocese | solemly to consecrate this church and | to take it under his spiritual care and | direction.
 | G. Brinley Morgan, rector; L. A. Aus | tin, Wilbur F. Day, wardens; Isaac R. Cornwall, Elliott H. Morse, | Charles w PlakesIee ir Irdvor5 A