The Portland daily press., 1899-11-01

D., the present dean.
Bishop Nicely saw ths grsat need Of and
help % the church 70 b osrivsd from
parochinl schools and established two
schools. st. GATHERINGS Hall, o seminary
for young lssiiss sitaaesd Ut Augusta,
and So. Johns school for boys estab|
iished . rev years ago I'd Pressure Isle.
During his administration . large num-
Der Of churches have been bnilt, ipoiud-
| ing two fine stone churches 40 Augusta
and Lewiston, respectively. HE number
of communicates has Increased wry
largely, and many organizations for
church WORE have been established. A
fund Of t65. eco has been raised for the
support Of the Episoopate that the Bishop
may have his entire time TO devote 20
the diooess instead Of having to offieiste
as rector Of any church.
Bishop Nicely was one Of the Oldest
bishops Of ths church IN America Sev-
On years ago he sto,d ninth In the hns OF
seventy. this rank being determined By
the date Of conservation.
He served six years. the longest time
allowable. ~ chairman OF the House Of
Bishops. which, with the House Of Depu-
ties. constitutes the great trienuial Gen.
eral Assembly Of the church. The CHAIR
manship ofsthe House of bishops 10 the
highest elective Office In the gift Of the
church.
Dr. Nesly..was holding this position ut
the time OF the celebration of the TWEEN
ty-ffth anniversary Of his oonsccrction
as Bishop. That celebration occurred
In this oisy January 25, 1882. 1t was =
great event In ecclesiastical circles
marked-b by elaborate ceremorials, BY the
display Of rich clerical vestments, by
impressive services. and ny the hearty
good will of many friends and admirers.
At II a. IN. the doors Of the vestry
opened, and the head Of the procession
emerged, the oross and labarum Of st.
Luke's in the van, followed by the boys
Of the choir arrayed In their familiar
csssooks Of black and surplioss OF white.
Following them came q procession Of
the clergy, composed Of Canons Ogden
of woodfords, washburn Of Auburn.
Leffingwell of Bar Harbor and Stills Of
Portland, Revs. DIR. Upjohn Of Philadel.
phia, MIR. Cotton OF Biddsford, Walker
Gwlnue Of Augusta, ii. W. X. Stafford
Of Bath, Chas. &c. o. Nichols Of Bruns-
wick and T. l.. Allen of Wiscasset, all
| in the full robes Of their office. Finally.
| In the Isarmost rank, was Bishop Nicely.
attended by Coadjutor Biehop kingdom
of Fredericton, N. b. Bishop Nicely wore
/ the black rote ami full Write lawn
sleeves distinctive If the Bishop of the
American church. Bishop Kingdom. how
ever, comes from the Canadian church,
whose ceremonials are probably much
nearer those Of the Established Church
of England; and he wore striking robe
of scarlet instead Of the black robe OF
the American church. Bishop Kingdom
wore also the knee breeches which are
characteristic of the bishops of the Eng.
| lish church.
After the procession hymn was fin.
| ished, the presentation Of addresses be-
gen as follows: From the clergy Of IKE
| diocese, by Canon LIZ fiingweIl; from the
laity 6f the standing committee Of the
diocese, - Gen. John Marshal Brow II I;
from the parish, by Judge Nathan C'eaves
In addition Canon stills presented sub
scription books whersupon WINS sub
scribsd s., SAG towards the building of a
parish house In this connection 1t may
be Sta ted that the 500 necessary to oom-
plste the Episoopate fund of s5o.0 has
been raised.
Bishop Nicely replied briefly TO the ad-
dresses. He said that be found himself
utterly incompetent TO express his appre-
citation of the kindness which had
prompted the addresses. Twenty five
years had indeed passed since he had
come to thu service of the diocese.
Through that time God hal spared his
and he could only express his gratitude
for Gods mercy In this respect. or the
results of those % years of work he
could not speak, sircs they were with
him who knew all things. But Bishop
Nicely felt that he could speak of the
loyalty Of this diocese to him throughout
all of the 20 years. He had never regret
ted the step which he took in leaving
his old field Of labor in New York and
coming here. He had been sustained
here both by the affectionate oo-opera-
ton OF the diocese, and by the kind
wishes and important donations that
have oone from friends abroad. In con-
clusion, Bishop Neely spoke with graft
Hcation of the completion OF the Episco-
pate fund.
The sermon of the occasion was deliv-
cred by Rev. DIR. Samuel Upjohn OF
Philadelphia. an honorary canon of the
cathedral, and for II years q prssbyter of
the diocese. DIR. Upjohn's text began
with the significant words from the
Scriptures: "As my Father hath rent
me, even so send you" etc. After re-
ferring to the history Of this diocese.
which had held its convention In October
4, IS47, to call its first bishop. the learned
and gracious Burgess, Dr. Upjohn pro-
ceeded to the topic of his discourse. the
nature and position OF the Episcopats.