The times., 1899-11-20

The Church of ST. Michael and All
Angels was consecrated yesterday This
church which stands at the corner of Vir-
/ ginia Avenue and Tweny- second Street,
was. until five years ago, a mission of ST.
Johns Episcopal Church. The ceremony
/ yesterday signalized the liquidation Of the
l church debt It is a rule of the Protestant
Episcopal Church in the United States
! that no church shall be consecrated which
/ is encumbered by indebtedness.
The service was attended by many Epis-
/ copalians from other parishes and by sew
eral visiting clergymen. The ceremony of
/ conservation was performed by Bishop Sat
terlee. assisted by-the Rev. William r.
! Turner. rector of the parish of st. Michael
and All Angels. The sanctuary was en-
bellished with fall flowers
The service was begun by the advance
of the wardens and vestIymen through the
1 church to the street. There they fell in
behind a procession composed of the
cross bearer. vested choir, the Bishop, and
the clergy. This procession passed through
the portal and down the centre aisle to
( the sanctuary, the Bishop and the clergy
alternately reading the Twenty fourth
Psalm. THE earth is the Lords and all
that therein is: the compass of the world.
! and they that dwell therein. for he hath
founded it upon the seas and prepared il
upon the floods"
The procession reached the sanctuary as
the last verse of the Psalm was intoned.
Who is this king OF glory? even the
! Lord of hosts. he is the king of glory
Then the choir burst into song: GLORY
be to the Father and to the Son. and to
the Holy Ghost as it was in the beginning,
! is now. and ever shall be- world without
/ end. Amen"
/ Going within the rails and turning to the
( congregation, Bishop Satterlee said:
/ Dearly beloved in the Lord. forasmuch
as devCut and holy men. as we'll under the
/ law as under the gospel. moved either by
/ the express command CT God CT by the
secert inspiration CT the blessed spirit. and
acting agreeabIy to their own reason and
/ slL-~ u tAe natural decency of things,
/ have erected houses for the public wor-
/ ship Ct God. and separated them from all
unhallCTed worldly, and cCnmon uses, in
order tC fill mems minds with greater rev
ersnce for his glorious Majesty, and effect
their hearts with more devotion and hu-
mility in his service; which piOuS works
have been approved CT EaG gracicusiy ac-
cepted by cur heavenly Father, let us not
( dCCb; but that be will approve our godly
purpose of setting apart this place in sol
tIlA manner lLI lNG pEElD u LLlt
several offices Of religious worship, and let
I US faithfully and deyoutly beg his blessing
on this. our undertaking.
After prayer as prescribed in the Epis-
( cCpal ritual, the rector read the instru-
ment OF donation and formally committed
the church 10 the spiritual care Of the
Bishop of Washington
The choir then sang the cansecratiOn
( hymn. Three psalms followed the hymn
These were lxxxiv, 20. how amiable are thy
dwellings; thou LCrd CT hosts" c2xii. II
was glad when they said unto me, we
viii &c into the house of the Lord" and
cx1cxii. Lord, remember David and all his
trouble"
The first scripture lesson OF the service
was from First Kings viii % So: And
Solomon stood before the altar Of the Lord
in the presence of all the congregation OF
Israel and spread forth his hands toward
heaven" The second scripture lesson was
Hebrews x:19-26: Having therefore,
brethren. boldness to enter into the holiest
by the blood of Jesus"
Bishop Satterlee proceeded TO the COM
muniou service and the collect epistle, and
read The epistle was Corinthians ii VIA:
BE ye not unequally yoked together with
unbelievers. for what fellowship hath
righteousness with unrighteousness? p"
The gospel was from st. John ii:13 And
The Jews passover was at hand and Jesus
went up 10 Jerusalem and found in the
temple those that sold oxen, sheep and
doves. and the changers of money sitting.
and when he had made a scOurge of small
cords ne drove them all out of the temple.
Bishop Satterlee in his sermon took his
text from Leviticus xxyi:2: "Ye shall keep
my Sabbaths and reverence my sanctuary
The Bishop spoke of the antiquity OF the
altar One OF the first Of the acts of Noah
when the waters had subsided was to erect
an altar for the worship of God. II was
not long after the age OF altars. said Bish-
op Satterlee, that men began to erect
churches and TO set them apart from all
things worldly for the worship Of God.
The old word bethel is the equivalent OF
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