The San Francisco call., 1899-01-26
Conservation Of
the Rev. w. H.
Moreldnd.
Placed in Charge Of the
Diocese Of SQcrd-
Dento-SoIemn
Services.

~ ECEIVE ye the Holy Ghost for the
office and work of Bishop in the
n church Of God, now committed
unto thee by the imposition of our
hands; in the name of the Father
and of the Son and of the Holy
Ghost Amen"
With these solemn words Rev. William
Hall Moreland was elevated to the eps-
copate and consecrated Bishop of the dio-
cese Of Sacramento yesterday morning.
The ceremony, which was held at St.
Luke's Church. was one of the most SOL
emn and impressive ever witnessed on
the Pacific Coast.
Before II o'clock. the time appointed
for the commencement of the services,
every seat in the edifice was taken and
stlll the people crowded in through the
doors The altar was beautifully decor
ated with lilies and ferns, while myriads
OF lights lent their glow to the scene.
Promptly at II o'clock the procession
formed at the residence of Mr.. Moreand,
1872 Van Ness avenue, and moved slowly
to the church, forming a magnificent
pageant At the head came the cross
bearer, followed by a number of choir
boys in white vestments. Then came the
BrotnerhOod of st. Andrew in black robes
ana the clergy. They formed an avenue
IN the center aisle of the church, through
which finally came the Bishop-elect, ac-
companied by the consecrating Bishops
Ihe conservation was performed by the
following eccleSiaStics:
Consecrators-Rt. Rev William Ford Mich
OILS, DID, Bishop OF California; Rt Rev Abiel
Leonard, ID, Bishop of Salt Lake; Rt. Rev
Mexico and Arizona.
Preaeher-Rt. Rev. William Morris Barker.
Presenters = Rt Rev. Joseph Horsfall John
son, DID, Bishop OF Los Angeles. Rt Rev
W llIlam Morris Parker, D., Bishop of Olym-
Co-consecrator--Rt. Rev. William Wilcox Per-
rin. DID, Lord Bishop of Columbia B. C
Bishop of Alaska and the Aleutian Islands, of
the Holy Orthodox Eastern Church.
Attending Presbyters-Very Rev. Edgar 7
Lion Dean Of Convocation of San Francisco;
heE William Carson Shaw, rector's assistant
81; Luke's Church.
Deputy registrar-Rev. Charles L. Mel rector
St Pauls Church, Sacramento.
Master Of ceremonies-Rev. r. c. Foute rec
tor Grace Church, San Francisco.
AS the procession moved up the chanceI
the glorious strains of the hymn "Glori-
OFS oF IL Ii9gS fl, OF Lhee Are Spoken Zion, City
OF our COD, were intoned by the congre-
cation and an augmented choir. After
IRe clergy We're seated in the chancel the
Rev c. L. Mel read the commission to
consecrate from the presiding Bisbop
Right Rev. John Williams, D. D., of Mid
dletown, Conn.
Bishop Nichols then began the commu-
mon service; The epistIe was read by
Rlght Rev. Abiel Leonard. and the gospel
by Right Rev William Wilcox Perrin.
Right Rev William Morris Barker
preached the sermon of the day. taking
for for his text, Go We and teach all s na7
The first conservation of a Bishop west
OF Omaha" he said, ''is a memorable oc-
casion in our church history With the
discovery of gold in California and the
frenzy incident thereto there were many
men who did not forget their early
church teaching, and Trinity Church
vas formed in this city in 1919;
Grace, in Sacramento, in the same
year, and Grace in San Francisco
IN April, 1850. In October. 1858,
in New York and applied for admission
as diocese. This was denied, but Will
liam Ingraham Kip was appointed Mis-
sonary Bishop Of California. In 1856 the
diocese OF California was admitted into
the American church. and under the lead
ership Of Bishop Kip rapidly advanced
In 1895 the diocese of California was di-
yided and the diocese of Los Angeles
giles of Bishop Wingfed. All honor to
Kip and Wingfield, the heroes of the Epis-
copal church on the Pacific Coast.
Bishop Barker then gave a history of
the church in America, referring to the
thirty-six churChmen who had signed the
Declaration of Independence. The church
has grown until it has now nineteen mis-
sionary divisions governed by Bishops,
forty-flve Bishops now have commissions
and there are 100000 communicates west
of the Mississippi.
''The central figure of the church." said
Bishop Barker, lis Jesus Christ. He is
the climax of the self-revelation of the
inner life of God, and brings us more
closely in kinship with our Maker. The
Pentecost, when 300 persons were, bap-
The kind Of Bishop that the church
needs to-day in this Western land is one
who develops a more Christ like manhood
and bends himself before the Savior"
Then turning to Mr.. Moreland he re-
John Williams, who lies sick in Middle