Waterbury Democrat., 1902-04-22
MAS CONSECRATED BISHOP.
Ceremony Took Place in All Saints Church at Worcester.

Many High Church Officials Present
 To-Day at the Conservation Cere-
 monies of the Rev Dr Alexander H.
 yinton-Bishop Brewster of Connec-
 ticut Was One of the Assistants at
 the Exercises.
 Worcester, Mass, April 22.-Rey Dr Alexander H. Ninton was consecrated bishop of the diocese of western Mas sachusetts in All Saints church. to-day The services, which began at 1O:3O o'clock. were presided over by Right Rev Frederick Davies, bishop of Mich igan, assisted by the co-consecrators, Right Rev Dr Frederick Daniel Hunt ington. bishop of central New Iork, and Right Rev Dr Chauncey Bunce Brewster bishop of Connecticut.
 Every available seat in the church was taken long before the hour of consecration and there were hundreds of people anxious to gain admission who had to be turned away. All of the prominent Episcopal clergy of the state and many from various parts of New England were present, besides prominent laymen. Besides the pre- siding bishop and co-consecratorS the following bishops were present: The presenting bishops, Right Rev Dr Will liam Lawrence of Massachusetts; Right Rev Dr Frederick Burgess of Long Island; the preacher, Right Rev Dr Henry Goldman Potter of New York; the visiting bishops, Right Rev Robert Goldman of Maine; Right Rev Arthur c. A. Hall of Vermont; and Right Rev ". Woodruff Niles of New Hampshire.
 The attending presbyters were Rev pr Leighton Parks of Boston and Rev Charles Tileston Whittemore of Dor chester. Rev Dr Arthur Lawrence of Stockbridge was deputy registrar, and Rev Charles l.. Short of Worcester and Rev 4. B. Rudd of New Dor chester were masters of ceremonies.
 One of the most impressive fea- lures of the ceremony was the en- trance of the procession which came into the church in two divisions. The procession was preceded by a crucifer vested in scarlet caSSock and girdled alb. Then came the church wardens, the vestry, the standing committees of the diocese, the deacons and priests of the diocese and the wis ting bishops.
 The second division consisted of the presenting bishops, the bishop-elect and his attendants, the preacher, the nd oIa cession, the presiding bishop.
 A touch of color was given the pro- cession by the various banners. by the scarlet cassocks of the acolytes and the variously colored hoods, denoting their academic degrees, worn by the clergy.
 The form of conservation was that for the consecration of bishops and was carried out in a man. her striking and impressively simple.
 Dr Vinton has been rector of All Saints church since 1884.
 Bishop Potter's text was: tsThen said Jesus to them again, peace be un- to you; as my father hath sent me, even so I send you. And when he had said this, he breathed on them and said unto them, receive ye the holy ghost
 After referring to the circumstances under which the words of the text were spoken by Jesus Christ, the preacher pointed out the significance of the command and the gift of the holy ghost. He referred to the changes in the characteristics of ages and civ ilizations, leading down to the mod al A0,, modern ministry" He said: If the church is to exist at all. it must exist as q real and visible mechanism, and not as a mere ghost in the worlds
 In connection with the service of this day, the imminent question is: What is the true office and calling of the episcopate? It Is not merely business energy, nor administrative ability, nor even pulpit power, that we want. It is not alone the paternal temper, and the sympathetic words in its bishops that our times are waiting for. Somewhere, somehow, at some time or other, these men must, like him of whom the prophet Isaiah tells us, when one called out of Seir, 'Watchman, what of the night?" be able to answer out of whatever thick darkness enyelops the church, and the world in some hour of supreme dan- ger and supreme uncertainty, with that other watchman of the olden time The morning cometh." In other words, men and brethren, an episco- pate of true power must be an episco- pate of vision. Through the sophis- tries of the moment. through the fal- lacies alike of superstition and of fa- naticism, must be an eye that pene trates beneath them all to those great and unchanging truths that underlie them all. And that it may do this, it's office it is most of all now to re- member how, when Jesus commis- stoned his first bishops, he breathed 0n them, and said, Receive ye the loly ghost" to that mightiest and ever present ministry, the ministry of the holy ghost, the bishop, before all men, as 1 believe, is set to witness.
 WILL SAIL TO-DAY.