The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-18

that the increase coming thereby may be
 manifest unto all mon: for by so doing thou shalt both save thysef and them that hear thee.. Be to the flock of Christ
 a shepherd, not q wolf; feed them. deyour
 them not. Hold up the weak, heal the sick. bind up the broken, bring again the outcasts, seek the lost Be so merciful. that you be not too rsuaiss; so minister discipline, that you forget not mercy; that when the Chief shepherd shalt ap- pear, you may receive the never-fading crown of giors; through Jesus Cnrist our Lord Amen" The newly consecrated Bishop then pa ssed within. the church rails, Bishop Dudley proceeded with the communion service, Bishop Beckwith participating with the other Bishops.
 The offertory anthem HaileluJan enc rus" by Handel. was sung by the cnolr after which Rev. J. G. Murray oL Sn mingham. President of the stanoins Committee of the Diocese of Alabama nr..ented Bishop Bsckwith with his pas toral staff. d. In presenting the pastoral stan. MT
 Murray said:
 l ..Rieht Reverend Father in God: :, "I3v the province of God and the cal I of His church, you are now, unoeF s'ne Master. the Chief Shepherd Of HIS hocK | in this. Diocese.
 AS sucb in the name of Jesus Christ we welcome you and present 10 you 'nis diocesan pastoral stan-the symooi VI your office and the mace of your author l ity, With this token, Of our ouuIw .ss. osnition. we also tender you the love of our hearts and the ioyaity sno e"' deavor of our lives.
 '.Relying, with faith and confidence In God upon this staff we know that you will ever be enabled to walk before us honestly. impartially, faithfully. wisely and piously. Using this crook with the rentleness and love of Christ and wisdom of the Holy Ghost. we do assure you that you will always find us humoly SUD. missive to it's Cody admonition and cheerfuliy obedient to Its fatherly oifec l ton.
 aMay we long enjoy the relation of chief pastor and people! May God bless | you and care for you in your care and concern for this. your flock! May that | flock under your supervision steadily in- crease here upon earth; and finally. tnAl' | iy, may no single member of tt-you as chief under shepherd included, together ! with those who in that capacity have pre- | ceded yon, as well as all these here thil | day occupying similar positions in othei 1 dioceaes, and the hocks severaily com l nftted to their care--ever fall of ar
 abundant entrance into the eternal fold | of the one Good Shepherd who gave Hti life for alI- the sheep"
 l For the last Collect. immediately be fore the henediction. Bishop Dudley sait
 this prayer:
 Most msrcifA Father, we beseecf Thee to send down upon this thy servan Thy heavenly hlessingi and so endue hin
 with the Holy Spirit, that he. preaching Thy Word. may not only be earnest t'
 ,reprove. bsseech, and rebuke. with aI patience and doctrine; but also may be to such as bslieve. a wholesome example ia word, in conversation. in love. in faith
 in chastity, and in purity; that faith fully fulfilling his course, at the lattel day he may receive the crown of riglfte
 ousness, laid up by the Lord. the rtghte ous Judge, who liveth and reigneth on'
 God with the Father and the Holy Ghost world without end. Amen"
 A benediction was pronounced and thu procession was reformed, passing from the church and into the chapel. while thu
 vast congregation remained standing.
 As a recessionai. hymn No. B07, ''Th' Son of God Goes Forth to War" by H. s
 Cutler. was sung.
 | A large number of persons crowded ih
 to the chapel and warmly congratulatet Bishop Beckwith. Rev. E. E. Cobbs, rec
 tor of St Johns Church, who was mas ter of ceremonies. was also warmly com mended for the satisfactory manner Il | which the program was executed.