New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-24
EXPECT 600 CLERGYMEN
Bishop Potter Acting Presiding
Bishop at DR.. Greer's Conservation.

About SIX hundred cergymen and twenty-five
bishops Of the Protestant Episcopal Church will
be present At the conservation of Dr. Greer as
btshop-coadjutor Of the diocese Of Neyy-Yorll In
ST BartEoIomew's Church on Tuesday morning
me sudden death Of Bishop Dudley, OF Kentuck XIV
on Friday made necessary change in the plans
Tor tho conservation. Dr. Dudley was 70 be d CO.
consecrator Bishop Whitaker. Of Pennsylvania
will take his place.
The programme for the conservation was issued
yesterday, There viii be an early celebration Of
Holy Communion in St. Bartholomew at S a. N.
Tor Dr. Greer and his family. A bishop will prob
ably oAlcate. The conservation service viii begin
at II a. m, the doors opening at 10 H. m. The ser
vice Will last, probably, well into the afternoon,
but viii be unusually simple. Said one Of the
c!erBymen yesterday who will take part on Tues
day: THE traditions OF St. BarthoIorev's church
for transformations services viii not be broken"
No crucifer will precede the procession though
there We're two crucifers in the procession at the
conservation Of DR. Burgess as Bishop Of Long
Island last year. The Greed is to be recitad and
not sung. It was a difference of opinion over this
which made trouble at the conservation Of Bishop
Lines in Newark recently between the presid-
Ing bishop, Dr.. Tuttle and the standing committee
or the diocese Of Newark. The TIE Deum is to be
omitted entirely Tuesday. Bishop futile can
not be present In New-York for the service and
he has delegated Bishop Potter TO act presiding
bishop.
The procession is to enter the church at II a. m.
from the vestry. Bishop Potter will begin the
regular Episcopal communion Office The Epistle is
TO be read by Bishop Burgess Of Long Island. and
the Gospel by Bishop Hare. Of South Dakota At
the close OF the sermon, which Bishop Doane. Of
Albany. viii preach. the conservation Office proper
is to begin. The presenting bishops. who
Bishop Lawrence. OF Massachusetts. and Bishop
Coadjutor Mackay- Smith Of Pennsylvania viii pre-
sent the bishop coadjutor-elect the bishop pre-
siding. The mandate from the presiding bishop for
DR.. Greer's election is to be read by Bishop Worth
ington, Of Nebraska and the certificate election
by the Rev. Dr. Thomas r. Harris, secretary of tho
diocese. The testimonial from the diocesan conveu-
ton Of NewYorb is to be read by George Zabrlsde,
that from the standing committee by the Rev DR..
J. Lewis Parks. and that from the House of Bishops
by the Rev. DR.. Samuel Hart, secretary of that
body.
Bishop Potter then eXacts the promise Of con-
fornity from the bishop coadjutor-elect The utany
will follow said by Bishop McVickar, Of Rhode
Island. Certain doctrinal promises are exacted
from the bishop-elect. and afterward anthem is
to be sung. during which DR.. Greer viii retire, with
his attending presbyters, TO be rObed in the
chimere. the outer vestment OF the episcopal office
When he returns TO the chanceI he kneeis at the
The act OF conservation follows, Bishop Potter be-
ing assisted by Bishop Doane. Bishop Whitaker
hands
bishops VIII adjourn SheTry's for luncheon, as
guests of the vestry of ST. EarthoIomew's Church.
Rev: DR.. A s Lloyd and John Wood. secretaries
Of the Episcopal Board of Missions, ON How We
May Meet Our Missionary Apporionmeut' In the
evening there Is to be public meeting IN -,
IhoInas $ church The SUBJECT. me C4uICh
Dr.. Talcott Williams and others.
In addition to the bishops named the following
Connecticut; White, Of Michigan City; Brown, Of
scsrboroueh. Of NewJersey satteree Of wash!
ington: Hall. Of Vermont: Walker. OF western
New-York. and Coadjutor Bishop Olmsted Of Cen
trail Negy-YOrk.