Evening star., 1909-01-25
BRILLIANT SERVICE
At CONSIDERATION
OF BISHOP HARDING
Trinity Church the Scene of
Impressive Ceremony.
MUSIC ADDS TO SPLENDOR
MUSIC ADDS TO SPLENDOR
Old Church Forms Followed. But
With Notable Innovations.
SERMON BY BISHOP WOoDCoCK
Clergy and Laity of Entire Diocese
Represented in Solemn Process
sion-Tribute to Bishop
Satterlee.

Satterlee.
The three simple elements required IN
the formality of the conservation of a
bishop in the Episcopal Church are tha
singing of the ''Veni Creator Spiritus."
the laying on Of hands and the delivery
Of a Bible to the newly ordered candidate.
But simple as are the necessary and out
ward forms of this. one OF the church's
greatest and rarest occasions the entire
diocese of Washington combined this
morning to make the conservation serv-
ice in Trinity Church, at which Alfred
Harding became the second Bishop of
Washington the most splendid. the most
beautiful and the greatest service from
every point of view that has eyer been
held in this or any other diocese
Strictly following the old customs Of
the church, the service was OF necessity
the same in essentials as hundreds of
others have been. but wherever a touch
OF beauty could be added, wherever the
Idea of the apostoate and the solemnftv
and grandeur of the conservation could
De made more splendid by the grandest
music known to all the choral Libraries
or The world, wherever the traditions OF
the church could be brought to mind and
accentuated before the great congrega-
tlon, 1t was so done. Priests of this
diocese worked for weeks to evolve a
service that would last forever In the
memory of the vast throng that was
present.
Tribute to Bishop Satterlee.
All through the long order of PRAYERS.
II ifltoI
dences of the life of Bishop SatterIee a
poe' IN the use"of the service and whose
innovations in rituaistic formalities will
long live in the churches of this city.
And While the service was an occasion
or triumph and had a distinct place i'm tba
history of the Episcopal Church of the
entire world. inasmuch as 1t added one
more pishop to the splendid line of men
VINO nave upheld the church and carried
its doctrines to the ends OF the Garth
since the days of the twelve apostles n
was not lacking in its spirit as a me-
mortal to Herbert Yates Satterlee. first
Bishop of Washington The chair used
by the presiding bishop today was used
In New York when Bishop Satterlee was
consecrated.
The Bible which was delivered TO Bishop
Harding was given to the service by Mrs.
Satterlee. and Bishop Woodcock, called
one OF the greatest of all the speakers
OF the church. paused in his sermon to
pay tribute to the man whose great work
has placed the diocese of Washington
where 1t stands now.
Great Throng at Doors.
We're the nave of Trinity Church az
great In size as the largest cathedral it
could not have held the crowd that sought
entrance to the service. 1t is assured that
had not admission been by ticket only
there would have been almost a riot at
the doors OF the church. for as early as
10 o'clock line of ticket holders stood
in the street waiting for admission.
Another crowd waited. hungry for en-
trance. knowing that fifteen minutes be-
fore the service began the doors would be
thrown open 10 the public.
But these .eXpectant ones got little show,
for the church was filled solidly and po-
iicemen stood shoulder 10 shoulder against
every door of the church TO prevent tile
rush of men and women who offered every
reason and tried every scheme for getting
inside
windows but the plain amber-colored
glass of the lower floor and clerestory lei
in a steady glow of pleasant sunshine this
morning, and frightened the interior 81
the church. Neither were there many
decorations. The white vestments of the
choir. the lay readers, the clergy and the
bishops. marked here and there by the
red caSSock of an acolyte, and the colored
clergy who have taken degrees furnished
decoration enough. except that the chan
eel was mass of living green, against
which was dotted the deep red of hun
dreds of American beauty roses.
White the Prevailing Color
Green was placed over the presiding
bishops chair. Streamers of twisted ever
green formed a triumphal arch at The
foot OF the choir steps, and from the
top of the arch there blazed IA brilliant
star, made of frosted electric lamps. The
color for the day was white. The clergy
men wore white stoles, and the marble
altar, covered with fair linen cloth
as the old English of the rubric demands
seemed whittier and fairer than ever he
fore. In the middle of the altar single
silver chalice stood. awaiting the com
munion service, for it was not only
conservation, but in the calendar of the
church. the feast of the conversion of ST.
Paul. recognized and characterized as the
greatest Christian worker after Christ
Himself.
Due TO the splendid arrangements made
beforehand, the service started promptly
on time. The $50 men had been
given their correct places in the
line. and exactly on the stroke. of IL q
faint Amen sung in the high treble Of
the choir boys of St Paul's, the new
bishops church. sounded from the parish
house, and the thousand eXpectant ones In
the congregation arose, while Edgar .
Priest, sitting at the organ. pressed the
keys, and the strains of the first process
sional hymn, The Church's One Founda-
tio1 Is Jesus Christ the Lord filed the
church
Laity March in Procession.
In but a moment the greatest process
sion of bishops. clergy and laity ever seen
in this city entered the nave. 1t Was tile
first procession at a conservation service
I'M which laymen marched. The bishops
were at the end OF the long double line
Bishop TuttIe preceding his brothers, and
the candidate for consecration coming
last. DIR. Harding took a seat in front
OF the litany desk. on the level of the con-
gregation dressed in his rochet and at
tended by two preSbyters. He wore q
pectoral cross, presented to him by teach.