Evening star., 1909-01-25

of the two hymns shows the prerogdu|eS
nf tn church. Every line and every
staT2a to the Churchman tells story of
what the church militant may expect.
Last lines of the hymn art:
Yet she on earth hath union
With God. the Three in One.
The mystic sweet communion
With those whose rest is one
O happy ones and holy.
Lord. give grace that We,
Like them. the meek and lowly.
On high may dwell VIA Thee
When the splendid choir OF St. PauIs
Church had sung the last line Edgar
Priest. at the organ. leaned slightly ior-
ward in his seat and quickly the air was
swelled with the second hymn. which
proclaimed that the churchs mission is
to publish to all the world glad tidngs,
tidings of peace and bears the poetic
instructions:
iTis thine to from peril of perdition
The souls for whom the Lord His life laid down.
The conservation service was a special
lied communion service. The rubric re
quires that it shall follow morning prayer,
but owing to the great length of the
service. morning prayer was separated
from the II o'clock service. having been
held at o so O'Clock. The ten command
ments were omitted, i'm their place being
substituted the summary of the law, be-
ginning with the words
Hear what our Lord Jesus Christ hath
said and in response the choir and con-
gregation sang the shorter kyrie,
Lord have mercy on US, Christ have
mercy on us The setting for the re-
sponses was composed by the organist.
Edgar Priest.
Collect for Conservation.
The collect was one used only in con-
secration services. 1t is a prayer asking
that all bishops may be enabled to follow
their duties with diligence, and that the
people of the chruch may obediently fol-
low them. There IS a choice OF two epiS
ties. but the one read this morning began
with the first verse of the third chapter
OF the first epistle of Paul TO Timothy.
IL seems to have been written especially
for the guidance OF the church in choos
ing bishops and gives the word of one of
the apostles as to how bishops should
conduct themselves:
"A bishop must he blameless. the hus-
band of one wife, Vigilant, sober, of good
behavior given to hospitality. apt to
teach. not given TO wine, no striker, not
greedy OF filthy lucre but patient. not
brawler. not covetous. one ruleth we'll in
his own house Moreover he must
have good report of them that are with
out. lest ne fall into reproach and snare
of the devil.
There are three gospels given in the
service. one of which must be read. The
one used this morning was the shortest,
being simply the last three verses of the
gospel of ST. Matthew. the simple mes
sage of Christ to His apostles:
Go We, therefore and teach all ma
tions, and ending with the words, "Lo,
am with you always, even unto the end
of the world.
AS the Episcopal Church recognizes its
bishops as directly in the line of descent
from the apostles, these verses, being the
words of Christ. have a. deep meaning in
the service of the conservation of a
bishop.
Following the reading of the gospel the
entire congregation repeated the words of
the Nisene creed; then followed Hymn
261, Jesus Shall Reign Nhere'er the Sun
Does His Successive Journeys Run. -"
This is great missionary HYMN of the
church and was selected by Bishop Hard
ing.
Bishop Woodcock of Kentucky. one ot
the. greatest speakers in the Episcopal
Church, preached the sermon An ac-
count Of il will be found elsewhere.
The conservation service proper began
after the sermon. II is ancient GUS
tom of the church that deacons shall b.
admitted after the epistle. priests shall be
ordained after the gospel and bishops
shall be consecrated after the sermon
Up TO this point Bishop Harding had
been seated at the head of the main
aisle of the church. taking part in the