Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1910-09-29
REV. NJ. L. TATE, NJ. A, RECTOR

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On Tuesday evening, the ladies of
Emmanuel Episcopal Parish, gave a
reception at the Parish House, to the
in honor of new Rector, the Rev. M. l..
Tate. About one hundred persons
were present. Delicious refreshments
were served by the ladies of the
Church, assisted by several young
ladies and gentlemen. The reception
was attended by many friends of the
several other denominations.
WEDNESDAYS sERvICEs.
The services on Wednesday were be-
gun by a celebration of the Holy Euch-
artist at seven o'clock, a. m, with the
Ven. Reginald S. Radcliffe, Arch
deacon of Erie and Rector of Grace
Church at Ridgway, as Celebrant.
The main service of the day started at
ten o'clock, a. IN. The procession
formed at the Parish House and was
composed of a choir ofeighteen voices,
the Rev. Mr.. VanDyke, Rector. of Sc.
Luke's Episcopal Church, at Smeth-
port, the Rev. Mr.. Henry Mitchell,
Rector of st. Agnes Episcopal Church,
at st. Marys, the Rev. DIR. Jones, Rec
tor of st. Paul's Episcopal Church, at
Erie, Rev. M. L Tate accompanied by
the Hons Josiah Howard and III. II 4.
Mullin, and the Ven. r. s. Radcliffe,
Archdeacon of Erie. The professional
hymn was "Rejoice Ye Pure in Heart. !"
Rev. Mr.. VanDyke conducted the Office
of Morning Prayer and the Rev. Mr..
Mitchell read the lessons. After the
office of Morning Prayer was said, the
office of Institution of the Rev. Martin
Luther Tate, M. A.. was com menced.
ha Arah6nannn do tho nnnninav Do
marks and prayers, which were follow
ed by Letter of Institution, signed and
sealed by the Rt. Rev. Cortlandt White
head, Bishop of the Diocese of Pitts
burg, empowering the Archdeacon to
hold the Institution, was read by the
Hon. Josiah Howard. The Hon. II. H.
Mullin, acting, in the absence of Hon.
b. w. Green, as Senior Warden, of
the Parish, presented the keys of the
| Parish to Rev. Tate and they were ac-
cepted by him. Rev. Tate was then
received into the Chancel by the Arch
deacon, who In turn presented him
with the books of the Church, after
which he pronounced his benediction.
| Rev. DIR. Jones was the preacher OF
the day and preached very able SER
mon, taking as his text, Phil. 2:1S,
which reads "Holding Forth of the
| Word of Life" a short sketch of the
sermon which he delivered to the new
| ly instituted Rector Is as follows:
"My Brother, the Rev. Martin Luther
Tate, NJ. A., we welcome you into the
pastoral relation in the Parish of Cody
people. We are more than glad that
you have come at this time when we
are on the eve of erecting new Dio-
cese. | have felt that as "Holding
Forth of the Word of Lifen has been
encouraged aud blessed with a large,
beautiful and prayerful ministry in
this place. so shall 10 he in your
hands. Emporium will always rank
high in the appreciation of us all, not
only for its personal worth. but because
of the indomitabe spirit and faithful
purpose and toll. We want for this
proposed new diocese, a Bishop who In
essentially one who owes this work and
this people, one who can be- at home
with the humblest as we'll as the most
polished members of society-a eoun-
trymnn aId oitizen-a man In every
whit man-a true Christian gentle
man. When you and |, aud your peo-
Pile aud my people, because they are
the people of God, will be blessed both
In time and eternity through the
"Holding Forth Of the Word of Life"
During the receiving Of the oiferiory,
the Choir rendered an anthem "Oh
How Amiable are Thy Dwelllnga.n y
This was followed by the celebration
OF tho Holy Eucharist, the Rev Martin
Luther Tate NJ. A.. being tho Cels-
brant, assisted by the visiting pFiests
and the Arehdeaoou. The reeeaalona
hymn was Onward Ever Onward y
Mrs T. Mead Floyd presided at the
organ during these services aud MF.
w = steFner was ths music director.
Following were the members OF the
Choir; Mira. NJ. l.. Arp, of Port Allie
gany, Miss Hazel Floyd, Olean, n Y,
Miasoa Carolyn Moore laA liopple,
Margaret Crandell, Jeaaie Craven
Minnie harguelt Ethel Fisher, Eliza
beth Crandeil, helie Campbell, Mablt
Foster, Elizabeth Ludlam, Mrs Clay r.
Felt aud MessFa. Geo A. Walker
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