Smyrna times., 1912-05-22
RECTOR HILL INSTITUTED
AT IMPRESSIVE SERVICE
ENTERS UPON HIS WORK IN THIS
PARISH WITH BRIGHT FUTURE
Bishop Kinsman Conducts the Service
and After Receiving the New Rec
tor breaches a Helpful Sermon

0lSnop NlnSman Conducts the Service
and After Receiving the New Rec
tor breaches Helpful Sermon
In accordance with the announce
ment of last week, the Rev. Thomas
Getz Hill, recently called from
Cumberland, Md, to Smyrna, was
formally instituted as Rector of st.
Peter Parish on Sunday morning
last. The church, which had been
cleaned from end to end for the oc-
casion, was beautifully decorated
with cut flowers. The altar vases
were filled with large snowballs and
the reliable fringed with a border
of spirea. The windows down both
aisles each contained a profusion of
blossoms while other touches of
natures art met the eye on every
hand. Nothing so imposing and
Impressive has taken place in St.
Peters since like service was held
for the Rev. Charles H. Holmead,
three years ago. At ten o'clock in
the presence of a small congrega-
tlon, the Bishop of the Diocese,
The Rt. Rev. Frederick Joseph
Kinsman, read Morning Prayer, after
which the procession formed for the
institutional service. At the last
stroke of the bell for 1920 a. m,
the procession emerged from the
main entrance of the Parish House
on to the sidewalk, where a halt
was made while a picture was
taken. Reforming, the Bishop said
an opening prayer and all proceeded
up to the main alley of the church
singing hymn No. 126.
VestrY Takes Part in the Service
Mr.. Harry M. Grieves, as Cruel
fer headed the procession, folio wed
by the choir in vestments. Five
members of the Vestry, Messrs.
Edgar Spruance, secretary; Robert
H. Hill, treasurer; Eugene Davis,
William G. Hill and Charles H.
LeFevre, preceded the Rector !:
while the Senior Warden, Mr.. Harry
B. Grieves, and the Junior Warden,
Mr.. Joseph B. Hum. followed. Last
came the Bishop attended by Mr..
Owen Spruance as staff bearer.
Upon reaching the front of the
church, the Choir took their usual
places. The Bishop and his attend
ant passing through the midst of the
others, took their places in the sanc-
tuary; the Senior and Junior War
dens stopped just outside the COM
munion rail on either side of the
Rector, who stood Just in front of
the Litany desk. The rest of the
Vestrymen stood in line at the foot
of the chancel steps. The process
sional hymn finished, the Bishop
began the service proper by reading
the exhortation, after which Mr..
Charles H. LeFevre, acting for the
Bishop, read the letter of Institute
which he also presented to the Rec
tor. Mr.. Harry B. Grieves, in his
capacity as Senior Warden then
presented to the Rector the keys of
the church. which were received by
him in acknowledgement of Parochial
recognition.
New Rector Then Received by Bishop
The new Rector was then received
within the rail by the Bishop and
presented with a Bible, a Prayer
Book and copy each of the canons
of the Diocese and of the General
Church. The service continued with
the reading of the 26th Psalm and
prayers and benediction by the Bish-
; op. The Rector, after kneeling at
the altar and presenting his own
supplication to God, then took charge
of the service and announced hymn
: 183. After the singing of the
: hymn, Bishop Kinsman ascended the
4 pulpit and taking as his text 1st
st. Peter, 4th chapter and 10th
: verse, he explained that the words
referred to every member of the
: congregation as well as to the Rec.
tor. Among other things, the Bishor
S emhasized the fact that each anC
e everyone had work to do and that
: each would be held responsible not
2 so much for results as for the faith.
= full discharge of duties. He ex.
horted the congregation not to com.
pare their present Rector with any
former ones nor to expect him tc
do things just as they had done.
h He, said the Bishop, has been
placed here as Gods servant to dc
o his own work and must do it in his
t own way. To his own Master he
: standeth or falleth and by Him
alone ought he to be judged. " The
n Rector then announced the hymn No.
r 2l9, which was sung with vigor by
4 both choir and congregation. After
8 which, attended by Mr.. Harry M.