Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-06-20
At
THE SEMINARY
Impressive Services and In
teresting Sermon in
The Chapel.
DIR. LEES DISCOURSE.
Meeting of Alumni Yesterday After
noon, With Bishop Peterkin in the
Chair-Interesting Essay.

Impressive ordination services were
held this morning at II O'Clock il
the chape! of the Theological Semin-
AIRY, near this city, attended by a
large and interested congregations
Promptly at II the procession of
Bishops and professors with the stu
dents to be ordained, and their pre-
sen;ers, all vested in their robes ell
tered the chapel and marched up the
aisle 20 their places in the choir and
chancel while the professional hymn,
"Through the Night Of Doubt
and Sorrow" was being sung. After
a short opening service of prayer by
Bishop Gibson, the ordination sermon
YVES preached by the Rev. H. B. Lee,
d. D., of Chris; Church. Charlottes-
vile, Va, after which the candidates
for the diaconate We're ordained in
uue Ofuef, dS lOllOWS.
Messrs Bowyer Campbell, Chur-
ciel Jones Gibson, B. A., Conrad
Harrison Goodwin NJ. A. Louis Ash
by Peotross, Paul Micon, NJ. A.,
William Taylor Willis, and Stanley
Soaring Thompson { for Bishop
Brent by the Bishop of Virginia.
Messrs. Edward f. Burgess. DevalI
Langhorne Gwathmey, B. A., and
Jennings Wise Hobson, were ordained
by Bishop Randolph, making ten
deacons in all.
The Rev George Victor Bell Of
Aqua Church, Stafford county, Va,
was ordained priest by Bishop Glib
son, and j. Tidball Carter, Of Ron
ceverte, w. Va, pries by Bishop
coadjutor Gravatt, Of West, Va.
Messrs. Carlton Barnwell, A. B.,
Theodore st. c. Will. A. E.,
and Philip Howard Williams will be
ordained deacons tomorrow morning
in: Baltimore, by the Rt. Rev. DR..
Murray. Bishop of Maryland. The
Revs. Milward W. Riker, Wilifrcd
E. Roach. NJ. A., and Malcolm De Pui
Maynard have already been ordained
deacons, the first two by the Bishop
of Washington, and the last by me
Bishop of Harrisburg, Pa.
Two of the deaconS will 90 to the
foreign missionary field, the Rev.
Bowyer Campbell to China and the
Rev. Louis A. Peatross to Japan,
while the Rev. Staniy s. Thompson
will 90 to the Philippines. The Rev
Churchell J. Gibson is assigned to
Luray, Va. the Rev. Edward f.
Burgess, 10 Accomac county, Va,
the Rev. Deval l.. Gwathmey, B. A.,
to Waynesboro. Va, and the Rev.
Jennings Wise Hobson to Abingdon.
Va. The Rev. Wilfrcd f. Roach Will
90 to Trinity Church, Wallace,
Idaho, and Rev. Paul Miccn will as
sist the Rev. Calvert Carter at
Bryn Mawr. Pa, while the Rett
Conrad Harrison Goodwin. who in
tends to go to the foreign missionary
field will take post graduate course
at Columbia University and the Cen
eral Theological Seminary New
York, next year. The Rev. NJ. W.
Riker will also take post graduate
work at the General Seminary, New
York, next year.
The alumni meeting was held at
the chapel yesterday afternoon
the president, Bishop Peterkin, be-
inc in the chair. An interesting and
timely essay was read by the Rev.
w. T. Capers, of the Church of the
Holy Apostles, Philadelphia, on the
growth of THE Episcopal Ehurchs
Other general business was trans
acted. and at the alumni dinner in
the refectory a number Of speeches
were made. The attendance of
alumni was very large, and the re-
union of the various members of the
old classes was most delightful. A
collation. was furnished 10 the other
guests at Whittle Hall. The weather
was most propitious, and altogether
the seminary enjoyed one of the most
interesting commandments in its
history.
Wednesday night the anual mission
sermon was preached before the
Seminary iby the Rev. Arthur ST.