Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-06-05
HOLD ORDINATION
SERVICES TODAY
Procession Of Bishops, Pro
fessors and Candidates
for Ordination,
IMPRESSIVE SCENE.

:
cises Attended by Large Congre
gation--some From This City.
The regular ordination services
which always follow the close of the
session at the Episcopal Seminary
near this city. were held at clever
o'clock this morning in the Seminary
Chapel. Morning prayer was said al
half-past seven o'clock, by the Rev
Alfred r. Berkeley, of Philadelphia
and the Rev. T. Getz Hill, of Smyrna
Delaware.
The procession of bishops, profes.
,sors and candidates for ordination
formed in Prayer Hill and marchd
vested in tlleir appropriate robes tc
their places in the choir and chancel
the bishops present, being the Right
Reverend Robert A, Gibson, D. D..
Bishop of Virginia, the Rt. Rev. Al
fred NJ. Randolph, D. D., Bishop Of
Southern Virginia, the Rt. Rev. w.
L. Gravatt, D. D., Coadjutor Bishop
of West Virginia, and the Rt. Rev.
Beverley D. Tucker, D. D., Coadju-
tor Bishop of Southern Virginia. The
sermon was preached by the Rev.
w. H. H. Powers, D. D., Of Towson,
Md.
The following persons were ordain-
ed deacons by the Right Reverend
Robert A. Gibsen, Bishop of Virginia,
Messers. Guy Edison Kagey, present
ed by the Rev. Prof. S. A. Wallis,
D. D., Giles Buckner Palmer pre-
sented by his uncle, the Rev. Giles
e: Cook, Walter G.. Parker, present
ed by the Rev. Prof. Bergman
! Green, D. D., and Sidney Thomas
Ruck, presented by the Rev. W. D.
Smith.
Those ordained to the priesthood
by Bishop Gibson were the Rev
Churchill Gibson Chamberlayne, P
j. d., presented by the Rev. Roob
White. .Jr., the Rev. Churchill Jones
Gibson, B H., presented by his broth
er the Rev. A. Stuart Gibson, the
Rev. Conrad K. L. Goodwin, M. A.
presented by his uncle, the Rev
r T. Goodwin, D. D., and; :. the
Rev William Taylor Willis
presented by the Rev. Prof. S. A
Wallis, D. D. The Rev. Devall Lang
horne Gwathmey, B. A., presented DS
the Rev. Prof. w. c.. Bell, D. d
was ordained to the priesthood by
Bishop Randolph. After the ordlna.
,tion the Holy Communion was adj
ministered to the ordinands, clergy
and students and the service closec
with the benediction.
At the commencement yesterday a
simple and beautiful form of recep-
tion to the ministry Of the Protes-
tant Episcopal Church was used b!
bishop Coadjutor Gravatt, of Wes
Virginia by which he admitted tn'
Rev Matthias Madert, former pries
Of the church of Rome as presny
fer Of the Episcopal Church IN TN
diocese of West Virginia. The kew
Mr. Madert will have; the church II
IJnion West Virginia. He had oee'
nriest in the church of Rome 10
ten years, being educated at the on
iversity of L6uvain, Belgium 10
work in America.
The deacons were assigned as 1oi
lows: The Rev. Walter G. Parke
to Woodberry Forest School, the NeI 8,
ci,s. - p,ckner Palmer to WoodstocE
Va and the Rev. Sidney T. Ruck
to work along the James River !
Goocbland and Fluvanna counties
The Rev Guy Edison Kagley, VINO wa
ordained by Bishop Gibson, for B'sno
Thomas of tie Missionary Distrle
of Wyoming, Will NC e'''' 's' : '.,..-.---
work in the District. ..j,,. :,
Mr.. George Geekinly, the oune
member of theCsemor class NasXn
ordaind in a shotf ltime by Blsho
Woodcock, of Kentucky, and, wlil D
assigned to the Idhurchf at slTefis
/ boro, in that state. -
The services were very mpresslv7
and were attended by large congre
CATION. The musical portion wa
I we'll rendered by the choir unde
the able leadership OF the organis
of the Seminary Chapel, Dr.. Harry
man. -