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tiful gifts. Among these were bishop >
ring from the men of the parish, ana
four handsome stoes, red, green purpi'
mud ,,.t,ite and n set of eucharstiC vest
ments from the women of the parish
The clergy of the diocese gave him
yostment case, and individuals presented
him with his bishops robes, his purple
cassock and a private communion set
The ring is n superb amethyst engraved
with the bishops seal and the Bliss crest.
The heavy setting bears the emblems or
the bishops office. 1t Is engraved on the
inside as follows: ITO the Rt Rev. c.
Y. Bliss: r. D., Bp. coad of Vt, from
the Men of St. Paul's Parish, Buring-
ton" The ring was made in the TiffanN
studios New York.
BISHOP COADJUTOR BLISS.
The Rt Rev George Yemens Bliss,
bishop coadjutor of the Vermont Protest
ant Episcopal diocese. was born In Shell
burne March r. 1864, the son of George
and Mary Adelaide (Stevens) Bliss He
obtained his divinity degree, S. T. r., at
the General Theological Seminary in New
York in 1892; he received his Bachelor OF
Arts degree Mt the University of Yer
mont in 1889 and the degree of Doctor OF
DIVINITY from the same university III
1901. the year of the unvcrsity's centcn-
NAL celebration He was ordained deacon
In 1892 and made priest of the Protestant
Episcopal Church In 1893 He was GU
rate of St Paul's Church In this city from
1892 until 1899 and had been rector since
1892 Dr. Bliss was secretary of the
standing committee of the diocese of
Vermont examining chaplain to the
biebo,, of Nprp1OOt of the or
mont Episcopal Institute and has been
deputy four times to the general conven-
ton.
Among the visiting clergymen to at
tend the consecra ton were: The Revs.
George w. Davenport of Newton Cen
ter. Mass. who is the newly elected rec
tor of St. Paul's, +. Barnby Leach of
Brandon. Thomas Worrall Of New York,
A. G. Clark Of bonneville, n Y, J. a.
Reattie of Barre, f. ]. Randall OF Poult-
neY, w. c. bernard of Newport, e. b,
Holmes of Richford, Walter II. Bamford
of Manchester Center. r. w. Magoun of
Fair Haven. f.. s. Stone of Swanton,
William Garner of Enosburg Falls, Ed
ward p. Lee of St. Johnsbulv, f. p. Lit.
tie Of Elizabeth, y. j.. H. T. Scratchley
Of Poultney, II. r. lie Grabcau Of Sara
toga, n Y. D. L. Sanford of Hardwick
and G. W. Smith of St. Adams
LUNCHEON IN PARISH HOUSE.
The luncheon in the parish house
served by the women of St paul's parish
was a delightful affair and was fittingly
described as a family gathering of the
diocese. Bishop Hall said grace and
acted as POSTMASTER. introducing with
his own rare wit several of the visiting
bishops. each one of whom rose to the
occasion with apt remarks that We're
heartily applauded But first Bishop
Hall asked all to stand in silent tribute
TO the late Coadjutor Bishop William
Farrar Weeks. whose brief tenure of Of
fee was so sadly ended by death
Bishop Farthing of Montreal. the first
Of those called upon by Bishop Hall,
spoke Of the great pleasure that it gave
him to be present and have opportunity
to congratulate the new bishop He
hoped that Bishop Bliss would soon visit
the diocese to the north. He paid a
glowing tribute to Bishop Hall, who has
always occupied a warm place in the
hearts of Canadian churchmen.
Bishop Williams of Quebec told of the
presence at his fathers consecra ton as
bishop Of John H. Hopkins, bishop of
Vermont and of his own regret at his
own conservation three months ago be-
cause Bishop Hall was unable TO be pres
emit He spoke of what a beautiful place
burlington Is, how he had always heard
It so described but had never thought
that it could exceed Quebec. Having
watched the sun rise over the Greer
mountains he was prepared to yield the
palm to this garden spot of America
lie wished Bishop Bliss every happiness
and extended invitation for him tC
visit Quebec at an early day.
TRIBUTE TO BISHOP HALL
e Bishop Brewster of Connecticut trusted
that one result OF the days proceedings
would be the proonging of the life and
services to the church of the bishop of
Vermont, aided as he now Is by so worthy
a coadjutor. No man in the House of
Bishops would ever he more greadl Y
missed he said, than Bishop Hall, and
there is no bishop whose word carries
greater weight in its deliberations
In introducing Bishop Bliss his coad-
jutor Bishop Hall spoke of Ne remark
able record If DR. Bliss VEosc entire
Ilinstry had been spent at I Paul's
Bishop Bliss was greeted by a hearty
putburst of applause as he rose tc
not be such thing as "A successor tC
coadjutor but that he felt honoreC
IN being able to follow in the steps
vi his dear friend, william Farral
Weeks, and of being given opportun-
fly to carry out the work that BishoI
Weeks had so earnestly wished to dc
in this diocese He said a coadjutol
T. often regarded as half a bishop ant
that in his own case it was undoubt
eddy correct as Bishop Hall was reall,
bishop and half. Too little II
heard of the joys of the ministry HI
said, but in spite OF the disappoint
ments that come to every ministe
there were great joys in the ministry
joys that we'll merit young men II
choosing this profession. He express
cd the hope that he could so lighter
the burdens of Bishop Hall that hi
days may be long among u.s. And hi
Anal words were of thankfulness 70
all that he owed to the dear peopl
of st, Pauls'
a.r RECEPTION IN EVENING.
The final event of the day was
reception in the parish house las
evening to Bishop and Mrs. Bliss
which was attended by a large mum
Der Of their friends from St Paul'
and other churches, together wit
those of the visiting clergy who re
manned in the city over night. In tn
receiving line were the Rev. c. {