The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-17

master of ceremonies, followed. Be-
hind him walked Bishop Longley, suf-
fragan bishop of Iowa. The bishop
elect, the Rev. DR.. John Charles Sage,
followed, and the attending presby-
ters, the Rev. DR.. e. III. Rudd and the
Rev. Charles J. Shut, accompanied
him. The presenting bishops, Bishop
Wise and Bishop Williams came next.
and following them we're Bishop Shell
don NJ Griswold of Chicago ana
Bishop Theodore Nevin Morrison Of
Iowa. The chaplain to the presiding
bishop came next in line, and then
the presiding bishop. the Right Rev.
Daniel Steele Tuttle, bishop of Mis-
souri,. and the presiding bishop OF the
American church.
The procession moved promptly at
| 1890 O'Clock and entered the church
from the vestry, coming down the
side aisles and up the center aisle to
the altar. The bishops wore their
gorgeous robes. and the scene was
one which made an indelible impress
sion on the minds of those who were
privileged to witness the ceremony.
Reaching the chancel, the choir
seated themselves to the left, the
visiting clergy took the seats to the
right and the bishops took their
places behind the altar rail. Assum-
ing his place before the altar, Bishop
futile began the services by reading
the Collect, Bishop Williams read
! the epistle, and Bishop Morrison the
| gospel. This was followed by the
Nfcene Greed, after which a hymn
was sung by the congregation.
! Bishop Johnson's Sermon.
| Patience and industry are required
OF the bishop who would build church
(; of granite, Bishop Irving P. Johnson,
| bishop coadjutor OF Colorado. who
preached the sermon this morning
said. He told the new bishop that
there were many who would persuade
him to undertake many things, and
warned him that he must not let them
minister unto him, but rather he must
| minister unto them the things that
Christ proclaims to world that hates
] Him and His gospel, and is at enmity
| with you. The bishop is a missionary
rather than a potentate. he said, and
! he urged upon the new bishop the fact
that he must go to men with the touch
of Christ and His word, rather than to
j impress them with the dignity OF his
office.
Bishop Johnson, as usual spoke in
! that clear forceful manner which
characterizes him, and which has made
him so in demand as a preacher in
! the church. He preached a mission
| here two years ago, and quite swayed
/ his hearers, and to those who heard
him again this morning, there was
none of that potential power gone
Bishop Johnson gave much good advice
to the bishop-elect in his sermon
which was preached from the TWEEN
tieth chapter Of Acts, the twenty-fourth
verse.
III Ills sermon, the bishop said:
You are receiving today an office
/ which in our eyes has tremendous pc.
| tentiaI power, and in the eyes of most
OF our contemporaries, is a piece OF
solemn foolishness. The average Chris.
tian today, like the Bolsheviki of Rus
STA. deems all external authority as
foolishness and his own opinion as in
/ fallible.
Like constitutionaIists.
I You are going forth into a district
where not one in a hundred of presum
ably Christian population has either
belief or interest in your Office, and
where even those who pay an outward
respect thereto, are not much moved
!, by the expression of authority which
you may utter We are like small
body of constitutionaiists. who are
clinging to the remains of constitution
al ecclesiastical authority. where the
bulk of the people are either imperial
lists, endeavoring to restore a discred
tied absolute power, or else are fac
I tionalists intent upon setting up their
own cabal-which when 1t has gained
q momentary control has been as abso
lutte and more unreasonable than the
power which it helped to dethrone.
/ las usual. the small body which
calls for the restoration Of constitu
tional authority is acceptable tc
neither party and is viewed with con
tempt by both. Yet in secular history
1t has been the winning party. 1t wor
out in England after the rule Of ty
rants had been superseded by the aw
ful misrule of the Saints, who having
beheaded the tyranny SO befuddlec
democracy, that it, too, lost its head
1T won out in France after the
guillotine had disposed Of tyrants and
their own follies had extinguished pat
riots.
/ TT will win out in the Kingdom o.