The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-29
MANY PRESENT AT INSTITUTION
 OF NEW RECTOR
Bishop Mcdowell Installs Dr. Clingman1AsiRec
 tor Of Advent
With deelply devotional and impressive

With deelply devotional and impressive ceremonies, the Rev. Charles Clingman, formerly of Trinity church, Houston Texas, was instituted rector of the Church of the Advent at tine II o'clock service Sunday morning by the Rev. W. G. Mcdowell, Bishop coadjutor of ,the diocese of Alabama.
 A large and representative congre- gation was present when Bishop Me D0well opened the services with prayer. On behalf of the parish, Robert Jemi- son, Sr., senior warden of the vestry, persented the new rector with the keys of the church The Bishop presented him with the bible, book of common prayer, and the canons of the general and dioceseaon convention, and com mended them as the rule and guide and authority in the discharge of his du- ties. Prayers by the bishop end the newly instituted minister, and his in troductiOn to the congregation closed the office of institution.
 Great Responsibilities
 In brief address to the congregation Dr. Clingman expressed his apprecia- tion of the privelege to become the rector of the Church of Advent, and stated that he realized the great re- sponsibility involving upon him.
 He spoke in glowing terms of Dr. Barnwell, his former classmate and personal friend, and said he was proud of the opportunity to take lip the work he had so well begun. He read a tele- gram from Dr. Barnwell, who is located on the Pacific coast, Stttting that he rxy.fk 4I,o oE I. 4 On this occasion in spirit and prayer and wished them and their new minister Gdd speed. He spoke of the personal friendship between himself and Bishop Mcdowell, who was also a classmate of his at the seminary, saying he con Sidered it great priveledge to work with such an able, earnest and devoted man.
 The sacrament of Holy communion was administered by Dr. Clingman, assisted by the bishop and the Rev. Mir. Osbourne of Auburn. v,
 The sermon was preached by .Bishop Mcdowell, who stirred the congregation by his eloquent, forceful and able ad- dress. He recounted the great progress the church had made since it's establish ment years ago in Jones Valley, and pointed out the great possibilities that lay before it. r.,sbr
 He predicted that the Birmingham district would become one of the great est commercial and industrial centers of the world. He said with this develop ment the church must keep pace, and expressed the hope that the Church of the Advent might be the center from which Christ's kingdom would be ad- vanced, not only in the Birmingham dis trict but throughout north Alabama.
 Pioneer Church
 In speaking of the establishment of the church in this district, he paid high tribute to the poineer churchmen and .churchwomen who organized St. Johns church at Elyton, years before the district came into prominence, many of whose descendants he said were members of the Advent. He called attention to present condition of the edifice in which these pioneers of the church worshipped from whose devotion suehS splendid present day results had been brought about. The Church of the Advent .Was! the first offspring, and he said he hoped that in the hear fu- ture, this building of ballowed mem ories. may be used again for the spread of Christ's kingdom, and stand as a permanent memorial of the faithful and devoted service to the church of those early pioneers.
 Taking up the history of the Church of the Advent, Bishop McDowell spoke in turn of the great work accomplished by the saniey Dr. T. J. Beard, it's first rector, of the splendid constructive work of Dr. John G. Murray, now bishop of Maryland. of the brilliant Dr. w. B. Evans, and of the great progress