genius of the American Church and that of the American people, are one and the same; and any bisbop who sets himself up against it, will be swept away into the ocean, out of sight. A word more on the "inherent pastoral office" of the Bishop of Illinois. He evidently intends by this something other than the Episcopal office in its ordinary acceptation; and we do not hesitate to say, that he intends something other than proper Episcopal functions. If he means to say, that the presbyter resides in the bishop, or that the bishop often has to discharge presbyterial duties, or the duties of a deacon, or even of a layman, and more often each of these than the duty of a bishop, it is agreed. And we agree also, that he ought to be a good example-a model-in each of these capacities. But to aver that these other functions are parts of his Episcopal office, is what we can not agree to. He might as well say that his domestic and other social duties, and all the acts of his life, are component parts of his episcopate. True, all these are acts of a bishop, but who will say, they are Episcopal acts? The Divine Head of the Church is a pastor, is he not? But it is in a supremely elevated sphere; a bishop is a pastor, but not in the sense of one who has charge of a particular congregation of believers, nor for precisely the same objects. His charge is wider, extends over numerous congregations, and for other and specific purposes. The Episcopal office, as we understand it, is distinct, and its appropriate functions are distinct. The bishop may do other things, but he does not do them as a bishop. He may be the pastor or rector of a particular congregation, but it is no part of his Episcopal office. Clearly, the Bishop of Illinois indulges in fancies, and propounds a new idea-a new principle-and it is because it is a new principle that we can not subscribe to it. In the scope of the definition he has given to it, it is a principle of tremendous power. We do not believe that power was the Bishop's object. If it had been, he would not have been so simple as to disclose, in the manner he has done, the vast sweep of its influence. This revelation, we think, will chance to make a final disposal of this extraodinary conception. CHURCH EVENTS IN THE UNITED STATES. ORDINATIONS. We have the following ordinations to put on record: Time. Granger, Rev. F.. McIlvaine, Sep. 7, Johnston, Rev. Wm. T., Doane, Kennedy, Rev. E., A. Potter, Marvin, Rev. J. N., Williams, Mason, Rev. R. H., Atkinson, Pridbam, Rev. N., Mcllvaine, Sep. 7, 66 66 66 Place. St. Mark's Church, Augusta, Me. St. James' Ch., New-London, Conn. Rally, Rev. Wm. B., Schenck, Rev. N. H., Name. Bishop. Time. Place. Christ Church, Davis, Oct. 6, 1854. De Lancey, Church of the Ascension, A. Lee, Church of the Redeemer, A. Potter, Doane, St. Johns' Church, Sep. 21, " Greenville, S. C. 66 Zanesville, O. ELECTION OF BISHOPS. RHODE-ISLAND. Ar the Convention of the Diocese of Rhode-Island, which met September 27, 1854, in the city of Providence, the Rev. Thomas M. Clark, D.D., Rector of Christ's Church, Hartford was elected Bishop by a large majority of both orders. NEW-YORK. At the Convention of the Diocese of New-York, held in St. John's Chapel, city of New-York, the Rev. Horatio Potter, D.D., Rector of St. Peter's Church, Albany, was elected Provisional Bishop of the Diocese. On the eighth ballot, he received the vote of ninety-seven of the clergy, and seventy-five of the laity. CONSECRATION OF BISHOPS. IOWA. THE Bishop-elect for this new diocese, the Rev. Dr. Lee, was consecrated at Rochester, on the 18th November, 1854, in St. Luke's Church, of which he was Rector. The Bishop of Vermont presided. After morning prayer, in which the Rev. Dr. Van Kleeck and the Rev. Mr. Ufford, of Iowa, officiated, the Bishop of Vermont commenced the holy communion office, the Epistle being read by the Bishop of Maine, and the Gospel by the Bishop of Illinois. The sermon was preached by the Bishop of Massachusetts, from the words, "Woe unto me, if I preach not the Gospel," 1 Cor. 9: 16. At the conclusion of the sermon, the Bishop-elect, vested with his rochet, was presented by the Bishop of Maine and Illinois to the Presiding Bishop, who demanded the testimonials of the person presented for consecration. These were read by the Rev. Mr. Ufford, the Rev. W. B. Ashley, and the Rev. Dr. Potter, of Albany, and consisted of the testimonials, rehearsing the election by the Convention of lowa, and signed by the clergy and laity of that State, and testimonials from a number of dioceses, signed by the standing committees, respectively. The Bishop having made the promise of conformity to the doctrine, discipline, and worship of the Church, and the presiding Bishop having moved the congregation to pray, one Litany was said by the Bishop of Michigan. The presiding Bishop then proceeded with the consecration office, propounding the questions as directed, "to the end that the congregation present may have a trial, and bear witness how you are minded to behave yourself in the Church of God." The Bishop-elect then put on the rest of the Episcopal vestments, and kneeling down, the "Veni Creator Spiritus" was said over him, the Presiding Bishop beginning and the others following in alternate verses. Presiding Bishop and the other Bishops then laid their hands upon the head of the Bishop-elect, saying, "Receive thou the Holy Ghost for the office and work of a Bishop in the Church of God, now committed unto thee by the imposition of our hands, in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen." The presiding Bishop then delivered him a Bible. The communion service was next proceeded with, the Bishops and clergy all communicating. The Bishop of Western New-York was also present, and took part in the act of consecration. The services were highly interesting and solemn. NEW-YORK. The The Provisional Bishop-elect of this Diocese was consecrated in Trinity Church, city of New-York, on the 22d of November, 1854. The services were commenced by the Rev. Dr. Taylor, who read the morning prayer to the end of the Psalter. The first lesson, Ezek. 33, to v. 10, was read by Dr. Vinton; the second lesson, Acts 18: 17-36, by Dr. Harris. The creed and prayers were to have been read by Dr. Berrian, but in his absence the part was assigned to Dr. Price. The collect, decalogue, etc., were read by Bishop Hopkins of Vermont; the Epistle, 1st Tim. 3: 1, by Bishop Lee, of Iowa; and the Gospel, St. John 21: 15, by Dr. Whitehouse, Bishop of Illinois. After the service, the sermon was preached by Bishop Fulford, of Montreal, from St. John 17: 11. The sermon being ended, the Bishop-elect, Rev. Horatio Potter, D.D., was presented to the Presiding Bishop, (Dr. Brownell,) by the Bishop of Pennsylvania and the Assistant-Bishop of Connecticut. The testimonials required by the canons were then read. From the Convention of the Diocese by the Rev. Mr. Eigenbrodt, from the Standing Committees by Dr. Haight, and the consent of the Bishops by Rev. Dr. Van Kleeck. The litany and the prayer following it were then read by Bishop Eastburn, of Massachusetts. The questions to the Bishop-elect were addressed by Bishop Doane, of New-Jersey, who made the appointed prayer. The Presbyters attending the Bishop-elect, and who assisted in robing him were the Rev. Mr. Bedell, and the Rev. Mr. Tucker; the consecration being by the Right Reverend the Presiding Bishop, assisted by the Bishops of Montreal, Vermont, New-Jersey, Michigan, Maryland, and Pennsylvania. In the communion service, the offertory was recited by Dr. Williams, Assistant-Bishop of Connecticut. The prayer for the Church militant was offered by the Bishop of Maryland; that of access and consecration of the elements, by the Rt. Rev. the Bishop of Michigan. The elements were administered to the clergy by the Bishops, and to the laity by the following Presbyters, namely: the Bishop-elect of RhodeIsland, Archdeacon Lower, of Montreal, Doctor Creighton, and the Rev. S. R. Johnson. The post-communion was read as far as the "Gloria" by the Right Rev. the Bishop of Pennsylvania, and the services of the day and the occasion were terminated by the Presiding Bishop reading the collect for the Provisional Bishop and pronouncing the benediction. RHODE-ISLAND. The Right Rev. Thomas March Clark, D.D., was consecrated as Bishop of the Diocese of Rhode-Island, in Grace Church, Providence, on Wednesday, December 6th, 1854. At an early hour, the Church was thronged with an eagerly expectant congregation. At ten o'clock, the procession of Bishops, Clergy, and Candidates for orders, among whom the students of the Berkeley Divinity School had a place, entered the Church. Within the chancel were Bishops Brownell, (presiding,) Hopkins, Doane, Eastburn, Southgate, Burgess, Williams, Lee, (of Iowa,) and Potter, (of New-York.) The clergy of the Diocese of Rhode-Island were present in a body. Of the clergy of Massachusetts, a large delegation was present, among whom we noticed the Rev. Dr. Vinton, and the Rev. Messrs. Smithett, Flint, Snow, Child, and Fales. Of the clergy of Connecticut, Dr. Hallam, and Messrs. Bronson, Miller, Horton, Flagg, Jarvis, (S. F.,) Washburn, and Prof. Jackson. From New-York, Rev. Dr. Van Kleeck; from Pennsylvania, Rev. Dr. Howe, and Rev. Messrs. Suddards and Clark. The morning service was read by Rev. Dr. Crocker, of Providence; the Lessons by Rev. D. R. Brewer, of Newport. The Psalm, (106th selection,) and Hymn 97th; and notices were announced by the Rev. Mr. Burroughs, of Mass., who is the minister in charge of Grace Church. The ante-communion was read by Bishop Hopkins, the Epistle, Acts 20: 17, by Bishop Lee; the Gospel, St. John 21 : 15, by Bishop Southgate. The sermon, from St. John 21: 16, was by Bishop Hopkins. The leading divisions of this earnest and able discourse were suggested by the words of the text, "Feed my sheep; feed my lambs." 1. The nature of the food, which in its essence, is Christ; the true bread that came down from heaven. 2. The order of its administration, which follows the analogy of the body. The word of God-the fruit of the Spiritual Paradise-the first and most perfect food. Simplicity is as important to health in spiritual as in bodily nourishment. All that is artificial in both cases hurts. The true pastor will feed both sheep and lambs with Christ and him crucified, divided to them in simplicity and purity; and not with the delusive fruits that grow on the tree of artificial and ambitious rhetoric. Still, the pastor's office rejects no skill, no learning, which can conduce to the intellectual and spiritual edification of his flock; Christ being always the example for the pastor, in humility, patience, perseverance, and gentleness. Every work of the pastor to be wrought through the might of the Spirit of God, to whom all success, all glory, is to be ascribed. These principles apply alike to all orders in the ministry; bishops, priests, and deacons. The concluding address to the Bishop-elect blended earnest exhortation with confident hope. At the close of the sermon, the Bishop-elect, vested in his rochet, was presented to the Presiding Bishop by Bishops Williams and Potter. The testimonials of election from the Diocese of Rhode-Island were read by the Rev. B. Watson, of Newport. The testimonials of the Standing Committees, by the Rev. Thomas H. Vail, of Westerly. The consent of the Bishops, by the Rev. H. Waterman, of Providence. The litany, by Bishop Burgess. The interrogations, by Bishop Doane. The Bishop-elect was assisted in robing by his brother, the Rev. S. A. Clark, of Philadelphia, and the Rev. E. A. Washburn, of St. John's, Hartford. The Veni Creator Spiritus, and the consecrating prayer and sentence, were by the Presiding Bishop, with whom Bishops Doane, Hopkins, Eastburn, Burgess, and Williams, united in the laying on of hands. Bishop Eastburn proceeded with the communion service, administering both the bread and cup to the other Bishops. The elements were administered to the clergy by Bishops Doane, Southgate, Burgess, and Lee; and to a large body of the laity by the Rev. Drs. Van Kleeck and Hallam, and the Rev. Messrs. Suddards and Hathaway. The post-communion was by Bishop Williams, the Presiding Bishop reading the final collect, and pronouncing the benediction. DEATHS. RIGHT REV. JONATHAN MAYHEW WAINWRIGHT, D.D., D.C.L., Provisional Bishop of the Diocese of New-York, died at his residence, in the city of New-York, on Thursday, September 21, 1854, in the sixty-second year of his age. Dr. Wainwright was born in England in the year 1792. His ancestors on the maternal side were American. His mother, a woman of remarkable energy of mind and character, was the daughter of the celebrated Dr. Mayhew, pastor of the West Church in Boston during the Revolutionary excitement, and one of the oldest and most ardent champions of political and religious liberty at that stormy period. Dr. Wainwright received his academic education at Harvard College, having come to this country while still a child, with his parents, who took up their residence in Boston. He graduated in 1812, with the reputation of an excellent classical scholar, and uncommon distinction as a speaker. For some time afterward, he was |
