The history of the American Episcopal Church, 1587-1883 . LAMHETU CUAPEL. y Moore, was the consecrator; the Archbishop of York, Dr. WilliamMarUiiani, was the ])resenter : and the Bishop of Bath and Wells,Dr. Charles Moss, and the liislioj) of IVterljorough, Dr. Joini Ilincli-clitie, united in the imposition of hands. The Rev. Dr. Drake, one of the primates chaplains, preached from 1 Cor. xiv. 40 : Let all thingsbe done decently, andin order; and anotherchaplain read the . i)rayers. The congre-gation was small : onlythe family and iiouse-hold of the archbishop,and very few others,among them the
The history of the American Episcopal Church, 1587-1883 . LAMHETU CUAPEL. y Moore, was the consecrator; the Archbishop of York, Dr. WilliamMarUiiani, was the ])resenter : and the Bishop of Bath and Wells,Dr. Charles Moss, and the liislioj) of IVterljorough, Dr. Joini Ilincli-clitie, united in the imposition of hands. The Rev. Dr. Drake, one of the primates chaplains, preached from 1 Cor. xiv. 40 : Let all thingsbe done decently, andin order; and anotherchaplain read the . i)rayers. The congre-gation was small : onlythe family and iiouse-hold of the archbishop,and very few others,among them the Duche. an oldfriend and fellow-townsman of the newlymade Bishoj) of Ienn-sylvania. The solem-nity being over, theAmerican bishops. 74 HISTORY OP THK AMERICAN EPISCOPAL CHURCH. diiicd with the archbishop and bishops, s})ciiding llic nliiaiiidtr of theday in their company, and on the evening ol the toiK)\ving day liisiiopsWhite and Provoost left London for Falmouth, which was readied onthe 10th. Detained by contrary winds until Quincjuagesima Sunday,the 18th, they embarked for New York, reaching port on the after-noon of Easter day, April 8th. ILLUSTRATIVE NOTES. TILE question luis been raised witti reference to the priority of tlie laying on ofliands upon Drs. Wliitc and Provoost. Dr. J. W. Francis, in liis interesting andvaluable paper on Old New York, ])age 1G8, states Lis view nf the case as fol-lows : It has been more than once allinued, and the declaration is in print, thatBishop Provoost, as senior Iresbyter, and senior in the niinistiy, was consecratedfirst, and Bishop White next, though in the same day and hour, February -Ith, son-in-law of Provoost, C. D. Colden, a man of veracity, assured me suc
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