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Alexandria Gazette
Alexandria, Alexandria County, District Of Columbia
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Ordination ceremony at Theological Seminary where Bishop Meade delivered discourse and ordained several deacons and one priest. Sermons given to missionary society and alumni. New halls under construction; 61 students enrolled.
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The ordination discourse, on Friday, was delivered by the Right Rev. Bishop Meade. The following candidates for orders were ordained deacons:--Francis E. Arnold and Thomas H. Cullen, of the diocese of Pennsylvania; James B. Herrick, David I. Lee, David I. Pannill and Peter Tinsley, of the diocese of Virginia, and James E. Homans, of the diocese of New York. Mr. P. Brush, of the diocese of Massachusetts, a member of the same class, will be ordained in his own diocese. Mr. James Saul, of Virginia, also a graduate of this year, was ordained by Right Rev. Bishop Meade, on the 11th of May last. Rev. John Cosby, of the diocese of Virginia, deacon, was also ordained priest. A sermon was delivered before the missionary society of the Seminary, by Rev. R. B. Daane, of New Jersey, and another before the Alumni, by Rev. Fred. S. Wiley, of New York.
The new buildings--Aspinwall, Bohlen and Meade Halls--will be completed next winter. The number of students, including a class preparatory to the regular theological course, is sixty-one.
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several candidates ordained as deacons and one as priest; sermons delivered; new buildings to complete next winter; 61 students.
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Ordination discourse by Bishop Meade on Friday; deacons ordained including Francis E. Arnold, Thomas H. Cullen from Pennsylvania, James B. Herrick, David I. Lee, David I. Pannill, Peter Tinsley from Virginia, James E. Homans from New York; P. Brush to be ordained in Massachusetts; James Saul ordained May 11; John Cosby ordained priest; sermons by R. B. Daane and Fred. S. Wiley.