Consecration of Dr Wallis.

Manawatu Herald, 29 January 1895, Page 3

Consecration of Dr Wallis.

. The cennony of the consecration of Dr Wallis, the new Bishop of. Wellington, took place on Friday morning at St. Paul's church. Admission was by ticket only, and the building was crowded. The choir, picked from those of the three' principal Anglican churches, executed the choral portion of the service. At 10.80 the procession of Bishops and clergy, numbering 59, entered the church. The former included the Bishops of Salisbury, Auckland, Waiapu, Christchurch, Nelson, Me* laneeia, Dunedin, and the Bishopelect. Among the latter were a number of native clergy. Bishop Julius conducted the communion aervice and the Bishop of Salisbury preached. His discourse was principally devoted to sketching the Christian ideal of the leader of the church. With reference to the Apostles and especially St. Paul, His Lordship warned his hearers and the candidate that the besetting sin of the Anglo-Saxon race was devotion to material comfort. In New Zealand he feared, owing to its isolation and favorable conditions of life, the propensity was likely to be accentuated rather than diminished. A Bishop, therefore, must have something of the Christian warrior in him and be prepared to combat this tendency. He concluded by commending Dr Wallis to their prayers, saving that from what he knew of him personally he believed he would worthily fill the post to which he had been chosen. The anthem was sung while Dr Wallis put on the Bochet and he > was then presented to the Acting Primate and ' the authority for his consecration read by Mr Quick, the chancellor oC the diocese. The ceremony thereafter followed the ritual prescribed for such occasions Kith full choral effects, the final act eing the laying on of hands by all the Bishops present. The service laste'cttill one o'clock. The formal installation of the new Bishop took place the same evening.