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To Dr. Garrett, who conducted, and to all who composed, the Choir, the College is very greatly indebted for careful preparation, and effective and reverential execution of the musical part of the day's services. Dr. Garrett had practised the Choir with his accustomed painstaking and skill, seconded by the able and heartily rendered assistance of Mr. Frederic Smith, one of the permanent College Choir, and master of the Choir-boys' school. Of the effect of the New Organ in the Chapel nothing more needs be said, than that the acoustic properties of the Chapel are good, that the instrument is magnificent, and that Dr. Garrett played it.

The order of the Procession was as follows:

1. The Choir, led by Dr. Garrett, the Organist of the College.

2. Undergraduate Members of the Foundation. 3. Scholars, B.A.

4. Fellows.

5. The Master, accompanied by the Bishop of Ely, who was to consecrate the Chapel; Dr. Selwyn, Bishop of Lichfield, Honorary Fellow and formerly Fellow, who was to be the preacher for the day; Dr. Ellicott, Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol, formerly Fellow; Dr. Atlay, Bishop of Hereford, formerly Fellow and Tutor; and the Bishops of Oxford and Rochester, both of the University of Oxford; His Grace the Duke of Devonshire, Chancellor of the University; the Earl of Powis, High Steward; the Dean of Hereford; Hon. R. C. Herbert; Sir Thomas Watson, Honorary Fellow and formerly Fellow; and many old members of the College.

The Bishop of Ely was attended by his chaplain the Rev. S. G. Phear, B.D., Fellow and Tutor of Emmanuel College.

6. Graduates above the degree of B.A.

7. B.A's.

8. Undergraduates in order of seniority.

The Choir and the members of the Foundation assembled within the old Chapel, and the Procession passed, two in each line, along the South side of the old Chapel, then towards the College gates, down the middle of the first court, through the Hall screens, along the South half of the East side of the second court, along its South and West sides and the West half of its North side, then through the North side of the second court to the North side of the New Chapel, along this North side, round the Apse, and down the South side, to the Great Door.

The processional hymn was Ps. 84, New Version, sung to the tune of "Winchester." It was conducted by Dr. Garrett till he arrived at the door under the Organ Chamber, and from that point by Mr. Smith. With the long procession of surpliced hundreds, it was one of the most thrilling parts of the day's solemnity. As the procession wound its way, the hymn was, by those within and those without the Chapel, sometimes heard, sometimes lost, sometimes faintly caught in the distance, till, as the Choir entered at the Great Door, the burst of sound filled the Ante-Chapel, and all that had assembled within the Chapel rose, and a volume of voices joined in the hymn. The hymn was continued, whilst those that preceded the Bishop of Ely in the focession were taking their places, the Scholars on the basement of the Choir on each side, below the stalls of the Master and the President, and eastward. When the Bishop entered within the screen, the Organ pealed, and Psalm xxiv was chanted, as the Bishop advanced to the East end of the Chapel. The Bishops of Ely, Oxford, and Rochester, took their places on the

North side of the Altar; the Bishops of Lichfield, Gloucester, and Hereford, on the South. Chairs placed in the sacrarium were occupied by clergy. There had been placed, in addition to the permanent accommodation in the Chapel, four lines of forms extending, from west to east, from the screen to the places provided next to the sacrarium for the Choir: and the AnteChapel was filled with lines of chairs. The Bishops being seated, Dr. Reyner, Bursar of the College, presented to the Bishop of Ely the Petition for Consecration, from the Master, Fellows, and Scholars, under the College Seal, and from the Incumbents of the parishes of All Saints, St. Clement, and the Holy Sepulchre, within which the New Chapel is situated, under their hands. The Bishop received the Petition, and delivered it to H. R. Evans, Esq., Deputy Registrar of the Diocese, to be read. The Bishop then proceeded with the service, according to the form used in the Diocese of Ely. After the prayers of Consecration, the Rev. Canon Sparke, M.A., of St. John's College, Canon of Ely, acting for the Chancellor of the Diocese, read the Sentence of Consecration, which the Bishop signed, and delivered to H. R. Evans, Esq., Deputy Registrar of the Diocese, commanding it to be recorded and registered, together with the Petition, among the muniments of the Diocese of Ely. Then followed Psalm 100., New Version, sung by the whole congregation; the Lesson, 1 King's viii. 22-62 inclusive, read by Professor Selwyn, from a stall in the middle of the South side of the Choir; and the Te Deum sung to a service in A, composed by Mr. E. J. Hopkins, organist of the Temple Church, London. The Bishop of Ely then commenced the office for Holy Communion, the Bishop of Hereford reading the Commandments. The Kyrie was from Dr. Garrett's service in D. Dr. Reyner, Senior Fellow, read the Epistle, and Dr. Parkinson, Senior Fellow and President, the Gospel. The Credo was from Dr. Garrett's service in D. After the Creed, the Bishop of Lich

field was conducted to a stall in the middle of the north side of the Choir, and preached the Sermon, taking for his text St. John xxi., 22, 23. An Anthem followed, composed for the Consecration by Dr. Sterndale Bennett, of St. John's College, Professor of Music in the University. The following were the words :

Now, my God, let, I beseech Thee, Thine eyes be open, and let Thine ears be attent unto the prayer that is made in this place.

Arise, O Lord God, into Thy resting place, Thou and the ark of Thy strength: let Thy priests, O Lord God, be clothed with salvation, and let Thy saints rejoice in goodness. 2 CHRON. vi. 40, 41.

So we Thy people and sheep of Thy pasture will give Thee thanks for ever: we will shew forth Thy praise to all generations.

And I heard a voice out of heaven, saying,

PSALM lxxix. 13.

Behold the tabernacle of God is with men, and He will dwell with them. And they shall be His people, and God Himself shall be with them and be their God.

REV. xxi. 3.

The Bishop of Gloucester read the Offertory Sentences; and the Alms, for the further decoration of the Chapel, were placed upon the Altar by the Bishop of Ely, who proceeded with the office, assisted by the Master. The Ter Sanctus was from the late Professor Walmisley's service in B flat. In the administration all the Bishops present took part. The Gloria in Excelsis was from Dr. Garrett's service in D. Handel's Hallelujah Chorus was sung before the Bishop of Ely gave the final blessing.

And so ended this spirit-stirring service, with which we have set apart our beautiful and now holy House for Almighty God, to be His dwelling place amongst us in our College.

A COLLATION

was served at 4 P.M., in the Hall, the Combination Room, and the two Racket Courts which had been kindly placed by the Managers at the disposal of the

College; B.A's. and Undergraduates being in the Racket Courts. There were four lines of tables in the Hall below the table on the dais, two lines in the Combination Room, and four in each Racket Court. The accommodation in the Hall was for 302 persons; in the Combination Room for 180; and in the Racket Courts for 416. Doctors were in scarlet. The Master presided in the Hall, supported by His Grace the Duke of Devonshire, Chancellor of the University; the Earl of Powis, High Steward; the Bishops of Ely, Lichfield, Gloucester, Rochester, and Hereford; Lord Lyttelton; the Right Hon. S. H. Walpole, and A. J. B. Beresford-Hope, Esq., M.P.'s for the University; Sir Thomas Watson; the Master of Clare College, Vice-Chancellor; the Masters of Sidney, and St Peter's; the Mayor of Cambridge; Dr. Parkinson, President of the College; Dr. Reyner, Senior Fellow.

Fellows presided over the tables below the dais, and over those in the Combination Room, and in the Racket Courts.

Places in the Hall and in the Combination Room had been so assigned that guests of the same Academic standing were near each other: and many were the recognitions, and cordial the greetings, between old friends who had not met for twenty, thirty, and forty years, and now lived their College days over again.

It had been arranged by the Master and Seniors that there should be but one toast proposed, "Prosperity to St. John's College." But in the Hall the enthusiasm could not be restrained; and speech followed speech nearly till the time of the Evening Service.

EVENING PRAYER

was said at 7.30., the Chapel being completely filled, and the Choir being lighted with the lines of gas jets within the sill of each window, the effect of which was very beautiful. The Anthem of the morning was repeated. And thus this happy day was brought to its close.

VOL. VI.

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