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Inasmuch 



Bishoprick 

 Proposed 



Consecration 

 Bishop An 

 derson, May 

 29th, 1849 



acter of those exigencies as demanding, im 

 periously, an established provision for the ex 

 ercise of the Episcopal functions upon the spot.&quot; 



The Bishop s final words were &quot;Let her 

 (i.e., the Church) do her own duty, and commit 

 the issue to God above. I cannot, for one, 

 withhold the expression of my feelings in the 

 cause. While I have been musing of these things, 

 my heart was hot within me: the fire kindled, and 

 I have spoken with my tongue. And I may speak, 

 if so permitted, yet again, though in a different 

 way. It is for others to carry the work into 

 effect to deliberate, to plan, and to execute. 

 But a move should be made at once an earnest, 

 determined move, with the eye of faith turned up 

 to God, the heart lifted in the fervency of prayer, 

 and the hand put to the work without looking 

 back.&quot; 



Our next step takes us to a notable and historic 

 occasion even for the historic and notable Cathe 

 dral of Canterbury: 



&quot;On Whitsunday, Canterbury Cathedral wit 

 nessed the consecration of a Bishop for the first 

 time since the days of Queen Elizabeth. Of 

 two Bishops, indeed; and both for Mission Fields 

 of the Church Missionary Society. One was to go 

 to the Far East, and the other to the Far West; 

 one to the countless millions of China, and the 

 other to the scattered tribes of the Hudson s 

 Bay Territories. George Smith and David 

 Anderson were consecrated together, the first 



