394 CONFIRMATION. 
to the Bishop's examining them for confirmation, 
which he is busily engaged upon. 
Sunday, 1th. — Finding them competent to the 
wise and consistent requirements of the Church, 
his lordship determined to perform the scriptural 
rite of Confirmation this afternoon. The morninf 
service commenced at the usual time, myself 
officiating. At the conclusion of the second 
lesson the Bishop administered the sacrament 
of baptism to the infant child of John Adams 
the second. What would have been the feelings 
of John Adams the first, could he have seen this 
day? 
Just at the conclusion of the holy rite, the 
Bishop's Chaplain (the Rev. Mr. Patteson, who 
had just landed from their vessel) entered the 
church, having put on his surplice outside, and 
walking down the aisle, joined the Bishop in the 
chancel. So many clergymen in their appropriate 
vestments, present at the same time, had never 
before been witnessed by our community, and 
I think excited in them somewhat of wonder and 
veneration. The Bishop concluded the Liturgy 
by reading the proper portions of the Commu- 
nion service ; Mr. Patteson assisted. His lord- 
ship then went into the pulpit and preached 
nearly extempore a sermon admirably suited to 
the occasion, from the Epistle for the day (Eph. 
iii. 17 — 19). It was listened to with breathless 
attention, and was, I think, thoroughly com- 
prehended and retentively appreciated. The 
sermon concluded, the Holy Eucharist (it being 
the first Sunday in the month) was administered 
to sixty-six communicants, the Bishop present- 
