Bishop Molony chose for his ject "Christ's Gifts to His Church,' Which was based on the Epistle to the Ephesians IV. 11-13:—"He gat phets; and some evangelists; and some pastors and teachers: for, perfecting of the saints, and the] work of ministry, unto the building up of the body of Christ: till we] all attain unto the unity of the! faith, and of the knowledge of the! Son of God, unto a full grown man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ."
The sermon, in full follows:—We are assembled here in All Saints' Church on All Saints' Day for a service of grent importance to all the saints in China, the co2- see ration of a Chinese Bishop. We fare not making a new experiment. Nine years ago, in another Church' in this central city of the China coast, many of us who are now] assembled consecrated the first Chinese Bishop of our Church, and hho is with us to-day as one of the: consecrators of our brother now to be set apart for this responsible It is Christ that bestows-the gifts and graces needed for the ministry, and we shall all do well, before! proceeding to the act of conseeration, to remind ourselves what these] eifts and graces are and for what purpose they are The passage of Scripture which most! clearly sets this forth is found St. Paul's Bpistle to the Ephesians, the 4th. chapter, the 1th to the 13th) verses.
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