•• 7'".. ~'" , . /7~~I ~f Ii. :;{;;:[ I' if' . 1"·- t'<lPy of cngrc1m9 III elUhtdml of ~Islwp o)[cd:cy III Iht )"Mr of hi' Con.!tcl<llioll, from 0.1 ~l'al1lling in 'W.. dham fo,/tge ~t'all. Oxford. §oreworb. ~HI S p resent Guide is based on the Guide by t he late ljishop Kingdon, now out of p rint. \Ve are very greatly indebted Lo Prof. F. L H arvey for hi!; work in bringi ng the hi s ~or y of the Ca the­ d ral up to d a le. his resea rches in Bisho lJ Medley's D Jary alld at Snetlisham, in Norfolk. and fo r the very fine photographs from which the plates illus ll a ling this G uide were made; a lso to \Va ll ace Alward. Gq., 01' ~a in t John , for hi s draw­ ing of the spire. a nd 1.0 Mr. R. FitzRandol ph, J r .• fOl' IJfcparnlion of the Guide. C6ri.tc6urc6 C.t6tbraf .i\rtbtridon. """HE CELEBRATION of the Seventy-Fifth Anniversary of """ the Consecration of our beautiful Cathedral recalls the most interesting and affecting ceremony which dedictlted it forever to the worship of Almighty Cod. The Bishop writes in his journal, on August 3 1,1 853, "The Cllthedral, the corner stune of which was laid October I;, 184S. was consecrated [hi~ day. All praise be to Cod, who lilts enabled me. amidst many difficulties, to finish it. May the Lord pardon all that is amiss, and make it J-lis holy dwelling place for evermore, Amen," The Consecration was of course performed by the Bishop of the Diocese. Theft' were present also the Bishop of Quebec. Ri ghi Re verend C. J. Mountain. the Bi ~ llOp of Toronlo, the Right Reverend John Strachan, and Right Reverend Horatio Southgate, a Bishop of the C hurch in the U nited States, besides the Reverend Dr. H aight. oi New York. Dr. Edson. of Lowell, Mas~ .. Archdeacon Co~ter, Rector of Fredericton, Reverend Richard Pod more, C uratt! of St. Anne's Chapel. Reverend F. COO lcr, Rector of C.alf-I'on, and other Clergy of tht! diocese La the number of sixty. A procession was formed at 10 a. rn . in wh ich were several members of the Bench a nd Bar in their robes, Officers of the 76th Regirn('nt, the Mayor. and other distinguished inhabitants of the city and neighborhood, attended by boys bearing banners. The sermon was preached by Bishop Southgate from Ps. cuii., v. 1:\, 9. It was an able and elo4uent adJrt!ss, expre.'l~ive of the deep joy felt by the memhers of tht' American C hurch in this event as an earnesL of the wider extension of catholic unity. The music at the consecralion service was very finc, and included a beautiful anthem by Dr. George Elvey, organi:li. of S t. George's Chapel. Windsor Castle. and was well rt"ndered by a large and efficient choir. The organist was Mr. S. A. Hayter, who had re(:t"ivecl his training at Salisbury Cathedral. The organ was built by Mr. Naish, ....· ho had served his apprenticeship with Walker. the great London organ bui ld ~r, and who was brought out by the Bishop to do this work. THE C" T HEC~ A L , WE ST END S H OWING TR I PLE PDRC H irebtrlC- i o ll, met!) @rullllt!)lcfi 5 T he services conll ec ted with the consecration of the Cathedral lasted for a week; during which eloquent and appropriate sermons were preached by the Bishop of Quebec, formerl y Rector of the Parish of Fredericton: by D r. Haight, and by Dr. Edsoll , The Bishop held his hrst visitation, and delivered his hrst charge to his clergy on the Thur!lday of this week. Addresses were presented to the v isiting Bishops and Clergy, tll1d also to the Bishop of the Diocese from his clergy, before the prOl.:t:eJings terminated. The crowded congregations, the reverent riemeanor of the worshippers, and the large amoun t of the o f'fertory collections. showed that the grea t body of the people took it very hearty interest. and an honest pride, in their new Cathedral. r- L.OTH 01'" GOL.O . FROM WII.L.IAM I V's CORO N A T ION IWili".,"'; ' ~ w AM .... v' 6 T~'E MO ST REV. JOHN MEDLEV THt: RT. REV, H. T . KINGDON T HE RT. R£V. JOHN A . R I CH ARDSON !f~bt ri c foll , OO t ID @ru ll EfwlcR 7 - ---- l5i .tor~. It was Major General Sir Howard Douglas. Lieutenant­ Governor of New Brunswick from 1824 to 183 1, 1.. 110 first urged upon His Majesty's Secretary of State for t he Colonies the establis hment of a sepa rate Diocese fOJ this Province. This. however, did not come abou t unt'i! 1845, when the R everend John Medl('"y, of the Diocese of Exeter, was consecrated tho fir st Bishop of Fredericton. The Letlers Patent appointing him may be seen in the McCord Museum at Montreill. T he Iir,, 1 impulse was giv~ n to t he erection of tile C athedral by fr iends of the Bishup in E.xeter who p rt'scnled him. when he left for New Brunswick. with a cheque for £1400 "towards a cathedral church. or any other church purpose." Stimula ted by t his generous offering the Bi shop employed Mr. Frank \"Vi lls to draw plans for a cathedral for his new Diocese. He sent him to Snettisha m, in Norfolk. La take measurements of the fine parish cbun:.h there. which a ppeared to him to be a suitable model. The noble proportions of the nave are a faithful copy from this church. In general style we may trace Bishop Medley's love of Exeter Cathedral. and the " Decora ted" period of Gothic IIrchitcc.ture. The fir :<t sod for the fou ndation was turned on August 28. 1845. and the work so far progresse-d as to be ready for the layin g of the foundation stone on October IS of the same year. T he ceremony was performed by Sir \Villia m Colebrooke. Lieu tenant-Governor of the Province. in the presence of nearl y three thousand people. After llIany struggles and amid numerous discouragements. its graceful wtl lls and pi ll ars s tea.d il y rose. Dinlcult ies of no light natun: had to be met and overcome. some of which have harrily disappeared even now. Funds at times came in but slowly. A t one period they had ceased . and it did not appear from wha t quarter they were to be replenished. Then the Bishop's unswerving faith and fervent prayers bl'ought an anonymou! (:ontribution of which the letters "F. S. M." (: ut on the tower pier are the remembrance. and fr om that time there \'IIas no delay in the work. 8 1t6ristc.6urc6 t:cd6tbuf THE CATHEDRAL.. EAST END J"rct'ltrlcfoll. QJ.ew @ru1I6witR • It is the I1 rst Cathedral buill in lh~ AngliclI n communion since the Reformation, and i~ may bl". truly said to be t he first Cathedral foundation since the Norman Conquest, for although many of the English Cathedrals as l:hey now stand have been e rected since that great event, they are. all on the site of {'arlier C hristian edifices. I t was indeed a work of faith to undertake so onerous a task. at the time at which it was begun. Nothing short of the energy and persistence of the first Bishop of the Seeof Fredericton could have accomplished it. Not only did he raise by himse lf and through his friends in England large sums towards the cause so dear to his heart, no~ only did he contribute a considerable portion of his own pnvatt' fonune, but he was able by his strong trust in the Divine assistance and in thl:' ability and willingness of the people o f this country to give, to arouse a widespread Interest in the work. and to obtain substantial aid for the building fund. The Cathedral itself will always be his most fitting and enduring monument. While the Cathedral was in process of building, the Bishop dete.rmined to erect It C hap~ l of Eltlle in the northern part of the city. of which the seats were to be free, for the accommoda­ tion of the increasing populat ion in that quarter. The founda­ tion stone was laid on Saturday, May 30. IB46. by tI!e Hon. John S. Saunders, by whom the site had been given to the Bishop, a dist inguisheJ COln pany of ch urch p~ople and others being present. On March IB , 1847. o nly ten months after the l!lying of the corne r sto ne, thl" Bishop's Chapel was consecrated by the name o f S t. Anne's C hapel, SI. Anne's having: been the original name nf Fre.deriClnn. I t is a signal t ribu te to the far seeing sagacity of the B ishop, that he perceived t hat the erection of this building for the worship of Almighty God, so far from being a check upo n the operations a t the Cathedral, would the rather advance them, which turned out to be the case. This C hurch is ot the style of architecture generally known as "Early English." which prevailed in England in the reign of H enry II I.