To-day we saw
Bishop Wilmer consecrated — Bishop Meade presiding, Bishops Johns and Elliott
assisting. The services were very imposing, but the congregation was grieved by
the appearance of Bishop Meade; he is so feeble! As he came down the aisle,
when the consecration services were about to commence, every eye was fixed on
him; it seemed almost impossible for him to reach the chancel, and while
performing the services he had to be supported by the other Bishops. Oh, how it
made my heart ache 1 and the immense crowd was deeply saddened by it.
SOURCE: Judith W. McGuire, Diary of a Southern
Refugee, During the War, p. 97
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