B. More than 8,000 persons attended the opening service of the General Convention on Sunday night, Oct. 11. In simultaneous processions from seven entrances came the deputies to Convention, accompanied by the delegates to the Triennial meeting of the women of the Church, official visitors and the Bishops of the Episcopal Church. Music for the service was provided by a 700-voice choir drawn from the churches of the Diocese of Missouri, under the direction of Ronald Arnatt, organist and choirmaster of Christ Church Cathedral, St. Louis. The sermon was delivered for the Presiding Bishop by the Rt. Rev. Ned Cole, Jr., Bishop Coadjutor of Central New York.
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