Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-03-10
FUNDS TO BE SOLICITED.

FUNDS TO BE SOLICITED.
1t is intended now to push the efforts to OBJ
tain contributions in this city, the aim being
to raise here q sum sufficient at least to secure
all the land selected as the site of the proposed
cathedral as the gift of the people Of Washing
ton before making an appeal outside OF the
city for aid in the great enterprise. In regard
| to the work of securing funds bishop Paret has
| sent out the following announcements:
1T is of very great importance that gener-
Gus impulse should be speedily given to the ef-
fort to secure funds for building the cathedral
at Washington. For that purpose Rev. Nelson
Falls has been asked by the bishop and the
| committee appointed by him to call upon all
persons who may be interested and to solicit
their liberal assistance. Much Of the ultimate
success Of the undertaking will depend upon
the spirit and earnestness with which it is
begun and we appeal therefore to all who may
be concerned not only for the church in WASH
lngton and Maryland. but for the interest of
| the church in the United States. This work at
the capital city of the nation will have great
national relations and influence and it should
| be nobly carried on. The Rev. Mr.. Falls will
! remit and report to the proper authorities for
the cathedral all contributions that may be
! made"
Already those who have interested them
selves in the work have had assurances that a
fund of proportions sufficient to indicate an
earnest interest in the cathedral project on the
erously supplemented by contributions from
churches and churchmen elsewhere. Two do
| nations from persons of great wealth in an
other city came with a promise OF a much
larger sum when the people of Washington had
done something to prove their own zeal in the
cause. The 5000 subscription of Mrs. Merritt
of New York is payable at any time SO soon as
S95, O0O is secured by other subscriptions; but
the subscription is to be Withdrawn unless the
$685. 900 is subscribed by January l. 1898. In
=. l.
800, 900 now asked for by the bishop being
subscribed by 1893. but is payable at once
thereupon, whether that sum is secured at once
or only until January /, 1888.
THE GENERAL PLANS.
The enterprise has the warmest approval OF
Bishop Paret and Of the authorities of the
church in this diocese. 1t is earnestly advo-
Gated by leading clergymen of Baltimore, who
see that the success OF the movement does not
mean the removal Of tie episcopal residence
from Baltimore, but the erection of a separate
diocese in the District Of Columbia. The
growth and importance of the parishes in
Washington long ago made it apparent that
| such a division Of the diocese of Maryland
would hereafter become an administrative ne
cessity. The site selected for the cathedral and
approved by Bishop Paret is at the junction of
the Woudley and Klingie roads. The choice
is commended as a wise one on account of the
attractiveness of the site and also, as Bishop
Paret explained in an address he made recently
at meeting in this city Of those who were in
terested in the enterprise, because it avoided
the danger of the injury or destruction Of one
or two neighboring parish churches which
might arise if the cathedral were located in q
thickly populated part Of the city.
1t becomes possible. too, byschoosing site
beyond the city limits to make ample provi-
| sion for the future needs of the cathedral The
land chosen is now easily accessible, and it will
not be many years before the growth of the
city will bring it in the midst of city popula-
ton. According TO Bishop Paret the sum re-
quired tor the adequate endowment of the
| cathedral is 81, 000. 0OO an amount which he
thinks might be raised in two years when the
people of Washington have done their share.
1t is his view that the wisest plan. when the
| sum he has named has been secured, is to ex-
pend the interest Of the fund, one hundred
and fifty thousand or SO a year. in erecting the
necessary buildings, retaining the principal az
| an endowment for the work. The bishop re-
CARDS it as important to the success OF the plan
that around the cathedral should cluster nstitu-
| tons of learning and mercy. Such institutions,
when placed upon proper foundation, which
| the cathedral provides, would naturally enlist
| the interest Of those who desired to contribute
| from their means to the advancement of educa-
ton and of philanthropic work.
THE NATIONAL CHARACTER OF THE PROJECT.
| That the national character of the cathedral
project and the benefits that may flow from i,
| to Christianity throughout the land are recoR.
nized is evidenced by the following comments
made by Church Notes OF Boston:
"Were the contemplated structure to be but
| the cathedral church Of the diocese of Mary.
land, the question would have butlittle interest
/ in the other dioceses, but undoubtedly no such
view Of the situation will be taken. The cathe-
dral of Washington should be the metropolitan
| church of the United States and it should be
designed with this ultimate result in view. In
time, al the merits of the provincial system be-
come better known, Washington will become
the seat Of the primate Of the American church
and around the cathedral win gather the uni
versity, divinity school, convocation hall and
offices that should be connected with the CHIEF
church in great nation. It might not be wise
or desirable to make now the District of Co
lumbia . diocese by itself, the seat of the pri-
mate Or archbishop Of the American church,
but such result must come in time - an I'D.
ministrstive necessity and the authorities, who
will have the construction OF the cathedral in
charge, will, undoubtedly, have this destiny Of
their work in mind"
Tho Maryland Chuschnsan. Bishop Psrst's
| paper, commenting upon the words OF Church
Notes, disclaims the idea Of primacy o. arch.
bishopric. but indorses what = mid d he M