Evening star., 1896-12-04

salute the rector and wish him God-speed
The service will be closed by the reces-
siOnal hymn H..
1t is a coincidence that Sunday VIII be
the first anniversary of Bishop Satterlee 5
election to the episcopate of Washington
and the second anniversary of the ord!na-
ton to the priesthood of DR.. Devrias.
The provisions of the concordat or con-
tract between the bishop and vesrry lave
not been made public. and will rot be
until they formally announced Sun
day. a pro-catheiral is. however, simply
a cathedral pro terpOre. that is, it has 10
dean and chapter, but retains its parochidl
organization. If there We're no cathedral.
however. of this description. the bishop
when wishing the use of sue h an editice for
ordination, confirmation and other cere-
monies would have 20 ask permission of
the rector of the church to use mis- house
OF worship. Under the pro-cathedral ar
all such services in St Marks church,
and when ne is not required to be ',sent
preaching in other churches he viii be
present at St. Marks and his family will
arrangement will necessitate several
changes to be made in the chancel of the
church Among these Will be stalls for
the clergy of the diocese.
The Bishops Coat of Arms.
Bishop Satter!ee will. on this OCCASION
use his bishops chair for the first time 1t
is of oak, handsomely carved. but the most
striking feature about IT is the coat pf arms
on it's center panel This coat Of arms is in
the four colors of gold, red, white and
blue. The right half of the shield contains
the arms of George Washington and the
other half the arms of the Protestant
Episcopal Church, so that the coat OF arms,
when read by a herald, would mean exact
ly the Diocese of Washington" Above is
The bishop $. inter and crown, While below
is scroll carved in the wood and bearing
I 10 npiTc ch nf ic
as follows, Scripture, creed, orders and
sucraments.'' These four words are the
same as those formulated by the Lambeth
quadrilateral the bass of Christian
unity. OF course, other changes may be
made afterwird If the workings of the pro-
Cathedral so require 1t.
The rector, Rev. William Devries PHI d.
is a native of Baltimore. and received his
eailier education at st. Paul's School. Con-
cord, n. II. Later he entered Johns Hop
kins University IN Baltimore, and gradu-
ated from that institution with first hon
ors. He is a fellow and doctor of philoso-
ply of Johns Hopkins He has taken the
degree of bachelor of divinity at the Cen
eral Theological Seminary New York.
standing first in his class, and receiving
the alumni prize for his scholarship in &C.
clesiastical Greek. Since his ofdina tion
which occurred in Christ Church of this
city on Trinity Sunday, 1894 Rev. Mr.. Dew
rieS has heen a missionary of the diocese
of Maryland, with assignments at Alberton
u.
The curate, Rev. C. C. Hayes, was born in
Madison. n. j., and was educated at Co
lumbia College, New York city, from which
he holds the degree of master of arts. Dur
ing his course of college studies he was
voted by the faculty one of the most
Industrious students in the college. After
postgraduate course, he entered the Gen
eral Theological Seminary in the fall Of
1892 and graduated in 1894 with the degree
of bachelor of divinity. Having been ap-
pointed a fellow by the church university
regents for two years. he was a student at
the University of oxford, England, and at
the University of Halle. Germany Rev
Mr.. Devries was ordained by the bishop Of
Newark Wednesday Of this week at ST
Pauls Church, Newark, N. j., which
church Mr.. Hayes family has been attend
ing for generations.
DIR. Devries, Mr.. Hayes and Mr. Rhine
lander Eave been appointed by Bishop Sat
terlee as his examining chaplains for the
diocese Of Washington. These three young
men are all ghiy educated and are consid-
cred as amongst the most promising Of the
younger members of the Protestant Epis-
cOpaI