The times., 1898-10-24

great statue OF st. Michael the arch
angel with Satan under his feet.
I'VE say peace hath its Victories as
well as war. Let us say, however. that
there Is no victory except in concord and
peace. am sure that there is no incon-
sistency or contradiction in the connec-
tion of the two words, peace and cross
but absolute harmony. 1t is put together
here: the peace that comes through par
don that the cross procures. Peace, the
cross. and peace of Christ.
GIoryIng in the Work.
MY dear brother" Bishop Doane con-
tinued, turning toward the President, I'VE
stand by you and behind you today glory
ing In the work of Christ. And If every
State in the Union contributed a stone 20
build that beautiful obelisk which lifts
Its majestic head above the Capital City
of the Nation pointing to the Washing
ton monument in the distance, 80 l be-
lieve that every diocese of our church
will give a stone toward the building of
the Cathedral of SITS. Peter and Paul.
And l freely say as Bishop Of the Capital
City of the Empire State. speaking TO
the Bishop of the Capital City of the Ma
tion. which we do not dare yet to call
imperial, but which. nevertheless, is
nation, every one of whose subjects is a
sovereign, / venture to pledge a pillar
from the Diocese of Albany to this ca
thedral and shall tender the love and
the loyalty of the people of Albany,
people to people, and brothers to brothers.
God bless your purpose, and your prayers
and theirs shall rise, that through the
cross, with its prevailing litany, God
may give TO all nations unity, peace and
concord
A Thanksgiving Prayer.
At the conclusion of Bishop Doane's ad-
dress the assemblage arose and all Joined
In singing the Gloria in Excelsis,'' the
oldest Christian hymn, after which Bishop
Whipple delivered an impressive thanks
| giving for victory. prayer for Congress
collect and the blessing. The prayer OF
thanksgiving was as follows:
20 Almighty God. the sovereign COM
mander of all the world, in whose hand
| is power and might, which none IS able
| 10 withstand; we bless and magnify thy
| great and glorious name for our happy
victories. the whole glory whereof We do
ascribe to thee. give us grace to improve
| these great mercfes TO thy glory the ad-
/
country. and, as much as in US lieth. to
| the good of all mankind And. We beseech
| thee, give us such a sense of these great
| mercies as may engage US to a true
thankfulness, such as may appear in our
lives by an humble. holy and Obedient
walking before thee all our days; through
| Jesus Christ our Lord. to whom with thee
and the Holy Spirit as for all thy mer-
cies, so in particular for these victories
= nd lalF he oil
| world without end. Amen"
The recessional hymn was then sung.
the participants in the exercises leaving
| the stand as they had entered it, and the
ceremony was over.
Those in Charge.
The memorable dedication and unveil-
ing was under the auspices of the Church
mems League of the District of Columbia.
| and the clerical part of the program was
in charge of the Rev. Dr. Alfred Harding,
rector of St. Paul's Church, assisted by
the Rev. Mr.. Stryker. The Rev DIR. r.
p. Williams. of Trinity Church, assisted
by the Rev Mr.. Rhinelander, was in
charge Of the clergy. and Rev Mr.. Hays,
| of ST. Marks, was in charge of the choir,
assisted by Francis E. Camp. organist for
the Church OF the Ascension, as choir
| master.
Choirs from the following churches par
ticipated: Trinity. Christ Church. Ascen-
sion, St. Johns St. Pauls. St. Mchael's,
and All Angels, Incarnation, St. James's.
Epiphany. Christ Church. Navy Yard:
Emanuel and ST. Adams.
| The directors of the choirs were james
| Watson, of Christ Church: W. G. LOCKER
of ST. Johns: D. b. Mcleod. of St.
Paul's; Z. Z. Asmussen. of St. Michael's;
| W. c. Glover of Incarnation; Mr.. Evans.
| of St. James; +. Clough Leighter, of
Epiphany; and Lee Cox, of St Adams.
The members of the choir wore the cas-
sock and white Gotta and black caps
| They vested with the clergy in the tents.
| while the bishops vested in the church.
The members of the Churchman'S League
who We're in charge of various parts of
the exercises were as follows: E F.
LOCKER. F. NJ. Evans. John F. Paret, J.
II. Taylor DR.. Larkin w GlaZebrook.
George W. Salter, \. d. Nanderveer
James B. Nourse, Major 4. +. Richard
son, II. G. Price, J. r. Ellerson, r. S
Chew. Corbin Thompson, 3. Bryan, and
Benjamin Heller.
Bishop Whipple and the Rev. DR.. Dis
were among the first TO arrive. They
were followed by J. Pierpont Morgan, ex.
Secretary Sherman, c. c. Glover. {. ]
Bell, Col George Truesdell, Col. A T
Britton, and other distinguished laymen
About forty bishops took part in the cere
mony and nearly TWO hundred clergymen
The rest of the stand was filed with cIer
ical and lay deputies and members o
their families.
History of the Site.
, An interesting history is connected wit
the site of the proposed cathedral /
the earlier part of the century Mt s
Alban was owned by Joseph Nourse, VIII
,, was appointed by President Washinsto
first registrar of the Treasury. Towar
the middle of the century the mount wa
purchased as the site of a school 70
boys under the name "St. Johns Inst
tute." 1t met with little success, how
ever. until Bishop Whittingham induce
the Rev. Anthony Ten Brock to remov
his school from Orange. y. j., to tn
mount.
A chapel was fitted up by Mr.. Te
: Broeck. in the second story of the schoC
building. and used by the people of tn
, | neighborhood as a house of worship
l Among the faithful attendants at the lii
tie upper room chapel was Miss Phoeb
Nourse. a granddaughter of Josep
: Nourse, who was an active worker unit
. | a lingering illness kept her in bed 70
2 many months until death relieved her.
| At her death, among her personal ei
} | fects was found a box inscribed: To
: given to the Rev. Mr.. Ten Brock as tn
beginning of a fund for a free church a
t ST Alban." In the box were forty gol