Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-05-15

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{Tte.- upon thu site Of the cathedral. a
plateau rising ~ 70 1o1 feet above the
level Of the nearest streets on the east.
and aftordius an Uuriyaled view of the ma
tlpu1l capital and the beautiful landscape
frame that surrounds 1t. The cathedral
site. which is I'm tn. form of cross 800
feet long and I'-t feet wide. has been
marked with marhl. stones. The Right
Rev Henry Y SatJ.rl.-. bishop Of Wash
iugt"U. will ofiicfat- and the entire clergy
Of The diocese viii be in attendance. There
viii he a choir 81 iei selected voices, and
the comfort of the thrpusS in attendance
will b. looked after 10y members of the
Churchman'S League.
The Cathedral Reality.
That the Cathedral Church of the newly
formed diocese IF Washington should have
some visible tokens If both its unity with
and also Of its spiritual descent from the
ancient church f britain said Rev. W.
N M'rSdE-JON@S- YVES certainly Il happy
tt~rr1tioE. To"aE il = neither an tnSpira-
TN nor an idsa- II : a reality For the
&c E"drJl Church Cf Washington viii from
G.Hr"GpTth possess for all time that out
ward Jud visible sign Of this great histori-
cal fact in its bishops chair, which is TO
itr Known as IN 'riSSt Uttb1lTN t'3t QttTd.
Why the bishops chair in the Cathedral
Chutch ot Washington is called the CIas-
tOnbury Cath, Ora j. interesting. In the
matter IF church org nization the diocese
Is the UUii and NOT III parish. The church
wh-rr The bishops SCAT OF chair is placed
j. called the cathedral or mother church Of
tn diocese. being :" designated because
containing the caJhedra Greek word for
chairJ Of the bishop. In the earliest cathe-
dr.,lS the bishops chair usually made
uf marble or some other stone.
The history If the Glastonbury Cathedra
l. Interesting. and Glastonbury occupies
unique position in the history of British
and English Christianity. Glastonbury Is
fj,iy regarded as h. cradle of British Chris
t.tuity. 1t is thu one great religious t"un-
dtiipu of Britain which lived on unchanged
throughout the storm and stress of the
Saxon overthrow Il was the home of King
Arthur and his knights of the Round Table,
ana before its high altar King Arthur was
laid To rest At Glastonbury We are car
Fird back. not only to the beginnings OF
Saxon Christianity. buC to the very foun-
taiu-head of Christianity itself in Britain.
To SaxOns it became dear the burial
lace OF F,adgar and the Two EdmundS. The
NarInans also learned to reverence il rs
holy place and invested il with many fond
traditions What Glastonbury has To itself
sI,ra and without rival is its historical
r,,sitiou as the tie al once national and re-
iigious. which binds the history and mem
ores Of the English race to the histories
and memories Of the British race.
daughter of English Church.
9TH. church ~ America TO-DAY is the
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daughter 81 tHa- S''iI'' Va - ''-''
which represents ""th bF4llSh anu Saxon
christianity. And IS there was a peculiar
fitness III the CHolcr "f the htitlC pattern
FIR the Peace cross erected on Mount St.
- in 1StS 50 ) mat fitness enhanced
.,r5 mad. still NOR complete by the fact
that the bishops chair, which IS to be
placed m the c"iA--3s N'lltuI@ l Iitui III VI
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been hi'usht across N +AttailSlC ~ ,l, 'L,,
runs oi tLe Sil-'i4~ '7'4'''' "'' VI
Glastonbury
The planting Of, tEIS' HlsJ"r!C S'|l.t9 III
the bishop chd-i IN lile 'atIivuIdi CH
OF d~NlHStoit l'''tilS 60 iiiIu tiil ms "I /
cal episode N t.' Annals o. israel "iltli
IL the days Of Joshua they were command
FL hE Tho Lord u riHc" Twelve stones IN the
b-d Of th,. Jordan 10 be- perpetual witnesses
L. them and to the succeeding generations
Of III. miraculous crossing of the Jordan.
Aud do not the stones Of this Glastonbury
t'tthrdr4 help as t. bridge over the wide
gulf Of sixteen ceutGricS between the ma
1f,uaI cathedral of the capital of the
I-u;r.d States Of America and the cradle of
T;rifISh Observation-Disclosures Washiugtou's
r,f,.tral and Glastonbury
C,I1storhurv Cathedral came to be present
,.d +, The bishop Of Washington for the
,..ttedraI has been ALREADY told in The
So Cnntinrinr Mr. Morgan-Jones said:
:. lsf-rr;ro 10 M meeting amid the ruins
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80 ~. s7,lt 81 Which VS. the
~ s,n,ss for the cathF,iral TO
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The Inscriptions.
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