Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-09-26

mtted. Therefore is she sovereign church.
But as our own sovereign states are but
part of an infinitely larger and grander
whole, so will this church-she, too, is a
part of a larger whole. She is a portion of
the Holy Catholic Church. and in one spe-
c1al sense is she one with the Anglican part
or that church. Mindful of this, the arch
bishop of Canterbury is but coming to his
own. He Is one Of our chief officers We
are all brethren, and to the line of Canter-
Dury we are no strangers. Augustine and
LangIon ana Anseim. Cranmer and Land
ana temple, they all belong to U.S. Below
all national distinctions is this fact of the
oneness of the church's life and because
OF this the archbishop is one Of our own
chief pastors and fathers in God
TO marked degree was this oneness
signified by the presence of our own beloved
BISHOP Doane as the preacher of the special
sermon standing with the archbishop the
two as brother prelates of the same church
or God, which maketh one those whose
lives are separated by geographical distinc-
| tions or natural divisions
Now, 1t has come about in the Divine
Provldence that the chief bishop of the
Anglo-Catholic Church represents the
m,ightiest force for unity which the world
Knows To-Day The watchers on the hills
1uli well believe and with reason proclaim
that II ever the vision of the united church
Is to be realized the realization must come
through the Anglican Church She holds
the key. Were 1t only a question of nun.
would be so. ~
IAnsio-odxon Christianity, for reasons
which lie outside of that Christianity ALTO
gether, must dominate the world Given
present progress and then ere many gem
era.ions Canterbury will be the center
pinulng as in one the largest confedera tion
or churches in the whole world Rut far
more because Of what she is in herself do
we nope and believe that the AngIo-C,ath
olLc Cnurch VIII be the peacemaker among
The Jerusalem Altar.
Next the center of all attention, and
worthy OF II, Is the Jerusalem altar! 1t is built
VI huee stones taken from the quarries OF
solomon, IN the holy city Of Jerusalem, Just
without the damascus gate. Priceless in
Value In historic interest is this great altar
OF stone, on which even now the holy COM
munlon Is regularly celebrated amid an en-
VTonment so sacred and unique that no.
Where else in this new world is there aught
with which 1t can be compared.
Not far from the Little Sanctuary in a
spacious baptistry of beautiful design, on
the spot where 1t will find its permanent
nome, is the Jordan Font, SO called because
built OF stones brought from the rocky bed
OF the Jordan. Surely here, If anywhere
we have sermons in stones as eloquently
they preach one Lord. one faith, one bap-
tism for all the children of men,
There, too, In the midst of all else, point
peace. to our fatherland and home stands
the graceful Peace Cross, enshrined with
memories of the sainted Mckinley, who.
with prophetic word, spoken at the time OF
its dedication, told how the ancient church
was entering that day on a new sowing for
the Master and for man.
ITO this place, where In an open glade,
with the gently ascending hillsides lying
around, the greatest of congregations can
hear the voice of a speaker, there came
this day, as they had come before, the
many thousands of Israel
There, as the gentle dew from heaven
falls on the earth beneath SO the benedic-
ton of the Lord fell on the assembled mul-
ttude as the foremost voice in Anglican
Christendom spoke the word that told how
joyful a thing it is for brethren to dwell to-
gether in unity.
ut was a mighty gathering, rare oc-
casion, and when following Bishop Doane's
sermon the archbishop delivered his adj
dress and then went on to offer the beauti-
full prayer for unity, and with cultured
voice and uplifted hand to pronounce the
benediction, which came at its close, all
men felt, as the echoes of the voice died
away and the service was ended, that
great opportunity had been given to the
church in Washington, and 1t had been
nobly used for the good of man and glory
Of God