The Savannah morning news., 1904-09-26
KROUSKOFF BROS. & GO.
ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY
AT AN IMPOSING SERVICE
The English Primate Was an Impressive Figure
at Washington ReligIous AssembIaee

Washington, Sept. 25.-The Right
Honorable and Most Reverend Thomas
Randall Davidson, the Archbishop of
Canterbury, sounded ringing appeal
for Christian unity at the open air
service held in the Cathedral grounds
at Mt. st. Adams, near Washington,
this afternoon. The crowd was esti-
mated at from 10000 to $4,000.
Mrs. Roosevelt, Miss Ethel Roosevelt,
Mrs. j. West Roosevelt and the British
ambassador. Sir Henry Mortimer Du-
rand with Mrs. Davidson, Gen. and
Mrs. Chaffee and Mrs. Hitchcock, had
seats to the right of the platform, and
joined heartily in the service.
Promptly at $3.50 o'clock the top of the
first Professional cross was sighted
coming over the hill at the head of
long line of men and boys, the COM
bined vested choirs of the Episcopal
churches in Washington, followed by
the Marine Band also in vestments.
After the choir came the clergy and
then the visiting bishops, including
Bishop Nelson of Georgia and Bishop
Brent of the Philippines, Bishop Fer
guson of Africa, Bishop Doane of AL
bany and Bishop Satterlee of Washing
ton.
Behind them all came the Archbish-
ops party, his chaplains, his crucifer
and in the rear the Archbishop in the
brilliant red vestments of the prlmate
of all England. Awaiting them on the
platform were prominent laymen' in
GLIDING ]. Pierpont Morgan of New
York, Secretary Hitchcock and Presi-
dent Gilman of the Carnegie Institute
and clergy from the various Protestant
churches in Washington.
Bishop Nelson Read Prayers.
The long procession, to the inspiring
tune of my Country, 'Tis of Thee"
made its way to the seats reserved for
the various bodies represented. On the
platform with the Archbishop sat the
visiting clergy, the bishops and Arch
bishops .chaplains. The versicles and
opening prayers were read by Bishop
Nelson. Bishop Ferguson read the
psalm and Bishop Brent read the les
son.
The sermon was preached by the
Bishop of Albany. He made a strong
plea that all Christians walk worthy
OF their calling. He deprecated the
continental idea of the Sabbath, and
said that II people were not more APP
preciative Ct Sunday, which should
be a holy day as well as a holiday,
the time would come when commerce
would step in and make Of 1t work.
ing day like the other SIX He called
attention to the reverence Of English
speaking people for the home, ana
spoke of the increasing urgency for
the protection of the home.
Bishop Satterlee. after thanking the
Archbishop for his presence and for his
coming from across the water to show
his interest and earnest desire for
greater Christian unity, presented the
After the Archbishop's blessing the
ser,ices closed with the professional,
coward, Christian Soldiers"
Archbishop's saIutntion.
The Archbishop's salutation follows;
adv friends: / am called upon and
rrtvIieped TO give you on this great oc-
casion-great at all events to me-what
the paper In your hands calls 'salu-
tation. / give II to you from full
heart. in the holy name OF Him, when,
amid all our ditefenceS' we serve our
living Lord and saviour, Jesus Christ.
"It is not a little thing TO me 10 be
allowed IN that name to greet you here
here al the very pivot and center
Of national life which for 1870 years
has had liberty as its watchword, and
for more than forty years has every
where striven TO make the word good.
A vision rises before our eyes to-day
whereunto this thing. with all that II
tr,niles may grow. II has been given
to us English.speaking folk, In the
manifold development Of our stored
ilfe. 10 realize in practice more fully
than other men the true meaning or
iibsrty-the liberty wherewith Christ
hath made ua free.
"He n ours 20 recoGnize that such
knowledge ie lu ITSELF not a heIlttse
~riv buf q ariendid and scored trust
me trust must b. Extraordinarily ana