The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-09-26
CROWD TO HEAR The PRlMATE
5000 PEOPLE GREET TIE ARCH
BISHOP or CANTERBURY.


Men Distinguished I'm Church and state and
in Business and Commerce Attend
Tho Primate Delivers q "saiutation"
Grand Chorus OF Washington's Choirs.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 35.--A remarkable
open air service. participated IN BY tbs
Protestant Episcopal Pnmate and half
dozen Bishops Of that faith, was held this
afternoon on the site OF the proposed Ca
thedral OF st. Peter and St. Paul. Fifteen
thou sand people were gathered On the
shaded slopes OF Mount 81. Adams, over
looking the Potomac River and the city Of
Warrington. Scores Of men distin guished
In Church and State and h the world Of busi-
ness and commerce were assembled near the
impromptu rustic chanoel to greet the Right
Honorab BILE and Most Reverend Thomas Ran
dali Davidson, Archbishop Of Canterbury.
and the wife Of tho President OF the United
States occupied O seat under q large tree
near the outdoor altar.
The most conspicuous seat in the ohancel
was, Of course. reserved for the Primate.
At his right and left were seated Bishop
Satterlee Of Washington, Bishop Nelson
Of Georgia, Bishop Doane Of Albany. Bishop
Brent Of the Philippines and Bishop Fer
guson, the negro prelAte OF Africa. AS
Bishop Ferguson entered the chancel j.
Pierpont Morgan placed q chair In position
for him to occupy.
The service was announced In advance
as "a peoples open air evensong In behalf
OF Church unity" The chancel was erected
in q picturesque spot .at the foot of the
slope Immediately below the foot OF the
>loir VIA nj
commanded by the greater part Of the
immense audience which had gathered
to hear and see the distinguished church
man.
Nevertheless there were many hundreds
OF persons who strove In vain to approach
near enough even to see the chancel Be-
hind the Archbishop and the Bishops were
seated nearly all Of the Protestant clergy
men OF Washington and many from other
cities, but no representative OF the Roman
Catholic faith was present. Still further
back In the ohanoel were j. Pierpont Nor
gan, the Hon. John A. Kasson, Secretary OF
the Interior Hitchcock and many Leading
citizens Of the District OF Columbia.
Seated with Mrs. Roosevelt at a short
distance from this gathering OF distin-
guished clergymen and laymen were Sir
Henry Northumberland the British Am
bassador; Lieut.. Gen. and Mrs.. Cha1ee,
Gen. John M. Wilson, Gen. George Gil
lespie Mrs. j. West Roosevelt and several
others. Sir Henry met the present Arch
bishop yesterday for the first time In forty
years. They were boys at Harrow to-
gether.
The members Of the United States Marine
Band doffed their scarlet uniforms for the
day, and In black cassocks and white cottas
headed the professional. The band was
followed by a grand chorus composed OF
all the vested chotrs In the city Of Wash
ington. When a. part Of the professional
this grand chorus sang Jerusalem, the
Golden the swelling strains Of music
could be heard on the northwestern heights
Of Washin gton. nearly two miles away.
The Bishop OF Albany walked before the
Archbishop, who was Q conspicuous hgure
In his large sleeved robes With scarist
hood.
The Prhnsts was formally presented by
the Right Rev. Henry 7. Satterlee, Bishop
Of Washington, but not until the versicles
had been read by Bishop Nelson and the
Doane Of Albany. Bishop Doane deplored
the tendency toward Continental Sum
day" decaring that q great responsibility
rests upon the rich, who have six holidays
every week. but many Of whom are dis
posed TO make seventh holiday but not a
holy day. Of Sunday. He deplored also
the .craze for Oats and apartments, and
the Bedouinlike journeyings OF society
over the world as a menace 10 the home.
The great choir. led by the band
then sang All Hail the Power OF Jesus
Name. and the salutation was delivered
by the Archbishop Of Canterbury. Follow
ing Ii the address Of the PriIIate
MI FRIENDS: am called upon and priv.
legged to Sivs ySa on this great fSs
IN Your hands calls a "sslutation." I give
Il to you from full heart in the holy name
Him o wh0 7n a"f ad G aud
Il Ia not little thing to me to be allowed
very s pivot and centre q national life which
word, and for more than forty years . has
GOOD sood. vision rises before our eyes to-day
whereunto this thing. with all that II implies
i b. tS been sysn TO US EnSsh
~ our storied life, to realize in practice more
fully than Other men t the tTne GH ss,ninS q
u. ffee It ours to qeooise tha'
suoh knowledge is in itself not a herita &c
| only. but q splendid and eacred trust.
The trust must be determinedly and daily
| used: used. amid all the chan ses and chances
| OF life. TO the glory Of God and 70 the i'm.
| measurable good Of men. For that reason
re want here, ere the heart OF your great
nation throbs and sends Its pulses throu Oh
| the whole to keep raised overhead the banner
~ Him who has taught US these things our
Hnsster Jesus Christ. The prin otples He set
| forth are yours because they are His. He
tsurht us that Q mans life oonsisteth not In
the Abundance Of the thinss which he pos-
| sesseth. He taught us that society ediets
| for the sake OF the men and women who
rsnder sven Of individual rights for. the sake
| OF Christ 10 nobler than defence OF privilege.
| We must Be here 10 work,
| And men who work can only work for men.
| And mot to work In vain must comprehend
| And raise mem bodies sti1 By raising ooule.
These are Ideals, but they are Christ's
ideals, and therefore they. can come true.
| We mean, please God, that they shall. We
| from across the sea Join hands with you In
| the endesvor to translate them Into aocom-
| plished fact Fact, not fancy. What We are
| aiming at and striving after p plain thing
! the hettering Of peoples. lives: To, make
| homes p,irer and men manller.. To uplift the
| weak and Maynard, and TO trample under
| foot what ls selfish and impure, To make
! certain that every one Of Christie children
| shail learn to know the greatness OF His
! heritage and shall have an ideal before him,
an ennobllns Ideal q yorship and Of work;
tn work for Him among those Tor whom He