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which will make procession of between
700 and SEQ persons.

which Will make q procession of between
700 and 500 persons.
The Local Arrangements.
The master of ceremonies for the church
unity service will be the Rev. Alfred Hard
ing, D D., rector of st. Pauls Church of
this city, and the marshall will be Gen.
John M. Wilson. L. S. \. The arrange
ments for transportation facilities will be
in charge of the Rev. r. P. Williams and
Mr.. Samuel II. Hardwick, general passen-
ger agent of the Southern railroad. Gen.
Harries of the Georgetown and Tenleytown
railroad has promised an entirely satlstac-
tory car service for that date and President
Dunlop of the Capital Traction Company
has offered to put adequate service on
the Chevy Chase line, which will connect
with omnbusses and herdics for the cathe-
dral grounds. ,
The ushering will be in charge of the
Churchman'S League of this city. of which
DR.. William c. Reeves is president, while
Mr. Edward +. LOCKER will be directly IN
charge of the ushers. The Episcopal sun
day schools of the city will attend the
service in a body and form an auxiliary ca
thedral chorus of several thousand voices
The Rev. MIR. Williams. who IS the arch-
deacon of the convocation OF Washington,
was chairman of the general committee III
charge of arrangements for the general
convention held in Washington In $685.
and occupied a similar position IN connec-
ton with the all-American conference OF
last year as did also Mr. LOCKER OF the re-
ception committee. MI ROBERT Preston
Shealey has charge of the arrangements
for the press having occupied a similar
position in connection with the arrange
ments for the general convention OF 1890
and the all-American conference oI ldsl
year.
In the event of rain or Indictment weather
interfering with the program for services IN
the open-air Sunday afternoon. the Zoth,
arrangements have been made to secure
II,I Enr obi W
ice.
Bishops to Attend.
Among the bishops of the Episcopal
Church of the United States who have
signified their intention of attending the
service are the following: The Ri. Rev.
Daniel Sylvester futile, DID,, bishop of
Missouri and presiding bishop of the Ameri-
can Episcopal Church; the Rt. Rev. Henry
Yates Satterlee. DID, bishop of Washing
ton; the RI Rev Henry c. Potter, D. D.,
bishop of New York; the Ri. Rev. William
c. Doane DID, bishop of Albany; the Rt.
Rev W IN. McVickar, d. d bishop of Rhode
Island the Ri. Rev. William Paret, DID,
bishop of Maryland: the Rt. Rev Leighton
Coleman. DID, bishop of Delaware, and
the Ri. Rev Chauncey Brewster, bishop
of Kentucky.
The fact that never before has an arch
bishop Of Canterbury visited the capital of
the United States. and in fact, has never,
in his official capacity, left his own coun-
try, adds interest to the approaching visit
of the highest dignitary of the Episcopal
Church in the world. Not only among
churchmen of the Episcopal communion,
but among the churchmen of other denomi-
nations and residents of Washington gen.
orally. is there displayed unusual in .erest
in the visit to this city of the archbishop of
Canterbury, an office about which so many
ecclesiastical and political historic asso-
Citations cluster.
Ecclesiastical Government.
The ecclesiastical government of Eng
land is divided in the two provinces of
Canterbury and York The archbishop OF
Canterbury is the chief primate and metro
politan of all England, first peer of the
realm and member of the privy council. 1t
is his prerogative to crown the king and he
is consulted by the ministry in all ecclesias-
teal affairs, and generally delivers in par
Lament the sentiments of the bench of
bishops. The archbishop of York crowns
the queen and is her chaplain. He also be-
longs to the privy council, but his inferior
ity to the archbishop Of Canterbury is rec
ognzed in his being styled simply primate
of England while the latter Is styled pri-
mate of all England The two archbishops
have precedence of all temporal peers, ex-
cepting those of the royal blood and ex-
cepting the lord chancellor, who in process
sions, Is interposed between them.
DR.. Davidson. the present archbishop of
Canterbury is the ninetyfourth archbishop
of that province. He is but ffty-six years
of age, and prior to his succession to the
highest position in the church, he occupied
many exalted places in the ecclesiastical
life of England. He is said to be versed
not only in al; that pertains to his position,
but in craftsmanship as we'll DR.. Davidson
is said to be a man of simple manners ard
easy of approach. and his personality is
extremely interesting.
Lambeth Palace, the residence of the
archbishop of Canterbury, is rich in his