The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-26
Impressive Services Are Con-
 ducttd in Open Air
PROMINENT PERSONS ATTEND
Archbishop of Canterbury Makes a Brief Address Full of Beauti- ful Thoughts for the Guid-
 ance of Daily Life.

Washington, September 25.-The Rt l Hon. and Most Rev. Thomas Randall
 Davidson, the archbishop of Canterbury
 sounded a ringing appeal for Christian
 unity at the open air service held in the
 cathedral grounds at Mt. St. Albans this afternoon. Not since President Mckinley was present at the erection of the peace
 cross on the same spot after the war with
 Spain have as many people gathered al | that picturesque spot. The crowd was es-
 timated at from 2O,oOo to 25,OOO.
 Mrs. Roosevelt and the British ann
 bassador Sir Henry Mortimer Durand
 with Mrs. Davidson, Gen. and Mrs. Chaf- , fee and Mrs. Hitchcock had seats to the
 right of the platform and joined heartily in the service.
 Promptly at half past o'clock the tor
 of the first processional cross was sighted
 coming over the hill at the head of a long
 line of men and boys. the combined vest 1 ed choirs of the Episcopal churches in Washington. followed by the Marine l band, also in Yestments. After the choir came the clergy, and then the visiting bishops Including Bishop Nelson of Geor-
 gia, Bishop Brent of the Philippines.
 Bishop Ferguson of Africa, Bishop Doane of Albany and Bishop Satterlee of Wash ington. Behind them came the archbish- ops party, his chaplains, his crucifer, and in the rear the archbishop in the brilliant red vestments of the primate of all Eng | land.
 Prominent Men on Platform. 4t-. prominent laymen. including J. Pierpont Morgan of New York, Secretary Hitch- cock and President Gilman of the Car negie institute; and the clergy from the various protestant churches In Washing | ton. The long procession to the inspiring l tune of My Country 'Tis of Thee made | it's way with dignifed step to the seats | reserved sor the various bodies repre- scented. The versicles and opening prayers
 were read by Bishop Nelson. Bishop Fer guson read the psalm and Bishop Brent read the lesson. The sermon was preach ed 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 if people were not more appre- ciative of a Sunday which should be a holiday, as well as a holy day, the time would come when commerce would step
 in and make 1t a working day like the other six
 Bishop satterlee after thanking the archbishop for his presence and for his coming across the water to show his in- terest and earnest desire for greater
 Christian unity, presented the primate
 who made brief address.
 The Archbishop's SaIutation. The archbishop's salutation follows: My friends: I am called upon and | privileged to give you on this great oc- | casion-great at all events to me-whai the paper in your hands calls a 'saluta.
 tion' l give 1t to you from full heart
 in the holy name of Him whom amid all
 our differences we serve, our living Lord
 and Saviour Jesus Christ.
 | Tt is not a little thing to me to be
 allowed in that name to greet you here
 here at the very pivot and center of a
 national life, which for 130 years has
 had liberty as its watchword, and foI
 more than forty years, has every where
 striven to make the word good. A wis
 ion rises before our eyes today where unto this thing, with all that it implies may grow. It has been given to us Eng | lish-speaking folk in the manifold de velopment of our stored life, to real | ize in practice more fully than othel | men the true meaning of lberty-the lib | erty wherewith Christ hath made us free
 Be 1t ours to recognize that such knowl | edge is in itself not heritage only, but
 plendid and sacred trust. The trust mus
 be determinedly and daily used; uset
 amid all the changes and chances of life
 10 the glory of God and the immeasura. 1 Die good of men. For that reason wt want here. where the heart or your great nation throbs and sends It's pulses through the whole, to keep raised over. | head the banner of Him who has taught
 us these things, our Master, Jesus Christ
 The principles He set forth are ours, be.
 cause they are His. He taught us that
 a mans life consisted not in the ab,In.
 dance of things which he possesseth. He taught us society exists for the sake of | the men and women who constitute so. ciety. He taught us that surrender ever | of individual rights for the sake oI Christ is nobler than defense of priyi. lege.
 We must be here to work.
 And men who work can only work fol men,
 And not to work in vain-must compre bend
 Humanity, and so work humanely.
 And raise mems bodies still by raisine souls.
 These are ideals, but they are Christ,
 ideals, and therefore they can come true
 We can hope, please God, that they shall | We from across the sea join hands will | you in the endeavor to translate then into accomplished facts, fact not fancy What we are aiming at and striving af
 ter Is a plain thing-the betterine of peo ple's lives; to make men purer and mer
 manlier; to uplift the weak and wayward
 and to trample under foot what is sel fish and impure; to make certain tha-
 every one of christs children shall learr
 to know the greatness of his heritage, ane
 shall have an ideal before him, an en noblng ideal of worship and of work
 "No other part of christendom as | firmly believe, can do for the world wna we on either side of the sea can do for i if we only will. God give us grace tt answer to that inspiring call
 | After the archbishop's blessing ser