Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-02-28
EVANGELICAL CATHEDRAL
For Protestant Souls Was Consecrated
Monday in Berlin.


mecca fer Protestant souls. the Evan
eclical cathedral here. WAS consecratcd.
today. IN the presence Of Il most brill
! liant aSscmb!age among whom were
delegates from ali the Protestant ma
tl"lS. The service WAS simple AMI
stately lnd was enriched with wonder
vi music.
Bishop Potter of New York. ana Il
lon2 list Of American clergy SEM Il
long telegram of congrttulaticn to the
Emperor.
The nave was filed with some hun
drcdS Of Known personalities OF one Of
the most worldly courts in Europc,
cl#1 iii Il maze of color combination.
The ambassadors and their wives, in
rludiHG &lr. and Mrs. Tower. sat on the
first bench below the chlntcI with
Chancellor Won BucIow in tie center
behind them We're the diplomats Of i..s-
scr rank. members of the cabinet ana
foreign clcr7y. among them being NJ
hisEoi, of I,ipon, the 1t. Rev. VIM.
E"yd Carpenter. Scandinavian preach
ers with white rufus around their necks
:iNisS ministers with lawn cr.lvats FAM
iiI9 'Ntl bIci'h tdtSSOChS anu oI lllt
AmcrIcahs, Prof Francis Brown ri
tn" tnioif Theological Seminary In Il
plain black gown; the Rev. DIR. J. II.
rruEh. pastor Of the Grace Reformed
church OF PIttsburg, Pa. Rev. J. J.
feischnann. pastor of st. Peter
Evangelical Lutheran church of Brook
lyn, y. Y, and Rev. DR.. Dickie, pas
Tor Of the American church in Berlin.
benind those were rlIrrl. according
70 precedence. great number Of gen
erals. purple ROBBED senators ana acHd-
envy officials. The Emperor and EN-
press upon one side OF them Prince Ar
thur of CoHnar!Sht and on the other
Crown Prince Frederick of Denmark,
with y princes and princcsses Of Ger
man states, sat i'll the gallery opposite
The altar attended by hcrHIds i'll palii-
color"d costumes with enormous
rlumed hats. The whole scene with
the sunlight pouring from the dome on
the White interior suggested Il ~.
opera or / reception i'll the White HAN
of the sI'tilaseI other than Il religious
service.
SOGeN hat III the shadows. in the side
aielcs AM corners. on backs Of benches
WEI" several hundreds Of men ANA
WomCr Of the parish. most Of Thorn
poor ana self-consciotIs and in definite
contrast to the flower bed effect of
the nave.
The Emperor had caused Il special place
~ ~ reserved Tor Dr. I.Uthcr Of the
Berlin health department. one Of the last
survivors of Martin Iutnrr'S race.
Tn ringing of bells i'll all the Protest
amt ChurCh,. OF ;hc city. the signal that
The Emperor had arrived and that the
dc,iiration Was beginning brought every
III tn wiuc Nes-;ibule. took 4 KY from
The chairman of the building commission
and handed it to Dr. Dryandcr the chief
uurt pr-ao her. who opened In, principal
door into III" audItorium. The imperial
parry a~ccud"d t. the rescr, ed gallery 10
tn" music n' liandeis "iiali.lujah' by he
organ and band. a Simpi.. service then
b"2an. the choir ChiIHiag The 95tl psalm
and the congregation sang tde ny mn '"ro
Cod Alone on High BE- Honor.
Ir. DINander mao thc dcdicat"ry adj
dress. abiding especially - the presence
Of Protestant delegates from other coun-
tries md I" The message ilom tfr Amcri-
can CLERGY which ties fled 20 the spilitU.l
world. Dr. Dryandcr in tn Development
of this idea suggested that it was the
EmpcrOr's desire Gha. his shall he the
center ~ the world of Professionalism and
that the German Emperor Shall IN q gen
cral sense by the protector Of the faith
DR.. Drvandcr delivered the deGiclforv
prayer. III" double chorus hcn CHANGED
t:aCh'S Sing no the Lord New Song -
he congregation sang Luthcr's "A Firm
Fortress II God" and Pr EritIzInger |
preached.
The nntirs service astnd one and three |
tirrtcrS hours. Al the bells in the city |
were again rung tho -erv;c" ended.