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NOT UNPRECEDENTED
Presbyterians Have Used Ca
thedrals in the Past.

The proposition of Justice Harlan of the
United States Supreme Court to erect a
national Presbyterian cathedral in this city
has aroused considerable interest through
out the country, not only among Presby-
terians, but among members of other de-
nominations. Persons who have taken the
trouble to delve into history say that a
Presbyterian cathedral is not so unprece-
denied as it seems on first thought. At
least three instances can be cited in which
cathedraIs in capital cities were used by
noted leaders of this church, and in their
time generally regarded as centers of Pres
byteriansm
One of the chief points of interest to the
traveller in Geneva is the historic old Ca
thedral of St. Pierre, the church In which,
for twenty-three years, John Calvin
preached Old as Geneva ITSELF the place
of burial of her rulers, and once the ca
thedral OF princes of the Roman Church
all this is forgotten beside the fact that
it was once the center from which the
teachings of Calvin were sent out to in
1uence the whole world. Originally a
church of the Romanesque STYLE it has
been altered successfully and finally dis
figured by a Corinthian portico erected
during the eighteenth century. To the
right, as one enters the little side door
by the choir is a monument to Duke
Henri de Rohan. leader of the Protestants
during the reign of Louis Kill and his
wife and soma superb black marble sar-
cophagus, surmounted by a statue of the
duke. Beneath a black marble tombstone
in the nave lies Cardinal Jean de Brogny,
president of the council of Constance, which
condemned John Huss to the stake. In
the south aisle is tablet. erected to the
memory of Agrippa dAubigne, friend and
confidant of Henry " But all these sink
Into insignfcance beside two objects in the
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to remain buoyant. cheerful, alert and I'M
wearied under the goad of scowls and the
lash of bitter tongue. Energy is only
another name for enthusiasm, and how
can you expect those who work for you to
be enthusiastic or energetic In your service
when surrounded by atmosphere of de-
spondency and gloom when they expect a
volley of curses and criticism every time
you pass.
Many a man who could have been a sue
cess sleeps in failures grave today be-
cause of his gloomy, mean contemplate
disposition and manner He poisoned the
atmosphere about him by venting his
spleen, dyspepsia and bile on every one in
his vicinity. He not only minimized the
value of his own efforts, but he also para
lyzed the powers, the initiative helpful fac
ulties and suggestive ideas of all those
who worked for him.
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On Tuesday of this week a grateful nation
will pay it's annual tribute of affection TO
her sons, who, in the day of her peril,
counted their lives none too dear sacri-
flee to be offered upon the altar of her
safety and her perpetual unity.
On that day comrades who, with them,
bore the brunt of battles perhaps with UNI
steady step. but with old time devotion,
will seek out the resting places of the
fallen and the dead and adorn with flowers
the tombs of the men who for their coun-
trys integrity were ready for the weary
march and the patient drill the endurance
and the danger of camp and the field.
Throughout this broad land, wherever
rests a soldier son, the nation will gather
and testify her recognition of the full
worth of the sacrifice which was called for
by the necessities of those dark days when
the sections of our country could not see
duty alike, and for the loyalty that inspired
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these schools as well as a musical train
ing, which has made some of them famous
as musical leaders, composers and organ
lists. The late Sir John Stainer is an eX-
ample of the work of the choir school.
In this country the development of the
vested choir has been very rapid within
the last twenty years, but the quality, 1t is
said. has not kept pace with the quantity.
as the number of persons qualified to train
the voices of boys properly is as yet
limited. In Baltimore the Rev. DR.. Hodges,
who is to make the address at the corner
stone laying, was the first to establish a
choir school in connection with parish
church. The result is evident to any one
who has had the privilege of hearing the
choir of old ST. PauFs under the able
leadership of Mr.. Miles Farrow. 1t Is con-
sidered by musical experts one of the finest
if not the very finest choir in America.
Here the carefully selected boy is edu-
Gated for business college and In music.
Daily lessons. practices and services com
bine to produce tones of rare beauty in
the boy singers.
Grace Church In New York has recently
established a choir school on liberal foun-
datons, and is having a choir of superior
excellence. st. Thomas, New York, is pre-
pairing to follow this example.
There is in connection with the cathe-
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Character.
From the Chicago News.

From the chicago +NeNS
Modern civilization is a savage in dress
suit unless the individuals who enjoy It's
privileges have advanced beyond the eyre
gious selfshness of the savage. AS be-
tween the highwayman of today and pre-
historic man who lived in a cave and re-
garded every stranger as his prey there
is not much to choose. The predatory IN
sinct is as fully developed in the one as in
the other It is not civilization, therefore,
that people need much as character.
Anything that builds up character is a
positive benefit. Anything that tends to de-
stroy character is a shove for humanity
back in the direction of the savage.
Yet everybody is tremendously concerned
about the triumphs of civilization. Mean
while the triumphs achieved in the vital
task of character building are often lost
sight of. Indeed, we are prone to destroy
in our blindness work already accomplished
and to interfere grievously with the deli
cate processes by which that work is car
ried on most successfully. All history
shows how feeble a thing Is civilizat ton
which is not supported by character. With
so many impressive lessons before us we
shall be blind indeed if we do not subor-
dinate selfish interests sufficiently to pre-
vent the breaking down of those safeguards
which made the individual worthy of the
civilization which he enjoys.
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chancels, the pulpit from which Calvin
preached and the chair in which he sat
These simple structures are regarded as
greater than all the monuments of prncely
and ecclesiastical splendor.
Cathedral of st. Pierre.
Of course, st. Pierre was not a cathedral
in the sense of a prelate church, for CALVIN
seldom arrogated to himself any authority
other than that of persuasion. but 1t was
regarded as the central church, in which
the greatest advocate of Presbyterianism
might be heard, and was located at the
capital because there, more than anywhere
else, people of varied nationalities and
walks of life could be reached. 1t cor
responds in almost every point with Justice
Harfans idea and furnishes one of the
greatest and certainly the earliest prece-
dents for it.
The disciple of Calvin and the greatest
exponent of his teaching, John Knox es-
tablished himself in Edinburgh in ST Giles
Cathedral. This historic building was origi-
naly the church of the royal family of
Scotland. With Knox 1t became the cradle
of PreSbyteridnlSm in Scotland. During the
reign of Charles II it was the cathedral of
the short-lved episcopal diocese of Edin-
burgh, which came to such an abrupt end
after Jenny Geddes, misunderstanding the
bishops direction to read the collect had
thrown her stool at the head of poor Dean
Hannay and the bishop himself had mar
rowly escaped being stoned to death. Then
1t became what 1t remains today, the
grandest ediflce of the Church of Scotland.
Edinburgh would not be Edinburgh with
out 1t.
In Knox's day multitudes thronged hith-
er to hear him, not leaving their own
churches to become members of this, but
coming to the central church of their faith
to hear its greatest apostle preach and
tEen returning TO their own churches,
strengthened by the experience.
1t stands on elevated ground, and with its
high tower, surmounted by an open octag-
onal lantern in the shape of an imperial
crown it is easily the most noteworthy
sight in any view of Edinburgh. From
whatever point of view the city is looked
at, the picturesque crown of the steeple is
seen sharply outlined against the sky. Soar
ing aloft unlike any other spire in its
neighborhood, 1t seems like the spirit Of old
Scottish history keeping watch over the
city that has grown up through long years
under its shadow.
In 1880 the building was rescued from
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Language Of Flowers.

From the New York Evening Post.
In the language of flowers the rose means
love; Austrian rose, thou art all that is
lovely; bridal rose, happy love; Burgundy
rose. unconscious beauty; cabbage rose,
ambassador of love; Campion rose, only de-
serve my love; Carolina rose. love is dam
gerous; China rose, beauty always new;
Christmas rose, tranquillize my anxiety;
daily roee the smile l aspire to: damask
rose, brilliant complexion; deep red rose,
bashful shame; dog rose. pleasure and pain;
Guelder rose, winter, age: hundred-leave
rose, pride; Japan rose. beauty is your only
attraction; maiden blush rose. IL you love
me you will find it out; Montifora rose,
grace; musk rose, capricious beauty; musk
rose cluster. charming; single rose SIM
plicity; thornless rose, early attachment
unique rose, call me not beautiful; White
rose, am worthy of you; white rose with
cred, transient Impressions; yellow rose, de-
crease of love and jealousy; York and Lam
caster rose. war; full blown rose placed
over two buds, secrecy; white and red roses
together, unity; crown of roses, reward OF
Write; red rosebud, pure and lovely. white
rosebud. girlhood; moss rosebud, confession
of love.
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choir boys, but there will be opportunity for
q hrst-class education for other boys, and
IT is hoped that in the near future other
buildings will follow for a large boys
school. 1t is hoped also that other build
ifigs will be added to the foundation given
by Mrs. Hearst in the Cathedral School for
Girls
As the Cathedral is to be of Gothic style
of architecture, this building will be of SIM
liar design. Messrs. York and Sawyer o.
New York, after competition. were chosen
as the architects of the school. The build
ing will be situated close to Massachusetts
avenue on the slope of the hill, near the
Little Sanctuary. The west end of the
school is so situated that it will be uIti-
mately connected with a Gothic arcade
leading up around the plaza to the west
front of the cathedral. The entire length
OF the building will be over $50 feet The
architecture of the school is a beautiful
blending of church and collegiate Gothic
1t Will be built Of gray Potomac stone,
with facings of Indiana limestone While
the side of the school facing the cathedral
Will be three stories in height, on the OPP
posite side. which faces Massachusetts ave-
nue., the ground descends so rapidly that
there will be, in addition to these three
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Choir Boys Scbool

The laying of the corner stone of the
Lane-Johnston Memorial building of the
Choir School of the Washington Cathedral
which is to take place the afternoon Of
Ascension day, Thursday next. at 4:3O p.
m, will be an event of more than ordi-
nary interest and Importance in the his
tory of the Episcopal church in America.
From time immemorial there have been
choir schools In connection with the cathe-
drals and other great religious founda-
tons in the Church of England. where
the male vested choir has its oldest home
and best development. The splendid quail
ity of voice and tone, characteristic of
the leading choirs of England. could not
1t is claimed. have been produced under
any other system. Boys carefully selected
for their voices and general fitness and
character given fine education In
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as this. and il is the hope that all tho
choirs in Washington will benefit by it,
IN the regretted absence of the bishop of
washington the trustees of the Cathedral
have invited the bishop of Maryland to Law
the corner stone. 1t was while he was
bishop, before the setting apart of the do
cese Of Washington, that the Cathedral
scheme was incepted. He WAS also pres
ent and assisted in the laying Of the cor.
ner stone Of the school for girls on Ascen.
sion day, 1880
Rev. DR. J. S. B. Hodges. rector of old
st. Pauls Baltimore, Mrs. Harriet Lane
Johnston's pastor during the many years of
her residence in Baltimore a musician and
composer of high order, will deliver the
address. All the clergy of the diocese and
of the cities of Baltimore and Alexandria
have been invited to take part In the pro-
cession, and all the vested male choirs of
the city have been asked to sing
The service will be held around the his
toric peace cross, and should the weather
be fevorable, will be very interesting and
impressive. 1t will add one more to ba
series of historic events which has marked
nearly every Ascension day since the pres-
eht site has been secured.
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drals of Long Island and of New York,
and Trinity Church, a plan of giving edu-
cation TO the boys of the choir, but there is
no choir school proper where the pupils live
and are educated in one building.
1t is believed that this choir school in
Washington is the first to be established in
connection with any cathedral In this coun-
try. Its establishment is due to the gener-
osity and deep appreciation of the import
ance of the Cathedral and its music in the
capital of the country by the donor Mrs
Harriet Lane Johnston, who has be-
aueathed the sum of $4,000 for the build
ing and endowment of the choir school
BY the terms of the will not more than
one-half of this bequest is to be expended
In the erection of memorial building and
the remainder for the education and main
tenance of boys who compose the choir of
the Cathedral The Lane-Johnston build
ing, therefore. will be the first edifice of
the Cathedral School for Boys in Washing
ton. Its chief object is the education OF
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MI. Employer, Look Pleasant!

From success.
If you are an employer do not go about
your place OF business though you
thought life were a wretched, miserable
grind. Show yourself master of the situa-
ton, not It's slave. Rise above the petty
annoyances which destroy peace and har-
mony. Make up your mind that you are
too large to be overcome by trifies. Resolve
that you will be larger than your business
that you will oyertop it with your manli-
ness and cheerfulness
TO say nothing of its being your duty
TO make the lives of those who are helping
you TO carry your business as pleasant
and as full of sunshine as possible, Ii is the
best possible policy for you TO pursue. You
know very well that a horse that is prodded
and fretted and urged all the time by
means of whip and spur and rein will not
travel nearly so far without becoming eS-
hausted as one that is urged forward by
gentleness and kind treatment. In their
susceptibility to kindness men and women
are In nowise different from the lower ami
mails You cannot expect your employees
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Single Talents and Self Confidence.

From Success.
single-talent man, supported by great
self-confidence, will achieve more than a
ten-talent man who does not believe in
himself. The mind cannot act with vigor
in the presence of doubt. A wavering mind
makes a wavering execution. There must
be certainty, confidence and assurance, or
there can be no efficiency. An uneducated
man who believes in himself, and who has
faith that he can do the thing he under
takes, often puts to shame the average col
lege-bred man, whose overculture and wider
outlook have sometimes bred increased SEN
stiveness and a lessening of self-confdence
whose decision has been weakened by con-
slant weighing of conflicting theories, and
whose prejudices are always open to con-
viction.
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stories. basement and sub-basement, GIL
above the surface of the ground.

ABOVE tne surface OF the ground.
In the center of the school building VIII
stand the head masters house, fronting
on Massachusetts avenue. The interior ar
rangements are perfect they can be
made. Many valuable suggestions, derived
from the masters of ST. Pauls School, Con-
cord. n. H.; st. Marks School, Southbor-
ough, Mass. and the school at Groton-
Mass. were Incorporated in the plans be-
fore they were drawn.
1t is hoped that this choir school, so at.
tractively situated and so carefully planned,
will be the means of giving to the church in
the course of time many cultivated church
musicians. who will be able TO advance the
cause of church music in the whole land.
Others doubtless Will be led into the minis.
try, as has been the case notably in ST.
Paufs choir school, Baltimore.
There are several notable boy choirs IN
Washington. the directors OF which deserve
the greatest credit for what they have been
able to accomplish without the aid of thl
regular choir school. But they. 1t is be-
heved will be the first to recognize The
great advantage of such an establishment
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Wanted, a Quarrel Room.
From Good Housekeeping

T rom GOOD iOustktepIng.
Why not in every home a quarreling
room, set apart for those to go to who are
Ill -natured and severe penance demanded
from each and every one found growing"
outside of it?
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Bunyan in 1O5 Languages.
From the Pail Nal

From the Pail Mall Gazette.
One book alone, the Pilgrims Progress
holds the record for English literature, hav-
ing been reproduced in loJ different
tongues
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Caught in a Storm,

Sailing toward Portugal, the vessel that
bore him was caught in one of those ter
ribe squalls and cast upon the coast of
Sicily Proceeding to Messipa he passed a
month two in repose at the Frars Min
or Convent and later departed on a mis-
sion to Germany with a number of other
fathers, but in a very humble capacity.
From its beginning the order possessed two
kinds of houses. There were the larger
converts usually in the proximity of cities,
and smaller converts hermitages stu
ated in the solitude of the woods. To Monte
Paolo in the Apennines went st. Andrew,
where in a dense pine forest he found a
wild grotto and there made his habita-
ton subsisting dry bread and fresh
water. He macerated his flesh it is said,
to subdue it to the spirit without the least
compassion for Brother ASS, as st. Fran
els of Assist was wont to call the body.
He spent about year in the wilderness,
combining with the rigors of penance a
profound study and the delight of contem-
plation. His pen transcribed the psalms of
David which he enriched with moral and
mystical interpretations suitable for
preaching.
All this time ST. Anthony had labored
most unostentatously, those about him lit
tie dreaming of the great intellect that was
contained within his weak body. A pros
pective ordination brought to the convent
a large number upon whom holy orders
we're to be conferred, and by chance ST.
Anthony was invited by the superior to
deliver the customary address on the SUBJ
Unity of the priestly office. He carried
away his audience to the heights of mystic
theology, and proved himself orator of
the first rank. a master mind an apostle
In the highest sense. Thence on his fame
and name began to spread. From 1222 to
1923 he employed in giving popular
missions His field was world wide He
toured France and Italy, and in Rome his
reception by the pontiff, prelates and peo-
pie was demonstrative. Gregory TX re-
ceved him with great honor.
In Padua, where he arrived in 1928, ST.
Anthony's perfect period a wonder
worker had come. In this place his mir
acles are said to have been extraordinary
and thus his labors continued with ex-
ceptional zeal until. in 1921, when he had
reached the comparatively early period of
thirty-siX years st. Anthony passed away.
His death occurred on June -. Toward
midday, while st. Anthony was at table with
his brethren. he felt himself on the point
of fainting. Brothers carried him to his
bed of vine twigs; but he. feeling his last
hour was nigh begged to be carried to the
monastery at Padua He was placed in A.
cart, but when he had reached the gates
of the city opposite Arcella, the convent of
poor Clares. he was taken from the cart
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me dilapidated condition into which it had
Iallen by Mr. Chambers, the publisher,
VINO bore the entire cost of its restoration
something like f3.UD, thereby winning for
himself an immortal name: for in the
words OF one of his countrymen so long
as theSe stones remain, one upon the other.
VIII men remember the deed which VILLA nj
Chambers did and tell il to their children
Within the church. surrounded by tho
tombs OF princes, tablets to patriots and
the standards of Scottish regiments hal.
lowed by battle. is the Knox pulpit From
TINS he leaned while the walls rang with his
terVld eloquence as he denounced the queen
or echoed the sad tribute he paid to the
good Lord James,, when he was borne 70
his last rest in the Marcy aisle and the.
preacher moved three thousand persons to
Shedd tears for the loss of such a goodlis
ana godlle governor Or again. when he.
preached his last sermon. at the installation
of his successor, ION the dutie of a minister.
and the dutie of the flock" and then tot
tering feebly out, passed along the High
street home to die.
Above all others. this is the first church
in the Scotchmans heart, and churches are
all very near his heart It belongs both to
the history of his nation and to that of his
church, and if such a title could ever be
allowed ST. Giles assuTedly merits that OF
Cathedral of the Scottish Church At
the present time the conservatory holds its
meetings there and all rules and decisions
formulated are sent out from ST Giles
Church. 1t is generally looked upon as the
central church, though of course not in an
episcopal sense For ceremonies and events
of public Importance its location and size
qualify it above all others, and since its
restoration it has been used whenever such
occasions arise.
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Qbe Days Of 0lo


deuteronomy whit: Of
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Westminster Abbey.

AS final example comes the occupation
of Westminster Abbey by the Presbyterians
during the period of the Puritan reforma-
ton. Within its historic walls the consistory
of the church met and formulated the ar
ticles which have since been known as the
Westminster Confession of Faith. For
four years the Presbyterians occupied the
abbey, during which time all decisions rela-
tive TO matters of faith and discipline ema-
mated from its walls. At the end of this
period the restoration and re-establish-
ment of the Church Of England compelled
them to leave, but even in that short time
they had established third precedent for
the use of a cathedral building as a central
church.
AS will be readily seen all these instances
correspond to a remarkable degree with
Justice Harlan's proposition, especially in
the case of st. Giles which is used to this
day FOR the very purposes which the JUS
tice mentfons-ceremonies and events of
public Importance.
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chancels, the pulpit from which Calvin
preached and the chair in which he sat
These simple structures are regarded as
greater than all the monuments of princely
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