Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-27
TRIBUTE TO DIR. LUTHER
NOTABLE CONSIDERATION OF
CATHEDRAL IN BERLIN TODAY.
Ecclesiastical Delegates From All
Parts of the World-Kaiser's Guests
Many Americans Present.

BERLIN. February 27.-Emperor Will
liam's Mecca for Protestants, the Evangeli-
cal Cathedral here, was consecrated today
in the presence of a most brilliant assem-
blage among whom were delegates from all
the Protestant nations. The service was
simple and safely, and was enriched with
wonderful music.
Bishop Potter of New York and a long list
of American clergy sent a lengthy telegram
of congratuation to the emperor.
The nave was filled with some hundreds
of known personalities of one of the most
worldly courts in Europe, clad in scarlet
and gold, blue and white, black and yellow
and maze of other color combinations.
The ambassadors and their wives, includ-
ing Mr.. and Mrs. Tower, sat on the first
bench below the chancel, with Chancellor
Won Buelow in the center Behind them
We're the diplomats of lesser rank. members
of the cabinet and foreign clergy, among
them being the Bishop of Ripon, with many
orders on his stole; Scandinavian preachers
with white rufus around their necks of the
time of Gustavus Adolphus, Swiss minis
tiers with lawn cravats falling over black
cassocks, and of the Americans Prof. Fran
els Brown of Union Theological Seminary,
in a plain black gown; the Rev. DR.. j. H.
Prugh pastor of Grace Reformed Church,
Pittsburg, Pa; the Rev j. j. Heischmann,
pastor of st. Peters Evangelical Lutheran
German Church, Brooklyn, N. Y, and the
Rev DR.. DicSe, pastor of the American
Church in Berlin, in black with crimson
bands. Behind those were placed, accord
ing to precedence, great number or gen.
erals, purple-robed senators and academy
officials.
The emperor and empress, having upon
one side of them Prince Arthur of Con-
naught and on the other Crown Prince
Frederick of Denmark, with thirty-two
nd of German states.
sat in the gallery opposite the altar, at
tended by heralds in parti-colored cos
tunes with enormous plumed mats. Inc
whole scene, with the sunlight pouring from
the dome on the white interior, with gilded
capitals and mosaics, suggested gala
opera or a reception in the great white hall
of the palace rather than religious
service.
Somewhat in the shadows in the side
aisles and corners, on backs of benches,
were several hundreds of men and women
of the parish, most of them poor and self
conscious, and in definite contrast to the
f1ower-bed effect of the nave.
Last Luther Survivor.
One quiet figure for whom the emperor
has caused a special place to be reserved
was DIR. Luther of the Berlin health de-
partment, one Of the last survivors Oh
Martin LutherS race.
While the congregation waited for the
imperial party, Ambassadors, CdDlneI niIlS-
tiers and others moved about talking to &C
quaintanceS.
The ringing of Bells in all the Protestant
churches of the city, the signal that the
emperor had arrived and that the dedica-
ton was beginning, brought every one into
decorous attention The emperor standing
in the wide vestibule took key from the
chairman of the building commission and
handed it to DR.. Dryander, the chief court
preacher, who opened the principal door
into the auditorium.
The Imperial Family.
The imperial party assembled to the re-
served gallery to the music of Handel's
''Hallelujah" by the organ and band. A
simple service then began, the choir chant
ing the 95th Psalm and the congregation
singing the hymn, ITO God Alone on High
Be Honor
DIR. Dryander, whose precise enunciation
could be heard in the farthest seat 1876 feet
from the altar, made the dedicatory adj
DIRE S. abiding especially to the presence
of Protestant delegates from other countries
and to TIE message from the American
clergy which testified to the spiritual unity
Of Protestants throughout the world. DIR.
suggested that it was the emperor's desire
of Protestanism, and that the German en-
peror shall in general sense be the pro-
tector Of the faith.
thirty Lutheran clergymen kneeling on