The Washington herald., 1907-09-30
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ice. and though the wind soughed through
the branches OF the trees. and the sky
was being rccited Then, while the
just at the time when the Nicane Greed
was being reCited. Then. Just as the
thousands OF voices were SAYING. who
for as men and our salvation came down
from heaven the rain came Pr0vi-
dentially it was only q light shower and
did little harm. though the standing
clergy. who were bareheaGed, We're zen
dered a bit uncomfortable. Some of them
fortunately had umbrellas. which they
hoisted and many of the ladies' safe un-
der the protecting roof. sent their UNI
breilas out for the clergymen 10 use.
But the shower soon passed: the service
had never really been interrupted. and
soon the clouds all passed away and the
sun came out I'm all his glorys as II
heaven itself were smiling and approving
the work for Gods cause on earth which
here was beginning So auspiciously.
Great ThrOng on the Grounds.
Early IN the morning people BEGAN 10
arrive at the cathedral grounds from all
parts of the city. They came in all sorts
and conditions Of vehicle. even huge
merchandise wagons being forced into
service 20 bring ont loads of men and
women. Hundreds Of automobiles arrived.
and the private carriages stretched for
half mile along the road. Il was lucky
that this was So as the street car service
proved utterly inadequate to handle the
people BY the time the procession
started from St. Adams Church TO the
cathedral site it is estimated that there
were fully l2,C00 people on the ground.
and this was continually being augmented
until the service was over. so that then
there were 10000. In the vast congrega-
ton gathered on the seats in the amphi-
theater We're many distinguished people.
The Roosevelt family occupied prominent
seats, accompanied by Miss Haguer. Not
far from where the President sat was
Prof. Andrew d. White. and right behind
him sat AIr. John Pierpont Morgan, Of
New York. who has always been an
ardent chUrchman. T. W Vanderbilt was
there, too, and others in the congregation.
We're:
Distric4 Commissioners West and AIscfarlaD5
Miss COwes Mrs Satterlee Mrs John A Logan Miss
LeyJpp, Maj. Sylvester. Gen John " Wilson, CHIEF
Justice Fuller Justice Brewer Secretary Of the In
terror Garfield. Dr. Charles Needham president Of
George Washington University Fred VI. Fltib J.
T. AicAQOf,
Afford Cooley. Gen John c Black. Assistant sec
rotary Hay. of the Agricultural Department Hr
Wiley. J. Il. Herbert. Secretary Of the Navy Met
calf. Hon. Hillary Herbert \. Farrar Davidson. pres
ident Of the Brotherhood Of 81. Andrew in Canada
F.. A. Bowman A. s. Gulbert f. w Thomas /
a. Birmingham. Beal Boomer, II. ". ID. English
Hubert Carleton. Z. II. BonsaH Silas McGee
James l. Houghtcling. F. G. CriSvell c. C. Pay
ton II. f. Robbins. John Mott " r. Dent. T. T.
Woolman. Bert T. Amos, J. lewis Gibbs ]. a.
Asrinwan. G.. A. King. a. H. Young G.. 4. Ann
strong Lewis 7. Jones. g, Frank Shelby X IT.
Gardiner. VI. A. Cornelius. VI. r. Davies c. r.
Randall, F. II. Ayers. W. a. Haberstro. q. R
Robinson. c. s. Martin /. 5. Huber. +. o. Zeisiu-
ger. George K. Ballachey. George II. Bachelor
Edwin Belknap. /. A Fusch, 4. A. Mckenzie.
J. Fl. Radjke.
Mahlon y. Kline. c. c. Payson. John E. Baird.
Edmund Billings William G, Sturgs J, G. LOOMS
Samuel ). Nash. John W. Wood. II. G. Tunbull
jr.. Frank J. Weber. Eugene c. Denton Francis H.
Holmes, II. Il. Braden. W A. Gallup. f. G.
Browne. Courtenay Barber. Frank V. Whiting q.
Ward Kemp. Robert :. Hart, F. C. Day, A. N.
Hadden. 5. II. Rikor, A. A. Talmage. J. G..
Bragaw. F. ". Rollins. T. K. Robinson. G. VI.
Loysted A. L. Fellows James H. Falconer, B. r.
FiHney John N. Locke, II. 5. Dixon, W. B. Dali.
and J. l. Houghteng. ir-
Chimes Ring Out Hynn.
At Il o'clock the regular morning prayer
at St Adams Church was over and the
chimes began to sound. They played in
tune Cardinal NeWmans beautiful hymn,
Lead, Kindly Light" In the meantime
the various people to take Part in the
ceremony were vesting. The officiating
bishops vested in the little sanctuary. |
other bishops vested in st. Adams rec
tory. and the other clergy used the body
OF st. Adams Church. In the new choir
school the members Of the United States
Marine Band were clad In Yestments
proper to the occasion.
At 11:45, to the glorious strains Of Men /
delssOhn's Hymn Of Praise
The world is very evil;
The times waxing late;
Be sober and keep vigil.
The Judge is at the gate;
The Judge who comes in mercy.
The Judge who comes with might
To terminate the evil
To diadcm the right
a hymn which furnished President |
Roosevelt with the main theme of the /
speech he was 10 make later.
In solemn procession the long line of /
prelates of the church moved with meas
Ured pace across the soft sward and be-
tween two packed lines of interested peo- /
pie, who were kept from disturbing the /
march Of the procession by purple ropes |
The police arrangements were most ex-
cellent. being under the supervision Of /
Mai. Sylvester himself Precautions !
against fire had also been made, there |
being number of fremen, with chem |
ical extinguishers, on hand.
The procession was led by the Rev. Dr.. /
Alfred Harding, rector Of St Paurs !