The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-10-25

historic interest. viz: The laying o.
the foundation stone of the Wash.
ington cathedral, Thursday, Septem.
Der 20.
There was an attendance Of about
10000 people. The president of the
United States graced the occasion by
his presence and made an address OF
appreciation Of Bishop Satterlee and
the Bishop of London. The Bishop
of London gave the salutation and
the service was said by visiting bish-
ops of the church.
Promptly at the appointed time the
foolish optimism and failed to wal
with heart and strength against the
boys of the church choirs of Wash
ington city formed in lines of tours
and moved from st. Adams to the
cathedral site. Then came the fam
Gus Marine band of Washington in
v%estments, followed by the men OF
the choir in columns of tours. The
clergy of other dioceses came next
and then the clergy of the diocese OF
Washington, who we're followed by
the cathedral council and the Ca
thedral chapter. The bishops, about
sixty in number, brought up the rear.
As the procession reached the plat
form the boys, band and men of
the choirs opened out and took their
places, and the clergy, opening ranks,
allowed the bishops to pass through
and the procession then was LED by
Bishop futile. the presiding bishop
IT the church, with Archbishop Nut
tall. of the West Indies. Then came
Bishop Satterlee with the Lord Bish-
op of London and Bishop Doane
with the Bishop of st. Adams, and
took their places on the platform.
The Rev. DR.. Randolph n. McKim,
president Of the house of deputies Of
the general convention. rector Of the
church of the Epiphany, Washington,
and canon of the cathedral, opened
the services with the sentence "Our
help is in the name Of the Lord"
Others who took part in the services
were the Rev. j. Mcbride sterrett,
Nuttall, of the West In
dies; Bishop Ferguson. of Cape
Palmas, Africa, who led in the re-
petition of the Nicene Creed; Bishop
Doane, who said the prayers; Bishop
Gibson Of Virginia; Bishop Paret, of
and Bishop futile, who
gave the final blessing. The stone it.
self was laid by Bishop S~atterlee,
and the Cathedral Chapter Of the
Diocese of Washington. Bishop Sat
terlee introduced the president Of the
United States, who said in part:
Il have to say but one word of
greeting to you today and to wish
you godspeed in the work begun this
noon. The salutation is to be de-
livered by u guest. the Bishop OF
London. who has q right to speak to
us because he has shown in his life
that he treats high office as high
office alone should be treated, either
in church OF In state, and, above all,
In a democracy such as ours-simply
giving a chance to render service.
II Office is accepted by any man for
its own sake and because of the
honor it is felt to confer, he accepts
It to his own harm and to the inf
mite harm of those whom he ought
to serve. Its sole value comes in
the state, but, above all, its sole value
comes in the church, If it is seized
by the man who holds it as giving
the chance to do yet more useful
work for the people whom he serves.
"The times are evil; that is, there
Is much that is evil in them. 1t would
be to Jul shame and discredit If we
failed to recognize that evil, If we
wrapt ourselves in the mantle of q
1t would be equally to our dis
credit If we sank back in sullen pes
and declined to strive for
good because we feared the strength
Of evil. There is much evil; there is
much good, too; and one of the good
is that more and more we
must realize that there is such a
thing as real Christian fellowship
among men OF different creeds. and
that the real field for rivalry among
and between the creeds comes In the
Of the endeavor to see which
render the best service to man
kind. which can do the work of the