The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-10-03
GREAT CATHEDRAL
begun AT CAPITAL
FOUNDATION STONE IS LAID OF
WASHINGTON EDIFIcE.
BY EPISCOPAL CHURCH
Bishop satterIee Yields the Trowet--
Addresses Are Made by PresI.
dent Roosevelt and Bishop Of
- London.

Washington, Sept. 30.-Sunday wit
messed two events here of general in
terest to the religious world at large
and especially to the Episcopual
church. The first and chief of these
events was the laying of the founda-
ton stone of the Cathedral of Saints
Peter and Paul at Mount st. Alban,
Wisconsin avenue. The other was the
great open air service on the same
grounds, under the auspices of the
International convention of the Broth
erhood Of st. Andrew, which
brought to close the convention
which has been in session here for the
past week
The corner stone laying was under
the guidance of the Episcopal church
in America. 1t was a notable occa-
sion, made more SO by the presence
OF the president of the United States
the bishop of London and other dis
tinguished people.
Corner Stone Is Laid.
After Scripture readings and pray
ers by the bishops, interspersed with
selections by the Marine band, Bishop
Satterlee performed the ceremony OF
laying the foundation stone. The
trovel was the one used in Nlaying the
foundation stone of the capitol build.
ing and the gavel was used by George
Washington
The ceremony of laying the founda-
ton stone completed, Bishop Satterlee
Introduced President Roosevelt, who
spoke as follows:
Address Of President.
Il have to say but one word Of greet
ing to you to-day, and to wish you
godspeed in the work begun this
noon. The salutation is to be deliv-
cred by our guest. the bishop of Lon
don. who has right to speak to US,
because he has shown in his life that
he treats high office as high office
should be treated, either in church or
state, and above all, in democracy
such as ours, simply as giving a
chance to render service. If Office
is accepted by any man for its own
sake and because of the honor 1t is to
confer, he accepts 1t to his own
harm and to the infinite harm of those
whom he ought to serve. Its sole
value comes in the state, but above
all Its sole value comestin the church,
II 1t is seized by the man who holds
1t as giving the chance to do yet more
useful work for the people whom he
serves.
Il greet you here, Bishop Ingram,
because you have used your office in
the aid of mankind; that while you
have served all, you have realized
that the greatest need of service was
for those to whom least has been
given in this world. l believe implic-
lilly in the good that will be done by
and. through this cathedral, Bishop
Satterlee, because know that you
and those with you, the people of
your church, the people of your kin
dred churches to one of which / be-
long. are growing more and more to
realize that they must show by their
lives how well they appreciate the
truth of the text that they shall be
judged by their fruits.
Times Not Wholly Evil. ~
More and more we have grown to
realize that the worth OF the profess
sions of the men of any creed must
largely be determined by the conduct
OF the men making these professions;
that conduct is the tombstone by
which we must test their character
and their services. While there is
much that is evil In the times, want
to call your attention to the fact that
1t was good many centuries ago
that the Latin hymn was composed
which said that the world was very
: evil and that the times were growing
late. The times are evil; that is, there
is much that is evil In them. 1t
would be to our shame and discredit
II we failed to recognize that evil, If
we wrapt ourselves in the mantle of
a foolish optimism and failed to war
with heart and strength against the
evil. 1t would be equally to our dis.
credit If we sank back In sullen pes
simism 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
things is that NOSE 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
rivalry of the endeavor to see which
can render best service to mankind,
which can do the work OF the Lord
best by doing his work for the people
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