Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-02-14

A $2,000,000 cathedral Is to be erected at Mount St. Albans, Wash ington, by, the Protestant Episcopal church, and will be the largest church building of any denomination in the United States. It will overlook the city of Washington, and in measure realize the dream of George Wash ington, whose plan for the city of Washington provided for the location on the present site of the patent office of national Christian church con nected with no denomination, but for public functions.
 The new cathedral is to be known as the cathedral of St. Peter and St. Paul, and 1t is the hope of it's found CTS that amid all the majestic civic buildings in the capital of the coun- try 1t will stand as witness for Jesus Christ and His religion" and that "the cathedral will stand for unity among Christians and be an influence for the reunion of Christendom."
 The cathedral site, comprising a tract of 40 acres, beautifully wooded with oaks and other noble forest trees, covers the brow of hill near ly 400 feet above the lower level of Pennsylvania avenue, and is located at the junction of Massachusetts and Georgetown avenues. The cathedral will be almost at the summit of this elevation and will command view of the entire capital.
 Originally this land belonged to Joseph Nourse, first register of the treasury under President Washing ton. Half a dozen times the land might have been purchased for resi- dence purposes. but the little church of St. Albans stood in the way, hold ing the ground for this noble cathe- dral.
 Purchase of the land was celebrat- ed in October, 1898, by the unveiling of peace cross. President Mckinley delivered an address and James Nourse, senior warden of St. Albans, whose ancestor formerly owned the land. pulled the cord which drew away from the cross a huge American flag.
 From that day the ground has been devoted to religious uses. The min istry of the word has been provided for by open air services during the summer months, which have been at- tended by thousands of persons, most of whom are not church-goers. The archbishop of Canterbury attended in 1904 and spoke at an evensong serv- ice at Mount St. Albans. in which the congregations and clergy of all the Protestant Episcopal churches in Washington participated and which was attended by distinguished laymen and clergy from all parts of the coun- try.
 President Roosevelt seldom lets a year pass without attending evening service at Mount St. Albans. In the cathedral school for girls. which was established on the Phoebe A. Hearst foundation, his daughter, Miss Ethel Roosevelt, is now pursuing her stud ies. Although the president is a good Dutch Reformist, he shares the inter- est which Mrs. Roosevelt, an Episco- palian communicant, takes in the af. fairs of the cathedral
 Of the outward appearance of the great cathedral little Is yet deter r,,ipod If will bo Cotbt, Sn xh. -.-.r- of its architecture and will be built in the shape of cross, with one tower at the head. another at the foot of the cross. and another at the inter- section of the arms. Its length will be fully 800 feet, which will make it one of the largest cathedrals in the world.
 For the payment of the great cost wealthy laymen of the church have pledged their support. among them Mir. J. Pierpont Morgan. The exact cost cannot now be stated. When in Washington for conference with Bish. op Satterlee. the head of the church in this diocese. MT. Bodley declined to set a figure within which the cost might be brought He did not wish to be hampered by a limit. This means that within reasonable bounds his design will be directed alone to insure a high artistic and structural standard. which will endure through the ages and be credit to the minds which conceived the establishment of