The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-09-30
3O,OOO PEOPLE
 AT CEREMONY
Roosevelt and Bishop of London at Foundation Stone Laying of Great
 Cathedral.

WdSHlHSIOn5 sept. ZJ.-IO-udy WlC- messed two events here of general in terest to the religious world at large, and especially to the Episcopal church.
 The first and chief of these events was the laying of the fundation 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 un- der the auspices of the international convention of the Brotherhood 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. With bef1tting ceremonies and solemnity the foundation stone of what promises to equal in point of architecture and outlay the most mag nificent cathedrals in the world, was laid at noon
 It was a notable occasion, made more SO by the presence of the presi- dent of the United States and the bishop of London
 Among the distinguished people in the assemblage besides President Roosevelt and Bishop Wilmington In- gram were J. Pierpont Morgan, Chief Justice Fuller of the supreme court, Associate Justice Brewer, Secretaries Metcalf and Garfield, Admiral Rixey and Henry Vaughan of Boston, an as- 4o ,NPt ap yrat
 The attendance numbered from twenty to thirty thousand people, far overtaxing the capacity of the amphi- theater.
 Among the prelates who took part in the exercises were Rt. Rev A. F. Wilmington Ingram, the lord bishop of London, who delivered the saluta- ton; Bishop Satterlee of the diocese of Washington, who performed the ceremony of laying the foundation stone, and a dozen bishops including Rt. Rev. Robert Goldman. bishop of Maine,
 Bishop Satterlee introduced Presl- | dent Roosevelt, who spoke as follows:
 Bishop Satterlee and you, my friends and fellow countrymen, and you, our guests have to say but one word of greeting to you to-day and to wish you godspeed in the work begun this noon. The salutation is to be de- | livered by our guest, the bishop of London, who has right to speak to Us because he has shown in real life { that he treats high office as high office | should alone be treated, either in church or state, and above all in a democracy such as ours, simply as giv- l ing chance to render service If office is accepted by any man for it's own sake and because of the honor 1t is felt to confer, he accepts it to his own harm and to the infinite harm of those whom he ought to serve. It's sole value comes in the church, if it is j seized by the man who holds it as giving the chance to do yet more use ful for the people whom he serves.
 q greet you here, Bishop Ingram because you have used your office ir the aid of mankind; that while you have served all, you have realized that the greatest need of service was fol those to whom least has been giver in this world. I believe so implicitly ir the good that will be done by ant through this cathedral, Bishop Satter. lee, because I know that you ant those with you the people of youi church, the people of your kindred churches, to one of which I belong, art growing more and more to realize tha they must show by their lives how wei they appreciate the truth of the tex that they shall be judged by theil fruits. More and more we have growl to realize that the worth of the pro fessions of the men. of any creed mus largely be determined by the conduc of the men making these professions that conduct Is the touchstone by which we must test their character ant their services. While there Is mucl that is evil in the times, I want to cal your attention to the fact that it wa! good many centuries ago that thu latin hymn was composed which sait that the world was very evil, and tha the times were growing late. The times are evil; that is, there is much that is evil in them.
 Tt would be to our shame and dis credit if we failed to recognize that evil if we wrapped ourselves in the mantle of a foolish optimism and fail cd to war with heart and strength against the evil It would be equally to our discredit if we sank back in sullen pessimism and declined to struggle for good because we feared the streneth of evil