Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-07
MEMORIAL TO DEAD BISHOP
CHAPEL AT CATHEDRAL SITE
PROPOSED.
Definite Plans for Honoring Rt. Rev,
Henry Y. Satterlee to Be An
nounced Tomorrow.

AS a memorial to the late Rt Rev
Henry Yates Satterlee, the first bishor
OF Washington, plans have been made tt
erect chapel on the site Of the proposed
Washington Episcopal Cathedral at St.
Adams. This will be designed to house
the first worship in the cathedral TO,
which the dead prelate worked so ar.
duously. The plans for this memorial anG
for the collection of the funds for its
erection will be submitted to members OF
all the Episcopal churches in the local
diocese tomorrow and the following Sum
day. The cost will be about $4,000, and
the new building will be called the Beth
lehem Chapel of the Nativity"
To take charge of the memorial, the
standing committee of the diocese which
is now in charge Of the local affairs has
appointed Rev. DR.. Alfred Harding, Rev.
R. P. Williams and Thomas ]. Packard.
Three memorial services for the dead
bishop will be held "Wednesday, March %
the twelfth anniversary Of his consecra-
ton as bishop. 1t was customary for
the bishop, when alive, to hold an ami
versary celebration on that day, and this
year the services will, instead be me-
mortal. At o'clock an early celebration
of the holy communion will take place in
sion. At IL o'clock a special memorial
service will be held at the Pro-Cathedral
at which Rt. Rev. Alexander Mackay-
Smith, bishop coadjutor of Philadelphia,
will give an address on the life and work
Of the dead bishop This service will be
repeated at o'clock at the Church of the
Epiphany. Two services are held to en-
able all friends of the deceased to find
one of the hours convenient for attend
ance.
U,bo on,oupoa,oonf ra,ordipo thu nIopc
for the memorial chapel, which will be
made in the churches tomorrow, Is as fol-
lows:
1.-THE Satterlee memorial for the Bethle-
hem Chapel of the Nativity:
cit has been suggested by earnest lay
men that the people of this diocese, hold
ing in remembrance Bishop Satterlee's
beautiful life, his unselfish devotion to the
duties of his high office, his exalted char
acter. and extraordinary services which
have for ever enshrined his memory in
their hearts, should make the raising of
this fund a tribute of their love and re-
spect. The last public expression Of our
bishop was the hope that the whole foun-
dation of the cathedral might soon be
laid, and that in connection Herewith a
memorial chapel with the name of the
person it commentaries craven on a me
mortal brass might be built at once.
Here said the bishop, will commence
that cathedral worship, which, with God S
ages
1T is believed that every communicate
and every member of each congregation
in the diocese will desire to share in this
tribute of love. and to that end contribu-
tions of 81 each. or even less. are invited.
OF course. larger gifts will be welcomed
and needed. Fifty thousand dollars will
build the Bethlehem Chapel. If all our
communicates and the other members of
our parishes cooperate, this sum can be
realized at once. An envelope is sent
herewith, bearing the motto, In the name
of a disciple which the bishop chose as
the title and the subscription of the last
article that he wrote for the Handbook.
where he pleads for gifts that are the
frui, of prayer and of self-sacrifice. There
could hardly be more sacred motive in
offering for so sacred an object.
I'VE ask that all contributions be Of
fered Sunday, March 10 or March %. in
order that the whole amount raised may
be offered at memorial service to be
held on the twelfth anniversary Of the
bishops conservation. the Feast of the
Annunciation. March %. 1908. In order
that this may be done. the rector of each
parish will please send promptly all
amounts received to Mr.. Thomas Hyde.