New-York tribune., 1911-04-16
forty years ago

YEARLY forty years ago flSlop
~ Horatio Potter. of New York,
1 arose in a public gathering Of
Protestant Episcopal Church and
..sted that movement should be
80 for the erection Of a great cathe-
s-,i in the United States. ON Wednes-
Ssv April 19. following many vicissi-
80 ,hc first fruits of the dream of
decades ago will be Consecrated
...or the manner of the simple, digniiied
- ,npressive ritHal Of the Protestant
4,.,.corai Church to the worship OF
- or that date the choir and two
.,.-ols or the future cathedral of St
Inn the Divine, standing on Morning
',so Heights i'm this city will be for
.,,. SET aside for religious uses by
r..-,, Greer of the Diocese Of New
~ The ceremony viii mark the close
~. Tho first period in the erection on the
,u,.~;can continent Of a cathedral which
.,.jn rank with those European struct-
,,-es courted the great cathedrals of the
world
More fHv iu this building than in any
.h.r ir tr.s country has been Illus
.-.,o5 f-e spirit which underlies the
.,..,ior a- many of the notable build
.,,s of Europe. in particular the cathe-
s~als panstakinG thoroughness, dura-
,ri,r of material and patience are
a-,orq inc chief of it's ingredients. Al
,t.rcb ~ viii be fifth among the cathe-
5,ais of the world in area covered when
/, is completed and exceed in massive
.,.s of construction such a building as
,be State Capitol at Albany. it will cost
,,ben completed scarcely one-half OF the
spr, svnended by the state on its nome.
Honesty is part of its fibre
rpc conservation ceremony in some
,,srt.....a~s win Doe one of the greatest
religious functions of the character TINS
lorr-r, has witnessed. Narrow sec
..-,srism Will be- eliminated, for it will
t. distinguished hy the presence OF the
CLERGY of other Christian commumons'
,r.-,.af rsp~esentatives of all the other
rp~,s.ia7 denominations of the city were
.r,.itsd ta be- present. and a number IN
Guiding CONGREGATIONAL. Moravian. pres
t,,sriar 81 Methodist. Lutheran and Bap-
-is, have accepted and will participate
81, tho ceremony. Laymen. also. VIII De
found fin the great procession.
7, is evra.-ed that the procession VIII
no ,be largest ever assembled in this
country fa~ an Episcopalian ceremony.
tn those who are unable to enter the
lofty auditorium in the crossing the
winding line Of dignitaries marching
from the synod house in the shadow OF
The towering south wall TO the front en-
trance win he an interesting spectacle
A. tho stroke of 1870 o'clock the first
figures af the cathedral choir of fifty
bows and men will appear singing as
,bev move with slow step TO the meas
ure of the hymn sounding forth from lhe
great organ within the words:
CHRIST IS made the sure founoa,.on' l.d.
.r-tst the head and corner s'nHe'
chosen of tho Lord end precious
Binding al On" Church in one
I.r Siou's help forever
And r,r confidence alone
chile s.r-7 nile there NO "t.. Ltftt
Come Cd Lord of Hosts. io-3'F.
WIN Trv wortef loving kindness
Hear Tlv ec~vlnts as they pray
And Tly fullest ncnedicucu
Shed within us walls A"..
Ho1o,ring the vested choir viii be the
,i.~r,. Of other commuuions of which
there will be quite a number including
piepon Ieibc~t. Of the Moravian Church;
President Brown of Union Theological
Seminary. the Rev. DIT :. Parkes Cad
man. of the Central Congregational
Church. BROOKLYN. the Rev. DIT Walter
rais,aw. the Pov. DR. Howard Dutiield'
of tho First Presbyterian Church. the
Rev Frank Mason North. OF the Meth
od.s- church: the Rev. Dr Arson r. At
terhrrv of the Park Presbyterian
Church. the Rev DR. Il. \. Stimson. Of
the Manhattan Congregational Church
and tho Rev. Or j. r. Remensnyder' OF
St Iames's Lutheran Church.
Then viii follow the visiting clergy OF
the Episcopal Church and the junior and
senior lergy Of the diocese, more than
four hundred in number. the faculty of
the General Theological SEMINAR the
lax provisional deputies and lay deputies
Of the General Convention. the lay mem
bers of the standing committee the lay
members of the Great Chapter Of the
Cathedral. twenty-five in number; the
clerical provisional deputies and deputies
Of the General Convention. the clerical
members Of the standing committee and
the Great Chapter of the Cathedral, the
lay and clerical members of the board OF
trustees of the Cathedral. the Cathedral
Chapter. more than score ot arch
deacons. upward of thirty visiting
bishops. the Right Rev. Or. Burch' the
su0ragan bishop Of New York. and, at
the end. Bishop Greer. Of New York.