Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1911-04-20
DEDICATION Of A
GREAT CATHEDRAL
Notable Gathering of Clergy and
Laity on Morningside Heights,
New York.
ST. JOHNS NOT COMPLETE
In 90 Years $3,500,OOO Has Been
Spent and $10,OOo,0oo Will
Be Total Cost of Mas
sive Pile.
ST. JOHNS NOT COMPLETE

conplcto1 portions of the Cathedral of
81. John the Divine, pile Of massive
inasonry crowrlng Morningside heights
I'm upner Manhattan. were consecrated
today according to the rites OF the Pro-
tcstqnt Episcopal Church. The impress
Sive offices we're presided over by tho
Rlg.it Rev David ITummel Greer, bishop
of the diocese of New York. Among the
guests invited 70 witness the function
notahle both from a religious and civic
i-tandDuint were the representatives of
mans communions, presidents Of uni
'.ar-ities and officers Of city. State and
( Ila. ion.
4 The ceremonial began with tho pro-
= cassior If churchly robcd ecclesiastical
/ participants. preceded by the vested choir
! f boys across the walk from the synod
/ house to the huge mass of gray stone
/ st,u outwardlY crude but representing
an important step In the work of making
the Cathedral of St John the Divine
what It !e designed to be the fourth
largest Cathedral in the world
Within the structure where many heau-
ties Of the decorative scheme have al
ready tceu worked out. the procession
proc ecled undcr the great dome and With
impressive exercises. the presentations of
the chapel of St Saviour and ST. Coumb
and of the altar. organ and choir wer"
formally made and the conservation cerc-
monies were performed.
MESSAGE FROM CANTERBURY.
Music from the great organ and choir
played notable part in the ceremonial
BisnOp Greer preached the sermon Of
the day dwelling upon the value of the
present day cathedral as force for
Righteousness in modern life. He read
from tic pulpit n letter written him by
the archbishop of Canterbury in which.
after praying Gods blessing on the new
edlfice. he advocated international arbi-
tratinn as proposed by President Taft.
The Episcopal Cathedral of ST. John
the Divine, the largest ecclesiastical
structure in the country and the fourth
largest in Chrstendom. although only
partially constructed. it has already
been 30 wears in building. at a cost of
s3500.0CO and it may take as much
longer TO complete it. at total esti-
mated cost of $4,000. 900
Seating accommodations are now
provided for about LOO persons. but
although consecrated for present use
four-tifths of the work remains TO be
done. and the fun capacity will ap-
preach 1000. At present the interior
walls stand in great part as they were
laid, in iutting tiers of rough granite
the vaulted roof Of the crossing is only
q make@hift of terracotta to be tori
down later; tho arches from which tn,
Transcripts Will spread are blocked witt
temporary concrete battles. the floor.
ing itself is but a cement bed on which
the mosaics will yet he superimposed
only hint of the fun glory appears
and yet so noble is the harmony Of tn,
ample dimensions. and so rich the pro
mise Of fulfillment, that the fragmen
opened to the public to-day is itseI
. an invitation to worship.
, HAS NO OFFICIAL REVENUE
. "tIow has this mighty undertaking
been financed" asks canon Robert ELI
n Jones. by the same devotion and sac
{ riiicc." ne answers, which artvated tn
. best OF the medieval cathedral build
ers. Thc cathedral has no official sourc
of revenue No organized effort has heel
made to draw on tho interest Of Epl.
g copalians and yet gifts Of all size
have flowed in from all quarters. Fiv
I stress up the Hudson The inmate II
- brarian of n city refuge gave one
=, tenth Of his salary and a dozen oil
n men in church home earned by max
9 ing nets and hammocks $3.50 vhIc
Il thoy begged might he built into tn
catbedral
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>, plcted, and with them thelr sthlht
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jects and woven originally for Pop" Al
Ran VII 1870 at Rome already hanS
the spaces between the windows Of II