Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-02-02
EPISCOPAL BISHOP
URGES COMPLETION
(. OF NEW CATHEDRAL
Rt. Rev. Harding Appeals to
All Parishes at Annual Dio-
Cesan Convention.
DECLARES s200,OcO MORE
is NEEDED FOR BUILDING
Calls on Washington to Set Ex-
ample in Annual Contributions
for Big Structure.

Appeal to Episcopal parishes all over
the country to Cooperate with the
Protestant Episcopal diocese of Wash
lngton in completing the great Wash
inSton Cathedral was made today by
Rt. Rev. Alfred Harding, Bishop Of
Washington, at the opening session
of the annual convention of the dio-
cese. held today in ST. Stephens
Church, 18th street near Columbia
road.
I'VE haze reached a critical point in
its history Bishop Harding told the
convention, referring to the cathedral
and the need for greater interest in
and help for the undertaking.
"Tnls year conditions in the build
ing industry point out that the lay
ing in of all the foundations of the
cathedral can be done more eco
romically than is probable in many
succeeding years" said the bishop
Annual Offering Suggested.
He recommended that an annual
offering be made for the cathedral.
The diocese has in hand cash and
pledges amounting to about $3.50 0C0.
Bishop Harding said. but stated that
I'VE Shall need at least 100000
more"
Parishes all over the country are
being asked to cooperate in the plan
of constituting Ascension day a day
of remembrance. when gifts and offer
lngs from parishes and individuals
may be laid on the cathedral altar.
Bishop Harding said that it is en-
barraSSing to ask the parishes in 9TH
er dloceSeS to make such offerings I'm
less Washington sets the example,
and he appealed to the convention to
al-l he.
affair.
Phillips Gift Challenge.
ct could be made a liberal offering,
l am sure. if my brethren of the
clergy would bring this appeal sym
pathetically and earnestly to the
hearts of our people and set aside
Sunday in the Easter season for the
gathering of gifts, annual subscrip-
tions, thank offerings for mercies re-
Bishop Harding.
The gift of the late Samuel L.
Phillips to the diocese, Bishop \Hard-
ing stated, ''is a challenge to the men
and women of the diocese and to
every parish to match it by rising to
equally generous giving in proportion
to their means
Bishop Harding's annual address
was preceded by communion service
held at 10 o'clock. at which the Bishop
was the celebrant, thus opening the
two-day convention. He was assisted
by Rt. Rev. Theodore r. Thurston,
missionary Bishop of Oklahoma; Rev
George Fisk Dudley, rector of ST.
Stephens Church, and Rev. II. Allen
Griffith, secretary of the convention.
America can give the world more
than relief from physical suffering,
Bishop Harding reminded the conven-
ton in his address.
Need to BE Awakened.
1--WE need to be rudely awakened to
the actual facts. We are in danger
of losing the greatest opportunity
ever offered any nation. We are a
nation ir peril of our souls life. And
there is but one. real remedy, the put
ting into actual practice in our lives
of the ethics Of our Lord and Master
I'VE need sorely." Bishop Harding
continued, what St Paul calls the
power of His resurrection The
church must awaken. 1t must sound
clearly the call to repentance.
Let the coming Lent be a time of
reconstruction. Let our preaching be
the enforcing of the cali and claims
Of our Lord Jesus Christ
Bishop Harding paid tribute to the
life and character of the late Rev. DR..
Randolph H. Mckim, rector of the
Church of the Epiphany. in the course
of naming those who died during the
past year.
Success Reported Here.
Success was reported on the local
diocese's part in the nation wide cam
paign. Bishop Harding said that "suf-
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