Evening star., 1923-09-26
MASONS TO ATTEND
!. BISHOP CEREMONY
Sunday Program at Cathe-
draI Close includes Address
by Senator Pepper.

All Masons residing in the District
of Columbia have been requested by
the Grand Master, Mark F. Finley, to
attend the outdoor services at Cathe-
dral Close next Sunday in connection
with the conservation of Rev. DIR.
James L. Freeman as Bishop of
Washington
1t has been arranged that LENDERS
of the Masonic fraternity, of which
DR.. Freeman is the recipient of some
of the highest degrees. meet at a
point between the Cathedral School
for Girls and the bishops house and
march in a body to seats reserved for
them.
Senator George Wharton Pepper of
Pennsylvania, one of the most dis
tinguished laymen of the Episcopal
Church, will deliver the principal ad-
dress. More than 500 'clergymen.
choristers and other dignitaries of
the laity will form an ecclesiastical
procession. Music will be furnished I'd
by the United States Army Band.
MAJ. Gen; John a. Lejeune, command
ant of the Marine Corps, will have
charge OF the arrangements.
Exercises at $3.50.
The exercises will begin promptly
at. $3.50 o'clock, following which time
no one will be admitted. DIR. Freeman
will make the opening prayer, fol-
lowing the seating of the ecclesiasti-
cal procession. which will assemble
on the south side of st. Adams
Church. AS the procession files into
the inclosure at the foot of the Peace
Cross, the band will render Mendels-
sohn's Hymn of Praise"
In the event of continued rain Sun
day afternoon at l o'clock the exer-
cises will be held at Convention Hall
9Th and K streets northwest
The order of the procession will be
as follows: Choir boys in columns OF
fours, led by the Cathedral Crucifier
the Army Band in columns of fours
led by the United States flag: the men
of the choirs in columns of fours
led by the Diocesan banner; the Sem
inarians in columns of fours, led by
the Crucifier of St. Adams Church
the clergy in columns of twos. lee
by the Cathedral Verger; the Ca
thedral Chapter in columns of twos
the bishops in columns of twos, and
probably the men of the Masonic
fraternity. led by the Grand Master
The order was approved last might
by the committee on arrangements al
the National Cathedral Foundation
1417 K street.
At Church of Epiphany.
Rev. DR.. George F. Dudley will bt
the master of ceremonies at the con
secration Saturday morning at 10:3t
O'clock at the Church of the Epiph
any.
Representative OF the vestries o.
st. Andrews Church, Yonkers, n. Y.
and of st. Marks Church, Minneap
oils. of which churches DR.. Freeman
of the Epiphany, Washington, o.
which he is now the. rector, will b.
present in considerable number.
Stanley r. Avery, who was the or
ganist of DR.. Freemans church ii
Yonkers and who went with him t.
Minneapolis, where he became organ
ist of st. Marks, will be present ant
will play selections on the organ be
fore the service begins. Adolph Tor
oysky, the organist of Epiphany, will
have charge of the music during tn
conservation service.
Luncheon at City Club.
The out-of-town guests, togethe
of the diocese of Washington, will
be entertained at luncheon in tn
City Club, by the wardens and YES
trymen of the Church of the Epiph
any Immediately after the ceremony
DIR. and Mrs. Freeman will also re
ceive a few of their friends from
Yonkers and Minneapolis at tn
bishops house in the Cathedral, clos
after 4 o'clock on Saturday.
DIR. Freeman's mother, who is owe
ninety years old, will attend the con
secration ceremony and will be at tn
luncheon. His brother, Rev. Henry r
Freeman, D. D., of Troy, y. Y, will
be one of the attending presbyters.
Morning prayer will be said il
Epiphany Church at 9 o'clock Satur
day morning, the ritual of the Epis
cepal Church requiring that morn
ing prayer be said before the servic
of conservation. There will also be r
celebration of the holy communion i
Epiphany Church at 1880 Saturda
morning. Owing to the length of tn
service of conservation, only tn
clergy. the lay deputies, the cathedra
council the Vestry of Epiphan
parish and the family of the bishop
elect are expected to receive com
munion at the conservation service.