Evening star., 1923-02-07


gift of the late Mrs Archibald d.
i Russell. in memory OF her mother,
| Mrs. Percy r. Pyne. The Bethlehem
| Chapel, beneath the apse. IS at pres
| ent used for services. A considera-
| BILE portion of the choir already is
| in process Of construction, largely
! through the gift of a Washington
| layman, whose name is withheld. and
| the foundations of the entire struc-
| ture, also in process of construction,
| Will be completed within the coming
year. The present value of the prop
| yestment funds, has been conserva-
! lively estimated more than $4,000, 900.
| Of which the largest single gift was
| s6O0,O00 by the late John A. Kasson.
| one time United States minister to
Austria.
Prominent Americans In Move.
Behind the present national move
ment are to be numbered some of the
| best known Americans. Among those
who are taking an active part are
1 the following members of the Ca
theGral Chapter. Charles c. Glover,
| chairman of the board of the Riggs
National Bank, at whose home in
| 1893 a meeting was held which re-
| suited in the charter of the Cathe-
dral Foundation: Henry White, former
!
Charles J. Bell. president of the
! American Security and Trust Com
pany; James Parmele, trustee OF the
Carnegie Foundation Fund; Corcoran
Thorn and DR.. William H. Wilmer,
Bishop Perry of Rhode Island. Bishop
Rhinelander of Pennsylvania. Bishop
Harding of Washington, president of
the chapter; the Very Rev. G. c. f.
Bratenahl. dean of the cathedral;
Rev. William l.. DeVries, the chancel-
lor; Rev. James Z. Freeman, rector of
the Church of the Epiphany. and DR..
William c. Rives. Subsequently there
jWill be added TO the list other bishops
| of the church, distinguished clergy
! men and laymen and women from all
| the states.
| In presenting the plan for immediate
construction, DIR. Freeman today, in
behalf of the bishop and the chapter
made the following announcement:
| To Be National I'm Character.
This cathedral that it is proposed
to erect in the capital of the nation,
makes an unusual and unique appeal
because it is national in character.
There is no other city on this conti-
nent where such a building can so
htly express the high ideals Of our
nation as Washington. This is more
| than a diocesan building, and its in
! terest is more than local. Here in
Washington stands the great build
iings that have to do with the large
concerns of federal administration,
and here il is Indispensable that
great cathedral building should in
THAT We hold and believe to be fund
iamental to the perpetuity OF the ma
tion itself.
Beyond the fact that it is the
| building of a great religious body, 1T
must stand as the witness of our
common faith as a people In the
Very best sense it Is to be house
Of prayer for all people.
"westminster Abbey" OF L. s.
NO building in Great Britain so
focuses the affections of the people
as Westminster Abbey. This great
abbey is literally the shrine of Great
Britain 1t is believed that the ma
tional cathedral in Washington ulti-
mately must come to be to America
what the abbey is to the English
people. 1t ought to be the place OF
sepulture for the great dead of our
! nation. II ought to be a memorial
to the men and women who so un-
stintingly gave themselves for the
people of the world in the great war.
1t ought to furnish a place for great
| laSSemDI1eS, national anu inltTHd-
tional meeting in Washington upon
great missions that relate 90 the vast
interests of America and the peoples
of the world.
Vital Messages From Pulpit.
From it's pulpit. must issue mes
sages that deal with the most vital
concerns of our individual and cor
porate life. This national cathedral
is conceived to focus the highest
ideals we hold as a people. In all
these respects we believe 1t must
make it's reasonable appeal to lovers
of God and country. On its artistic
side it will be the greatest building
of its kind in America and one of
the notable buildings of the world
If nation can be aroused to erect
dead then surely it must be appealed
to by the claim of such a vast under
taking as this one, which is 10 give
permanent witness to those high
hopes and ideals that constitute the
lsecurity of the home, the state and
the nation itself.
| In the erection of the structure
| Frohman. Ross and Little. architects,
with Cram and Ferguson as consult
ing architects, will carry out the
original designs.
CHURCH'S FAITH SAFE.