Evening star., 1924-05-19
FLAG PRESENTATION
ATTENDED BY $4,000
Senator Pepper, Gen. Hines and
Bishop Freeman Laud
National Service.
HONOR 105,1O1 IN LATE WAR
Emblem Gift to Cathedral by
Brotherhood of St. Andrew.

oeiF wee 10 the country as a para
mount duty was discussed in addresses
by Senator Pepper, Gen. John l.. Hines
and Bishop James L. Freeman at the
hrst open-air service of the season held
at the National Cathedral, Mount st.
Alban, yesterday afternoon.
Nearly $4,000 persons from all sec
tons of the country, many of whom
have been listening in on Bishop
Freeman's sermons for the past year.
were present to witness the preSenta- =
tion of the national service flag of the
Brotherhood of St. Andrew to the
National Cathedral. The services were
held in the great natural amphitheater,
and began promptly at $3.50 o'clock
when the United States Army Band
played The, Hymn of Praise The
procession. aBeaded by Gen. John A.
Lejeune, ca kmandant of the Marine
Corps, and Rev. Charles T. Warner,
rector of st. Alban's, filed down the
green slopes to the altar before which
the service was held. Then followed
the combined vested choir from all
Episcopal churches Of the city IN
purple and white veStments. me
Army Band, members OF the Brother-
EOO0 OF 81. Andrew III iIe tloISSE u
Washington, the council of the brother-
hood, clergy of other religious bodies,
the cathedral council and chapter ana
the bishops followed IN order. NaikilS
together at the end of the procession
We're Bishop Freeman and Rt Rev
l.ucien Lee KinSolEing, Bishop OF
BraZii The band played Onward
Christian Soldiers as procesSioial
march.
Fifty Congress Members Ushers.
Fifty members Of Congress acted
as ushers. The entire proceedings
were broadcast The service flag
presented by the brotherhood to the
cathedral represented the l09,lOl
men and women OF the Episcopal
faith who served in the world war
that church in the United States.
Rev. William l.. De Nries. chan
cellor of the National Cathedral of
IS. Peter and Paul, read the sentences
opening the service of eyensong,
read antiphonally by the clergy and
people. Bishop kinsolving read the
lesson and the hymn, Stand Up,
Stand Up for Jesus" was sung.
Very Rev. George G. +. Bratenahl,
dean of the cathedral, led in the re-
Cital of the Apostles Greed" and
read several prayers. Bishop Free
man then introduced Senator Pepper.
who presented the flag on behalf of
the brotherhood.
we have come here bearing in our
hands a symbol of patriotic service,
and we are proposing to enshrine it in
the cathedral. which is to be a generator
of service" Senator Pepper said
Here is flag which stands for the
service of more than a hundred thou
sand people. Because it is a flag it is
responsive to the breeze and speaks to
us Of the influence and power of the
Unseen
IF we finite beings are to be in1u-
enced for Righteousness there must be
that mystical union between the seen
and unseen which is the essence of
sacrament.
Service to Home and God.
Country is but d short name for
home and neighbors. He who preserves
home and does good to his ncighbor-
hood is serving God.
cit is true that in this country we
happily insist upon the separation of
church and state. But this separation
is in the sphere of organization, not in
the sphere of service. We wisely leave
the organization of religion to the vol
untary action of free fellowships of peo-
pie drawn together by common appre-
hension of God and their valuation to
Him.
THE Episcopal Church is such a
free fellowship. The habits of
thought which it inculcates are such
as to stimulate loyalty to the nation.
Accordingly, when the nation has
called there has always been ready
response from the sons and daugh-
ters of this household of faith. 1t
was 50 in the beginning of the re-
public, when Washington and so
many of the fathers were of this
fellowship. 1t has been so ever since.
when. therefore, the country
called these hundred thousand inter-
preted It as Gods voice and each re-
sponded
The brotherhood of St Andrew
exists to stimulate within this fell
lowship the spirit of service and the
sense of responsibility of man to man.
1t is hitting, therefore. that this or
ganIZation should be the donor of a
service flag which symboliZes, not
only the aspirations of the brother
hood, but the fruitage of it's work
In the name of the brotherhood and
on its behalf | present this flag to
the cathedral and request that it be
given a permanent place in a Struc-
ture intended to be both the house
OF God and the shrine of patriotism"
Service Praised by Hines.
In accepting the flag Gen Hines
deputy chief of staff, acting for Gen
Pershing, praised the patriotic serv-
ice of the men and women memorial
lied by the flag, and said that it is
perfectly fitting and proper that it
should find resting place in the ca
thedral. 1t is dedicated to their
service, "a word that has world of
meaning to all soldiers and Sailors"
he said. 1T stands for patriotism and
prompts all to go forth when the call
is issued. 1t stands for nationalism
as against internationaliSm and other
isms by which disloyalists are en-
deavoring to tear down our govern
mental structure for which these
brave souls fought. 1t stands for
Valor and the greatest of military
-loyalty-AOyaIty to n huddv
to the home, to the church and low
altN To God tn. .,