Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-26
MEMORIAL TRIBUTE
OB|SHOP HARDING
Services at Cathedral Mark
Eighteenth Anniversary of
Late PreIate.

Memorial services in commemora.
ton of the eighteenth anniversary of
the conservation of the late Right Rev.
Alfred Harding. ID. n, Ii. D.. as sec
ond Bishop of Washington were con
Quoted yesterday afternoon at the
Bethlehem Chapel of the National
Cathedral of St. Peter and st. Paul.
with Bishop James T.. Freeman dchN-
ering an address of reVereut tribute
to his predecessor in the bishopric.
The services. which were partici-
pated in by many of the Clergymen
who assisted in the conservation serv-
ices of Bishop Harding on January 20.
1909, afforded opportunity for the
presentation of offerings which had
been made in the various churches of
the diocese for the Memorial Chapel
of the Resurrection and its furnish
ings. Rectors Of the churches. and
in some cases prominent laymen. filed
to the chancel rail and presented the
offerings of their respective congre
cations.
EVenSOng as Memorial.
The memorial observance took the
form of an evensong service, and the
anthems were chosen from those OF
which Bishop Harding was especially
fond Jerusalem the Golden" and
Eye Watchers and Ye Holy ones
were among the hymns sung by the
Cathedral choir. which formed back.
ground for the members of the clergy,
some of whom filed with the process
sion within the chancel rail and par
ticipated in the service, while Others
occupied pews in front, in readiness to
present the offerings of their parishes.
Prior to the offel1ory the choir sang
favorite verses of the beloved bishop.
Bishop Freeman portrayed Bishop
Harding as a man with 4 great heart,
tulI of kindness and good viii to al
men.
There is something about the life
of Alfred Harding that never dies" he
said; for the things that are immortal
are the things that proceed from the
heart rather than the head
Despite the fact that Bishop Hard
ing's heart was the dominant thing
in his nature. he had also rare judg'
ment and depth of conviction. Bishop
Freeman declared. and even in the
administration of discipline manifested
utter kindness and gentleness.'
Eu.ogized by Bishop.
Bishop Freeman spoke feelingly OF
the personal attributes of Bishop
Harding which endeared him to al
with whom he came into contact, and
praised his tolerance and comprehen
sive grasp of the greatness OF the
church in its various forms Of expires
sion.
Bishop Harding reflected the
greater gifts of Him whom he fol
lowed" he declared, land the thing
that makes the cross a supreme mag.
net to darw men TO Him today is be
cause it is a symbol of supreme love.
Those who linger in the memory
as does Bishop Harding are those who
possessed the gift of love. whose quail
ity of heart was greatest.
Bishop Freeman told his auditors &c
think of Bishop Harding as always
present in the chapel, and referred tt
the singular fitness of the memorial
chapel. which win be furnished witt
the offerings received at the service
as a lasting memorial to him.
I'VE maintain kinship of soul Will
those who in their day and generation
were exemplars of the faith in which
we live" Bishop Freeman concluded.
Flowers Bank Altar.
The altar was decorated with rec
carnations, their color softened by the
light of the Pickering candles. Rev
Herbert s. Smith and Very Rev. G. G
F. Bratenahl, Dean of Washington
read the lessons, and Rev William l.
DeVries, canon and chancellor o.
Washington Cathedral, read the yer
sule Bishop Freeman walked to his
place within the chancel rail between
an aisle of clergy.
The memorial chapel, a Norman
structure, believed to be the first of its
type erected since the eleventh cen
fury. is completed, and is in the crypt
of the south transept of Washington
Cathedral The collective Offering re
ceived yesterday viii be devoted tC
obtaining furnishings and mural paint
ings for it.
At the southwest corner of the
chanceI arch of this chapel vault has
been prepared for the reception of the
body of Bishop Harding, which now
rests temporarily in the Bethlehem
Chapel. and that of Justine Prindle
his wife beautiful sarcOphagu:
will be placed there.
The Bishop Harding memorial com
mittee comprises Rev. Herbert Scot
Smith. rector of st. Margaret's; Henry
p. Blair and Carl B. Keferstein, rep
resenting the Diocese of Washington
while Washington Cathedral is repre-