Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-30
Episcopal General Convention

the dream of devout Episcopalians-the
National Cathedral of Saints Peter and
Paul. on Mount st. Alban-then in the
hinterland of Washington, and today
the hub of an ever-growing community
on the heights of the National Capital.
Then, in 1898, Episcopalians who
participated in the general convention
dedicated Peace Cross in thanksgiving
that the war with Spain had ended.
The Peace Cross and st. Adams
Church were all that met the eye. in
1898. Today, three decades later, an
imposing structure, fast nearing COM
pletion, meets the visitors gaze, and
well equipped schools, the bishops resi-
dence, the foundations of the new Col
lege of Preachers and other buildings
bespeak the growth that has come about
in the generation that has elapsed be-
tween the two general conventions.
AS Washingtonians well know, the
Peace Cross, solitary sentinel of 1898.
is today dwarfed by the giant buildings
that tower about, but the Peace Cross
is known to thousands Of persons in the
Capital and beyond, because Of the
Sunday afternoon services that are
broadcast from the shadow OF its arms.
TT is but fitting that this great in
pouring of church folk should be
officially marked by the opening service
of the general convention in the incorn-
| pleted Washington Cathedral, the main
floor of which will be used for the first
time for church service on Wednesday,
October 10, at 1890 am.
The morning following. at 8 o'clock.
the Triennial Corporate Communion of
the Woman's Auxiliary to the National
| Council will be held, and the united
thank offering of that organization will
be laid on the cathedral altar in the
| golden aims basin. The presiding bishop
of the church, Right Rev. John Gardner
/ Murray, will be the celebrant of the
holy communion, assisted by Bishop
Freeman and eight missionary bishops
of the church.
There will be four great open-air
services at the cathedral in the natural
amphitheater on the slopes of Mount
Saint Alban, for which seats for more
than $4,000 persons will be in place,
for events in conjunction with the
general convention. On Sunday,
october Z, at 4 O'Clock in the after
noon, the triennial service for the
Brotherhood of st. Andrew will be held,
with Bishop Freeman presiding. On
Wednesday, october 10, at 1890 am,
an open-air service will be held as part
Of the opening services of the general
convention, and on the Sunday after
noon following, at o'clock, will be
held a public service with Right Rev.
Thomas F. Gailor of Tennessee as the
preacher. On Sunday, october 81, at
the same hour, the service in the in
terest of international peace will be
held.
On the cathedral close a number of
receptions will be held, for on October
6, at 4:30 O'Clock, in the bishops gar
den a reception to the Brotherhood of
ST. Andrew and the Daughters of the
King will take place. On the evening
of october 10 at the bishops house a
reception will be given by the Bishop
Of Washington and Mrs. Freeman. A
week later, at 4:30 o'clock in the
bishops garden, a reception to the
members of the House of Bishops will
be held, and on october 10 at o'clock,
also in the bishops garden, a reception
will be rendered members of the
woman's auxiliary. On October % at
4 O'Clock a reception and tea to the
womans auxiliary will be held in the
bishops garden.
Music at the open-air services will be
under the direction of Edgar Priest, the
cathedral organist. There will be a
uniformed band of IS or more pieces
and trained choir made up of $50
men and boys from the cathedral and
representative Episcopal churches of
Washington. The public will be in
vited to attend the open-air services.
The ushering at these services will be
cared for jointly by the Washington
Cathedral Guild of Ushers and the
Laymens Service Association of Wash
ington.
Thus will it come to pass that
Episcopalians will for the first time
!, officially utilize Washington Cathedral
for a general convention, and perhaps
in a later time all general conventions
, will be held in the fourteenth century
, Gothic structure, fully completed
!, standing on the heights of Washington
: even as the Temple of Jerusalem arose
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