Evening star., 1928-12-04
DR.. LANG BECOMES
9th ARCHBISHOP
Primate of England Is En-
throned During Impressive
Service at Canterbury.
BY the Associated Press.

! BY the Associated Press
| CANTERBURY, England, December
4.-Dr. Cosmo Gordon Lang, ninety
seventh Archbishop of Canterbury and
primate of the established Church of
England, today was enthroned in the
marble chair of st. Augustine.
The enthronement of the former
Archbishop of York was carried out
with medieval, ecclesiastical ceremony
and pageantry in the cathedral here
Because of the illness of King George
there was possibility until the very
last that the enthronement might be
postponed.
Canterbury was awakened by deep
pealing of the city's bells, which herald
ed the ceremony. From ancient inns,
which once were hostels for pilgrims,
and through narrow streets, modern
pilgrims assembled at every entrance
of the famous old building whose gray
walls were slightly shrouded in mist.
American Attends.
The great assembly in the cathedral
Included Bishop Charles H. Brent OF
Western New York, representing the
American Church, and was eminently
catholic in scope as for the first time
in the long history of Canterbury rep
resentatives of the free churches were
invited to join in the prayers for the
new head of the English Church. Rep
resentatives of non n-conformist bodies IN
various European countries were also
present.
In a grave and dignified manner DR..
Lang was placed first on the great
archepiscopal throne. Then he was LED
by the Dean of Canterbury to the marble
chair of ST. Augustine, where ne was
enthroned by the dean to signify his
succession as the ninety-Seventh arch
bishop
The archbishop in his enthronement
sermon said that as he looked upon the
world he saw field being everyv iere
cleared for one supreme conflict be-
tween spiritual religion and material
civilization which claimed to be self
sufficient. AS that civilization advanced
ancient religions crumbled and fell.
ArchbishOp's Statement.
%There is only one religion which
can withstand the gospel of the Son OF
Man." he continued. "Yet behold the
plight of the church which carries this
faith as it meets the compact, self
confident and ever-advancing force of
material civilization. Thank God,
strong desire for unity is moving
through its broken ranks"
The great assembly of 1000 persons
sang the hymn, "Oh, Faith of England"
Bishops we're conducted to their seats
in the Sacrarium, and meanwhile the
dean and canons had repaired to the
Old Palace, whence they escorted the
archbishop to the great west door of
the cathedral, where his entry was
heralded by trumpeteers.
The great ecclesiastical procession
with its glowing color was the feature
of the tnthronement; the archbishop
himself wore a plain red robe over a
white surplice, with lawn sleeves and
black bands, while gold cross glittered
on his breast.
AS the procession entered, the choir
chanted specially composed music
Two altar boys held up the archbishop's
trailing robes
To add to the color, the procession
passed through a great congregation,
most of which was in state costume,
in regal and academic dress and may
oral robes. in addition to hundreds of
clergy, including the strikingly garbed
representatives of the Russian, Ar
menian and Greek churches.