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services of 1882. This will enable the
Cathedral to take its essential place
in the life of the community.
I'm this connection, may l say that,
while cathedralS are comparatively new
in our diocesan system. am confident
the Cathedral in Washington will not
initiate in any wise against those
larger interests that are distinctly
parochial. Were 1t to do so 1t would,
to say the least, be most unfortunate.
"A great cathedral in the Nations
Capital must occupy a place peculiarly
its cwn and altogether unique. Its
very magnitude must render 1t I'M
mune to any petty devices and put 1t
out of the range of competition with
parish churches. 1t calls for large
ness and comprehensiveness Of vision
in its administration. It demands the
highest and fullest expression OF the
prophetic note I can conceive that
on occasion its pulpit may command in
the large interests of church and State
those high-minded Christian laymen
in whom we recognize the prophetic
gift.
Sees Task for Cathedral.
1.-THE cathedral here in the Nations
Capital must give impulse and direc-
ton to those great moral and spiritual
ideals that are indispensable to the
life of the Republic. In this under
taking no single genius Is adequate 70
thu task. I call upon both clergy ana
laity of this diocese TO give me in this
large undertaking their cordial and
them that / will make every effort TO
safeguard the cathedral from becoming
in any sense a contender or competitor
in those things that concern our
parochial and diocesan life.
THE Cathedral dare not stand as
the witness Of those things that are
narrow and mean insular. It's very po-
sition renders 1t immune to the conceits
and prejudices Of men Of little stature.
1t viii contribute its necessary part TO
the life of Capital and Republic only
in so far as 1t becomes shrine for all
those who worship God in spirit and in
truth. We covet for it in the scheme
of our life no place that emphasizes, the
things that separate and divide us, but
rather those things that make us one
in aim and purpose. It is our hope that
1t may stand as the expression OF a
Nations spiritual ideals clad in the
beauty and majesty of all that Is best
and noblest in the aspirations OF art,
architecture and Christian experience.
THE whole world is in the midst OF
a situation that must command the sym
pathetic understanding of the church
and lead it, so far as itfmay, to prove a
willing and helpful agent in effecting
some reasonable solufi6n} of the prob
lens that are now bufde1iHN Jour people.
The unemployment sttuatiorA bears di-
rectly upon our common tntfests. In
the present instance 1t has aspects more
seYious than we have heretofore known.
Its paralyzing touch is upon the whole
IaA
nomic and industrial situation is so ut
terly involved that it seems to defy all
remedies looking to its solution.
Let us be reminded that widespread
unemployment constitutes at once a
challengs and a menace; challenge
in that 1t serves to give emphasis to our
responsibility as sharers in a common
misfortune; a menace, in that 1t engen-
ders unrest and dissatisfaction among
the toilers and disposition to lose con-
fidence in the existing social and eco
nomic order. No one, no matter what
his situation or his seeming security
and independence. can afford to be in
different or unresponsive TO the present
situation. Selfish insularity or free
dom from assumed responsibility at
such a time Is a badge Of shame and
an evidence of disloyalty to the COM
mon good. Nothing strains loyalty 80
much as tdleneSS, WIN lLS tenuenCy 10
morbid reflections. together with ITS ac-
companying privations. 1t Is an easy
matter for US TO find ourselves en-rap-
port with the existing social and eco
nomic order when our own situation Is
favorable and the means Of subsistence
guaranteed TO u.s."
Seeks to Ease Strain.
The real test of loyalty comes when
we are deprived Of these things. While
we believe profoundly in the unity and
solidarity Of our people, We also believe
every effort should be made to ease the
strain put upon them. not through the
giving OF a dole or the temporary al
levis ton OF their needs through organ
lied charity, but by securing to them
the means whereby. with Self-respect
they can maintain themselves and thei-
families and have the shadow diSsi-
pated that now falls across their hearth
stones.
1T is inconceivable that the church
as an institution should be callously In
different or coldly unresponsive TO o
situation that has In it elements OF
| peril that affect tor Ill our political,
| social, industrial and religious institu-
fiopS We ranpOt clOse OIir ewes IN the