Evening star., 1932-05-05

| Ascension day services about to start.
we attain this objective. On the
| church more than on any other
institution this weighty obligation is
laid If we canot maintain quiet and
fraternity within our own household,
| we shall miserably fail to effect these
| desired ends in the world about us. In
this the church has supreme task,
! never has it been greater or more
appealing than now. To 1t 1t Is
summoned by a world that is dis
tracted and torn by conflicting aims
and purposes. If this temple can
serve as a house of reconciliation, a
place where spirits blend, where friend
holds fellowship with friend in fine
il it can so generously administer its
Offices, its praise and worship as to
commend itself by its emulation of the
spirit of Christ, it may become a
/ mighty and determining factor in all
| that concerns and promotes an orderly
| and peaceful world 1t is great and
compelling challenge. May We have
the vision and the will to its fulfill
ment!
Aim of George Washington.
Thus we come today to this holy
| place and with stirred emotions and
| high resolve rededicate ourselves to
those enduring and eternal Christian
principles upon which, with deepened
reverence, the fathers of the Republic
builded its foundations"
The building Of the Cathedral, BishoI
Freeman said, fulfills a hope and ex-
! pectation of George Washington. II
stands as "an eloquent symbol Of ma
tion's hope and aspirations, the visible
witness to a faith that. in our better
| hours, We believe is indispensable tc
our peace and security" he declared.
| Recognition or neglect Of Spiritua,
| ideals, he warned his hearers, has beer
determining factor in the rise or de-
| cline Of nations.
Bishop Freeman paid high tribute tc
| his predecessor, Bishop Henry Yate:
J Satterlee. who conceived the plan fol
the Cathedral. He conceived in the
Capital, Bishop Freeman said, "a work
so splendid and comprehensive in its
scope that it should give strong anc
| continuing impulse to Christian en-.
! deavor IN every part Of this far-reach-
ing country We call America"
| Impressive Celebration.
Today's festival services included ar
impressive celebration of the holy COM
munion of the Episcopal Church. Very
Rev. G. c. F. Bratenahl, dean of Wash.
| ington, was the celebrant, while Rev
DR.. W. L. De Vries, precentor of the
Cathedral. was the gospeler and Rev
DR.. G. Freeland Peter chancellor of thu
Cathedral was the epistoler
Many OF those in attendance at the
services are active on the Cathedral.
national committees. Mrs. Hoover i
honorary chairman of the Nationa
Women's Committee, which is buildine
the north porch in memory of George
| Washington, as tribute from American
womanhood. She will receive late this
| afternoon, at the White House, a grour
of members of the committee, headed
by its national chairman, Mrs. William
Adams Brown of New York. Among
others are Undersecretary of State Cas-
tie, former Senator Pepper Of Pennsyl-
! vania and former Ambassador Alansor
B. Houghton, as members of tn;
Cathedral Chapter, and Senator Davic
A. Reed of Pennsylvania, a member oi
the Cathedral Council.
Many Noted Clergy Attend.
An outstanding group of clergy anc
laity participated in the procession. in
Guiding more than $50 bishops anc
| EDlSCOHd1 q SGOIG OI GlGTRN
! of other religious denominations, pres
idents Of universities in Washington
and Maryland, architects of the
Cathedral and lay members Of the
Cathedral Chapter and Council
The annual meeting Of the Nationa
Cathedral Association, composed of ap.
proXimately 1000 representatives OF
every State in the Union and a num-
Der of foreign countries who annually
make offerings for the building anc
maintenance of the Cathedral, will b,
held this afternoon at Whitby Hall A
second service of the day in the choil
and sanctuary will be held later in the
afternoon for members Of the Nationa
Cathedral Association and the public
at which Right Rev. William T. Man.
ming, Bishop Of New York, will be the
preacher.
Since the Cathedral is regarded a.
the realization of George Washington!
dream of "a church for national Dur.
poses,' interesting relics of the FRS
Presidents life and environment have
been included in the Cathedral project
The land of the Cathedral site. which
includes 67l2 acres in the Close, wa!
originally owned by Joseph Nourse. reg.
istrar of the Treasury under Washing
ton.
In 1893 Congress granted a charter
to the Protestant Episcopal Cathedra
Foundation of the District Of Columbia
. empowering that body to establish anc
maintain within the District a Cathe
dral and institutions Of learning for tht
promotion of religion and education
and charity"
Under the terms of the grant. tht
foundation has surrounded the Cathe
dral with such institutions as the Ma
tiOnal Cathedral School for Girls. ST
IS Adams. the National Cathedral Schoo
for Boys, the College Of Preachers fo
post-ordination of clergy in the art o
preaching, the first wing Of what vii
be the Cathedral Library, and a publ
cation office.
Mount st. Alban, the Cathedra
site, is the most commanding elevation
in the City of Washington, rising 40I
feet above the Potomac River. The &c
! clesiastical name of the great edific
now rising there is The Cathedra
Church of SITS. Peter and Paul" It
planned to. make the Cathedral al
American Westminster Abbey. and +
this end there already have been burie,
. In the Cathedral eminent men such a
! President Wilson, Admiral George Dew
ey and Melville E Stone, one of tn
founders of the Associated Press. TIL
Cathedral now is visited by more tha
$50 900 pilgrims and worshipers an
nually.
First Portion Completed.
The choir and sanctuary. opened to
day, are the first portion Of tn
Cathedral proper to be completed. Tn
architectural beauty and real grandeu
D of the Cathedral will be realized NOR
completely than ever before by visitor