Evening star., 1933-09-30
BISHOP H0NORED
AT SPECIAL RITES
Reception Held After impress
sive Close of Anniversary
Program.

A special festival service in the great
choir Of Washington Cathedral and a
reception in the beautiful Bishops Gar
den on the south slope of Mount st.
Alban brought to a close yesterdays cele-
! bration Of the tenth anniversary of the
conservation of Right Rev. James E.
Freeman, third Bishop Of Washington.
The service. beginning at 8 O'Clock,
attracted a congregation which filled
the completed portion Of the monu-
mental edifice. Representatives OF every
parish in the diocese attended. and
there were also present many visitors
from points as distant as California,
Florida and Maine.
In the professional marched Dean
G. C. F.. Bratenahl. Canon G. Freeland
Peter, Canon Anson Phelps Stokes,
Canon Joseph Fletchlr. Canon William
L. De Vries. Canon Albert H.. Lucas,
Rev. DR.. Edwin B. Niver. and other
members of Bishop Freeman's clerical
family The lturgical portions Of the
sacred program were in charge OF
Canon RAYMOND L. Wolven. The musl-
cal ARRANGEMENTS were directed by
Edgar Priest, Cathedral organtst and
choirmaster.
Tribute to Predecessors.
The most impressive moment OF the
service came when, entering the pulpit,
Bishop Freeman requested the congre-
CATION to stand in silent tribute to the
memory of his predecessors, Henry
Yates Satterlee and Alfred Harding. he
smoke of them as the inspirers end be-
pinners of the Cathedral building en-
terprise. The task which they had be-
oueathed to him. he said, must be car
ried to fulfilment.
In times like these" he declared.
"it is imperative that such work should
not be neglected. and l Solemnly re-
| dedicate myself to the purpose that this
mighty enterprise shall go forward until
| it shall stand as a beacon to the people
that they may know that God still
| reigns and the republic still lives
He insisted that the Cathedral Is
national institution, house OF prayer
| for the entire Nation, not merely
diocese church.
Bishop Freeman concluded: Il stand
here today as before my Lord with
| solemn sense of obligation. and I con-
secrate myself to this labor that IN the
| years to come We may make more glo-
rious His kingdom among men.
Throngs Await Bishop.
The setting sun flooded the garden
| with golden light as throngs "aiteo
at the gates to meet the bishop after
| the close of the service. Standing on
the lawn beside boxwood tree, planted
| in memory of Bishop Harding, he shook
| hands with more than thousand men
and women, boys and girls. In the
| line were representatives of the Army
and Navy, the different Government
| departments, the universities and col
| leges, the clergy. the faculties and stu
| dent bodies of the Cathedral schools,
| the Cathedral office staff, the College OF
Preachers. All Hallows Guild. and of
many other diocesan organizations. Ed
| win N. Lewis. secretary, National Ca
| thedral Association. presented the guests
| and DR.. W. Sinclair Bowen. Hugh t.
Nelson, H. L. Rust. Richard w. Hynson,
| Busey H. Howard and Charles H.
| Merryman acted as aides.
Mrs. Freeman. unable to take her
place in the receiving line. greeted
| friends on the porch of the bishops
house. She had been present at the
| Cathedral.
| All the arrangements of the day
| were in the hands of the Standing
t-Committee of the diocese. under chair
manship of Rev. DR.. George F. Dud-
[ ley. Other members were Rev. Calvert
E. Buck. Rev. Herbert Scott Smith and
| Byron S. Adams.