Evening star., 1944-04-19
DR.. Dun Elevated:
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Weather Prevents
Outdoor Ceremony
At Cathedral


At Cathedral
fTert OF Bishop SherriHs Sermon
on Page A. Pictures on Page A-5.J
BY HAROLD B. ROGERS.
Amid pomp and circumstance
reserved for the most holy and
serious sacraments, the Very
Rev. Angus Dun was consecrated
in the Cathedral of SITS. Peter
and Paul today as the fourth
Episcopal Bishop of Washington.
Bishop Dun, who succeeds the late
Bishop James E. Freeman, was the
first prelate to assume his office In
the partly finished Cathedral He
now becomes the spiritual leader OF
some 10000 Episcopalians In q
bishopric covering 1900 square miles.
Including. besides the District OF
Columbia, the four Maryland coun-
ties of Prince Georges, Montgomery,
Charles and st. Marys.
The recent dean of the Episcopal
Theological Seminary at Cambridge.
Mass, entered On his holy duties AZ
he was consecrated by three bishops
the Right Rev. Henry st. George
Tucker, presiding bishop of the
Protestant Episcopal Church in
America; the Right Rev. Henry
Knox Sheriff., Bishop of Massacf1u-
setts, and the Right Rev. Andrew
Y. Y. Tau, Bishop of Running,
China.
Seven other bishops also took part
in the ceremony known as the laying
on of hands, including the Most
Rev. and Right Hon. Cyril Forster
Garbett, Archbishop of York, the
first Church of England prelate TO
take part in the conservation of an
American bishop since 1871.
Weather Changes Program.
A rain which lasted throughout
the morning forced an abandon
ment of plans for a colorful outdoor
professional of visiting church dig
nitaries before the conservation. It
also prevented the attendance of
hundreds Of worshipers who had
expected to hear the ceremony over
loud speakers set up on the Cathe-
dral grounds.
Before the conservation the scores
of ecclesiastics and high-ranking
Government officials who crowded
the Cathedral heard Bishop Sheriff.
exhort the followers of Christ TO
an aggressive struggle with world
problems. Urging them to disdain
isolation from the struggle about
them, he declared:
ITO be truly the body of Christ,
the church Of Christ can expect no
favored or sheltered position. The
church must live so dangerously, 50
sacrificially, that the Master can
once again say, This is My body
which is given for YOU
From the point of view OF Chris
tianity, isolationism of an indivi-
dual, a nation or race Is spiritual
heresy. God was not isplationist
when He loved the world. The
church has never been isolationist
in sending out missionaries to the
four corners of the globe. I am not
speaking in terms of any one scheme
of world organization, but of the
general spiritual objective to which
the church is committed as the
servant of Christ.
"It is to be hoped that from the
fellowship of the church will come
inspired and determined men and
women who will work out and sup
port the definite means of achiev-
ing this objective"
| Conservation Rite Beugn.
| After the conclusion of the SER
mon the assembled prelates, many
of whom had travelled thousands Of
miles for the historic ceremony, be-
gan the ritual of conservation.
| The conservation ceremonies be-
gan at 7:30 am. today when holy
communion was celebrated at the
Cathedral. The sacrificial wine and
bread were offered by the Rev. DR..
F. j. Bohanan, president of the
Standing Committee of the WASH
ington Diocese.
The family of DR.. Dun arrived
shortly before the services began
and occupied seats in the choir,
close to the altar rail where he
was to be consecrated.
In the family group were Mrs.
Dun, Angus Dun, jr., now in train
ing at Harvard for chaplaincy in
the Army, and Mrs. Dun, jr; Alan
Dun, another son, who is a third
year medical student at Harvard:
two sisters of Mrs. Dun, Miss Alice
H. Pew of Salem, Mass. and Mrs.
Harriet Garfield, Cambridge, Mass,
and Dr. Dun's brother and sister,
in-law. Mr.. and Mrs. Henry W. Dun.
and their daughter Eleanor of Kan
sas City.
Traffic into the Cathedral grounds
was barred from all except the
Massachusetts avenue side, through
which the cars of the dignitaIAes
drove up to the edifice and then out
on the Woodley road side.
Among the prominent guests were
the British Ambassador, Lord Hall
fax. and Lady Halifax; Secretary of
Labor Frances Perkins and Associate
Justices Roberts, Reed. Jackson and
Frankfurter of the United States
Supreme Court.
Procession Beginssat 10 AM.
The procession of about 600 formed
in the crypt of the Cathedral. 1t
moved shortly before 10 am. up the
paraclose stairs and came into view
of the great congregation through
the north transcept.
Symbolic of the solemn occasion
the line was headed by a white-clad
youth, the crucifer, bearing the
cross. Behind him marched the
choir of men and boys clad in white
collars and robes, and the master of
C emonies, Canon Chancellor
Charles w. F. Smith.
A colorful and patriotic sight next
was presented as color guard
of soldiers, sailors and marines
swung along bearing flags of the
United States, the District of Co.
lumbia, the State of Maryland, and
the Commonwealth of Massachu-
sets. The Bay State emblem was in