blaphe cathedrals box, Cavalier box. Canterbury ivy, Glastonbury thorn and cedars of Lebanon. * wheeling struggi cha" Ainression of to expres Multa a, these so he cam to carry A constantly looks LÀ * people's aspirathe skies, a lifting life into closer .. the whole company As an editorial in AT THE GOLDEN GATE The seventy-fifth convention of the Diocese of California has authorized the Bishop, Standing Committee and the Cathedral Chapter "to proceed at once to initiate and carry out plans for the erection of a unit of Grace Cathedral building” in memory of the Rt. Rev. William Ford Nichols, D.D., Second Bishop of the Diocese. In his convention address, the Rt. Rev. Edward L. Parsons, D.D., Bishop of California, said that a cathedral in San Francisco "must be * “mas,” January 18, worthy of the human interests and Fo the nid garden of Washington at Hayfield Juichua County, Virginia. 1. Hale hot was transplanted Vernon by George when he built the Tie bos paned Trch of seventeen anpa dawa ios ant' severa' the divine ideals which it represents. It must be worthy of our city and our state. On this commanding site it must tower above the city, the peer of the great structures which commerce and education and civic pride have erected, and ranking them all in its heauty and dignity and the heavenward sweep of its vaulting and spire. We owe no less to our California heritage. It must be worthy of the great Diocese of whose cor porate faith and devotion it is the symbo! and expression. Its beauty and dignity must carry the sense of the mighty power of that faith and fill the hearts of those who pass it on the street or who worship within its wals with the glory of that devotion. " JAN RECONSTRUCTION FUNT "For fifty years the Church, through its schools and hospitals, 1.1%, the Jeferson has been interpreting the spirit of Christ to Japan," reads the message of the Rt. Rev. John McKim, Bishop of Tokyo, endorsing the movement to replace hospitals, schools and churches in Japan with earthquakeproof buildings. "To retreat now, which failure to rebuild our destroyed institutions means, would discredit our Church and our Faith. In that event it would be far better had we never sent our missionaries into Japan." While Secretary of State, the Hon. Charles E. Hughes, said: "I am glad to know of the effort that is being made to reestablish St. Luke's International Hospital, at Tokyo, Japan. This is an important work which is not only valuable as representing the progress of American contributions to medical science but also as promoting our cordial relations with the Japanese people. It is in this way that the gospel of good will is most effectively proclaimed." J. J. Cornelius of India, at the Washington Foreign Missions Convention, said, "The world is looking to America for leadership, for the uplift of humanity and for bringing about a Christian social order. In proportion as America meets this situation, the gospel of Christ will progress in the Orient." The Rt. Rev. W. W. Cassels, D.D., Bishop of the Diocese of Western China, who was one of the famous "Cambridge Seven" of 1885, will this year complete forty years of service. in China. Out of 175,000 recent immigrants from Europe, 103,000 have come from Protestant countries. A West Palm Beach editor observes that in this era of radiocasting what is needed is an amplifier for the "Still Small Voice." 600 New Members in Two Months! During February and March 600 new members were added to the National Cathedral Association. Some became Master Builders: others joined as active workers-but all of them are Cathedral builders. Be a Cathedral Builder! 1. Join the National Cathedral Association. 2. Send in memberships for your friends. 3. Help organize Cathedral committees in your city. 4. Write for our booklets and membership blanks. 5. Encourage others to subscribe to the CATHEDRAL AGE. 6. Arrange for meetings in the interest of Washington Cathedral. 7. Pray for the success of "A House of Prayer for All People" in our National Capital. NATIONAL CATHEDRAL ASSOCIATION Washington, D. C. Chartered by Congress In 1893 the Congress of the United States granted a charter to the Protestant Episcopal Cathedral Foundation "to establish and maintain within the FORM OF TESTAMENTARY DISPOSITION PERSONAL PROPERTY I give and bequeath to the PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CATHEDRAL FOUNDATION, of the District of Columbia, a body corporate, the sum of . . . . . Dollars. REAL ESTATE I give and devise to the PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CATHEDRAL FOUNDATION, of the District of Columbia, a body corporate and its successors, forever.... In the District of Columbia a will of either personal property or real estate should be attested and subscribed in the presence of the testator by at least two credible witnesses. |