A master builder, being the life and letters of Henry Yates Satterlee, first bishop of Washington . hop Doane called us all to the little Church there, , my son Churchill and I ringing the bell, Drs. Hunting-ton, Mackay-Smith, Cornelius Smith, President Gilman, ofJohns Hopkins, being present, and we held a short thanks-giving service for the restoration of peace. This suggested theeredion of a Cross of Peace as the first monument on the newCathedral grounds, with the inscription: That it may pleaseThee to give to all nations unity, peace and concord; Webeseech Thee to hear us. Good Lo
A master builder, being the life and letters of Henry Yates Satterlee, first bishop of Washington . hop Doane called us all to the little Church there, , my son Churchill and I ringing the bell, Drs. Hunting-ton, Mackay-Smith, Cornelius Smith, President Gilman, ofJohns Hopkins, being present, and we held a short thanks-giving service for the restoration of peace. This suggested theeredion of a Cross of Peace as the first monument on the newCathedral grounds, with the inscription: That it may pleaseThee to give to all nations unity, peace and concord; Webeseech Thee to hear us. Good Lord! At once I told thethought to my wife and daughter, also to Dr. and Mrs. Rives;and Dr. Rives said at once he would give the Cross. We allagreed that no more beautiful beginning could be made of theNational American Cathedral than this Cross of the Prince ofPeace. But no time was to be lost. The next day I wrote toMr. Gibson, the archited of the Hearst School, to prepare asketch and get estimates for a monolithic cross like that erededby Bishop Doane to his daughter, behind the chancel of the. THE PEACE CROSS THE COMING OF THE CATHEDRAL 371 chapel at Northeast Harbor. Mr. Gibson wrote back that weneeded a larger cross, at least twenty feet high. After thisthere was great delay in getting estimates. There were also other vexations and delays, consequentupon attempting such a projedl in a hurry. On October9th, only fourteen days before the Peace Cross service, Iheard that the car on which the stone had been sentwas. lost and could not be found. However, all endedhappily and the Cross was eredled two days before thefunction of unveiling. President McKinley promised to be present but herefused to speak. On the appointed day, **I called at theWhite House, with Churchill as my chaplain, for thePresident. On the way out I said to him: I wish Icould venture to ask the President to speak, notwith-standing his refusal. He responded: I should notventure. Bishop, for he might refuse agai
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