Show EPISCOPAL CHURCH TO BE BUILT IN ITALY florence italy april 23 the foundation stone of the church of st james an american episcopal church to be erected here under the of herbert venable Ven aole was laid this morning by lloyd C griscom the american ambassador to italy mr griscom came on from rome for the purpose and was accompanied by J P morgan and several other well known americans ar mr griscom made an address in which he said that in the united states there was no union between church and state but still american ministers of the gospel always halt bad maintained the prestige and dignity of the country in the religious field and creditably represented the institutions of their ancestors abroad the church of st james was organized in 1867 the sum of has been collected for the erection ot a building |