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Church Names.
Names of Episcopal Churches, Com
DlIcG from the Record for 1870.
First of all, we give those which
are named for our Blessed Lord and
Savior, two hundred and seventy
two in number. or these, ono hun
dred and cighty-nine bear the name
of "Christ Church." nine are named
"Church Of our Savior" while one is
named "Mcrciful Savior" one "lIoly
Savior" another "St. Savior" and
still another "Our Lord" Seven
perpctuatc his name as "Good Shcp-
herd" Thirty-two are named "Em-
manuel" fifteen Redeomer," nine
"NIcssiah," six "Mcdiator," and one
"lntcrccssor."
For The third person in the bless
cd Trinity, seven arc named, five Of
which are called Church Of the IIo-
ly Comforter" while the other two
are "Church of the Holy Spirit"
! For blessed Trinity, one hundred
and cighty-fou are named, fourteen
Of which have the prefix of do
ly."
OF the angelic host, St. Michael is
the most honorcd, twenty bearing
his name, while one is named "St.
Michael and All Angels" one "Ga-
| briel," and one GAN Angels"
Now for churches named in honor
Of events in the life of our Savior,
and for special doctrines. Two
churches are named "thc Annuncia-
tion," nine are called "Advcnt' and
nine "Epiphany," four "thc lncarna-
tion," five "the Nativity" and two
"TransigurNtion.' One is named
"Gcthscmanc" and one "CruciGXion,"
six are called "Atoncmcnt," two "ln-
tcrcession," one "Redcmption," three
"Rcsurrection,' aud eighteen "Asccn-
sion" "GracC' is q favoritc name,
no less than one hundred and four
teen churches bearing it. One re-
ioiccS in Gree Grace" one is called
GAN l0ith,' three are named "C0n-
venant' and two Reformation.
Sacred places are had in due re-
mcmbcrancc, thirty-tw0 churches
bearing the name Of "CaIvary,' thir-
ty thai Of "Xi0u," While one is called
"Olivct," aud ono ''Bethseda.'
OF tie Apostolic colicdc, st. john
takes the lead, one hundred and SIX
teen bearing his name, four Of which
have "th0 Evangelist" added. ST.
James has scycnty-cight named 'or
him, while two are called for" "ot.
James the Less" TO the memory of
St. Peter there arc sixty-tour, to that
of ST. Andrew, thirty-thrcc, and for
ST. Thomas, thirty. Twenty-thrce
are called for ST. Matthew, fourteen
for st. Philip, five for St. DarthoIo-
new, four for st. Jude, and four for
St. Matthias, while the "IIoly Apos-
tlcs,' rs whole, have three churches
in their honor.
One hundred and scycnty-ninc
churches arc named for St. Paul, thir-
ty-four for the first martyr, st. Ste
en-, seven for st. Barnabas, and five
for St. Timothy.
st. Mark has sixty churches named
for him; st. Luke, tirty-two, while
"Thc Evangelist" as a body, have
three for them.
Ofall holy women mentioned in
the Bible, the Church in the United
States retain the memory Of but one,
the Blessed Virgin Mary, thirty-two
churches being named "St. Mary"
est. Ann in whose honor twelve
churches arc named. is the mother of
the Virgin Mary. If she were among
those who were 'last at the cross
and first at the scpulchre," she is not
mentioned by name. lazarus" and
the "Ccnturian" arc not forgotten,
neither arc st. Athanasius and St.
Ambrose, each having a church nam
cd in his honor.
st. George, the Patron Saint of
England" has thirteen churches
named for him. st. Albans, the
"protO-martyr of England" has scv.
en-; St. David, an early Welsh Bish-
op, four; st. Clement q "Companion
and fellow-laborcr" of st. Paul,
three; st. John the Bishop, two, and
St. Augustine two. Nineteen
churches are named "All Saints"
four "IIoly Innoccnts," and one
"lIoly Martyrs" seven bear the
name Of "rhc Holy Comunion," and
six "Thc Holy Cross" st. Helen,
the mother Of Constantine, and under
whose direction the "truc cross" was
found, has one church named in her
honor.
st. Martin, Bishop of Tours, and
St. Denis, "the Patron Saint OF
France" have each a church named
for them, One church is called
"Gloria Del" one "lIoavenly Rest"
and one "lloly Scpulchrc,
There are "Mcmorial Churches"
for Wyckliiic and Cranmcr, among
the RcformCrs, and Reginald IIcbcr, |
the author ofthe "Missionary Hymn"
"From Greenland's Icy Mountain
and one OF the Bishops sent out to |
India from England, and for our own
Bishops, Hobart, Ravcnscrof, Meade, !
Otery and Wainwright.
Two churches are called 'IIouso of
Prayer" one is called slope" one
"MOnum0ntal," one "Union,' and !
another "Marincrs."
In Maryland and Virginia some oftho
churches arc named for the town in
which they are, or for the river that
Is near them, such rs "Norih Sassa-
fras," "Wyc," "Port Tobacco"
''~omcrsct" and 'Powhattan." They |
also show their English origin by |
inu.r names of William and George, |
Ann aud Caroline. We believe the |
only instance whore ST. Peter and |
st. Paul are yokcd together in name |
is in the Cathedral in Chicago. That
at Portland is named for ST. Luke,
that at Omaha, Trinity, while that at |
Fairband is called "Thc Good Skcp- |
herd.'
An old gentleman tool n huUn VOL |