The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-09-22
OIL. XVH.---NO. 6
Church Names.
Names Of EpiscOpaI Churches, Com.
piled from the Record for 1870

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Names of Episcopal Churches, Com.
piled from the Record for 1870.
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First OF all, we give those which
arc named for our Blessed Lord and
Savior, two hundred and seventy
two In number. OF these, one hun
dred and eighty.nine bear the name
of "Christ Church,p 2 nine are named
"Church Of our SAVIOR while one Is
named "Mercifu1 SAVIOR one "IIoly
Savior" another "St. Savior" and
still another "Our Lord" Seven
perpetuate his name as HGood Shep-
herd" Thirty-twO are named "Em.
manuel" fifteen "Redeemer,n nine
Messiah" six MEDIATOR" and one
"1ntercessor." 81. fLTa-.-.
For the third person In tle bless
ed Trinity, seven arc named, five OF
which are called "Church of the Ho-
ly Comforter" while the other two
are Church of the Holy Spirit"
For blessed Trinity, one hundred
and eighty-four are named, fourteen
of which have the prefix of "lIo-
ly." eco -..--.. .,o-...:ls,-,y e.. -,
3 OF the angelic host, st. Mitehael j.
the most honored, twenty bearing
his name, while one is named "St
Michael and All Angels" one Ca.
briel,' p and one "All Angels. an
Now for churches named in honor
of events in the life of our Savior,
and for special doctrines. Two
churches are named "the tAnnuncia-
tiOn," nine are called "Advent" and
nine. "Epiphany," four "the Incarna-
tion," five 'the Nativity" and two
TRANSPORTATION" One is named
"Gethsemane" and one .'Crucifixion, y
six are called "Atonement," two "In-
tercession," one Redemption" three
'Resurrection, and eighteen "Ascen-
sion" "Grace" is q favorite name,
no less than one hundred and four
teen churches bearing ID. One re-
joices in "Free Grace" one is called
"All Faith," three are named "COn-
venant" and two Reformation.
Sacred places are had in due re-
memberance, thirty-two churches
bearing the name of Calvary" thir-
ty that of "Zion," while one is called
"Olivet," and one .fBethseda."
Of the Apostolic colledc, st. John
takes the lead, one hundred and six
teen bearing his name, four of which
have "the Evangelist" added. St.
James has seventy-eight named for
him, while two are called for "St.
James the Less" To the memory of
st. Peter there are sixty -four, 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. Bartholo-
new, four for st. Jude, and four for
St. Matthias, while the "IIOly Apos-
tlcs," rs whole, have three churches
i'm their honor. -... .-...
One hundred and sevcnty-ninc
churches are named for st. Paul, thir-
ty-four for the first martyr, St. Ste
en-, seven for st. Barnabas, and five
for St. Timothy. ..l
st. Mark has sixty churches naInc,l
for him; st. Luke, fifty-two, while
''The Evangelist" as body, have
three for them.
Ofal 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"
"St. Ann" in whose honor twelve
churches are named, is the mother of
the Virgin Mary. If she were among
those who were '1ast at the cross
and first at the sepulchre," she is not
by name. "Lazarus" and
the "Centurian" are not forgotten,
neither are st. Athanasius and st.
each having a church NAM
ed in his honor.
st. George, '.the Patron Saint Of
has thirteen churches
named for him. ST. Albans, the
'proto-martyr of England" has sev.
IN; ST. David, an early Welsh Bish-
op, four; st. Clement "COmpanion
md fellow-laborer" of st. Paul,
hree St John the Bishop, two, and
St. Augustine two. Nineteen
are named "All Saints"
our "Holy Innocents," and one
Holy Martyrs )" seven bear the
name of ''The Holy Comunion," and
'ix 'The Holy Cross" st. Helen,
he mother of Constantine, and under
whose direction the "true cross" was
iound, has one church named I'm her
honor. a.t ..a -.-T--a
st. Martin, Bishop of Tours, and
st. Denis, "the Patron Saint of
France" have each a church named
or them. One church Is called
Gloria Del" ono 'Heavcnly Rest"
md one ''Holy Sepulchre,
There are "Memorial Churches"
or Wyckliffe and Cranmer, among
he Reformers, and Reginald Heber,
he author fthe missionary Hymn
From Greenland's Icy Mountain"
md one of the Bishops sent ont to
india from England, and for our own
Bishops, Hobart, Ravenscroft, Meade,
)tery and Wainwright.
Il " " NuulCilCS uiO C1ilCu llOuSC vi
Prayer" one is called "Hope," one
Monumental" one "Union," and
mother mariners" rr ~ |
N Maryland and Virginia some ofthe
churches are named for the town in
which they are, or for the river that
s near them, such as "North Sassa-
ras," Wye" "Port Tobacco"
Somerset" and "Powhattan." They
Ilso show their English origin by
heir names of William and George,
Ann aud Caroline. We believe the
'nly instance where st. Peter and
1t. Paul are yoked together in name
s in the Cathedral in Chicago. That
It Portland is named for st. Luke,
hat at Omaha, Trinity, wEile that at
fairband IS called "Thc Good Shcp-
lerd."
About a year ago street railway
i'm q Connecticut town OBJ
aimed permission from the Lcgisla-
urc 10 increase the fare from six to
ouo,, cai,fo A yonr,lar y,ot ron of Tho