Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1884-03-20
WASHINGTON RELIGIONS.
Church Predictions of the President
and Cabinet Also of the Judges,
Diplomats, Senators, Repre-
sentatives and Other
NOtahleS.
''Ruhamah" in Globe Democrat. I

"Ruhamah" in Globe Democrat
In the Cabinet circle all religions meet
The President is a high-church Episcopal
ian, although his father was Baptist
preacher, and his sisters are all members OF
that church. Secretary Folger is Presby-
terian, and sits with the pastors family at
the New York Avenue Church, where Sec
retary Frelinghuysen and his family and
Postmaster General Gresham and his fam
lily also attend. Secretary Lincoln, like his
father, is a Presbyterian, but his wife is
from strong Methodist family,
and they generally attend that church.
Secretary Chandler and his family 90 to
the Unitarian Church, and are of the ad-
vanced and liberal thinkers of that body.
Attorney General Brewster and his family
always worship at the Epiphany, the
largest and most fashionable of the low
church Episcopal congregations. Secretary
Teller and his wife are very devout Meth
dists. The President and all his attend
ants are regular church-going people, and
their families bear their proper share of
the church work, and lead in many of the
charitable enterprises.
Chief Justice Waites family attend the
Epiphany Episcopal Church, Justice Miller
goes to the Unitarian Church, and Justices
Matthews, Bradley, Woods, and ex-Justice
Strong are Presbyterians. The greater
part Of the members of the diplomatic
corps are Catholics, and St. Matthews
Church, at Fifteenth and H streets, is
where they generally worship. The Ger
man Minister and his wife, the Danish
Minister and his wife, and the Swedish
Minister and his wife are Lutherans, and
attend the German and Memorial Churches
here This German Lutheran Church has
always been the place of worship for one
or more members of the German Legations,
although at one time there was vacancy
in the legation pew, as Baron GerOlt, who
was a Prussian Minister for thirty years,
was Catholic. Kaiser Wilhelm's brother
was on the Prussian throne at the time
the little Lutheran Church was started
here, and he sent it heavy communion
service and paptismal cup of solid silver.
The present British Minister and his
family are the first in quite list of pre-
decessOrs who are members of the Catholic
Church.
The Senators and Representatives be-
long to all denominations, the one point of
unanimity being among the New England
ers, the greater number of whom attend
the Unitarian church. Senator Morrill,
and his family attend the Congregational
church, where the Blaine family also wOr
ship. Admiral Porter's family 60 to the
Epiphany Episcopal church, and Mrs.
Sheridan and her family are devoted Cath
olits.
With such a showing among the higher
officials, and the influence which eminent
examples always exert, one can see that
Washington is far from an irreligious CON-
munity, and its church-going averages will
more than compare with those of any other
city. All creeds and beliefs are encoun-
tered at the Capital, and the true cOsmo-
politan spirit engenders courtesy and toll
erance between the most pronounced peO-
pie of the most diverse creeds and of no
creeds at all.