The Washington times., 1894-12-17
The CHURCHES OF
The CAPITAL CITY
s.. Andrews Parish, Its Bounds
and the Work II Has Done.
ERECTING A NEW BUILDING
1t Is TO Be One of the Handsome
Houses of Worship Here.
The Societies and How They Work in Their
Various Fields-The Rector's Aid Body
of Young Ladies' Chapters of Mercy.
Faith, Hope, and charity-Wha. the
Younger Church Workers Are Doing.

OF foung Ladles-Cnapters OF mercy
Faith, Hope, and charity-Wha. the
Younger Church Workers Are Doing.
st. Andrews Church, corner of Corcoran
and Fourteenth streets. is peculiar in one re-
spect at least. The income of the church is
derived from pew rents and the regular
offerings at services. The congregation is
never called upon with subscription lists.
and the finances Of the church are conducted
upon strictly business principles. The in
come for the last year was so 1000. The
church has number OF societies and each of
them works in itself. Much good has been
done (more perhaps than cue would expecD
and much is being done
The parish was established in 1857, and is
one OF The most desirable in the city. In thai!
year Mr.. Caleb Gushing donated the square at
the corner OF Fourteenth street and Thomas
Circle, where the Luther Memorial Church
now stands. upon certain conditions. The
foundation for handsome building was laid.
but the war coming On the congregation was
scattered and the conditions OF Mr.. Cushing 3
gift being unfulfilied the property returned to
the donor. Services were conducted in pri-
Vate houses for some years by clergymen
sent by the Bishop OF Maryland, until Rev. Mr..
Harris gave his time TO the parish. small
room on p street, near the Riggs Market. was
secured. and here the congregation met until
The present lot was purchased and small
chapel erected. Rev. Josiah B. Perry was
called as rector from st. Paul's parish, Prince
Georges county, Md, in 1884, and the first
Easter offering IN the new chapel was $4,000.
The chapel was twice enlarged and its seat
ing capacity was 700.
Mr.. Perry is very popular among his par
ishionerS, and is one Of the hardest-worked
ministers in the city. He is enthusiastic in
his work and believes in others sharing this
enthusiasm He has been able 10 organize
his parish on the line OF each one being eX-
pected 10 contribute q certain amount for
parish work, and the result has been wonder
ful. The societies are all workers. The most
important is the Parochial Society. divided
into four chapters. The Chapter of Mercy is
presided over by Mrs. Martin, as warden. and
has twenty-nine members. The duty of the
members of this chapter is 10 visit the sick
of the congregation. and the poor OF the
parish who are sick. whether they are mem
bers of the congregation or not. They at
tend 10 the temporal as well as the spiritual
wants of those they visit. and many sick
room is frightened by flowers and many a
sick person furnished with some delicacy.
This chapter also aids in the work of the
Central Union Mission. Miss Tiffey is warden
OF the Chapter of Faith. This chapter looks
after the poor who are not sick, and has
twenty-eight members. The members will
distribute in the course OF n year Il 500
worth of clothes. These they collect from
the various charitably inclined persons. and
they always know where 10 place them to
the greatest advantage. They also look after
the crumbs from the t. bles of those who have
plenty and to spare. and many poor family
tides over hard winter In this way.
cHAPTER-woRKERs.
I The Chapter OF Hope works in the prisons
and hospitals. There are twelve members,
and Mrs. Morrison is warden. To the hos
pitfalls the members carry flowers and deli
cacies and to the prisons hope and comfort
No case is too depraved for their sympathy
and efforts are made to reclaim the most
abandoned outcast. Practical work is done
for any one who wants to lead a new life, and
situations are often procured for the un-
fortunates. The Chapter of Charity has Mrs
DR.. Hood for its warden, and its work Is con-
fined TO the Houseof Mercy and the founding
asylums. All OF these chapters work within
themselves. They are not permitted TO carry
a subscription list among the congregation,
and each chapterJis kept busy. Indeed. some
OF the ladies devote greater part of their
time to :his work and then find it all too
short
Among the young men of the church the
Brotherhood of st. Andrew is the popular So
cIety. 1t has thirty-eight members and is
one of the most active in the city. Mr.
Couper is director, Mr.. L. W. Estes, vice di-
rector, and Mr.. Roam secretary. The duty of
these young men is to Look after their asso-
ciates and help them in any way possible.
The Rectors Aid, composed of the single
young ladies of the congregation, is one of
most active societies in the parish. So fond
OF their work are the young ladies that it has
been found necessary 10 permit members
marrying to remain in the society. Mrs.
Clarence Dawson is the president. The So
ciety helps young men who are studying for
the ministry and will place the pulpit in the
! new church This will cost about $1,000.
The other society is the Women's Auxiliary
and its field is foreign and domestic missions.
1t is a new society and Mrs James Berger is
president, Mrs. Wainwright, vice president,
and Mrs. Hungerford. secretary
The services of the church are never inter-
rupted. The usual services are held on Sun
day, and each afternoon at 4:S0 O'Clock
prayer is held Communion is celebrated each
Thursday at II a. m. The church has 500
communicates and congregation embracing
about 200. The Sunday-school has a mem
bership of 225, with 80 teachers. Mr.. Fulton
Lewis is the lay superintendent. At pres
ent the quarters are so cramped that the
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times the children bring offerings instead OF
receiving gifts. and for this Christmas thei:
offerings will 60 to make the children OF a
poor congregation happy. The rector OF
poor church called en- Mr.. Perry last week,
and as a consequence the children OF his fiock
will be made happy.
The bounds of the parish are from Twelfth
street on the east to K street on the south
Nineteenth street. as far as P, on the west
(eXcepting the square on which Glands 81,
Thomas church,. and by Eighteenth street
from P. and to Florida avenue on the north
The officers Of the parish are Senior warden,
DR. Thomas B. Hood; junior warden. Mr.
Hugh Wardell: treasurer and registrar John
B Randolph; vestry, Jesse @. Ergood, Will
lam H. Decker, William B. Matthews, Will
lam Henry Walker, j. Sprigg Poole, E j.
Dorm NJ T. Endicott, and Marshall l. Lud-
dington. The committee of finance OF the
yestry Is composed OF DR.. T. B. Hood and
Messrs William H. Walker, William B. Mat
thsws, and Jesse G. Ergood. Mr.. Hugh War
dell is chairman of the committee on music.
and William h. Decker OF the committee on
seating The singing OF the church is espe-
cially fine, and the choir is one of the best In
Washington Mr.. James w. Cheney Is organ
list, and Mr.. Herdon Marshall, tenor. Is di-
rector. The other members OF the choir are;
Mrs Smith, soprano; Miss Moore, eontralto
and Mr.. Hall, basso.
The NEW CHURCH.
The congregation will have a new church
to worship in after the first of February The
chapel Tor some years has been too crowded,
and work on the,chprch proper began In the
early summer The building is now holm o.