Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-04-14

everyday acquaintance that the brother
hood Is to be measured and Its work justi-
fled. The author of The New Era tells his
readers Of the merchant in one of our great
commercial cities, who, on being asked one
day by business acquaintance about his
place of worship on Sunday, replied that
although he had lived in the city of his
adoption for eighteen years, he had never
before been asked such a question: Eight
cen years In trade, in one city, in one
place, but no one of all his brothers to ask
one word as to the harassed mans eternal
welfare! The brotherhood seeks to stimu-
late noble discomfort with the causes
, Mnich underhe such possibility. The organ
lzation has done something to clear the way
Tor more rapid advance in the future up
on these lines. Men have been led to see
that their citizenship in the kingdom of God
Is relation which imposes actual and con-
slant duties. Brotherhood men, having rec
ognized these obligations, are striving man
fully to discharge them. Men who have adj
Vanced thus far are. it IS fair to believe, on
the road to more aggressive and more eff
fective service. And 1t is the man who
stands next to him, in the Office, in the
shop in the store, in the bank, in the mar
ket, his neighbor on the street.-the man he
knows-who Is his brother: not the man
who lives away off in some distant country,
in wickedness and barbarism. How easy to
touch the man you know, the man who
knows you! The brotherhood man who has
tried knows, on the con trary, how hard 1t
Is. for how high must be his standard who
carries 1t each day above the dust and
smoke of daily confictv'
In the District.
In each Of eighteen parishes of the Prot
estant Episcopal Church in the District of
Columbia is an organized chapter of the
Brotherhood of st. Andrew. Each chapter
is independent of every other. receiving its
charter, at the request of the rector of the
parish, from the general governing body,
called the council, comprising twenty-five
members elected by the annual convention
of the entire brotherhood. The relation ex-
isting between the parochial clergy and the
brotherhood may be defined as follows:
Under the constitution of the order no
chapter can be formed in any parish or
mission without the written approval of the
rector or the minister in charge. No chap
ter can continue to exist without that con-
tinuing approval. If 1t be withdrawn, the
council will withdraw the charter of the
chapter.
the status of the organization in the
church may be defined by an extract from
the report Of the committee to the general
convention, held in Baltimore in October,
1892, wherein, after referring to certain
other organizations Of the church, the
committee goes on to say:
q" And working with them in
general work of marvellous power, Is the
Brotherhood of st. Andrew. 1t seems but
yesterday since the general convention had
the privilege of joining the celebration of
its first anniversary, in the year 1856, at
Chicago. Today 1t has spread throughout
the whole country, and found its way also
into our mission fields. Its recent conven-
ton in Boston has been a joy and an
couragement to all our people. and the
members of the general convention, the
represen natives of the church, cannot fail
to render ii their grateful thanks, and to
ask for II In the future the abundance of
Gods blessing, as 1t has had it SO largely
In the past.
Its work is for young men-the bone
and sinew Of the church, and its work is
q a larOa-fhrOnHrh he
OF consecrated Christian manhood.
THE rule Of prayer and the rule of
service! How they lie at the foundation
of all our work for God! May God give to
all these young men the earnest desire
faithfully to observe these rules, and grant
that they may both perceive and know
what things they ought to do. and also
have grace and power faithfully to fulhll
the same. through Jesus Christ, our
Lord
The bishops Of the church are looking to
the brotherhood as an agency of power.
The president OF the general council of
the brotherhood Is James l.. Houghteling
of Chicago, who has held this position
since 1ssS by the una nimous consent of the
order. Messrs. c. Harry Davis of Phila-
delphia and Sias MacBee of Sewanee
Tenn, are first and second vice presidents,
respectively. John W. Wood of New York
is general secretary, and John P. Faure
K Viele of St. PauIs parish of this city is
the representative Of the District of Co.
lumbia upon the general council Of twenty
five.
The Local Council.
On the Institution of the first four chap
tiers in the District, VIZ, those of Emman-
uel parish, Anacostia, St. Paul's parish.
Epiphany parish and Ascension parish, |
in 1889. an organization en-
titled the Local Council of the Brotherhood
Of st. Andrew for the District of Columbia |
was effected. comprising two delegates from
each chapter. These four chapters are now
to eighteen, and the original eight |
delegates now number thirty-six This local |
council meets monthly to discuss work, hear |
reports. concert plans and in a general way |
act in advisory relations to the constituent |
chapters making up Its entity.
Upon this council devolves mainly the |
preparation for the coming annual conven- |
ton. The members of the brotherhood |
throughout the entire community, however,
have been active during the past winter and |
the work is we'll in hand. They feel sure |
that. when the day arrives in which the |
brothers wearing the button shall descend |
upon Washington In full cohorts the prepa- |
rations will be complete.
The gentlemen comprising the executive |
committee of the local organization are p |
B. Pierce, chairman, president local coun-
I'll; BarnabaS Bryan, vice president, local |
Herman K. Viele, chairman finance |
g. Berkeley Griffith, chairman |
on music; William d. Cabell, |
chairman reception committee; Albion X |
Paris, chairman hotel committed Henry c.
chairman committee on press: j.
Holdsworth Gordon, chairman committee |
IN transportation; Clarence f. Dawson,
,hairman committee on printing; E. Maury
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