Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-01-07

copal Church composed OF six bishops
seven clergymen and twelve laymen. To
winch has been intrusted the responsible
labor of deNising ways and means for the
collection of the proposed twentieth cen
fury thank Offering. will meet shortly To
prepare Its plans. Rev. DIR. John 4.
SIoucher. president Of the Woman's Col
!eSe OF baltimore conference. Is a member
or the committee. Should the great Offer
ing be secured the Woman's College Will
be among the beneficiaries. In the mean
time the sum of Sl.O.UpD is being raised 10y
the friends of the college as a supplemental
tund- Its purpose is 10 thus provide money
from which can be taken so go annually
TOT I'VE years with which 10 carry on some
Oh me conceived plans intended for rapid
anu permanent extension. A total Of about
Slupon Of the amount has already been
subscribed.
Mrs. Lillian NJ. y. Stevens and Miss
susanna NJ. II. Fry. president and secrc-
lsry, respectively. Of the National W. 4.
!: L, have issued n circular about the
Chicago temple enterprise. in which they
deny the reports that the building cost only
$no,"oo or that Il SI2o.pn0 more were raised
the whole building would be paid for. that
Mr.. EleldS Sluo.U0. when realized would
pay on the debt on the building. that
Sh,hn. IN addition TO what is pledged and
in hand. would secure the entire canita1
stock of S&n,No: that having secured tho
entire stock the building would then hr
PAID Tor and that It was only the national
ouc"fS VINO abandoned the temple. AC-
cording to the circular the temple f. iu
debt beyond any hope Of redemption.
An adNaI CO copy of the annual report of
the American Bible Society shows the
Norld-NlG, work Of the organization. and
gives the public an idea Of the demands
winch ar made on its resources The re
port in part says:
Although DE- ands for a million and a
half volumes a year now strain the re-
sources Of the American Bible Society to
the utmost sin We have promptly under
taken tn" duty of sending our experienced
asr4apft -. .
ippiHes.
Although all Am ricaus are naturally
proud of this great national unsectarian So
clety. still few are aware that in the eigh-
ty-two years IL has distributed over 90 -
~b.Oh volumes of Scripture. IN one hun
dred languages and maintains about 4un
co!por,urs in foreign lands alone"
one OF the most interesting ANIMALS that
has yet Reached Washington is that Of the
Protestant Episcopal Church in America
and IL brings {" light some curious facts of
church history and practice. The rate Of
growth at the commitment list remains
stationary at 2 Der cent a year. -Four oil
the diccese- OF New York ana one in New
Jersey did not como up 10 this figure. New
York shows only ] per cent OF iucr-1s''.
western New York tho same. Long Island
no Increase at all and central New York
loss Of per cent. The diocese of Newark.
which includes the northern part Of New
Jersey. shows an increase Of : per cent.
II is said That part Of this represents -
movals from New York city.
New York. Pennsylvania and MasSachu-
sets have tha largest Episcupalian Unpula-
lions in the Union. The years Increase OF
communicates in MaSS1 rhuSTtts was per
cent better than New York. Conpec' irut
increase was , per cent. The church Is
growing wei In Ohio. too where the per
centage was =. IN Iowa il was IL ana ia
central Pom sylYania II. In the state of
Pennsylvania il was = per cent. and n,
same in PittsburG. Michigan showed Il poe
cent increase: Arizona, 20. South Dakota.
p
Dakota 81 There were soTae losses in tHn
south, csp, cially in. Tennessee. while Texas
showed ar Increase. The church member
ship in Alaska more than doubled. and fh-
greatest number OF additional c0mmuui-
cants for The whole church Joined IL iu
Pennsylvania. The total increase for thr
year was - III and the total OF communl-
Giants is GNI.:sis.
in growth Of church membership. she ran
away ahead Of her I'm raising money con-
trihuung for all purposes IN the wear 81
1tl"oo. nearly thrice the contribution of
Pennsylvania, which came next i'm amount.
The whole church gave 81 .c0p 600 more than
in the previous year. the total being Sia
S239l4 or S2D.U1 per COMMUNICATE. Long
Island was ahead OF the average with
S2l.12 per communicate and New York
more than doubled This. with $3.50 per
commitment.
Archbishop Martinelli has accepted an In
E1tatiOu to be present duriu" the celebra-
ton of the feast IF the conversion of ST
Paul the Apostle by he PauliSt Fathers al
their church In New York during the latter
part Of this month.
Extraordinary preparations are being
made for the event. The feast will occur
January -. but the celebration attending
the event. which also Includes the anniver-
sary OF the opening of the church. fourteen
years ago. VIII occupy part of the pre-
ceolng day. 1t Is proposed that the cels-
pration will he accompanied By all the old
time splendor of the ritual. aud the occa-
sion will call together the most notable
prelates of the Catholic Church IA Amer
lea.
The exercises viii begin Tuesday. Jan
uary ~, at pm, when the tirst Vespers
or the feast OF the conversion Of St Paul
VIII be solemnly chante1 in the presence
OF Archbishop MartiuelH who will give the
benediction. Wednesday morning at 10
O'Clock Archbishop Martinelli will sing the
pom rical high mass in the presence Of
Archbishop Corrgan. visiting prelates and
dignitaries of the church
Rev DIR. O. A Brown, the predecessor at
Foundry NJ. f. Church Of the present pas
tor, Rev. DIR. Lucicn Clark. and now pastor
Of the Madison Avenue NJ. T.. Church. Ba.-
timore. has determined to withdraw from
the active ministry for a while. after con-
may obtain some needed recreation.
DR.. RrOwn is native Of Delaware Ohio.
where he was raised and received his earlier
education. He is an alumnus Of the Ohio
Wesleyan University OF Delaware Ohio.
having graduated with the class Of 1865
After leaving the university he entered the
Drew Theological Seminary. AT Madison, n.
J., from which he graduated in 1869. He
entered into ministerial work at once after
leaving college. and for thirty years has
been actively engaged in continuous SER
vice.