Evening star., 1901-06-13
ALL SAINTS CHURCH
Corner Stone to Be Put in Place
This Afternoon.
HISTORICAL STATEMENT TO Be READ
Origin Of the Movement to lo-
cate House of Worship.
OFFICERS OF THE PARISH

The corner stone of All Saints P. e.
Church Chevy Chase. as heretofore stated
IN The Star. will be laid this afternoon at
= 20 o'clock. with Bishop Satterlee Officiat-
irg The program of exercises was pub
lfshed in The Star of Tuesday. During
the services the following historical state
rlent will be read:
Some four years ago the bishop of the
diocese and the present rector of this par
ish. then archdeacon of Washington, stood
on this very ground, within a few feet Of
this spCt and looked over the field With
hardly a second thought 1t was Judged to
be the most important unoceupied field in
the diocese. Here. in the most beautiful
suburb of the most beautiful city Of the
land. if not of the world. with an increas-
ing population. there was no church or
ganization of any kind Services were con-
Quoted here as mission field OF st. Johns,
Bethesda. of which the Rev. Mr.. Griffith
was the rector. a considerable number of
the people attended at St Johns, a mile
distant 1t was felt, however. that this
field must sooner or later have church of
its own, and wisdom directed that the
work should not be long deferred. Various
delays. however. occurred. and it was not
until the 18th Of February. 1900, that the
church was formally organized.
Part of silver Spring Parish.
THE parish of which st. Johns. Bethesda,
is the parent church was originally part
of Silver Spring parish-a parish that, un-
Til 1919. bore the name Of Labyrinth par
ish. for no reason that We can discover.
unless from the difficulty it's rectors must
have had in finding their way over it's
seventy square miles.
In 1915 the diocesan convention divided
Silver Spring parish. With this division
Garrett Park. Bethesda and Chevy Chase,
with the Immediately surrounding territory,
became a new parish, first under the name
Of St. Johu's, and subsequently with it's
present title of All Saints Parish
The present rector was called to the
parish in the summer of 1889 and the call
was formally accepted the 18th of October
Of that year. In March, 1900. the Rev. John
Cornell was elected associate minister and
has rendered efficient and most valuable
service in the various departments of the
parish work
AT Chevy Chase services were held for
some time In the school house just north
of the present lot. With the advent OF
cold weather they were transferred to the
old post office on the corner of Connecti-
cut avenue and Irving street. Subsequent
". this being required for a residence. ser
vices were retransferred to the school
house, and still later to the new library
on the corner of Connecticut avenue and
KIrke street, where they are now held.
The Lot a Gift.
This lot on which We are about to build
is the generous gift Of the Chevy Chase
Land Company. through Mr.. Francis g.
Newlands. The location speaks for itself.
1t is opposite the Circle from which 1t Is
not unreasonable to suppose Connecticut
avenue will IN a few years be lined with
attractive houses to the city limits. For
many Of these. as we'll as for those already
here. We may hope this structure will in
years to come furnish a spiritual home.
The building whose corner stone is now
to be laid will be 55 by - feet in the clear.
with additional Sunday school room of
Is feet by l. feet. but this room will open
into the main audience room and can be