The Washington times., 1901-12-02
ALL SAINTS DEDICATED.
New Episcopal Church at Chevy
Chase Formally Opened.

The new building Of All Saints Church at
Chevy Chase was formally opened for
divine worship yesterday at $3.50 p. m,
with dedicatory services. The rector,
the Rev. T. S. Childs, D. D., was assisted
by the Right Rev Henry Y. Satterlee. D.
H.. Bishop of Washington, and Rev. DR..
Alexander Mackay Smith.
The church was crowded to its capacity
before the services began, and there were
many who could not obtain admission.
1t is an artistic little structure. built in
the Gothic style of architecture. The ma
terial used in construction is grey gran
ite. The interior is finished in clearwood,
ash. oak and chestnut. The main room
has seating capacity of about 800 people,
exclusive of the room set apart for the
children's Sunday school.
The church. facing Chevy Chase Circle,
is the first object to meet the eye as one
enters the suburb.
The services began with the singing of
the hymn, The Church is Our Founda-
tion. by the congregation. Dr. Mackay-
Smith read the first chapter of Revela-
tion, and the Rev. Mr. Childs then read
a brief history of All Saints Church.
He is the first rector of the church,
having been called to the parish in 1899.
The following year the church was for
mally organized. and services were held
in the Chevy Chase schoolhouse. The SER
vices were -afteTward conducted in the
postofFcel budding. and later the congre-
CATION returned to the schoolhouse. From
there, they once more removed to the
Chevy Chase Library building, where ser
vices have been held until the erection of
the present ediiice put an end TO this no
madic worship.
The lot on which the building is erected
is the gift of the Chevy Chase Land Com
pany. The Woman's Guild of the church
provided the pews. and the other articles
of church furniture were the voluntary
gifts of individuals. The chancel chairs
and the Bishops chair were memorial
gifts.
Dr. Childs stated the cost of the church
to be S14 ,000 on which a debt of $4,000
still rests. He expressed confidence that
this burden would soon be removed by the
generosity of those who will benefit by the
church.
DR.. Mackay- Smith followed DR.. Childs
with brief address, in which he con-
graduated the congregation and rector
upon their achievements. and compliment
ed the architects and building committee
on the architectural beauty of the edifiee.
He cautioned the congregation against
letting thoir enthusiasm wane now that
the church was built.
The object should not be to simply
build church." he said. ''It should not
merely oe to put bricks and mortar to-
gether but to build home where human
souls may grow and do their work
1T takes three things to form church.
First. members. for soul kindles soul, as
soul touches soul: then, spirituality in
the congregation. for spirit is everything
1t is the spirit which fills the church; last
ly you must have loyalty to the rector"
Bishop Satterlee followed DIR. Mackay-
Smith. He said, In part:
The Lord has done great things for
you already. | know something of the
history of the church. and the anxieties
and perpleXites under which you have
labored. You must make your church the
spiritual home of the congregation Your
highest ideal should be to make it Gods
house of prayer"
He concluded by asking that the blessing
of God rest on the efforts of the congre-
CATION.
DR. Chlds then ma1e few remarks. In
the course of which he expressed graft
tude to the congre CATION for their sup
port in less auspicious times He con-
eluied by saying that the external fur
nishings of church were secondary mat
ters, and that unless il was place where
souls might be united with Christ, and