The times., 1901-05-20
CELEBRATED BY CHILDREN
The Episcopal Diocesan Sunday
School Festival Held.

| Little Ones ThTonG the Church of
the Epiphnny-BishOp Whitehead.
of PittSburG, Delivers Il Sermon
Pleasing Progress in the Year.
y red letter day in the calendar year of
! Episcopal Sunday schools is always the
| Sunday after Ascension. Twenty-three
| hundred people. most of the number chill
drer, took part in the fourth annual fes-
| tiVal of the Diocesan Sunday School In
Stitute, at Epiphany Church. yesterday
afternoon. The Right Rev. Henry Yates
Satteree. Bishop of Washington, presided,
and was assisted by a number Of local
Episcopal clergymen. The Right Rev. DR..
Cortandt Whitehead. of Pittsburg, de-
livered the sermon, which was brief and
Of a simple nature, that appealed directly
to the young people.
There were twenty-eight Washington
Sunday schools represented. Those from
churches not far away from Epiphany
Church marched thither, while those who
came from distance made use of the
street cars. Outside the edifice on G.
Street the entire body was divided into
eight sections. which were marched
through different doors and assigned to
school carried banner designating the
parish from which it came. and these
bright standardsy~.with the flowers with
which the chancel was decorated, gave
plenty of color to the rather sombre in
terror of the church.
The largest Sunday school in Washing
ton is that of Epiphany Church. There
are three sections of this Sunday school,
an afternoon section. morning section,
and a mission section. The total number
of pupils is more than 800. In point of
numbers the Sunday school of st. Mark s
Pro-Cathedral comes next, with 42i. OF
both these schools large percentage of
the full membership attended the fes-
tival yesterday afternoon.
The leaflets which were distributed con-
tanned the words of number of we'll
known sacred airs. The full choir of
Epiphany Church provided music. Assist
ing the Bishop within the chanccl rail
were the Rev. ]. A. Elliot of the Church
of the Ascension the Rev. A Harding,
of St PaulS Church; the Rev. f. NJ.
Mott. of the Church of the Advent; the
Rev. Louis G. Wood, of st. Johns Church.
BeltsvilIe, Md: the Rev La Mothe. OF
Epiphany Church; the Rev. H. A. Grif-
fiths, Of Ascension. Church; the Rev. c. z.
Rai, of Alexandra, and the Rev. Cor
neiius Walker OF the Virginia Theological
Seminary.
The report of the secretary of the in
stitute, the Rev. Louis G. Wood. preceded
the sermon by Bishop Whitehead. 1t was
the last report which Mr.. Wood will make
as secretary of tbe institute. He has re-
ceived call to a church at Burlington.
n {. lie is well known in this city. where
he was for two years connected with
Epiphany Chapel Since he left Wash
lhSton he has been pastor of St. John 8,
Beltsville, Md.
The report was rather incomplete. mas
much as of the ninety-four Sunday
schools which make up the institute. re-
turns OF the years work had been re-
celVed from but forty-three. 1t was shown
that these forty-three schools had 135
officers, 444 teachers, and 4,S07 pupils The
total number of pupils in the entire dio-
cese is about 1000. The general offertory
during the past year has amounted to
d,4S5.Sl, and the offering for missionary
purposes 81, ,620.61, a total of Sc. .1O65s
In one respect the last year has been
a great success. That is in the interest
taken in the work by both teachers and
pupils. This growing attention to the
work is evidenced by the enlargement of
the membership rolls. Teachers meet
means devised whereby the plan of in
struction may be improved and the ef-
hciency OF the work increased.
Who, having not seen. we love" was
the text taken by Bishop Whitehead. in
his sermon. He talked on simple and
easily understood line, which was evil
IDENTIFY appreciated by the children. who
gave hearty responses to MANY of his
questions The nffertory was for two
purposes That which was designated by
being placed in envelopes was for the
support OF the Ben Home, at Colonial
Beach, and the general Offering was de-
voted to the trienldal Offering to the
Board of Missions a considerable sum
was obtained for each purpose.