The times., 1901-06-17

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twined with smilGX and set about with
| punches of roses and lilies.
Three services were held, one at II
O'Clock in the morning, one at 4:SO in the
afternoon, to take the place of evening
prayers, and one at 7:30 in the evening,
at which the Right Rev. Henry Yates
Satterlee, Bishop Of the Diocese of Wash
ington. was present, and also many other
well-known divines of the Episcopal
Church. who gathered to pay tribute to
DR.. Stuart upon the notable occasion.
Dr. Stuart was born in Charleston, S
c.. April l. 1916, and is therefore about
J hfty-five years old. He is connected with
many wen-known Southern and English
! families. His preparation for college was
obtained under his brother, and he had
! Just entered South Carolina College when
/ the war broke out. He took up the life
! of a soldier, enlisting as q private in the
| Confederate army, and fighting in the
ranks until s1e surrender of Gen. Joseph
! E. Johnston at Greensboro, n. c. The
study OF theology appealed to him. Soon
after the war he went to the Episcopal
Seminary at Spartansburg, S. c, and
/ later to the Virginia Seminary
His first charge was in Chester, S. c.,
and then for TWO years he was the pas
/ tor of St. Pauls Church. Chinicothe, Ohio.
June Il. 1875. he came to Georgetown, as
/ the pastor of Christ Church. In 1868 he
married Miss H. Sophia Clarkson, by
1 whom he has had seven children. Two
| sons are lawyers. two are doctors, and
! his youngest is still a student at Sewanee
/ His oldest daughter married Lieut.. w. J.
/ Barden, and his youngest is just out in
society. From Columbia University Dr.
/ Stuart received, in 1855, the degree OF
I doctor Of divinity.
| At the morning service a brief history
Of the Christ Churcu parish was read by
! William L. Gordon. The present Christ
! Church he said, was originally called
'Christs Church. 1t was organized at
I the residence OF Thomas CorCoran. father
( Of ". W. Corcoran. November 10, 1871.
/ At that time every denomination of i'm
! pOrtance was represented by church in
/ Georgetown, AM the original Episcopal
church had been ST. John s. The num-
: Der of EDiscoDali8ns in the vicinity had
become too large for them to be properly
accommodated il the st. John Church
( building. Among the founders OF Christ
Church were Francis Scott Key, and
many well-kn0WH Georgetown business
! men, descendants Of whom still occupy
/ pews in the new church building The
/ first years services were held in the Ian
/ caster School. but the moneT TO build a
! church was soon forthcoming.
The first pastor was the Rev. Ruel
I Keith, who stayed long enough to see the
| congregation well established in its new
home. He was succeeded by the Rev.
/ Charles McIlvaue. later Bishop Of Ohio,
/ VINO, IN turn, gave place to the Rev J.
/ T. Brooke. In the pulpit have always
/ been men Of great ability. breadth, ard
| capacity. Christmas Day, 1878, at sunrise
! the first Christ Church was opened for
| services and the following Sunday it
was dedicated by the Bishop. 1t was the
| largest church building in the District.
and later when it added steeple and
steeple clock, was tha pride Of the whole
vicinity. In 1863. when the Rev. W. ".
! Williams was rector, il was enlarged at
/ a heavy eXDens
Since DIR. Stuart took charge an entirely
new building has been erected. \ change
/ in the grade OF the streets made il neces-
/ sary to tear down the old church building
and put up new one on the lower grade.
1 In the autumn Of 1886 the present church
/ was completed, al cost OF $4,000. Every
/ cent OF debt Incurred in putting up the
/ new structure was cleared away by the
I Offering made on the Easter day after it
/ was first occupied Eleven years ago
! $4,000 was spent for the handsome rec
] tory, and some years afterward property
I adjoining the church lot was bought al an
J expense Of Sll.1g0 in order to make further
I extensions Of the church building possible.
! The church is particularly noted for the
I stained glass memorial windows which Il
contains, al Of which were contributed
! during DR.. Stuarts rectorship. These
I windows bear such well known names as
: Corc0ran, Keith. Key, Ridgeley, Tyler.
! Matthews Berry Lyons Hartley, Stuart.
Marbury. Gordon. Morton Snyder, Abbot
Dunlop Wheatlev. Magruder. Harry, Tai
+ cott Boggs, Miller, Ltbhey, Slaughter, ana
, Hof.
Dr. Stuart read from the pulpit the
parochial statement for the year 10 which
was added summary of the entire
twenty-five years Of his rectorate- The
summary showed baptisms, 3GH; coniirma-
tiOns. 534; marriages, l35; burials 80;
I services in church, 6..sAg- sermons and ad-
/ dresses. 1850; contributions to general
/ missions and charities, Sl6.l44; diocesan
! missions and charities, 81, i,0S; parochial
/ all purposes So, ,Sf3. The present number
| Of communicates in the church is 5Dl.
/ Last year there were 236 public services,
J baDtisms s combinations. Z marriages,
( and - burials. The total income OF the
! church during the year was Sl0,Ii0
/ DR.. Stuart delivered a short address in
! which he briefly reviewed his reasons for
! being thankful that his pastoral work
+ had borne fruit He said that the paro-
( chial report showed only dry figures, and
J that the real work Of the church had been
Of the kind that could not b. shown by
/ numbers. 1t hrd been in the uplifting Of
the members lu the cOEfOrt that had
/ been given them. and the encouragement
J in their hours OF need and sorrow Such
/ as had been accomplished In that direc-
! tiOn and in all others had been accom-
/ plishCd through the mediation Of Christ.
! He spoke Of those dark years when there
seems 10 he no progress, and pointed out
( that those silent years are the fallOW
/ years, and that when they are past we
! can see that great profit has come from
| them. lie closed by invoking the aid and
support Of all the members Of the church.
/ for its further success, and read "a list
| Of the deceased members containing $40
names.
J The music at the service was especially
/ beautiful a fuil vested choir Of boys
/ with remarkably fine voices rendered the
| choral music, and Miss Aiiccu Bell one
| Of Georgetown's most gifted organists
! presided AZ the organ.
! The evening services at tho church Of
] fered an opportunity TO Or Suart's clcri-
/ cal friends to testify in public to their es-