The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-10-03

the church" So he organized "ChiB- dren's Guild.'' which earned from $5O.00 to S10O.OO a year for several years. The two guilds bought the organ.
 THE CHILDREN GUILD.
 Among the other enterprises under taken by MT. ". was the publication of a monthly paper which he called The Parish Guide" This was literally a home product, the type setting. printing and publication being all done in his own house. assisted by the younger members of the parish. It proved to be very instructive to his people and help fud to him in the line of work which he was pursuing. Indeed the old numbers would be very profitable reading to-day in any parish in the diocese. Mir. w. was the first rector to institute such a parish publication in America. During his ministry at St. Johns thirty other parishes in this and other dioceses in itiated the example.
 Among the most notable events in the history of St. Johns was the abolish ment of the system of renting pews for revenue and the substitution of free pews and weekly pledges from parish toners. It was bold experiment and the first church in the diocese to Ven- ture u2on it. Fortunately it realized our expectations and yielded several hundred dollars year more than the renting system had done. The free pew system was adopted May 1st, 1868. do not know when or why it was aban- 1 doned. In conclusion l trust I may be pardoned sor Sew words in reference to the rector, who with the exception of the present incumbent, had charge of St. Johns longer than any other. In my opinion Mir Whittingham, during his ministry here made marked and lasting impression on the churchman- ship of this locality.
 | His churchmanship was neither high" nor How" nor "hroad' in the technical sense of those terms.
 1 He believed in the church as divine 1 institution, intended to be the means of instructing and training it's members in the principles and precepts of the gos~ pei and of teaching them how to live Christian lives. In order that the | he believed that it's members should be diligently instructed in it's methods, 1 should understand it's forms and cere- monies and the reasons for them. its festivals and lasts and the reasons for them the Christian year and it's sea- sons and the reasons sor them. and to that end he taught his people constantly and unceasingly the prayer book as the exponent of the church. He taught the church to them as system of training that it was not merely a convenient rontriyance to provide for public preaching and praying on Sundays, but that the church as a whole with its three orders oe the ministry was di- vinely organized, systematic, time-tried method of Christian training, and was most successful vixen it was best un- derstoo
 I boldly venture the assertion that nc congregation in the diocese was better grounded in the principles of true churchmanshiD at that time than the congregation of St. Johns thirty years ago.
 My friends, know you will pardon an additional word or two in tribute tc the memory of the Rev. c. II. B. Ire maine, whom we all so much respected and loved. His ministry followed that of MT. whittingham.s He was an ear. nest. sincere and devoted pastor watching the interests of his flock witf vigilant fidelity, following closely in the line of work os lis predecessor. He won almost immediately the affections of his people. He served the church more than six years most faithfully anG judiciously and gave most hopefu promise of a successful and useful min
 stry His untin1ely end was one of the saddest aff1icitons St. Jons's has beer called upon to suffer. His loving mem ory is still fresh in the hearts of all his people.