Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-16
BISHOP TO OFFICIATE
CONSIDERATION OF EMMANUEL
CHURCH IN ANACosTIA TODAY.

Bishop Henry Y. Satterlee of the diocese
of Washington will formally consecrate the
Emmanuel Protestant Episcopal Church at
Anacostia today, when his annual visitation
to the parish takes place, and at the same
time will confer the-rite of confirmation.
The exercises will begin at IL o'clock. The
vestry of the parish will meet the bishop
and the attendant clergymen at the door
of the church and will proceed with them
up the main aisle to the chancel. The full
choir of Emmanuel Church, comprising
thirty voices. will assist in the program. 1t
being Palm Sunday, palms will be carried
and distributed to the people. The services
Will close in the evening with full service
and sermon by the rector, Rev. Willard
G. Davenport, on the events of Holy week.
Emmanuel Church, the corner stone of
which was laid in 1891 the building being
completed a short time afterward, is sit
uated at the southeast corner of Washing
ton and Fillmore streets. For business rea-
sons the edifice was never dedicated, but as
no cause now exists why such ceremony
should be longer deferred it was deemed
that today would be a fitting time for the
conservation A parish hall, recently con-
strueted, adjoining the church on the east,
permits now of the accommoda ton of all
church and social organizations of the par
tsh so that henceforth following its dedi-
ca ton, the church will indeed be peculiarly
house for the worship of God The build
ing is constructed Of stone, after an Eng
lish style of architecture, and cost, when
completed, the sum of $4,000.
Former House of Worship
Prior to the erection of the present struct-
ure the members of the Episcopal denomi-
nation in the Anacostia district held serv-
ices in a small UNCOVERED brick church on
the site of the e1i6pp lie
well remembered by many in the congrega-
ton at this time. Previous to the building
of this brick house of worship services had
been held in little frame building in the
town. Once interest was aroused in the va
rious stages of building development adj
vancement in the parish was rapid and
some of the substantial business people of
the village assisted in the work.
Now, in addition to having a large con-
gregation at AnacoStia the denomination
has at Congress Heights "a fiourishing mis-
sion church, the result of small efforts eX-
pended by those in charge of Emmanuel
parish which were aided substantially by
persons at Congress Heights after mum
Der of years of struggles common to such
projects, while al the colored settlement of
Hillsdale, where a mission church was once
conducted, separate charge Is now es-
tablished
Rector's Long Service.
The rector, Rev. Willard G. Davenport
under whom all these improvements have
been consummated. has been in charge for
the past seventeen years. His rectorship.
as noted, has been marked by steady ad-
vancement in all departments of church
work. He is a native of Rutland county
VT, where he attended st. Stephens Col
lege and was ordained in 1872
During the war of the rebellion Mr.
Davenport served three years with a Yer
mont regiment coming out of the service a
first lieutenant and with two severe wounds
received in battle. The esteem in which
he is held in the community at large is
equal to the regard felt for him by the mem
bers of the congregation, as testified to In
many ways during his long service there
The services today are eXpectd to be
lengthy and impressive, starting with the
confirmation bestowed thirty-nine can
didates, holy communion and address by
Bishop Satterlee.