The Washington herald., 1907-04-28
SUNDAY MORNING CHAT
THE RECTORs BOOK PRESIDENT CLEVELANDS CHURCH
a YOUNG PRESIDING ELDER

congregation at Foundry Church and the
impression he made was most favorable.
II is agreed that the young divine has
qualities that fit him pre-eminently for
the duties OF presiding elder. He is a
Balhmorean by birth. and. in addition 70
being a strong, vigorous preacher. he has
a gift Of music and is Toted for the in
spring way he leads the singing in large
religious gatherings. He has compiled
book OF songs that is vastly popular in
Epworth Leagues and in social church
services. He is also extremely fond of
athletics.
/ INSTRUMENTATION evening at the
! dedicatory services OF the Douglas Me-
mortal Methodist Episcopal Church last
week proved 10 be one of the most inter
/ esting Of the series. Seated in the pulpit
were Rev. John Compton Ball. pastor OF
/ the Metropolitan Baptist Church: Rev.
J. ". Smith. Of EpwOrth Church: Rev.
/ Thomas Chalmers Easton Of the Eastern
/ Presbyterian Church; Rev. c. R. Stet-
son. Of the Chapel of the Good Shep-
herd; Rev, A. K. Wright, of the Centen-
NAL Baptist Church; Rev. George Miller,
Of the Ninth Street Christian Church.
and Rev. Richard owens. of the Maryland
Avenue Church The Hon \. A. An
drews introduced the speakers. In well
coming the visiting clergymen. DR..
George c Bacon. pastor Of the church,
told them he had been reared in so many
denominations that he felt at home with
all. DR.. EastOn said he thought he could
safely say that three-quarters Of q cen
tury ago such a meeting as the one of
the evening would have been thought rev.
oluuonary. AS 20 himself, he always
was inclined to mix with other denouina-
lions. Thus il happened years ago, when
he was a young man looking for a wife,
he met a little Methodist woman, and
he thought a little Methodist fire. mingled
with his Presbyterian conservatism. would
be the best thing in the world for him,
and out Of the union Of the two he found
/ lifelong happiness And so much alike
are the two to-day" said DR. EastOn,
that it is hard to tell which IS the
other"
Rev. c. R. Stetson said his interest in
the completed structure was perhaps
greater than that OF any OF the others
present, as the foundation Of the Chapel
Of the Good Shepherd and of Douglas
Memorial were laid at nearly the same
time. Both were built one story high;
then they stopped building till more funds
were forthcoming, and for a number OF
years one of the standing jokes Of Capt.
tOl Hill had been that the Chapel of the
Good Shepherd was the roof OF Douglas
Memorial. which had blown off. He con-
graduated DR.. Bacon on his beautiful
new roof, Each minister present brought
words of cordial greeting from his de-
nomination, and expressed in some way
the thought that when one church grows
stronger all are helped by II,
At the banquet Of the Episcopal clubs
at the New Willard the other evening
the hope was expressed by several Of the
speakers that some day their church and
the Methodist Episcopal Churcn would
come together. Indeed. nowadays, wher-
ever there is religious gathering the
spirit of brotherly kindness is apt TO
show itself in a desire to unite with some
other church. Bishop Ethelbert Talbot
took as his theme a Universal Church
The great tender heart he shows for
humanity IN his delightful book, My
People of the Plains" makes one feel
that he would be a splendid leader of
the cause.
The late Senator George T. Hoar. Of
Massachusetts, was always an advocate
of throwing down the walls between
Christians. In his Biography OF Seventy
Years" he speaks Of an address he de-
livered at Saratoga in 1854 in which he
expressed his view OF the relations OF
our religious denominations 10 each
other A few weeks after il was delivered
an eminent Catholic clergyman spoke of
how it delighted him. The most famous
! Episcopal bishop in the country said that
he had read il with great pleasure, and
that 1t sounded to him ike old times.
A Baptist minister wrote a letter. I'm
which he said OF it: AT every sentence
I said 20 myself, amen amenl" An emf
nent Orthodox minister read it aloud TO
| his parish in full instead of his Sunday
sermon. And Methodist minister said
II that is UnitaTianism I'm afraid I'm a
Unitarian" ELIZABETH FRENCH.