The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-09-01
Sunday Morning Chat
EARLY CHURCH HISTORY.

This interesting story Of the way a dis
tinguished member was added to Epiph
any parish years ago was told by the
late Bishop Whipple, Of Minnesota. The
| bishop was the guest Of his cousin, Gen.
HalIeck, during the civil war. and one
evening Secretary Of War Stanton called.
After speaking somewhat bitterly of the
secession element In Washington. the
Secretary said he had just been told that
Rev. DR.. Charles II. Hall, rector of
| Epiphany Church. was Southern SYM
| pathizer. Bishop Whipple spoke Of this
| conversation to DIT. Hall. On the follow
| ing day Epiphany's rector called on the
| Secretary of War and asked him for three
minutes Of his time, explaining that he
had heard of the conversation relating to
himself at Gen. Halleck's, and saying:
II am a Southern man. I am South
ern sympathizer. ] should be brute If
were not. Ny misguided friends are being
killed. am a Christian and loyal to the
| government which keeps a roof over my
| head When l cannot be loyal I viii ask
you to put me in Fort Lafayette. Is
! that satisfactory
After a moments pause Mr.. Stanton re-
piled:
Have you any pews for rent in your
| church? If you have, you may count on
me as a parishioner as long as / live IN
Washington"
Mr.. Stanton was member Of Epiphany
parish till his death.
| A change at Epiphany which is causing
sorrow to his Pensioners ard the clergy
is the resignation Of Rev. J. D. La
Mothe, associate rector. who has accepted
call to ST. Paul's Church. New Orleans,
La. Mr. La Mothe spent his vacation at
the Isle OF Man. England. his native
! country, and will return to Washington
September / He VIII leave the city at
the end Of the month. and take charge
OF his rev parish October J. St Paul's
! Church is considered one Of the strong
holds of the evangelical school in Louis
lana. II has done noble work among
the fails, hospitals. and other institutions.
without letting this interfere in any way
with its generous support Of the general
missionary work Of the church.
The great sanctuary out-Of-do0rs is
growing in favor as a place for holding
religious services in warm weather. The
Young Mems Christian Association has
been using beautiful FRANKLIN Square for
series Of meetings. held at 4:S0 o'clock
Sundays. and expects to continue them
until some time in September. DR.. George
Bayley. Of the Western Presbyterian
Church. will speak this afternoon.
When one considers the humble begin
ming OF the Young Mems Christian Asso-
citation. its present scope and work seem
almost miraculous. And indeed, IL did
grow beyond the original conception
which was simply 20 organize societies for
the benefit Of the commercial class Of
young men IN London. It's founder. Sir
George Williams, whose death in 1905 was
so generally lamented, was, IN 1874, en-
ployed as a clerk in dry goods store in
London. He roomed IN the store building
with eighty other young men. Many Of
them were of such dissolute habits that
1t was distressing TO him. and go deeply
interested did he become in his fellow
clerks that he asked a few OF the Chris
tan young men Of the store 10 meet IL
his bedroom for prayer and to talk over
means for helping the lives about them.
This led 10 the formation Of the Young
Mems Christian Associaton-little more
than bedroom and Bible-class meetings at
first
Mr. Williams was the leading spirit OF
the movement from the date OF its be-
ginning. June 6. 1874. and served forty
one years as treasurer. When receiving
$50 year, he gave $3.50 to the association.
and All tbo Sfxr,- r-eors sbot eol,,-,-,5
he became wealthy, his gifts were large
and generous. Associations were before
long formed in eighteen establishments
Of London. and the movement spread
from city 10 city. soon becoming national
In 1852 associations were started in
Montreal Boston, and Calcutta. and
shortly after I'm New York. Mr. Williams
helped to organize the association in
Paris, and the cause spread until II was
shown at the worlds conference in Paris
IN April. 1865. that it had reached 10
thirty-nine countries and enrolled over
100000 names.
In appreciation Of his noble work for
young men, Mr. Williams was knighted
by Queen Victoria at the jubilee Of the
organization. which was celebrated In !
London in 1894. It was his invariable
habit to receive visitors from associations
of other countries in the room on the
third floor Of the establishment where if
had its beginning and its first meetings
were held, and though many alterations I
have been made in the building. this
room has been kept as nearly as possible /
like it was sixty-one years ago To Mr.. 4
John Wanamaker. who visited him a /
few months before his death. he said;
Give this message to the young men /
or America for me. Watch the adversary.
keep true, fight on, win the victory"
Dr. Robert NJ. Moore, pastor OF /
Foundry Methodist Episcopal Church. oo-
cupied the pulpit during the summer
months, and has now gone to Atlantic
City to spend the month of September.
He is, with Mrs. Moore. domiciled at
Galen Hall DR.. Moore will resume his
pastoral duties the first Sunday in Octo-
Der