The Washington herald., 1907-06-08

Chevy Chase parish where be is as
sistant Rev Or. Thomas F. Childs,
rector.
From Grace Church, South Washington,
where he has been doing temporary duty
as iocum tenens. the Rev. Dr. Lemon has
left for England. The bishop is helping
this church to secure regularity Of wor-
ship, SO far at least as Sunday services
are concerned.
Some changes are announced as pending
among the clergy in Southern Maryland.
Acokeek parish is to be vacant shortly,
also Durham. but on the whole the par
ishes are filed by most excellent men.
who are doing a self-sacrihCing work.
Bishop Talbot's address 10 the gradual
ing class Of the National Cathedral School
for Girls on Wednesday last was in the
bishops usual happy vein. Looking at
Bishop Talbot. and seeing his fine. manly
appearance and hearing his strong. stir
ring. optimistic words. we are not I'm
the least surprised that the good people
Of Idaho once did their best 10 persuade
him 10 run for governor. assuring him OF
splendid success at the polls.
Had Or Edward Everett Hale been
present az a meeting held az Bishop sat
terlee's residence last Monday, he would
hardly have written as he did about the
neglect Of the southeast by the north
west The meeting was that Of diocesan
missions. In the chair was the bishop;
the clergy were ArchdeacOn
Williams, Or. A. Harding, Dr. Ernest
Smith, Messrs. Buck. Graham, and La
Roche Representing the laity were
Gen. John NJ. Wilson. Col. Truesdell
Gen. Allison Wilmer. Messrs. Baldwin and
Kramer. The one business which had
brought these good men together was %
plan how the northwest could best care
for and help the southeast" BY north
west We mean what Dr. Hale meant. the
people who have. and by southeast we
mean as he meant. the people who have
not Nor was this meeting exceptional
Il was one Of several such meetings.
Grace Church. South Washington: Cal
vary, St Philips. ST Monica's. Church Of
the Nativity, and several others We're gen
erously provided for by the disbursements
Of the board of managers.
When Bishop satterlee was in St
Mary last week. ne came across this in
teresting record Of the presence OF an
Episcopal clergyman in St Mary County
five years after the arrival of the first
The record ran thus:
Rev Thomas White, l639. In the same
year he married John HALLS and Resti-
tua. the servants Of Coruwalis'
This CoruwaIlis was q member of the
Church Of England. where some Of his
near relatives. brothers. and cousins. IL
not even his father, We're Episcopal
clergy. In the county Of Norfolk, Eng
land. from whence the Corvallis family
came there are iu one of the church
yards many graves with their stones set
over them bearing their silent testimony
20 the fact that those who slept beneath
were one time rectors OF thu parish.
Until his resignation two or three years
ago to accept a call 10 the principal
church i'm Natchez. Miss. Rev. Josiah B.
Perry was for over twenty years rector
Of 81. Andrews parish. Fourteenth ana
Corcoran streets northwest Mr.. Perry,
who is now spending his vacation in
was rendered a reception on
Tuesday last by the Rev. g. Calvert car
ter and Mrs Carter. on which occasion
NJ. Perrys old friends came out in force.
The members Of 81 Andrews Church
were of course On the majority, but many
members of other churches We're there
also. besides several clergymeu, among
these being Rev. James W. Clark, rector
of S. James northeast Washington;
Rev. William ". Pettis. ID. D., rector Of
Grace Church parish, Georgetown; Rev.
George F. Dudley, rector Of St Stephens,
Fourteenth street, with others.
Rev Mr. Perry is one of the delegates
from Mississippi 10 the general convention
which meets in Richmond In October On
the Question-oue might call it the burning
question-of the appointment of negro
bishops. Mr Perry and his fellow-dele-
gates have been instructed by their diO-
cesar convention how they are to vote.
The Episcopal Church has already two
negro bishops; one Of these is stationed
in Haiti, the other is I'm charge of Cape
Palmas and parts adjacent, West Africa.
The Mississippi delegation is instructed 10
vote that the bishop of Cape Palmas,
Bishop Samuel D. Ferguson. be relieved
from duty in West Africa for three years
and brought over TO America 10 be put
I'm charge Of negro work here wherever
his supervision is desired. This sugges-
ton is made in the hope that II will give
the church an opportunity TO judge Of the
wisdom Of setting aside negro bishops by
what is of the nature Of an experiment,
and free, therefore, from many objections
which might be urged against a perma-
nent departure from customs heretofore
prevailing
The Mississippi delegation will pToba-
bly, do their best TO carry this proposition,
and as the representatives. Of what Is pre-
the black belt among the do
ceses represented, their arguments will be
entitled to some special consideration.
Like all professional bodies Of men, the
clergy have their clubs or or
ganizatlons. whose primary idea is social
fellowship combined with opportunity for
along the lines of their
chosen calltng-a case Of iron sharpening
iron.
One Of these clubs is known as the
Bishop Claggctt Club. called after Bishop
Claggett, the first bishop of Maryland
and the first bishop consecrated in Amer
lea. Bishop Claggett, at the time Of his
election, was rector Of a parish in Anne
Arundel County, from which parish, on
becoming bishop, he removed to St Paurs
parish. Prince George County, where he
remained till he died. His choice Of that
parish as his place Of residence was due
to the fact that near what Is now known
as st. Thomas Parish Church, but which
was then known as the chapel in St
Paul's parish, his early home was stu
ated. Coming back to his old home, he
found the parish without a rector In a
few days the vestTy waited on him with
a proposition. Would the bishop, as far
as he consistently could, with regard 10
his Episcopal duties. serve as their rec