The Washington herald., 1908-03-07

Preach EuIOgy of Colleague.
In memory OF Bishop Satterlee. plans
have been perfected for the holding Of a
great memorial service, or rather two
services. on the Feast OF the Annuncia-
tion-March 25th-twelfth anniversary
Of mis- consecration. One Of these serv-
ices will be held at the Pro-Cathedral
Church of the Ascension at II a. m; the
other at Epiphany Church at p. m.
Bishop Mackay-smith has been chosen
to preach the memorial sermon, and as
Bishop Satterlee's lifelong friend and
close associate. none could be more
worthy OF the honor or more capable Of
adequately discharging it's weighty re-
sponsibilities. 1t has been arranged that
the services and sermon in both churches
shall be the same. an arrangement neces-
sarily suggested by the fact that we have
no church IN Washington capable Of seat
ing. or even providing standing room,
for all who shall come. When Bishop
Satterlee's conception OF a Cathedral on
Mount St. Aiban is realized there will be
there a church easily capable OF seating
5000 persons.
It has been suggested by some of our
prominent laymen that the people OF this
diocese. holding in remembrance Bishop
Satterlee's beautiful life, HIS high ideals
OF duty and untiring devotion TO the
work Of the Episcopate. which have for
ever enshrined HIS memory In their
hearts. should build as a memorial the
Bethlehem Chapel OF the Nativity. The
last public expression OF the bishop was
the utterance Of his hearts desire that
the complete foundation Of the Cathedral
might soon be laid and that in connection
Herewith memorial chapel might be
built at once, and that therein might be
placed memorial brass commemOrating
the donor OF the chapel
Hardly had the subject Of A memorial
been broached at the meeting called to
take action last Tuesday in Trinity Par
ish Hall than. as by q common impulse.
all thoughts turned instantly 10 the Beth
lehen Chapel Of the Nativity. There was
no need to vote OF. it. The inspiration
was overwhelming IL shall be the chapel.
In building that his people will gladly
show the depth OF their love and devo-
ton. Therefore. or Sunday, March Is.
and the Sunday following. offerings 10
build this chapel. as the Satterlee Memo
rial Fund. are 10 be received in all the
churches and chapels OF the city and
country. and on March .. AT the great
Pro-Cathedral memorial service the sum
total shall be solemnly laid on the altar
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But what IS this among so many7" Al
ready box Of gold and silver coins has
come from South Carolina. the first fruits
Of the harvest, from one who used TO i've
here and now lives there. let US arise
and build"
Moreover. as Bishop Sattsrlee was one
whose influence to a remarkable degree
overfiOwed the boundaries OF his own
church and who, in consequence, num-
bered many hundreds Of friends who had
learned 20 love him and 10 be willing 70
be helped by him. so from all these con-
tribuuOns VIII be most gladly received,
whether large or small. by Mr.. Thomas
Hyde. Riggs National Bank.
The rector OF St Mary City was one
OF those clergy who were not able to
come to the funeral service Of their
bishop. there being no means OF com
municaticn other than a steamboat. not
due 10 leave urstn after the service had
been concluded. and one-coach railroad.
with one train a day. which received its
passengers over twenty miles away, with
impossible roads lying between. But both
churches at this Ultima Thule OF the
diocese were draped IN mourning, and the
church bells We're tolling while the service
was taking place IN Washington.
With reference TO the successor Of
Bishop Satterlee altogether too much has
been written about the matter-too much
even had the matter written been fairly
correct and characterized by some regard
for decency and good taste. But In GER
tain quarters both OF these elements were
lacking. Men have been suggested who
were impossible from canonical restric-
tions: others equally impossible for dif-
ferent reasons. perfectly well known TO
even the average sexton in an Episcopal
Church. but Of which the anonymous
scribblers seemed profoundly ignorant.
In view OF the fact that the names still
continue to come, a clergyman OF the
diocese. makes the eminently wise sugges-
tion that a short biography. with photo
graphs of each priest in the diocese OF
Washington-he would begin with that
first, and not excluding the colored
priests-be sent to the offending papers.
and when these had been published the
series might be continued until all had
been named This plan would have the
merit Of naming the right man sooner or
later.
At ST. Andrews Church. Fourteenth
and Corcoran streets, Rev C. Calvert
Carter, the Sunday evening preachers
for Lent will be as follows:
March S-Rey. c. Williamson Smith, ex-p-esident
Of Trinity College Hartford Conn
March lS-Right Rev. Bishop GraYatt coadjutor Of
West Virginia who viii hold confirmation also
March 2.-Rev. T. S Dunlop. St. Johns
March 9-Rey- C. Ernest Smith. D. D.. D. @. L.,
rector OF ST. Thomas
April S-Rsg. Canon Harding. D. D.. rector os St.
Paul's.
April l2-ven ArchdeacOn Williams. rector OF
Trinity
Bishop d. D. Walker, OF Western New.
York, who was here this week as one
OF the Indian commissioners, is the actual
originator of the chapel on wheels. a
form of modernism which has won, we
are told. the approval Of Plus X. The
st Anthony car Of Bishop Hennessev.
OF Wichita. is. therefore, an object of
sympathetic interest to Episcopalians gen
orally. They have no patent on it and
they are delighted TO have their fellow
Christians use the idea Bishop Walker
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