The Washington herald., 1908-03-25
In BISHOPS MEMORY
Exercises for This Morning
and Tonight.
SERVICES IN TWO CHURCHES
Prominent Episcopal CIerEymen to
Lead in Paying Tribute 80 Dead
Preiate on Twelfth Anniversary of
HIS ConsecratiOn-Presid Roose-
welt and Others Invited to Attend.

With the most prominent clergymen of
the church at the services. memorial ex-
ereises for the late Bishop Henry Yates
Satterlee viii be held this morning at the
Pro-Cathedral and tonight at Epiphany
Church
invitations TO prominent people in the
District have been issued. II is expected
mat President Roosevelt will attend the
services at the Pro-CathedraI. Other dig
nitaries. including Senator's, Representa-
tives' and members of the District Eov-
ernment will be present.
Not only viii the services be a memo
rial. but they viii commemorate the
twelfth anniversary OF the consecratIon
Of Bishop Satterlee. To-day is also the
Feast Of the Annunciation. and the serv-
ices for that particular feast will be in
eluded In the memorial exercises.
At the Pro-CathedrnI.
The services at the Pro-cathedral will
begin at O'Clock. Rev. J. Henning Nelms,
rector. Will be celebrant al the Holy Com
munion. He will be assisted by Canons
Devries and J. NJ. Craighll
AT the memorial exercises, which viii
begin at II O'Clock. Rev. A. S. Johns.
rector Of Christ Church. will offer a
prayer. as will Dr. Herbert Scott. rector
OF ST. Margaret's Church. who will also
read the creed. Rev. G. Ernest Smith.
rector Of St Thomas Church. will read
the lesson. Holy communion viii be ceIe-
brated by ArchdeacOn r. p Williams.
DIR. r. n. McKim will read the epistle.
and Rev, Roland Cotton Smith. Of Epiph-
any Church. viii read the Gospel. Rev.
Mr.. Howden and Rev. Mr. Griffith will
assist in the distribution. and Rev. Mr.
Dudley and Rev. Mr.. Snyder viii be mas
ters OF ceremonies.
Large Choir to Sing.
During the service, the open-air choir.
Of fifty male voices win sing. In addi-
ton 20 the regular hymns Of the services.
the choir will sing several or Bishop Sat
teriee's favorite selections. Edgar Priest.
organist and choirmaster Of ST. Paurs
Church will direct the singing.
Many OF the singers to-day are young
boys who we're with Bishop Satterlee in
the open-air work on Mount St AIban.
To-day they Will pay tribute 10 their de-
parted friend by singing his fayorite
hymns.
Bishop Mackay-Smith. Coadjutor OF
Pennsylvania. will deliver the sermon.
Bishop Mackay- Smith is lifelong friend
OF Bishop Satterlee They did mission
work in their younger days IN New York
City. At the services this morning the
names OF the contributors 10 the build
ing OF the Bethlehem Chapel OF the Ma
tiyity will be read. The chapel is a
memorial 10 Bishop Satteriee and il is
hoped that the amount needed will be
subscribed and so announced at the serv-
ices to-day.
Services at Epiphany.
Tonight at S O'Clock similar memorial
exercises will be held at Epiphany
Church Bishop Macksy-smith will re-
peat the sermon Of the morning. and the
rector. DR.. R. H. McKim. viii speak on
the life Of Bishop Satterlee. Rector
Blake. OF Georgetown. and Rev. Mr..
Dudley will conduct the evening prayer.
Rev. 6. C. Carter and Rev c. F. Buck
viii read the lessons.
As Bishop Satterlee was prominent not
only in the religious life OF the District
but in the civil world as well. Rector
Nelms who has charge OF the arrange
ments. believes that the services will be
largely attended. Special sections in the
Pro-Cathedral have been reserved for the
various societies connected with the
church. and the members viii attend IN a
body. The rest o. the auditorium. save
what has been reserved FOR the invited
guests Will be thrown open 70 the pub
lie. The public and the invited guests
will be seated by a corps OF ushers di-
rected by Head Usher Moran.