The Washington herald., 1908-03-14

End of Satterlee Memorial Fund
Moves with Great BrIskHess.
When the Rev Dr. Newell Dwight Hills.
successor OF Henry Ward Beecher in
Plymouth Church pulpit. was introducing
| Gypsy" Smith TO Brooklyn, last fail, ne
said: The Episcopalians are the only
people who have organized an evangelistic
movement and made il permanent They
not only hold missions like the Gypsy
Smith missions, but they hold one every
year, without knowing II. Its name is
Lent"
! DR.. Hills has described Lent exactly.
Il is a great mission season. Here in
Washington almost continuous services
are being held in the parish churches
with daily addresses from the rasJors
or visiting clergy, and while the churches
are not crowded. the congregations in all
Of them are large and deyoUt. The favor
ite hour is o'clock in some of the more
/ influential churches. The Sunday services
since Lent began are unusually well at
tended. There is much 10 encourage the
clergy to go forward.
The Rev. P. NJ. Rhinelander. formerly
/ In charge Of the Chapel OF the Good
! Shepherd. TO which he was ordained by
Bishop Satterlee in 1906, is 10 preach
memorial sermon on the bishop in ST.
Johns Church on Sunday morning next.
! Mr. Rhinelander who is brother OF
/ Mrs. W c. Rives OF Rhode Island ave-
nue.. Is one OF the very few clergymen in
| the entire Anglo-American church who
! can say that they are graduates both OF
Harvard and oxford. A number OF. our
clerSy have put in year or two at OK
/ ford after graduating AT Harvard or Yale.
| but few have spent the whole time neces-
sdry 10 obtain the oxford degree after
graduation at an American university.
Mr. Rhinelander is now one OF the pro-
/ fessors OF the Cambridge Theological
/ School.
/ The Bishop OF Chicago. Right Rev.
/ Charles Palmer Anderson. D. D.. who is
70 deliver the second Lenten League lee
ture on Tuesday, at S p. m. In Trinity
Church, has had a remarkable career. a
/ Canadian by birth and a graduate OF
Trinity College. Toronto. he was ordained
| deacon and priest by the Bishop OF on
taTio. and became rector Of Beachburgh
in that bishops diocese. where he re-
manned FIVE years. resigning 10 become
rector Of Grace Church. Oak Park, III.
The oak PARK parish was not one of the
prominent Chicago parishes. such as
Grace. ST James or Trinity. yet when
Bishop McLaren needed a cOadiutor. BY
common consent all the clergy and laity
were practically a unit IN turning 10 the
rector Of Oak Park. The bishops sub
ject on Tuesday IS The virgin birth.
1t is reported that the Rev. Dr. RAN
dolph II. McKim. the able pastor of
Epiphany parish. who recently LETT on a
visit 70 the Holy Land Is returning home
much sooner than he had expected 10 DO
when he went away. No doubt II the
report be true. this change OF plan is
due to the sad event which has plunged
our diocese into mourning. We are quite
sure that could the rector Of the Epiphany
have foreseen the sudden bereavement Of
the diocese he would have remained at his
post regardless Of his earnest desire 70
see the sacred places of Bible story, and
despite, too, his own need OF rest after
ardUOus labOTs. Just now the diocese
needs the loving. seif-saCrifCug help OF
all her sons and We are sure that Dr.
Mckim realizes this as much as any one.
Quite an amusing incident occurred the
other day when a somewhat prominent
layman was asked If he would attend a
church meeting in an Office downtown
With his usual willingness To help the
layman in question said he would at
tend. but with a somewhat pardonable
curiosity, he asked what said business
was. Well. il was 10 discuss and forrnu-
late plans for the appointment Of a certain
clergyman TO be Bishop OF Washington.
Gentlemen. you will have 10 excuse me-
1 can't support you; hope your nominee
won't be elected, was the disconcerting-
~. honest reply. Exit the Campaigners
But seriously. we trust nothing Of this
kind will be attempted on behalf OF any
clergyman II might greatly injure the
diocese by rendering impossible the cleo
ton Of the man best qualified for the Of
fee.
The women's end Of the. Satterlee Ne
mortal Fund is going with considerable
vim. Contributions are coming IN fast
many Of them from distant parts Of the
country. The women have no fear at all
about their entire success. So far as the
mems part is concerned, We believe the
same success is assured. too. but the men
move more slowly. The envelopes with
the committees appeal have all been
given out and the collectors begin to-
morrow. Some OF the churches have
asked for more envelopes and appeals,
although a supply fully covering the
number of their congregation had been
sent but many members asked TO have
extra copies TO send to friends Churches
prominent in the movement are the Pro-
Cathedral, st. PauTs. Trinity. and St
Adams
The new choirmaster of St Johns.
Georgetown, has taken possession Of his
O1f1ce and has settled down 10 work. /
He is Mr.. George Thompson Williams, !
who for the past four years had been !
choirmaster in St. Annes Church, An
napOIs, Md. The Rev. Mr. HOwden. the |
rector OF St. Johns, is having a sue |
cession Of Sunday evening preachers, /
the preacher tomorrow being Rev Will |
lam j. Morton. of Alexandria. The re-
naming Sunday evenings these clergy |
men will preach: March p. Rev. c. c. |
Pierce. D. D., chaplain. L. S A; March l
%, Rev. George II. McGrew. D. D., Sill /
yer Spring. Nd; April 5. Rev. ]. Hen
ming Nelms. PrO-Cathedral; April y, /
Rev. G. Calvert Carter. st. Andrews.
At the board of managers for missions
meeting. held Monday in Trinity Parish |
Hall. the treasurer reported a somewhat 4
state OF affairs. in that the pay
ments on apportionments from parishes /
are more in arrears than thev have haan