Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-22

bishopric of Washington. has now sent
third letter of declination to local Ep'sco
nal rectors In the last one he uecrhes
to come here to speak at an openair serN-
ice at St Adams.
An invitation was extended to the run
ippine prelate TO lead one OF the s"'u's
afternoon services at ST. Alpah 'n's
month He recently sent woru "''"'
second operation on his nose was not
successful. and that his physicians nave
ordered him It'd. take absolute rest lie Is
now at Nonbaast Me. recupera'ihs 'r''"
the opratioSe ct is understood mere ''ia'
his health al pgesent is far from good
A local rector who recently visited "'i'
at Boston hassFeturned to this cry Won,
derfully impressed with Bishop bren fi anu
declares that the loss to washington
tSro1rh his destinations of the episco-
was so Impressed by him that If ne
had said that he wanted me TO go s m,ue
him TO the Philippines / would nave Soii0
at onceS1 concluded the minister
Editorial comments on the hlshop uec
linatiop have been numerous sho"ihs
The RaptsfjCommonwealth says in Its
latest issuslfBishop Brent has for ohe
second time declined the call 10 oeco.ne
Bishop of Washington. This is ren na,a a
able instarscA of Devotion n small no Temp temp
tation. Bisbp Brent is one of the mos os
scholarly of men and admirably htteo LOT
such a prominent position at hoilo. ~
him. however. the call 20 missions ~,t W.
larger than the most prominent positioh
i'm his home land. 1t is beautllul III
stance of Christianlike service
In recent editorial the providence
Journal says that Bishop Brent iii I;a
declination removes all possibility or ms
transfer from a remote see to one OF
conspicuous national influence. Dr: Brent
feels. as he has always felt, that MS uu-
ties to the people of the isianos tIa IL
scend every other consideration Had ne
been unable by reason of his physical
health to go back to Manila he would nave
accepted his call to the seat or govern
ment Now that he is told he may con-
tinue to live in Manila with reasonable
expectation of health, he turns ms DacH
upon the gittering prize held out TO him.
Such sacrifices are not so rare. douptless
as some cynical persons would nave US
believe Yet it requires much unselfish
devotion to an ideal of service to say nolo
episcopari twice when a diocese ike
Washington is concerned
The Indianapolis Journal thinks the
American people generally may well con-
graduate themselves on this decision. For
Bishop Brent has been power for good
in the Philippines. and has shown through
out his administration the highest Chris
tian craftsmanship. He has the love, re-
spect and confidence of all classes, and
there are few men who exert In the
islands greater influence. The country
has not forgotten that 1T was Bishop
Brent who called the attention of the
American people to the outrage inflicted
on the helpless F'ilipinos by our Congress
when 1t raised to prohibitive point the
tariff on cotton splits, thus imposing
cruel tax on the cheap clothing worn by
the people. 1t is true that Congress has
not yet righted the wrong, true event that
the American people have paid little heed
to it. But Bishop BrenW did his duty, and
1t is comforting to know that there is
such a man, unattached to the govern
ment, who is thus watchfu over the in
terests of the Filipinos, thus awake to
the possibility of abuses.
THE great and important diocese of
Washington twice elected the bishop to
be its chief. 1t chose wisely. AS TO Bishop
been no question. Probably no better man
could have been found to take up and
carry forward the great work that has been
started by Bishop Satterlee. But the ques-
ton Of the public interests was more
closely involved in the Philippines and the
work there was. from the national point
of view. the more important Undoubted-
ly this is the way in which the case pre-
sented itself to the man who was honOred
by being chosen a second time as Bishop
of Washington, after having declined
first election. 1t seems to us that the
decision to remain in the Philippines is
wise 1t is certainly one of which all
who are informed on the subject will cor
daily approve
The project for charging All Angels
Chapel at Twilight Park in the Catskil
mountains as a memorial to Bishop Henry
Y. Satterlee. the late head of the diocese
of Washington, is reported now as being
practically sure of early completion. OF
the 500 needed to carry out the plan,
it is announced $1,000 has already been
contributed and this total is being in
CREASED every day.
4 new organ was recently installed in
the church a memorial for Rev.
Churchill Satterlee, son of Bishop Satter-
lee. who died seven years ago. At the
time of his death he was rector of Trim
ity Church at Columbia, s. c.
Rev. DIR. j. Henning helms, pastor of
the Church of the Ascension. is spending
his vacation in camp at Halpine Md. near
Rockville.
Rev. DR.. Alfred Harding rector of St
Paul's Episcopal Church. Is spending the
summer with his family at Stony Mans
Camp.
Rev. F. B. Howden, rector of St Johns
a. Church, Georgetown, is in the Catskills
for the summer.
Copies of the journal of the two sessions
OF the convention of the Episcopal do
cese of Washington, at which Bishop
Brent was elected to the local episcopate
have just been distributed to the dele
gates. Besides the minutes of the two
cablegrams and letters exchanged between
Rev. r. H. Mckim. president of the con-
Vention, and Right Rev. G. II. Brent re-
garding the latters election to the head of
the diocese.
Extensive repairs are being made in the
Interior of the Church of the Ascension
18th street and Massachusetts avenue
Many of the old carvings of stone and
wood are being restored and many new
memorials installed. A new system of
electric lighting will also be put in When
the church reopens early in September
II is declared, the interior will have an
entirely changed appearance.
Rev. Robert NJ. Moore. pastor of Foun-
dry M. f. Church. is at Harpers Ferry on
vacation trip. and later will visit At
lantic City.
The program of the local Methodists
for post-serieS of evangeliStic services
To follow the Gypsy Smith campaign is
rapidly taking definite shape.
II is planned TO have a union meeting
Wednesday evening" November L. in Ham
line NJ. T.. Church. following Immediately
the close of the Smith meetings The
next evening special services will begin in
all of the local Methodist churches and
they will continue every night for several
weeks. II is expected that many out-of-
town speakers of prominence will appear
In the pulpits.