The Washington herald., 1908-01-18
RECTOR FINDS FAVOR
Rev. j. Henning helms Makes
Good Impression,
AN ADDRESS BY REV. DR.. SMITH
Rector of 81. Margaret's Church
Heard at ST. Thomas on Thursday
Daughters of the Kings Visitation.
Bishop SatterIee in New York.

Bishop SatterIee in New York.
| The Rev. j. Henning Nelms made a de-
Cidedly good impression last Sunday. when
he began work as rector Of the Pro-
Cathedral Church of the Ascension. His
own congregation turned out In fun force.
and there were many from other churches.
also some Of the clergy who felt they
could be spared. among them Rev ]. G,
Ames and the Rev. f. II. Ingle.
| Mr.. helms is not the successor of Rev.
| DR.. Elliott but OF the Rev. Clement
Brown. DR.. Elliott resigned the rector
/ ship Of Ascension Church in 1903. being
succeeded by Mr.. Brown, who had pre-
viOusly served as assistant without salary.
/ Until DIT Elliotts death Mr.. Brown
/ served the parish without money and
without price his full salary going 10
the support Of his retired predecessor,
Nor did Mr. Browns self-sacrhcing gen
crosby terminate with DR.. EIliOtt's death.
/ He still continued to be most generous
/ benefactor OF the parish until his resig-
nation Of the rectorship last spring. Since
then he has been travelling IN Europe.
/ The beautiful weather, combined with
the prospect Of an interesting address
/ from Dr. Herbert Scott Smith rector of
ST, Margaret's Church and the adyan
tage Of meeting al a church centrally
/ located. drew 10 St Thomas, near Du-
/ pont Circle. Thursday evening. an unusu-
ally large number Of the Daughters of
/ the King for their visitation. Members
came from all parishes in which the order
! is represented Even the baby chapter"
/ that Of St Thomas Groom, at the lower
end OF Prince George County. sent rep
/ resentative.
/ The address Of Or. Smith on the work
Of the home department Of Sunday school
work was a model In it's way It was. to
begin with. well prepared; next. It was
/ logically arranged and well delivered.
/ Naturally it accomplished its purpose.
which was TO let the audience know
great deal more about the home depart
ment than 1t knew before
a meeting Of the trustees O., the
/ Cathedral ChapteT-of the Cathedral OF
IS Peter and Paul was held yesterday
morning at Riggs Bank. the bishop OF
the diocese presiding. when the amend
ment was made TO the constitution. BIZ
which the examining Chaplains OF the
/ diocese should be ex-offici0 members OF
| the Cathedral Chapter BY virtue OF
this action. ReVs. G. F. Dudley. William
/ MOTgan-JOnes. =. 3. HOWden, and T g
/ Dunlap became members Of the chapter;
! DR.. Devries. chairman OF the examining
board. being already a member, By cleo
ton Of the chapter having been nom
mated by the bishop.
Bishop Satterlee was In New York,
Tuesday attending a meeting of the
board OF missions. The board is COM
posed of fifteen bishops. fifteen other
clergymen. and fifteen laymen. The lay
men are such men as Admiral Mahan.
George c. Thomas. and George Wharton
/ Pepper.
/ The board chose Bishop Albion W.
knight. missionary bishop Of Cuba, in
place Of Bishop SatterIee, commlssary OF
the presiding bishop, 10 make an Episco-
I pal visitation TO the Canal Zone In charge
Of Archdeacon #. B. Bryan, vicar gen
eral
Distribution Of the mems thank offer
ing was made to different committees
pro rata. al a time when the churches
missionary operations are, as a matter
of course, keenly feeling the nBney
strngency. Owing 20 our widely accepted
ideas as 10 where the duty Of ecOnOmizing
begins. these pro rata gifts VIII come as
a veritable godsend; without them, work
would cease In many places
Yesterday, for example. the committee
Of the Aged and Inhm Clergy Of the
/ Diocese met. Its session was not en-
| couraging-no funds.
Our bishops are already receiving nu-
/ merous invitations to preach In England
on the occasion, or rather occasions, Of
the Lambeth Missionary Congress and
/. the Pan-Anglican Conference next June
aud July Bishop Satterlee has now en-
| gagements TO preach at Birmingham
Cathedral June 30; Southwark -Cathe-
dral, July 5, on the occasion Of the open
ing Of the new organ chamber; also at
/ Lichfeld and other places.
Bishop Paret when he came back to the
diocese after his first visit as a bishop TO
/ the Pan-Anglican Conference. which
meets every tenth year, had many an
interesting incident TO tell about, and,
among others. this aprODOs OF Bishop Sat.
terlee's engagements 10 preach.
The bishop said that everywhere he
went he could see large posters on churches
to this effect The lord bishop of Wash
ington will preach in this church next
Sunday morning" That was before there
was diocese of Washington, when the
city of Washington was part Of the
diocese Of Maryland and when. there
fore. If there was lord bishop Of Wash
ington, Bishop Paret was that bishop.
Yet he was not the preacher Of the post
ers
It appears that away off on the Pacific
Slope there was i bishop of Washington
Territory. and 1t was this bishop the
English clergy were inviting to their
parish churches and cathedrsls, with the
idea that he was the bishop Of the Capital
Of the United States.
Since then, Intentionally or otherwise.
there is no bishop of Washington" on
the Pacific Slope There are two bishops
there, but neither when he goes TO Lon
don will be mistaken for the bishop of
our Capital City. one being called bishop
of Olympia and the other bishop Of
Spokane.
Bishop SatteTlee has appointed the Rev.
F. b. Howden to represent this diocese
as corresponding secretary for the Lam
beth Missionary Congress.
It was the unanimous opinion Of the
former reetors Of All Saints Church, st.
Mary County. who met at the bishop
house Saturday, January II, to consider
the question Of the future site of the
parish church. that the rebuilding of the
old church IS inadvisabIe. because Of it's
being so incOnvenient of access. 1t was
moreover felt that it would be equally
inadvisable for the same reason to erect
a church on the rectory lot, with the ad-
dtional disadvantage there of having