Evening star., 1909-05-05
Opening Session of Episcopal
Diocesan Convention.
CHARITY WORK REVIEWED
Needs of t he Diocese Gone Over
in Annual Address.
TRIBUTE TO BISHOP SATTERLEE
Committees Named on Seating Clergy
and Laity-Hours Of Sessions
Fixed by Resolution.

Bishop Harding paid especial attention
to charities in his address given before
the opening session of the fourteenth an
nual convention Of the diocese Of Wash
ing ton. held in Epiphany Church this
morning. He also paid high tribute to the
late Bishop Satterlee and declared that
the diocese of Washington should have a
clergyman to visit the hospitals and jails.
and that each parish should contribute to
his salary. The bishop also said that he
could also work among the poor. and that
the money given for the aid of the desti-
tute would thus go to them at the rate of
100 cents on the dollar.
In his opening remarks he said he was
deeply grateful for the cordial reception
given him by the parishes after his cleo
ton to the bishopric and for the help re-
ceived from all Of the clergy and laity
He then rehearsed the work of the vari-
Gus charities. He spoke first OF the effort
at the Episcopal Eye. Ear and Throat
Hospital, and said that during the past
year the current expenses at the institu-
tion have been raised. but nothing has
been paid on the mortgage debt of the
institution. He urged that the hospital
would be a specially appropriate object of
benevolence from some person of the dio-
cese who is blessed with ample means
He also spoke of the Episcopal Home
for Children at Anacostia, which was
formerly the Bell Home, and declared
that money could be well expended in i'm
proving the building of that institution.
The bishop commented at length on the
work at the House of Mercy. and sug-
gested that the annual feast day Of the
circumcision be set aside as the day for
each parish of the diocese to contribute
to the work of the house.
Prisoners Aid Association.
The Prisoners Aid Association. the
bishop said. should be given aid at this
time. He said that there was a possi-
bility of q dicontinuance OF the work If
the sum Of several hundred dollars was
not raised. and declared that the church
men of the diocese should attend to the
matter at once.
He commented on the hopeful and
and called attention to the work at the
recently erected Chapel of the Nativity
and at Calvary chapel, which Is now in
progress of erection. He announced that
layman has given a lot in Southwest
Washington for the election of new
chapel for st. Monica's Colored Chapel.
and that 1t was splendidly located in a
neighborhood which had about 1900 col
ored people. He also declared that the
same layman promised at the time he
gave the lot to have the chapel erected
within q short time.
The bishop spoke of the work at the
National Cathedral School for Girls and
praised the work of Mrs. Barbour Walker,
the principal. He called attention to the
tenth anniversary Of the school. which
will be celebrated next October. He an
nounced that the National Cathedral
Schools for Boys will be opened next fall
in the Harriet Lane Johnston building.
Earl G. Gregg OF the Racine College
Grammar School will be the headmaster
of the new institution.
The work for the cathedral has been
much in the bishops mind, and he an
nounced he has spoken in various parts
Of the country in behalf of the movement.
The clergy and latty are everywhere alive
to the situation, declared the bishop, and
are aiding the effort.
Tribute to Bishop Satterlee.
In closing he suggested that the diocese
elect three archdeacons instead Of two.
He then paid tribute to the late Bishop
Satterlee. He was not only my reverend
father in Cod said the bishop. "he was
my father In the flesh. He drew from me
my best energies. His spiritual power
aided my spiritual nature. He was a
providence to the diocese and more and
more as take up his work realize Iis
influence in the diocese. 1t is a glorious
heritage to the diocese to have the in
fluence OF such life"
At the close of the bishops address Rev.
George Calvert Carter, rector of st. An
drew's Church; Rev. e. s. Dunlap, as
sistant rector of st. Johns Church, and
Rev. f. D. Bare of Prince George county
Md, were named as members of the COM
mittee on the rights of clergymen to
seats in the convention.
The committee on rights of the laity to
seats was made up of Messrs. William H.
Singleton, Blair Lee and Gilbert NJ. Hous-
ton. Mr.. Lee was not in attendance and
John L. Weaver was named in his place.
Rev. DR.. Randolph H. McKim. rector OF
Epiphany parish and chairman of the
standing committee Of the diocese, made
a motion that the convention meet each
day at 10 o'clock in the morning and
which will be served by the ladies of
Epiphany parish The afternoon sessions
will begin at 2 o'clock and close at
) o'clock and the evening sessions open
at 7:3O o'clock. 1t was proposed that
morning prayer be held at $3.50 o'clock
each day. This motion was passed at
once.
The convention took a recess at /
o'clock and reassembled at o'clock with
Bishop Harding in the chair. The pro-
the state of the church and other general
routine work.
Mission Meeting Tonight.
The bishop is especially desirous that
the meeting to be held this evening be
largely attended by the clergy and laity.
Missions will be discussed. and he stated
In his address at the morning session that
each clergyman and layman should con-
slider the engagement to attend the ses-
sion as paramount over all others.
DO nf Eov- md 1vrrfl1e l.
on the work in the southern part of that
state. The bishop will be heard on Work