The Washington herald., 1910-11-19

! o'clock. under the auspices of the Church
OF the Incarnation. Mrs. Harriet f.
Munroe is to be the lecturer.
Rev. William Watson, of Mexico. work.
ing under Bishop AYES. Is to be in this
city this coming week. While here he
will preach at Trinity Churca, and also
at Christ Church, Georgetown.
| They are about to try the merits Of a
rummage sale at Grace Church, South
Washington. as a means Of raising money
for their church expenses. AT Grace
Church the financial problem is yearly
becoming more acute. on December I
, Bishop Harding is to meet the congrega-
| ton TO talk over the situation. II Is to
be hoped that this old parochial organi-
cation. one of the oldset In the District.
can be maintained intact. though 1t may
be found advisable to change the present
| location.
The Diocesan Mission Study Glass. conA
Quoted by Mrs. George II. McGrew. WIFI
| hold It's first meeting Monday, November
~. at 2:aO p. m. in Epiphany Parish Hall.
| The book, Stewardship and Missions, ="
will be used as a study book.
There will be meetings on the four fol-
flowing Mondays al $50 o'clock
The course promises 10 he unusually
interesting, and the Sunday school teach
ers of the diocese viii do well to attend
the sessions.
Bishop McKim. Bishop of Tokyo, Japan
who was TO have addressed the st.
Thomas branch Of the Woman's Auxiliary
on Tuesday next. has telegraphed that
owing to his plans having been changed
/ by an earlier sailing. he will have TO can
eel his engagement, along with some
others of a similar nature.
The first regular meeting Of the Sunday
School Institute for this season was held
November Is at Epiphany Parish Hall,
with Rev. Fl. Scott Smith. D. D., first
vice president in the chair. The meeting
was fairly we'll attended, and the ad-
dresses given aroused much interest and
drew forth some spirited discussion. Mr.
/ Kramer's subject, "rhe interest of the
child: Securing and retaining attention,
came on first He defined interest as
mental attraction, and pointed out that
one OF the most 1ifficuit but essential
/ NAiltbH III tcaCiiii5 o SuHuos SNAp"f N'o1"
was 10 get all the scholars attention at
one and the same time.
Rev. c.. Freeland Peter made a COM
parison of Sunday school attendance to-
day with that of the past. He thought
that there had been no material increase
/ for the past ten years. Rev. c. r Buck
Rev c. Whitmore, Rev. Z. NJ. Mott. and
Rev II. C. England all took part in the
discussion. which seemed TO take Mr.
| Peters statements for granted and only
sought to know where the responsibility
| lay-a question OF extreme difficulty.
Rev. ]. Townsend Russell, OF the Do
/ eese of Long Island. is az the Highlands
for the winter. He has a son at the
National Cathedral School for Boys.
Thursday night the popular Bishop Of
Alaska, Bishop P. T. Rowe, was at the
Cathedral School for Girls, giving an
address about his work. Last year the
| girls gave the bishop a day which they
named the National Cathedral School
for Girls" The bishop probably short
ened the name IN common use. but just
how he did II We have not heard.
On Thanksgiving Day liberal offerings
are asked from the faithful OF the
churches for the superannuated and dis
abled clergy OF Washington. This will
probably be the last occasion on which
offerings viii be asked in this form. the
/ local fund being about to be merged in
the general fund which cares for the
INDECENT clergy OF the whole church.