Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-01-22
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With impressive ccrtmouies. Tee ra'ious
Episcopal churches in this city will be
closed 10 the morning 10 trier TO permit
their respective coogrega.iors to parsici-
pate 10 the services. An elaborate n II.
steal programme will De given uoder the
direction OF Prof. Sherman B. Fowler.
Services wiil begin a. 1880 .. M. With
holy communion. The next services
will be held ct II O'Clock st which time
B shop R. A. Gibson will preach. Hs
will be assisted in the services by Rev.
D.. Angus Crawford, dean of tho Epls'
copsl Theological Seminary; Rev. Dr.. :.
A. Wallis, professor q: the Episcopal
Theological Ssminsry; Rev. William J.
MortoD, rector OF Christ Church; Rev.
Edgar Carpenter, rector of Grace
Church.
The following will be The musical pre-
crsmme at this ssrvice: Professional
Symp, No. 4os, "Jerusslem toe
Golden" La Jeuue; "Venta and Gloria
Patri," cbsnt No. rs; ste Deum, Feat
ival, 10 E fat, Buck; "Juoilate, festi.
vsl," O, Jordan; Iulroit anthem, hymn,
No. 4Is 70 God, Our Help In Ages
Past" Sullivan; "Kyris," In A. Elvey;
"Gloria Tibi," in @, Paxton; hymn No.
400, "Glorioss Things OF Thee Are
Sppken," Hayden; oft.rtory sDtheu,
"Fesr Not, o Israel" sp!cker; "Ofsr.
tory Ascriptloa," Whitney; recsss'oral
hymn, No, $40. "Rejoice, Ye Pare In
Heart" Messitee.
Thexe will be services q! $50 O'Clock
in the afternoon In which the pnptls OF
all the Episcopa! Sunday schools OF the
city will be present. Bishop Gibson Is
expected to address the children at this
service.
The services at night will be held at
7:SO O'Clock, at which time the sermon
will be preached by Rev. Berrymsn
Greep, D, D., professor at the Episcopal
Theological Seminary. -,
The music for the occasion will be
given by vested choir OF hity-tou'
Voices uuder the direction OF Prof. Sher-
msn 3. Fowler, orgsnsst and director,
assisted by Mr.. S. Frank Field and Miss
Katherine Kast, Violinist.
The musical programme at the night
services will be as follows: Processlonsl
hymn, No. Sl1, "Anc'ent OF Days."
Jeffrey; "Gloris Pa.ri," same as morn
ing services; "Msgni6cat and Nunc
Dimittis" in D Marks; hymn No. 49l,
: The Church's One Foundstion," Yves.
lev; ofIer.ory anthem, "Gloria," Mozart;
ofisrtory ascriptIou, "Doxolcgy"; bene.
dictlon hymn. No. 535, "Now the Day
Is Over" Bsrpby; occasional hYmp,
No. 3sS, "Hark, Hsrk, My soul,'
Dykes. The soloists will be: Soprano,
Mrs, Elizabeth De Dier; alto, Mrs. Sher-
man B. Fowler; tenor, Edward Il. Wit
nan; baritone. Wilmer Waller; bass,
Richard Writ. :,
Polite and attentive ushers will o5
preseut at oil the services to assign seats
to all who attend
s.. P,ui's congregation was formed in
1909 and for several years, under the
Rev. VIM. Gibson, worshipped Ia a
frsve church on south Fairfax street be.
tween Prince aud Duke. This building
hsd been purchased from sn indepsnd-
emit organization of Methodists. St.
PauPs CHURCH WAS regularly constituted
on January %, 1910, BIZ The election OF
a vsstry consisting of Daniel Mclean,
Lawrence Hooff, Jsmes B. Nichols,
Mark Blt!e, Nathaniel O. Hunter, John
Young, Joseph Thomap, Adam Lynn,
Joseph Thornton, John Hooft, Thomas
West Feyton. In 1872 Rav. ".
II. Wilmer wss elected rector, and
served till 1925. Under him the prss-
co. st. Paul's Church was built In 1917,
at cost Of $4,000. For twelve years
Dr.. Wilmer was president OF the house
of clerical and lay delegates of the gen.
eral convention. He organized the
Theological Seminary in Virginia
which for several years met in
q chapel 10 ST. PauPs Church yard,
when 1t was moved to the building nov
standing at the southeast corner of
Washington and King streets, which WOs
occupied till the com pletion OF the semi"
nary buildings about three miles west OF
Alexandria. DR.. Wilmer resigned Ss.
Paups to accept the presidency Of Will
liam and Mary College, which he hIl:d
till bis death, year later. He was the
father of B shop R.3!H. Wilmer, of
Alabama.
Rev. VIM. Jackson, an exceedingly
able preacher and faithful pastor, WA
rector from 1927 So. he vent from
St. Pauls to 81. Stephens, in New
York city. r. was remarkable man
and several lives of hin, have been pub.
lished.
Rev. J. T. Johnston was the devoted
and singulsrly beloved pastor from 1884
10 $50. He was elected the first bishop
of Alabama aud also rector of Trinity
Church, New York city. Both these
positions we're declined. II preferred re.
naming at g.. Paups, bis first and only
charge. "Psrson" Johnston's memory
Is still held sacred BY some Of the older
members of 81. Psul's Church, and bis
picture is seen In many BONES.
Rev. Dr.. G. Il. Norton Vas the rec.
tor fr,m 1859 to 1898. Hs was born
in Ontario county, N. Y, in 1924. In
early life he removed to Virginia aud
studied Law in Fauquier county, but
later became q student at the Theologt-
cal Seminary of Virginia, and WAS or.
delued q deacon by Bishop Meade in
Christ Church in this city. His first
sermon after his ordination vas dsli7-
cred In St. Paul's Church, and from
1886 to 1853 he was rector OF Gisce
Church In Warrenton. In 1859 he sue.
cseded the late Rev. J. T. Johnston as