The Washington herald., 1910-04-30
EPISCOPAL CHURCH NOTES

The forthcoming diocesan convention,
which meets, May II, in st. Marks
Church. will elect four clergymen and
four laymen as deputies 10 the general
convention OF October. These elections
will be important because in all prob
ability the three questions Of divorce.
change of name of church, and canon
Will be taken up.
This Is the last day of the parochial
and diocesan year. All parishes and mis-
sions in the Diocese of Washington bring
their records OF services with offerings
begins. Later the records are presented
TO the convention. and later stlll are
printed in the Journal and distributed
throughout the diocese.
Workmen are putting in place the new
alter and reredos in Ascension Church,
and arrangements have been made for
the dedication OF same on Ascension Day.
ar II O'Clock. Bishop Harding will CON
duct the dedication service and preach
the sermon. The altar Is eight feet long
and is made OF Indiana limestone The
reredos IS .sculptured panel in has re-
lief Of Leonard da Vinci's Last Sup
per" The whole will be surrounded by
a barrier Of stone and a cornice and
pierced cresting, with the figure Of an
an angel on either side.
There was large attendance at the
Bishop Claggett Club on Monday last,
when 1t met in the parish hall OF Trim
ity Church. Rev. r. p. Williams was in
the chair. The Rev w. J. D. Thomas was
elected president for the current year.
Thursday next being Ascension Day.
there will be special services in many OF
the churches.
Plans OF the new parish hall OF Eplph-
any parish have been drawn and have
just gone forward TO the consulting archi-
tects IN Boston for final approval
Rev. Dr.. r. H. McKim has left the city
for a weeks visit TO friends and reIa-
lives at Upper Brandon. on the James
River.
Sunday school rallies take place a week
from tomorrow in Georgetown. Capitol
Hill. and Epiphany churches
At ST. Thomas Church. the Knights
Templars Will be present in body 10 at
tend the evening service on Ascension
Day at O'Clock. Arrangements have
been IN the hands OF Or. Gabriel F.
Johnston.
The fourteenth annual council OF the
Daughters OF the King was held last
Thursday in ST. Stephens Church. The
council was in session all day. II began
with a service and quiet hour. conducted Dy
Rev. Canon Austin. At l2:I5 o'clock the
council was organized, the roll was
called. and committees appointed, Then
came luncheon and the social hour The
business session began at 2.30 o'clock Il
embraced a special paper by Mrs. Wood
and an address by Rev. John W Mich
OILS. At 7:3O o'clock there was evening
prayer and an address by Rev. F. 3.
Howden, rector Of St. Johns. George
town.
Rev. William Dimon. the new rector Of
81. Andrews, Is expected 20 begin his
work at that church before the end Of
May.
Dr. c. Ernest Smith, rector OF St
Thomas Church was at the Theological
Seminary in Alexandria on Thursday. de-
liyering a lecture TO the students OF the
seminary on the subject OF preaching, his
special subject being. The four kinds OF
preachers"
On May 10 the board OF the Domestic
and Foreign Missionary Society makes
its appropriations for the next fiscal year
The current year closes August 81. and
some $4,000 yet remain TO be paid in
Nine parishes or missions have COmplet-
ed their apportionment for the present
fiscal year for general missionary pur-
poses, viz, Ascension, Epiphany. St
Pauls, Rock Creek, st. Georges Chapel.
St Johns. st. Margarets. ST. Thomas.
Chapel OF Nativity, St. Matthews. Ches-
apeake Junction. All Saints. Chevy Chase
Rev John W Nichols. Of Shanghai. who
was the principal speaker at the meeting
Of the Churchman's League on Monday
night, says that for ffty-odd years before
1900 there were only two or three priests
at work In Kiangsu. and these Americans
Now the American STAFF has been doubled.
and there are fifteen Chinese clergy.
The trustees Of the Cathedral at Balti-
more. Nd, have purchased 100 feet 'front.'
ing on Charles street avenue and running
through 10 St Paul street. so that the
whole property now comprises about five
acres. Plans are now IN the hands OF
the contractors for the completion OF the
crypt. the financial means having been
furnished for the immediate pushing of
the work.
WILL PREACH SIX SERMONS.
At the Metropolitan NJ. E. Church to-
morrow evening Rev DR. John Reid
Shannon will begin a series Of sermons