The Washington herald., 1911-02-11
WITH THE EPISCOPALLANS,

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Easily the principal event of next week.
which church people throughout the city
will do well to make every effort to
attend, is the service commemorative of
the 3o0th anniversary of the King James
version of the Bible, to be held Tuesday
February II, at p. m, in Trinity
! Church, Third and c streets.
The authorized version of the Scrip
tures was the gift to the world of schoI-
ars of the Episcopal Church 800 years
ago. and while that church to-day claims
for herself no peculiar rights, it would be
an eminently proper proceeding if
throughout the world she should call upon
all men everywhere to rejoice with her
that such treasure has been given TO
man.
The topics and speakers on the occasion
will be: Previous versions" the Rev
George Fl. MCGrew. n. d, rector of
Silver Spring parish, Montgomery Coun-
~. Md History of the King James
version" the Rev. c. Ernest Smith. D.
n, D. c. l.. rector of St Thomas
Church, Washington; 'Suhsequent revi-
sions, including the marginal readings
Bible" the Rev. Thomas J. Packard n.
D., rector of Prince George parish. Mont
gomery County, Md; An appreciation of
the authorized version OF the Bible the
Rev. Edward Slater Dunlap. NJ. A. as
sistant minister OF St Johns parish II
and Sixteenth streets Washington.
Bishop Harding. who has been in New
York for the past week, returns home
this evening. He is scheduled TO visit
All Saints Church, Chevy Chase, at II
a m. tomorrow. Friday next ST.
Matthias day. the bishop proposes to
visit st MOniCa's Chapel.
Last Tuesday the bishop broke ground
for the new bishops house. to be erected
at Mount St ATban. which win be known
as the Mabel Murray Memorial
The theological library Of the late
Bishop Paret. containing many very de-
sirable books, some of them autograph
copies, is to be sold for the benefit Of
the estate. II will be on sale 1T the
Diocesan Library, Madison avenue, Bal
umore, during the month of February. !
Clergy of the diocese Will be given the
first choice. This. however. will be d |
great opportunity for obtaining thorough |
Iy good theological books, for Bishop !
Paret was a great scholar, and no use
less volumes were given resting place |
on his shelves.
The archdeaconry of Washington will |
meet at Trinity Church. Third and c !
streets, on Wednesday next, February |
Is. There will be a celebration of holy |
communion at 10 d m. after which the |
business sessions will be held. recess
win be taken about l o'clock for lunch |
a feature of the afternoon session will |
bc an address by Rev. Dr. Frederick |
Thompson. rector of Uniontown, Ky, on !
behalf Of the college for postulants !
.
which is filling a very great need in |
the work OF the whole church.
The Prisoners Aid Department meets !
at the bishops residence on. Thursday. |
February l6. at p. m. The department |
which is doing one of the nOblest works |
in the diocese. is sadly hampered by in |
adequate financial support, and one item |
of business, perhaps the principal, will !
be to answer satisfactorily the question: |
How is the department TO be carried on? |
On the same day. but at 3 o'clock in the
afternoon, Also at the Episcopal resi-
dence, the Cathedral council will meet |
Its work will be to plan suitable ar
rangementS for the entertainment of |
the forthcoming church congress.
Master Wnfrid Morrison. of Toronto.
Canada, is TO sing in Trinity Church
Sunday morning, February %. Young
Morrison visited Washington last NoveLn-
ber, when he created a most favorable
Impression among those who heard his |
remarkable voice He is at present So
loist in All Saints Church, Toronto. 1t
is said that his visit to Washington at
this time is for the purpose of singing
before President Taft. He has recently
sung in Westminster Abbey, also in sew
eral of the cathedrals of England. .syIl -
The Rev. Robert S. Coupiand. rector
of Ascension Church. Baltimore, who has
arranged to visit New Orleans this week
for the purpose of meeting the parish
toner's of Trinity Church. to the rector
ship Of which he was recently called, has
been obliged to postpone his visit 1t is
thought, however, that he will eventually
accept the call.
The church has lost a great leader in
Bishop Whitaker. Bishop Mackay- Smith,
formerly rector of st. Johns Church, this
city. now becomes Bishop of PennsyIva-
MIA One OF the last acts of Bishop
Whitaker was to write a letter to Arch
bishop Ryan, Roman Catholic Bishop of
Philadelphia, expressing his sympathy
with that prelate in his sickness The
two bishops had been warm friends for
years.
Eoonday services VIII begin at Epiph-
any Church on Thursday March 2, and
continue daily, except Saturday and Sum
day, until Holy Week.
Epiphany Church probably will soon be
called upon to decide as to whether It
win undertake to install a new organ