The Washington herald., 1911-07-30

has only deepened as the years have gone
by As one living In another country, 1
cannot speak from personal knowledge.
but on general principles one would think
that the action of the General Assembly
did more harm to the church that 1t rep
| resented than it could possibly have done
to DR.. Briggs. How important II is that
in dealing with such difficult and delicate
matters a church should be led by wise
men who refuse to be ruled by narrow
prejudice and fierce bigotry."
At the present time there are five col
ored priests laboring among their people
in the United States. They are the Rev.
Charles Randolph Uncles, the Rev. John
H. Dorsey, the Rev. Joseph ]. Plante-
vigne. the Rev. Joseph A. Burgess, and
the Rev. Stephen L. Theobald. Father
Uncles was ordained eighteen years ago,
and had been for some years-professor
in the Epiphany College, at Walbrook.
Baltimore, Md. Rev. Father Dorsey was
ordained in 1902, and at present is teach
ing in st. Joseph's College for Negro
Catechists. Montgomery Ala. Father
Plantevigne. who was born in Louisiana
and ordained in 1907. is an assistant priest
more Father Burgess was born in Wash
ington. D. c., and ordained in Paris.
France in 1907. He is a member of the
Congregation of the Holy Ghost. and al
professor In the Apostolic College, at
CORVALLIS. Pa. Father Theobald is
native of British Guiana, and received
his early education In the Cathedral
Common School of Georgetown. Later
he attended St Stanislaus College, where
he studied classics and philosophy. He
graduated from the college in 1890, taking
the Junior of the University Of Cam
bridge, In England, and after a post
graduate course in classics at Queens
College, in British West Guiana, he took
the senior diploma of Cambridge. After
studying law for several years, he went
to Canada in 1904 intending to- engage
in the practice of his profession. In
December, 1905, he gave up the law and
entered st. Paurs Seminary as an &C.
clesiatical student. where he was ordain-
ed in 1910.
The Rev. James B. Craighill, who has
for some months been Ill. has recovered
sufficiently to go to Atlantic City, where
II Is earnestly hoped he will rapidly re-
gain his health.
Rev. ]. NJ. E. Mckee. Of st, Thomas
Church, who has undergone an operation
at the Garfield Hospital. is now copva
lescent and will soon be himself again.
Rev. Dr. James R. Winchester. whose
name was considered for the Bishopric
of Washington before DR.. Harding's cleo
ton. is to be consecrated Coadjutator
Bishop of Arkansas in Trinity Cathedral,
Little Rock. Ark, on September %.
The Rev. Douglas I. Hobbs, who, for
three years, has been Archdeacon of
Kansas. has. with his wife and son.
taken apartments at the Massachusetts,,
l4l2 Massachusetts, avenue northwest.
During the past three summers the arch
deacon has supplied pulpits in Philadel-
phia and ST. Paul. He speaks usually
without notes, and is an effective and
strong preacher. Last Sunday. he preach
ed for the Rev. J. II. W. Blake, of
Christ Church, Georgetown. 1t is under
stood that the archdeacon is open for en-
gagements to do supply work until Sep
tember.
Bishops-elect Rhinelander and Garland,
of Philadelphia, are not to be conse-
Jude's Day. Bishop Tuttle. presiding
bishop. will be the consecrator. assisted
by Bishops Mackay-Smth and White
head, respectively bishops of Pennsyl-
vania and Pittsburg, Pa.