The Washington herald., 1911-12-16

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Bishop Rowe Bishop of Alaska, was
one of the speakers last night at the
missionary meeting held in st. JOhn's s
Church, Lafayette square. The church
everywhere is rejoicing in Bishop Rowe 5
determination to remain in Alaska in
stead Of going to South Dakota, to which
the House OF Bishops had elected him.
AS Dean Grosvenor, of the New York
Cathedral, expressed II, We owe Bishop
Rowe a debt OF gratitude for his declina-
ton. In the history of the
church in America the present Bishop
of Alaska will always be Rowe of Alaska
and nothing else
Another speaker was Rev. Henry st.
George Tucker, missionary bishop-elect
of Kyoto, Japan. His subject was The
practical effect of Christianity in the
Orient"
Mr.. Tucker has been so long known
as the successful president of St Paurs
College, Tokyo, that II will be hard to
think of him in any other connection.
When he turns his back on Tokyo and
goes to Kyoto it will be a self-denying
work on his part, but he will go TO a
great field 1t is to be, under God. the
distnctively native" work in japan,
and one quite exclusively among natives
and to be done more or less by natives.
Tokyo is the foreign" city of Japan.
Ryoto is the native" city. Happily, the
church will have in Mr.. Tucker at
Kyoto a man of large vision and great
experience.
As it proved impossible to finish the
Bethlehem Chapel of the Cathedral by
All Saints Chapel, it was decided to
postpone the formal opening until the
feast OF SIS. Philip and James, May l..
1912, when there will be special services
every day until May s. on which day the
general convention will meet.
Bishop Harding is very anxious to
have the parochial cathedral committees
formed as roon as possible, II the same
has not been done, and the names of
the members sent to him. so that the
general committee so formed can get
together at an early date.
In the parish hall of Emmanuel Church,
Anacostia, Dr. C. Ernest Smith. rector
of st. Thomas Church. was the speaker
at a meeting held at $3.50 in furtherance
Of the Men and Religion Forward Move
ment On the platform were Rev. w. G.
Davenport, rector of the parish, who
presided and the pastors of the Pres
byterian and Methodist churches in Ana
costa, the first Of whom opened the
meeting with prayer and the last Of
whom closed I. The rall was we'll filed
with the men of Anacostia, though there
were two rows of vacant chairs in front
which had been left severely alone.
Drawing attention to these vacant
chairs in a hail otherwise well filled, DIR.
Smith began his address by saying
he thought that those vacant chairs were
typical OF the places men were filling
in the church. They were not in the
front as they should be. In all church
work they ought to be In front, and one
object of the Men and Religion Forward
Movement was to bring them to the
front When that movement had done
its work, those chairs and all others
similarly placed would be filed. 1t was
now high time they were filled.
All Souls Mission Chapel corner Con-
necticut and Cathedral avenues, is pro-
crossing finely under the fostering care
of Rev DR.. Sterrett The new pews
ordered have been received and installed.
Electric lights have also been put in, so
that the afternoon service will be re-
sumed tomorrow at 4:S0 p. m.
The important feature of music is be-
ing accorded due attention. Mr. Thomas
Evans Greene has been placed in charge
of the choir as director, and the Christ
mas music is now being prepared. Regu-
lar rehearsals will take place on Satur-
day at 4:30 p. m.
On Tuesday next December - not the
18th, as announced by mistake in the
notices sent out by the secretary, the
Glorious WILL hold its December meeting.
The host on the occasion is Rev. ].
Townsend Russell, who Is also the
speaker Of the occasion. his subject be-
ing "Old Testament stories, Illustrated"
The meeting will be held at the High
lands, Connecticut avenue
Rev. ]. Townsend Russell, who has
been a resident of Washington since his
resignation of st. Thomas Church,
Brooklyn, N. Y. and who has since be-
come one of our Cathedral lecturers, is
a candidate, for membership In the Cos
mos Club. His is among the names
which may come UP before the COM
mittee on admissions at its meeting
January l.
rector of ST. Johns Church, this city,
and now of the Cathedral of st. John
the Divine, New York City, has Just been
elected to nonresident membership in the
club.
A beautiful window, representing Christ
the Consoler, has been placed in st.
Marks Church, Third and streets
southeast. Only one of the large win
dows of the nave nov remains to be
filled A fine design for this window.
representing the Holy Nativity. has been
secured from Mayer & Co., of Munich
and New York.
retreat for clergy was held at st.
James Church. Rev. ]. w. Clark rec
tor, on Thursday last. II was conducted
by Rev. William A. McClenthen, rector
of Mount Calvary Church, Baltimore.
The services consisted of holy COM
munion, prayers, and addresses which
were Of a very practical and helpful
character.
The twentieth anniversary Of the
Church of the Good Shepherd. Sixth and
I streets northeast. win be held Wednes-
day. December q. on the feast Of St