The Washington herald., 1911-02-04
WITH THE EPISCOPALIANS.

WITH THE EPISCOPALLANS.
The attention Of church people gen.
orally and of the people of st. Marks
parish, Capitol Hill. in particular, is
directed to the mission to be conducted
by Bishop Woodcock. of Kentucky, IN
st. Marks Church. Third and A streets
southeast, from Sunday, February Z. to
Sunday. February 1a. inclusive. Here is
the schedule of services and meetings
which has been adopted:
Sunday, February 12-Holy communion,
7:3t a. m: Sunday school, $50 a. m. !:
morning service and mission sermon. IL
a m; evening prayer and meditation
for women, p. m. and mission service,
sermon, and after meeting, p. m.
Every day but Saturday. February Is
tc 17-Holy communion, a. M: morning
prayer and litany, IL a. M: evening
prayer and meditation. p. m, and mis-
sion service, sermon, and after meeting.
S p. m.
Saturday. February 1s-Holy conmu-
hion. a. m.
Sunday. February 19-As on February
l.. but the p. m. service will be for
men only.
At the II a. m. service Tomorrow in
ST Marks Church the preacher will be
the Bishop of Washington. This sermon
will be of the nature of call to prepare
for the mission by the Bishop of Ken
lucky.
Bishop Lucien kinsolvinG of" Brazil,
and Bishop Harding were the speakers
a; the Churchman'S League meeting on
Monday last.
Bishop Harding will leave the city on
Tuesday next to attend a meeting of the
Board of Missions. to be held in New
York. While there the bishop will ad-
dress a meeting of the Now York COM
mittee of the cathedral. and on Friday
reception will be held in his honor by
Mrs. Street, chairman of the executive
committee of the New York committee.
The committee i'm charge of the arrange
ments for Lenten lectures. under the aus
pices of the Churchman'S League, has
completed its work and made a report.
The committee has been successful in
getting quite prominent men to come as
speakers. Bishop Lloyd, president of the
Board Of Missions: Rev DR.. Floyd Tomp-
kins- and Rev. DIR. q. Mcclellan Fiske
are among them. The meetings will he
held in st. Johns Church, Lafayette
square. on tuesdays in Lent.
On Thursday last a woman's jubilee
mass meeting was held at Epiphany
Church. Addresses were delivered by the
Bishop of Washington, the rector of
Epiphany Church. and Rev. Mr.. Andrews,
of Japan. who is spending short vaca
ton in Baltimore
Rev. DR.. James S. Lemon. Of Gardner,
Mass, is at the Cosmos Club for the
winter.
At Calvary Church, Eleventh and II
streets northeast, a missionary meeting
was held last Tuesday, presided over by
the Bishop of Washington. The princi
pal speakers were Reva r. P Williams
and J. II. W. Blake.
There was a short service preceding
the meeting conducted by the rector, Rev.
f. i. A. Bennett assisted by the Rev.
Oscar l.. Mitchell. At the close of this
service and before the missionary meet
ing began a very interesting presentation
took place. handsome set of hymnal
boards had been given to the church in
memory of Rev. Mr.. Williams services in
the cause of colored work when Arch
deacon of Washington. These boards
suitably inscribed were then formally do
mated after the good deeds of Mr.. Will
Jams had been dwelt upon in short ad-
dress by the rector.
This church, which is a new one. reflects
the greatest credit on Mr.. Bennett, to
whose erection it is due. A noteworthy
feature of it is that everything is Of the
best 1t is an object lesson of persever-
ing faith.
Among the various colleges for
the training of the clergy to be found In
the country there is none more worthy OF
the attention of church people than St
Johns School for Postulants at Union
town. NY. 1t is filling a unique place.
While other colleges take the young can
didate for orders. whose decision has long
before been made, and carries him on
to ordination, this college takes him at
a time when he needs to be carried to the
point Of entering college, but when. were
it not for the help thus given. he would
be lost to the church ministry simply for
the lack Of that helping hand over the
intervening years.
So supremely important Is the work
which the college Is doing that a series
OF appointments has been arranged that
the Rev. DR.. Thompson, the president OF
the college, may tell the story Of its
work and needs to Washington church.
men.
Tomorrow DR.. Thompson win preach
as follows: II a. m, Trinity Church;
Ais p. m. st. Thomas: p. m. St
Stephens.
On February he will be at the Ca
thedral School for Boys. Later on DR..
Trompsons dates are these:
Sunday, February ELL o. M, St
Johns, Georgetown; s p. m. Epiphany.
Monday, February 1Su q. m, Wo-
mans Auxiliary. st. Johns. Washington:
8 p. m. joint assembly meeting. Broth
erhood Of St Andrew.
Tuesday, February 1EWoman's Auxil-
iary. St. Thomas'.
wednesday, February 15-Archdeaconry
Of Washington meeting.
Sunday, February Bill q. m. ST. Al
bans Church: s p. M. Ascension.
Tie Rev. c. T. Warner. the vicarage,
40 Davenport stfest. Teenallytewns q.