The Washington herald., 1911-12-30
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OF the Church gave a Christmas concert.
The chorus was assisted by Mrs. Hale,
Mr.. Kaspar, and Mr.. Charles B. Han
ford. The parish OF the Ascension is re-
GREETING Just now the loss of its organist,
Mr.. Louis A. Potter, jr., who resigned
to take charge of the work as organist
and choir director of Calvary Baptist
Church. this city. 1t rejoices, however,
in the fact that 1t has secured such a
capable successor of Mr.. Potter as Mr..
McHenry McCord. Mr.. McCord has
played in many OF our larger churches,
including st. Bartholomew, New York
ECity. With such an organist as Mr..
McCord and such director of Mr.. Anton
Kaspar, a fine quartet and thirty-eight
members of the chorus. the church
justly feels 1t has a choir on which it
may be congratulated and which is equal
| to any work.
| On January 2S the choir OF the Ascen-
sion will sing in the church the sacred
cantata, THE Conversion of st. Pau" !"
The twentieth anniversary of the
founding OF the Church of the Good
Shepherd, Sixth and streets northeast.
went off this week as scheduled, with
the exception Of Bishop RhineIander's
part, the bishop at the last moment
I
celebration was most successful.
On Monday morning next the ordina-
tion of Mr.. Merrill, who has been act
ing as lay reader of the Church of the
Good Shepherd in connection with its
deaf-mute work, will take place on Mon
day morning next. The precentor will
be Rev. w. II. Whilden. Rev. DR..
Chamberlain, of Philadelphia, will be the
interpreter Of the sermon to the congre-
cation in the deaf-mut Language. E.,
that portion of the congregation which
cannot hear the spoken word.
At the new mission OF All Souls, just
across the Connecticut avenue bridge,
Rev. DR.. Sterrett was much encouraged
by the large Christmas congregations.
particularly by the fact that there were
over fifty communicates. At the early
celebration on Christmas Day DR.. Ster-
rett used for the first time the new wal
nut altar recently received from King
and Queen parish, Chaptico, st. Mary
County.
Rev Charles T. Warner, who was
called ten days ago to be rector Of st.
Adams parish, the rectorship of which
will be vacant on February l owing to
the acceptance by Rev. DIR. Bratenahl of
the secretaryship of the third depart
ment, notified the vestry on Thursday
last that he had accepted the call to
succeed Dr. Bratenahl. A vacancy will
therefore occur in the chapel Of st. CO.
lumba, of which Mr.. Warner is at present
rector. Mr.. James H. Garner, student
of the Virginia Theological Seminary, is
lay reader at st. Columbas.
The Christmas festival service given
by the Cathedral choir last Sunday
afternoon will be repeated, by request
in st. Alban's Church. at 4 o'clock to-
morrow. The service includes the old
English carols, Good King Wenceslas"
and "God Rest You, Merry Gentlemen"
THE Silent Night" by Haydn; 20 Holy
Night" by Adam, the anthem, There
Were Shepherds Abiding in the Fields"
by Myles B. Foster. and a Magnificat
and Nunc Dimitis, by Brewer. will be
sung. The hymn, while Shepherds
Watched Their Flocks by Night" will
be sung to a tune used by the carol
singers in the North of England. The
tune is not found in any of our hymnals,
but has been introduced by Mr.. Priest,
nrganist OF the cathedral
The Sunday school Of ST. Stephens
Church held its Christmas festival on
Wednesday last, when the children
brought gifts for the poor. particularly
for poor children. The rector of ST.
Stephens, Rev. George F. Dudley, and
his people have been much disappointed
that they have not been able TO. rejoice
in their new and enlarged church being
finished before January l, which they
had fully expected.
st. Andrews Church, Fourteenth and
Corcoran streets, Rev. ]. ]. Dimon, rec
tor, will rejoice on the first Sunday in
January at the advent of the new boy
choir. which has been under training for
several weeks past, and which will then
sing for the first time as the future
choir of tine church.
Rev. Mr.. Dimon was much encouraged
by the interest shown in parish affairs |
this season by Ibis large congregation.
He is assisted in his work by Rev. DR..
Pettis and Rev. J. Lewis Gibbs. the lat
ter, however, still in deacon's orders.
The election of directors for the year
1872 will Be held in the board rooms of
the American Security and Trust COM
pany, on January T. at IL a. m. The
board consists of the bishop and twelve |
other persons, who are elected by ballot. !
Each parish OF the Diocese of Washing |
ton is enIltled 10 cast one oaLlot LoT
set of directors, the vestry of each par
ish designating a member of its body to |
cast 1t. Voting may be by proxy.
A meeting of the standing COMMITTEES
Of the diocese was held in Epiphany
parish hall on Thursday last at noon. |
All the members were present-these be-
Ing Rev. DIR. McKim, chairman; Reys. |
c. E. Buck, r. p. Williams, and c. Ernest |
gy,,ifb apd Massrs MolvfIIa Churcb I L
Gordon, and William c. |
Rives.
A special course Of sermons will be
preached in st. Thomas Church on SUM-
lay nights, at s o'clock, beginning Janu-