The Washington herald., 1911-08-12
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St Andrews Brotherhood Chapter OF
Emmanuel Church. Anacostia, D. e., OF
which Rev. Willard G. Davenport is
rector has decided to give its aid 10
the movement for Sunday closing OF
stores in Anacostia A smaller move
ment looking simply to the closing OF
the drug stores had originated with
the Brotherhood, but, this growing and
becoming general, the change was
accepted and adopted by the Brother
| hood on August Is in the Parish Hall of
| Emmanuel parish. general meeting
will be held and committees appointed.
Rev. G. Freeland Peter, who recently
| resigned the position of first assistant
at Epiphany, and who later received a
very urgent call, also unanimous, TO be
rector of st. Marks Church, Capitol Hill,
| which he declined, will leave next month
for oxford, England, where it is his in
| tention to pursue a course of study at
| on, of the colleges preferably Christ
Church College of that ancient univer-
| sity founded as far back as the time
| of King Alfred.
Work on the addition to st. stephens
| Church, Mount Pleasant. is going on rap
! idly enough to warrant the belief that the
within the walls of the enlarged church.
When completed, the st. Stephens con-
gregation can be congratulated on hav
| ing one of the finest churches in the
city.
The Rev. Henry Parkman. rector of
st. Thomas Church. Croome Prince
George County. Nd, is doing fine
work in his parish, and just now in par
tiCular he is making a very successful
effort to put the parish church into good
condition and to enlarge the plant in
memory of the first bishop of Maryland
Bishop Claggett, who was a resident of
the parish both before and after his
election to the epscopate.
In connection with the forthcoming
marriage of Col. Astor to Miss Force the
one question every one is asking is, who
will marry them? And it seems to be
taken for granted that no clergyman
will marry them. either of the Episcopal
Church, to which Col Astor belongs or
of any other. But this is by no means
clear. RumOr has it, indeed that the
Rev. Percy S. Grant, rector of Ascension
Church, will perform the ceremony. Dr.
Grant is something of a free lance in
theology, as is understood by those
who heard his utterances at the
church congress recently held at Con-
tinental Hall, this city, and so far
as having the courage of his opin-
ions to do an unpopular act is concerned
il would not surprise many people If Dr.
Grant should officiate at the marriage
provided, of course, that he himself
should feel he could conscientiously
do so.
The bishops of New York and Rhode
Island, as the bishops of the diocese of
which Col. Astor is a resident and more
Immediately concerned than any others
have both uttered their protests against
the proposed marriage and state that
for clergyman to perform such a mar
riage is against the law of the church
And this illegalty is the point which is
resented 1t is not that the bishop will
not permit the marriage to take place
in the Episcopal church. This they can
not do. All the bishops in the country
nor all the clerical and lay members
can permit" IL The thing is illegal
and can no more be permitted" than a
member of the church can 30 permitted
to steal his neighbor's horse or cow.
But a law can be broken. and un-
fortunately IL is just possible that the |
law in this case may be broken-just |
whether II will be the world will soon |
know |
Perhaps the really unfortunate feature |
OF the case is that no such penalty is |
provided for disobedience to the law as, |
FOR instance, the State of Maryland pro- |
vides for a clergyman who marries one |
of white race to one Of the colored
st. Agnes. Chapel Sunday School is re-
naming open all the summer, the teach
ers having decided that the school will |
be open and all children will be expected
10 attend. They hold that there is no
more reason why Sunday school should
close than that a church should close
The studies for the summer months,
however. differ from those Of the rest Of
The year.
In Washington four congregations
nave given $1,000 or over TO the work Of
he Board OF Missions. These are st.
st. Thomas, st. Johns and
Ind Epiphany.
In New York twenty-one congrega-
ions have given $1,000 or over. These
n the order of their giving are: Holy
sl,Oo5; St Matthews, s1,1o5;
It. Marks. H,1S9; st. Michaers, sl.246;
Il. Johns, Yonkers, s., ,3S4; Holy Trinity,
/, ,434: Calvary Bishop Satterlee's old
'hurch) H,5o6 Epiphany. 1854: Trans
iguration, $3.50; Heavenly Rest, 81, ,992;
Trinity, s2,5s1; All Angels, ss.SO6: Zion
md St. Timothy, $3.50; ST. James, 3.s25;
i. Georges CDR. Rainsford's old church,,
8 3s53: Unity Chapel, A.212: st. Agnes
,hapel, s5,045; st. Thomas, s12 10; Grace,
L., ,SS4: st. Bartholomew's. s1s.350; Incar-
ation, Sl7,755. Ascension Church, Rev.
'ercy Grants, though in the rich class,
J not one OF these twenty-one.
Bishop Paret's "Reminiscences are
ppearing in the Churchman, of New
'ork To the many friends and ad-
iirers Of the late bishop these "3emi
iscences" are extremely interesting