The Washington herald., 1911-08-26

The END or the vacation perloQ draws
nigh. Tomorrow is the last Sunday on
which our churches will have the regular
vacation appearance. Clergy and choirs
will then, for the most part, be amply
in evidence.
Of all vacation resorts the State of
Maine seems to lead the rest in number
and popularity. Not to mention host
of the rectors Of churches, Maine as
summer resort is very popular with
our bishops. There Bishop Harding
has his summer home, at Haven. also
Bishops Greer, of New York; Doane of
Albany n. Y; Lawrence, of Massachu-
setts; Mackey-Smith, of Pennsylvania;
Atwood. Of Arizona; Edsall, of Mime
sofa: Kinsman, of Delaware, and Nelson,
Of Atlanta, Ga.
With the beginning Of active work, one
of the first things to be done will be the
filling up of our vacant parishes. All
Saints parish, ST. Mary County, va
cant by the resignation of Rev. Joseph
Baker to go to Virginia: ST. Peters
parish, Montgomery County, vacant by
the resignation of Rev. Walter P. Griggs
to go to Baltimore County, Md; Will
lam and Mary parish, St Mary County,
vacant by the resignation of Rev. Hubert
sistant at Epiphany Church. are among
the parishes which need rectors.
Then, too, Unity Church and st.
Marks, both in the city, are now on the
lookout for rectors to follow Rev. R. P
Williams and DR.. Devries.
The rector of st. Johns Church,
Georgetown, Rev. F. B. Howden, re-
turns to the city September from a
very pleasant vacation spent at his cot
tage at Fenwick Point, Saybrook, Conn.
Rev. DR.. McKim sails for home on
August 30. He is now at Nauheim, Ger
many.
Epiphany parish expects to have a big
bazaar in the fall, the same to be held
in its new parish hall, the finest parish
hall in the city, undoubtedly.
On July l there was still needed by
the Domestic and Foreign Missionary
Society in this years apportionment s22O,-
720. and on the forward movement $125,-
00o-a total Of s345. 10, which sum must
be contributed before September l if the
board is to close the years accounts
with no deficit. Up to July the splen-
did sum of s5o6979 had been contributed
The budget of appropriations for the
year beginning September l, 1911, to Au-
gust 81, 1912, has been passed by the
board, and IS an increase of per cent
on the budget as 1t stands at present.
1t calls for $1,30O.00o. OF this amount
the Diocese Of Washington is appor-
toned s21,S1O.
Rev. Jesse R. Bicknell, formerly of st.
Andrews Church, this city, and more
of st. Paurs, Baltimore, who
left these parts to be chaplain at Ancon
Canal Zone, Panama, is re-
signing to take UP his former work on
the clerical staff of St Paurs. Balti-
more. He will begin his work there on
or about September 20, but his address
from yesterday will be st. Paul's Guild
House, $50 Columbia avenue, Baltimore,
Md.
By direction of Bishop Murray, Of
Maryland, president Of the Third Mis-
sionary Department, the first meeting of
the Sunday Schoo:s convention of the
department will be held in PHILADELPHIA |
on Thursday, October T.
The journal of the 12sth annual CON-
vention Of the Diocese Of Maryland has
been issued. 1t shows that there are |
fourteen more places of worship in |
the diocese and large gains in the num- |
Der OF baptized. Singularly enough, |
there are losses in the number of com |
and in the total number of |
church members. Sunday School officers |
and teachers show a falling of too. |
In the matter of offerings for church |
purposes the diocese has gone distinctly |
forward
The journal Of the last convention of |
The Diocese OF Washington is not yet |
published.
At one of our churches last Sunday /
! stranger presented himself and asked |
o be shown to Mrs. P-'s pew ALAS"
aid the usher, MRS. p Is one of those
'eople who gives up their pews in the
summer time and let the church shift
or herself. II you are a friend of MD |
p couldn't you suggest that the
hurch must live through the summer"
Then the stranger thoughtfully said It |
> indeed true. but many people don't |
hink OF that.
A special session OF the house of
ishops win be held at the Church Mis-
ions House. New York. October %, for
he purpose Of filing vacancies In mis-
ionary bishoprics and for consideration
I the creation OF new missionary
istrict for the Indians and another irpj
'entraI America. One Of the bishops to
. elected will be Bishop Partricge's
uooessor at Kycto. Japan. Another WIN