The Washington herald., 1911-12-03

larry urged to call TO their air diocesan
consultors and all others interested In
| the Temperatures of the diocese, doing
nothing without their kneTledge and APP
prevail The style Of title in fee SIM
ple" is abolished entirely. Catholic
| bishops in the United States are already
! InstructIng their chancellors to secure
copies of the New York law, and where
their own State law is unlike 1t will
undertake to secure passage of new land
tenure laws by the legislatures. in so far
as they AFFECT the Catholic Church. AS
is we'll known, all States have in their
religious corporations law provisions
drawn to suit the forms of organizations
Of all principal bodies.
Eastern Presbyterian Young People S
Society, which has taken up the work for
greater efficiency, has provided leaflets to
/ aid the new committee chairmen in the
discharge of their duties and will secure
Christian Endeavor library for the
use of the members. Miss Elsie Allwine
will act as superintendent Of the in
! termediate society, which is to meet on
! Sundays at 6:S o'clock.
! Calvary Baptist Young Peoples So
ciety gave out twelve Thanksgiving bas'
J i
/ Society gave out three more.
Rev. John NJ. E. Mckee has writer
the following lines on the choir of st
| Thomas:
THE CHOIR OF ST. THOMAS.
The morning stars sang together
And all the sons Of God shouted for by.
Book Of job xxxTiii5'
Before mystical birth Of the ages.
! Ere the footsteps Of time could be SEEN
| Or the records q singers and sagS
Showed that men and fair women had been'
An incident grand, cen forever
Rang out through the universe wide,
When the bright morning stars sang toSethS'
In a great swelling. uplifting tide
! They sang Of Gods glory who made then'
with a melody free from alloy,
And their singing was grand and arouSing
For THE cons Of God shouted for Joy
! In cur Carital City of churches,
Near the spot where Dupont's statue stands,
Rises up an Episcopal temple.
Which might glorify some Christian lands;
lis a marvel Of artistic beauty,
In its sTlendOr without and within,
Welcome home for the true and the Christ-hke,
! And a rest for all weary Of sin.
In tbt. strong granite temple glorious
The choir Of st. Thomas appears.
In morning and eTen-tide service,
ON the' sundays which hAllOw the years.
This choir Of St Thomas finds pAce,
In yestuents as white the snow fakes
As they sing with sweet pAthos and grace.
Tbsir style shows their good thorough trimming.
And their voices ring out pure and true,
As they blend In the chorus IN singing
| Ancient HYMNS with the present and new.
Good singers abound in our city,
| Leading nobly IN anthems TO God.
Rnt for beart-touching. soulsdn1ng music
The sweet choir Of 81; Thomas' We land
Friends of the Girls Friendly Societ,
are urged not to forget the annual sal
and tea to be held next Thursday a
Epiuhany parish hall, which is to be he'll
on behalf of the entire Washington or
ganization.
Bishop Funston, Bishop of Boise City
Idaho, was in the city over Thanksgiving
iDay. His friends were glad to see hin
looking so well
Rev.-w. r. Mason, of the Blue Rldg
Mission. virginia, will speak Of his worl
at ST. Thomas Church, near Dupon
Circle.
On December 9, at s o'clock, there wi
be a Christmas pageant at the Nations
Cathedral School for Girls. These play
at the Cathedral School are always gooc
On Thanksgiving Day most Of tn
churches asked for generous offerings
behalf of the funds for the support o
the widows and orphans Of the clerg
and the aged and infirm clergy them
selves
The duplex envelope system will b
inaugurated at the Church of the Al
cension tomorrow advent Sunday.
"a new role for the negro" was tht sui
liect of the Thanksgiving sermon deliver
cd by the Rev. Sterling N. Brown at tn
union services held in Plymouth Congre
rational Church (coloreD. He declare
mat the fact that the colored person
competition with the whites works II
a lower wage was the cause Of most (
the manifestations OF racial antipath,
and that In time the colored race an
one working classes among the white
would unite from the force Of comma
interest.
Rev. DR.. Packard. rector Of Chrii
Church, Rockville. Nd. has been slowl
conxalescing from his illness. He ie stil
: however. not quite strong enough to -
sumo HIS fun work In TIE chance
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