The Washington herald., 1911-12-23
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The Church or the G0od Shepherd VIII
celebrate its twentieth anniversary on
the feast Of st. John the Evangelist. De-
cember q. Appropriate services will be
hefd during the day, closing with musi-
cal service at 7:SO p. m, at which ad-
dresses are expected from the bishop or
the diocese and by clergymen formerly
in charge of the work. Although the
work was begun twenty years ago, serv-
ices have been conducted on the present
site for but ten years. as before that
time the congregation worshiped In
rented rooms, first at 3l2 X street north
| east, then at 313 II street northeast, and
for five years prior to the purchasing or
| the present property, at 4OS IL street
northeast, now used as a mortuary chapel
by Mr.. Sardo, the present owner.
| The clergymen formerly in charge or
| this church in order of succession are
| Rev Henry c. Parkman, now rector or
! st. Thomas Church, Croome, Nd; Rev.
| Herbert Scott Smith, D. D., rector OF st.
Margarets. this city; Rt. Rev. Philip
Mercer Rhinelander, d. D., Bishop OF
Pennsylvania, and the Rev c. Rockford
| Stetson, rector of St Marks, Capitol
| Hill. The present staff consists of Rev.
c. s. Abbott vicar; Rev. George P. Chris
| tian, curate; Rev. G. Z. X. COgswell, in
charge of All Saints Chapel, Benning,
and st. Matthew's Chapel, Gregory
Heights, and Mr.. Herbert G. Merrill, in
| charge of the work among deaf people,
services for whom are held every Sun
day morning in the parish hall. Mr..
Merrill is to be ordained to the diaconate
on January l, which will greatly increase
| the usefulness of his valuable services.
The music on Wednesday night will
be rendered by the regular parish choir
of forty men and boys, under the direc-
tion of Mr.. Samuel Wood. AS at the
first service twenty years ago the mu-
sic was rendered by the choir of st.
| Marks Church, the choir to be aug
mented by invited guests from st. Mark s
choir making a chorus of over fifty
voices The music will include the
''Nunc Dimittis." by STAFFORD. and a
paraphrase of Psalm 137, set to music by
GOunod and selections from Spohr' s
Festival Anthem" Psalm 81, and Ber-
liozs 81 L'Enfrance Du Christ"
The offering at this service will be
for the purpose of reducing the mort
gage debt on the church property, which
consists cf a vicarage, a portion of the
basement of the proposed church, and the
basement of a proposed hall.
While the services are being held in the
church the Christmas entertainment for
the deaf will be held in the hall.
On the Sunday following, the ami
versary services. the vicar will preach
historical sermon, summing up the
work that has been done.
The regular monthly meeting of the
Sunday School Institute of the diocese
of Washington was held in Epiphany
parish hall on Thursday. December 10,
at 7:30 o'clock. The subjects appointed
for discussion were The incarnation in
relation to life problems" opened by
Rev. Canon Devries in the thirty-minute
] fhA nd
Christian doctrine in Ghina," opened by
Deaconess Edith Hart, of Hankow,
China, also in a thirty-minute address.
The usual missionary rallies under the
auspices of the institute, will be held on
the second Sunday after Epiphany, jan
uary IA. Full notice of these rally serv-
ices will be given later.
Christ Church. Georgetown. Rev. J. H.
w Blake, rector. has a very active
branch Of the woman's auxiliary. which
this week sent two large Christmas bar
rels to the mountain mission work Of
the Diocese of Virginia, near Charlottes-
vile, in the care of the Rev. Mr.. Mason.
The Glorious has held few meetings
which have been pleasanter or more in
structive, than the one held at the High
lands, on Tuesday last, when the Rev.
]. Townsend Russell was both host and
speaker.
Immediately after the luncheon, short
business meeting was held, when the
Rev. DR.. Bratenahl was elected presi-
dent to succeed Rev. William Tay-
Ioe Snyder, whose term of office had eX-
pired Rev. George Fiske Dudley was
elected secretary to succeed himself.
Rev. Mr. Russell then began his lecture,
which was on the lives of Abraham and
Elijah, and was illustrated by an entire
" new and original set of pictures, which
Mr. Russell himself had had prepared.
The fact that one artist had been at
work throughout the series, thereby Sc
curing uniformity of style and concep-
tion was a most marked advantage. and
one which helped materially to the sim
gularly pleasing and effective result.
The surpliced choir recently installed
in St. Paul's Church, Rock Creek, Rev.
C. E. Buck, rector, is fulfilling the ex-
pectations formed Of it. 1t is entirely
satisfactory, and registers a great i'm
provement.
Trinity parish which this month IS
more particularly interested in the Epis
copal Home for Children in Anacostia,
being Trinity's month, is asking of its
members liberal contributions for the
support of this most deserving charity.
The home is in sore need of funds, not
only to carry on its present work, but
to undertake the enlargement and ex-
tension of It's sphere of usefulness in the
immediate future. Applicants for admis-
sion are being turned away for lack of
accommodation. Forty-eight is the ca
pacity of the home. but fifty-six little
ones are crowded within it.
Trinity's second annual sale and bazaar
resulted in a net gain of about $50 for
the church fund.
Rev. Clarence ". Whitmore has moved
to 1SS Seaton street northwest. Mr..
Whitmore is the energetic vicar of st.
Agnes Chapel, at Fourth street and New
York avenue. His work is much him
dered by lack of facilities, the present
building being very far from the ideal
church home. However. as Mr.. Whit
more has an enthusiastic congregation
behind him. the new echurch is only a
matter of time.
The recent death in Frederick County
of a prominent churchman, Mr.. Thomas
John Claggett, has a very unique inter-
est for Washington churchmen, mas
much as Mr.. Claggett was the fourth of
his name in direct descent from Thomas
John Claggett, first Bishop of Maryland, |
the first bishop, therefore, to have epis-
copal oversight of what Is now the do
cese, of Washington. II Is also interest |
ing to know that at the funeral of