The Washington herald., 1912-01-27

ward the apportionment from parishes
and individuals. the Woman Auxinary,
/ the Junior Woman's Auxiliary. and the
Sunday schools t123. .0l0s9. Last year the
/ receipts from the same sources were
3l2s, $3.50. In view OF a more than 80
per cent increase in the apportionment
of the dloceses and parishes, this Is a
very serious deficit, though It may be
more than made up In the next quarter.
1t is interesting to note that the num-
Der OF contributing parishes for 1872 is
exactly the same number as for lyn,
namely, l.5e5 The parishes completing
! their apportionment so far this year
seventy-six-are twenty-nlne less than
those of year ago.
BY the will of Miss Sally Tod, COM
municant Of st. johns Church. Noungs-
| town. Ohio. $4,000 has been left to the
parish, $4,000 of which is to be en-
dowment of the parish and S5O,Uoo for a
new parish house.
Last Wednesday there was quite a
large and interested number Of visitors
TO inspect the Girls Friendly Lodge, No.
1886 n street, on the invitation OF Mrs.
II. c. Bottom. who has done so much
for the society. Tea was served from
to G o'clock.
The visit Of the Apostle OF Wall
Street" Rev. William Wilkinson, who
came TO Washington as the guest Of DR..
c. Ernest Smith TO preach at ST. Thomas
Church. has resulted In an intense desire
to hear him again. Mr.. Wilkinson is dis
tinctiy a preacher with a message. He
has the preachers gift TO an unusual de-
gree. Especially is he a mans preacher.
and Il will be good news to many that
later on he Is TO be here for a full week
in connection with the Men and Religion
Forward Movement when he will preach
several times.
St Marks parish continues to do good
work. Its new rector. Rev. c. r. Stet-
son, who has established himself at the
Congressional, East Capitol street, and
has his office 1T 301 A street southeast,
is rapidly making his influence felt for
good. as he is daily becoming better
known In the parish. On the third Sun
day evenings of February. March, April.
and May there is to be a musical service
in St Marks, when the music will be OF
a high order. The service will consist OF
choral evensong There will be two an
thems, one after the third collect and
one during the ofrertory, and after the
service is over Samuel Wood, the organ
ist. will play for a short while on the
organ. The offering tomorrow in St
Marks will be for the Episcopal Home
for Children.
The first annual convention Of the Sun
day School Institute OF the Third mission
airy department-comprising the dioceses
Of Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware,
Virginia, West Virginia. and washington
Will be held In the Church Of the
Epiphany. on Tuesday, February g.
The executive committee of our our
local institute has arranged to enter
tain the speakers, and in consequence
the Sunday schools are asked TO forward
contribution according TO the strength
Of the school for the purpose OF enabling
the committee to do its appointed work.
Bishop G. Mott williams, D. D., of
Marquette. Mich. will resume his Sun
day evening sermons tomorrow in the
course he is preaching on Faith and
life" The increasing attendance, notwith-
standing adverse weather conditions.
shows that the bishop is supplying a need.
During the course the choir Of st.
Thomas renders special music. TO-mor-
row il will be as follows: 'Bonum est"
by Bruch: "Benedic anima mea," in d.
by Dudley Buck, and the anthem, II
am Alpha and Omega" by Sir John
Stainer.
st. Paul's parish held its annual serv-
ice and reception on the evening OF it's
patron saint, January %. The reports
OF the various societies for the past
year were read by the rector. the Rev.
Robert Talbot, and the address was de-
l:vered by the Bishop Of Marquette.
The Rev. Robert Talbot. rector of st.
Paurs Church. was special preacher be-
fore the cadets OF the United States Mill
tary Academy in the new chapel at West
Point on Sunday last.
The first annual convention of the
Sunday schools OF the third missionary
department will be held Tuesday. Feb
rusry 6, in Epiphany parish hall. The
topics to be discussed will include,
Missions in the Sunday school," THE
value of subject-graded instructions"
and Institutes, local and diocesan"
The department includes the Sunday
schools OF PENNSYLVANIA, Delaware,
Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, and