The Washington herald., 1912-05-04
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OF course the principal event this week
in church circles has been the formal
opening OF the BethIehem Chapel Of the
Nativity and the round OF services and
meetings In connection Herewith. The ae-
tual conservation OF this new house OF
worship took place on Wednesday-the
festival Of St. Philip and St James-but
since II has been very fully described
| In our daily press. II needs no further
mention in this column.
The next coming event Of importance
will be the holding Of the nth annual
conve ntion OF the diocese on WEDNESDAY
next IN 81. Adams Church.
The opening service viii be held in the
Bethlehem Chapel Of the Nativity. This
will take place at 1c a. m There VIII oe
special sermon by a visiting preacher
the Bishop OF Albany.
| At .. m, in the Bethlehem Chapel
the annual diocese missionary service
and meeting will be held. when the
preacher will be the Bishop OF Kentucky,
Right Rev. Bishop Woodcoek-
As there is communication TO the
lconventlon from the diocese OF Fond-du-
Lac relating TO the title page OF tine
Prayer Book there will doubtless be
some discussion OF the question OF the
church future name. A large and
growing number of church people are
becoming more and more dissatisfied with
the present legal title OF the church. In
deed. were II not for the difficulty Of
selecting a name which would be salts
factory to all, IL seems safe to say that
the old name would have been dropped
| long ago, although Il Is right TO say that
! a large number of the church's most
Ioyal members are fully satisfied with the
| proaant name OF the church.
To-day is the traditional date OF the
first Ascension Day. The festival itself
/ does not actually occur until May ls,
but in honor OF this traditional date Of
our Lords ascension into heaven there
will be special services at the Cathedral.
At the II a. m. service Rev. Canon Nelms
is the appointed preacher.
There are some dozen or more clergy
men in the diocese entitled TO be styled
canon" They are Of different orders
and degrees. but, following the custom
OF cathedrals abroad, from whence we
! have borrowed most OF our new phrase
ology, all these officials, whether resi-
dentiary," honorary" or minor" are
equally entitled to the prefix, eanon-if
they deserve It.. Rev Canon Neims is OF
the honorary order.
One Of the minor canons, Canon Craig
hill. is quite sick, We regret 10 say.
Another OF the clergy. Rev. J. W. Aus
tin. is at the George Washington Hos
pItaI. where he may have to undergo an
operation.
Mrs. C. F BratenahI, wife OF Rev.
Canon Bratenahl. Of the third depart
ment OF missionary work. is also I'll and
in a hospital
The Bishop Of Pittsburg Is to be the
morning preacher at Christ Church,
Georgetown CRev. James II. W. Blake.
rector. where a good many OF the
bishops friends and admirers will doubt
less be on hand 10 hear him. The bishop
is to be the preacher to-day at the chill
dren's festival service. at which there
will be special music and everything
done to make the service very attractive
TO children.
Particular attention is called to the two
important services for the men and
women workers of the church, TO be held
at the Cathedral on Monday and Tues
day at S .. m.
That for men is to be held on Monday,
and the preacher is to be Rev. DR.. Alex
andeT Mann. rect Of Trinity Church,
Boston, DR.. Phillips Brooks old church.
That for women will be held Tuesday.
preach,
The Rev Thomas A. Haughton-Burke
has accepted the call to the rectorShip
Of Christ Church. Rockville. Montgomery
County, Md, which was vacated some
time last January by the death OF DR..
Thomas J. Packard. who had been rector
OF the parish for fifteen years. Mr..
Haughton- Burke en-. Nred upon his new
duties on Wednesday last. We trust that
he will be abundantly successful in this
new field of labor.
At ST. Johns Church, H and sixteenth
Streets the Archdeaconry OF Washington
met for business at 2:SO p. m. yesterday.
The Archdeaconry membership consists
Of clergy and a certain number Of elect
ed delegates from the laity. It has a
number OF committees for the better &C
compllshment Of the work which II sets
out to do-mainly of a missionary and
phiIanthropic character. Rev. George II.
McGrew. D. L.. OF Silver Spring. Nd, is
president and Rev. Edward Slater Dun
lap, OF ST. Johns Church. is secretary
Of this Washington Archdeaconry.
BY means Of its Easter offering, to-
sether with the pledges still payable and
the funds in hand of several organiza-
tions, St. Stephens Church has enough
money in hand TO complete the church
building and meet payments on the prin-
cipal Of the debt which will fall due in
May and in August This year the church
has been under quite heavy expenses,
but next year the burden will be consid-
erably lighter.
Next Monday, May sth. the choir OF st.
Stephens Church will render st. John
StaIners cantata, The Daughter of
Darius" The soloists will be Master
Eugene Amiss, Mr.. Dudley and Mr.. Yea
zie. Also on Ascension evening, May
18th, at p. m, the choir will sing the
Gounod anthems, Unfold Ye Portals
and From Thy Love as Father" from
the oratorio Of the Redemption. and.
king All Glorious" by Sir John Bar
naby.
The Bishop Claggett Club had a very
pleasant social meeting at Rev: @. W.
Atkinson's residence, 1325 Twenty-hrst
Street, Monday last, at p. m. Rev. c.
E. Buck was in the chair. Rev. H. A.
Griffith is secretary Of the club.