The Washington herald., 1912-04-20
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The representatives OF the Archdea-
conry Of Southern Maryland met in
Trinity Church, Upper Marlboro, April
,, II. with the following In attendance:
Venerable Richard p. Williams, arch
deacon Of the diocese, presiding; Rev.
Francis E. McManus. rector Of Trinity
Church; Rev. Horace Wood StowelI, Port
Tobacco parish: Rev. Frederick Towers,
st. Paurs parish; Rev. W. R. Barker
Turner, Durham parish; Rev. Henry V.
Saunders, william and Mary parish. st.
Mary County; Rev. William ]. Williams,
Queen Anne parish, and the following
| lay representatives: Messrs. l. Allison
Wilmer, secretary and treasurer of the
larchdeaconry, La Plata; Pliny p. Gates,
Port Tobacco parish: James A. Gray.
Durham parish; Frederick Sasscer. Trim
ity Church; w. L. Blunt. William and
Mary parish, Charles County; William
z. Duvall, st. Thomas parish, and Alan
Bowie. st. PauI's parish. ofhcers were
elected for the ensuing year. The
amount to be pledged for diocesan mis-
sions at the next diocesan convention
was determined to be $50. The follow
ing eficers were elected: President, Rev.
Horace Wood Stowell; secretary and
| treasurer, L. Allison Wilmer. The next
business meeting will be held in October
at La Plata. The entire membership Of
the archdeaconry was entertained at
luncheon by the ladies' of Trinity parish
in the Masonic Hall
The diocesan branch Of the woman's
Auxiliary will have its annual eonven-
ton on May at II O'Clock. II will be-
gin its sessions with a meeting in Beth
lehem Chapel for devotional exercises,
which viii be conducted by the Bishop
Of Washington At p. m, In the Cathe-
| oral School for Boys, the business ses-
sion will open with the reading of re-
ports, which will be followed by the
election Of officers. Plans for forward
work OF the coming year will then be
taken up. and special pledges will be
made by the parish delegates to create
foreign missionaries insurance fund.
This and other subjects will be presented
| to the auxiliary by Miss Julia c. Emery,
the general secretary, who will be the
special speaker at the afternoon meet
ing at 4 o'clock. Choral evensong will
be held In the chapel
There will be a festival service for Sun
day school officers and teachers of the
Sunday School Institute in the Bethlehem
Chapel of the Holy Nativity at p. m.
Friday, May ), when the preacher will be
the Bishop of Rhode Island.
| A festival service for children will also
be held in the Bethlehem Chapel of the
Holy Nativity on Saturday,, May T. at
Bishop Of Pittsburg.
The Cathedral choir will render special
music at both services.
The regular meeting OF the Sunday
School Institute for April was held on
Tuesday last In Epiphany Parish Hall
DR.. De Vries opened the discussions by
a paper Of thirty minutes duration on
the atonement. Afterward two teachers OF
the National Cathedral School for Girls
talked on the problems In naming girls
One paper by Miss Sarah Van Gundy
was on Teaching Problems and q sec
ond by Miss Maria Richards on Dis
ciplining Problems"
Three-minute discussions followed each
subjects presentation by its speaker.
The reception rendered DR.. and Mrs.
Randolph H. McKim by the wsrdens and
vestrymen Of the Epiphany on DR.. Nc
Kim's seventeen anniversary was highly
successful. II was held in Epiphany
Parish Hall on Thursday last, and was
attended by large and thoroughly rep
resentative body OF our citizens
At its meeting on Tuesday by a rising
vote the Washington Clericus rendered its
heartlest congratulations to DR.. and Mrs.
McKim. s.
Miss Ella Nelson. OF the American
Guild of organists, has accepted the
position as organIst and choirmaster Of
Epiphany Church, washington. Of which
Rev. Dr. Randolph H. McKim is rector.
She will take charge there May !.
1 Miss Nelson was formerly connected
with Epiphany Church, but more recent
ly has been organist and choirmaster Of
Christ Church, Baltimore.
At Epiphany Church there Is now in
stalled q new four-manual organ and
there IL a vested choir of forty voices
The settings for morning and evening
/ service composed by Miss Nelson have
been sung at old st. Paufs and the
Church Of the Messiah. Baltimore. and
fovorably commented upon. She was
awarded q medal for her compositions
at the Columbia Exposition at Chicago.
With her mother. Miss Nelson has taken
apartments IN Washington.
The convention Of washington Dio-
cefve In common with all other conven-
cese Of Fond-du-Lac relating to the
title page Of the Prayer Book.
Discussion OF this subject will re-
4 leive any diocesan convention of q
charge that its sessions are uninterest-
/ ing.
The Washington Glorious met at the
Highlands on Tuesday last at o'clock.
| After the usual luncheon the business
session began at o'clock.
Four new members were elected and
miscellaneous business attended to and
then Rev. Cornelius Abbott, Jr., read an
unusually Interesting essay, wandering
/ In Early Church History" Rev. Dr.
ChiIds, Rev. w J. ID. Thomas ana Rev.
DR.. @. Williamson smith, were among
the speakers on the subject in the dis
cussion which followed.
Kev. Dr. BraterahI presided. Tne at
| tendance was very much smaller than
usual. owing partly to the absence rrom
| the city Of some OF Its members on ac-
count OF needed rest Nafter Lenten and
Easter week and also to some of the
clergy being At the church congress IN
ST Louis.
At st. Thomas Church. eighteenth
Street. near dupont Circle, on SUNDAY
morning next the rector, Rev. Dr. e.
Ernest Smith, wiz preach special SER
mon on the sinking or the steamship
Titanic.
The sermon VIII direct attention TO
some OF the lessons the present DAY -
] apt to forget ana whlcn that great as