The Washington herald., 1913-07-26
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the congregations OF st. Johns. George
town. and Christ Church. Georgetown.
will hold joint services during August.
This has been observed with much ac-
ceptance for some time past. On the first
and second Sundays in August the 7:3o
celebration OF the Holy Communion will
be at st. Johns and the IL O'Clock serv-
ice at Christ Church. On the third SUM-
day the IL o'clock service will be at st.
Johns. on the fourth Sunday at Christ
Church. and on the fifth Sunday at st.
Johns.
Canon Howden, the rector of st. : Inns.
leaves for mis- vacation on July Is, which
he will spend with his family at saybrook.
Fenwick. Conn. The Rev. Canon Blake
spends his vacation as usual at Mountain
Lake Park.
At st. Johns they are putting in the
Zapor system Of heating in church and
Sunday school. and are laying all the
aisles of the church In mosaic. No church
in recent years has been more improved
than st. Johns. Its Improvements are
steady and continuous. and some Of the
best glass in the city is to be found in
the windows.
The Rev. W. L. Bushby, IL. B., will
be in charge of the united parishes during
the summer.
The choir boys Of St Johns have Just re-
turned from their camp at Bound Brook.
Md.
The Rev. ]. W. Austin, rector Of All
Saints Church. Chevy Chase, Is in New
York State spending his vacation. He will
be there for three weeks longer. In the
meantime the services are being cared for
by the Rev. Canon De Vries. Phi. d.
Chevy Chase at this time of the year
always has a much larger congregation
than at other seasons, many of the pa
rishioners of the city churches having
cottages there for the summer. The
church Is generally crowded to its fullest
extent.
The Rev J. J. Dimon. rector OF st. An
drew's, Corcoran and Fourteenth Streets.
is leaving next week for his holidays,
part of which he will spend in Ohio, where
he was formerly rector. and part at the
seashore. The Rev. Patrick Murphy. who
Is rector of st. Michael and All Angels.
and in charge Of the work at the city jail,
will take care Of st. Andrews during the
rector's absence. It will be a somewhat
busy time for Mr.. Murphy, with two par
ishes and jail on his hands. but he Is
accustomed to heavy work, and will be
the right man in the right place.
To-day is st. Anne's Day. The name Of
the mother Of the blessed Virgin Mary.
said to have been Anne, is not recorded
in the Scripture nor does any mention &C.
cur in surviving ecclesiastical literature
until the close of the fourth century.
From that period onward statements In
crease, but not certainty. On the other
hand. Emperor Justinian Is said TO have
dedicated a church by her name In Con-
stantinople; and the observance Of the
feast of st. Anne is ancient both in East
and West.
Next Friday is Lammas Day. Lammas
Day Is said to derive this form Of Its
name from an Anglo-Saxon practice of
offering loaves Of the new corn upon this
festival. Hence 1t was popularity called
Loaf Mass, or Lammas. Other deriva-
tons are given, but they are less proba-
BILE. Accordingly. Lammas Day was
kind Of medieval harvest thanksgiving,
concerned, however. with the beginning
Of the harvest rather than with its COM
pleted in-gathering. It corresponded to
the Feast Of Pentecost rather than to that
Of Tabernacles.
What the day actually commentaries
Is the deliverance Of st. Peter from pris-
on, recorded In Acts xii. The real name
of the festival Is st. Peter ad vincula-
est. Peters Chains" So 1t stands In the
Roman breviary, where the lection ap-
pointed is the account OF the fallfng on
of st. Peters chains when the angel bade
him rise up in the prison.
The Rev. Charles Fiske, D. D., rector Of
st. Michael and All Angels, Baltimore. was
the cathedral open-air preacher July 20.
DIR. Fiske was recently elected coa1utor
bishop of Dallas, Tex, and declined. The
probability Is that his work where he Is.
in number of communicates and in the
influence 1t exerts on the city life Of Bal
timore. Is really as important as the CO.
adjutor bishopric. In fact. many Of our
city churches offer a larger field than
some of the smaller bishoprics. Indeed. 1t
seems almost pity that we are cutting
up dioceses into such small proportions.
The real Significance and effectiveness OF
bishop Is won't to disappear along with
his influence under such conditions.
The Rev DR.. C. Ernest Smith. rector
Of St. Thomas Church, near Dupont Cir
Gle, leaves today, for London on the Min
newaska. of the Atlantic Transport Line.
on circular tour from New York ~ New
York via the Caribbean Sea. DIR. Ernest
Smith win be accompanied by his daugh-
ter, Miss Barbara Smith. They are due
in London on August 1 After speeding .
week there they take passage in the
Trent of the Royal Man Packet Line.
- -~s L. 49, g.