The Washington herald., 1913-05-24

Of the Philippine who will visit Washington next
week and speak at National Cathedral School
commencement flag day.
a technicality-his full time as deacon
not having quite expired-his ordination
was deferred 1t will, however, take
Mace June g. and at Anacostia, in the
church OF which he Is to be rector ana
among the people to whom he is TO
minister. Rev. Canon Dudley is to be the
preacher on the occasion, as he was last
Sunday at the Bethlehem Chapel orGina-
tons. Touching that sermon, the opinion
seemed pretty general that IT was one
of the finest ordination sermons which
many of those present had ever heard.
At D. m tomorrow at Epiphany
Church the sixteenth annual festival
service Of the church Sunday school
children will be held. Bishop Harding
will deliver the address. The Offertory
will be for the Bell Home for Children,
now known as the Episcopal Home for
Children.
Bishop Harding holds his visitation Of
Trinity Church, Takoma Park, at IL a.
m tomorrow. Rev. F. w. Smith is rec
tor OF this progressive suburban
church.
BY the will of Mrs. Thyrza V. Nc
IIhenny, dated May. 1910, ST. Thomas
Church, near Dupont Circle, has been
beuueathed 5000. OF this, $1,000 is to
be used for the placing in the church
a memorial window to her husband VINO
died several years ago, and ECO is left
at the disposal of the rector and vestry
for the use of the church.
DIR. c. Ernest Smith. rector of st.
Thomas Church. leaves today for
Raleigh, n. c., where he is scheduled
10 deliver the commencement sermon at
ST. Mary's School On Wednesday DR..
Ernest Smith delivered an address at
the midday chapel service of the
George Washington University. Sunday
last at p m, he preached the bac-
calaureate sermon to the students OF
Belcourt Seminary.
At the last meeting of the archdeaconry
~ washington, the report of the commit
tee on work for the Prisoners Aid So
ciety attracted a good deal of attention
Several rectors present agreed to help the
work financially, and an effort Is now De-
ing made to supplement what was done
then and so put the work on a self-sus-
tanning basis.
The people of St. Stephens Church,
Fourteenth Street and Columbia Road
are preparing TO give their rector and Mrs.
Dudley a great reception in recognition OF
Canon Dudleys twentieth anniversary OF
ordination. The reception comes on
June 5.
The meeting OF the Glorious, held at the
residence of Archdeacon Williams, on
Tuesday last, was one of the best attended
for some time past. Mr.. Williams is the
president of the Glorious for the current
year. Rev. Canon Blake read paper on
Parish Responsibility and Development"
which was very favorably received. Among
those who spoke on il were Bishop Hard
ing, DR.. McGrew, Rev. W. j. d. Thomas
Rev. F. B. Howden and Rev. Henry
Thomas. The latter clergyman extended
an invitation to the Glorious to go to
Hyattsville for its next meeting, which |
was accepted.
The devotions preceding the business
meeting took on in part the form of a |
brief. impromptu memorial service for |
the late Bishop Of Albany, W. C. Doane, |
undoubtedly for many years the most in |
fluential member of the House Of Bish- |
ops- Had our methed of choosing an |
archbishop been different, no doubt Bishop |
Diane would have been elected presiding |
bishop many years ago. He was prince |
among bishops, a veritable master of Is |
rael To him more than any man the ca |
thedral system in this country practically |
owes its existence
The Bishop Claggett Club meets next |
Monday at l o'clock at the residence Of |
pew Canon F. B. Howden. in Georgetown.
There is no work Leing done today in
This city more worthy of the support
Of the benevolent and the religious
people of the city than that being done
bv Rev. Enoch NJ Thompson. at Four
,s.,,L and Streets Southeast. wheret
the chapel Of the Nativity is situated