The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-05-03
EPISCOPAL.


Convention will be held at 10 a. M.
Wednesday. May z, in St. Stephens
Church. The convention sermon will
be preached by Rev. William E. Gard
ner. secretary of the General Board Of
Religious Education.
The annual missionary service Of the
diocese will be held Wednesday, May.7,
at D. m, at st. Stephens Church. Ad-
dresses will be made. by Canon G. c. F..
Bratenahl. ID. D., secretary of the Third
Missionary Department, on General
Missions" Rev. II. w. Stowell, rector
Of Port Tobacco parish. on Conditions
and Prospects in Southern Maryland"
and Rev. Patrick Murphy, rector Of st.
Michael and all Angels. and city mis-
sionary on "City Missionary Work"
The archdeaconry meeting of South
ern Maryland was held April Is. at
Charlotte Hall, All Faith parish, Rev.
ID. Wellington Curran, rector. The
meeting was for the most part a busi-
ness meeting, and the sessions were
rather short. The archdeacon was
present and presided. There was a
celebration Of holy communion at IL
a. m, at which a sermon was preached
by the Rev. Frank T. Cady, of All
Saints parish. St Mary County. This
was followed by luncheon. The busi-
ness session began about . = m. For
the ensuing year the Rev. M. F. Min
nick, of Saint Marys City, was elected
president, and Gen. L. Allison Wilmer,
OF La Plata, was reelected secretary
and treasurer. The bishops request for
increased appropriations for diocesan
missions received favorable action; and
ii was agreed to make the archdeacon-
~ pledge in accordance with his
wishes.
La Plata was designated as the place
for the fall meeting, in the third week
OF October.
At short. service OF evening prayer,
following the business session, ad-
dresses were made as follows: The
Churchs Claim on Her Men," the Rev.
Horace Wood Stowall, Port Tobacco
parish; THE Church's Claim on Her
Boys" the Venerable r. p. Williams.
The Bishop of Washington visited
the Chapel of the Nativity, Fourteenth
and A Streets Southeast, for the second
confirmation on Rogation Sunday even
ing, when he confirmed a class of twen-
ty members. The bishop confirmed
class of thirty in February and one in
a sick bed, so that fifty-one have been
confirmed this year.
After the confirmation the crucifier-
and choir preceded the bishop to ,the
new parish hall, which is rapidly APP
preaching completion. BY the aid OF
the old oil lamps that were used when
the congregation began its work ten
years ago in a storeroom, the bishop
gained a fair idea of the size of the
hall. After the hymn, Work, for the
Night Is Coming" the bishop offered
prayer that the enterprise might be
full Of the blessing of God and that all
the organizations using the building
might strive to do all things for the
glory of God and the benefit of their
fellow-men. and that the $3.50 needed
to complete the building might be
speedily raised.
The commitment list of the Nativity
now goes considerably beyond the 300
mark The new hall is SO built that 1t
can be added to the chapel for its flu
ture sanctuary and chancel if the work
grows to such size as to demand ii. In
addition to this, the congregation has
a lot on the east large enough for the
parish house property to be built in the
future.
The amount received by the treasurer
of the Domestic and Foreign Mission
airy Society from the various parishes,
Sunday schools, and woman's auxiliar-
les of the Diocese OF Washington, from
September 1. 1912, to April 1, 1913, is
s9,269.17. This amount is toward the
apportionment of the diocese for the
year ending September /, 1913, of SELL
6l3 1t will be observed that the
amount received so far is not quite
half the amount of the apportionment.
1t is better, however, than II was this
time last year, when the amount re-
ceived was only sS,75S.61. However,
there are five months Of the fiscal year
yet to run.
There is to be an informal conference of
those not opposed to change in the name
of the church, to be held in St Thomas
Parish Hall, Eighteenth and Church
Streets, next Monday evening at o'clock. |
Both clergy and laity are invited to at
tend. The hour of o'clock is chosen in
order that those present may have an
opportunity to attend the meeting at the |
Highlands of the Churchman'S League |
later on in the evening. |
The Archdeaconry Of Washington met
yesterday at 2:3O p. m. in Ascension |
Church's children's hall and transacted |
the usual business.
The Rev. Henry Lubbock, d. D., rector |
of Zion and st. Timothy's Church. New |
York City, will preach a sermon in be- |
half of social welfare work at the Ca |
thedral open-air service on Mount st. /
Alban Corner Wisconsin and Massa- |
chusetts Avenue). Sunday, May 4, at
p. m. In case of rain the service will |
be in the Bethlehem chapel.
The social service conference of the |
of Washington plans to |
make this a demonstration in behalf of |
larger and more active endeavor in all /
work Of social betterment in the District |
OF Columbia general attendance of
all persons interested and all willing to |
be interested in such work is earnestly /
requested. Those to whom this notice 4
comes are not invited to attend them |
selves, but also to give the occasion as /
wide publicity as possible, and to bring |
their friends.
DR.. Lubbock is one of the New York /
clergy whose sermons draw" They /
are clearly expressed in choice language |
and marked by vigorous and sane \
thought. He should be heard by all who |
can go to Mount St. Alban on Sunday.
The executive committee of the Wash /
ington Sunday School Institute announces !
the final meeting of the season at s p. m. |
May 6. at Trinity Parish Hall, |
Third Street and Indiana Avenue North
west. for which they have secured the /
presence Of Rev. William Z. Gardner, /
of the General Religious Educa-
ton Board, organized in pursuance of the
action Of the last General Convention in |
behalf Of the systematic religious training /
of the children of the church. Mr.. Card
ner's subject will be "a Challenge and /
Crusade for the Children of the Church"
The Identities 70 the Dena rfroent Sunday