The Washington herald., 1913-12-27
Episcopal Church Notes.


of st. Matthews Church, Philadelphia
who was called to the rectorship OF 81
Johns Church, Georgetown, in succession
to the Rev F. d. Howden, VINO Is 10 De
consecrated bishop of the missionary ois-
trict of New Mexico on January Il, mas
declined the call. The many friends OF
DR.. Pierce in this city, where he is well
known-haying been chaplain at Fort
Myer for many years-were very anxious
for him to accept the parish. Bishop
Rhinelander the Bishop of Pennsylvania,
has. however, urged DR.. Pierce to remain
in his diocese and he has decided to do
so. This will be a great disappointment
to the st. Johns people, VINO had, no
doubt, counted upon their vacant rector
ship being filled in such an excellent way
Laurel Nd, is still without rector
since the resignation of the Rev. Thomas
A Johnstone.
The parish has also been bereft by death
of its foremost layman, Mr.. Z. ID Stan-
lev, who has served the diocese, and the
Maryland diocese before II. IN the capac-
ity of chancellor. He had also sat for
many years in the diocesan convention,
and has been sent at times to represent
the church in the general convention. His
death will be a great blow to the do
cese and to the parish at Laurel in par
tfcuIar Bishop Harding, assisted by the
Rev ]. Tayloe Snyder, conducted the
burial services on Monday last at D. m.
Among the congregation attending the
service were also two or three of the
clergy, DIR. McGraw, rector OF silver
Spring parish, and others.
The Rev. George c. Graham, now rec
tor of Trinity Church, Carbonate, Pa.
and until recently rector of La Plata
Nd and archdeacon of Southern Mary
land, has been called to Laurel, Dell
which curiousIy enough has been also
vacant at the same time that the other
parish at Laurel, Md, has been vacant
Tomorrow night at S p. IN. there is 10
be a service at ST. Marks Church, Capt.
tol Hill, of which the Rev. c. r. Stetson
is rector, for the Masonic fraternity. The
particular occasion is the fiftieth anni-
versary of Acacia Lodge, and the Rev.
J. Henning Nelms, d. D., himself a prom
inent Mason, has been secured to preach
the sermon.
Mr. Edgar Priest, Organist of the
Washington Cathedral, is to give an or
gan recital tomorrow evening at 5:l5 in
the Bethlehem Chapel. This organ re-
cital will Immediately follow the fes-
tive evensong, when the preacher will be
the Rev. DIR. McKim, rector of Epiphany
Church There will be, of course. the
usual Christmas music at the service.
Rev Edward H. Ingle, now connected
with Epiphany parish. but formerly one
of our chaplains on the continent of Eu-
rope, has been quite sick for the past
three or four months. and was until a
week ago"a patient at the Garfield Hos
pital, then, however, Ire was we'll enough
to be discharged and was able to return
to his home. being sufficiently conva-
lesced to walk about. His many friends
are hoping that he will continue to con-
valesce until he is restored to his usual
vigorous health.
We are also glad to announce that while
there is marked improvement in the case
of the Rev. r. p. Williams. He is slowly
improving, and in his case. too. his friends
think they have grounds for looking for
ward confidently to his early restoration
to health. He, too, has had quite long
siege of 1t.
One of the great institutions OF the
church, to which church people are not
paying the attention that they should. is
the Clergymen's Retiring Fund Society
Its object is to provide the clergy with
sufficient income to retire upon. Like so
many other of our institutions of that ma
ture il is the day of small things, yet
the lot of some of our clergy would be
very hard without it, for its pension,
which comes to them, not as gratuity.
but as a right, is all that many OF them
have to depend upon. In the way Of
keeping the wolf from heedoor II has
done splendid service. 1t is a society
which should receive not only the atten-
ton of the clergy, but of the laity, who
should aid 1t very materially. In this
connection it is satisfactory to note that
a legacy of $4,000. left by the late Mrs.
Mary Packer Cummings, OF Mauch
Chunk, Pa, was received by it-too late,
however. TO appear in the annual sta
tistical report just issued.
Chaplain Henry Brown. now stationed
at Washington Barracks, and until re-
Gently chaplain at Panama, is TO Us the
preacher at st Thomas Church tomorrow
night at s o'clock. Chaplain Brown. as
everybody knows. made for himself
great record in Cuba. Mr.. Roosevelt be-
ing the judge, but this he is bound to
do anywhere he goes. In connection with
chaplains, the general convention of the
church in New York took steps to petit
ton Congress to give more chaplains in
the army and navy. There has practically
been no increase in chaplains, though the
number of officers and enlisted men has
grown considerably. Something, indeed
SnOulQ De QOne. secretary DdHlelS lutd
of a kind Of lay reader on the various
ships of the navy that have no chaplains,
is excellent as far as 1t goes; the trouble
is it does not go far enough. There is
something pitiful in the spectacle of
great government putting layman in
charge of work that a clergyman would
naturally be called upon to do, and which
he alone could do as it should be done,
particularly II this appointment of the
lay-reader is because the cost is less
than for an ordained clergyman. The
spiritual welfare Of the men OF the army
and navy is worth all the money that is
er spent on it. The time has come
when more money should be spent unless
their welfare is to be grievously neglect
ed.
At st. Thomas Parish Hall, in addi.
ton to the usual Accomplishments of a
Christmas festival, the rector of the par
ish, DR.. C. Ernest Smith. delivered a lee
ture on Newfoundland, with the aid of
a stereopticon, which was manipulated
by Mr.. Paul B. Lamberton. The pictures
showed different views of life in New
foundland in the different seasons. They
did not do, perhaps, full justice to the
gorgeous colors that nature sometimes
presents herself in. The wonderful blues
and greens, with the glistening white Of
the snow and ice in the winter. make
pictures not easily duplicated elsewhere.
The children were very much pleased;
also some Of the grown-ups that attend
ed the celebration.
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