The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-07-12
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the throne Of the Saxon kingdom. HI
has left q beautiful memory Of Life
marked by simplicity and unworidiiness
spending much time In prayer and nttie
In Sleep" according to the old chroniclers
He died in So, and with characteristic
humility he gave strict injunctions thai
his body would not rest within the cathe'
dral walls. but outside. where the feet Of
men might tread upon n and the rain raj
upon 1t.
His last will was obeyed for a while
but afterward the deep reverence Of the
people insisted that his body should be
transplanted to q costly shrine within the
walls. Out of this grew the popular 81.
perstition that raining on st. Swinthun'i
Day It will rain forty days following.
On August there will be a vacancy
in Zion Parish. Beltsville, Prince George
County. The Rev. c. I. La Roche. rector
Of that parish. has rendered his resigna.
ton. in order that he may assume on that
date the rectorship Of Trinity Church,
Rockville, 8. C. Mr.. La Roche Is one
Of our senior clergy, having spent a very
large part Of his ministry in this diocese.
He was for q time rector OF Townsville.
Ga. and prior to that was rector of st.
Paurs Parish. Prince George County
Following his resignation Of his Georgia
parish, he took up the work at Belts
VILE. Mr.. La Roche has done Q good
piece of work in the parish he II leav-
ing. Indeed. strong efforts have been
made to induce him to change his mind
and remain as rector. but South Carolina
being his native home. Mr.. La Roche
feels that there is a special call upon
him to accept work there.
Ahhnsf nj "A
of the Good Shepherd. Sixth and Streets,
has a very excellent letter on the Living
Church, or the Possibilities OF the Boy
Choir" The boy choir had been found
fault with as a spiritual agency. Mr.. Alb
bolt shows the criticism to be Ill founded
and unjust. Speaking from the standpoint
OF one with considerable experience, he
says IL the boy choir Is useless as a
spiritual agency II is the fault Of the
parish itself.
In the parish of the Good Shepherd they
have a choir of forty boys and ten men.
1t is a voluntary choir. The boys rather
look down on the paid chorister. They
rehearse four times a week. and the
average attendance Is from 30 to 100 Pei
cent They are given a night for play
once a week and a three weeks camp In
summer. Five OF the men OF the choir
are old choir boys and so are the cruel
fers. According to Mr. Abbott, the boy
choir is the best missionary agency IN
the parish.
The Sunday School Institute OF the do
cese has a committee on the Sunday
school advent offering which is asked
for the missionary work OF the diocese
The committee has a subcommittee of
two at work on the project of bringing
the matter before the Sunday schools and
to arrange for the offering. This SUBJ
committee has just issued a circular set
ting forth that the amount given last
year was but $50 and suggesting that
$50 would be a more appropriate offering
at any rate. not too large a sum to put
before the children as the amount they
would endeavor to give.
In order TO stimulate the interest OF
the children and to arouse their activities.
it has been decided TO give a banner to
the school which shall make the largest
offering. This banner will be awarded at
the missionary rally at Epiphanytide The
Revs. Archdeacon Williams and c. r.
Stetson is the committee having special
charge OF this offertory project.
The rector of St Stephens Church. Rev.
Canon Dudley. and Mrs. Dudley expect
to spend the month of August at Twilight
Park. in the Catskills. n. Y. During
his stay there, Canon Dudley will have
charge Of the little chapel which owes its
existence to Bishop Satterlee who began
its erection and in whose memory IL was
finally completed in 1910. Services in the
chapel have generally been conducted by
clergymen Of the Diocese OF Washington.
with the consent and approval of the
Bishop of Albany, in whose diocese the
chapel has been built.
Mr.. Henry p. Veazie, who has been the
accomplished choirmaster of st. Ste
phen's. will shortly be on his way to
England to study at Oxford for the min
istry. Mr.. Veazie's departure causes a
vacancy which perhaps cannot be ade-
quately filed. at any rate is not likely to
a musician of no mean ability. being the
judge thus expressing his view: I'VE
shall probably never have such a voice
in our choir again"
The Rev. II. L. Winter. who was for
a short while assisting the Rev Canon
helms. d. D., at Ascension Church. has
been visiting Washington this week. He
was entertained by one of the parishion-
ers of Ascension Parish. After visiting
his old friends, Mr.. Winter went to Bat
1oNt. ~ - loi thc tSst VI
He is rector of Grace Church, Galveston,
Tex
Mr. L. B. Aldrich. orRanist and choir
director of St. Thomas Church. has left
this week for a three months visit to the
West. His place is being taken by Mr.
Ernest Shuster. who is assistant organist
of the parish.
Among the graduates who took degrees
at the Virginia Theological Seminary
last week was the Rev. c. Herbert Reese.
curate of ST. Thomas Parish. Mr.. Reese
graduated B. D. in 1911. He Immediately
entered upon a two-year course OF study
at the George Washington University
and used the knowledge which he thus
acquired in the preparation OF his thesis,
which was upon The Moral and Spirit
ual Teaching OF Shakespeare" The
faculty. in approving the thesis. ex-
pressed special approval Of the work
which Mr.. Reese had done. saying that
1t showed a thorough and intelligent
grasp OF the subject as well as pains
taking and conscientious study.
Last Sunday the Rev. F. E. McManus.
rector Of Trinity Church, Upper MARI
boro, the county seat OF Prince George
County, completed the ninth year OF his
rectorship. He preached a sermon re-
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