The Washington herald., 1913-11-22
EPISCOPAL.

Next Thursday being Thanksgiving
Day. services will be held in all our
churches. These services generally be-
gin in the morning with celebration Of
the holy communion at 7:30 or s, fol-
lowed by mattins, holy communion and
| sermon at IL, with a third service later
in the day, sometimes in the afternoon,
otherwise at night at o'clock.
Thank offerings are generally made for
objects outside the parochial needs. One
of the favorite objects is that Of the
relief of the clergy, their widows and
/ orphans. Cards of reminder have just
been received from the treasurer OF the
fund, known as the general clergy relief
| fund, appealing for offerings on Thanks
giving Day on behalf Of the needy clergy
I and those dependent on them. There
| has been so much agitation in connection
with clergy pension funds and the great
need Of effective work In that connection
has been so strenuously and rightly
urged that the present needs Of the
clergy, their widows and orphans. as
distinct from future needs as met by
pensions, has been overlooked. Conse-
quently, the Thanksgiving appeals this
year are necessarily unusually urgent.
The rector of st. Andrews Parish, Rev.
]. ]. Dimon, has been quite sick with
severe case OF Ia grippe, and threatened
pneumonia. He was. of course, unable
last Sunday to officiate in his church,
and his place was supplied in the morn
ing by the Rev. Thomas A. Johnstone,
who has recently resigned the rectorship
OF Laurel. Prince George County, and
In the evening by the Rev. DR.. G. Will
hanson Smith. one of the clergy of st.
Johns Parish, formerly president OF
Trinity College. Hartford, and who is
1
Fourteenth Streets.
Rev. Mr.. Johnstone is at present at the
Fillmore, in New Hampshire Avenue,
near Washington Circle.
Bishop Harding has had a strenuous
day in Southern Maryland this past week.
He was in old William and Mary Parish
where he confirmed at Valley Lee seven
candidates. The rector, the Rev. H. ".
Saunders, is leaving to take charge of
Beltsville Parish, where the Rev, c. l.
La Roche was rector for so many years
Passing from old William and Mary
Parish the bishop went to All Saints
Oakland, where he confirmed twenty-four
At Chaptico, in the same county. he
blessed the new tower which has been
built; also the memorial window which
had been erected in the church by Mr.
James w. Thomas, Of Cumberland. in
memory Of his grandfather. who was, for
some time Governor of Maryland. At
Charlotte Hall the Bishop confirmed
fourteen, and found a good work going
on under the care. OF the Rev. Mr.. Hoag-
land.
Trinity congregation showed no lack
of enthusiasm this week at the bazaar
and the entertainments which clustered
round IT, held on behalf OF the church
work. Trinity people are past masters
now in the art of holding a successful
fair. Some churches have been known
to lose on n fair and supper. and the
more the attendance the greater the
loss, but not so with Trinity. There was
a good deal OF enthusiasm in connection
with the effort-more in fact than usual
The close, which will be attended with
an auction of all that is left, is ex-
pected to bring together great crowd.
1t closes tonight.
In All Souls Parish. this city. the Rev,
James Mcbride Sterrett. d. D.. rector,
ground win be broken for the new Me-
mortal Church on Cathedral Avenue. near
Connecticut Avenue, tomorrow morning
Immediately after the IL o'clock service.
The church is to be built of stone, and
will cost sl20oo which sum the vestry
OF the parish now have In hand. The
vestry also had the OFFER of 5000 for a
! new organ to be put in In time for the