The Washington herald., 1913-07-05
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ton.
The Pensioners of Bethesda are to be
congratulated upon their choice Of Mr..
kirkpatrick. He has been rector Of his
present parish for some eight years, dur
ing which time the communicates have
increased in number about I so per cent.
At the same time the financial condi-
uon or the parish has considerably i'm
proved, and ii is at present in very
good shape, this notwithstanding the
fact that the parish has built a chapel
at Bowie. which is now in regular use.
Mr.. Kirkpatrick studied for the min
lstry in Irish schools. He was at college
also at Belfast, in Ireland. Afterward
he attended Princeton. N. J., and the
Philadelphia Divinity School. He has
been rector of St Georges Church. at
Pittsburgh. Pa, and Epiphany Church.
Louisville, KY; also St. Lukes Church
Anchorage, Ky. He married some years
ago a daughter of the late Bishop of
Kentucky. the Rt Rev. Thomas Under
wood Dudley, d. d.
There is a commission on a. new hym-
nal II is anxious to find out what
hymns in the present hymnal are little
used: also what hymns are in general
use at our services.
1t is generally conceded that our hymn
book is almost half as large again as II
offender in this respect as some other
hymn books that are in existence. But
the movement for a new hymnal. mas
much as we have abundance of material
10 choose from, is to be regretted. There
does not appear to be any adequate rea-
son for throwing the present one aside
except it be. as the phrase runs, "for
the good of trade" new hymnal costs
thousands of dollars. and in these DAYS
the church could be making far better
use of that money than by boosting
trade. The business of the church is
the propagation of the Gospel of Christ
The sermon preached by the Rev
Canon Dudley at the ordination Of the
Rev. William Oscar Roome on Sunday
last in Emmanuel Church, Anacostia
was most favorably spoken of. 1t was
from the words, Are We able to drink
of the cup that I shall drink off, &C.
In view of the circumstances under
which these words were originally ut
tered by our Lord. few texts of Scripture
could be more appropriate for an ordina-
ton sermon. and Canon Dudley made the
most of its teaching. The church was
hacked to overlooking. Never before had
the good people of Anacostia had an
ordination in their midst. and it is safe
TO say that there will be no similar op-
portunity for many years 10 come. They
therefore did well in turning out in large
numbers.
The Bishop and his family left the fol-
lowing morning in their motor car for
Haven, Me.
DR.. c. Ernest Smith. rector of st.
Thomas Church, and Miss Helena Smith
were guests of Brig. Gen. and Mrs
Woodward this week at their cottage at
he Blue Ridge Summit Pa They mo-
OVer IN nm
nd were present at the stirring cere-
Monies on that day.
The Rev. Robert Johnston, d. c. L.,
'ector of the Church of Our Saviour |
Philadelphia. breaches tomorrow the |
ast OF the four sermons he was an |
bounced TO preach at the open-air Cathe- ,
iral services al p. m.
DR.. Johnston holds that the Christians
of our age believe more. and compel |
others TO believe more, than did the first |
century Christians. This he attributes |
to the missions Of the church. In some |
ways there is a remarkable parallel be- |
tween the two ages:
In the beginning Christian was known |
as a jesus-man. and that this distinc-
ton still exists in nations with which |
Christianity has been brought into con- |
tact for the first time. was illustrated |
by a story DR. Johnston told about a |
blind man in China. This man went to |
A missionary physician and was dis |
charged from his care. cured. When he |
went back among his blind friends. they |
asked him how he happened to see it |
heing an unusual thing for a man who |
was blind from cataract or other ex- |
traneous growth to recover his sight. He \
said: Why. I went to a Jesus-man, and |
he cured me. So that men in primitive |
countries who become converted or are
assisted by the foreign missionaries, call |
them Jesus-men. This. he claims, St |
Paul meant when he spoke of himself |
new man in Christ Jesus
The amount received from the Diocese
Of Washington 10 June l. 1913, by the |
treasurer of the Domestic and Foreign |
Missionary Society from parish. Sunday
school. and woman's auxiliary offerings
September I. 1912, to June l, 1873 is Sl4-
3S4.31 toward the amount apportiored to !!
the diocese for the year ending Septem-
Der /. 1913. of 81. 613 Last year there /
was received to the same date $12SsOss
The Domestic and Foreign Missionary
Society reports that the net increase in /
contributions applying the apportion-
ment which has been previously re-
ported has not been quite maintained
during June. The net increase to June
! is s11. q. To May 1 it was s14, "a /
To June 1 SIT parishes and missions
have contributed toward the apportion-
ment. Last year TO June ] the number
was 5125
To June ! 1872 parishes and missions1
have completed their apportionment. Last
year to Iune / the number was LBS
To complete the apportionment and pay
all the appropriations of the year, after
applying thereto all undesignated lega-
cies received this year, more than s240. 900
will be needed in excess of the amount
given last year between June l and Sep Il
tember !. The treasurer of the society
has every reason to believe that much
OF this will be contributed. The number
of parishes adopting the every-member
canvass and the duplex envelope system
is steadily increasing. Many diocesan
conventions have given it their indorse-
ment. Committee are hard at work in
many of the dioceses and parishes trying
to complete the apportionment for gent
eral missions. Especially is an effort
being made by the committees In some
of the dioceses at this time to secure
individual contributions to supplement-
what is being given through the parishes
Wherever this can be done in other do
ceses, It will be most helpful. Interest
seems to be increasing everywhere. All
the signs are encouraging.
The rector of Grace Church, Colorado
Springs. recently announced that in fu-
ture the parish paper would contain a
II is TO be devoted to missionary infor-
mn