The Washington herald., 1913-01-11
Episcopal.

In Southern Maryland the parishes
which have recently welcomed new rec
tors are as follows:
Queen Annes parish, St. Barnabas'
Church. Iceland; Rev. l.. Cody Marsh.
ST. Thomas parish st. Thomas
Church, Croome; Rev. C. A. Crisman.
All Faith parish. All Faith Church.
,Mechanicsville; Rev. u. Wellington Cur
ran.
All Saints parish, All Saints Church,
Oakley: Rev. e. T. Cady.
| In Montgomery County the parishes
similarly situated are these: st. Bar
tholomew's parish, ST. Bartholomew
Church, olney; Rev. H. H. Marsden.
| Prince George parish. Christ Church,
Rockville; Rev. Thomas A. Haughton-
Burke.
| St. Peters parish. st. Peters Church,
Poolesville. has lost its rector, the Rev.
w. r. Bushby. who has become assist
ant to the Rev. Canon F. b. Howden.
rector of st. JohE's Church. George
town. The Poolesville parish is still
without a rector.
| new chapel has been established for
colored people, served by the Rev. A.
d. II. Collier. The chapel is located at
the corner OF Fourth Street and New
York Avenue.
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missionary rallies connected with our
Sunday schools will be held as follows:
| I. Sunday schools in the central sec
| ton of the city at the Church Of the
Epiphany at p. m. Speaker. Rev. Paca
Kennedy. Of the Virginia Theological
Seminary
| II. Sunday schools in the eastern sec
ton OF the city at ST. Marks Church at
| p. m. Speaker, Rev. d. Wellington
| 81 pa
Marys County Md.
| III. Sunday schools of the Georgetown
and st. Adams parishes at Christ
| Church at 10 a. m. Speaker, Rev. d..
Wellington Curran.
At the Bethlehem Chapel Mr. Edgar
Priest, cathedral organist, will give his
seventh organ recital at o'clock to-mor-
| row.
Right Rev. Ethelbert Talbot, d. D.,
| Bishop OF Bethlehem. Pa, is in the city.
| DR.. Talbot is on a visit to his brother,
Rev. Canon Robert TALBOT, rector OF St
| Pauls Church. Twenty-third Street. He
Is accompanied by Mrs. Talbot.
For some years the Bishop lived a very
strenuous life as the Bishop of Wyoming
and Idaho. His name is still house
hold word In those parts. So popular and
| influential did he become that on one
occasion n delegation of citizens came
| to persuade him to allow himself to be
nominated for Governor. telling him that
no one had chance against him. and
| would scarce be persuaded TO take no for
an answer. He has Stree published his
experiences in book form under the title
MY People OF the Plains"
The Bishop will preach both morning
! and evening at St. Paul's, and he is very
much OF an orator. no doubt Many will
take the opportunity to hear him.
very distinguished churchman, Right
Rev. Reginald Heber Weller D. D.,
Bishop of Fond du Lac. was in Wash
| ington this week. There are to-day in
! the American Catholic Church many
priests and one or two bishops who are
great masters in conducting retreats and
holding missions. To do this will re-
| quire. among other things, preaching
| gifts of a very high order. Yet among
| these mission preachers the Bishop of
Fond du Lac is said to be facile prInceps
The bishop succeeded A few months
ago the late Bishop Grafton. to whom
he had been coadjutor since 1890.
Bishop Grafton alone OF all our bishops
generally signed his letters after the
English Episcopal fashion. that is to say.
using the name of his hishopric or see
in place Of his own surname. Thus his
signature became &C. c.. Fond du Lac"
the c. c. standing for his Christian
name.
In one of the months maya zines an
article on the possibility. II not the
probability of the next war being mainly
fought out in the air seems to take 20
itself considerable credit for the remark
able foresight thus displayed II also
quotes general officers predictions as II
they also were to be congratulated on
their foresight But all this is no better
than hindsight. as DR.. c. Ernest Smith.
preaching in St Thomas Church on
peace" took occasion to stand by
reference to Tennyson.
Tennyson some fifty Years ago. in
Locksley Hall. uttered the following re-
markable prophecy-this. too. when men
are apparently no nearer the day of fly
ing machines than they were when Simon
Magus fell into the Tiber, in the time
of Nero. while trying to fly:
For dirt into the future. far human eye could
sc,
And this vision of the world and all the wonder that
saw the heavens filled with commerce. arsosies Of
magic sails:
Pilots Of the purple twilight. drupping down with
cnstly Wales
Heard the heavens filed with shouting and there
rain'd shostly dew
From the nations airy naVies graphing in its central
bme;
For along the worldwide whisper Of the south wind
With the standard Of the peoples piunEns thrO' the
thunderstorm.
BY the death last week of Mrs. Annie
Cole, OF Massachusetts Avenue, the
Cathedral of IS. Peter and Paul will.
II is said. inherit the bulk of her es-
tate. After sundry requests to rela-
tives and provision for two memorial
windows, one for herself and one for
a married daughter. the rest of the es-
tate goes to the cathedral The total
value OF the estate is said to be about
10000
The annual meeting of the Episcopal
Eye, Ear, and Throat Hospital was held
Thursday. at s p. m. at Epiphany Hall
The annual reports were read and cor
porators elected. After the business
meeting a very pleasant social hour was
spent. refreshments being served and
Everything done to bring those interested
in this great work nearer together.
Owing to a reception at the same hour
to the Rev. Canon and Mrs Blake,
many of the friends of the institution
were prevented being present.
The annual dinner of the Mems Club
of Epiphany Parish will be held in the
lecture hall of the parish house on Tues
day, January Il, at $50. Among the
speakers will be Rev. DR.. Hugh Brick
head and Rev. r. H. Hogue, both OF Bal
timore, the former having until recently
been rector of st. Georges, New York
the church famous for Dr. William