The Washington herald., 1913-10-05

ton. He contrasted 1t with the sinful
waste due to competition. There is moth
| ing truer In all our religious life today
| than that the time has come to eliminate
as far as possible anything which even
savors of competition. for competition is
strife, and to substitute for 1t co-opera-
ton, which means the mutual building up
! of the cause OF Christ and his church. II
/ is curious how little this great principle
is understood. Some of our legislatures
would do well to take note of it.
We understand that the offering was
within a few dollars of 1900. Many OF
the clergy of the city were present at the
service. with the representatives OF their
parishes.
Very great credit must be given to the
Rev. Canon Howden, rector OF st. Johns.
Georgetown, for the marked improvement
| that has taken place in the plant OF
that venerable parish. Both Parish
Church and the Parish Hall have shared
equally the attention to details Of Canon
Howden. They seem almost to have
been made over, and today the church,
parish house, and rectory together. make
up very complete parish establishment.
The latest improvement is in the
church, which has just been fitted with
entirely new furnace arrangement. and
the HOOTS nave Dcen ldl0 Win
There is nothing OF the cheap appear
done with great taste and very well, and
adds more to the appearance than one
would naturally suppose the flooring of
church would be ant to do.
Just as an illustration of the sort OF
appeals that are coming constantly to
the clergy from different sources and
also to the charitably disposed of the
laity. the following distressing case is
given: 1t is not at all exceptional, I'M
happily, but it is not the less on that
account deserving of help.
Two hundred dollars must be raised to
place in the Home for lncurables, Phila-
delphia, a man who is permanently dis
abled, having lost the entire power of
limbs. He is not a resident of the Dis
trict for the full time Of three years that
is required for admission to a home in
this city, and he has been accepted as
temporary patient in a Philadelphia
home where those who have placed him
are hoping that he will be able to re-
main permanently. He can, however.
only be admitted permanently provided
500 is paid, otherwise another sufferer
will be put in his place It reminds one
OF the pool OF Sloan. and the cripple
who first had attention was the first to
away. The Rev. p. Murphy, Twenty
second Street and Virginia Avenue, is
interested in this case
Trinity Parish. the Rev George W. |
Van Fossen, rector. has among other
parochiaI activities Chinese Sunday
school. which resumed its work last
Sunday. Those who have Chinese Sun
day schools are always much encouraged |
by the real interest which their scholars |
appear to take in their work.
Trinity Parish is preparing for another |
OF its bazaars next November.
Last Sunday evening the afternoon |
service was resumed at Trinity with |
the full choir in attendance and the |
rector in charge of the service.
The new parish visitor, Mrs. C. X. |
Hanam is just entering upon her duties. |
In a large and scattered parish like |
Trinity a parish visitor would seem to |
be almost a necessity IL anything like |
and systematic parochial visit
ing is to be undertaken.