The Washington herald., 1913-01-25
Episcopal.

To-day being the festival of the con-
version of St. Paul. there will be special
services at St PauTs Church, Twenty
third Street, Rev. Canon Talbot, rector.
The evening service begins at 7:3o o'clock
with the reading of the reports of the
various organizations, showing what has
been done during the year past. The
Bishop OF the diocese will be present.
and after the service there will be a re-
ception in the parish house.
There is to be a missionary meeting
tomorrow night at S O'Clock in st.
Thomas Church, near Dupont Circle, in
Eighteenth Street, when these speakers
are expected to make addresses:
Rev. DR.. G. c. F. Bratenahl. D. D.. sec
rotary of the Third Missionary Depart
ment. who will speak on The Church
and the Immigrant"
Rev. Reese F. Alsop, rector emeritus,
st. AIMS Church, Brooklyn. n. Y.
Rev. J. Nelson Barry, of the Diocese
of Eastern Oregon. who will speak on
work IN that jurisdiction.
The midwinter meeting of the Church
mans League will be held at the High
lands, Connecticut and California Ave
nues, Monday, January q, at p. m.
DR.. Howard A Kelly. of Baltimore Md.
will speak on The Church in Social
Service"
An unusually large gathering of clergy
met at Bishop Harding's residence last
Tuesday, the occasion being the meeting
of the Glorious, which usually meets al
the Highlands. but this month was in
vited by the Bishop to assemble at hi.
house.
Many of the country clergy were pres
ent, among them the Revs. Herbert f.
n< r,-t,
Prince George County; Horace W.
Stowell, rector Of Port Tobacco parish,
Charles County; James kirkpatrick. rec.
tor of Holy Trinity parish. Prince
George County; Francis E. McManus
rector of Trinity Church, Upper Mari.
bors, and several others
The speaker was the Rev. D. Arthur
Chiffon Powell. rector of Grace and st
Peters, Baltimore, Md. Rev. DIR. Powell
who Travelled extensively in the East
about a couple of years ago took fol
his subject The Children of Israel in
Egypt
The call Of the Orient has now been
heard and obeyed by Rev. F. Ward
Denys and the Misses Ward Denys, who
have Just left Washington and are or
the steamer Cedric for Egypt, with India,
and particularly "Cey,on's Isle" as their
objective point. Thence they proceed 10
China and Japan before they return 10
their home in Street
Bishop Harding left the city wednes-
day last to organize a Cathedral Com
mlttee meeting in Cincinnati the see
city OF Bishop Boyd Vincent's Diocese
Bishop Vincent had heartily approved of
the idea OF having a cathedral COM
mittee in his diocese and had promised
Bishop Harding to take the chairman
ship of the meeting.
The Bishop is in the midst of hi. con-
nrmauons' which renders MIN extra
busy just now. In addition to this hIs
secretary having been sick for a week or
more, he Is without his usual efficient
help.
On Thursday, January 80, 5 D. m, an
informal meeting of the parochiaI COL
lectors of the united Offering and such
women as are specially interested in the
same, VIII be held in the Willard rooms
of Epiphany parish hall. to consider
ways and means Of increasing general
interest in this object
Re united offering is a thank offering
from the women of the church. nre-
sented every third year at the time of
the general convention, TO be held this
year IN New York. The object is the
training. teaching and support of women,
missionaries at home and abroad ana
the care Of them II disabled. Washing
ton contribution in 1910 was S.7oo. This
year II is hoped the amount will not be
less than 5000.
Rev. Canon Nelms arrives home to-
day from a visit to Canada. He WIFI he
in his pulpit both morning and evening
Tomorrow. His parishioners and MANY
frierGls will be glad to know that he has
now fully recovered from his recent ill.,
ness.
fine entertainment of varied char
acter In the course Of preparation to be