The Washington herald., 1914-01-17
EPISCOPAL.

| needs the gathering of a convention
when neither OF these causes is at work.
Bishop Harding has just issued formal
call, in which also Is stated the need
for meeting OF the convention at the
Episcopal residence next Wednesday.
Bishop HardinRs call runs as follows:
In the exercise OF the power vested in
me by Article 8 Of the constitution, I
hereby issue q call for a meeting Of the
convention at the Episcopal residence,
1907 Massachusetts, avenue northwest.
Washington. d. c.. on Tuesday. January
%. 1914. ut noon.
THE purpose of this meeting il to au-
thorize a settlement of pending litigation
In the Supreme Court Of the District Of
Columbia affecting the will Of Annie A.
Cole. leaving certain property In trust to
the convention. 1t Is important that q
quorum of both orders should be pres
ent."
Bishop Rowe, Of Alaska. is to preach
at ST. Margaret's Church. Bancroft
place and Connecticut avenue tomorrow
evening. Bishop Tyler. Just consecrated
Bishop OF North Dakota. is announced to
preach at st. Thomas. Large congrega-
tons should be present to great and hear
both Of these bishops.
This has been a very full week in
church circles; one event has followed
another with surprising rapidity. OF
course the chief event. an event which
had an interest not only for the church
people Of the city itself. but for the whole
church through the country. was the con-
secration of Rev. Frederick Bingham
Howden. rector OF st. Johns Church.
Georgetown, to be Bishop Of New Mex
leo. which occurred on last Wednesday,
at II a. m. in st. Johns Church.
One would have supposed that those
charged with the reporting OF an event
of no common Importance would have
taken SOME pains to report at least the
main features correctly. The trouble that
church people complain about in con-
nection with the reporting Of church do
ings is the extraordinary carelessness
sometimes displayed. The accounts In the
press of the consecration-this does not.
OF course. include The Herald-showed
much carelessness. The public was told.
for instance. that among the out-of-
town bishops were the Bishops OF Har-
risburg. Pa, Virginia. Pittsburgh. Mary
land. and the Suffragan Bishop OF Penn
sylvania- Not only was there not one OF
these bishops present. but in some in
stances they were not even expected.
The Bishop Of Harrisburg was not to be
there. nor was the Bishop OF Pittsburgh.
on the OlntT DisUOpS tHdl WtIc
there the report ignored. as for instance,
Bishop Goldman. of Maine.
A verp little care would obviate inac-
curate statements like these and they
ought to be obviated. Any one reading
such an account and knowing how mis-
leading IL was would have an uneasy
suspicion that the rest OF the matter on
the page was OF the same value.
So far as the service itself went, II was
stately and dignified and well managed.
and reflected credit upon the chairman
OF arrangements and the master OF cere-
monies. Each one that took part in the
service seemed to know exactly what to
do. and did II, and there was none OF
that making arrangements and correct
ing mistakes in the presence OF the con-
gregation itself which is sometimes too
painfully the case. a service OF that
kind should run as smoothly as any II
a. m. service in a parish church which
rector is conducting ffty-two times a
thought before hand.
Rev DR. McKim has published his SER
mon twenty-five Years in a Metropoli-
tan Parish" preached in the Church OF
the Epiphany. December IS last. being
the twenty-fifth anniversary of his rec
tnrate. Dr. McKim has also published
his address delivered at the New Ma
ticaal Theater December Il. on why
Are We Protestants."
This address can be obtained from Rev.
Mr. Tillinghast. the junior curate on the
Epiphany staff.
The annual report of the Society for
the Increase of the Ministry has just
been distributed. 1t is very important
report: Statistics that cannot be Ques-
toned are showing an alarming decrease
in the supply of candidates for the minis
try. There is only one thing that can
be of more concern than the quality and
efficiency of the ministry. and that is the
supply. The report is concerned with all
three. 1t ought to be widely read.
A joint meeting OF the Sunday School
Institute and the diocesan branch of
the Woman's Auxiliary will be held I'm
Epiphany Parish Hall January 20. at
7:3O p. m. The subject of the evening
will be "A Personally Conducted Tour
in Alaska" by Rt. Rev. Peter Trimble
Rowe, Bishop of Alaska.
Friends of the Episcopal Home for
other words, friends of the |
orphans, who need the help and SYM
pathy of the church people-are invited to |
the annual meeting which will be held
of Washington, 1407 Massachusetts, ave-
nue., at $50 p. m.
An institution OF which the Episcopal
Church is justly proud is the Episcopal
Eye. Ear. and Throat Hospital, on
Fifteenth and NJ streets. Its board Of
held its annual meeting /
last week, when the various reports Of |
treasurer, executive committee, MEDICAL
board. board OF managers, were all pre-
sented The secretary's report showed
that almost 20Oo patients received treat
ment In that time. most Of them not in
any way connected with the EPISCOPAL
Church Elections were held to fll the
vacancies on the board Of governors; also
on the board OF corporators.
At the close of the business meeting
were served.
The following were elected to the board
of governors and to the board Of cor
porators:
To the board OF governors. Dr. Albert
F. A. King, Rev. c. Ernest Smith, d. D., |
d. c. L., Mr.. Arthur s. Browne. Mr.. |
Oracle X Richards, Ven. r. p. Williams, |
DIR. William II. Wilmer. Admiral c. VI. |
Stockton, Mr.. William H., Singleton. ToI
the board of corporations. Mrs. r, p.
Ryan, DIR. L. S. Greene. DR.. J. r. Well
ington, Mr.. Clarence F. Norment, Mr.. |
william Waller. Rev. c. Rockford Stet. /
son, Dr. J. C. Boyd.
There Is to be a gathering Of the BROTH /
,rhood next Monday at Trinity Parish. |
The particular business will be that of /
the annual meeting of the local assembly. |
Afterward those who were present atI
the general convention Of the brother
hood in New York will be asked to talk