The Washington herald., 1914-01-24
EPISCOPAL.

TlSOOfAL.
At joint meeting of the Sunday
school Institute and the diocesan branch
OF the Women's Auxiliary. held In Epiph-
any Parish Hall. the Rt. Rev. Peter
Trimble Rowe, d. D.. Bishop Of Alaska.
was guide In "A Personally Conducted
Tour in Alaska Needless to say. 1t
was exceedingly interesting and made
many friends for the bishops work In
| the Far North
Bishop Rowe has been very busy all
tnis week seeing secretaries of the de-
partments who are particularly interested
by reason of their work In Alaska prob
lens. Most OF the bishops time has
been put in in endeavorinz to get the
| government to do something. I'm
fortunately. owing. as IL was given out.
10 the pressure Of public business, the
President could not give the bishop an
interview. This was the more unfortunate
Tor two reasons: First. the bishops
business was OF national importance. He.
as much as any man In the country. per-
haps more than any man. knows what
Alaska If. what it stands for. its un-
paralleled opportunities and resources,
and the unlimited opportunities of the
American people In its development. eAs
prominent resident Of Alaska, working
oaiiy Tor the advancement of its in
| terests, II Is thousand pities that the
bishop could not see the President Sec
| ondly. as bishop of the Protestant
Episcopal Church. Bishop Rowe Is a rep
resentative man quite as much as Arch
bishop Ireland Is OF the Roman Catholic
church We are glad to notice that the
archbishop was cordially welcomed at
the White House and due respect paid
TO the business he had in hand. ANY
public business that interferes with a
| similar courtesy to Bishop Rowe is to
be deplored
Bishop Rowe. who has been here nearly
three weeks. leaves the city this morn
ing for New York. where he &, due to
NIL engagements on Sunday
The Bishops appointments for Febru-
airy are follows:
February I, II a. m. House Of N.ercy;
p. m. Calvary Chapel
February :. ii a. m, All Saints Chevy
Chase; p. m Grace Church. southwest
February Is. II a m, 81. Lukes; s
p. m. Incarnation.
February is, p. m. ST. Philips. Ana
costa.
February -. II a. m. All Faith. Me-
chanicsville; 4 p. m. Dent Memorial
Chapel
February ., II a. m, Christ Church.
Chsptico.
February .. IL a. M. st. Johns.
Bethesda Md; p. m, Chapel of the
Redeemer.
At special convocation in the faculty
of divinity in the University OF Trinity
College. Toronto. Canada. held I'm the
convocstion hall OF the college, for the
purpose of comforting the degree in course
nd th.al n
the Rt. Rev. Frederick r. Howden, bishop
of the missionary district OF New Mexico.
was maze ID. ID. of the university on
wednesday afternoon. January q, at 40
o'clock.
On next Wednesday. from to Z, Bishop
Harding and Miss Douglas will tender
a reception to Bishop and Mrs. Uovden
AT the Episcopal residence. Iiu7 Massa-
chusetts avenue
tuesday last, at a special convention
OF the diocese. held a; the residence of
bishop Harding. il was decided to COM
promise the claims that had arisen under
the will OF the late Mrs Annie Cole. by
which the relatives will receive two-fifths
OF the property and the Cathedral three
hfths- BY this action unpleasant legal
proceedings. no doubt. were averted.
Bishop Tyler, Bishop of North Dakota.
was formally presented to the convention
by Bishop Harding. Bishop Lawrence of
Massachusetts,, being present. delivered
an address on the pensioning OF the
clergy and explained the working of the
plan recently by the general convention.
The bishop Is anxious TO see the measure
passed In Its entirety as presented by
him. He Is chairman OF the committee
charged with the care of this matter of
pensions
1t is understood that the main business
OF the bishop here is to set forward the
cause of more chaplains In our navy. It
Is certainly not creditable thing that
the chaplains should be so few in num-
Der. The number. in fact, stands as 1t
did many years ago. whereas the number
of men under command has risen many
times.
At the clericus which followed the
general convention the Rev. Thomas A.
Johnstone. curate of All Souls parish.
read characteristic paper-that is to
say, it was extremely interesting and ex-
tremely witty-on the Zanzibar case
This case Is that of the Bishop of Zanzi-
bar protesting against two other bishops
In their Official capacity as bishops of
the Church Of England, admitting MEM
bers of the denominations in an oficial
way to communion. The case threatens
10 peCOme as famous IN nlstOry, thOugn
let us hope not SO deplorable in results,
as the famous Colenso case OF South
Africa.
Tomorrow is the festival of the conver-
sion of st. Paul This has always been
great day in the history OF St Paurs
parish, near Washington circle, IL being
the patronal festival of the parish. The
church tomorrow will he decorated in
honor of the occasion: there will be spe-
cial music. and Bishop Harding. former
rector of st. Paul's, will preach the ser
mon. The day is a red-letter day in the
bishops history. for on 1t i've years be-
fore he was consecrated Bishop Of WASH
ington.
At night Canon Talbot. the rector. in
place of the usual sermon, will read the
reports of the various organizations OF the
church. as has been customary in former
years.
The Rev. George p. Christian, who re-
signed the curacy of st. Pauis parish a
few weeks ago. is leaving this morning
by the White Star liner Celtic for q
trip. quite an extended one. through the
Holy Land. His first objective point win
be Rome Mr.. Christian has long wished
to take this trip. but the health OF his !
mother who died recently, has prevented