The Washington herald., 1914-03-14
EPISCOPAL.

Tomorrow night in ST. Thomas Church
the sacred cantata, THE Woman OF Sa-
marfn." by Bennett. will be rendered by
the choir at o'clock.
|. The entire choir will be In the chancel
The cantata viii follow shortened form
OF evensong. and there will. of course.
be no tickets for admission. All are well
come to come. And inasmuch as the
choir of ST. Thomas. under the able
leadership OF Mr.. l.. B. Aldrich. has a
well-sustained reputation for ability, 10
doubt many will be attracted to the
church tomorrow night.
At ST. Margaret's Church. Bancroft
place and Connecticut avenue. Rev. Her.
bert Scott Smith. ID. D.. rector. the sacred
cantata. ''Gethsemana to Golgotha," :"
Edmund Turner. the English composer,
will be rendered March %: also on Palm
Sunday. in st. Margaret's. another can
tata will be sung. THE Darkest Hour"
by Harold Moore. It is claimed that the
cantata. 'Gethsemana to Golgotha," :"
when II was rendered last year by the
choir OF St. Margaret's was the first oca-
sion of its being rendered in this country.
These recitals have proved very popular
at st. Margaret's.
As the third sermon of his Lenten
course. the rectcr of st. Thomas Church
will preach on "Hyphenated Christians"
class Of Christians whose outlook on
life is diametrically opposed to those
who are without any church at all. These
were dealt with last Sunday by DIR.
Ernest Smith. when he drew the parallel
between them and the man of DR.. Ed
ward Everett Hale's story "a Man With
out a Country"
good deal Of interest seems to be
manifested in these Lenten sermons.
The friends Of Rev. Henry Thomas. rec
tor of Hyattsville. Nd. who was strick-
en- with paralysis during church serv-
ice some three weeks ago, are much re-
joiced to know that he is improving
rapidly. He is now able to walk about.
and notwithstanding the cold weather.
has been able to enjoy the fresh air. sit
ting on the porch Of his residence.
His brother clergymen have been help
ing him to maintain the services he had
scheduled for Lent. particularly the Rev.
Mr.. Brooking. OF Christ Church, navy
yard. Rev. G. w. Htkinson. rector Of
Grace Church. Georgetown. preached for
Mr.. Thomas last night.
The Rev. J. ]. Dimon Is advertised to
preach Palm Sunday at . p. m. in the
Lutheran Place Memorial Church in con-
Eection with the union services DIR. j.
J. Muir. Baptist pastor. will preach in St.
Andrews on April s. at S p. m. in CON-
nection with the same services.
The next regular meeting OF the Sun
day School Institute OF the Diocese of
Washington will be held on Thursday.
March 10. at 7:30 n. m. in Epiphany Par
ish Hall. when the subject to be dis
cussed will be Tho Life of Christ From
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illustrated in motion pictures of high
character and great popularity.
This meeting Is open only to the clergy.
Sunday school officials. and teachers.
Children will net be admitted. even IL
accompanied by elders. The limited size
of the hall makes II necessary to impose
these restrictions.
In March the institute meets on Thurs
day instead OF Tuesday.
A silver bread box for the credence
table has been given to st. David's
Chapel. ST. Alban Parish. in memory
of Allen Frederick Frost, son OF Mr.. and
Mrs. William W. Frost. He was a most
earnest worker in ST. David's until he
went West 10 live. where his recent death
was a great grief to his many friends at
the chapel
A daughter OF Mr. and Mrs. Frost. mar
IHu 10 rev H. NluCent has ditO
made her home in the West. where her
husband is rector OF weiser. Idaho. under
Bishop Funston. For some years Mr..
and Mrs Frost were residents of Utah.
until their removal to Washington a short
while ago.
In connection with the World Cen
ference on Faith and Order. the executive
committee OF the conference Is sending
Iii r..
to all the clergy of the church. The
clergy in the Diocese of Washington have
received these cards, with the announce
ment that they have been authorized by
the bishop of the diocese.
In writing to the clergy the committee
expressed the hope that they would use
them both frequently and regularly, par
at the holy communion service
on the first Sunday Of each month.
4 meeting has been called OF the
friends Of the Episcopal Home for Chill
dren at Anaccstia for Monday night
next at the American Security and Trust
Company Building. Each parish is asked
to send a delegate. The home has been
much in the minds of people of late. par
because. while ii is doing larger
work than ever. and could do far more
than it is doing. it is hindercd in its work
Dy q Sdu ldth VI anu at lUe same
time there has been of late a failure even |
to provide the funds that are necessary
TO run II on its present basis. |
The board of managers of Diocesan
Missions meets at the bishops residence !
on Tuesday next. A delegate is asked |
from each parish. Matters connected with |
the apportionment and the best way to
realize IL, will be considered. The rails |
ing of the aportionment, a matter of |
sc. 600 in all. is always a crucial one at
this time Of the year.
THE Virgin Birth Of Christ will be !
the subject of the sermon n the IL |
o'clock service tomorrow morning at |
Protestant Episcopal Church. |
: street between Thirteenth and Four |
teenth streets northwest. by the rector. !
Rev. Randolph II. McKim. The sermon |
will be of interest because Of the wide |
spread comment on this subject aroused |
recently by the statements Of a Western |
clergyman.