The Washington herald., 1914-05-02

J. diocese
Tuesday morning. next. at 10 o'clock in
ST. Margarets Church. Bancroft place
and Connecticut avenue. 1t win continue
in session for two days. Visitors are
always welcome and indeed are earnestly
invited.
On the evening Of the first day, that is
Wednesday evening. the annual mission
larry meeting Of the diocese will be held
instead Of a legislative session Of the
convention.
On Tuesday evening. May 5. from to
IN o'clock the annual reception OF the
Washington Diocesan Organization Of the
Girls Friendly Society will be held In
Epiphany Parish Hall The reception this
year will be in honor of Miss Mary A.
L. Nelson. president Of the Girls
Friendly Society In America and vice
president of the third province.
Rev. C. E. Maimann, rector Of William
and Mary Parish, Charles County. has
resigned his parish. to take effect i'm
mediateiy after the convention, when he
goes to New Mexico. where Bishop How
den. lately rector OF st. Johns. George
town. has accepted him for work In his
missionary diocese. Trinity Parish,
Charles County. is also vacant through
the resignation Of Rev. James w. Smith.
rector.
A good many friends OF the church In
general and of st. Andrews Church IN
particular. to say nothing Of the MEM
bers thereof. have been distressed to see
the notice For Sale on ST. Andrews
Church. For a long time past something
like that has been expected, but its ac-
tual appearance is none the less a cause
Of real regret. ~
Troubles never come singly, and IN
fortunately the rector of st. Andrews
has been far from we'll On Easter day
he was not able to finish the services
which he had begun. Since then he has
been at Atlantic City. where his friends.
brother clergymen and parishioners all
alike trust he will find health and
strength.
The Girls Missionary Club Of the Dio-
cese OF Washington held its April meet
ing on Monday afternoon Of this week
at the home OF Miss Glorvina Gordon in
Georgetown. The club was fortunate In
having as its guest DR.. G. c. +. Bra
tenahl. who gave a most interesting talk
on THE Church's Present-day Oppor-
tunities in the Worldwide Mission
Field"
The entertainment given at Pythian
Temple April p for the benefit OF the
Washington Home for Children proved
a decided success. This entertainment
was given by the ladies Of the aid. It
was gratifying to them to see so many
responding to their efforts on behalf Of
the home in which there are now twenty
three children being cared for by Chris
tian people.
st. Patrick's Mission. the youngest mis-
sion in st. Adams Parish. was started
Sunday after Trinity. October %, 1911.
in a rented house at 2 Foxhall road
From the first the mission hourished and
IL was soon seen that II the work was to
grow. II must have larger quarters.
Near the house where the work was
begun there was an old family grave
yard. occupying a lot sixty by eighty
feet. which had belonged to the Lingan
family. There were buried Gen. James
McCubbIn LfnGan and his wife. Jane;
Henderson Llngln. Their bodies were
some years ago removed to Arlington.
and the lot then owned BY Mrs. Elizabeth
G. Calvert and her sister, Miss Cornelia
p. Randolph. was decided 10 the Nestry
of ST. Adams Parish, for the site of the
new mission. Here tomorrow the corner
stone Of a chapel. brick construction and
slate roof. will be laid by the Bishop
of Washington When completed the
chapel will seat 80 people, and will be
the nucleus of what is hoped to be a
large work.
In the two years since the mission was
started. the Sunday school has grown
from a very few to a large number. Two
confirmation classes have been presented
to the bishop. and many children bap-
tized. Attendance at both Sunday school
and church services have steadily in
creased, and there is a bright future for
the work.
The bishop will lay the stone. and as
sisting HIM in the service will be Rev.
Christopher Sparkling. rector OF st. Johns
Church. Georgetown. Rev. Thomas Nc
Clintock. Rev. Edward Douse. assistant in
St Adams Parish, and the rector. Rev.
Charles T. Warner. Mr.. Norman &.
Brinsted will be master of ceremonies
with Mr.. Henry S. Owens as assistant
The Nestry of st. Adams awarded the
contract for building the chapel to Mr..
Frank l. Wagner. The building COM
mittee consists Of the rector and Mr..
David F. Weaver.
The Glorious of Washington met Tues
day last at the parish house of the
Church of the Advent, lie Droit Park,
Rev. Z. NJ. Mott discharging gracefully
the duties of host. In this respect his
efforts were well supported by the ladies
OF the parish.
Chaplain Brown, who spent four years
on the isthmus. was the speaker on the
subject Of the Panama Canal and he gave
very Illuminating account Of the al
most superhuman obstacles in the way
of the canal builders and also of the con-
ditions of work from a Christian stand |
point among the heterogeneous popula- |
tion Of the Canal Zone, a work in large
part just as encouraging as in some ways
the labor of the excavators and engineers |
of the canal was discouraging His own |
labors to judge from his modest refer |
ences to them were quite heroic at times. |
but the encouragements OF the work |
more than compensated for every hard |
ship and strenuous effort. |
The preacher tomorrow at Washington |
Cathedral AT the 4 o'clock service will be |
the Rev. Arthur n. Judge. of New York |
City. Mr.. Judge will be the guest Of
Rev. Canon Nelms. d. D., at the rectory |
of Ascension parish. He will also preach |
in Ascension Church at the S p. m. serv-
ice tomorrow.
The next meeting of the social service |
conference of the Diocese of Washing |
ton will be held in st. Johns Parish 1
Hall on Thursday morning next at s
O'Clock. An Interesting program has been
provided. An address will be given on
Washington charities by the Rev. z. S.
Dunlap. Following Mr.. Dunlap's address
the Rev. L. NJ. Thompson will speak on
Social Welfare Possibilities in the Ex-