The Washington herald., 1914-02-07

schools for lay workers exceeds the sup
lply threefold
i EPISCOPAL,
Right Rev. Frederick Courtney. ID. D..
I'D. c. l., who Ia to preach tomorrow
at the II and o'clock services at st.
Thomas Church. near Dupont Circle, is
,aceounted one OF the ablest preachers In
the church. On account Of his preaching
ability he has represented the church
and filled the Office of preacher on many
important occasions. On one occasion he
Represented the Canadian Church as far
aneld as Australia
After holding parishes In England and
in Scotland. DIR. Courtney became as
sIstant OF st. Thomas Church. New York
iCity. and while there a singular condition
Of things soon obtained. 1t was the habit
Of the rector TO preach every morning.
In the afternoon the assistant was the
preacher. Soon the pews were empty in
the morning and filed In the afternoon.
There was. Of course, no good reason
j why the people who wanted to hear the
afternoon preacher should not 90 in the
| morning as well. but as a matter of fact
| they did not 90, many people having
conscientious scruples against attending
divine service twice on n Sunday. This
did not obtain long, the assistant soon
! being called to the rectorship OF St
James Church. Chicago From there he
| was called to be rector of st. PauFs Bos-
ton, now the Pro-CathedraI of the Dio-
cese of Massachusetts,. While rector of
St Pauis he was elected lord bishop Of
Nova Scotia, to which Office he was con-
secrated in the Pro-Cathedral Of Halifax
by the Metropolitan Of Canada. assisted
by the bishops of Ontario. Quebec, Maine,
and the Bishop Coadjutor of Frederick
ton. In 1904 he resigned this Office to be-
come rector of St James Church, New
York City.
The rector and yestry Of All Souls
Parish have cards of invitation out for
the laying of the corner stone of the Mel
mortal Chapel. Cathedral and Connecticut
avenues. tomorrow. at 4 p. m, by the
bishop Of the diocese.
On Tuesday last, at go p. m, there
was meeting of the diocesan branch of
the Woman's Auxiliary to the Board of
Missions. held in st. Johns Parish Hall, |
Sixteenth and II streets.
Under the auspices of the Church Pc
riodical Club an illustrated lecture will |
he given in Epiphany parish hall Feb !
ruary IL at 40 p. m. on Around the !
World with the Church Periodical Club" |
For the remainder of February Bishop |
Harding's appointments are:
Fe2uary s-Septuagesima, IL a. m, All
Saints. Chevy Chase; p. m. Grace
Church. Southwest
February 15-Sexagesima, IL a. m, St
Luke's; p. m. Incarnation.
February S-Wednesday, s p. m, St
Philips Anacostia-
L~Ak
All Faith, Mechanicsyille; D. m, Dent
Memorial Chapel
February 23-Monday. II a. m, Christ
Church. Chaptico.
February ASH Wednesday, II a. m.
St Johns. Bethesda. Md; p. m, Chapel
of the Redeemer.
oulnquagesima Sunday. which falls
fortnight from tomorrow, Is the day on
which offerings are asked on behalf Of
aged and infirm clergy: also on behalf
OF the widows and orphans of the same |
BY the way, the society intrusted with
this work has heretofore been known
by the long and cumbersome title of
The Trustees Of the Fund for the Re-
lef OF Widows and Orphans of Deceased
Clergymen OF the Protestant EPISCOPAL
Church Of the United States of Amer
lea The wag who invented this title
ought to be pensioned and kept from
further harm We do not live in the
days OF Methusaleh. Even the general
convention has objected, and the society
viii be known in the future as The
General Clergy Relief Fund.- that is TO
say, until IT Is still further abbreviated.
as might be done with ease and adyan-
tage.
At Ascension Church last Sunday night
an extra large congregation testified to
4 n n fnW nuf Nks.T
Mr.. Winston Churchilrs latest novel.
The Inside Of the Cup the rector of
Ascension, Canon Nelms. having been
announced to preach on THE Outside of
the Cup" Canon Nelms will again
speak on 'The Outside of the Cup to-
Canon NeIms has been asked to de-
liver one OF the course OF lectures in con-
nection with the Churchman'S League,
the subject assigned him being .aThe
Church and the Psychical Novel" This
class of novel began with Mrs Humph-
rey Wards Robert Elsmere' Mr..
Churchilfs was the last Of a fairly long
series; other writer's on the subject being
Hall Game and Marie Corelli. Consid-
ering that there was really nothing
original in Mr.. Churchilrs book II Is
rather surprising that IL had the run 1t
has had. Its success in this particular ,
certainly argues an abiding interest in
All rengious questions.
st. Marks Parish has been fortunateI
IN obtaining the services of DIR. William
+. Manning, rector of Trinity Church,
New York, as the conductor of the three Z
hour service next Good Friday. No
doubt other announcements will be made
N due course, as nowadays most parish
churches have established this service as =
l part Of their regular Parochial appoint
nents.
Notices of this kind show that Lent is \
1rawing near; So also does the very title
Sunday, which falls to-
morrow, Septuagesima meaning. in round
fgures, seventy days before Easter.
With it begins, in a minor way. the peni-
ential season. n
This week, as also last, Mrs. George
4. McGrew has been conducting a mis-
lion study class in Epiphany Parish
Hall, subject: The Emergency in
china." Mrs McGrew spent some years
n the Orient.
To January 1, 1914. the Domestic and
Foreign Missionary Society received =
1Z5, ,3s2.52 as against s114.ess.3s last year.
IN increase of SO. 7es.13. Nearly $4,000 of y
his sum comes from the parishes, and u
his source of income shows an increase
N oyer s6 0n and II aiso coues from 81