The Washington herald., 1914-02-14
With the Washington Churches

fort b being made to bring Il up to IL
former strength. Trinity parish suffers,
like many other downtown churches.
from the migration of parishioners up
town, but II has 20 great neid Of work,
and can be Of such influence for good
that II ID hoped that such problems ~
are connected with the music Of the
church will be easily solved and strons
parochial machinery be the result.
Grace Church. Georgetown, which has
been vacant since the resignation Of the
Rev. Walter w. Williams, who accepted
position on the stat Of ST.. Thomss'
Church. New York City, has been filled
by the Rev. George w. Atkinson. now
rector Of Kensington. and formerly cur
ate Of st. Paul's. Twenty-third street.
Grace parish Ii to be congratulated on
Mr.. Atkinson's acceptance Of the call
sent him.
Mr.. Atkinson begins work in his new
held on Quinquagesima Sunday. Eebru-
airy 2. By reason of Mr. Atkinsoffs &C.
ceptance of the rectorship Of Grace
Church, and Rev. Christopher p. Spar
lings acceptance OF st. Johns Church.
Georgetown, recently vacated by Rev.
Frederick B. Howden, to accept the
>bishoprfc Of New Mexico. the three
Georgetown parishes have again each
their own rector. In view Of the near ap-
proach of Lent. with its extra services
and special opportunities. this IL q result
much to be thankful for. 1t Ii hoped
that the rectorship vacant at Kensington
Will also be shortly filled.
The Rev David Ransom coyeli, curate
OF st. Stephens parish, 10 to be ordained
priest February "a. st. Matthias Day. in
the Bethlehem chapel. At the same time
the Rev. II. C. Merrill will also be ad-
vanced to the priesthood. The sermon
on this occasion will be preached by the
Rev. Canon Dudley, rector Of ST.
Stephens Church. Canon Dudley has
proved Q very acceptable preacher on
these occasions.
Practitioners of St. Stephens and Mr..
Covelrs many friends outside will re-
gret to hear that he will leave his pres
ent work on July I and go down to
North Carolina for a period Of three
years. during which time he will do mis-
sionary work.
The Charities Endorsement committee
which made Its report to the Commits
sioners Of the District of Columbia jan
uary %. on the various organizations at
work in our city. presents In that report
sixty-one organizations worthy of sup
port, six as unworthy. or at any rate
disapproved. OF the sixty-one. four are
directly under the control of the authori-
ties OF the Episcopal church. No doubt
many OF the ffty-seven remaining are
very substantially helped by the church,
though some OF them are under the con-
troll OF other religious bodies. A large
number, however. are doubtless without
and church or denominationaI relation
ship. This is always a subject for re-
gret to earnest church people the more
particularly as even these organizations
depend for their support upon the
churches and church people, and yet. not
withstanding this fact, the churches of
which those same church people are
members receive no credit for the work
done. but are on the contrary discredited
as not caring for the poor. the suffering
and the needy. Probably the actual
truth Is that IL any one Of these sixty
one organizations had to depend for its
existence on people in no was connected
with religion. IL would speedily become
as extinct as the Mohican Indian.
Arrangements have been made for the
midday Lentcn services at Epiphany
Church. at which there will be special
preachers. The out-of-town speakers in
clude DR.. Robert Johnston. rector of
the Church OF our Saviour. Philadelphia:
DIR. Floyd Tompkins: also from Fhiladel-
phia. rector OF Holy Trinity Church:
Bishop Garland. Suffragan Bishop of
Pennsylvania. and Rev III. E W. Fos-
broke. ID. D.. professor Of Old Testament
at the Cambridge Theo-
logical School.