Middletown transcript., 1916-08-05
ST. ANNE'S CHURCH NOTES

TRANSPORTATION. (Also, 7th Sunday
after Trinity.
Divine service, 10. 80, Holy Communion
and Sermon.
11.45 Sunday School session.
7.90 Evening Prayer.
KALENDAR FOR AUGUST
August 9th, TRANSPORTATION.
August 18th, 9Th Sunday after Trim
ity.
August 10th, 9th Sunday after Trinity.
August oath, St. Bartholomew.
August27th, 10th Sunday after Trinity.
A WORD CONCERNING THE FINANCES
The Treasurer of the Parish is depen-
dent upon the weekly receipts to enable
him to meet the regular expenses of
the parish. AS the attendance at
church services during the summer
months is very much reduced, the Of
ferings are likewise small In order to
avoid the necessity of mourning any in
debtedness, we ask all members who
expect to be away for any length of
time to prepay their weekly offerings
for the time they expect to be absent,
if it is convenient to do so, and thus aid
in providing the Treasurer with the
needed funds to meet the expenses of
the church, and until the fall season
arrives when the attendance at church
services is expected to be normal, and
the weekly receipts to be likewise.
THE GENERAL CONVENTION
At the recent Diocesan Convention
at Georgetown, Del, the Rector was
elected one of the Deputies to General
Convention. The General Convention
will meet this time at st. Louis, Mo-,
on the second Wednesday in October,
being the eleventh day of the month.
The full list of the Deputies from the
Diocese of Delaware is as follows:
Clerical:-The Rev. Alban Richey, St.
Johns, Wilmington; The Rev. Percy L.
Donaghay, Middletown; The Rev. E. H.
J. Andrews, Milford; and the Rev. B,
F. Thompson, Dover, Del; Lay:-The
Hon. Edw. G. Bradford, Geo. A Elliott,
Esq, VIII tn, DR.. VIM. P. Orr, and
Mr.. J. B. Foard, Middletown.
Many questions of great Importance
will come before this convention, which
is remarkable, too, by the fact that it
marks the fftieth anniversary of the
Presiding Bishops Conservation to the
Episcopate.
The General Convention, which is the
chief legislative body of the church,
consists of two separate houses, the
House of Bishops and the House of
Deputies. To the latter, each diocese
sends four clerical and four lay repre-
sentatives. 1t is an interesting fact,
that the General Convention follows the |
same lines as the United States Con-
gress. The men responsible for the
Constitution of the United States were
also largely instrumental in the adop-
tion of the constitution of the church in |
our country.
The Triennial meeting of the Wo-
mans Auxiliary to the Board of Mis-
sions of the Episcopal Church, will also
meet in October in St. Louis, Mo-, at |
which meeting will be presented the |
Triennial offering for the Missionary
work of the Church. Mrs. A. B.
Grenier. of Sioux City, Iowa, sister |
of Mrs. P. L. Donaghay, of St. Anne's
Parish, is delegate from the Diocese
of Iowa.
Shakespeare wrote:
81 feel within me
A peace above all earthly dignities,
A still and quiet conscience"
We have the privilege of being always
in hot water if we like. The apostles
Peter and John were great, brave, able
men, not in their own strength, but in
the spirit of Christ their Lord, their
Master and their God. Without Him !!
they would have remained obscure,
unimportant. Forgotten with
the needless multitudes of their indif--
ferent generation, their names would
have passed into eternal oblivion.
United with Him, their every word
and deed is cherished; their influence
for good expands as the race develops,
and islands, river, cities and the sons
Of men are proud to bear their names.
There are victories gained every day
in struggling hearts to which fields of
battle are as nothing. There is but one
way to be truly great. Only by help
livine can any man live a life worth
while, life that counts and lasts. That
lelp is found through Jesus Christ, who
S the way to God. the truth of God and
the life of God united with the life of
nan. He is the channel of divine grace
and strength.
Rev. P. L. Donaghay,
Rector, St. Anne's.
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