Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1916-02-21
ILLOGICAL RESOLUTION
JUSTIFIED BY TRUTH
Subject Of the RectOr's Sermon
Annual Patriotic Service for
D. A. r.
AT ST. ANNE'S.CHURCH.
Peggy Stewart Tea Psrty Chapter ATT
tend Divine Service.

fe&8y stewart Tea Party Chapter OF
the Daughters OF the American Reyo-
lation attended the evening service
Yesterday at 4.30 o'clock in ST. Anne's
Church. It being the Sunday nearest
to Wasbingtons birthday. February
% The preacher upon this occasion
WIS the rector Of the Parish, the Rev
Dr. j p McComas.
The pulpit and iectern were each
dressed with an American flag. Beau
tifu white Annunciation lilies were al
the entrance to the rood screen. and
white roses upon the altar. The serv-
ice was the usual choral Evensongwith
an anthem from Beethoven's Mount
of Olives. Patriotic hymns were
also sung
The preachers text was | st. Peter
lE17, Honor the King. Or. McCo
mas told the story of the Rev. iona
than Boucher. the twenty-second rec
tor of st. Anne's Parish who preached
a sermon from this text in 1f72, anG
was required TO leave Annapolis by the
Patriots for his loyal sentiments
Jonathan Boucher was under the
Grown and insisted upon Loyalty to the
British King and Paliament. and to
the Right Honorable Lord Proprietor
OF the Province of Maryland
Dr McComas showed how this was
the logical position, in honor. honesty
and patience He then spoke of the
power OF truth 10 Justify that which
IS illogical The illogical American
Revolution was justified by truth
which reason Is logically and uaaided
cannot arrive at Results also Justify
the Illogical position OF our revolu-
tionary forbears They suffered for
truth which the will ard affection de-
manded and the reason withheld It
was as when Jesus came not TO de-
stroy the old. but to establish the new.
and to do this must needs suffer
Revolution is not anarchyas Christ
ianity is not atheism; it is the souls
process of arriving lat the greatness Of
truth. in deharee OF logical reasoning
In sorrow. children are born IN sor-
rev and pain We grow. Out Of suffer
ing we are made strong. Out OF troub-
lous times and illogical positions, the
highest truth comes 10 us. God IS
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This is The drst time Dr. McCornas
has preached before Tie Daughters OF
the American Revolution when t1ey
annually attend st. Anne's Church He
has always urged the local G aFte
to invite another to be the preacher
THIS year the Regent insisted upon
the Rector performing this office for
them. After the service he showed
the members OF the Chapter the por-
trait of the Rev Jonathan Boucher,
which is framed and hangs upon the
Wall in the sacristy of the church
The very pulpit from which he
preached is stored in the loft. in the
tower OF the church.
1t is one of the pieces Of furniture
saved from the disas trcus fire of
1885: but is too much mutilated 10 he
useful 1t is a little round barrel
shaped aifairwhich stood upon lofty
pedestal and slender stem;putting the
preacher high up on a level with the
pews in the galleries At the time Of
the fire It was broken OF from the
stem and pedestal and was carried ous
of the burning building. Il has never
been used since. II is OF mahogony
with a fan-shaped ornament OF white
satin wood. inlaid The clerks desk
which was part of it. at the front oi
the PEDESTAL from which the prayers
were read, was also saved This is
used as a lectern in the lower room of
St. Annes Mission Chapel Two ma
hogony chairs end a small credence
still used in the church are the only
| other furniture, dating from those
early days which have not gone