Middletown transcript., 1916-09-23
St. ANNE'S CHURCH
The Sunday School Reception Has
Been Postponed
UNITED OFFERING SERVICE

after Trinity.
Divine service: 80, Morning Prayer
& Sermon.
7.S0 Evening Prayer & Address.
Service on Wednesday at 73O P. M.
AGED INFIRM CLERGY PENSION FUND
We are pleased to report that we
have received this week three contri-
buttons to the Fund. One of ten dollars,
two, of two dollars, and the promise of
pledges for ten dollars more. Who will
be the next? Any amount is accept
able.
The Rector of St. Anne's preached to
members of the Fraternal Orders, of
Townsend, Del, in St. Mary's Chapel
on Sunday afternoon. A goodly number
of the brethren were present and there
was a hearty service. Service is held
in Townsend every other Sunday after
noon at $50, and we would be glad to
see members of St. Anne's present.
Mr.. John S. Grohe, cf Wilmington,
Secretary of the Diocese, has been ap-
pointed by the Standing Committee to
attend the General Convention as SUBJ
stitute for Mr. Jefferson B. Foard,
Junior Warden of St. Anne's Parish,
who is unable to attend.
The reopening of st. Anne's Sunday
School has been postponed until Octo-
ber 1st, to conform with the edict of
the State Board of Health. We trU
that one good result of this slight del
will be that the school begins with
full attendance. We have a capab
body of teachers, all deeply interestt
in their work; and we hope that the
parents will realize that we have the
welfare of the children at heart, and |
that irregularity and hardness in at
tendance and carelessness in the prepa-
ration of assigned lessons, are just as
disastrous to good results here as they
would be in day school.
The parents are the only people who
can thoroughly rectify these defects
and we feel that if only they realize
this, they will understand how much
We need their hearty and earnest CO.
operation.
THE UNITED OFFERING SERVICE
The service at which the Triennial
Offering of the Woman's Auxiliary in
the Diocese of Delaware is to be form
ally presented will be held in Trinity
Church on Friday, Sept. 29th., (the
Feast of St. Michael and All Angels,)
at 10 80. The service will be in charge
of the Bishop of the Diocese. This of
fering represents the united offering
gathered by the women in the little
blue boxes since the date of the last
General nvention, and will form part
of the great offering to be made by
the Auxiliary at the General Conven-
tion in st. Louis. Mo. A cordial invi-
tation is extended to all members of the
Auxiliary throughout the diocese to be
present at this meeting. And it is
hoped that st. Anne's will
send delegates.
MY CHURCH AND
Ny Church is the place where the {
word is preached, the power of God is l
felt, the Spirit of God is manifested, |
the Love of God is revealed, and the
Unity of God is perceived. 1t is the I
nome of my soul, the altar of my devo- t
lion, the hearth of my faith, the centre &
If my affections, and the foretaste of +
Heaven. | have united with it in
solemn covenant, pledging myself to i
attend its services, to pray for its men, c
'ers, to give to its support, and to obey r
ts laws, It claims the first place in my d
leart, the highest place in my mind, F
he principal place in my activities, and g
is unity, peace and progress, concern
ny life in this world and in that which T
3 to come. owe it my zeal, my s
and my prayers. When l f
legleet its services l injure its good Il
lame. lessen its power; discourage its C
members and chill my own soul. l
ave solemnly promised, in the sight of b
iod and man, to advance its interest by a
ny faithful attendance, by reading the
Ioly Bible, by never neglecting Holy
by contributing to its sup
ort, by meeting with my fellow men,
ers. by watching over Its welfare, and II
y joining with them in prayer and :
raise and service; and that promise l u u
his day renew. before God my Father, L
esus my Redeemer, and the Holy o
pirit my Sanctifer. Y