Middletown transcript., 1917-03-10
ST. ANNE'S CHURCH NOTES

I1Oly communion anu DdpClSIn.
7.30 Evening Prayer and Sermon.
At the morning service the Rt. Rev.
Frederick ]. Kinsman, D. D., Bishop
of the Diocese will be the preacher.
At the evening service, the Rev. William
H. Gibbons, assistant Rector of ST.
Johns Church, Wilmington.
Service Wednesday evening, at 7.30.
The Rev. ]: Gibson CAN'T, Rector of
the Church of the Ascension, Claymont,
Del will preach.
Service, Friday afternoons at $50.
Meetings:-The Ladies' Guild on
Thursday at 2 clock.
The Woman's Auxiliary on Friday at
2. 80 o'clock.
The Junior Auxiliary on Friday at
o'clock.
CONFIRMATION
The Bishop of the Diocese visits the
parish on Sunday morning to admins
ter the Rite of Confirmation, or Laying
on of Hands, upon all who, having come
to the years of discretion, wish to
openly confess and ratify their bap-
tismal vows, deciding thereby for Christ
and his Church.
The Church hath thought good to
order, THAT none shall be confirmed
but such as can say the Creed, the
Lords Prayer and the Ten Command
ments; and can also answer to such
other questions as in the short Cate
chism are contained.
"Whosoever therefore shall confess
me before men, him will | confess also
before my Father which is in Heaven.
But whosoever shall deny me before
men, him will also deny before my
Father which is in Heaven" ST. Matt.
X: 80, 33. The Scripture authority for
Confirmation will be found in Acts, VII. ;
5, 6, IL, Ia, Is, II; XIX. S, Z; Heb. WI.
1,2.
Living as we are in these momemtous
days, when the call to serious thought
is particularly emphasized, it would
| seem that every earnest-minded man or
woman, who has not yet come out on
Gods side, must realize as never be-
fore, the pettiness of trifing reasons
for delaying this all-important step,
and the fatal nature of procrastination.
| We, literally, know not what day
may bring forth. Privileges which we
are accustomed to think of as open to
us at any time we may choose to make
use of them, may at any moment be
swept beyond our reach. Many man
in Europe who has been called to the
'front.'" many woman who has been
called to face multiplied sorrows and
hardships, has utterly regretted that
they drifted in times of prosperity, only
to regret in times of adversely; that
they despised the opportunities which
might, if properly used, have yielded
such rich results in these days of storm
and stress. May God grant that we
here in America may be spiritually, as
we'll as physically, prepared for what
the throbbing future may hold in store
for us!
We are to have with us during LEM
on Wednesday evenings, neighborine
Clergy. Show our appreciation of theil
coming to US by faithful! attendance
on all the services.
| March 25th. The Annunciation, B
w. NJ,
Hail thou that art highly favored
the Lord is with thee; blessed art thol
among women," st. Luke 1928. The
Church commentaries to-day the de
claration made by the angel Gabriel tt
the Virgin Mary, that she should be
come the mother of Christ; and also re
members the incarnation of our Saviour
who, being the Eternal Son of the
Father, was at this time made flesh
Let us pray, as the Collect for the day
directs us, that having known the in
carnation of our Lord by the message
of an angel, we may by faith in Hi
cross and passion share in the glory O.
His resurrection.
We search the world, and the truth WI
Gull,
The good, the pure, the beautiful,
From craven rock and written scroll,
And all old fiower-felds of the soul;
And, weary seekers of the best,
We come back laden from our quest
To find that all the ages said
Was in the Book our mothers read.
(Selected).