Middletown transcript., 1918-04-27
ST. ANNE'S CHURCH NOTES

April 2Sth. The 4th Sunday after
Easter.
Services: 1890. Morning Prayer and
Sermon.
11.45. Sunday School Session.
7.3O, Evening Prayer and Address.
MEETING
The Parish Guild will meet on Thurs
lay afternoon at two o'clock, with Miss
Mary L. Price, West Main street.
May 1st. St. Philip and st. James
Day.
II am the way. and the truth, and
the life: no man comethi unto the Father
but by me-" St John XIV:16.
The Church celebrates to-day the fes-
tival of two apostles St. Philip who was
one of the earliest disciples of our Lord,
and preached after the ascension in
Upper Asia, where he made many con-
verts. Toward the close of his life he
came to Hierapolis in Phrygia, great
city devoted to the worship of mon
strous serpent. By his prayers and
preachings, be succeeded in destroying
this hideous idolatry; but the magis-
trates were SO enraged ut hts success
in spreading the Gospel amongst the
people, that they ordered him to be
crucifed. ST. JAMES is called THE
BROTHER OF OUR LORD. Among
the Hebrews. cousins were counted
brothers. He was chosen Bishop of
Jerusalem, and from the holiness Of his
life gained the title of St. James the
Just. He was martyred by the Scribes
and Pharisees, who set him upon pin
nacle of the temple at the feast of the
Passover, hoping to compel him to re-
nounce Christ in the sight and hearing
of all the multitude. But he fearlessly
delared Him to be the Son of God; and
they, in the fury of disappointment,
threw him down from the high rlace,
and with stones and clubs completed
his destruction, even while he prayed
for them.
CONTRIBUTIONS FOR COAL FUND
Sunday, May 18th. is the Sunday ap-
pointed for contributions for the Coal
Fund. Let every one contribute some-
thing, so we will have no Indebtedness
this beginning of the Church Year.
We appreciate your generosity last
year and hope all those who so kindly
helped then will do so this year. We
are obliged to procure new CRATES for
the Church furnace which will be
placed this summer and with some
other minor repairs we will be able to
overcome some of the discomforts of
the past winter.
THE SUMMER SCHOOL. OCEAN CITY, MD
Plans are maturing to hold a Summer
School at Ocean City, Md, from Mon
day, June oath. until Friday. June 28th.
This Normal School for all engaged in
the work of religious instruction, in
cluding Clergy as we'll as lay teachers,
superintendents and leaders. is held un-
der the joint management of the
Boards of Religious Education of the
Dioceses on the Eastern Shore. Its
aim is to give expert instruction in the
principles. methods, administration,
and material Of religious education, es-
pecially in Sunday Schools. The staff
of instructors is to include some of the
foremost teachers in the land It is
hoped that some of the teachers of St.
Anne's School may be able to attend.
WHAT YOUR BOND WILL DO
The man who purchases q 81, 900 Lib
erty bond need not think he has not
done anything toward directly provid-
ing the war departr ent with the means
to defeat the kaiser and his armies.
When the war department gets 81, 1000
it has the funds wherewith to equip
twenty-five soldiers and furnish them
with two rifles each. These twenty
five men may, by holding shell hole or
q section Of q trench decide a battle
that will decide this war in our favor
And $50 bond will more than equip
one of them.