Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-07-16
FINAL TRIBUTES
TO REV, DR., M'K|M
SET FOR MONDAY
Sudden Death of Noted Epis-
copaI Clergyman Shocks
Washington-His Career.


resort. will return with the body.
at Epiphany Church.
DR.. McKim was stricken with heart
disease while playing a round of golf
on the hotel links, and died within a
few minutes. He had not been in
good health for some time having
suffered from heart trouble. On July
. he left for Bedford Springs, where
he intended to take a few weeks rest
before ~>resuming his pastoral activ-
it'esfat Epiphany.
News Of Death Shock to Community.
The death of the noted clergyman
was a distinct shock to Washingto-
| mans and to the clergy of other cities.
AS an ardent advocate Of the church
militant and foe of sacerdotalism in
the Episcopal Church DR.. Mckim.
through his sermons and the many
books of which he was author. was
widely known in ecclesiastical circles
throughout the country.
DR.. Mckim is survived by his widow,
Mrs. Annie M. c. McKim; by two
daughters, Mrs. Katherine L. Rath-
bone of Florence, Italy, and Miss
Eleanor McKim Of Denver. Col. and
by one sister, Miss Margaret T. Nc
Kim, Of Baltimore, Md. The McKim
home is at 1923 X street.
Native OF Baltimore.
DR.. McKim was born in Baltimore,
Nd. April Is, 1912. His parents were
John S. McKim and Catharine L. Har-
war in 1851 he was preparing to
graduate from the University of Vir-
ginia- Feeling the cause of the south
was just one. he left the university.
in company with several hundred
other young men. and took up arms
for the Confederate cause.
In 1863 he resigned his commission
as first lieutenant in the Confederate
army in order to prepare himself for
ordination as minister of the Pro-
testant Episcopal Church, to which he
had dedicated himself when he was
sixteen years of age. His action was
inspired by the pressing need for
chaplains in the army
Toward the close of the civil war.
he was made chaplain of the I'd Vir-
GINA Cavalry, under the.command of
Col Thomas T. Mulf6rd, in the
brigade of Gen. Fitzhugh Lee.
While studying for the ministry.
DR.. Mckim was associated with Rev.
Edward H. Ingle. now an assistant
minister at Epiphany Church. DR..
Bishop Johns of Virginia on May II.
1864. in Trinity Church. Stanton.
On May rs, 1866. he was ordained
priest by the same bishop.
Features Of His Ministry.
After filing charges at Baltimore
and Portsmouth. Va. he became rec
tor of Christ Church. Alexandria,
where he served eight years. Fol-
lowing his pastorate at Christ
Church. he was called to Holy Trinity
parish. Harlem. N. Y. and after eleven
years in that city and two years in New
Orleans he accepted the rectorship of
the Epiphany. in December. 1888.
His ministry has been spent amid
the strain and stress OF days when
materialism threatened to set at
naught phiiosophic thinking. and
when the ritual agitation of 1872
caused the split in the ranks of the
Episcopal Church and the eventual
forming Of the Reformed Episcopal
Church. In all this controversy DR..
ing for the conservative side.
DR.. McKim was one of the active
participants in the organization of
the church temperance society, in the
Introduction of parochial missions and
in the founding of the diocese of
Washington: He took leading part
in the establishment of the church
league, and has been president of the
standing committee of that organiza-
ton for seventeen years.
For more than forty years he was a
deputy in the triennial general con-
vention and was president of the
house of deputies for nine years.
Service OF Thirty-Two Years.
The Church Of the Epiphany has
Undergone a great transformation in
the thirty-two years he was rector.
the tendency Of other churches to drift
uptown. Epiphany has become a
downtown parish. The church has
been rebuilt from the cellar. and its
interior beauty and ecclesiastical dig
nifty have been greatly enhanced. 1t
possesses one of the largest and pest
equipped pipe organs south OF Phila-
delphia. A large chapel has been
erected in the southwest section of
the city, including commodious
parish house and a well equipped
apartment for the vicar. At 1921
Massachusetts, avenue another large
and imposing structure has been
built. designed as an Episcopal church
home for women. A parish house. in
GLIDING an assembly hall and gymna-
SUM, classrooms and Office rooms. has
been erected In the rear Of the parish
church.
In his seventy seventh year. DR.. Nc
Kim's progressive spirit moved him to
introduce the making OF the church a
free institute" An endowment fund OF
$50. 900 also Is been contributed.
Dr. Mckii-- pursued one course. 10y
the Anglican Church has Interpreted 1t.
His desire was to save his church from
rationalism, sacredotalism and the bond
age Of traditionalism. Ats
List OF Books Published.
Among the many books he wrote are:
Christ and Modern Unbelief." Leo
XIII at the Bar of History" THE
Problem Of the Pentateuch," 'Condi-
tional Immortality" "A Soldiers Recol-
iections," "a Proposal to Change the
Name of the Protestant Episcopal
Church." 1913: "Romanism in the Light
of History" 1914; 1.-The Soul of Lee"
1919. and "For God and Country; Ad-
dresses in War Time" published in 1918.
When the Germans first began their
conquest of Belgium. DR.. McKim be-
came an ardent and outspoken adherent
of preparedness. He was vitality in
terested in the subject of national prep
Iaration for war and the system Of uni
yersal military training. He frequently
officiated as the chaplain at the Navy
League meetings and was one of that
ORGANIZATIONS honorary vice presidents.
While the late Bishop Satterlee was
head of the Washington diocese DR..
McKim frequently acted as his adj
wiser, although at times they dis
agreed on methods of shurch admins
tration. He was interested in the
project Of the national cathedral. and
served as canon Of the cathedral chap
ter for many years. He was suggest
ed several times for the post of
bishop of a number of dioceses, but he