The Washington herald., 1920-07-20
Full Vested Choir Sings at
Services for Late Dis
trict Pastor. =
CROWD FILLS CHURCH
Aged Minister S Body Taken
To Baltimore Cemetery
For Interment.

ACCOMPANIED only by the members
of the immediate family the ON
ciating clergy, and the members OF
the vestry, the body of the late rev
Randolph H. McKim, for thirty-tw
years the pastor of the Church Oh
the Epiphany and one of Wasnlns
toms most noted clergymen, was
taken to Baltimore yesterday after
noon, where interment was MADE L.
the family lot in Greenmount Gene
terry.
AS the body was carried from the
Church of the Epiphany, where the
funeral rites of the Episcopal
church were held. the l,5OO people
that had completely filled the
church formed in two lines on each
side of the doors to pay hnai
tribute to their dead rector. As the
casket passed the various points OF
the line all hats were dored ana
each head was bowed in mute tesu-
mony of the parishioncrs' affection.
The services at the Epiphany
Church started promptly at
o'clock, when the visiting clergy leo
the procession into the church ana
formed on either side of the center
aisle 10 await the OilCldNlhS Ni~A 81
men. The visiting clergy were fol-
lowed in order by the honorary
paIlbearers and the active pallbear-
ers, who also formed along the pews
of the center aisle. Immediately fol-
lowing these came the officiating
clergy, followed by the parish
clergy and the Rt. Rev. Robert Car
ter Jett. the bishop OF Southwest
Virginia. All of the clergymen then
marched into the chancei and the
services began.
The full-vested choir then march
ed in the procession, followed by
four army officers bearing the
American flag. the flag of the Sons
of the Revolution, the Confederate
flag, and the flag of the Colonial
Society. DR.. Mckim had been an
active member in all three of the
organizations until the time OF his
death. 1t has always. been the Gus
tom of the Epiphany Church TO
have the colors of the Colonial So
ciety presented at the altar on
Colonial Day.
Psalms were then chanted. fol-
lowed by the choir singing "Jerusa-
lem. the Golden" The Rev Percy
Foster Hall, assistant pastor of the
CnuECn the Eplphdhy'
lesson hymn. Prayers were then
recited by the Rt. Rev Robert Car
ter Jett, the chief officiant of the
services. The Rev. Robert Brown
ing, assistant at the Epiphan-
church, announced the hymns. The
choir continued singing until the
CONGREGATION had left the church.
Services were also held yesterday
morning when the body was met at
the door of the church by the Kew
DR.. Hall and the members of the
vestry headed by Rear Admiral
Endicott. DR.. Hall read-t hrst
part of the funeral service over the
coffin. The coffin was then opened
and the body lay in state In the
church until the services began IN
the afternoon.
The officiating clergy was COM
posed of the Rt. Rev. Robert Carter
lett. chief officiant; Rev. Percy Fos-
ter Hall, assistant; Rev. DR.. simon
A. Wallis of the Theological Semi
nary, and the Rev. Robert Browning.
The parish clergy is composed OF
Rev. Percy Foster Hall, assistant
rector; Rev. Z. Fl. Ingle, Rev. Rob-
ert Browning. and Rev. a. J, Torrey.
Among the visiting clergymeD
DreSent were blSnOp IhdhiitOh VI
the Methodist Episcopal Church of
T.C.--.. I,.ania: Revs. ]. w. Clark. d.
=. william ]. Morton, Rob
Ison. r. A. Castelman. Ed
.lter. ]. NJ. Sterrett, II. w.
H. Smith. Robert Talbot.
. Dydiev, C. NJ. Young, f. S.
DUNLAP. II. 4. Griffith, f. y. Hinkle,
NJ q. MacBride. Edward NJ. Mott. d.
Wellington Curran. and Canon De
Vries of the Washington Cathedral.
4 Committees representing the Sons
Of the Revolution, the Daughters of
the Confederacy and the Colonial
Society attended and occupied re-
served sections of the church.
The vestrymen of the church who
acted as the active pallbearers are
DR.. A. r.. Stands, Admiral NJ. p.
F;ndicott, r. w. Hynson, T. A. Scho-
field, S T. Anseli, NJ. o. Chance, c.
+. Howe and Col. ]. Van r. Hof.