Evening star., 1923-12-21
Special Rites Commemorate
80 Years of Church Work Here
St. Thomas NOaU One of Most Beautiful
Edifices in Country, With Splendid Par
ish HuII--Dr. Smith Rector 2I Years.

ond centuries b. c. Singularly enough
the artist himself spent several weeks
on the Malabar coast, and while there
made sketch of Buddhist tope Ia
mausoleum containing a relic of
Buddha), little dreaming that he
would ever be painting a window for
church in Washington In which he
would represent St Thomas as stand
ing in front of that tope and preach
ing to the natives gathered around
him.
illustrate History.
In each of the sixteen windows
around the lower part of the church
Is single figure. which owes its
place in the series as illustrating an
era or event in the long and glorious
history of the ANGLICAN Church. The
series begins with Joseph of Arima-
thea. the traditional founder of the
Church in Britain, and ends with
Bishop Seabury, the first bishop to
exercise Episcopal functions on Amer
lean soil. Thus the whole series is
meant to teach the lesson Of the con-
tinuous life of our church from the
hrst century until now.
The saints commemorated, together
with the mention of the services they
render or the parts they filed, are as
! follows: st. Joseph of Arimatheau, to
commemorate the traditional planting
OF the gospel in Britain, AID 3s: St
noan' fYrsd srItalns Yar,,s proto,martyr mar
Adams Abbey, AID. 315; St. Patrick,
the son Of a British Clergyman. who
| In the fifth century founded the Irish
sionary to Caledonia and founder of
Iona. who died Ascension day, 597:
/ Queen Bertha, who. being Chris
tian, moved King Ethelbert to per-
sIonarx nl5 AusTstins. to prt.tn Romes first mis-,
preach the Gospel of Christ to the
| heather people OF Kent; St Angus
/ tine to commemorate his landing on
A.D. 597; St. Augustine. leader Of an
| Italian mission to the English in the
sixth century was consecrated to the
| episcopal office. in France; St. Aidan.
| a missionary from Iona to the Eng
] OF Lindisfarne. who died 651 AID; St.
| Hilda, who as foundress and abbess
of Whitby is numbered among the
builders Of the English Church.
Eccfass xensssble able ssds sede whose Historic
him the historian of the English peo-
pie. a shining example of monastic
| piety. died 735 AID; ST. Swithun,
bishop OF Winchester. AID. Ss6-S62.
who bore a great part in inducing
| Church perpetual donation of tithes:
| John Wycliffe. to commemorate the
| Morning Star Of the Reformation"
who gave the English people the
Langton, Archbishop Of Canterbury,
who in the making of the Magma
| Charta, June Is, 1915 AID. was the
| leader OF the English people; Arch
bishop Cranmer, chief agent in the
reformation. Archbishop of Canter-
bury, 1533-1556. and martyred by the
| Papal power; William Laud, Arch
bishop Of Canterbury. 1633-1645, mar
! tyred by the Puritan power when,
for brief period. It ruled in England;
Church Of England and Of the church
in this part Of America: Bishop Sea-
bury. consecrated at Aberdeen, Scot
land, November Il, 1854. Bishop Of
| can church.
| New Parish Hall.
Within the last eighteen months
the church has built one Of the most
| commodious and convenient parish
halls to be found in the country. It
! is remarkably we'll adapted to serve
its purposes'as a place for meetings
and for Sunday school and other
teachings; also for that social work
which plays such large and influen-
tisl part in .sa the work Of a modern
hall was being built the chancel of
the church was being extended east
ward by nine feet. These improve.
| ments have cost the parish over $780,
600. But their value to the parish
| cannot be reckoned in money. Wheth-
er one enters the church and notes
the extremely churchly character of
/! its east end, or enters the parish hall
and walks through its various rooms,
there is just this one impression left
| upon the mind: Here is q church and
| parish hall complete in every partic-
ular. Added to this, nine years ago
| there was built q rectory on New
| Hampshire avenue not far from the
| church. Rectories are sometimes too
large and sometimes too small for
the families of different rectors, but
this ere seems to have no disad-
| vantaSe of any kid attaching to it.
| The dedication Of the parish hall
, and extended chancel synchronizes
with the completion of twenty one
years Of the rectorship of DR.. c. Err
| nest Smith. During that time there
have been 463 baptisms, 662 confirma-
tions. 297 marriages, 3S5 burials and
! S63s,524.96 total receipts. The whole
appropriately will take place on the
! patronal festival Of the church-on
the feast Of st. Thomas. apostle and
martyr.