Evening star., 1925-04-18
CHURCHES TO OPEN
TOXIC FUND DRIVE
Episcopal Parishes to Be
; Asked for Aid in BebuiId-
ing Program.

The pulpits of 16 of the Episcopal
churches in Washington will be occu
pied tomorrow at one of the services
by a speaker familiar with conditions
in Japan following the earthquake
and fire of September. 1923. This has
been arranged by the committee OF
which Rev. DR.. Robert Johnston is
chairman which is arranging a cam
paign In Washington to raise funds
for the immediate reconstruction OF
the buildings in Toxic belonging to
the Episcopal Church which were de.
Stroyed in the disaster. The Episco-
pal missions were situated in the cen
trail part of the city, where the dam
age was most severe, while the build
ings of other denominations were for
( the most part liz the suburbs, which
escaped damage.
The total cost of rebuilding the in
stitutions will be $2,500,0 900. OF this
amount $3.50, 900 has been raised, leav-
ing $1,550.000 for the present cam
paign. The allotment, accepted by
Bishop James z. Freeman for the
Washington Diocese is 500, 900. St.
PauIs University and School, st. Mar
garet's School and St. Luke's Hos
pital are to be rebuilt. These were
entirely destroyed by the earthquake.
The japanese government has
shown its concern in its loss and has
proved its friendship by loaning
100000 yen for five years, without in
terest, and for 25 years after that
date at a nominal rate. The home
department of the Japanese govern
ment gave 100000 yen outright to st.
Iuke'S Hospital. A Japanese commit
tee, under the leadership of Prince
Tokugawa, gave 900 yen outright.
Besides this, half million feet of
lumber were donated to the hospital
by the Toxic municipality.
DR.. r. B. Teusler, superintendent
of st. Luke's Hospital, the foremost
American hospital in Japan, will speak
at the Cathedral during the afternoon
service for ten minutes preceding
Bishop Freeman's sermon and his ad-
dress will be broadcast by radio.
DR.. Teusler will also speak in ST.
Johns Church, at Sixteenth and II
streets, and in the Church of the
Epiphany during the IL o'clock serv-
ices. He will speak at pm. in
Christ Church, Georgetown.
Bishop Tucker to Speak.
Bishop Henry ST. George Tucker,
ID, for several years at bishop in
Japan, will preach at st. Mark s
church in the morning and at the
Church of the Advent at pm. Dr.
William G.. Sturgis, educational sec
retary of the Department of Missions
of the Episcopal Church, will be the
speaker at st. Margarets Church at
the IL o'clock service and Dr. John
w. Wood, executive secretary of the
same department, at st. Andrews
Church at II am. Rev. Roger Wake,
missionary in Japan now on leave
In this country, will preach about
Japanese conditions in the Chapel of
the Good Shepherd at pm.
Other special preachers are Rev.
n. F. Gibson at Hyattsville in the
morning and Takoma Park in the
evening; Rev. A. B. Parson at ST.
Paups Church, Rock Creek parish. at
IL am. and at st. Stephens Church
at pm: Rev. Louis G1 Wood at
Rockville in the morning and at Grace
Church, Georgetown, in the evening;
Rev. G.. Warfield Hobbs at st. Johns
Church Georgetown, at IL am.
Monday evening at $50 o'clock the
final organization of the campaign
workers will be arranged at a dinner
at the Church of the Epiphany. All
team members, with their captains
and division leaders, 800 persons in
all, will be present and the Bishop
OF Washington will be the only speak
er. Another dinner for the instruc-
tlon OF workers, with number of
speakers familiar with the conditions
in Japan, will be held on Friday
evening. Workers will begin solicit
ing April 27.
At the Church of the Ascension,
Twelfth street and Massachusetts
avenue, Friday night there will be a
meeting in the interest of the cam
paign. The speakers will be the jap
anese Ambassador. DR.. Teusler of ia
pan and DR.. William c. Sturgis of
New York.