Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-30

in December, 1860, and he is descended
from Mayflower ancestors,
Epiphany Church, on G street near
Fourteenth, in the busy downtown Sec
ton of Washington, was the sacred
amphitheater used for the 1898 Gen.
eral Convention. Again, in this Gen.
eral Convention it will be utilized as
the center of many convention activi-
ties. It's rector, Rev. DR.. z. B. Phillips,
is one of the clerical deputies to the
coming General Convention and is like
wise active in preparation for the great
gathering.
TN keeping with the general custom
of having four clerical and four lay
deputies, in a General Convention for
each diocese, Washington will be repre-
scented by these men: Very Rev. G. G..
F. Bratenahl, dean of Washington
Cathedral: Rev. Dr. Robert Johnston,
rector of st. Johns Church, which will
be the center for numerous convention
activities; Rev. DR.. George F. Dudley,
rector of st. Stephens and the Church
of the Incarnation: Rev. DR.. 2. B.
Phillips, rector of the Church of the
Epiphany; Hugh T. Nelson, general
secretary of the General Con-
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chancellor of the diocese; DR.. w. Sim
clair Bowen, prominent physician, and
H. L. Rust, an outstanding Washington
real estate man, who is also treasurer
of the diocese of Washington.
The alternates are: Clerical, Rev. DIR.
c. Ernest Smith, rector of st. Thomas
Church; Rev. T. w. Cooke. rector of the
Church of the Ascension, whose rector
was also a deputy to the General Con-
vention when it met here 80 years ago;
Rev. Dr. M. F. Minnick of Rockville,
Md, and Rev. Dr. Herbert Scott Smith,
rector of st. Margaret's; Melville
Church, Henry L. Bryan, D. M. Lee
and E. L. Stock
These deputies and alternates were
chosen by the Diocese Of Washington
in diocesan convention assembled, al
Laurel Md, in May.
OF Washington'S deputies to the Gen.
eral Convention here in 1898 one later
became Bishop of Washington and an.
other was also elevated to bishopric
Then Rev. DR.. Alfred Harding was
rector of st. Paul's parish, when the
American War convention. He was
chosen second Bishop of Washington
and served from 1919 to 1923. Rev
DR.. Randolph H. McKim, rector Of
| Epiphany parish for 80 years. was an
other outstanding deputy, representing
Washington at that gathering. He wa:
recognized as a leader in the church al
large and was twice, in successive Gen.
eral Conventions, elected president OF
the House of Deputies.
Rev. DR.. John H. Elliott, rector oi
Ascension parish, president of the pri.
mary convention of the Diocese Of
| Washington and a recognized authority
as one of the most expert canonists il
| the Episcopal Church, was another
| member Of Washingtons clerical quarte'
/ in the 1893 General Convention. The
/ fourth member, Rev. DR.. Alexander
Mackay-Smith, rector of st. John.
! Church on Lafayette Square, was Bishop
Coadjutor and also Bishop of Pennsyl'
vania from 1902 to 1911. 1t is CO.
incidence that the present rector o.
ST. Johns, Rev. DR.. Johnston, is like
wise a clerical deputy to the Genera
Convention that is again meeting ir
Washington.
Washingtons lay deputies to the low
er house in the General Convention Of
1898, in addition to Mr.. Browne, were
j. c. B. Davis. member of st. john
parish, Lafayette Square; G. H. Stanley
member of ST. Philips parish, Laurel
| Nd, chosen FIRST Chancellor OF the do
cese of Washington in 1895, servet
until his death in 1918, and represented
the diocese in five General Conventions
and w. D. Baldwin, a member o
Epiphany Church.
Death has removed all of thes
deputies, both clerical and lay, from
the ken of men that served in the Gen
eral Convention of 1898, save Mr.
Browne, and he is looking forward t
participating actively in the com!n
sessions.
Other veteran churcnmen over tn
Nation that visited Washington for tn
general convention of 1898 will be abb
to witness great changes that hav
: transpired in the Capital since thos
days that trailed the closing of tn
Spanish American War. Particular
viii this be true IN that INSTALLATION G