DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA - CHURCH - Church Services, 4 Apr 1910 --------------¤¤¤¤¤¤-------------- This file is part of the DCGenWeb Archives Project: http://www.usgwarchives.net/dc/dcfiles.htm ********************************************* http://www.usgwarchives.net/dc/dcfiles.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ********************************************* Contributed to The USGenWeb Archives Project by: Barbara & dave (barbara-dave@adelphia.net) ------------------------------------------------- Washington Post April 4, 1910 Church Services Page 14 EULOGIES IN CHURCHES Justice Brewer and Edward Everett Hale Lauded. EASTER MUSIC IS REPEATED Ceremonies in Catholic Houses of Worship Scarcely Less Impressive Than Those of Previous Sunday - Charles T. Warner Ordained as Deacon at St. Alban's Protestant Episcopal. In practically all the large churches of the city yesterday, the services were scarcely less imposing than on Easter Sunday. The music was the same in most of the houses of worship. The Rev. Theodore Quinn, O. P., from the Dominican house of studies at the Catholic University, celebrated solemn high mass at 11 o'clock in St. Dominic's. The sermon of the day was delivered by the Rev. Charles Murray, O. P. The Rev. Father Kennedy, O. P., sang the solemn vespers at 7:30 p. m. At this service there was a beautiful rosary procession of nearly 1,000 children, led by the Rev. Father Conway, O. P. The Rev. Father Magee, rector of the Shrine of the Sacred Heart, celebrated a special mass at 8 o'clock for the Men's League., when more than 100 members received their Easter communion. Father Magee preached a brief sermon. At the late mass, 11 o'clock, the Rev. Father Harney, C. S. P., of the Catholic University, delivered a sermon. Solemn vespers were sung at 7:30 p. m. Mgr. Mackin Preaches. The Rt. Rev. Mgr. Mackin preached at the high mass at St. Paul's. His subject was "Faith," his discourse being based on the refusal of Thomas to believe in the resurrection of Christ until the Saviour appeared before him. "To believe what is before our eyes requires no effort," said Father Mackin, "but to believe that which we do not see, and cannot understand, requires faith. "If we believe in the word of man, it is human faith; if in the word of God, it is divine faith. "St. Paul says, 'Without faith it is impossible to please God.' But we may venture to say without faith it is impossible to please men, or even to live among men. Even savages have faith and loyalty — human faith must be kept. No family can be held together without faith among the members. Man must believe in someone, trust someone, look up to someone. "Man is a believing creature, and those who refuse to believe in God often have blind faith in some unworthy creature. After the resurrection Thomas doubted no longer. Kings and princes stood abashed before those rude men, the disciples, when they asserted that they must obey God rather than men. "This is the faith our Lord wishes us cultivate, not only in great affairs, but in the ordinary affairs of life; not only in church and on Sunday, but at home and every day. "We cannot believe Thomas stretched out that hand, which touched the Saviour's side, for idle curiosity. He was ready to follow Him to prison or to death, and the lance which pierced his Master's side opened for him the gates of life and immortality." Young Deacon Ordained. With the ordination of Charles T. Warner by the Rt. Rev. Alfred Harding, bishop of Washington, at St. Alban's Church, yesterday morning, a member is added to the diaconato of the Episcopal Church in this city. For eight years, during the administration of the late Bishop Satterlee, Mr. Warner served as his private secretary. For the last three years he has been a student at the Virginia Seminary, where he hopes to finish his studies in June. He was presented for ordination by the Rev. George Bratenahl, rector of St. Alban's. The Rev. George F. Dudley preached the special sermon. Under the direction of the organist, Clarke Middletown, the church choir rendered a special service. Mr. Warner, who is the son of the late John W. Warner, of Rockville, will remain at St. Alban's, where he has been connected with missionary work. Bishop Harding held confirmation services at St. Alban's yesterday afternoon. Another confirmation service was held at St. John's, Georgetown, last night, with the bishop officiating. The Rev. E. Hez Swem, who for more than twenty years was pastor of the Second Baptist Church, yesterday bade farewell to his old congregation prior to assuming charge of a pastorate at Dotham, Ala. Mr. Swem probably will leave Washington tomorrow or Wednesday morning. Memory of Dr. Hale Honored. Taking for his text the passage from the Old Testament, "God gave Solomon largeness of heart, even as the sands upon the seashore," the Rev. U. G. B. Pierce, pastor of All Soul's Unitarian (President Taft's) Church, preached yesterday morning at services in observation of the birthday anniversary of the noted divine and writer, the late Edward Everett Hale. Owing to the absence of the President, who was in Worchester, Mass., yesterday, his pew was empty, but every other pew in the church was occupied. "One thinks of Dr. Hale as being mentally fashioned after the Gothic style of architecture," said Dr. Pierce. "One would compare him to a great temple with a great area on the first floor and whose towers ascended almost into the heavens above." Justice Brewer Eulogized. Eulogizing the late Justice David J. Brewer and asserting that nowhere is the high standard of personal and judicial attainment better exemplified than in the Supreme Court of the United States, the Rev. Dr. Samuel H. Woodrow, pastor of the First Congregational Church, delivered a sermon yesterday morning on the subject "A Just Judge." In part, he said: "In our system of government the judiciary was intended to be a national bulwark. Back of legislative and executive is the judicial. Nothing is so important as the assurance that in every court there shall be an honest man to apply the law. "Justice Brewer was an 'able man." He was fortunate in his heredity, being a descendant of the Field family, one of the most noted American families, and the Brewer family, a noted family. He was born in a minister's house on a mission field. "Genius has been defined as capacity for hard work, and Justice Brewer that genius. He told me that till he was 70 years of age he rose at 4 a. m. in order to have three hours of work before breakfast. "Twenty years ago Justice Brewer joined this church when it was celebrating its twenty-fifth anniversary. Last Sunday he sat in his accustomed place."