Parish history and year book of the church of the Epiphany, Ashland Boulevard and Adams Street, Chicago

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To the Members of the Chit re h of tlie Epiphany

My Dear Friends: This book has been published for two
reasons : first, to give you in a permanent form many interesting
facts and valuable parochial statistics ; secondly, to give the
Woman's Guild a chance to increase their fund for carpeting the
Church by the sale of the book.

The advertising makes it possible for the Guild to credit to
its fund the entire proceeds of the sale,

I wish, therefore, to call your attention to the advertise-
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of the Epiphany, and to express a hope that as their patronage
has enabled us to publish the book, you will take care to see that
the advantage is mutual, and give them cause to feel that their
money has been well invested.

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Parish History and Year Book
of the Church of the Epiphany

Ashland Boulevard and Adams Street

Chicago

THE REV. THEODORE N. MORRISON, D. D., Rector.
THE REV. GEORGE B. PRATT, Assistant Minister.

1897

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Brief Historical Sketch of the Church of the
Epiphany t^ Chicago<<^^%^

HE idea of establishing a new church south of Madi-
son street, somewhere in the vicinity of Jefferson Park,
then just laid out, originated with Mr. D. W. Page and
the Hon. George Gardner, in the spring of 1868. After
some consultation a preliminary meeting was held
at the residence of Judge Gardner, on Saturday even-
ing, March 21, 1868.

It was determined at this meeting to ask permission to organize
a parish to be known as the Church of the Epiphany, Chicago,
and a notice of the intention thus to associate, to be presented to
the Bishop, was made in writing, of which the following is a copy :

To the Rt. Rev. Henry J. Whitehousc, Bishop of the Diocese of Illinois —

We whose names are hereunto affixed, deeply sensible of the
truth of the Christian Religion, and earnestly desirous of promoting
its holy influences in our own hearts, and in those of our families
and neighbors, do hereby associate ourselves under the name of the
Church of the Epiphany in communion with the Protestant Episco-
pal Church in the United States of America, and the Diocese of
Illinois, the authority of whose Constitution and Canons we do here-
by recognize and to whose liturgy and mode of worship and discip-
line we promise conformity.
Sig-ned,

Dan'l W. Page, Edward A. Mize,

George Gardner, Lewis W. Prentiss,

Richard W. Rathborn, John F. Williams,

Edgar S. Boynton, Wm. E. Grififith,

Oliver L. Spaulding, Orville Page,

David G. Rush, Charles R. Porter,

Henry T. Chace, Peter H. S. Vandervoort,

Cyrus B. Cobb, Peter S. Meserole,

Chas. W. Cowper, Chas. Hopkinson,

Thomas L. Parker, W. P. Morton.

This request was laid before the Bishop and his official written
consent thereto obtained of which the following is a copy :

Whereas a request has been duly made by an instrument signed
by twenty responsible members of the Church, the majority of
whom are communicants, for my official consent to the organization

HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE

of a parish in the neighborhood of Jefferson Park, in the West
Division of the City of Chicago, under the name of the Church of
the Epiphany, in communion with the Protestant Episcopal Church
in the United States of America, and under the Constitution and
Canons of the Diocese of Illinois, and subject to my jurisdiction as
Bishop of the same and of my successors in office.

And whereas the parishes most contiguous affected interpose
no objection to the same, but on the contrary the Rector of St.
John's Church has given thereto his full consent in writing, I do
hereby give my official consent as required by the Canons, and
sanction the further proceedings necessary for the legal and eccle-
siastical organization of the said "Church of the Epiphany " and
its admission into union with the Convention of the Diocese of
Illinois.

Given under mv hand this twenty-eighth day of March, A. D.,
1 868.

HeNKV J. WhITEHOUSE, bishop of ILLINOIS.

The first service was held on Sunday morning, April 5th, at the
residence of Mr. D. W. Page, 361 Washington street. At this
service the Rev. H. W. Bishop, D. D., the rector of St. John's
Church, officiated. On Easter Day, 1S68, ser-
vices were held in the afternoon in the Chapel
of the Jefferson Park Presbyterian Church, the
Rev. Charles P. Dorset officiating. On Easter
Monday, in the same Chapel, the first Parish
meeting was held. Dr. Bishop in the chair, and
the following gentlemen were elected vestry-
men : D. W. Page, Senior Warden ; Geo. Gard-
ner, Junior Warden ; Cyrus B. Cobb, Richard
W. Rathbone, Charles E. Chace, Edgar S. Boyn-
ton, Peter S. Meserole, Charles Hopkinson and
David G. Rush, Vestrymen.

On July 3, 1868, the property on Throop

' ' street, facing Jefferson Park, was purchased at

DR. BISHOP. ^ ^^^^ ^^ S7,250. Plans were procured and a

building committee, consisting of D. W. Page, C. B. Cobb and C. E.

Chace, was appointed, and on the second Sunday in Advent, 1868,

the old church was occupied for the first time.

The cost of this church and the indebtedness was as follows :
The lot (50x150) S 7 250 00

The building 9 597 89

Furniture, including organ 2 295 99

Total cost . $19 143 88

Money raised and paid, . $ 6 221 15

Indebtedness . . . . $12 922 73

DANIEL W. PAGE, First Senior Warde

GEORGE GARDNER,
First Junior; Second Senior Warden.

CHURCH OF THE EPIPHANY.

As it was supposed that the lot had increased in value during
the boom it was estimated at a value of SiO.OOO and the equity of
the Parish in the property was reported at the first annual meeting
by the wardens at about 89,021.42.

The building was, as the old parishioners will remember, a very
comfortable one, seatmg easily four hundred people, and for a
building of its size very dignified and churchly in character. Among
the special features were the four windows in the chancel repre-
senting the four evangelists, who stood on low pedestals, one of
them "in apparent danger of falling off. Then there was an old
fashioned wine-glass pulpit — the last, possibly the first in the Dio-
cese— which cost the ladies $300 and which was their special pride,
but which required a weekly gymnastic feat on the part of the
preacher, who to get into it had to go around and climb a flight of
narrow stairs, and who, when he was in it, felt as though he had
been boxed up, the octagonal sides extending all around and com-
ing up nearly to his breast. The old church had a fine roof, too,
but in a Northeaster it creaked like a ship at sea until nervous peo-
ple could stand it no longer and frequently stole out of church.

But the building became very dear to a large number of people
and that peculiar devotion to the parish and to each other which
has characterized the old members of the Epiphany was stamped
upon those who worshiped within its walls and became a parish tradi-
tion. How many scenes the pictures of the old church will recall
to those who remain among the living ; the weddings and the
funerals ; the festivals and the special services ; the baptisms, the
confirmations, the fears and hopes and penitence ; the sermons,
the social greetings, the kindly interest, the anxieties and struggles
— the record of how men learned to love Heaven's Kingdom
and the Kingdom's brotherhood— are not these things written
in the books of memory and loving thoughts, and in the Book of
Life — the memory of the Lord — are there not written, too, the
faithfulness and sacrifices, the prayers and yearnings, the repentance
and the resolves, the good works of hundreds who once worshiped
in that hnmble but dear old church, about which cluster still associ-
ations which will not, and for some can never gather about any
other building on the wide earth.

Parochially we have come to man's estate, but a romance and a
glory hangs over childhood, and though we would not go back,
there is a something which has vanished with our youth.

But to go back : It was on the second Sunday in Advent,
1868, that the first service was held in the old church, Bishop
Whitehouse preaching the sermon. The day was cold, the church
windows were not in, but a good congregation listened with hope
and enthusiasm to the Bishop's encouraging words. Of that con-
gregation but four persons are now (1897) connected with the
parish— Mr. and Mrs. John Stearns, Mrs. Jacob Magill and Mrs.

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Bogle — so many are the changes of twenty-nine years of parochial
life.

The parish was now fairly on its feet, and under its first rector,
the Rev. R. F. Sweet, two years of faithful and successful work and
worship passed swiftly away. The neighborhood was not then what
it has since become. The population was not so great and much
more scattered. Almost all the congregation lived east of Throop
street, and the growth was slower than the sanguine expectations of
the people demanded. The strain upon the rector was very great
until, preferring less trying work, he resigned in November, 1870.

After callmg several distinguished clergymen, among them the
Rev. John Philip Du Moulin, D. C. L., now Bishop of the Diocese
of Niagara, Canada, the Rev. Charles M. Fox, D. D. was elected to
the vacant rectorship, and entered on his duties in April, 1871. The
promising rectorship of Dr. Fox came to a close in September,
and the Parish mourned the sudden death of the only rector who
has died while in discharge of his duties.

Then came the Chicago fire. That appalling calamity seemed
to make an end of all immediate Church growth, but the effect of
the fire was stimulating, as many North and South-side people
moved to the West Side until their homes were rebuilt Temporar-
ily the Epiphany was crowded. Every seat was rented and people
were turned away for lack of room. The new rector, the Rev.
Chas. H. Stocking, D. D., who had assumed charge in 1872, saw the
Parish more than double its list of communicants and largely in-
crease its offerings. Chicago in those days was feeling the effects
of new capital poured into her business enterprises, and the Church
of the Epiphany, like all Chicago institutions, had the prevailing
fever of enthusiasm and extravagance. As much money was paid on
account of salaries as is paid today and everything was run on a
most liberal and lavish scale. A committee was appointed to report
on the advisability of building a new and permanent church. But
it was not to be. The North Side people began to return to their
new homes now fast rising about St. James'. The results of the
panic of 1873 began to be felt, and just as matters reached a climax
Dr. Stocking received a most flattering call to Grace Church,
Detroit, which he accepted. His successor, the Rev. B. A. Rogers.
D. D., entered upon his duties in September, 1S75. Acceptable to
everyone, faithful in the discharge of every duty; of unquestionable
ability. Dr. Rogers might have done great things for the Epiphany
could he have stood the rigors of our northern winters, but in the
midst of his work he was obliged to go south, and only returned in
the spring to offer his resignation and to seek a more equable
climate.

Things were now in a bad way. The parish owed some Si 3.000
on which ten per cent, per annum had to be paid, and owing to
change in the rectorship and the absence of Dr. Rogers, there had

CHURCH OF THE EPIPHANY.

been a great falling away in numbers and enthusiasm. Judge Gard-
ner was advancing out of his own pocket the amount of the interest
due every six months and the income did not meet other expenses.
But one thing was to be done if the Church was to be saved — the
expenses must be cut down. The paid quartet was discharged. An
organist at S300 per annum was .secured and the young people
formed a chorus choir. A high priced clergyman was not to be
thought of. A young man, the present rector, the Rev. Theodore
N. Morrison, was called on a salary much less than the church had
been paying, and with expenses reduced one-half, the parish
weathered the storm. Dr. Morrison took charge of the parish on
the first Sunday in Advent, 1876. It was a day of uncertainty,
though, being a young man, he did not realize that there were any
difficulties in the way of parochial success. Everybody was feel-
ing dreadfully poor. The first Easter offering was S430. The next
two years were a little better, although the average attendance at
morning service was only 185, and about 60 in the evening. On Ash
Wednesday, 1880, after the early service a gentleman waited and
asked Dr. Morrison to call and see him. He said he owed the
Lord several hundred dollars and proposed to divide it between
St. Luke's Hospital and the Epiphany. It happened this year —
the only time in our parochial history — that the treasurer was report-
ing all bills paid and a balance of cash on hand amounting to some
S500. We had a Vestry meeting at Mr. Walker's and the Ves-
try raised S450 more. The total offering on Easter Day was,
including all gifts, $2, 502. 75. This was the beginning, and
1882 the unpaid balance of the old debt, with the exception
of about $700 which was carried by Judge Gardner, was liqui-
dated. In 1883 this balance was paid, and for about two days the
parish was out of debt, then in fulfillment of a contract already made,
the property at the corner of Ashland boulevard and Adams street,
on which the present church stands, was purchased at a cost of
520,000, and there was paid on this amount 87,000. The year fol-
lowing $2,000 was paid, and in 1895 the present church edifice was
erected.

The building committee was M. D. Talcott, I. H. Holden and
J. A. Grier, who gave constant attention to the work and pushed it
with such unremitting energy that the building was finished and oc-
cupied within eight months from the time ground was broken for
the foundation.

The architect was Mr. Francis Whitehouse, who took a personal
interest in giving us a churchly and unique building, and who after
the work was finished placed a memorial tablet to his father in the
Reredos. The work, though rapidly done, was well done, and
there has been no appreciable settling. The building has proved
almost an ideal parish church. The effect sought was not to build
a miniature cathedral, but a warm, cheerful, devotional parish church,

HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE

large enough to shelter a good congregation, at once at a place
of reverent worship and a l)ome for God's children, drawing them
to each other in fellowship, while making prominent the fact that
God's altar of sacrificial remembrance was in our midst, and the
Lord's table spread with the Bread which, if a man eat, he shall live
forever.

On Sunday. December, 1S85, the church was opened. The first
service was the celebration of the Holy Communion, at 8 a. m., the
rector, Dr. Morrison, being celebrant. At 10:30 full morning prayer
was said and the Holy Communion celebrated by the Rt. Rev.
Wm. E. McLaren, S. T. D. In the evening the Rev. Clinton Locke.
D. D., rector of Grace Church, Chicago, preached the sermon.

The week following the pews were rented and the mcome of
the parish in a few days doubled, but there was one drawback — not
publicly emphasized — a debt of nearly S6o,ooo. The financiering of
this heavy indebtedness and its gradual payment is it not written in
the records of many Vestry meetings and in the memory of the
rector of the parish, as well as, now a tradition, among vestry-
men and the congregation who never flinched or lost courage, but
went on giving, without grumbling, for charity and missions and all
good works, raising five and ten thousand dollars every Easter, in
the meantime buying a splendid organ and a commodious rectory.
Among those who deserve mention is certainly the treasurer of the
parish, Hiram J. Jones, who began his term of ofifice March 29, 1875,
and still continues faithfully and cheerfully to do his work,
though he has been relieved of a part of the burden by his son, Mr.
Ford Jones, who has been elected assistant clerk of the vestry.
Mr. Jones, through the years when the work was most trying, had
much to do with financiering the parish, and his accurate, painstak-
ing and prompt attention to our money affairs had a great deal to
do with sustaining the credit of the parish and bringing things to a
successful issue.

The truth was, however, that the congregation at large did not
feel our indebtedness to be a serious matter until after the panic of
'93; then it caused many searchings of heart. But just at the mo-
ment when things seemed to have reached a critical stage and some-
thing must be done, Mrs. Abbie R. Champlin and her family came
forward, and by a generous offering given in loving memorj^ of
George W. Champlin, the husband and father, the bonds were paid,
and all indebtedness resting upon the church property at Ashland
boulevard and Adams street, was liquidated, though we still owed
some 815,000 on the rectory and the organ.

The church property having been released, the church was con-
secrated on Sunday, January, 1895. The first Celebration was at 7
a. m., the Rev. Geo. B. Pratt bemg celebrant. The second Celebra-
tion was at 8 a. m. The third Celebration was at 9 a. m., in the

The Rev. R. F. Sweet.
1868-1871.

The Rev, Charles M. Fox, D. D.
1871,

The Rev. Charles H, Stocking, D D.
1872-1875.

The Rev. B. A Rogers, D. D.
1875-1876.

THE FORMER RECTORS OF THE PARISH.

THE RT. REV. WILLIAM EDWARD McLAREN, D. D., D. C. L.

Present Bishop o£ Chicago.

Consecrated 1875.

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chapel, the rector, Dr. Morrison, being celebrant, and using a form
of blessing authorized by the Bishop of the Diocese.

At 10:30 Morning Prayer was said, followed by a celebration of
the Holy Communion.

The church was consecrated by Bishop McLaren, Captain C. J.
Magill reading the request for consecration, and Dr. Morrison, at
the request of the Bishop, reading the Sentence of Consecration.

The Rev. Cameron Mann, D. D., rector of Grace Church, Kansas
City,preached the sermon. The Rt. Rev. Charles Chapman Grafton, S.
T. D., Bishop of Fond du Lac, celebrated, the Rt. Rev. Isaac Leo
Nicholson, S. T. D., of Milwaukee, reading the Epistle.

In the evening there was a gathering of the ofificers and mem-
bers of all the parochial societies, together with a congregation
which crowded the church. An address was made by the Rev. Wm.
White Wilson, L. H. D., followed by an address by the Bishop of
Milwaukee.

Since that time the work has gone on quietly, but with a good
degree of prosperity. God has blessed us, and it is hoped that
shortly the ever decreasing indebtedness on organ and rectory will
have been paid and the parish be free to begin its endowment, for
endowment it must have. Already the West Side has begun to
change in a marked degree, and within another generation the
Epiphany will be situated much as the Cathedral is today. It will
always be possible to gather a congregation, but the church will
have to be free, and unless there is some stable income to supple-
ment the offerings of the poor, the history of the Epiphany will be
the history of most down town Protestant churches. That history
is about as follows ; Great efforts are made, large sums of money,
at great personal sacrifice, are given, a handsome property is ac-
quired and then, because well-to-do people have moved elsewhere
the propert)^ is sold at a sacrifice, usually at the value of the land,
when land in the locality is depressed, being neither desirable for
residences or available for business, and the church goes elsewhere
to repeat the same story, leaving a neighborhood without services.
Then people begin to make a great noise over the neglected quarter
and to talk of mission work. The right way is when the church
once has a property secure and the church established to hold
it and minister to the people who live about the church. To do
this endowment is absolutely necessary. No better thing could
any one interested in the work of evangelizingand christianizing the
West Side of Chicago do, no more charitable deed for the souls of
men, no better work for the homes and hearts of multitudes could
be done, than to give or leave some definite sum of money for the
endowment of the Church of the Epiphany. A bequest should be
made "to the Rector, Wardens and Vestry of the Church of the Epip-
hany, Chicago, to be held in trust and invested, the interest only to
be used annually in paying salaries and maintaining the service of the

CHURCH OF THE EPIPHANY.

Protestant Episcopal Church at and within the Church of the Epip-
hany, Chicago." A form of bequest will be found at the end of this
history.

Our churches will in time do a larger work for men than they
are doing today. There is no reason why all the work at present
undertaken by the most successful social settlements should not be
carried on at our churches, and put upon a more permanent basis and
be all the more effective because avowedly a mission to the whole
man — soul, mind and body. Today the Church, at all its parish
houses, is doing a great deal of this work. The church edifice and
the parish house do in idea stand for the whole work of Christ
among men, but as the work becomes increasingly necessary be-
cause of a denser and a poor population, income often fails and
means are lacking to carry on the work. Against this failure we
can provide by endowment. There is no reason why the Church of
the Epiphany should not stand for generations and do a better and
more blessed work year by year, if those interested in its past and
future will each of them leave something to make its stay and
maintenance secure.

The reports of the various organizations will show what we are
trying to do and give some idea, statistically, what we accomplish.
If you are not a worker, there is a place and work for you as you
will see. We ask you to work with us for the Kingdom of God.

Looking back over twenty-nine years of labor we have much to
be thankful for, much to encourage us. We ought certainly to be-
lieve in God's providence and trust Him to bless our efforts in the
future. Reader, will you not pray that there may ever be the spirit
of peace and concord, of kindly interest in each other, of faith in
God and reverence for His Sanctuiary, of earnest, honest belief in
our Lord Jesus Christ and His mission to the world, of staunch
allegiance to the apostolic order and to the sacramental teaching
of the Church, and of obedience to all lawful authority, which was
the idea of those who first founded the parish and which has been
our parochial atmosphere from the first days until now?

Pray with every increasing earnestness that these blessed fruits
of the Spirit may abound, not less, but more, in the future as
in the past.

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jfotm of Bequest,

In the Name of the Benevolent Father of AH :

/, A. B., of V do make and

picblish this, my last will and testament:

I give and bequeath to the Rector, Wardens and Vestry
of the Church of the Epiphany, Chicago, $ , to

invest and apply the income therefrom to maintain the
worship of God and preaching the gospel according to the
doctrine, discipline and worship of the Protestatit Episcopal
Church in the United States, in said Church of the
Epiphany, Chicago.

In Testimony Hereof, / have hereunto set my hand

this day of i8g

Signed and acknowledged by said A. B., as his last
will and testament, hi our presence ; and signed by us i?i
his presence.

{Na

! of two witnesses here.)

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Church of the Epiphany e^ Chicago

ORGANIZATION OF THE PARISH.

Rector — Rev. Theodore N. Morrison, D. D. Residence, 260 Ash-
land boulevard.

Assista?tt Mitiister—'R.Y.v . Geo. B. Pratt, A. M. Residence,6i Laflin
street.

Lay Reader — Geo. Henry Cleveland, M. D.

Wardens— C. J. Magill, J. M. Banks.

Vestry— Geo. P. Blair, E. E. Hooper, D. R. Brower, C. N. Post, C. F.
Elmes, D. B. Salisbury, J. H. Williams.

Treasurer a7id Clerk of Vestry — H. J. Jones, 134 Park avenue. Ford
Jones, Assistant.

Chairman of Pew Committee — Charles F. Elmes. (Will be found in
center aisle after Sunday services.)

Ushers — C. F. Elmes, T. H. Eddy, E. E. Hooper, G. W. Macauley,
Geo. P. Blair, Mark Skinner Lansing.

Sexton — C. A. Van Order. Residence, 165 Ashland boulevard.

The Choir — E. C. Lawton, choirmaster; Prof. James Watson, organ-
ist ; Mrs. C. F. Elmes, choirmother ; Mrs. J. W. La Pierre,
assistant.

Sunday School — Superintendent, Charles H. Smith ; Assistant Super-
intendents : Max Rotter, senior room ; G. E. Shipman, junior
room ; Miss Anna Paterson, primary room. Treasurer, Edward
S. Warren ; Secretary, G. W. Macauley ; Assistant Secretaries,
Charles Eagle, H. Lipsey ; Librarian, Ford Jones ; Choristers,
Richard Stiller, Mrs. George E. Shipman; Piani.st, Miss L.
Kimball.

PARISH SOCIETIES.

MONDAY.

St. Margaret's Circle of the King's Daughters; alternate Mon-
days; 4. p. m.; Miss Virginia Sayre, president; Miss Anna Patter-
son, vice-president ; Miss Letitia Kimball, treasurer; Miss Annie
Baker, secretary.

PARISH SOCIETIES.

Junior Brotherhood St. Andrew; S p. m.; John Bott, director;
William Crosby, vice-director ; Fred Stephens, treasurer ; Robt.
Hill, secretary.

TUESDAY.

Ministering Children's League; 4 p. m.; Mrs. G. G. Eagle,
president; Mrs. Allen Curlett, secretary and treasurer; Miss Zoe
Tuttle, musical director; Mrs. Norris, Miss Hepper, Miss Earle,
Mrs. Doane, Mrs. Coarse, associates.

Young Men's League of the Church of the Epiphany; 8 p. m.;
E. E. Hooper, director; William Smale, president; J. F. Craddock,
vice-president; W. J. Hamlin, treasurer; J. H. Walker, secretary; C.
U. Hitchcock, T. J. Dorman, librarians.

WEDNESDAY.

Woman's Guild ; 10 a. m. to 5 p. m.; Mrs. Philip Adolphus,
president; Mrs. G. P. Blair, vice-president; Mrs. G. E. Shipman,
secretary and treasurer.

Epiphany Guild; 10 a. m. to 5 p. m.; Mrs. G. G. Eagle, presi-
dent; Mrs. S. H. Smith, vice-president; Mrs. T. E. Kozer, Miss
Peugeot, directors; Miss Manny, secretary and treasurer.

The Woman's Auxiliary; 2 p. m., first Wednesday in the month:
Mrs. J. M. Banks, president; Mrs. T. N. Morrison, vice-president:
Mrs. S. L. K. Monroe, secretary and treasurer.

Girls' Friendly Society; 8 p. m.; Mrs. Allen H.King, president;
Miss D. Crandall, secretary and treasurer.

FRIDAY.

Epiphany Chapter Brotherhood of St. Andrew; after evening
service; C. H. Smith, director: T. H. Eddy, vice-director; G. W.
Macauley, secretary; T. J. H. Gorrell, treasurer: J. K. Howes,
council member.

Missionary Church — E). C. Ward chairman; J. M. Banks, treasurer:
D. B. Salisbury, secretary.

Altar Guild--Mrs. D. R. Brower, chairman ; Miss Mary Banks, sec-
retary and treasurer. Meets in parish building, the Wednesday
after the first Sunday in every month at 10:30 a. m.
Church Periodical Club ; Mrs. S. L. K. Monroe, 708 Warren

avenue, librarian and secretary. Persons having papers or books

which they are willing, after reading, to mail to Missionaries and

others in need of reading matter, may receive the names of such

persons by addressing a note to Mrs. Monroe.

Dramatic Club; Mr. Murdock McLeod, president; Mrs. Alice

S. Cornell, vice-president; Mr. Max Rotter, secretary; Mrs. G, G.

Eagle, treasurer.

Order of Services*

SUNDAYS.

Holy Communion (Every Sunday) . . . . 8 a. m.

Holy Coimnunioii First Sunday in the montli after Morning Service.

Morning Service and Sermon 10:30 a. m.

Sunday School and Bible Class (Young Men) . 12:15 P- m-

J3ible Class for Women 6:30 p. m.

Evening .Service with Sermon 7:30 p. m.

WEEK DAYS IN CHAPEL.

Fridays, Evening Service, with Address . . . 8:00 p. m.

Saints' Days, Holy Communion . . 1 1 :00 a.m.

There is no way in which you can do more to encourage the
rector in his work, advance the interests of the parish, and help the
cause of Christ in this city, than by always being in church on Sun-
day morning. It ma)' cost some effort, some self-denial, but all
good work costs that.

If you believe yourself a child of God, if you say " Our Father
who art in Heaven," ought you not to appear on the Lord's
Day in the Father's house to offer the sacrifice of praise and
thanksgiving ?

STRANGERS

who come to reside in the part of the city in which the Epiphany is
located (if in regular attendance upon the services), are urgently
requested to make themselves known to the rector, that they may
be enrolled as members of the congregation. Those who are com-
municants of the church should at once present their letters dis-
missory, so that their names may be entered on the Roll of Com-
municants.

THE CHURCH IS SUPPORTED

by the pew rent and Sunday offerings. Every member of the par-
ish— all who desire the ministrations of the church, all who profit
by its work, are expected to contribute to its support. The pew
rents run from $2.50 to S25 a sitting per annum. A great many of

A SPIRITUAL HOME FOR ALL.

the sittings rent from about $12 to $13 a year. This is at the rate
of twenty-five cents a Sunday, or one dollar a month per sitting.
This may be paid quarterly if desired, every Sunday or once a
month, in an envelope placed in the alms basin at one of the ser-
vices. Such envelopes will be furnished when the renter of a sitting
or sittings wishes to pay in this way. With the changes which con-
stantly take place there are always pews and sittings for rent. The
ushers will be found in the center aisle after morning and evening
service, for the purpose of renting pews or sittings to any who de-
sire them.

At the same time the members of the Church of the Epiphany
desire to make the Church of the Epiphany

A SPIRITUAL HOME FOR ALL

who will worship with us. The church has been built to be the
House of God. The pews are rented because such rental is the
surest way of raising the income necessary to keep the church open.
There are always pews unrented and seats unfilled, and the mem-
bers of the Church of the Epiphany mean this invitation to be
taken literally and in the broadest possible meaning — "Come and
worship with us." There are always attentive ushers at the door
who will show you to a place, and the only waiting will be while
the congregation are on their knees during the prayer.

The rector is ready at all times to respond to calls for the
Church's ministration. Never leave a verbal message for him, but
write on a card your name, address, and what you wish him to
do. In so large a congregation as that worshiping at the Epiphany,
it would be unreasonable to suppose that the rector will know of
sickness or trouble unless he is notified. If you cannot come and
tell him, a postal card is easily written, and he will always gladly
respond to any request for a call.

£0^©OB

CHARLES J. MAGILL,
Second Junior; Third Senior Warden.

List of Memorials and Other Items of Gen-
eral Interest ^ ^

The following is a statement of the cost of the church property :

a. Cost of the Lot . . S20 000 00

/;. Cost of Church 83 128 61

c. Cost of Rectory . 12 720 00

d. Cost of Organ . 12 000 00

S127 848 61

The land on which the church stands has increased in value
since its purchase in 1883, and this with other improvements justi-
fies us in estimating the value of the church property at about
$150,000. This does not mean that we could realize this amount if
forced to sell, but it is worth that to the congregation and would
cost about that if we began its acquisition today.

The Church has had several noble gifts. Mr. Wm. J. Wilson
built the Chapel building, in which is also the Guild room, as a
memorial to his mother.

Mr. Wm. Gano finished the tower and hung the bells as a mem-
orial to his wife, Mrs. Maria Gano.

Mrs. Abbie R. Champlin and family, in 1894, gave as a
memorial to George W. Champlin $30,000 to pay the bonded debt
of the parish.

LIST OF MEMORIALS.

1. Panel in the Reredos. " In Memoriam, Esther A. S. Magill,
Born Feb. 7, 1819. Died October i, 1885."

2. Panel in the Reredos. "Ann Magill Campbell, Born Nov.
6, 1785. Died July 9, 1876.

3. Panel in the Reredos. "Sarah L. Spencer, Born Feb. 22,
i860. Died April 26, 1885."

4. Panel in the Reredos. " Philander Chase, D. D. First
Bishop of Illinois. Jehovah-Jireh. 1835-1852."

LIST OF MEMORIALS.

5. Panel in the Reredos. "Henry John Whitehouse, D. U.
LL. D. D. D. Oxon LL. D. Cantab. Second Bishop of IlHnois.
Fides Scutum. 1857-1874."

6. Panel in the Reredos. " In Memory of George Jones
Gardner, Born June 30, 1866. Died August 30, 1885."

7. Panel in the Reredos. "The Congregation of The Church
of the Epiphany makes this memorial of the faithful services and
high Christian character of George Gardner. One of the founders
of the Parish, and the man to whom, under God, the parochial life
of The Church of the Plpiphany through very dark days was
largely due, earnest, courageous, self-denying, he bore the burden
and heat of the day ; His works do follow him, and are had in ever-
lasting remembrance."

8. Panel in the Reredos. " In Memory of Robert John Gard-
ner, Born May, 1870. Died August 28, 1889."

9. Altar Pace. "In Memoriam. "The Rt. Rev. John Barrett
Kerfoot, D. D. LL. D. The First Bishop of Pittsburg. Entered
into Rest July 10, A. D., 1881."

10. North Altar Steps. "Deo Gratias. Tracy Gray Taylor.
Born June 21, 1884."

11. Chancel Rail. " In Memory of Chas. P). Munger.

12. Bishop's Seat. "In Loving Memory of Mary Jane Gil-
bert. Entered into Rest August 6, 1882." " Her children rise up
and call her blessed."

13. Choir Stalls. "In Loving Memory of Lyman Law Bar-
bour. Entered into Rest March 8, 1890.

14. Pulpit. " In Memory of my Mother, Mary E. Parke. Wife
of John K. Hawley."

15. Window. "In Memoriam. Emma L. Cameron."

16. Window. "In Memory of Mrs. Mary A. M. Watson
Chandler. Entered into Rest Good Friday, 1883."

17. Window. "In Memory of Maria Jones Gardner, 1834,
1870; and her child Sarah, 1868, 1869."

18. Window. " ' I am the Resurrection and the Life saith the
Lord.' In'Loving Memory of Joseph G. Hill. Entered into Rest
Feb. 4, 1885."

19. Window. "In Loving Memory of Chas. H. Strong. Sin-
tered into Rest Nov. 18, 1883."

LIST OF MEMORIALS.

20. Window. " Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to
the Holy Ghost ! In Memory of Enoch William Haskin. Entered
into Rest Nov. 27, i8go."

21. Pew No. no. "To the Glory ofGodandLoving Memory of
Shepherd Johnston, Born Sept. 13, 1823. Died Oct. 3, 1894, This
pew was endowed by his wife and made forever free."

22. Vestibule. Brass Tablet. " To the Glory of God and in
loving Memory of Maria L. Gano. The tower of this Church was
completed and the bells hung by her husband, William H. Gano.
' He giveth His Beloved Sleep.'"

23. Brass Tablet. "In Memory of Margaret E. Hamilton who
entered into Rest February 3, 1896. 'There remaineth a Rest to
the People of God.'"

24. Marble Tablet in Vestibule. " To the Glory of God and
in loving Memory of George W. Champlin, born August 8, 1833.
died Oct. 18, 1894, a large indebtedness resting on this Church
was paid and the Church consecrated to the Service of Almighty
God on the Feast of the Epiphany. MDCCCXCV."

25. Tablet. Parish House. " To the Glory of God in loving
Memory of Eugene Franklin Salisbury. Born April 26, 1852, Died
April 22, 1894, this Parish House of the Church of the Epiphany
was given to the Parish by his wife, on the Feast of the Epiphany,
MDCCCXCV."

26. Chapel. Brass Tablet. "To the Glory of God and in
loving Memory of Jane, wife of James W. Wilson, born Oct. 16,
1808, Died October 26, 1882, this Chapel was erected by her son,
William J. Wilson, A. D., 188^. 'Her children rise up and call her
blessed.' "

27. The Processional Cross. "To the Glory of God and in
loving Memory of Abraham Grossbeck, M. D., Entered into Rest
Nov. 25, 1884. Easter 1890."

28. Clergy Stalls. "To the Glory of God and in Memory of
Lucy L. Morris. Entered into Rest Nov. 19, 1881."

29. The Chapel Cross. " From St. Margaret's School to the
Church of the P^piphany, June 19, 1888."

30. The Altar Cross. '• In Memoriam." Mrs. Anna Clark
Shipman.

^i. The Altar Vases.

RECEIPTS FROM PEW RENTS, SUNDAY AND EASTER OFFERINGS.
There has been raised and expended the following amounts :

Year.
869
870
871
872
873
874
875
876
877
878
879
880

Pew Rents.

83.635-48
2,694,82
1,801.26
6,655.11
5,600.49
4,991.31
3,881.61
3,096.06
3.935-16
4,100.70
4,219.50
4,272.00
4,366.77
4,457.80
5,096.80
4.714-75
6,279.97
7,608.79
8,278.70
8,838.83
7.878.35
7.386.73
7,125.87
7.183-27
6,355-25
6,276.93
5,903-24
5,396.80

»i52,5i3-35

Sunday Offering.
$ 518.58

419.72

386.34
1 ,490.86
1,156.43
1,175-44
1,253.29
1,024.87
1,565.27
1,399-45
1.543-83
1,644.78
1,686.44
1,645.11
1.757-93
1,859.44
4,758.80
2,779.0-j
2,807.29
3.193-24
2,921.76
4,014.28
4,660.92
4,220.41
2,882.42
2,921.42
2,345.81
2,296.63

$60,329.76

Easter Offering.

$ 907-39

2,194-33

300.00
1,336.63
1,194.97
1,269.38

432.10

521.91

526.59

726.00
2,464.24
2,312.60
4,397.01
4,890.25
6,795.49
7,618.06
11,711.30
5,930.03
9.528.17
9,417.12
5,872.53
10,982.84
6,773.87
5,613.43
4,032.15
2,255.06
2,607.88
2,440.58

8115,051.91

Pew Rents
Sunday Offerings .
Easter Offerings
Christmas Offerings
Throop Street Lot .
Special Offerings .
Envelope Fund
Church Guild
Miscellaneous Receipts

8152.513.35

60,329.76

115,051.91

770.64

7,300.00

38,990.00

1,135-11
1,026.77
2,406.36

8380,523.90

HIRAM J. JONES,
Treasurer of the Parish since March 29lh, 1875.

THE RT. REV. PHILANDER CHASE, S. T. D., L. L. D.
First Bishop of Illinois, and his Wife.

Born Dec. 14, 1775.
Died Sept. 20, 1852.

Consecrated Bishop of Ohio Feb. 16, 1819.
Transferred to Illinois 1835.

NOTES.

1st. The amount of " Kaster Offering" in some years will not
correspond to what you remember to have been reported. The ex-
planation is this : We always receive some cash and some pledges
for future payment, and the total of cash and pledges is what we
speak of as our "Easter Offering" for the year. The Treasurer,
however, reports only the cash, and if pledges are paid after the
Parish Meeting, he credits them to "Easter Offering" and reports
them with the cash of the year following.

2d. That this report does not include all moneys raised,
as we have no detailed report of what the Guilds and Societies gave
from the beginning for charity, and in some cases for parochial
work. The reports of the Sunday School Treasurer, while audited
from year to year, have not general been preserved, and it is thought
best not to include them m this report. The above is what has been
handled by the Parish Treasurer. If we could get at all that has
been disbursed by all the organizations from the beginning it would
swell the total amount very considerably. At present the Rector
insists on a monthly report from the Secretary and the Treasurer of
every organization, and in the Year Book of the future there will be
an exact account of every dollar handled by every Guild, Commit-
tee or other organization collecting or expending money for or in
the name of the church.

3d. That there has been two periods of decline in the receipts
of the church. The first beginning in the year of the great panic of
1873, and the second in 1893. We touched low water mark in 1876.
We received last year, 1896, $10,134.00. We hope this is again low
water mark. We think that it is, yet we must face the changed
conditions. We have in the past few years suffered severely by
death and by removals. We are fast becoming a down-town parish.
Even in good times we cannot expect to have as large a pew rental
or a congregation able to do as much financially as we had ten years
ago. To be sure the great debt is paid, and we can get along upon
less, but we might as well face the situation. We must have the
support of our entire membership. Every one must do something
in a regular and systematic way, and if means will allow, give
towards the Endowment of the Parish. The Rector is in no panicy
condition ; he has no fears for the immediate, but he sees the in-
evitable future, and he urges great faithfulness and great unselfish-
ness upon all who worship, or who may worship at the Altar in the
Church of the Epiphanj'.

SUMMARY OF BAPTISMS, CONFIRMATIONS, ETC.

The following is a summary of the Baptisms, etc., since the
foundation of the Parish :

Year.

Adults.

Infants.

Total.

Confirmations.

Marriages.

Burial<

1869..

■ • 9

3

12

9

3

12

1870..

..18

19

5

6

II

1871..

••53

4

37

9

9

16

1872..

. . 10

3

13

19

13

1873..

.26

4

30

13

22

16

1874..

. .18

4

22

9

16

13

1875..

. .21

3

24

10

12

1876. .

. . II

4

15

16

5

17

1877-.

■■ 9

4

13

24

4

10

1878. .

..16

8

24

14

9

1879..

. .20

6

26

24

22

10

1880..

. . II

10

21

'7

18

19

1881. .

••23

2

25

24

26

30

1882..

•23

4

27

23

16

24

1883..

..19

6

25

'5

19

25

1884..

. .21

4

25

20

34

25

1885..

■33

6

39

39

20

33

1886..

..40

6

46

44

24

33

1887..

"l^

8

43

31

23

35

1888..

14

42

61

29

26

1989..

..41

14

55

38

30

25

1890..

..61

13

74

43

26

II

189I. .

■■43

12

55

44

29

36

1892. .

■ 41

8

49

47

34

49

1893..

..46

7

53

3'

41

42

1894..

■ -41

14

55

52

29

26

1895..

■31

8

39

60

27

29

1896..

..62

13

75

51

32

43

1897..

■•45

4

49

41

28

33

835

197

1032

823

606

683

There are in the parish (Dec. i, 1897) 3^4 families ; 741 com-
municants . total number of souls, 1,252.

These figures are not guesses. They can be verified by any-
one who will go over the Parish Register. Every communicant re-
ported has communed within a year at the Altar of the Church of
the Epiphany. The present address (Dec. i, 1897), of every com-
municant reported is ascertained and recorded. The parish may
number more souls than we report, but those reported are identified
and located. The Rector wishes it understood that it is not the
fault of the clergy of the parish if any communicant is forgotten or
dropped. If communicants will not give notice of a change of resi-

SUMMARY OF BAPTISMS, ETC.

dence, errors must be made, but let all communicants of the Epip-
hany take notice : if you will do your duty, the clergy will do
theirs ; if you see that we are notified at once of any change in your
address, you will be looked after and recognized as belonging to the
Church and as members of the Epiphany. Of course this does not
mean that you will be called upon every few months. The clergy
of the Epiphany are very busy men. They have many duties which
members of the congregation know nothing about. They are called
upon in case of sickness almost daily ; they are asked to investigate
and relieve many cases of destitution ; they once in a while have to
take half a day and go to the cemetery ; they serve on many com-
mittees— Diocesan and otherwise — and have to attend meetings and
take their share of the general work of the Church in the Diocese
of Chicago ; they have social and family obligations of one sort
and another which their positions make imperative, and what time
they can give, when all their duties are looked after, they give to
calling upon members of the congregation. Suppose you notify
Dr. Morrison that you will do your duty as a member of the Church
whether the clergy call or not ; that he may expect to see you at
Church without any coddling; that you are devoted to the Lord
Jesus Christ and seek to worship God in spirit and in truth without
reference to whether you have had what a modern and a very
worldl}' custom demands from the clergy — a social call. Suppose
you send Dr. Morrison a letter telling him that you will send him or
Mr. Pratt a prompt notice if you or anyone of your family is sick,
that you will go to him or Mr. Pratt in trouble of any kind, or when
you want comfort, advice or help ; and then suppose you do what
you say you will do. How much easier it is for 741 communicants
to see the priest than for the priest to see 741 communicants.

S0B(20B

THE ORGAN,

The organ was placed in the Church in 1892 and has proved a
fine and reliable instrument. It was built by Farrand & Votey, of
Detroit, Mich., at a cost of Si2,ooo. The following is an account of
the organ published in connection with the opening of the organ,
written by Mr. Walter E. Hall, who at the time was the Organist
and Choirmaster of the Church of the Epiphany, and who prepared
the specifications from which the organ was built :

"The organ in the Church of the Epiphany is so remarkable that
a short description of its unique features may prove acceptable.
The value of an organ does not depend — as the popular belief is —
on its size and cost, but on the musical results that can be obtained
from it ; aud it cannot be denied that the tonal effects producible
on this magnificent instrument are usually only possible on organs
costing quite fifty per cent. more. These results are achieved by
the lavish use of an English system of couplers (the American
patent being the exclusive property of the builders, Messrs. Far-
rand and Votey, of Detroit), which can be applied almost indefinitely
without increasittg the pressure of tlie fingers on the keys. For purposes
of comparison, it may be stated that this instrument, with three
manuals and forty speaking stops, has more couplers than the
largest [ns\.rumenX. yet built i?i this city (1892), and, consequently, re-
markable orchestral combinations can be imitated and unusual
musical effects attained."

"The following table shows the balance of the five great divisions
of tone which the organ contains, and the value of such an instru-
ment in giving an appropriate tonal background to the work of the
choir, and the assistance it renders to the hymns of praise sung
by the congregation cannot be overestimated :

Great. Swell. Choir. Pedal. Total.

Organ Tone 6 3 1 2 11

Flute " 2 3 4 I II

String " 2 5 2 2 II

Reed " o 2 i i 4

Brass " i 1 o i 3

Number of Stops. 11 14 8 7 40

The orchestral combinations of flutes, strings, clarinets, oboes,
trumpets, etc., with their appropriate basses thus possible, are sim-
ply inexhaustible, and, combined with the massive tone of the
diapasons, the brilliancy of the brighter stops and the thirty-two
feet pedal tone produce fine musical effects."

THE ORGAN.

SPECIFICATION OF FARRA.ND & VOTEY ORGAN, No. 119.

Compass of Manuals. CC to C"", 5 Octa\i-s, 61 Ncitcs.
Compass ef Pedals . . CCC to F, 2', " '^o ■'

Great Organ.

1 Double Open niapason. 16 feet g Fifteenth 2 feet

2 Open Diapason 8 " 10* Tuba Mirabilis 8 "

3* Viol d' Gamba 8 " 11 Mixture 4 rank

4* Viol d' Amour 8 " 12 Great to Swell Unison Coupler.

5* Melodia (Flute) 8 " 13 " " Sub-octave

6 Octave 4 " 14 " " Super-octave "

7* Flute Harmonic 4 ■■ 1^ " to Choir I'nison

8 Twelfth 2-," 16 " " Sub-octa\e "

" In r.reat Swell Box.

Swell Organ.

1 Double Gamba (String) ... ir> feet (> X'iolina 4 feet

2 ( )pen Diapason 8 " io Fautina 2

3 Gedackt ( Flute) 8 •■ 11 Oboe and Bassoon 8 "

4 Salicional (String) 8 ■' 12 \'ox Humana 8 •'

5 /Eoline 8 "' 13 Cornopeon 8

h Vol Celeste 8 " 14 Mixture 3 rank

7 Flauto Traverso 4 " 15 Tremulant Mechanical

X Octave 4 " 16 Swell octa\es on itself .. .Coupler

Choir Organ. Pedal Organ.

1 Double P'lute 16 feet 1 Double Bourdon 32 feet

2 N'iolin Diapason 8 " 2 Open Diapason 16

3 Uulciana 8 '• 3 Stopped Diapason 16 "

4* Concert Flute 8 " 4 Dulciana 16 "

5 Flute d' Amour 4 " 5 Double Bassoon 16 ■■

6 Gemshorn 4 " 6 Violoncello 8 "

7 Harmonic Piccolo 2 " 7 Trumpet 8 "

8* Orchestral Clarinet 8 " 8 Great to Pedal Coupler

g Swell to Choir Coupler o Swell to Pedal

10 Tremulant Mechanical 10 Choir to Pedal

» In Great Swell Box. II Pedal Octave

Pedal Movements.

I Kaianced Swell Pedal.

Great and Choir Swell Pedal.

3 " Crescendo and Diminuendo Pedal.

Four changeable composition pedals to great, also affecting pedal sto|)s.
'Three " " ■' swell, "

One " " " choir, "

Tlie patent crescendo and diminuendo pedal gives the plaj'er
complete control of the organ without affecting the stop action, the
patent indicator showing the increasing or decreasing power at a
glance. By means of pneumatic buttons placed between the keys,
the crescendo pedal can be silenced on any row desired.

The couplers are operated by small tablets (like dominoes).
These are pivoted in the center, and by simply touching the upper
portion the coupler is thrown on, while a touch on the lower por-
tion throws it off.

THE ORGAX.

The key-board is reversed, so that the orjjanist overlooks the
South Choir and faces the North Choir, while at the back of this
portion of the Choir is placed a complete organ of nearly five hun-
dred pipes played from the key-board fifty feet away.

Summary.

Lireat ( ir.ifan

Swell

. .. 11 StoJIS.

. . 14
8

488 ■■
210

Choir

Pedal ■■

Total Speaking Stops

40

Accessories

12

Pedal Movements

II

Total

74

2,^28 ••

ORGANIST.

1 he present organist of the
Church is Mr. James Watson.
Mr. Watson was born in Aber-
deen, Scotland, in 1862, and ob-
tained h 1 s musical education
principally in London and Glas-
gow, being a pupil of John Kirby
and Dr. Peace. Mr. Watson has
played continuously in churches
in England and America since he
was fourteen, and has given great
satisfaction to the congregation
worshiping at the Epiphany. His
strongest point, however, is con-
cert organ pla\'ing, and his reci-
tals at the Church of the Epip-
han\', given every spring and fall
attract great crowds, who come
from all parts of the city.

Information About Baptisms^ Weddings^ Etc.

BAPTISMS.

Holy Baptism will be administered in the Church on any Sun-
day, at half-past one o'clock. No previous notice is necessary.

FUNERALS.

Persons desiring the services of the Rector for a funeral will
take pains to see him before the arrangements have been made and
the hour published.

The Rector can attend no funerals on .Sundaj- before two o'clock,
and in no case will he be able to go to the cemetery on Sunday.

It is very necessary when once the hour has been named that
there should be no change without first seemg the Rector, as he is
quite likely to make other engagements which a change will inter-
fere with.

WEDDINGS.

When the services of the Rector are desired for a marriage,
notice should be given him as early as possible. There is no charge
for the use of the Church for funerals or weddings, but something-
should always be given the Sexton, who is obliged on such occa-
sions to do a great deal of extra work.

MUSIC FOR FUNERALS AND WEDDINGS.

The Choirmaster is willing to provide music for funerals and
weddings, and the following is the scale of prices established with
the approval of the Rector :

Organist alone Sio oo

Organist and Small Choir -Funerals 3000

Organist and Full Choir — Weddings . 75 00

This money goes towards the Choir Camping Fund

THE CHOIR.
¥

For many years chorus
or quartette choirs of men
and women sang in the
Churches of the Diocese,
except the Cathedral, As-
cension and Calvary. In
1882 St. James' Church
put choir stalls in the
chancel and a \'ested choir
of men and boys assumed
the musical part of the
services. The choir had
been most carefully train-
ed, and the added dignity
and beauty of the ser\ice
was so apparent to all
worshipers that it was un-
doubtedly an incentive to
the other large parishes,
and rapidly every Church
— except two — in the city
placed vested choirs in the
chancel. Epiphany was
almost the last to make
the change, but from the
first service to the present
time no expression of re-
gret has been heard. When
the change was de-
cided upon it happened
most fortunately for the
success of the work that
there was then in Chicago
a thoroughly experienced
choir trainer who was also
an accomplished organist,
Mr. Walter E. Hall." Mr.
Hall was engaged, and
after foiu' months' work in
securing the boys and
men, and preparing and
training them, the old
platform was removed,
choir stalls placed, and on
the Sunday after the As-
cension the " Bov " choir

THE CHOIR.

moved to its place in the chancel preceded by a beautiful jewelled
cross. During Mr. Hall's stay, and largely through his influence a
new organ replaced the old instrument which had done more than
twenty years' service. At a cost of about twelve thousand dollars
the grand organ which now adds so much to our services was pur-
chased and dedicated in September, 1892. It has since been some-
what changed and improved, and is perhaps the best organ in the
city adapted both for church and recital work.

In the spring of 1893 Mr. Hall resigned, and after quite an in-
terval, during which the choir showed its loyalty by regularly attend-
ing rehersals and services, though without efficient leadership. Dr.
J. H. Gower accepted the position, but the gold mines of Colorado
had charmed the Doctor and he stayed but six months, returning
to Denver. Mr. E. C. Lawton was appointed choirmaster upon
Dr. Gower's departure and has since retained that position. Mr.
Chas. R. Adams was appointed organist, but three months later
resigned to accept the same duties at St. Mark's, Evanston. Then
Mr. James Watson was appomted to the organ and has since most
ably and satisfactorily filled the place. Of the appreciation of Mr.
Watson's talent no one can doubt who has attended any of the or-
gan recitals which are given every two weeks.

During the six years of the vested choir it is safe to say three
hundred men and boys have been numbered in its ranks. Many
who were boys at the commencement of its services are now young
men working in the Sunday School and other organizations in the
Church.

The present membership is fifty-six — twenty-four men and
thirty-two boys.. But one boy and four men remain of the thirty
members who belonged to the organization when the present choir-
master took charge nearly four years agb. These are Nevin Morri-
son, Dr. Davis, Mr. Fiske, Mr. Rose and Mr. Wilson.

Following is the present roster of the choir ;

Bass.

Adolphus, Parker Andrew, Henry

Adolphus, J. W. Coffin, Chas. C.

Noble. Edgar Rothwell, W. F.

Roeschlaub, A. J. Rose, A. T.

Schinneer, F. H. Van Sands, Walter

Wilson, T. J. Wilde, Thomas F.

Wolf, A. H. Wall, Clarence

Tenor.

Bryant, A. C. Connor, M. S.

Cavanaugh, M. C. Davis, E. E.

Fisk, A. V. Hooper, John

Lawton, E. C. Rogers, W. E.

.Stark, H. M.

THE CHOIR.

Booth, Arthur Burtis, Nelson

Coffin, Emery Collett, William

CoUett, Chas. Cavanaugh, Chas.

Dodd, Arthur Kelley, Elmer

La Pierre, Wm. Lyman, Henry

Lyman, Howard Morrison, Arthur

McGill, Herbert McGiU, Kenneth

Osinga, Harold Peters, Ned

Rothwell, Frank Reid, Fred

Raid, Granvelle Ridell, Murray

Raymond, Merton Smith, Harry

Smith, Knox Smith, Grover

Swander, Leslie Sosman, Fred
Varnell. George

Alto.
Brown, Andrew Morrison, Nevin

Dodd, Lewis Mahr, Wm.

E. C. LAWTON, Choirmaster.
JAMES WATSON, Organist.

The Epiphany Church choir is a volunteer organization, no
person except choirmaster and organist are paid. There are four
rehearsals each week for the boys, and two for the men. In the
summer the choir has an outing at some one of the lakes in Wiscon-
sin, and this year from the annual concert, from the offering taken
each Sunday morning in the choir, and from fees for singing at wed-
dings and funerals, enough was raised within S53.84 to pay for the
camp-out.

EDGAR C. LAWTON.

Mr. Edgar C. Lawton, the present efficient choir-master, was born in Albany,
New York, and while still a boy came west with his parents to Davenport, Iowa. When
eighteen years of age he was made secretary of the Home for Orphans of Soldiers, and
held that position for five years. He then took a similiar position in the Soldiers' Home
for Orphans at Bloomington, 111. Here he had his first experience in choir work, organ-
izing and leading a "boy-choir" in St. Matthews Church, of which the Rev. T. N. Mor-
rison, D. D., Senior, father of the present Rector of the Epiphany, was then rector.

When twenty-five years of age he became secretary of the Illinois Eye and Ear
Infirmary, Peoria and Adams streets, Chicago, and held the position for nine years.
Then, a great tribute to his faithfulness and efficiency, he was made superintendent
of the same institution and served nine years longer.

During this time he was a member of the Cathedral Choir, and received most invalu-
able training in choir-work under Canon Knowles. On the resignation of Canon Knowles
Mr. Lawton became choir-master of the Cathedral Choir, and continued in that position
for several years. Changes in the political situation finally brought about his resignation
as superintendent of the Infirmary, and Mr. Lawton then took up music as a profession.

He first served for four years at Calvary Church, and then, four years ago, came to
the Epiphany. His success has been marked, and he is now so thoroughly identified
with our parochial work that all appreciate the faithfulness of his work and the satisfac-
tory results obtained, more remarkable for the reason that no salaries are paid the mem-
bers of the choir.

The ordinary musical service is hearty and devotional, and the special services
stately and inspiring. The choir is always large, the boys and men devoted to Mr.
Lawton, and he is always loyal to the rector and works for the good of the choir and the
parish.

The Sunday School,

This is the most important of all our church work. Here are
being trained the young. Here impressions are made for time and for
eternity. In the Sunday School opportunities are afforded for doing
a single-hearted work for Christ and for His Church such as is
offered by no other branch of our parochial work. Such is the esti-
mate of the rector, declared again and again, and among the offi-
cers and teachers of our Sunday schools there is an ever growing
sense of responsibility, and an ever increasing faithfulness.

The school is not numerically large. Our rolls show a member-
ship of only 306, but we are doing good and thorough work.

The officers are as follows : Superintendent, Chas. H. Smith ;
Assistant Superintendents, Senior Room, Max Rotter; Junior Room,
Geo. E. Shipman ; Primary Room, Miss Annie Paterson ; Treasurer,
E. S. Warren, 164 Aberdeen St.; Secretary, Geo. W. Macauley ;
Assistant Secretaries, Chas. Eagle, H. Lipsey ; Librarian, Ford
Jones; Choristers, Richard Stiller, Mrs. Geo. E. Shipman ; Pianists,
Senior Room, Miss Florence Adams ; Junior Room, Miss Letitia
Kimball.

The Senior Room uses Bishop Satterlee's admirable book en-
titled "Christ and His Church," one of the very best books of its
kind to be had at our publishing houses. The Junior Room studies
this year the Gospel of St. Matthew, using a lesson leaflet prepared
weekly by Dr. Morrison, a mimeograph copy of which is put into
the hands of each child.

The Primary Department learns the Creed, the Lord's Prayer
and the Ten Commandments, the Twenty-third Psalm and the
Beatitudes besides having instruction every Sunday from a picture
card illustrating the life of Christ.

The three divisions of the school unite in a service in the church
conducted by the Rev. Mr. Pratt, who catechises thechildren, teach-
ing them by rote the church catechism and addressing them on
other subjects at his discretion.

TREASURER'S REPORT OF THE CHURCH OF THE EPIPHANY
SUNDAY SCHOOL FROM MAY I, J 896, TO MAY I, J 897.

May I— Cash on ban

d

..S22 30

3— Sunday collection.

.. 458

10—

'

•■ 3 72

17- "

•• 3 70

24— "

.. 4 03

31— "

..328

June 7- "

•• 3 31

14— "

.. 309

21—

.. 2 96

28- "

•■ 3 53

28-Rec'd from Mr. Mc-

Caulev, Treas. Bible

Class."

.. I 24

28— Rec'd from Teach

of Infant room acct

of

ice cream for child

en I 10

Sept. 6— Sunday collection .

•• 3 37

13- "

■• 3 45

20—

.. 5 26

27- "

.. 4 20

Oct. 4— ■'

.. 4 45

II—

• ■ 4 75

18- "

.. 481

^5- '■ ;;

■• 3 70

Nov. I— "

.. 4 2Q

8- '•

■• 3 95

15— "

.. 5 20

22—

..426

29—

■• 5 03

Dec. 6- •■

.. 5 12

13— "

• • 5 14

13— Rec'd from Mr. M

risen

4 00

20— Sunday collection.

.. 465

27— "

.. 5 04

27— Rec'd from Mr. M

Dr-

rison

.. 1 50

Jan. 3— Sunday collection.

.. I 47

10— " " .

■ ■ 4 44

17- "

.. 4 2Q

24— "

.. 2 38

31— "

•• 4 77

Feb. 7- "

.. s 21

14 — " "

.. 487

21 — " "

..398

28- "

.. 365

Mar. 7- "

•• 3 92

14— "

•• 4 75

21—

■• 5 27

28- "

• • 5 70

Apr. 4- ;;

.. 473
.. 4 46

25- "

.. 850

Total .

.S2II 40

Disbursements.

May 26 — Mission Work S20 00

June 5— A. C. McClurg & Co. . 60

15 — Mission Work 1600

July I— P.P. Pettibone & Co. 13 50

9 — Reid Ice Cream Co. . 4 80

Oct. 30— Berry's Ice Cream Co. 8 00

30— F. H. Revell Co. (Ace) 15 00
Nov. 10— Reid Ice Cream Co. . 9 60
Dec. I— A. C. McClurg & Co.. 1350

14— F. H. Revell Co 23 13

Jan. 10 — Entertainments 460

Feb. 2— G. K. Hazlitt & Co. . . 3 75
6— F. H. Revell Co 20 00

14 — Entertainments i 00

Mar. 21 — Entertainments i 00

Apr. 27— Mission Work

(Diocesan Pledge) . . 25 00

26— A. C. McClurg & Co. . 5 82

Total $185 30

Cash on hand May i, 1807 S26 10

Sii 40
Jos. H. Standakt,

Treasurer,

/. H. Standart, Treasurer, in acconnt with the Epiphany Church
Starday School :

9—

i6- "

23- "

30- "

June

6-

,3_ ..

20—

27—

lulv

4—

Sept

• 5- "

12—

19- "

26- "

Oct.

5- "

in — "

Receipts.

-By balance per state-
ment $26 10

-Collection 381

5 70

5 '7

4 70

3 84

4 77

3 43

EHsbursements.

Mav 23 — Entertainment $ i 00

24— A.C. McClurg& Co.. i 80

June 18— F. H. Revell Co 25 00

30— A. C. McClurg & Co. . 32 29

Sept.25—F.H. Revell Co 1000

Oct. 15 — Sunday School Lesson

Leaflet 3 60

29— F. H. Revell Co 17 90

$91 59
Joseph H. Standart,

Treasurer.

3 86

I 46

301

3 13

4 32

42s

4 96

506

89 1 59

At this date Mr. Standart, having moved to Austin, felt that he
must resign. His resignation was accepted with regret, for he had
been a good and faithful officer for many years. Mr. E. S. Warren
was appointed to succeed him.

TREASURER'S REPORT TO EPIPHANY SUNDAY SCHOOL,
DECEMBER J, J 897.

Received.

Oct. 1 7 — OEfering $ 5 10

24— " 5 27

31- " 429

Nov. 7— " 4 83

14 — " 4 06

21— " 524

$45.14

-Bal. cash on hand

(No bills presented and unpaid.)

Disbursed.

Nov. 22 — A. C. McClurg & Co. $3 00
24 — W. D. Grant, books
and supplies for the
new system of making,

attendance, etc 11 50

24— F. H. Revell Co., (to

bal. account) 7 66

Balance 11 49

»33 65
■' 49

NOTE: The preceding Treasurer turned over to F. H. Revell
Co., on account, the balance of cash on hand prior to Oct. 17th.

E. S. Warren, Treasurer.

The Woman^s Guild.

This is the oldest of the Parochial Societies connected with the
Epiphany. It has been the main stay of the rector in raising
money, and has besides done an immense amount of work for
charity. In the first fifteen years of its existence it cared for all the
sociables, rector's receptions, the calling on new people and, in fact,
was ready at all times to bear any parochial burden the rector
asked the women to assume. Among its presidents have been Mrs.
Henry B. Chandler, Mrs. J. P. Brady, Mrs. C. C. Boyle, Mrs. H. J.
Jones, Mrs. H. P. Murphy, Mrs. H. D. Oakley, Mrs. George H.
Peckham, Mrs. C. F. Elmes, Mrs. D. R. Brower, Mrs. B. F. Ryer,
Mrs. W. D. Oliver, Mrs. J. St. John Booth, Mrs. C. N. Post, Mrs. J.
H. Cowper, Mrs. O. C. Phillips, Mrs Philip Adolphus.

The complete records of the organization, now at hand, date
from October 5, 1883.

The following are the officers for each year and the money
aised :

883-4 — Mrs. H. J. Jones, president; Mrs. D. L. Brower, vice-presi-
dent ; Mrs. L. L. Barbour, secretary and treasurer. Amount
raised, S450.00.
884-5— Mrs. H. D. Oakley, president; Mrs. George H. Peckham,
vice-president; Mrs. J. C. Magill, secretary and treasurer.
Amount raised, S450.OO.
885-6— Mrs. Charles F. Elmes' president ; Mrs. George H. Peck-
ham, vice-president ; Mrs. J. C. Magill, secretary and treasurer.
Amount raised, S800.00.
886-7 — ^'^^^- Charles F. Elmes, president; Mrs. George H. Peck-
ham, vice-president ; Mrs. J. C. Magill, secretary and treasurer;
Amount raised, S815.OO.
887-8— Mrs. O. C. Phillips, president; Mrs. C. F. Elmes, vice-presi-
dent; Mrs. J C. Magill, secretar}' and treasurer. Amount
raised, S536.00.
888--Mrs. O. C. Phillips, president; Mrs. Wainwright, vice-
president; Mrs. J. A. Grier, secretary and treasurer. Amount
raised, $1,130.02.
889 — Mrs. D. R. Brower, president; Mrs. E. A. Warren, 1st vice-
president; Miss Lilias Grier, 2d vice-presiilent; Mrs. j. A.
Grier, secretary and treasurer.
Directoresses— Mrs. O. C. Phillips, Mrs. E. C. Ward, Mrs. L. L.
Barbour, Mrs. L. A. Hodge, Mrs. W. D. Oliver. Amount
raised, $1,645.19.
1890 — Mrs. W. D. Oliver, president; Mrs. Wainwright, vice-
president; Mrs. J. A. Grier, secretary and trea.-^urer.

THE WOMAN'S GUILD.

Directoresses— Mrs. O. C. Phillips, Mrs. D. R. Brower, Mrs. J. M.

Banks, Mrs. E. C. Ward, Mrs. L. A. Hodges, Mrs. H. J. Jones,

Mrs. A. B. Strong. Amount raised, 81,980.00.
1891 — Mrs. B. F. Ryer, president; Mrs. C. N. Post, vice-president;

Mrs. F. K. Bower, secretary and treasurer.
Directoresses— Mrs. O. C. Phillips, Mrs. D. R. Brower, Mrs. H. H.

Brown. Amount raised, $1,114.00.
1892 — The rector was this year president of all the societies in the

parish, and appointed special committees to take charge of

work. Mrs. J. C. Magill, treasurer; Mrs. W. H. Mortimer,

secretary. Amount raised, $509.59.
1893 — Mrs. J. St. John Booth, president; Mrs. J, C. Magill, treasurer;

Mrs. W. H. Mortimer, .secretary. Amount raised, $868.50.
1894 — Mrs. C. N. Post, president; Mrs. J. H. Cowper, vice-president;

Mrs. J. M. H. Burgett, secretary and treasurer.
Directoresses— Mrs. W. H. Mortimer, Mrs. P. D. Rathbone, Mrs. D.

R. Brower, Mrs. M. D. Talcott, Mrs. E. C. Ward, Mrs. J. St.

John Booth. Amount raised, S646.73.
1895 — Mrs. J. H. Cowper, president; Mrs. T. N. Morrison, vice-
president; Mrs. J. St. John Booth, secretary and treasurer.
Directoresses— Mrs. C. N. Post, Mrs. M. D. Talcott, Mrs. P. D.

Rathbone, Mrs. Ward, Mrs. Moulton, Mrs. J. M. H. Burgett.

Amount raised, $704.07.
1896 — Mrs. J. St. John Booth, president; Mrs. Philip Adolphus,

vice-president; Mrs. J. M. H. Burgett, secretary and treasurer.
Directresses— Mrs. J. H. Cowper, Mrs. P. D. Rathbone, Mrs. H. C.

Smythe, Mrs. E. E. Hooper, Mrs. Addie Moulton, Mrs. Alice

Cornell. Amount raised, $433-5 1-
1897— Mrs. Philip Adolphus, president; Mrs. George P. Blair, vice-
president; Mrs. George E. Shipman, secretary and treasurer.
Directoresses— Mrs. J. St. John Booth, Mrs. R. A. Smith, Mrs. H. C.

Smythe, Mrs. Alice Cornell, Mrs. P. D. Rathbone, Mrs. Mur-

dock MacLeod, Mrs. F. B. Lane.

The total amount of money raised and expended by this society
is, since 1883, $1 1,972.61. It is impossible to give a detailed ac-
count of the number of garments given away, sent to charitable
institutions and, before the auxiliary was started, given to
missions. Add to this, too, the calls on the sick and the poor, the
visits made to strangers, and other good works without number.

The society is, this year, 1897-8. as active as ever, and has al-
ready done much good work. The interest and attendance of all
the women of the parish, not actively engaged in other branches of
the work, is solicited. Why should you not give a day each week to
the work of the Woman's Guild? The meeting is called for eleven
o'clock on Wednesday. Luncheon is served at half-past twelve and
the work is continued in the afternoon. You will meet with a
cordial welcome.

Brotherhood of Su Andrew.

The Epiphany Chapter, No. 7, Brotherhood of St. Andrew, has
held twenty-eight meetings during the pastyear, having a membership
of twenty, six of whom are unable to take an active part in the work
in this parish. There are also six members on probation.

During the year the Chapter assisted the rector in instituting
the men's receptions, which, with the generous aid and assistance of
some of the ladies of the parish have become quite a feature of the
work.

The Chapter has had charge of the several special services at
which a number of well known clergymen have ofiRciated. The
Chapter also took charge of one of the Sunday afternoon meetings
at the West Side Y. M. C. A., and hopes to repeat its efforts in
that line.

Several members of the Chapter can be found nearly every
Sunday morning at the service conducted by the City Missionary at
the County Hospital. This work could be greatly enlarged and ex-
tended. The service at the Bridewell also needs men. The City
Missionary is always glad to receive the aid of any who will take
enough interest to come regularly and promptly.

A large part of the work of the Brotherhood of St. Andrew
cannot be referred to in any definite way, but the calling upon and
visiting young men, the getting acquainted with strangers, and look-
ing after young men who make this church their place of worship
either regularly or occasionally, is a work that presents opportun-
ities at all times for those who can give time and attention to it.
This work has never been done as thoroughly as it should be, and
probably never will, but it can be and should be done a great deal
better than it is at present. But fourteen or fifteen men can do
only a small part of it.

The Brotherhood of St. Andrew has been in existence in the
United States for twelve or thirteen years, and in that time has held
a large number of conventions, local assembly meetings, and special
services, has been discussed in the church and secular press, and
still there is hardly a Brotherhood man who has not been asked by
many churchmen, "What is this Brotherhood of St. Andrew; what
does it do, and what is it for?" To answer this question with the
usual reply, "The spread of Christ's Kingdom among men" is
hardly a sufficient answer. It can hardly be answered better than it
has been by Dr. Clinton Locke in the October Diocese. Writing of
the Brotherhood man, he says :

" He has of his own accord and led by the whisper of the Spirit

JOHN A. GRIER, Third Junior Warden.

COLLINS H. JORDAN, Fourth Junior Warde

BROTHERHOOD OF ST. ANDREW.

joined himself to a society which has for its object the deepening of
his own spiritual life and the spiritual lives of others with whom he
may be thrown in contact, and this he is to do through the church,
which he professes to believe the divinely appointed Body where
grace is to be found and the spiritual life strengthened. Just as in
every army there is a picked corps, whose duties are more hazardous
and from whom more is expected than from the other troops, so is
it in the church army and, to come nearer, the parish army. The
3t. Andrew's men form a picked corps, and on them the church de-
volves more arduous duties and more devoted service. The rank
and file of the young men communicants may soothe their con-
sciences with the sweet syrup labelled 'We have done all that was
expected of us.' The Brotherhood man cannot do that. It is his
duty, and if he be faithful every day he will ask pardon for minim-
izing it, not only to pray, but to pray very earnestly, not only to
frequent church and the altar, but to do so constantly and with de-
votion. It is his duty to do all he can to bring others to do the
like ; to put himself greatly out to effect this, and to feel unsatisfied
unless he accomplish it. He is called to a closer study of God's
Will as found in His Word. He is called to a more rigid self dis-
cipline, to a more exemplary life and to more devoted gifts of him-
self, his strength, his means, his talents to the church and her great
Lord. From his ranks the rector must be able to select his most
trusty aids and from his organization must come the laymen who
form the rock on which Christ builds His Church."

The Brotherhood man is supposed to be " under orders."
Wherever and whenever his rector may need him, if circumstances
permit, he is expected to respond. There is plenty of work to do ;
much of it is left undone ; twenty or twenty-two men is too small a
Chapter for a parish the size of this one. A larger working force
means a larger work done, and Epiphany Chapter is looking for
recruits.

Any baptised man over eighteen years of age can be a member.
Meetings are held every Friday evening after the service.

GEO. W. MACAULEY, Sec'y.

Treasurer's Report on following pas^e.

BROTHERHOOD OF ST. ANDRE PV.

TREASURER'S REPORT.

Talbot J. H. Gorrell, Treasurer.

Receipts.

Balance on hand last report . . . $ 4 8o

Dues 19 00

Special Assessment 13 00

Miscellaneous 35 45

Total $72 25

Disbui^ments.

Printing $20 25

Men's Receptions 30 92

Postage 7 25

Local Council 2 00

Brotherhood room in St. Luke's Hospital . i 00

Dues to Council in New York . 10 00

Balance on hand 83

Total $72 25

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The Woman's Auxiliary.

Officers for 1896-7 : President, Mrs.' J. M. Banks ; Vice-presi-
dent, Mrs. Alice Cornell ; Secretary and Treasurer, Mrs. S. L. K.
Monroe.

Number of members 46

Removed from the city 4

Present number . . 42

There were eleven regular and three special meetings during
the year ; and addresses were given on the following subjects :

"Work in Mexico," . . Dr. Morrison.

"Boy's Home," .... Rev. Mr. Chattin.

"Japanese Missions," . . . Miss Suthon.

"Cape Mount, Africa," . . Dr. Sarah L. Walrath.

" Indian Missions at Oneida," . Mrs. T. N. Morrison.

The one thing we did not have was a Missionary paper ; but
we hope for better things next year. Now that our members
attack fearlessly all subjects from municipal reform to East Indian
rugs, and read these papers before their clubs, they will surely be
both able and willing to write a short paper on the Missions of the
Church, and read it in our familiar Guild room. In this field there
are many lines of investigation.

As the Secretary was returning from meeting in a suburban
parish, she heard some one say to his friend, "I never knew before
what was meant by the Woman's Auxiliary." The Woman's Aux-
iliary is the Woman's Department of the Board of Missions. It was
created by the Board in October, 1871. It has diocesan branches
in every diocese and missionary jurisdiction throughout the country
and in foreign lands, organized under the direction, or with the
approval of the several bishops.

The following are the five aims proposed for the Auxiliary :

1. The increase of Missionary funds.

2. The circulation of Missionary publications.

3. The education of Missionaries.

4. The making, collecting and distributing of articles of cloth-
ing for Missionaries and their families.

5. The education of Missionaries' children.

Every Churchwoman, by virtue of her Baptism only, is con-
sidered a possible member of the Auxiliary, and in many dioceses

THE WOMAN'S AUXILIARY.

a Babies' Branch has been established to emphasize the fact that
by Baptism children become members of the General Missionary
Society of the Church.

In the Diocese of Chicago there are 104 branches of the Aux-
iliary and 2,175 members. The work includes Diocesan, Domestic,
Colored, Indian and Foreign Missions, and in Chicago, the Assis-
tant City Missionary, Miss Clarke, St. Luke's Hospital, the Sisters
of St. Mary, the Church Home for Aged Persons, the Comfort Club,
and the Church Periodical Club — all need our contributions.

We wish that every woman in the Epiphany would become a
member of the Auxiliary. The way to become interested in the
work is to attend the meetings. If this were done it would not be
possible for any woman to say that she "does not know what is
meant by the Woman's Auxiliary." Growth and zeal in. any cause
is impossible without numbers. If we cannot give money, we can
at least give ourselves — our prayers, our work, our influence.

Remembering our motto, "The Field is — the World," we can
make real our daily prayer, "Thy Kingdom Come."

The officers for the year 1897-8 are Mrs. J. M. Banks, President;
Mrs. T. N. Morrison, Vice President; Mrs. S. L. K. Monroe, Secre-
tary and Treasurer.

THE WOMAN'S AUXILIARY.

REPORT OF THE EPIPHANY BRANCH, WOMAN'S AUXILIARY.
From May 15, J896, to May 15, 1897.

Receipts.

From Dues

" Entertainments ....

" Pledges

For Sisters of St. Mary ....
" Sustentation Fund through Mrs. Bower
" Church Home for Orphans

" Hospital, Oneida

" Morrison Scholarship

" Comfort Club

Disbursements.

Church at Creston, la.
Church, Boulder, Col.
Church, Ventura, Cal.
Missionary to Japan
Missionary to Africa
Anniversary Offering
Salary, City Missionary
Sisters, St. Mary .
Missionary, Oneida .
Hospital in Oneida
Sustentation Fund
Church Home for Orphan? .
Bishop Brooke for Hospital
Bishop Talbot, Clergy Fund
Bishop McLaren, Scholarship
Mexican, McLaren Scholarship
General Fund .
Parish Dues .
Expenses .
Balance on hand .

S,S6

00

8i

79

15

oo

17 45

55

00

II

00

10

00

II

75

5°

$2 38 49

S15 00
50

1 00
5 00
5 00
5 00

25 00

17 45

15 00

10 00
55 00

11 00
5 00

2 00
5 00
5 00
5 00
I 00

34 25

16 29

$238 49

Mrs. S. L. K. Monroe,

Secretary and Treasurer.

The Altar Guild,

3^

The Altar Guild has charge of the chancel, choir room, vestry
room and chapel, together with the altar linen, vestments, and all
like accessories of the church service.

The members of the Altar Guild are: Mrs. D. R. Brower, chair-
man, 597 Jackson Boulevard ; Mrs. J. W. St. John Booth, Mrs. James
M. Banks, Mrs. C. F. Elmes, Mrs. W. S. Harvey, Mrs. T. N. Morrison,
Mrs. VVm. Mortimer, Mrs. C. J. Magill, Mrs. Geo. E. Shipman, Mrs.
E. C. Ward, Mrs. Augustus Van Buren, and Miss Mary L. Banks,
secretary and treasurer, 245 Leavitt street.

The following are the committees : Altar linen — Mrs. Brower,
Mrs. Van Buren, Miss Banks. Altar hangings — Mrs. Ward, Mrs.
Magill, Mrs. Harvey, Mrs. Mortimer. Flowers — Mrs. Brower, Mrs.
Booth, Mrs. Mortimer. Choir Vestments — Mrs. Elmes. Vestry
room — Mrs. Ward.

The income of the Guild is derived from a small fixed sum given
weekly by each member, and from occasional gifts, through the
alms box at the church door, and otherwise.

Treasurer's Report — From June i, i8c
Book was issued) to October i, 1897 :

Receipts.
Dues from members
From alms box
From Mrs. G. E. S. toward new Alb .

From toward Easter flowers

Making 2 comforters .
Hemming 3 tablecloths

(when the last Year

S75-42
8.02

1. 00
4.00
3.00

Disbursements.
Laundry work ....
Flowers, palmes and Christmas decorations
Altar book ....
Materials for Alb .
Materials for Amice .
Materials for Cassock
Re-lacquering brass work
Cotton cloth for coverings
Chamois skin . , . .

Granite ware, basin and kettle
Sundries (such as needles, pins, tape, etc.)
Postage ....

Total, .

$ 93.44

SI2.55

. 45.20

8.15

• 5-41

.82

• 6.38
9.50

. 2.04
.60

• -55
■54

$91.84

THE ALTAR GUILD.

The custom of giving- Altar flowers as memorials of those who
have entered into the rest of Paradise is one of great beauty and
significance. More of these memorials have been given this year
than ever before. For two .Sundays during September the flowers
were given by one of the choir boys. Any one wishing to give
flowers for the altar will please notify some member of the Guild
during the week before they are to be given, and send the
flowers to the church the Saturday morning before.

The members of the Guild desire to use this opportunity for
mentioning some special needs. A red Dossal for the altar fr' use
during Whitsuntide and on Saints' Days is needed, also red hang-
ings for the chapel and other hangings. New surplices and cassocks
are greatly needed, and a sense of justice is always keeping before
us the need of replacing the large memorial offertory basin, which
was stolen from the church several years ago.

Any one desiring to give any of these things will please com-
municate with the rector. If any one should desire to give money
toward starting a fund for buying anything needed, the treasurer of
the Guild will be very glad to receive the money.

Mary L. Bangs, Secretary and Treasurer.

The Church Periodical Club*

The Church Periodical Club originated in the Church of the
Holy Communion, New York ; from which the first periodical was
sent out January lO, 1888. The object of the club, as most of us
know, is to furnish to clergymen and church people in remote
places, books, papers and literature of the best kind.

Last year certain jurisdictions were established. Illinois repre-
sents the Middle West with head quarters in Chicago; Missouri
the South West branch with St. Louis for the central point. To
Chicago is given the States of Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska,
Minnesota and Wisconsin.

Where personal interest has been established between sender and
recipient no change will be made, but the greater part of our work
will hereafter be done in the States above named.

Regular contributions are few in our parish, but odd numbers
are often sent to the librarian. As there is no fund for paying
freight on these cannot some of us who do not give literature to
the club, send a small amount (perhaps twenty-five cents) to the
librarian each year to help pay these charges?

There is a great demand for church and Sunday school papers, and
for prayer books and hymnals, of which old editions will be accept-
able ; but especially do we desire to increase the work along the
lines of regular contributions, and nothing but the most careful at-
tention to the fulfillment of promises made by them can ever raise
the club to the greatest degree of usefulness.

Some of us remember the touching story told at one of our
Auxiliary meetings, of a woman who lived alone, and far away from
her nearest neighbor and, oppressed by the burden and isolation of
her life, made up her mind that no one cared for her, and was on
the verge of suicide, when she received a letter and magazine from
the librarian of a parish in an eastern city ; somewhere, one knew
and thought of her — if only by name, and that "touch of nature
which makes the whole world kin " saved life and reason.

Last week we sent books and papers to a reading room in a
small town in Iowa, which were gratefully received, and with pride
the members sent a photograph of their new building, which the
librarian will be glad to show to all who are interested in the work
of the clnb.

The report from October, 1S96, to October, 1S97, '^ -^^ follows :
Number of persons contributing . .6

Number of periodicals sent ... 4

Odd numbers — books, papers and magazines . I0-|

MRS. S. L. K. MONROE,

Librarian.

The Vestry of the Church of the Epiphany,
IS97-1S9S.

THE RT. R£V. HENRY JOHN WHITEHOUSE,

D. D.. L. L. D.. D. C. L. OXON.

Second Bishoi. ol lilinois.

Born August 19. 1S03,

■(! NovemI.er 10. 1X51. Died Augu.-;! 10. 1S74.

The Ministering Children's League.

The Ministering Children's League is steadily growing in num-
bers and interest. For the year 1896-7 the children met promptly
at two o'clock on Saturday afternoons, receiving valuable vocal in-
struction from Mrs. Mather, and drilling in the prayer and motto of
the League by the president, after which they were instructed in
several lines of fancy work.

The support of a little girl at St. Mary's Home was assumed by
the League, which meant quite an undertaking for these little folks.
As their monthly dues v/ere hardly adequate, they gave a most suc-
cessful entertainment, from which they realized S50.40. The talent
was entirely from the League with the exception of the able assis-
tance rendered by Master Howard Williams. The twenty-nine
members of the League worked faithfully, being loving, kind and
helpful to others.

TREASURER'S REPORT. (M. C. L.)
Receipts.

Picnic $ 2.45

Tally Ho 47-45

Sandwiches 4.61 ■

Bazaar, 93-00

Articles disposed of after Bazaar, . . .15.12
Rag Doll Entertainment, .... 50.46

Monthly dues, 16.95

Easter Offering 37.55

$267.39
Disbursements.

To Treasurer of Parish, S40.OO

To Treasurer of Parish, 93-00

Easter Offering, 82.05

Woman's Auxiliary Work 10.00

St. Mary's Home ' 20.00

Clothing for M. G., 1.93

Cash on hand 20.41

$267.39

The League will meet every Tuesday afternoon from Septem-
ber, 1897, to May, 1898, at four o'clock.

Ofificers of the year 1897-8 : Mrs. Geo. Eagle, President ; Mrs.
A. S. Curlett, Secretary and Treasurer ; Miss Zoe Tuthill, Musical
Director ; Mrs. N. W. Norris, Mrs. M. A. Doane, Miss Annie Heper,
Miss Carrie Earle, Mrs. Coarse, Associates.

The Epiphany Guild.

Among the vigorous organizations of the Church of the Epiph-
any is the Epiphany Guild. It works winter and summer, never
missing a meeting and alv/ays ready to respond to all calls, parochial,
mission and benevolent. It has a membership of 27 and meets
on each Wednesday, the members gathering about eleven o'clock,
luncheon being served at half-past twelve, and the work going on in
the afternoon. The following is the report furnished by Mrs. Eagle,
the President of the Guild, whose faithfulness in season and out
of season has made this Society one of the most useful of all our
Guilds :

It was a desire to bring young girls together under the guidance
of the church, to interest them in missionary work, that first sug-
gested the organization of the Epiphany Guild. Three years later,
1890, the M. C. L. was organized, and the Guild became a parish
society, giving one-tenth to missions. Previous to 1895 we contri-
buted S424.OO for the parish work. December 1st, 1S95, '^'''^ Guild
was reorganized, admitting married women with the yonng girls.
They have worked together in harmony and have felt that the}' were
a material help to each other.

1895 — Mrs. G. G. Eagle, president ; ]\Iiss Farnham, vice-president ;
Miss Manny, recording secretary ; Miss Langdon, corresponding
secretary ; Mrs. S. H. Smith, treasurer ; Mrs. Michaels, Miss
Copland and Mrs. Geo. Bollinger, directors.

Junior Branch of the Epiphany Guild: Miss Algenia Gould, presi-
dent ; Miss Bessie Zimmerman, secretary ; Miss Eiise McLeod,
treasurer.
Amount raised for Missions, Charity and the Parish, S208.60.

1896 — Mrs. G. G. Eagle, president; Miss Farnham, vice-president ;
Miss Manny, recording secretary ; Miss Langdon. correspond-
ing secretary ; Mrs. S. H. Smith, treasurer ; Mrs. Michaels, Miss
Copland and Mrs. Geo. Bollinger, directors.

Junior Branch of the Epiphany Guild : Miss Algenia Gould, presi-
dent : Miss Bessie Zimmerman, secretary ; Miss Elise McLeod,
treasurer.
Amount raised for Missions, Charity and the Parish, S414.00.

1897 — Epiphany Guild : 10 a. m. to 5 p. m., Mrs. G.G. Eagle, presi-
dent ; Mrs. S. H. Smith, vice-president ; Mrs. T. E. Kozer, Miss
Peugeot, directors ; Miss Manny, secretary and treasurer.
The financial statement will not be made until May 1st, 189S.

Woman^s Bible Class*

The Woman's Bible Class enters upon its third year with the
study of St. John's gospel and the harmony of the four gospels.

The average attendance has been twenty with a floating atten-
dance of ten more.

Let us ask the question, what is the Woman's Bible Class for ?

If you turn to Acts, 1st chapter, and read the I2th, 13th and 14th
verses, you will notice that it is 2i faithful few who had been with our
Blessed Lord in His going out and coming in for forty days after
His resurrection, teaching the apostles of His doctrine and His
Kingdom. He now leaves them to go to His Heavenly home, to
reign as King, and to be the unseen worker with them through the
Holy Spirit in laying the Church, beginning at Jerusalem and going
on throughout the world. The Holy Spirit was to come to them not
many days hence, and they were told to wait, so they returned from
A'lt. Olive to the little upper room, which had grown very dear to
them and sacred by the presence of the "glorified body of their
blessed Savior."

Now please notice who were with the eleven apostles, "the
woman and Mary, the mother of Jesus, all with one accord in suppli-
cation and prayer." We now see for the first time at the very begin-
ning of the little Christian church women are included as workers
with the ministry of God's Kingdom, Please observe what a privi-
lege is brought to women in the beginning, and as "The Faith " has
brought us in as workers, how earnestly we should study God's writ^
ten words to be intelligent workers, since in His church this life is a
preparatory school for " Eternal life "and the "Written Word" is
our guide and makes plain to our hearts God's will.

As a graduate of the " Home Study of Holy Scriptures," let me
urge upon you to take up this study as laid out under Miss Smiley's
direction. You will never know the enlarged life it gives unless you
do. You may never know the beauties of a spiritual life that comes
to one who is brought so near by the daily study of eternal life.
Mere reading of the "Written Words" does not give us the search-
ing that we must do. If you cannot take up the study, at least at-
tend the Woman's Bible Class, where an opportunity is given you to
pick up many seeds that will grow to you for this life and the one to
come, which is coming so fast to you all.

The study is so near to my heart, and has so become part of
myself that I feel my mission is now to urge a greater and more regu-
A7,- attendance at the class of the women of this parish, to a better
understanding of God's Written Word, so that you can be a better
trained and more intelligent helper to your rector in his ministry of

WOMAN'S BIBLE CLASS. |

your parish. Come forward to help the visible kingdom for the in- '
visible, and be one of God's saints for His work. The Woman's
Bible Class meets every Sunday evening at half past six. A quiet
hour in the "Upper Room," to learn what St. John tells us in his
gospel, 17th chapter, 3d verse, and to remember the "secret of the
Lord is with them that fear Him," as told us in 25th Psalm, 14th
verse, "and He will make known to us His covenant."

MARY T. PRATT.

Girls' Friendly Society.

Epiphany Branch.

The Girls' Friendly Society, modeled after and bearing the same
name, and in alliance with the Girls' Friendly Society of England,
Scotland, Ireland and Canada, was established in this country in
1877, and has steadily increased in numbers and efficiency.

The society is organized for the improvement and entertainment
of girls and young woman, and also to unite and strengthen them in
the bonds of friendliness and mutual interest. The society makes
no restrictions as to church attendance, and admits all who are wil-
ling to conform to a few simple rules under the guidance of asso-
ciates.

The society endeavors to encourage purity of life, dutifulnessto
parents, faithfulness to employers and thrift, and in every way to
raise the standard of womanhood by providing an association to
which it may be a recommendation to belong.

The Epiphany Branch of this society was organized July 30,
1888, the first admission of members being held October 24, 1888.
The first associates were Mrs. Allen H. King, Mrs. Geo. G. Eagle,
Mrs. Rose Emma Brooks, the Misses Burgess, E. J. Robins and
Eaton. Of the first members admitted we have only one left — Miss
Josephine Dudley — the others having moved too far to attend, or
having married. We have now five senior members entitled to wear
the "Constancy Pin," which means that they havean unbroken mem-
bership of five years. We have lost many members by marriage ;
yet while they cease to be members on their wedding day, they still
have an interest in our, work and we in their welfare.

The Working Associates must be church women, who are ex-
pected to be as regular as possible at the meetings of the society,
and at all times to look after the members under their charge. The
Honorary Associates are not under any obligations to attend the
meetings, but by paying the annual fee of one dollar show their in-
terest in and approval of the objects of the society. As the dues of the
girls are merely nominal, it is possible for any one to join, and an
invitation is extended to all young women over fourteen years of
age to connect themselves with the Epiphany Branch. The eve-
nings are so divided that a part of every meeting is devoted to
recreation; yet the meetings are a real help to all who desire to

GIRLS FRIENDLY SOCIETY.

lead a christian life. The society provides a letter of introduction
which entitles any member of the Girls' Friendly Society to ad-
mission of the meetings of any Branch to which it is presented.

The Epiphany Branch has now 32 members, 5 probationers, 10
working associates and 4 honorary associates.

Receipts for year from April 30, 1896, to April

30, 1897, .... S169.94

Expenditures and benevolences, same year, 102.40

Balance on hand, . . S67.54

DAISY B. CRANDALL,

Secretary and Treasurer.

Meetings are held every Wednesday evening in Parish building.

(£0:^(20B

The King's Daughters*

Some ten years ago the wish "not to live to one's self, but unto
others" in the heart of one of our young parishioners found expres-
sion in the forming of St. Margaret's circle of the King's Daughters.
Ten was our number, which for several years remained intact ; then
the changes came, vacancies occurred and were filled ; more were
added to our numbers bringing on new faces, kindly hearts and
willing hands, so that now we number twenty-two.

The work for the most part has been quietly and steadily carried
on, and has been effective, generally speaking, and always so in the
reflex action on the circle. Families have been looked after, indi-
viduals helped to help themselves, hospitals visited and more kind
words said and deeds done than will ever be told. And now at the
beginning of a new year I look gratefully around at the many new
faces added to our circle, but all containing the same beautiful ex-
pression of love and courage, and eagerness to be of the best
assistance to our rector, whose hands and heart are so full. The
officers of the society are Miss Virginia Sayre, president; Miss
Annie Paterson, vice-president ; Miss A. Baker, secretary ; Miss L.
Kimball, treasurer.

Our meetings are held every other Monday, in the Parish build-
ing, at four o'clock.

The following is the treasurer's report for the year ending May
1st, 1896 :

Receipts.

Dues, . . . - . . $ 34-28

Entertainments, .... 114.22

Donations, .... 16.50

$165.00
Disbursements.

Expenses for Entertainments, . . $39-64

Postage 33

Charity, ..... 22.75

Benevolent work of the Parish, . 96.50

Merchandise, .... .78

Cash on hand, balance, .... 5.00

$165.00

THE KING'S DAUGHTERS.

We hope to do this year among young women what the Brother-
hood of St. Andrew attempts to do among young men — welcome
them to the church; cheer and brighten the lives of the strayed
and lonely, and do what is possible in helping by personal ministry,
as well as in other ways, the suffering and the distressed.

VIRGINIA SAYRE,

President.

JAMES M. BANKS, Fifth Junior Warden.

JOSEPH A. SLEEPER.

Junior Brotherhood of St, Andrews*

This is an active organization of boys, consisting of the follow-
ing members :

William Bott, io6 Congress street ; Alfred Bott, io6 Congress
street ; John Bott, io6 Congress street ; Henry Summers, 200 west
I2th street ; Matthew Summers, 200 west 12th street ; William
Crosby, 508 west 15th street ; Walter Courtin, 646 west 14th street ;
Fred Stephens, 549 west 15th street; Robert Hill, 512 Whipple
street; Henry Miller, 521 west Polk street; William Parker, 680
south Waustenau avenue; Thomas J. Bumpus, 15 north Ashland
avenue; Nevin Morrison, 260 Ashland boulevard; Edward Hobbs,
251 south May street; William Stephens, 549 west 15th street;
Clark Warren, 164 Aberdeen street.

The following are the officers for the year 1897 ^"^ 1898 :
Director, Henry Miller ; vice-director, Robert Hill ; treasurer,
William Crosby ; secretary, William Parker.

The society meets every Monday evening. After devotional ex-
ercises, conducted by the director, such business is transacted as may
be brought before the meeting, and then an hour is given to manual
training or amusement as the boys may choose. This part of the
work is under the care of Mr. George W.Macauley and Mr. Frederick
H. Deknatel. Mr. Edward M. Van Patten then drills the boys in
physical culture exercises, and at ten o'clock the society adjourns.
The attendance is usually about 14, and great interest is manifested
by the boys in the meetings. They are most of them communicants
and attend the Sunday School. Boys of from 12 to 18 are asked to
connect themselves with this society.

The report of the Junior Order Brotherhood of St. Andrews
treasurer, from December 28, 1896, to November 29, 1897, is as fol-
lows :

Cash received, .... S6.90

Ca.7h paid out, . . .4.15

Cash on hand, . 82. 75

Outstanding dues, . . .1.00

FRED C. STEVENS,

Treasurer.

The Young Men^s League,

This organization was started in 1894, under the care of the Rev.
John Chattin, who was then acting as lay reader at the Epiphany.

The purpose of the rector, and in this he was cordially second-
ed by Mr. Chattin, was to hold the young communicants of the
parish in some sort of relation to the Church during the trying years
when so many young men, thinking themselves too old for the Sun-
day School, are apt to wander away and become for a time at least
indifferent. Many of the boys who founded the League had been
members of the choir, and had been confirmed and had communed.
Others had not become identified with the corporate life of the
Church, but all were promising boys, many of whom have developed
into manly and christian young men — for they are no longer boys
and claim to be what their name indicates, members of the Young
Men's League.

Mr. Chattin was the first president, and only resigned in May,
1895, on his ordination. The second president was Mr. M. D. Tal-
cott, who continued president until January, 1898. Since that time
time Mr. E. E. Hooper has been Director, having been appointed by
the rector; a president being elected from the ranks of the society
itself.

The ofificers for the present year are : E. E. Hooper, director;
William Smale, president ; J. F. Craddock, vice-president ; VV. J.
Hamlin, treasurer ; J. H. Walker, secretary; C. N. Hitchcock, T. J.
Dorman, librarians.

Meetings are held every second Tuesday.

The league expect to give their annual entertainment some time
in February, and ask all their friends to rally to their support.

The League has also a Bible Class for young men which meets
in the choir room every Sunday ten minutes after the close of the
service. The Rector gives his personal attention to this class and is
taking the attendants through an interesting survey of Jewish his-
tory. All young men are welcome, and strangers are urged to
attend.

The Corporate Communion of the League is at the half-past ten
service on the first Sunday of the month, in brotherly union with St.
Andrew's Brotherhood, after the congregation at large have com-
municated.

J. H. WALKER,

Secretary.

The following are active members December 1st, 1897 • E. E.
Hooper, William Smale, Edward B. Cowper, A. J. Vane, T. J. Dor-
man, A. C. Oakland, L. G. fackson, J. C. Hunter, E. ]. Scott, W. J.
Hamlin, J. H. Walker. J. F. Craddock, H. S. Vane, ]. H. Standart,
C. W. Hitchcock, E. N. Smith, S. S. Smith, George Willamson, G.
Mazanti, Chas. McDonell, J. P. Daily, Joseph Ridley, W. F. Fritts,
Robert Ross, F. W. Dickhart.

The Missionary Council,

The rector in 1891 appointed a Missionary Council to take
charge of collecting and disbursing all moneys collected for missions.
The first appointment was Mr. M. D. Talcott, chairman ; Mr. J. M.
Banks, treasurer ; Mr. D. B. Salisbury, secretary. The present officers
areas follows : Mr. E. C. Ward, chairman ; Mr. J. M. Banks, treas-
urer ; Mr. D. B. Salisbury, secretary.

The following is a statement of the pledges and moneys re-
ceived up to May 1st, 1897 •

Number of Persons Amount of the

Year. who Pledged. Amount Pledged. Cash Co lections.

892-2 233 81,619.30 $291.28

892-3 143 855.25 46.66

893-4 188 799-80 24.96

894-5 227 1,084.45 '4179

895-6 262 1,023.68 151-71

896-7 300 1,028.74 162.76

26,411.22 S819.16

The Candy Guild*

Among the parochial organizations which have helped to pay
for the new church has been this unique society. It has never had
any place in any published list of parish societies, and has never had
any officers, except some one who, by mutual understanding among
the workers, has acted as treasurer. In trying to complete a gen-
eral survey of our work, this band of helpers can not be over-
looked, and the following is a summary of the information furnished
by one who has been associated with "The Candy Guild " from the
beginning of its labors :

The Candy Guild was started by a few members of the Young
Ladies Guild, in the spring of 1884, to raise money for an Easter
offering, and in the fall of that year was organized to meet weekly,
giving two days of every week to the work. The candy was made for
several years at the homes of Mrs. E. S. Warren, Mrs. Adam Short,
Mrs. C. C. Boyles and Mrs. Charles Chandler. After that they met
at the Parish building, using the kitchen there. While there is no
accurate account of the number of pounds made, it is safe to say that
they have sold about five thousand pounds of candy, realizing
a net profit of a little more than two thousand dollars. They paid
S750 for gas fixtures in the church, and $500 for a memorial tablet
to Bishop Chase.

The following is the list of the original members: Mrs. Adam
Short, Mrs. E. S. Warren, Mrs. J. M. H. Burgett, Mrs. F. H. Clark,
Mrs. Jesse Lyons, Mrs. Charles Chandler, Mrs. J. M. Locke, Miss
Jennie Oakley, Miss Kate H. Morrison, Miss Belle D. Morrison,
Miss Louise W. Swazey and Mrs. Albert Barnes.

The following members were added afterwards : Mrs. Frederick
Deknatel, Mrs. Charles Castle, Mrs. John Carr, Mrs. Charles Smith,
Mrs. William Jones, Mrs. Arthur Perry, Mrs. H. H. Hooper, Mrs.
William Bradshaw, Mrs. Willis Shernian, Mrs. F. G. Hattendorf,
Mrs. L. H. Evans, Mrs. Gillette, Miss Mary Banks, Miss Minnie
Hager, Mrs. John Locke, Mrs. Lester Newell.

(20BS0B

H. D. OAKLEY. FORMER VESTRYMEN. M. D. TALCOTT .

I. H. HOLDEN.
J. H. FRENCH. EDGAR S. BOYNTON.

PAROCHIAL REPORTS

TAKEN FROM THE JOURNALS
OF THE DIOCESE OF CHICAGO

Chicago — Epiphany — J 868.
J^ec/or—The Rev. R. F. Sweet.
Churth'wa}-dens—\i. W. Page, George

Gardner.
Families 51 ; Individuals not thus in-
cluded, 8 ; Total of souls, 160.
Sunday School — Teachers: Male, 3 ;

Female, 2 ; Total, 5. Scholars ;

Male, 15 ; Female, 34 ; Total, 49.
Evening Prayer— Sundays, 22.
Sermons, 22.
Contributions — Parish Purposes :

Total for Parish purpose s, S4,3977o.

Total of Offerings, $4,397.70.

This Parish was organized on Eas-
ter Monday of this year, from families
in the vicinity of Jefferson Park. Ser-
vices have been held since that time
in the Presbyterian Church near the
corner of Adams and Throop streets
every Sunday, the Clergy of the city
kindly conducting the same until about
the 1st of August, since which time
the Rev. March Chase, Deacon, has
been officiating. A Sunday School has
been established, and is steadily in-
creasing its numbers.

A lot has been purchased on the east
side of Jefferson Park, and a Church
is now being erected upon the same,
which will be completed in the month
of November, with the capacity of
seating four hundred persons, and
which will cost about Sq.ooo. A liberal
subscription has been secured, and
the prospect of the Parish are highly
encouraging.

Chicago— Epiphany— J869.

AWtor—REV. Richard F. Sweet.

Families, 70 ; Individuals not thus in-
cluded, 17; Total of souls, 298.

Baptisms — Infants, 9 ; Adults, 3 ; To-
tal, 12.

Confirmed, 9 ; Marriages, 3 ; Burials,
12.

Communicants — Admitted, 9; Re-
ceived, loi ; Removed, 6; Died, i.
Present number, no.

Sunday School — Teachers : Male, 3 ;
Female, 12; Total, 15. Scholars:
Male, 54; Female, 70; Total, 124.

Public Catechetical Instruction, num-
ber times, 12 ; Catechumens, 124.

Holy Communion — Public : Sundays,
12 ; Other days, 2 ; Total, 14. Pri-
vate, 2.

Morning Prayer — Sundays, 40 ; Other
days, 18; Total, 58.

Evening Prayer — Sundays, 46 ; Other
days, 30 ; Total, 76.

Sermons, ill; Lectures and other
Addresses, 12.

Contributions — Parochial :

Alms at Holy Communion, §177.89;
Pew Rental, §3,076.84 ; Collections
and other Receipts, 83,803.66, Sun-
day School, §375,97. Total §7,434.36.

Diocesan — Diocesan Mission, §150.62 ;

Diocesan Fund, Donation, §25.00 ;

All Sair

§230.62.

All Saints' M

, §55-00

§25.00 ;
; Total,

General — Domestic Missions, §15.80;

Nashotah, §100.00. Total, §1 15,80.

Total of Offerings, §7,780.78.

The Rector took charge of this
new Parish on All Saints' Day, 1868.
We worshiped in the Church building
for the first time on the second Sun-
day in Advent, the Bishop being with
us, preaching, and celebrating the
Holy Communion. Since then the
Parish has been steadily growing,
under the Divine blessing, and gives
promise of permanency and future
usefulness. The Rector begs to ac-
knowledge the many kind and valued
offices of the city Clergy during the
past year.

PAROCHIAL REPORTS

Chicago -Epiphany — 1 870.

Rector— Kev. Richard F. Sweet.

Churchwardens— D. W. Page, George
Gardner.

Families, 74 ; Individuals not thus in-
cluded, 12 ; Total of souls, 313.

Baptisms— Infants, 18 ; Adults, i. To-
tal, 19.

Confirmed, 5; Marriages, 6; Burials,
II.

Communicants — Admitted, 5 ; Re
ceived, 23 ; Removed, 20 ; Died, 5.
Present number, 113.

Sunday School — Teachers : Male, 2 ;
Female, 13; Total, 15. Scholars:
Male, 47 ; Female, 67 ; Total, 114.

Public Catechetical Instruction, num-
ber times, 12; Catechumens, 114.

Holy Communion— Public : Sundays,
14 ; Other days, i ; Total, 15. Pri-
vate, 4.

Morning Prayer— Sundays, 40: Other
days, 44; Total, 93.

Evening Prayer — Sundays, 50; Other
days, 33; Total, 83.

Sermons, 116; Lectures and other Ad-
dresses, g.

Contributions — Parochial :

Alms at Holy Communion, S262.07;
Pew Rental, $3,046.88; Collections
and other Receipts, 81,514-08; Sun
day School, S200.00; Total, 85,023.03.

Diocesan — Diocesan Missions, S70.91:
Diocesan Fund, S198.00; Aged and
Infirm Clergy Fund, S21.50; Total,
S290.41.

General — Foreign Missions, S48.00.
Total of Offerings, 85,361.44-

Chicago -Epiphany— J 87 1.

Rector— \' acAXxX.

Churchwardens— \i. W. Page, Geo.
Gardner.

Baptisms — Infants, 33 ; Adults, 4 ; To-
tal, 37.

Confirmed, 9 ; Marriages, 9 ; Burials,
16-

Communicants — A d m i 1 1 e d, 9 ; Re-
ceived, 25; Removed, 22; Dieri,
3 ; Present number, 122.

Sunday School — Teachers, 12 ; Schol-
ars,' lOO-
At present, without a Rector, owing

to the recent death of Rev. Dr. Chas.

.VI. Fox. The Parish, however, is

flourishing, and, under an acceptable

rector, would grow rapidly and be

very prosperous.

Chicago —Epiphany — \ 872.

Rector— Ktv. Chas. H. W. Stocking,
D. D.

Churchwardens — D. W. Page, George

Gardner.
Families, about 120; Individuals not
thus included, about 50; Total of
souls, 500.
Baptisms — Infants, 10; Adults, 3; To-
tal, 13.
Confirmed, 19; Marriages, 12; Burials,

13-
Communicants — Admitted, 25; Re-
ceived, 117; Removed, 42; Died, 5:
Present number, 200.
Sunday School — Teachers: Male, 5;
Female, 7; Total, 12. Scholars:
Total, 150.
Public Catechetical Instructions, 37;

Catechumens, 150.
Holv Communion — Public : Sundays,
I'r; Other days, 5; Total, 16. Pri-
vate, 5.
Morning Prayer— Sundavs, 36; Other

days, 52; Total, 88.
Evening Prayer — Sundays, 36; Other

days, 49; Total, 85.
Sermons, 71 ; Lectures and other Ad-
dresses, 13.
Contributions — Parochial:

Alms at Holy Communion, S213.33:
Sunday School, S175.50; Buildings,
Improvements and Incidentals,
55,128.07; Charitable, 225.00. Total,
85,74 1 -go-
Diocesan — Diocesan Missions, S22.80:
Diocesan Fund, amount assessed,
S150.00; Amount paid, Si 50.00 ;
Aged and Infirm Clergy Fund,
829.50; Total, S202.30. Total of
Offerings, S5,944-2o.
The above report dates only from
December 17, 1871, when the present
incumbent took charge of the Parish.
The records of the Parish, both statist-
ical and financial, having been burned
in the Great Fire of October 9th, the
Rector finds it impossible to present
anything more than an approxiniately
correct report. The vacancy in the
Rectorship, and the temporary demor-
alization incident to the Great Fire,
both contributed to weaken and em-
barrass the Parish, but it is the
rector's privilege to report at the
present tmie a most substantial and
unexpected prosperity. The acces-
sions to the Parish ha\-e been con-

PAROCHIAL REPORTS.

stant since the first day of the present
rectorship, and the supply of pews is
unequal to the demand. The debt,
none of which had been paid since the
formation of the Parish, is now being
gradually removed, and the Rector
linds abundant promise, on every
hand, of a vigorous, sustained and
healthy Church life that promises
noble things for the future.

Chicago -Epiphany— J873.

Rector— Ktv. Cha.s. H. W. Stocking.
D. D.

Chvrchwardens — D a n i e 1 Webster
Page, George Gardner.

Families, 132; Individuals not thus in-
cluded, 50; Total of souls, 620.

Baptisms — Infants, 26; Adults, 4; To-
tal, 30.

Confirmed, 13; Marriages, 22; Burials,
16.

Communicants — Admitted, 13 ; Re-
ceived, 113; Removed, go; Died,
6; Present number, 230.

Sunday School — Teachers : Male, 6:
Female, 10; Total, 16. Scholars:
150.

Public Catechetical Instructions, 52 ;
Catechumens, 150.

Holy Communion — Public : Sundavs,
15; Other days, 6; Total 2i. Pri-
vate, 6.

.Morning Prayer — Sundays, 52; Other
days, 30; Total, 82.

Evening Prayer — Sundays, 66; Other
days, 50; Total, 116.

Sermons, iio; Lectures and other Ad-
dresses, 8.

Contributions— V3.xoc\\\s.\ :

Alms at Holy Communion, S328.81 ;
Thanksgiving Decorations, §12,75;
Christmas Tree, 895,97; Sunday
School, S150.00; Banners, S55.00;
Mite Society, 850.00 ; Buildings,
Improvements and Incidentals,
85,126.82; Christmas Gifts to Rec-
tor, in Books and Monev, $485.00;
Total, 86,334.35-

Diocesan — Diocesan Missions 896.76;
Diocesan Fund, amount assessed,
$150.00; Amount paid. Si 50.00 ;
Aged and Infirm Clergy Fund,
$69.25; St. Luke's Hospital, $277.75;
St. Mary's, Knoxville, S50.00. To-
tal. $64.3.76.

General — Domestic Missions, $16.70 ;

Increase of the Ministry, 825.00;

Missions in Texas (Rev. Mr. Starr),

S20.00. Total, S61.70. Total of

Offerings, $7,049.81.

Besides the services above men-
tioned, the Rector reports others
rendered at various times in Connect-
icut, New York, Alabama, Texas and
Indiana. The Parish is in excellent
condition, the debt has been reduced
the past year about 82,000.00, and an
enlargement of the Church is con-
templated at an early day. The rec-
tor desires, furthermore," to express
his gratitude to his beloved parishion-
ers for the re.st and change given
him, through their generosity, in his
late Southern tour.

Chicago —Epiphany— 1874.

Rcctor~Kfi\. H. W. Stocking, D. D.
CInirchwardens — Daniel W. Page,

George Gardner.
Families, 140 ; Individuals not thus

included, 60 ; Total of Souls, 700.
Baptisms — Infants, 18; Adults, 4; total,

22.
Confirmed, 9 ; Marriages, 16 ; Burials,

Communicants — Admitted, 10 ; Rec'd,
48; Removed 21 ; Died, 6. Pres-
ent number, 261.

Sunday School — Teachers ; Male, 5 ;
Female, 12; Total, 17. Scholars,
Total, 170.

Public Catechetical Instructions, 12 ;
Catechumens, 170.

Holy Communion — Public: Sundays,
16; Other days, 6; Total, 22. Pri-
vate, 6.

Morning Prayer — Sundays, 52; Other
days, 37; Total, 89.

Evening Praver — Sundays, 52 ; Other
days, 18: Total, 70.

Sermons, 109 ; Lectures and other
Addresses, 11.

Contributio7is — Parochial :

Alms at Holy Communion (of
which, for the poor, 890.00; for
Sunday purposes, S86.64), §176.64;
Sunday School, 8365,29; Christmas
Tree, S60.27; Mite Society, 824.16;
Buildings, Improvement and In-
cidentals, 82,271.06 ; Debt and In-
terest, $1,709.83. Total, 84,607.25.

PAROCHIAL REPORTS.

Diocesan—Diocesan Missions, S104. 1 2:
Diocesan Fund, amount paid,
$200.00; Aged and Infirm Clergy
Fund, S64.10; St. Peter's Mission,
S7.81; St. Luke's Hospital, §270.00;
St. Mary's, Knoxville, $33.00. To-
tal, S67Q,33.

General — Domestic Missions, $14.00.
Total, $14.00. Total of Offerings,
85,400.58.

Chicago— Epiphany — J 875.

Rector— Kev. Benja.min A. Rogers.

Churchivardens— Daniel W. Page,
Geo. Gardner.

Families, 91; Individuals not thus in-
cluded, 50; Total of souls, 510;

Baptisms — Infants, 21; Adults, 3; To-
tal, 24.

Marriages, 10; Burials, 12.

Communicants — Removed, 47 ; Died,
4; Present number: Male, 40 ; Fe-
male, 170; Total, 210.

Sunday School — Teachers ; Male 5;
Female, 9; Total, 14. Scholars:
Male. 50; Female, 70; Total, 120.

Public Catechetical Instructions, 6 ;
Catechumens, 75.

Holy Communion — Public: Sundays,
10.

Morning Prayer— Sundays, 52; Other
days, 3; Total, 55.

Evening Prayer — Sundays, 50 ; Other
days, 25; Total, 75.

Contributions— Vz.xoc\\:\s.\ :

Alms at Holy Communion, Si 59.38;
Choir, $1,140.65; Sexton, S350.00 ;
Easter, Si. 428.38; Interest and Sun-
dries, $1,442.76. Total, §4,521.17.

Diocesan — Diocesan Missions, S78.25;
Diocesan Fund. $240.00. Tota'l,
318.25.

General— Domestic Missions. S40.37.
Total, $40.37. Total of Offerings.
$4,870.79-
The late Rector, Rev. Chas. H.

\V. Stocking, D. D., resigned and re-
moved to Detroit, July i, 1875.

The Rev. Benj. A. Rogers, of the

Diocese of Texas, has been called to

the rectorship, and has accepted the

call.

D. W. Page, Senior Warden.
Geo. Gardner. Junior Warden.

Chicago- Epiphany 1876.

AVcA-T— Rev. Benj. \. Rogkrs.

Churchiuardeiis—V). W. Page, George
Gardner.

Families, 100; Individuals not thus in-
cluded, about 75; Total of souls,
about 500.

Baptisms— Infants, 11; Adults, 4. To-
tal, 15.

Confirmed, 16; Marriages, 5; Burials,
'7-

Communicants— Received, 32 ; Ad-
mitted, 16; Whole number added,
48; Removed, 93; Died, 5. Present
number: Males, 50; Females, no.
Total, 160.

Sundav School— Teachers : Males, 4;
Females, 12. Total, 16. Scholars:
Males, 42; Females, 68. Total, no.

Public Catechetical Instructions, 10;
Catechumens, 75.

Holy Communion — Public, 57; Pri-
vate, 4. Total, 61.

Morning Prayer— Sundays, 52; Other
Days, 10. Total, 62.

Evening Prayer — Sundays, 46 ; Other
days, 50. Total, 96.

Contributions — Parochial :

Charities, Alms, etc., S185.59; Ex-
penses of Parish and Sunday
School, including a 1 1 salaries,
$4,722.10. Total, $4,957.69.

Diocesan — Diocesan Missions, S65.00;
Diocesan Fund, S109.00; Aged and
Infirm Clergv Fund, $15.12; St.
Luke's Hospital, S162.60. Total,
$43772. . .

General— Domestic Missions, §28.12.
Total, $28.12. Total of Offerings,
$5,418.53.

Chicago — Epiphany — \ UTI.

Kector—Ktv. Theodore N. Morri-
son, Jr.

Churchwardens— Daniel W. Page,
George Gardner.

Families, 95; Individuals not thus in
eluded, 49. Total of souls, 356.

Baptisms— Infants. 9; Adults, 4. To-
tal, 13.

Confirmed, 24: Marriages, 4 ; Burials.
10.

Communicants— Received, 49; .Ad-
mitted, 24; Whole number added,
73; Removed, 95. Present number:
Males, 52; Females, 138. Total,
I go.

Sunday School— Teachers: Males, 4:
Females, 14. Total, iS. Scholars:
Males, 40; Females, 70. Total, no.

PAROCHIAL REPORTS.

Public Catechising, 12; Number
Catechised, 110.

Holy Communion — Public, 26; Pri-
vate, 3. Total, 29.

Morning Prayer — Sundays. 52; Other
days, 10. Total, 62.

Evening Prayer — Sundays, 51; Other
days, 47. 'Total, 98.

Coniriiuiza>!s— Parochial :

Charities, Alms, etc., §123.53; E.x-
penses of Parish and Sunday
School, including a 1 1 salaries,
53,491.33; Church Debts and Inter-
est. Total, §5,174.73.

Diocesan— Diocesan Missions, S75-00;
Diocesan Fund, SiQO.oo; Aged and
Infirm Clergy Fund, $14.73 ;
Bishop's Fund for Candidates,
S20.81 ; St. Luke's Hospital, S164.1S.
Total, S464.52.

General — Domestic Missions, S55.00;
Education for Holy Orders, S23.00.
Total, S78.00. Total of Offerings,
S5.7I7-25-

Chicago —Epiphany— J 878.

Rector— Kev. Thodore N. Morri-
son, Jr.
C hurchwardens — Daniel W. Page,

George Gardner.
Families, 105 ; Individuals not thus

included, 53. Total of souls, 430.
Baptisms — Infants, 16; Adults, 8. To-
tal, 24.
Confirmed, 14; Marriages, 12; Burials,

Communicants — Received, 61 ; Ad-
mitted, 14 ; Removed, 44 ; Died,
3. Present number : Males, 68 ;
Females, 150. Total, 218.

Sunday School— Teachers : Male, 4 :
Females, 17. Total, 21. Scholars-
Males, 52; Females, 70. Total, 122.

Public Catechisings, 12; Catechised,
122.

Holy Communion — Public, 59; Private
3. Total, 62.

Morning Prayer — Sundays, 39; Other
days, 6. "Total, 45.

Evening Prayer— Sundays, 39; Other
days, 6g. Total, 108.

Contributions — Parochial : Charities,
Alms, etc., S239.20; Expenses of
Parish and Sunday School, includ-
ing all salaries, $2,443.59 ; Church
Debts and Interest, 81,457.98. To-
tal, 4,140.77-

Diocesan — Diocesan Missions, Sioo;
Diocesan Fund, S120.00; Aged and
Infirm Clergy Fund, S19.00 ;
Bishop's Fund for Candidates,
S44.87; St. Luke's Hospital, S162.15.
Total, S446.02. Total of Offerings,
84,586.79.

Chicago -Epiphany— 1879.

Rector— K&v. T. N. Morrison, Jr.

Churchwardens — Daniel W. Page,
George Gardner.

Vestryme}t—C. J. Magill, H. D. Oak-
ley, J. H. Grier, M. D. Talcott, R.
H. Walker, J. H. French, E. S.
Boynton, I. N. Holden.

Families, no; Individualsnot thus in-
cluded, 40 ; Number of souls, 450.

Baptisms — Infants, 20; Adults, 6. To-
tal, 26.

Confirmed, 24: Marriages, 22; Burials,
10.

Communicants — Number last report-
ed,218; Received, 37; Admitted by
Confirmation, 24. Total number
added, 61. Removed, 32; Died, 3.
Present number : Males, 81 ; Fe-
males, 163. Total, 244.

Contributions — Parochial : Charities,
S352.70; Expenses, 83.563-17;
Church Debt and Interest, §2,009.-
77; Church Work, S300.00. Total,
§6,325.64.

Diocesan — Missions, S122.75 ; Fund,
$182.50; Aged and Infirm Clergy,
S27.50; Bishop's Fund for Candi-
dates, S11.05; St. Luke's Hospital,
$576.01. Total, S919.81.

General — Yellovif Fever Sufferers,
$63.00. Grand Total , $7,3 1 8.8 1 .

Chicago — Epiphany — J 880.

Rector— Rev. T. N. Morrison, Jr.

Churchwardens — D. W. Page, George
Gardner.

Vestrymen — J. H. Grier, I. H. Holden,
C. J. Magill, R. H. Walker, H. D.
Oakley, E. S. Boynton, M. D. Tal-
cott, J. H. French.

Families, 113; Individualsnotthus in-
cluded, 46. Total of souls, 500.

Baptisms — Infants, 11; Adults, 10;
Total, 21.

Confirmed, 17: Marriages, 18; Burials,

PAROCHIAL REPORTS.

Communicants —Xumber last report-
ed, 244 ; Received, 20; Admitted
by Confirmation, 17. Total num-
ber added, 37. Removed, 14; Died,
I. Present number: Males, 77:
Females, 189 ; Total, 266.

Sunday School — Teachers, 34 ; Schol-
ars, 230.

Catechisings, 12.

Holy Communion — Public, 100; Pri-
vate, 2.

Morning Prayer — Sundays, 52; Week
days, 7.

Evening Prayer — Sundays, 52 ; Week
days, 02 ; Number of' Sittings, 420.

Contribiitioiis—'P nroch\z\ :

Charities, $331-58 ; Expenses. S3,-
667.38. Church debt and interest,
84,197.43. Total, 38,196.39.

Diocesan — Missions, S125.00; Other
Mission Work within Diocese,
S29.21 ; Fund,S220; Bishop's Fund
for Candidates, S30.04 ; St. Luke's
Hospital, S267.57. Total, 671.21.

Grand Total. §8,867.60.

Chicago — Epiphany — J 88 J .

Rector— Key. Theodore N. .Morri-
son, Jr.

Churchwardens — Daniel W. Page,
George Gardner.

Vestiymen—Z. J. Magill, M. D. Tal-
cott, I. A. Grier, E. S. Bovnton, J.
H. French. H. D. Oakley, I. H.
Holden, J. H. Williams.

I'amilies, 120 ; Individuals not thus
included, 1^0. Total of souls, 600.

Baptisms— Infants, 23; Adults, 2; To-
tal, 25.

Confirmed, 24; Marriages, 26; Burials,
30-

Communicants — Last reported, 244 :
Received, 50; Admitted, 24; Whole
number added, 74 : Removed, 26 :
Died, 3. Present number; Males,
94; Females, 195. Total, 289.

Sunday School — Teachers, 35 ; Schol-
arsi 300.

Catechising, 52.

Holy Communion — Public, q8 : Pri-
vate, 9.

Morning Prayer — Sundays, 52; Week
davs, 7.

Evening Prayer— Sundays, 52; Week
days, go. Number of sittings, 420.

Contributions— ^s.roQ\C\i\ :

Expended for Charities, Si 72.73;

Expenses, 54,082.26 ; Church Debt
and Interest, $3,315.01; Building or
Improving Church, $662.35 i -Mis-
cellaneous Offerings, S353.50. To-
tal, $8,585.85.

Diocesan-.Missions, $155.00; Diocesan
Fund, S223.75 ; Aged and Infirm
Clergy Fund,$i9.75; Bishop's Fund
for Candidates, S18.10; St. Luke's
Hospital, S273.00. Total, $689.60.

General — Domestic Missions, S88.80.

Grand Total, $9,364.25.

Chicago— Epiphany— 1882.

Rector— Rev. T. N. Morrison, Jr.

Churchwardens — Daniel W. Page,
George Gardner.

r'est/ymen—C. J. Magill, J. H. French,
M. D. Talcott, I. A. Grier, H. D.
Oakley, J. H. Williams, I. H.
Holden. J. C. Rogers.

Families, 115; Individuals not thus in-
cluded, 50. Total of souls, 600.

Baptisms — Infants, 23; Adults, 4. To-
tal, 27.

Confirmed, 23; Marriages, 16; Burials,
24-

Communicants-Number last reported,
2S5; Received, 29; Admitted, 23;
Whole number added, 52; Re-
moved, 31: Died, 5. Present
number; Males, 196; Females, 105.
Total, 301.

Sunday School — Teachers, 28; Schol-
ars,' 240.

Catechisings, 52.

Holy Communion — Public, 95; Pri-
vate' 12.

Morning Prayer — Sundays, 52; Week
days, 40.

Evening Prayer — Sundays, 48; Week
days, 98. ' Number of sittings, 420.

Contributions — Parochial ;

Charities, $546.53; Expenses,
$5,062.85; Church Debt and Inter-
est, $2,340.21; Improving Church,
S128.00; Special Gifts, $230.00. To-
tal, $8,307.59.

Diocesan Missions, $200.00; Diocesan
Fund, S250.00 ; Bishop's Fund for
Candidates, $18.10; St. Luke's Hos-
pital, $183.00. Total, S651. 10.

General — Domestic Missions, S135.75:
Mission to the Jews, S16.00. Total,
!^rand Total,

151.75-

$0,110.44-

PAROCHIAL RHPORTS.

Chicago— Epiphany — J 883.

Rector — Rev. Theodore N. Morri-
son, Jr.

Churchwardens — Daniel W. Page,
Geo. Gardner.

Vestrymen— Z. ]. Magill, H. D. Oak-
ley, M. D. Talcott, I. A. Grier, J.
H. Williams, J. C. Rogers, J. H.
French, I. H. Holden.

Families, 138; Individuals not thus in-
cluded, 60. Total of souls, about
500.

Baptisms — Infants, 19; Adults, 6. To-
tal, 25.

Confirmed, 15; Marriages, 19; Burials,
25.

Communicants-Number last reported,
315; Received, 38; Admitted, 15;
Whole number added, 53; Re-
moved, 36; Died, 5. Present num-
ber: Males, 114; Females, 213.
Total, 327.

Sunday School — Teachers, 24; Schol-
ars, 230.

Catechising, 52.

Holy Communion — Public, 88; Pri-
vate, 5.

Morning Prayer— Sundays, 52; Week
days, 43-

Evenmg Prayer — Sundays, 52; Week
days, 92. Number of sittings, 400.

Contributions — Parochial :

Charities, S540.95; Expenses,
§4.833.55 ; Church Debt and Interest,
§4,403.00; Improving Church,
$475.11. Total, 310,252.61.

Diocesan — Missions, $200.00 ; Other
mission work, $187,54 ; Diocesan
Fund, S275.00; Aged and Infirm
Clergy Fund, $21.65 : St. Luke's
Hospital, S147.00. Total, $831.19.

General — Domestic Missions, §65.00;
Jewish Missions, S38.00. Total,
S103.00. Grand Total, $11,186.80.

Chicago— Epiphany 1884.

Rector — Rev. Theodore N. Morri-
son, Jr.

Chnrch-wardens — Daniel W. Page,
George Gardner.

Vestjyme?!—C. J. Magill, H. D. Oak-
ley, J. H. Williams, J. H. French,
I. H. Holden, J. A. Grier, M. D.
Talcott, C. H. Jordan.

Families, 140; Individuals not thus in-
cluded, 60, Total of souls, 600.

Baptisms— Infants, 21; Adults, 4. To-
tal, 25.
Confirmed, 20; Marriages, 34; Burials,

Communicants-Number last reported,
315 ; Received, 20; Admitted, 20 ;
Whole number added, 40; Re-
moved, 13; Died, 2. Present num-
ber: Males, 104; Females, 236. To-
tal, 340.

Sunday School — Teachers, 26; Schol-
ars, 250.

Catechising, 52.

Holy Communion— Public, 88; Pri-
vate, 12.

Morning Prayer — Sundays, 52; Week
days, 43.

Evening Prayer — Sundays, 52; Week
days, 92.

Contributions — Parochial :

Charities, $487,78; E.xpenses,
$6,819.67; Church Debt and Inter-
est, $8,655.21. Total, §15,962.66.

Diocesan — Missions, $200.00; Other
Mission Work, $118.70; Diocesan
Fund, S275.00; Aged and Infirm
Clergy Fund, §16.00; Bishop's Fund
for Candidates, $15.28; St. Luke's
Hospital, $i2g.oo. Total, §703.95.

General-Jewish Missions, §20.00. To-
tal, §20.00. Grand Total, §16,688.51.

Chicago— Epiphany— J885.

Rector — Rev. Theodore N. Morri-
son, Jr.
Churchwardens — George Gardner,

C. J. Magill.

]'estryme?t — J. A. Grier, J. H. French,
J. H. Williams, M. D. Talcott, H.

D. Oakley, I. H. Holden, C. H.
Jordan, E. S. Warren.

Families, 150 ; Individuals not thus in-
cluded, 80; Number of souls. Ad-
ults, 600 ; Children, 300. Total,
900.

Baptisms — Infants, 33; Adults, 6; To-
tal, 39.

Confirmed, 39; Marriages, 20; Church-
ings, i; Burials, 33.

Communicants— Number last report-
ed, 340 ; Received, 55 ; Admitted,
27; Whole number added, 92; Re-
moved, 57; Died, 4. Present num-
ber ; Males, 120; Females, 251.
Total, 371.

Sunday School — Teachers, 33; Schol-
ars, 300.

Catechisings, 52.

PAROCHIAL REPORTS

Holy Communion — Public, 88; Pri-
vate, 15. ,

Morning Prayer — Sundays, 52; Week
days, 42.

Evening Prayer — Sundays, 52; Week
days, Q2.

Contributions — Parochial : Charities,
S621.60; Expenses, $5,620.43.
Church debt and Interest, $3,714.50;
Improving Church, S400.QO. Total,
§10,356.53.

Diocesan — Diocesan Fund, $293.75 ;
Missions, $1 15.00 ; Other Mission
work, S40 ; Bishop's Fund for Can-
didates, $46.97 ; St. Luke's Hos-
pital, $i74-35- Total, S670.07.

General — Domestic Missions, S30.00.
Total, S30.00. Grand Total,
$11,056.60.

Chicago — Epiphany — J886.

Rector— K&v. Theodore \. Morri-
son, Jr.

Chitrchivardens — George Gardner,
C. J. MagiU.

Vestrymen — |. A. Grier, J. H. French,
J. H. Williams, M. D. Talcott, I.
H. Holden, C. H. Jordan, H. D.
Oakley, Chas. F. Elmes.

Families,' 250; Individuals not thus in-
cluded, 100. Number of souls:
Adults, 500; Children, 400. Total,
qoo.

Baptisms — Infants, 40; Adults, 6. To-
tal, 46.

Confirmed, 44; Marriages, 24. Burials,

Communicants-Number last reported,
371; Received, iiS; Admitted, 44;
Whole number added, 162 ; Re-
moved, 35; Died, 6. Present num-
ber ; Males, 171; Females, 321,
Total, 492.

Sunday School — Teachers, 25 ; Schol-
ars,' 300.

Catechising, 52.

Holy Communion Public, 96 ; Pri-
vate, 12.

Morning Prayer — Sundays, 52; Week
days, 152.

Evening Prayer — Sundays, 52; Week
days, 65. '

Contributions— VsLVOctnaX :

Charities, $684.80; Expenses,
$8,405.85; Church Debt and Inter-
est, $13,261.04; Improving Church,
$16,062.08. Total, 38,413.77.

Diocesan — Diocesan Fund, §380.00 ;
Missions, $290.00; Other Mission
Work, S70.00 ; Bishop's Fund for
Candidates, $29.00; St. Luke's Hos-
pital, §92,55. Total, §861.55.

General — Domestic Missions, §25.00 ;
Other objects, §23.00; Total, S48.00.

Grand Total 839,323.32.

Chicago— Epiphany— J 887.

Rector — Rev. Theodore X. Morri-
son, Jr.

Churchwardens — George Gardner,
Chas. J. Magill.

Vestrymen — ]. A. Grier, C. H. Jordan,
J. H. French, I. H. Holden, M. D.
Talcott, H. D. Oakley, J. H. Will-
iams, C. F. Elmes.

Families, 250; Individuals not thus in-
cluded, 100; Number of souls,
about 1,000.

Baptisms— Infants, 35; Adults, 8. To-
tal, 43.

Confirmed, 31; Marriages, 23; Burials,
35-

Communicants-Number last reported,
492 ; Received, 43 ; Admitted, 31 :
Whole number added, 74 ; Re-
moved, 21.

Contributions — Parochial :

Charities, §619.67; Expenses,
§8,123.13; Church Debt and Inter-
est, $1,251.77 ; Improving Church.
$9,702.61. Total, $19,697.18.

Diocesan — Diocesan Fund, §380.00 ;
Missions, §290.00; Other Mission
Work, $202. 13; St. Luke's Hospi-
tal, §250,25 ; Woman's Auxiliarv,
§677.25. Total, §1,799.63.

General — Jewish Mission, $48.
Grand Total, §21,544.81.

Chicago Epiphany J888.

Rector — Rev. Theodore X. Morri-
son, Jr.

Churchwardens— Q. J. Magill, J. A.
Grier.

Vestrymen—]. H. Holden, C. H. Jor-
dan, J. M. Banks, H. D. Oakley,
M. D. Talcott, D. R. Brower, C. F.
Elmes, J. H. Williams.

Families, 250; Individuals not thus in-
cluded, 100. Total, 1,200.

Baptisms — Infants, 28 ; Adults, 14.
Total, 42.

Confirmed, 61: Marriages, 20; Burials,
26.

PAROCHIAL REPORTS.

Communicants-Number last reported,
540 ; Received, 74 ; Admitted, 71 ;
Whole number added, 145; Re-
moved, 119; Died, 4. Present num-
ber, S62.

Contributions — Parochial :

Charities, $538.60; Expenses,
86,878.86; Church Debt and Inter-
e.st. $2,567.50; Improving Church,
S4,572.57- Total, Si4,557-62.

Diocesan — Diocesan Fund, S440.oo
Missions, S250.00; Aged and In-
firm Clergy Fund, $45.35; Bishop's
Fund for Candidates, $38.10; St.
Luke's Hospital, $259.12; Woman's
Auxiliary, $.536.70. Total, $1,369.27.
General — Domestic Missions,
$169.50.

Grand Total, $16,096.39.

Chicago— Epiphany— 1889.
Rector — Rev. Theodore N. Morri-
son.
Churchwardens — C. J. Magill, C. H.

Jordan.
Vestrymen — J. A. Grier, J. H. Holden,

J. M. Banks, J. H. Williams, H. D.

Oakley, M. D. Talcott, D. R.

Brower, M. D., C. F. Elmes.
Families, about 200 ; Individuals not

thus included, about 100. Total,

about 1,200.
Baptisms— Infants, 41 ; Adults, 14.

Total, 55.
Confirmed, 38; Marriages, 30; Burials,

25-

Communicants— Number last report-
ed, 562; Received, 19; Admitted,
38; Whole number added, 57. Re-
moved, 26; Died, 3. Total, 590.

Sunday School— Teachers, 35; Scho-
lars, 450.

Public Catechizings, 52.

Holy Communion — Public, 161; Pri-
vate, 13.

Morning Prayer — Sundays, 52; Week
days 132.

Evening Prayer — Sundays, 52 ; Week
days, 130.

Contributions— Paroch i al :

Charities, $833.74; Expenses, $8,-
224.43; Church Debt and Interest,
$11,662.04; Improving Church,
S706.45. Total, $21,426.66.

Diocesan — Diocesan Fund, $500.00 ;
Missions, 55687.00 ; Aged and In-
firm Clergy Fund, $51.50; Bishop's
Fund for Candidates, S70.75; St.
Luke's Hospital, $158.00; Woman's

Auxiliary, $638.00. Total, $2,105.25.
General — Domestic Missions, $155.30.
Grand Total, $23,687.21.

Chicago— Epiphany— J890.

Hector— Rev. Theodore N. Morri-
son.

Churchwardens— C. J. Magill, C. H.
Jordan.

Vestrymen — J. A. Grier, J. H. Holden,
J. M. Banks, J. H. Williams, H. D.
Oakley, M. D. Talcott, D. R.
Brower, M. D., C. F. Elmes.

Families, about 400; Individuals not
thus included, 100; Total number
of souls, 1,200.

Baptisms — Infants, 61; Adults, 13.

Confirmed, 43; Marriages, 26.

Communicants — Number last report,
590; Received, 32 ; Admitted, 43 ;
Removed, 39; Died, 1 1 ; Present
number, 615.

Sunday School — Teachers, 33; Schol-
ars, 450.

Public Catechizings, 52.

Holy Communion — Public, 208 ; Pri-
vate, 12.

Morning Prayer — Sundays, 52; Week
daj-s, 40.

Evening Prayer— Sundays, 52; Week
days, 130.

Contributions — Parochial :

Charities, $1,025.95; Expenses,
$9,496.03; Church Debt and Inter-
est, $2,480.75 ; Improving Church,
$2,584.45. Total, $15,587.18.

Diocesan — Diocesan Fund, $500.00 ;
Diocesan Missions, $662.00; Aged
and Infirm Clergy Fund, S51.50;
Bishop's Fund for Candidates,
$124.25; St. Luke's Hospital, S46.00.
Total, $1,383.75-

General — Domestic Missions, $1 16.31 ;
Johnstown Sufferers, $87.00. Total,
$203.31.

Grand Total, $17,174.24.

Chicago— Epiphany — I89I.

Rector— Rev. Theodore N. Morri-
son.

Lay Readcr-Y. D. Ward.

Churchiuardens—Qhi:iX\t% J. Magill,
Collins H. Jordan.

Vestrymen — J. M. Banks, D. R.
Brower, C. F. Elmes, J. H. Holden,
C. N. Post. J. A. Sleeper, M. D.
Talcott, J. H. Williams.

Treasurer — H. J. Jones.

PAROCHIAL REPORTS.

Families, 400; Individuals not thus in-
cluded, 2CX3; Total number of souls,
1,500.

Baptisms— Infants, 43; Adults, 12;
Total, 55; Confirmed, 44; Mar-
riages, 29; Burials, 36.

Communicants last reported, 615; Re-
ceived from otlier Parishes, 31 ;
Added after Confirmation, 44 ; To-
tal gain, 75; Died, 6; Dismissed to
other Parishes, 23; Dropped, 15;
Total Loss, 44, Present number,
646.

Morning Prayer— Sundays. 52; Other
days, 40.

Evening Prayer— Sundays, 52; Other
days, 130. Total, 274.

Holy Communion— Sundays, 52; Holy
days, 24; Other days, 33; Private,
14; Total, 123.

Catechizmg, 40.

Sunday School— Teachers, 39 ; Offi-
cers, 6; Total Scholars, 300; Bible
Class Teachers: Male, I ; Female,
I. Total, 2. Pupils : Male, 18;
Female, 22. Total, 40. Choir,
Surpliced 37. Other organizations .
St. Andrew's Brotherhood, Girls'
Friendly Society, Woman's Auxil-
iary, Rector's Council, Missionary
Council, Ladies' Society, Rectory
Fund Association, Epiphany Guild.

Disbursements — Charities, S954.55;
Current Expenses, S10.918.25; Re-
pairs and Improvements, 83,065.42;
Sunday School, Si47-53; Buildings,
etc., 81,364.48; Principal of Church
Debt, 84,600.00; Interest on Church
Debt, 83,710.73; Diocesan Assess-
ment, S500.00; Diocesan Missions,
$700.00; Through Deanery, gi 15.00;
Aged and Infirm Clergy Fund,
Si 12.58; Widows and Orphans of
Clergy, S53.8o; Bishop's Fund,
S40.00 ; Other Purposes, S26.50;
Domestic Missions, Si 14.66; St.
Luke's Hospital, $225:50; Clergy-
man's Retiring Fund, S38.08. To-
tal, 826,686.85.
Receipts— On hand, $5. 564.78 ; Com-
munion Alms, $1,047.96; Offertory
at other Services, $11,358.91; Pew
Rents, S7>386-73; Sunday School,
S823.73; Parish Societies, Si.975.i6.
Total, $28,157.27. Balance on hand,
$1,470.42.

Chicago— Epiphany— 1892.
Rector— Kev. T. N. MORRISON.

Lay Reader — Mead Moore.
Churchwardens— Chas. J. Magill, Col-
lins H. Jordan.
Vestrymen — J. M. Banks, D. R.
Brower, M. D., C. F. Elmes, J. H.
Holden, C. N. Post, J. A. Sleeper,
M. D. Talcott, J. H. Williams.
Treasurer— Y{. J Jones, 39-41 South

Halsted street.
Families, 393; Individuals not thus
included, 319; Number of souls,
about 1.500.
Baptisms— Infants, 41 ; Adults, 8. To-
tal, 49. Confirmed, 47; Marriages,
34; Burials, 4; Churchings, 2.
Communicants-Last report, 649; Add-
ed after Confirmation, 47 ; Died, 3;
Present number, 712.
Morning Prayer— Sundays, 52; Other

days, 40.
Evening Prayer— Sundays, 52 ; Other

days, 130. Total, 274.
Holy Communion— Sundays, 52; Holy
days, 24; Other days, 33; Private,
12. Total, 121.
Sunday School— Teachers, 33; Offi-
cers, 5. Total, 38. Scholars, 300;
Catechizings, 40; Cho r, Surpliced,
36. Other organizations: Woman's
Guild, Epiphany Guild, Woman's
Auxiliary, St. Andrew's Brother-
hood, Girls' Friendly Society,
Ministering Children's League,
Missionary Council, Rector's Coun-
cil, St. Cecelia's Council.
Disbursements — Charities, 81,035.98;
Current Expenses, 810,232.74; Sun-
day School, 835:45; Building, S500;
Principal and Interest on Church
and Rectory Debt, 816,251.09; Dio-
cesan Assessment S450.00; Diocesan
Missions and Deanery, Si. 666.28;
Aged and Infirm Clergy Fund,
$20,05 ; Widows and Orphans of
Clergy, S29.05 ; Bishop's Fund,
S56.00; Domestic Missions, $264.42;
Jews, 827.00; St. Luke's Hospital, \
S105.00. Total, 830,682.06. j

Receipts — Cash on hand. 85,970.42 ;
Communion Alms, 81,038.98; Offer-
tory at other Ser\ices, S9,!;47.25;
Pew Rents, $7,125.87; Sunday '
School, 8851.56; Borrowed Money,
$1,100.00; Rebate on Taxes, S75.30;
Bond Account, 86,124.25. 'Total,
$31,830.63. Balance on hand,
$1,148.57.

PAROCHIAL REPORTS.

Chicago— Epiphany— J893.

Eecior—Rev. Theodore N. Morri-
son.

Assistant— Key. Geo. B. Pratt.

Lay Readers—]. M. Chattin, Mead
Moore.

Churchwardetis — Charles T. MagiU,
Collins H. Jordan.

Vestrymen-]. M.Banks, D. R. Brower,
M. D., C. F. Elmes, J. H. Holden,
C. N. Post, J. A. Sleeper, M. D.
Talcott. J. H. Williams.

Treasurer — H. J. Jones, 134 Park Ave.

Families, 286; Individuals not thus
included, 219 ; Total number of

souls, 1,000.

Baptisms — Inlants, 46; Adults, 7; To-
tal, 53. Confirmed, 31 ; Marriages,
41; Burials, 42; Churchings, 3.

Communicants last reported, 712; Re-
ceived from other Parishes, 22 ;
Admitted after Confirmation, 31 ;
Total Gain, 53. Died, 4; Trans-
ferred to other Parishes, 2 ;
Dropped, 104. Total Loss, 120.
Present number, 645.

Morning Prayer — Sundays, 52; Other
days, 40.

Evening Prayer — Sundays, 52; Other
days, 130; Litany, 26; Total, 300.

Holy Communion— Sundays, 52; Holy
days, 24 ; Other days, 33 ; Private,
16. Total, 125.

Sunday School — Teachers, 36; Offi-
cers, 11; Total, 47. Scholars, 400;
Calechizings, 42. Choir, Supliced,
36. Other Organizations: Brother-
hood of St. Andrew, G. S. F., M.
C. L., Rector's Council, Missirnary
Council, Ladies' Guild, Young
Ladies' Society, Woman's Auxil-
iary.

Disbursements — Charities, 8926,89 ;
Current Expenses, §13,207.19; Sun-
day School, S44.14; Improvements,
$130; Principal and Interest on
Church Debt, S4,436.86; Diocesan
Assessment, S454.49; Diocesan Mis-
sions, {51,233.17; Woman's Auxil-
iary, $160; Domestic Missions, 325;
St. Luke's Hospital, S89.75. Total,
$20,797.49.

Receipts — On hand, gi, 148.57; Com-
munion Alms, S926.89; Offertory at
other Services, $10,325.12; Pew
Rents, S7.183.27; Money Borrowed,
$3,000.00; Total, $22,583.85 ; Bal-
ance on hand, $1,786.36.

Chicago — Epiphany — 1894.

Rector— Kq\. Theodore N. Morri-
son.

Lay Readers — Mead Moore, J. M.
Chattin.

Churchivardens— Charles J. MagiU,
Collins H. Jordan.

Vestrymen — ]. M. Banks, D. R.
Brower, M. D., C. F. Elmes, J. H.
Holden, C. N. Post, J. A. Sleeper,
M. D. Talcott, J. H. Williams.

Treasurer — H. J.Jones, 134 Park Ave.

Families, 286; Individuals not thus in-
cluded, 134; Total, 800.

Baptisms— Infants, 41; Adults, i4;To-
tal, 55. Confirmed, 52; Marriages,
29; Burials, 26; Churchings, 3 ;
Easter Communions made, 485.

Communicants last reported, 716; Re-
ceived from other Parishes, 27;
Admitted after Confirmation, 52 ;
Total Gain, 79. Died, 7; Trans-
ferred to other Parishes, 14;
Dropped, 139; Total Loss, 150.
Total, 645.

Morning Prayer — Sundays, 52 ; Other
days, 40.

Evening Prayer — Sundays, 52 ; Other
Days, 130'; Litany, 27 ; Total, 301.

Holy Communion — Sundays, 52; Holy
days, 33; Other days, 130; Private,
12; Total, 227.

Sunday School— Teachers, 28; Offi-
cers, 7; Total, 35. Scholars, 350.
Bible Class Teachers, Male, 2;
Pupils, 41. Catechizings, 40; Choir,
Surpliced, 50; Communicants in
Choir, 31. Other Organizations,
Brotherhood of St. Andrew, Girls'
Friendly Society, Woman's Auxil-
iary, Epiphany Guild, Boys' League,
Rector's Council, Missionary Coun-
cil, Young Ladies' Society.

Disdursements-Charities, $789,83; Cur-
rent Expenses, $9,888.66; Sunday
School, S235.72; Other Purposes,
$3,010.66 ; Diocesan Assessment,
S470 ; Diocesan Missions, $693;
Bishop's Fund for Candidates,
$29.50; Domestic Missions, $29.15;
Colored, S13.80; St. Luke's Hospi-
tal, $99.50; Total Disbursements,
$15,269.36.

Receipts— On hand, $1,786.36; Com-
munion Alms, S799.83; Offertory at
other Services, $6,114.74; Pew
Rents, $6,355.25 ; Sunday School,
Si 50; Mission Pledges, $693. To-

PAROCHIAL REPORTS.

tal Receipts, $15,899.18; Total Dis-
bursements, $15,269.36; Balance on
hand, $629.82.

Chicago— Epiphany— 1895.

Jiecior—Rev. Theodore N. Morri-
son, D. D.

Lay Reader — Mead Moore.

Churchwardens —- Charles J. Magill,
Collins H. Jordan.

Treasurer — H. J. Jones, 134 Park Ave.

Vestrymen-]. M. Banks, D. R. Brewer,
G. P. Blair, C. F. Elmes, E. E.
Hooper, C. N. Post, M. D. Talcott-
J. H. Williams.

Families, 325; Number of Souls, 850.

Baptisms — Infants, 31; Adults, 8; To-
tal, 39 (of which 2 private); Con-
firmed, 60; Marriages, 27; Burials,
29 ; Churchings, 3; Easter Com-
munions made, 585.

Communicants — Last Reported, 645;
Gain, 96: Loss, 76; Present num-
ber, 665.

Morning Prayer — Sundays, 52; Other
days, 9.

Evening Prayer — Sundays, 52; Other
days, 125.'

Holy Communion — Sunday, 52; Holy
days, 33; Other days, 7; Private, 4';
Total, 96.

Sunday School — Teachers and Offi-
cers, 33; Scholars, 300; Bible Class,
Teachers, i; Pupils, 24; Choir, Sur-
pliced, Number of Members, 50 ;
Other Organizations : Brotherhood
of St. Andrew, 19; Girls' Friendly
.Society, 38; Young Men's League,
35 ; Altar Guild, 12 ; Woman's
Guild, 26; Woman's Auxiliary, 18;
Epiphany Guild, 25 ; Ministering
Children's League, 31; Circle of
King's Daughters, 26 ; Rector's
Council, 12; Missionary Council, 7.

Disbttrscments — Charities, $1,060.77 ;
Current Expenses, $16,325.01 ; Re-
pairs and Improvements, $1,059.58;
Sunday School, S246.76; Parish
Societies, $104.25 ; Principal of
Church Debt, $31,000; Interest on
Church Debt, $2,453.50 ; Diocesan
Assessment, $504.85; Diocesan Mis-
sions, through Board of Missions,
$966,07; Deanery, S30 ; Woman's
Auxiliary, (Cash), S250.29; Aged
and Infirm Clergy Fund, S18.32:
Widows and Orphans of Clergy,
S18.33; Bishop's Fund for Candi-

dates, S49.75; Domestic Missions,
17.40; Foreign, $24; Total Dis-
bursements, $54,128.94.
Receipts — Cash on hand last report,
$1,685.36 ; Communion Alms to
Rector, $561.92; Offertorv at other
Services, $4,614.56 ; Pew Rents,
$6,276.93; Sunday School, $231.76;
Parish Societies, $1,819.46; Do-
nations, $36,632; Borrowed Money,
$2,000; Entertainments, S449.95;
Total Receipts, $54,271.94; Balance
on hand at date, $143.06.

Chicago— Epiphany^ J8%.

Rector — Rev. Theodore N. Morri-
son, D. D.

Lay Reader — Mead Moore.

Churchwardens — Charles J. Magill,
Collins H. Jordan.

Vestrymen-]. M. Banks, D. R. Brower,
M. D., G. P. Blair, C. F. Elmes, E.
E. Hooper. C. N. Post, D. B. Salis-
bury, J. H. Williams.

Treasurer — H. J.Jones, 134 Park Ave.

Families, 276; Individuals not thus
included, 304 ; Number of Souls,
about, 1,100.

Baptisms — Infants, 62; Adults, 13 :
Total (of which 3 private), 75.

Received after Private Baptism, i;
Confirmed, 51; Marriages. 32; Bur-
ials, 43; Churchings," 3; Easter
Communions made. 476.

Communicants — Last Reported, 665 ;
Received, 33; Admitted, 51; Died,
6 ; Transferred, 23; Dropped, 16;
Present number, 704.

Morning Prayer — Sunday, 52 ; Other
days, 41.

Evening Prayer — Sundays, 52; Other
days, 135; Litany, 24.

Holv Communion — Sundays,64; Holy
days, 24; Other days, 33; Private,
9; Total. 130.

Sunday School — Teachers, 33; Offi-
cers, 6; Scholars, 322; Bible Class,
Teacher, Male, i; Pupils, Female,
21; Catechizings, 40; Choir, Sur-
pliced. Number of Members, 61;
Communicants in Choir, 39 ;
Other Organizations : Epiphany
Guild, 26; Girls' Friendly Society,
35; Missionary Council, 6; Rector's
Council, 12; Brotherhood of St.
.Andrew, 14; Ministering Children's
League, 51; King's Daughters, 22;
Woman's Guild, 26; Young Men's
League, 31 ; Woman's Auxiliary, 39.

PAROCHIAL REPORTS.

Disbursements — Charities, $1,287.81 ;
Current Expenses, §9,388.94 ; Re-
pairs and Improvements, 8691.25;
Sunday School, S227.04; Principal
of Church Debt, §1,150.00; Interest
on Church Debt, $1,158.92; Dio-
cesan Assessment, $132.95 ; Dio-
cesan Missions, $1,003.34.; Dioce-
san Missions, Woman's Auxiliary
(cash), $106.69; Bfshop's Fund for
Candidates, S64.65; Domestic Mis-

sions, $23.15.
jceipts — Cash on Hand, $143.00 ;
Communion Alms, $596.23; Offer-

tory, $4,357.46; Pew Rents, $5,903.-
24; Subscriptions for Missions,
$1,003.34; Sunday School, $227.04;
Parish Societies, $1,692.91; Money
Borrowed, $1,875.00; Total Re-
ceipts, $15,798.22; Balance, $563.48.

Chicago— Epiphany— 1897.

Rector— ^iv. Theodore N. Morri-
son, D. D

Churchwardens —

Families, 284; Individuals, 296; Num-
ber of Souls, 1,100.

Baptisms — Infants, 45; Adults, 4; To-
tal, 49.

Confirmed, 41; Marriages, 28; Burials,
33; Communions made on Easter
Day, 594.

Communicants — Last Reported, 704;
Received, 26; Admitted, 41; Died,
7; Removed, 12; Not Found, 53;
Total, 699.

Holy Communion — Sundays, 65; Holy
days, 24; Other days, 3; Private, 7;
Total, 99.

Morning Prayer — Sundays, 52; Other
days, 24.

Evening Prayer — Sundays, 52; Other
days, 102; Litany, 6.

Sunday School— Teachers, 31 ; Ofifi-
cers, 6; Scholars, 260; Bible Class,
Pupils, 26; Public Catechizing, 42;
Choir, Surpliced, 66 ; Epiphany
Guild, 23; Girls' Friendly Society,
46; Missionary Council, 6; Brother-
hood of St. Andrew, 19; Junior
Brotherhood, 12; Ministering Child-
ren's League, 29; Women's Guild,
31 ; King's Daughters, 13; Young
Men's League, 21; Woman's Auxil-
iary, 36.

Receipts-QdL^\\. on hand, $563.48; Com-
munion Alms, $551.32; Other mon-
ies forCharity,$i55.22; Open Offer-
ings, $5,435.89; Pew Rents, $5,396.-
80; Sunday School, $211.40; Wom-
man's Auxiliary, Parish Society
and Guilds, $1,406.03.

Disbursements — For Parochial Pur-
poses: Charities, $706.54; Current
Expenses, $8,537. 22;Sunday School
Support, $185.30; Parish Societies,
$315.19; Interest on Church Debt,
$858.00. Total, $10,602.25. For Dio-
cesan Purposes: Diocesan Assess-
ment,$i,oi3.25; Diocesan Missions,
$775.00; Aged and Infirm Clergy
Fund, $52.00; St. Luke's Hospital,
$70.70. Total, $1,910.95. General
Purposes : Domestic Missions,
$423.10. Total, $423.10. Receipts,
$13,720.14. Disbursements, $12,-
936.30. Balance, $783.84.

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In addition to complete courses in technology,
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175 Dearborn Street

Telephone Main 2009

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and other Social functions

embellishment of Stationery with Initials, monograms, Ciphers
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REAL ESTATE

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Telephone West 954

Alfred Barker

Painter and Interior Decoratore^

FINE ART WALL PAPER

527-52'' WEST MADISON STREET
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HOWARD PEARSE

High Grade Meats and Provisions

Game and Oysters a Specialty.

530 West Van Buren Street

'Phone West 7(>S

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Largest Makers of

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Ask for

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Satin, Kid or Ooze Leather Slippers,
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Careful attention to all require-
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All newest books being promptly
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Jewelers and Opticians.

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Fine Repairing and Diamond letting a Specialty.

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Insurance Agents

168 LaSalle Street.

Represent over 5/0,000,000 Insurance Assets.

Have paid for losses over $2,500,000.

F"air rates and prompt payment of losses.

Telephone Main 1978.

MAIN ENTRANCE.

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Funeral Directors

14-16 E. iMadison Street

between ^Michijjan and Wabash tiVenues

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TelepJione 241J Main.

Established 1871

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