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The Sunday evening service of the bishop brought out many who had not
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attended previous services, and a large congregation of those who had. His sermon was' at once a comfort and an inspiration.
All in all it was a great week, filled with blessings for the souls who sought them, sweet memories for those who have been faithful from the beginning, and a new start for those who will be faithful in coming days.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT. The rector acknowledges, with gratitude, to those whose 1
names appear below, his appreciation of their gifts during the Jubilee, in envelopes distributed for that purpose : Mesdames M. Wakeman, F. H. Wood, D. S. Seymour, H. B. Brooks, J. E. Tristram, L. L. Gervais, H. S. Wilcox, A. M. Alley, R. O. Thompson, C. H. Conklin, E. V. Shayler, Jos. Harvey, J. P. Sharp, Chas. Hudson, W. A. Douglass, A. L. Fitch, A. M. Hunt, A. W. Pebbles, D. H. Gile, H. E. Krauth, J. N. Davison, J. W. Faxon, A. M. Booth, B. A. Oakes, M. S. Hohmann, R. W. Crompton, Touch, S. A. Girling, J. S. Wyckoff, C. Snyder, G. F. Howard, C. H. Bontecou, H. W. Hobbs, B. Ayers, W. P. Gunthorp, J. A. Barber, R. R. Reno, E. E. Rogers, R. W. Cavenaugh, W. S. Crawford, S. E. Wilson, E. J. H. Wright, J. C. Rogers, M J. Carpenter, T. G. O'Connor, K. K. Fernald, J. C. Cross, F. W. Thomas; H. L. Hotchkiss, Wm. White, W. M. Smith, R. Lull, H. Witbeck, H. B. Richardson, A N. Fisk, S. H. Abernethy, S. Y. Brown, E. H. Center, I. Redding, D. W. Moore, M. E. Thomas, Chas. West, A. Cotsworth, F. W. Winston, W. A. Brewerton ; Messrs. J. E. Tristram, L. L. Gervais, J. A. Barber, W. P. Gunthorp, C. C. Clark, R. O. Thompson, L. Thompson, Jos. Harvey, J. Sutcliffe, D. S. Seymour, A. H. Vilas, J. Girling, A. L. Fitch, R. W. Ermeling, J. S. Hohmann, W. Gile, H. A. Seymour, J. W. Faxon, Wm. Ritchie, R. P. Hohmann, R. W. Crompton, B. A. Oakes, F. W. Cornish, H. T. Bentley, W. S. Crawford, R. W. Cavenaugh, G. S. Fulton, C. S. Elwood, G. F. Howard, H. W. Hobbs, C. A. Gleason, R. R. Reno, W. A. Brewerton, S. E. Wilson, W. J. Reynolds, J. C. Rogers, F. Wright, E. J. H. Wright, G. W. Clegg, F. W. Thomas, A. N. Fisk, C. P. Miller, K. Fisk, Allan Center, S. B. White, Wm. White, H. B. Brooks, H. Witbeck, H. Redding, E. H. Center, W. M. Smith, R. Lull, A. Jones, B. Barber, H. L. Hotchkiss, F. B. Wyckoff, A. Cotsworth, W. A. Pope; Misses A. Wilcox, E. Shayler, E. L. Abbott, O. Spicer, B. A. Brown, G. V. Wyckoff, F. Koontz, H. M. Privat, M. K. Davison, M. E. Davison, G. E. Conklin, B. Faxon, D. Porter, H. A. Hunt, H. E. Richards, R. Wood, K. Girling, L. Ayers, W. Rogers, M. Crawford, N. Sutcliffe, L. West, M. F. Young, S. L. Payne, M. Fernald, L. T. Bitting, E. Hudson, L. Attridge, M. Mooney, G. White, S. J. Reynolds, M. Barber, M. L. Wyckoff, M. Gunthorp, E. I. Brown, M. C. Mc Williams, M. Berrington. Total amount given by these generous persons, $547.40. Open offerings at the week-day services, $27.93. Pledges, $144. Total, $719.33. Will those whose names do not appear above, please send offerings at once?
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THE VESTRY MEETING. Three new men were added to the number of vestry- men last Wednesday evening, viz., William Ritchie, William P. Gun- thorp and Sylvester E. Wilson. This fills all the vacancies caused by removals and resignation. The parish is to be congratulated for this added strength to the official board of the parish, for upon the ten strong men who compose it, rests the responsibility of securing a new rector.' Parishioners may rest assured that every interest of the parish will be considered and that the new rector will in every way be fitted for the work. The vestry is strong, and composed of level headed men who will do this work well, and all other work which devolves upon them.
THE BAZAAR. Fitting adjectives' would be hard to find to express the rector's praise of the bazaar in all its departments. It was a genuine exposi- tion of labor, love and loyalty, and brought splendid success in every way. Thank you, good women, for all it has meant and all it means. Results are as follows: Parochial Guild, $600; St. Katharine's Guild, $390; Girls' Friendly Society, $35; Kalendar Table, $33; St. Eliazbeth's Guild, $46; Total, $1,104.
A THANK OFFERING. The seven-branch vesper lights' which have been used for several of our great feasts during the last few years, have been purchased and given to the Church as "a thank offering for the many blessings received during the rectorate of the Rev. E. V. Shayler." They are the gift of Miss Frances M. Church. Every intelligent person knows the significance of candles upon the Altar, the two Eucharistic lights used only at the Celebra- tions of the Holy Communion proclaim Christ as the light of the world in His two natures, human and Divine. Vesper lights set forth the symbolism of joy, light and happiness and should be used only at the great feasts of the Church. The number seven is symbolic, the number of perfection and the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit. We give our hearty thanks to Miss Church for this thank offering at the thirtieth anniversary, and the expression of her love in the effort to make the place of God's honor glorious.
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PARISH NOTES.
Will subscribers please call at office for books ?
Mrs. Preston died on Friday morning last.
Military School next Thursday evening.
Some unsold articles from Bazaar can be purchased of Mrs. Bagley at reduced prices.
Three classes in Sunday School last Sunday gave each $1.55, viz., the rector's, Mrs. West's and Miss Conklin's.
The new Altar fund now reaches nearly $2,000. The rector would have enjoyed seeing its installation, but-
We welcome to the parish William S. Booth, Clara M. and Florence E. Booth, transferred from Epiphany, Chicago.
Is there anyone in the parish who can find a tenant for the rector's house? Possession given January 1, 1910.
The names of a great many well to do parishioners should be added to the list of Jubilee donors upon another page.
The rector preached at Church of the Redeemer, Chicago, last Monday cvening. He will address Men's Club in Harvard, Dundee, and Kenosha this' week in response to urgent invitations to come before leaving Oak Park.
A sick, lonely woman going to the hospital again, received Holy Communion at her home on Friday morning. She gave the rector a thanksgiving gift for the Jubilee. From the human standpoint she has little to be thankful for. Oh, that the well and well to do all had her spirit! Only a heart filled with love for Jesus Christ can do this.
Miss Satie Payne has charge of the Altar flowers. The profusion of beauti- ful flowers upon the Altar last Sunday was due to the generosity of William Ritchie. There are no flowers promised for December 12 and 19. Would any one like the privilege of providing them?
The Rev. Dr. Hopkins, who was to have preached on Sunday, December 19, has postponed his visit because it will be the last Sunday of the present rector's work in Grace Church.
There is no love without obedience. We can't love Christ and not obey Him. That is unthinkable.
Mrs. Lyman, of La Grange, will talk to the Woman's Auxiliary, Wednesday, December 8 of the work of the sisters in Chicago, why their work should be continued and what we all can do to help. Let there be a large attendance.
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Motto for the Year { Love is not blind nor bound; not impotent, inactive nor disloyal.
VOL. VII OAK PARK, ILL., SUNDAY, DEC. 12, 1909 No. 49
REVEREND ERNEST VINCENT SHAYLER, Rector, 217 Linden avenue.
MISS GEORGINE CONKLIN, Secretary, 120 South Grove avenue.
ROBERT R. RENO, Treasurer, 534 N. Elmwood avenue.
KENNARD BARRADELL, Choirmaster, 249 Wisconsin avenue.
RALPH W. ERMELING, Organist, 320 N. 53rd avenue.
ROBERT THOMPSON, Sexton, 320 East Ontario street.
Subscription to this paper, 50 cents per annum. Please send to Miss Conklin.
One day last week a man suggested that a Bradstreet's rating would be a good thing for a Church and that it would be of infinite value to the new rector of Grace Church to find the rating of each communicant of the parish upon the card index. You all know what a business man's rating is, do you not? It gives the approximate value of his possessions, his ability to pay his bills, and his reputation for promptness. Men and firms are classified A. B. C. and D., showing the grading.
We acknowledge that this would be a splendid thing to do, if it were pos- sible or practicable. It would give the new rector definite information which might take him years to learn, and he would not be liable to form incorrect
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estimates of personal values. But there are two reasons why this will not be done: First, because God did not make the present rector a judge over the congregation. A shepherd, a priest, a teacher, a steward, a watchman, he has tried to be; but not a judge, that must be left for the great Judge of all.
Second, because the spiritual values are only spiritually discerned, and while many external facts proclaim the story of spiritual possessions, yet mental reasoning may be fallacious.
It is profitable, however, this Advent (the judgment) season for each one to rate himself, to realize how he would be rated by his own conscience, and by Him from whom no secrets are hid. 'Let us take first Church giving, that is a fair thermometer. Grade A would mean that one (in reasonable years and health) is present at the Holy Communion and such other services as he can, or the other services and the Holy Communion if he can, upon Sundays and properly observes the weekly fast day and feast days.
We might classify under B those who attend weekly the Early Communion and no other service, or Morning Prayer and sometimes another service during a week. We might classify as C those who come upon occasional Sundays, once a month or less frequently. And in the D class the remainder. Then a grading under the heading "Work," working for the Kingdom in an or- ganized way under the guidance of the parish-first for home, second for outside fields. We could classify the A's as those who regularly and with all their ability (not more) do these two first duties; then under B the peri- odical workers; C, those who do very little, and D, those who do none at all.
Then the grading under the head of "Giving," that should be spelled with an "1" instead of a "g," for that it what it means.
Giving "A's." Not the people who give the most, but those who give the most they can, and do it persistently, loyally and systematiclly. Of course, first to parish support, according to means and station in life, and propor- tionately to what the same person spends upon other things. The man with the large salary who gives in amount the same as the clerk at ten dollars a week, is not in the A class, but the clerk is.
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The weekly payment is augmented by specials' whenever specials are asked for at Christmas, Easter or Thanksgiving in proportion.
How shall we classify the B's? They shall be the disproportionate givers and the C's the spasmodic, and the D's?
This might be an interesting study if we carried it to a fuller conclusion and took up the question of influence in the Church, of spiritual life of the individual, and of family religious assets. The editor has merely offered an outline for thought. He knows and appreciates with gratitude the large numbers of A1 people in Grace Church, and he prays for a rapid develop- ment in all others for the coming years. Without such grace and goodness such virtue and vim, such liberality and love, the wonderful present status of lives and parish could not have been attained. But above all-above all- see that the rating is good upon the Lamb's Book of Life.
PARISH NOTES.
We are grateful to Mrs. J. C. Rogers for the beautiful flowers upon the Altar last Sunday.
The burial of Mrs. Preston took place from her residence on Monday morning last. Mrs. Preston was one of the founders of the parish and was greatly beloved by all who knew her. The heartiest sympathy and prayers of the rector and congregation go out to the afflicted ones.
Mr. Ray Pierson, one of our faithful boys in past years, is here for a few days. We welcome him to his old place in the choir during his visit.
Owing to the extreme cold on Wednesday last, the meeting of the Auxiliary was postponed.
The Men's Club will meet on Wednesday evening of this week, and it is hoped there will be a large attendance.
GEORGE P. LEE. A rare Christian gentleman, past three score and ten, who had been resident in Oak Park for about two years, passed away to his rest last Saturday. The funeral ,services were held at the Church on
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Monday, and the body was interred at Graceland. Mr. Lee was a man of strong character and conviction, and a Churchman of unswerving fidelity. The Church has been richer for his life, and we pray God that his soul may progress in Paradise until the final consummation of all things.
Belated names for Thank Offering: W. H. Rains, Mrs. W. H. Rains, Mrs. H. B. Noyes, James Harvey, Alma E. White, Maggie White, H. B. Noyes, Kenneth Noyes.
Who will give this Christmas gift?
WILMINGTON, N. C., Dec. 7th, 1909.
Rev. Ernest V. Shayler,
Oak Park, Ill.
DEAR BRO. :
This poor old missionary that supplies his own house, with a family, and receives the "large stipend" of $800.00 a year (inadequate, of course), en- closes on or about my 72nd birthday $1.26 for four copies of your little book, viz .: "The making of a Churchman." I could use 50 copies (but am not able to purchase so many).
Address EDWARD WOOTTEN,
Wilmington, North Carolina.
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VOL. XI OAK PARK, ILL. SUNDAY, JUNE 30, 1912 No 26
OFFICERS.
Bishop: Right Reverend CHARLES PALMERSTON ANDERSON, D. D.
Right Rev. WILLIAM EDWARD TOLL, Bishop Suffragan.
Reverend EDWARD T. MATHISON, Rector, 210 Maple Ave., 'Phone, 266S. Reverend BERNARD I. BELL. Curate, C03 S. East Ave., 'Phone, 2789.
Reverend ALBERT E. HEARD, Deacon. JAMES EDWARD FOSTER, Layreader. Henry D. Pierce, Senior Warden, 403 N. Grove avenue.
Wm. P. Gunthorp, Junior Warden, 317 N. Prairie avenue, Austin.
Vestrymen : Frank R. Bagley, F. J. C. Borwell, Edward H. Center, Charles Chenoweth, S. F. Forbes, Wil.
T. Payne, Charles Ward Seabury, E. P. Sperry, H. J. Ullmann and W. F. Yardley.
W. F. Yardley, Clerk of Vestry.
All ert Cotsworth, Jr., Treasurer, 409 Forest avenue.
Kennard
Barradell,
Choirmaster,
249 Wisconsin avenue.
Ralph W. Ermeling, Organist, 507 N. 53rd avenue.
James W. Rex, Sexton, 444 Me- nominee street.
ORGANIZATIONS.
Parochial Guild, meets Fridays at 10 a. m. Pres., Mrs. Judah Hornsey. St. Katharine's Guild, meets Tues- days at 10 a. m. Pres., Mrs. F. J. Macnish.
Girls' Friendly Society, meets Mon- days at 7:30 p. m. Branch Secretary, Miss Helen M. Sutcliffe.
Woman's Auxiliary, meets 2nd Wednesday of month at 10 a. m. Pres., Mrs. F. L. Vanderburg.
Junior Auxiliary, meets every sec- ond Friday at 3 p. m. Pres., Mrs. Al- bert Cotsworth, Jr.
Altar Guild. Mrs. G. F. Howard. President.
Men's Club, meets the third Wed- nesday of the month. Pres., D. W. Moore.
Boy Scouts of America. Charles Hudson, Scout Master. Harold Corn- ish, Asst.
OFFICE HOURS.
The Rector-Mornings at his house. The Curate-Mornings at his house. Church Telephone-3C3SJ.
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SERVICES DURING JULY AND AUGUST.
July 25. Thursday, The Feast of St. James the Apostle. Communion at 9:30. August 6th, Tuesday, Feast of the Transfiguration. Communion at 9:30. August 24th, Saturday, St. Bartholomew's Day. Communion at 9:30.
After this week and during July and August, the Friday evening services will le discontinued.
Church Items will not be issued until the first Sunday in September.
Rev. Webster Hakes of Muscatine, Iowa, will have charge of the Sunday services during Angust. Mr. Hakes is a brother of Mrs. F. A. Deacon and Mrs. A. H. Vilas.
During July the services will be maintained by the present clergy staff. Mr. Mathison will officiate at least during the first two Sundays in the month, and possibly three. The remaining Sunday or Sundays will be under the charge of Rev. B. I. Bell, the curate. The evening service at St. Christo- pher's will probably be suspended during the two warm summer months.
The lawn party advertised in last week's issue of Church Items to be held upon the lawn of Mr. F. Thomas, has been indefinitely postponed.
That the Church in the United States continues to grow, is shown by the freqnent election of additional Bishops. The last issue of our Church papers tells of the election of two additional Bishops. The Rev. H. Perey Silver has been elected Bishop Coadjutor of Kansas. In Connecticut. after failing in an attempt during several years to divide the Diocese, the Rev. J. Chaun- cey Linsley, for seventeen years rector of Trinity Church. Torrington, has been elected Bishop Suffragan. Mr. Linsley has been a friend of the rector for all these years. When he became the rector of the Torrington Church. through his recommendation Mr. Mathison was elected rector of his vacant parish. While not thinking it best to accept, Mr. Mathison has always appre- ciated this mark of esteem on Mr Linsley's part, and leaving all considera- tions of friendship aside believes that the Diocese of Connecticut has made a most excellent choice of one to serve as Coadjutor to their Diocesan Bishop. .
The funeral last Saturday of Mrs. Sibly, noted in the last issue of Church Items, has been followed quickly by two others this week. Mr. Jolin Taggart, of 1134 South Cuyler avenue, was buried from his late residence on Monday afternoon at 1 o'clock. Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 the funeral of Mr. E. M. Cowling, of 805 South Kenilworth, took place. Interment was at Forest Ilome.
The rector, Mr. Mathison, will be the preacher at the outdoor Vesper Service in Scoville place Sunday afternoon, July seventh, at 5:30. Reports say that the services have started off this year with a much larger attend- ance and greater interest than in former years.
The following marks have been received by the rector upon the test given to the children of the Sunday School. Many of the teachers have not sent in their marks and therefore the list is incomplete.
Eighth Grade: Frances Collins, 100% ; Jean Davis, 100% ; Sibyl deJoamis, 90%; Dorothy Eich, 100% : Edith Harris, 100% ; Irene Knight, 93% ; Frances
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Lewis, 100%; Constance Lockyer. 00%; Helen Letterman, 93%; Edith Phil- ips, 100%; Joyce Philips, 98%; Clara Thorpe, 100% ; Muriel West, 100% ; Dorothy Yardley, 100% ; Dorothy Moore, 100%; Faith Coombs, 100%; Ger- trude Early, 80%; Ruth Lewis, 90%; Fannie Myers, 100% ; Virginia Reed, 88% ; Janet Swab, 90%.
Class 18, Third Grade: Grace Curtiss, 100%; Margaret Krauth, 20%; Annette De Voe, 75%; Rosylin Bredem, 75%; Harriott Curtiess, 100%; Elizabeth Harris, 90%; Edith Dean, 77%; Elizabeth Bryant, 75%; Eunice Olsen, 75%.
Fourth Grade: Gorton Ritchie, 75% ; Win. Crawford, 75% ; Forbes Burnes, 80%; John McEwen, 70%.
Mr. Ermeling's Class: Monroe Printup. S5% ; John R. Ritchie, 96% ; Arthur Moore, 80%; Robt. Reno, 92% ; Vincent French, 82% ; Harvey Mor- row, 76% : Walter French, 92% ; Victor Brock, 88%.
Mrs. Sutcliffe and her committee are preparing for the Parochial Guild's Towel Shower, to take place in September. Donations of any kind of towel, whether one or more, will be very acceptable. Last year many vari- eties of hand work were given and not only much admired but every one was sold at the Bazaar, resulting in a clear profit for the Guild. All ladies donat- ing towels are asked to place a price upon each towel sent in. The ladies on the committee are Mrs. Sutcliffe, Mrs. Mathison, Mrs. Bliss, Mrs. Agnew, Mrs. Murphy and Mrs. White.
INDEPENDENCE DAY AND THIE EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
It is often thought that because the Episcopal Church was known up to and during the Revolutionary War as the Church of England that it was hostile to the war and its members adverse to the war. The following facts in this connection are of interest. George Washington was a most loyal member of our Church. He was baptized when an infant and admitted to the Holy Communion when of proper age. When sixteen years old the parish records show that he was a sponsor for a child in Baptism. He was Vestry- man in Truro Parish, Virginia, acted as layreader frequently when no clergyman was present, attended service regularly in St. Paul's Parish, Now York, and in Old Christ Church, Philadelphia. His rector once said of him, "I have never seen so constant an attendant at Church as Washing- ton." And he was once pointed out to a visitor to Congress as "The gentle- man who always kneels during prayer." Richard Henry Lee offered the resolution that "These United States are and of right ought to be free." He was an Episcopalian. Of the five who drew up the Declaration of Indo- pendence, three, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin and Robert Living- stone, were of our Church. The deciding votes that placed Delaware and Pennsylvania upon the side of independence were cast by Caesar Rodney and John Morton, both Churchmen. Another Churchman, Benjamin Harri- son, reported the Declaration of Independence to the Continental Congress. Thirty-six of the fifty-six signers of the Declaration of Independence were members of our Church. A Churchman first publicly read the Declaration of Independence; another ordered it read to the soldiers of the army. On the same day the Declaration of Independence was signed, the Vestry of Christ Church, Philadelphia, altered the prayerbook to conform and the bells of that same Christ Church were the first to ring out a responsive peal to the sounds of the old and revered "Liberty Bell." All this is a precious heritage and one that it is well for us once in a while to remember.
Reports from the boys' camp tell of fishing, field day, bathing and all the other accompaniments of a good time. Choirmaster Barradell and Miss Reynolds are helping in all the exercises.
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THE LAKE TRIP.
The lake trip, given by the vonng ladies of the Bible Class last Tuesday, was a splendid snecess in every way. The day was an ideal one. not a ripple on the lake, and the large. handsome boat glided so smoothly one had to look out on the water to know that it was moving. Very few people other than our own were on board so that there was an abundance of room. An orchestra of eight pieces furnished music for dancing, which was much enjoyed by the girls.
On arriving at Michigan City lunch was spread on long tables in the very pretty pavilion near the center of the park. About two o'clock all started ont to explore the park or to climb the sand dunes. Some of the girls seemed to enjoy the sand quite as much as in childhood days, and made the quarter of a mile ascent again and again. Others delighted the heart of the palmist and the owners of the little train, velvet dip and merry-go-round.
At 4:20 p. m. the boat started homeward and at 7 o'clock all had landed safely, tired and happy. Never have our young people spent a more enjoy- able day, many feeling the day had been all too short. As we were leaving the boat the parser remarked that he had never seen a prettier sight than so many young girls dancing together, and that he appreciated such a refined, well behaved crowd, and hoped we would come again.
Of those that went there were twenty-one adults and seventy-six girls. The chaperons were Rev. Mr. Mathison, Rev. Mr. Way, Maywood, Mr. Gun- thorp, Mr. and Mrs. Osborne. Mrs. Yardley, Mrs. Prime. Mrs. Forbes, Mrs. West, Mrs. James. Misses Gunthorp. Ethiel Forbes, Laura West. Marie Hall, Nellie Sutcliffe, Elsie Brown. To these, who showed so much interest in our young people, the Bible Class wishes to extend sincere thanks.
ANNUAL SUNDAY SCHOOL PICNIC.
The kindergarten and children of the Sunday School, with their parents and friends, are invited to go on the annual picnic. Thursday, July 11th. at Garfield Park. All are requested to meet at Oak Park avenue station at 10:45 a. m., bringing with them a lunch. At 12 o'clock lunch will be spread all together under the trees. Afterwards will follow games and a general good time.
The girls of the Bible Class are planning to especially care for all younger children and will devote the day trying to make it a most pleansant one for everybody.
It is hoped that all mothers will plan to go and bring their little ones. The upper classes. too, both of girls and boys, are asked to come. Remember and save the date-Thursday, July 11th.
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GRACE CHURCH-OAK PARK The "Church Beautiful" free from debt- as it will look when completed under the plan now being worked out
This illustrated folder is sent you to more fully acquaint you with all the things necessary to do in order to carry out and complete the original plans for our church home. The vestry acknowledges with grateful thanks the hundreds of enthusiastic offers of help received in response to the little circular on "The Unfinished Church" sent out last week. "The Plan" for carrying out the work is practically completed.
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The Rood Screen
The wonderful example of Gothic design is from the original plan of John Sutcliffe -- whose work ranks with that of the great masters of Gothic Architecture. The slender columns are placed at the end of the choir stalls so the Rood Screen in no way interferes with sight or sound.
Why Grace Church must be completed Now
If the Episcopal Church is to live and grow in Oak Park an adequate church home must be provided at once. Hundreds of families are moving into our village every year -many of them Episcopalians. They must be welcomed to a church equal at least to those they have been accus- tomed to attend.
Only the other day one of our ladies had a caller (now at- tending another Oak Park church) who in the course of the conversation remarked, "I was brought up and confirmed in the Episcopal Church but when I came to Oak Park we were so disappointed with the appearance of Grace Church that we never attended regularly and finally drifted away."
Can we afford to sit idly by without an effort to at least "keep up" with the activities of other denominations in Oak Park? Since Grace Church was built we have seen NEW churches erected and old ones remodeled and im- proved while we have done nothing.
A few years ago a number of Oak Park men became dis- satisfied with the facilities for golf. The almost immediate result was one of the finest Golf Clubs in the district.
Oak Park can and will finance a church just as readily and just as willingly as a golf club.
The coming generation-our own families-demand a better church home-the "stranger that is within our gates must be adequately cared for so "let's get busy" and "finish our job NOW."
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The Rood Screen
The wonderful example of Gothic design is from the original plan of John Sutcliffe- whose work ranks with that of the great masters of Gothic Architecture. The slender columns are placed at the end of the choir stalls so the Rood Screen in no way interferes with sight or sound.
The Reredos
Another marvelously beautiful piece of Mr. Sutcliffe's work -originally designed to be produced in cut stone. The building of The Reredos has been given careful consideration by the committee and it has been deemed wisest to execute this work in hand carved oak in keeping with the Rood Screen. As shown by the illustration this glorious piece of work replaces the present burlap which is nailed at the sides and back of the Altar.
The Tower
The completion of the tower from the original sketch by John Sutcliffe. This work was left unfinished due to lack of money-it is still incompleted today-perhaps due to our apathy and neglect.
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