LAWRENCE J. GUTTER 
 
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To My Sister 
 
 Fanny 
 
 Without whose loving care and 
 willing cooperation at all times, such 
 work as I have been able to do for 
 thirty years at St. Mark's Church, 
 Evanston, in the Diocese of Chicago, 
 would not have been possible. 
 
A FOREWORD 
 
 It has been somewhat of a puzzle to find a name that 
 would convey a fairly accurate idea of the contents of this 
 book. Perhaps the title — Reminiscences, Notes, and Rec- 
 ords is about as good as any other, since the entire con- 
 tents might be classified under one or other of these three 
 words. 
 
 A Souvenir Service List of St. James's Parish, Chi- 
 cago, was put forth in connection with the Twentieth 
 Anniversary of the Choir of that church on November 19, 
 1905, and is indirectly responsible for my present attempt 
 at book writing ; only when I first thought of such a thing 
 it was to be much more modest in its general make-up 
 and strictly confined to the choir. The so-called Souvenir 
 Service List to which I have referred was in reality a 
 small pamphlet, tastefully arranged, giving the music to 
 be sung at the anniversary services, a historical sketch 
 of St. James's Choir, the names of the choirmasters and 
 organists, and, most interesting of all to me, a complete 
 list of the anthems, Te Deums, and Magnificats in St. 
 James's choir library. I was at once greatly interested, 
 and inwardly resolved to see what could be done in a 
 similar way at St. Mark's on perhaps the twentieth or 
 twenty-fifth anniversaries. But they came and passed 
 on ; even the thirtieth anniversary arrived and nothing had 
 been done. Still I did not give up, only I had a deep and 
 growing conviction that I probably should not see many 
 more choir birthdays at St. Mark's, and, therefore, the 
 sketch or booklet would have to be put forth without 
 much further delay or abandoned altogether. 
 
The more I thought of the undertaking, however, the 
 more attractive it appeared and the more desire I had 
 to touch upon some things belonging to the parish besides 
 the choir. This enlargement of my original plan would, 
 I was aware, involve considerably more time than I knew 
 how to find while attending to my regular duties with the 
 choir and in the parish office. However, I did make a 
 start before leaving St. Mark's, but by far the greater 
 part of the work has had to be done since. What so 
 interested me at first, i. e., the listing of the music of our 
 entire library, following Mr. Ernest Sumner's admirable 
 method at St. James's as given in their Souvenir Service 
 List and in the putting together of which I promised my- 
 self so much pleasure, was for lack of time most cleverly 
 taken care of by one of the best choristers I have ever 
 had with me in St. Mark's choir— William Edward Ash- 
 well — to whom my sincere thanks are ofifered for his very 
 efficient work. 
 
 I am indebted also to Mr. Richard C. Wyman for re- 
 freshing my memory relative to certain events which 
 have been referred to in the course of the book. If any 
 person is peculiarly qualified to write up the early history 
 of St. Mark's with all the efifect of the side-lights it is Mr. 
 Wyman, because he not only has an exceptionally good 
 memory for the events of those days, but possesses a 
 wealth of clippings of all kinds to reinforce that memory. 
 
 Much of what I have written in Chapter Five, which 
 I have called "The Choir," is largely the result of my 
 association with Dr. Little. Perhaps my personal com- 
 ments on the music of the services and of the various 
 phases of choir work may be looked upon in some quar- 
 ters as gratuitous. They are, however, impressions gained 
 in no school of theory, but convictions arrived at in the 
 course of thirty years of hard experience. 
 
CONTENTS 
 
 Chapter I 
 
 Page 
 Historical Sketch of the Parish 13 
 
 Chapter II 
 Some Prominent Parishioners — Past and Present.. 35 
 
 Chapter III 
 Special Services and Occasions 45 
 
 Chapter IV 
 Choirmasters and Organists 91 
 
 Chapter V 
 The Choir 107 
 
 Chapter VI 
 Sundry Parish Records 131 
 
 Chapter VII 
 St. Mark's Choir Library 163 
 
 Chapter VIII 
 A Retrospect 179 
 
ILLUSTRATIONS 
 
 St. Mark's Church (From the North) Frontispiece 
 
 St. Mark's Church (Some early views) Opposite 25 
 
 The Comstock Memorial Altar 
 
 Rev. Arthur W. Little, L. H. D 
 
 5 Rev. Arthur Rogers, D. D 
 
 6 Robert Holmes, Choirmaster 
 
 7 St. M^ark's Church (North Side) 
 
 8 Stanley A. Martin, Organist 
 
 9 St. Mark's Choir Room 
 
 10 St. Mark's Church (West Front) 
 
 11 St. Mark's Church (West Front and Nave).. 
 
 12 Rev. Robert Holmes 
 
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 J. W. Buckmaster 
 
 Thomas Lyle 
 
 A. J. Barrow 
 
 C. S. Abbott 
 
 J. Stewart-Smith 
 
 Frederick S. Jewell 
 
 Richard Hayward 
 
 Arthur W. Little 
 
 Harry S. Longley 
 
 Arthur Rosfers 
 
 Chapter I 
 
chapter 0nt 
 
 HISTORICAL SKETCH OF ST. MARK'S PARISH 
 
 I have been thoroughly over the records of St. Mark's 
 parish from the year in which it was organized, 1864, with 
 the intention of making some personal notes thereon. 
 Since doing this, however, I have again read the brief 
 sketch of the parish as given in the History of Evanston, 
 edited by Harvey B. Hnrd, LL. D., and Robert D. Shep- 
 pard, D. D., and I find it covers so well all the more im- 
 portant events up to 1906, the year of its publication, that 
 I cannot do better than reproduce it here. Besides, it is 
 quite apparent that the information given was furnished 
 by the Rev. Arthur W. Little, L. H. D., rector of the 
 parish, — the one person of all others best qualified to 
 write upon the subject — and that the editors used it in its 
 entirety as it came from the pen of Doctor Little. 
 
 Speaking of the earlier rectors of St. Mark's, Doctor 
 Little dwells very naturally upon the pastorate of the Rev. 
 J. Stewart Smith, while the Rev. Frederick W. Jewell, 
 D. D., the immediate successor of Fr. Smith, has left us 
 so remarkable a tribute to the work and influence of that 
 faithful priest that I am giving it a place, following the 
 brief history of the parish, exactly as it appears in Doctor 
 Jewell's own handwriting on the opening pages of the 
 second parish register. 
 
When St. Mark's celebrated its fiftieth anniversary 
 on April 25th, 1914, — the patronal festival, the only for- 
 mer rectors then living were Bishop Longley and Fr. 
 Stewart-Smith, both of whom were present at the choral 
 Eucharist and at the luncheon that followed it. I have 
 never ceased to regret that the very priest who in early 
 days had done more than all others for the parish should 
 have had no official part in the service that marked so im- 
 portant an event in its history. On the occasion of the 
 twentieth anniversary of the opening of the present St. 
 Mark's church, Easter Day, 1911, I invited Fr. Smith to 
 send me, as associate editor of The Lion of St. Mark, a 
 few words for publication in the magazine on the days of 
 his pastorate in Evanston. His reply, which may be found 
 in the chapter on Special Services and Occasions will, I 
 feel sure, be read with considerable interest. 
 
 "In the year 1864 there were in Evanston only three 
 or four families who really belonged to the Episcopal 
 Church. There were, however, several leading citizens 
 who loved the Prayer Book, and were ready to aid in 
 starting a parish church. There were also certain other 
 public spirited men who, from considerations of civic 
 pride, desired to see an Anglican church in the village. 
 Thus the way was opened for the founding of St. Mark's 
 Church. 
 
 "In the spring of 1864 the Rev. John Wilkinson, a 
 priest, and chaplain to the Rt. Rev. Dr. Whitehouse, 
 Bishop of Illinois, was permitted by the courtesy of the 
 Methodists to give notice in the chapel of the University 
 that a parish would be organized according to the canons 
 of the Diocese of Illinois, and that the organization would 
 take place on April 20th. At this meeting a canonical 
 organization was effected under the title of St. Mark's 
 Parish, and Mr. Charles Comstock and Mr. D. J. Crocker 
 were chosen church wardens. St. Mark's, therefore, 
 started as a parish, and was never a mission. 
 
 "The first service was held on the third Sunday of 
 May, 1864, in the building then known as the First 
 Methodist church. After that the services were held in 
 
the chapel of the University, the Rev. I. Holcombe being 
 priest in charge. There are many interesting reminis- 
 cences of his ministry here as a temporary supply for 
 about a year, although it was indeed the day of small 
 things. 
 
 "Early in the spring of 1865 the Rev. iMr. Holcombe 
 was transferred to the Diocese of Wisconsin, and for 
 several weeks there seem to have been no public services 
 of the Church. Meantime, however, the Trustees of the 
 University kindly gave the parish a lot of land on the 
 north side of Davis Street, between Ridge and Oak Ave- 
 nues, sixty feet front by 150 feet deep, upon which a 
 small wooden church was built. On September 15th of 
 the year 1865 the church, being free from debt, was con- 
 secrated by Bishop Whitehouse. the solemn function being 
 attended by the clerical and lay members of the Diocesan 
 Convention, which was in session that week in Chicago. 
 At the same time the Rev. John W. Buckmaster, a priest 
 of the Diocese of New York, was made rector of the 
 parish. From that day to this there has been no inter- 
 ruption in the parochial work of this church. The 
 Eucharistic sacrifice has been offered, and all the sacra- 
 ments have been duly celebrated, while divine worship 
 and preaching of the gospel have been maintained, with 
 much charity and good work for the bodies as well as 
 for the souls of men. When there has been a vacancy 
 in the rectorship, there have always been temporary 
 supplies. 
 
 "The first class of candidates for Confirmation was 
 presented by the rector, Mr. Buckmaster, on March 26, 
 1866. It consisted of ten persons who were confirmed 
 by the Rt. Rev. J. C. Talbot, D. D., Bishop Coadjutor of 
 Indiana, acting for the Bishop of Illinois. It was like 
 the day when St. Peter and St. John came down from 
 Jerusalem to Samaria, and laid their hands in apostolic 
 benediction upon the first converts who had been baptized 
 by St. Philip. This was the only class presented by the 
 first rector; ten confirmations in two years — an average 
 of five a year. This rectorship lasted from September, 
 1865, to April, 1867. 
 
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"During much of the history of St. Mark's, the 
 parish undoubtedly suffered from the shortness of the 
 rectorships — a thing which seriously interrupts parochial 
 work and the pastoral relation. The first ten years show 
 four rectorships, besides two years of supplies. The next 
 thirteen years show three rectorships, with about two 
 years of supplies; in short, up to the year 1888, the aver- 
 age rectorship was less than three years. This seems like 
 the Methodist system grafted upon the old Church. It is 
 wholly contrary to the Church idea and was the cause as 
 well as the result of evil. 
 
 "The second rector of St. Mark's was the Rev. 
 Thomas Lisle of Philadelphia, who was the parish priest 
 here from the 20th of May, 1867, to the 7th of June, 1869. 
 Great progress was made during this rectorship. The 
 fact is, the people of the village began to realize that St. 
 Mark's Church was here, that it stood for something, 
 and that it had come to stay. Moreover, the village was 
 growing quite rapidly at that time. It is recorded that 
 the number of families and communicants in the parish 
 doubled in those two years. The church building was 
 also greatly enlarged by being lengthened, and a small 
 wooden tower was built, containing a bell made by the 
 Meneely Bell Company of Troy, New York. So that, 
 from that day St. Mark's has never been without "the 
 sound of the church-going bell," to tell of God and to 
 summon to the House of God, except during the time 
 after the new church was built and until the beautiful 
 chimes of St. Mark's were installed. 
 
 "Bishop Whitehouse made his first episcopal visita- 
 tion for Confirmation on April 19, 1868, confirming a class 
 of four persons; and again, on April 25th of the year 
 1869, when he confirmed ten, making fourteen who re- 
 ceived the sacrament of Confirmation during this rector- 
 ship. 
 
 "From June, 1869, until April, 1872, there was one 
 short rectorship with several priests in charge as tem- 
 porary supplies. Not much work was done. There were 
 no confirmations. The rectorship was that of the Rev. 
 
A. J. Barrow, from November, 1869, to September, 1870 
 — less than a year. 
 
 "In April, 1872, the Rev. C. S. Abbott became rector, 
 and remained until 1875. He was a kindly and faithful 
 priest and pastor. He presented three classes for Con- 
 firmation, containing, respectively, one, five and twelve 
 souls, making eighteen confirmations. 
 
 "During this rectorship, as early as in the year 1873, 
 plans for building a new church began to be formed. The 
 scheme, however, was rejected by the vestry on what were 
 probably wise and prudent considerations. There had 
 been what is familiarly known as a great "boom" in 
 Evanston. After the Chicago fire, many Chicago people 
 were left homeless and came out to this suburb to live. 
 Among them were many Church folk. Thus the parish 
 received a great accession of numbers and strength. But 
 the vestry knew that many of these would go back to Chi- 
 cago, and that the boom was an artificial one and could 
 not be depended on. Consequently they were not willing 
 to undertake either the building or enlargement of the 
 church. But, as often happens in such cases, the women 
 of the parish were roused to action, as appears from the 
 following extract from the minutes of the vestry of St. 
 Mark's under date of July 11, 1875 : 
 
 "A proposition of the women of the parish to en- 
 large the church building at their own cost, by widening 
 it about twelve feet on the east side and making some 
 other minor improvements incidental thereto, was laid 
 before the vestry. After a discussion of the plan pro- 
 posed, it was unanimously resolved (note the unanimity 
 with which it was resolved), 'that the ladies of the parish 
 be allowed to enlarge the church building at their own ex- 
 pense, provided that the contract be so made as in no way 
 to make the vestry liable or to incumber the church build- 
 ing for any part of the cost of the contemplated improve- 
 ment.' 
 
 "The good women were not abashed ; they took hold 
 and built what, in ecclesiastical language, is known as the 
 south aisle of the church. The example of the women 
 produced an effect which was that, subsequently, the 
 
Men's Guild of the parish built and added to the old 
 church the north aisle. 
 
 "I have thus very briefly sketched the first ten years 
 of the parochial life of St. Mark's. God alone knows the 
 unrecorded works ; the faith and charity that went on all 
 through that decade ; the earnest, devoted and faithful 
 struggles of the laymen to maintain the church ; the faith- 
 ful pastoral work, and the preaching by the three rectors 
 and the various temporary supplies. These things are 
 written in the Lamb's Book of Life. 
 
 "Towards the close of the period of ten years, hard 
 times came upon the parish and the town. Many of the 
 refugees from the Chicago fire had moved back to their 
 own rebuilded homes. There had been a great panic in 
 the financial world, and men felt the pressure of straight- 
 ened resources. The congregation fell off. It is recorded 
 that the Sunday morning congregation that used to fill the 
 church had now dwindled down to thirty-five or forty 
 persons, hardly more than the present choir. 
 
 'These first ten years of parochial administration of 
 St. Mark's were years when the parish work was done 
 on what may be called Protestant lines. The general 
 teaching and tone of the Church, aside from the irresist- 
 ible influence of the Prayer Book, were hardly above the 
 average Puritan level. One may see something of this, 
 for example, in the fact that, during those ten years there 
 were but fifty confirmations — an average of five a year. 
 There was, comparatively speaking, little brightness in 
 the service ; there seemed to be a fear of making the 
 service of God beautiful ; and the senseless cry of *no 
 popery' was raised by some, over things that are a part 
 of the Anglo-Catholic heritage. The building was un- 
 churchly and unattractive. The altar was a wooden box 
 only four feet long, without cross, vases, altar Hghts, altar 
 vestings, or even a full set of altar hnens. There was no 
 credence or prothesis. In celebrating the Holy Eucharist, 
 instead of the unleavened bread which our Lord used, 
 common bread was employed. The mixed chalice was 
 not used. Eucharistic vestments were unknown ; the cele- 
 brant wore a long white surplice and black stole. The 
 
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ablutions were not performed. There were no early Com- 
 munions, and the Saints' days and many of the Church's 
 holy feasts and fasts were not generally observed. 
 
 "With the coming in of the new rector, the Rev. J. 
 Stewart-Smith, which coincided with the advent of the 
 new Bishop of the diocese, a new system was inaugu- 
 rated ; and, from that time St. Mark's has known pros- 
 perity and progress undreamed of before. For thirty 
 years, then, after the first ten, the parish has been ad- 
 ministered on what may be called Anglo-Catholic lines. 
 In the History of Evanston by our late brilliant fellow- 
 townswoman, Miss Willard, are these words, describing 
 the rectorship of the Rev. J. Stewart Smith : 
 
 " 'This was the beginning of a new order of things, 
 wherein was a striking contrast to the old ; the change 
 was a marked difference in Catholic teaching and practice, 
 and the work then begun has been faithfully increased and 
 widened by Mr. Smith's successors. The trend of this 
 movement has steadily been in harmony with the Catholic 
 revival in the Anglican Church, and St. Mark's has been 
 highly favored in the men who have filled her pulpit since 
 then.' 
 
 "It is impossible to overestimate the work of the 
 Rev. J. Stewart-Smith, the fifth rector of St. Mark's 
 He was the curate of the Rev. William E. McLaren, D.D., 
 rector of Trinity Church, Cleveland, when Dr. McLaren 
 was made Bishop of this diocese. Mr. Smith was then in 
 deacon's orders, but the Bishop, knowing the worth of 
 his young curate, nominated him to the rectorship of St. 
 Mark's. He was elected by the vestry on the 30th day of 
 January, 1876, with the understanding that he should 
 become rector as soon as he was advanced to priests' 
 orders, for a deacon cannot be rector of a parish. He 
 was advanced to the sacred order of the priesthood on 
 the 13th day of February of that year, and on the 14th 
 day of February — known as St. Valentine's Day — Mr. 
 Smith became the rector of this church. He remained as 
 rector for about four years ; that is until January, 1880. 
 
 "He found the parish very badly run down. The 
 
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services, as has been said, were Protestant in tone and un- 
 attractive. That, however, was characteristic of the 
 Church services in general throughout this part of the 
 land. But the clergy and a few of the parishes were be- 
 ginning to feel the uplifting tide of Catholic reform which 
 was then spreading over England and the East. 
 
 "Immediately upon the coming of the Rev. J. Stewart- 
 Smith, an improvement was seen all along the line, and 
 no one would wish to go back to the condition of things 
 that prevailed before he accomplished his great work. 
 But his work was not accomplished without heroism, per- 
 severance and indomitable courage. Almost every im- 
 provement that he made in the character of the services 
 was opposed or criticized by some section of the parish. 
 But he was a man whom nothing could discourage, whom 
 nothing could daunt. The fact is, the whole subject of 
 the Church's ritual on which so much has been said of 
 late years, after all is simply this : whether we shall have 
 a reverent behavior in the House of God, and decent 
 adornment of the House of God, or whether we shall 
 treat God and His House worse than we treat ourselves 
 and our own domestic dwellings. 
 
 "A bare summary of the chief restorations and im- 
 provements introduced by Mr. Smith must suffice : he 
 secured a good cabinet organ in place of the old melodeon. 
 The church was repaired and decorated in as churchly a 
 style as the limitations of the old building would permit. 
 A large altar was placed in the sanctuary, with cross and 
 vases and proper vestings for the various seasons of the 
 Christian year. A credence was procured. Proper vest- 
 ments were worn. All Holy Days were duly observed. 
 Requiem masses were celebrated. Services and instruc- 
 tions were greatly multiplied and the pastoral care of souls 
 greatly increased. 
 
 "The opposition against him was such as is always 
 met with when a sleepy and Protestant parish is 
 brought under the leadership of a truly Catholic priest. 
 But his loving-kindness, his tact, and his perseverance 
 conquered ; and when finally he left, the parish found it- 
 self transformed, and has never been willing to sink back 
 
into the condition in which it had previously been. Father 
 Smith is still living and active, the rector of St. Mary's, 
 KansasCity.* All subsequent rectors have simply built 
 upon the foundations that he laid. If any honor is due 
 to any rector of this parish, it is above all to the Rev. J. 
 Stewart-Smith. 
 
 "Aside from purely local and parochial work, Mr. 
 Smith also launched forth into missionary work and 
 Church extension. He began the services of the Church 
 in the neighboring villages of Winnetka, VVilmette, North 
 Evanston, and Rogers Park, where today four flourishing 
 churches, which may be called daughters of St. Mark's, 
 remain as monuments of Mr. Smith's zeal and devotion. 
 The time had not yet come for starting a mission in South 
 Evanston. That was done a few years later. 
 
 "Every year of his rectorship Mr. Smith presented 
 good classes for Confirmation, numbering, respectively, 
 sixteen, eighteen, nine and seven per year. After his de- 
 parture, there was a vacancy for about a year, during 
 which time four persons were confirmed. 
 
 "The sixth rector of St. Mark's was the Rev. Dr. 
 Frederick S. Jewell, 6th of May, 1880, to August, 1885. 
 Dr. Jewell had been a Presbyterian minister, but had 
 been converted to the older Church, had been confirmed, 
 ordained a deacon, and then advanced to the priesthood. 
 He was a Catholic Churchman and a strong and brilliant 
 preacher. His work here for about five years was fruit- 
 ful. One interesting feature of this rectorship was that, 
 in the year 1882, there was organized what was called the 
 "Men's Guild." During the five years of its existence the 
 guild raised nearly $4,000. It was the Men's Guild that 
 paid for building the north aisle of the church ; for the 
 enlargement of the choir, and in large part for the pur- 
 chase of the new pipe organ, which was considered a fine 
 instrument for those days. One of the great objects of 
 the guild was to promote fellowship in the parish, visit 
 the newcomers, get acquainted with strangers, and sup' 
 port the rector in every one of his works. The resuh 
 was that everything in the parish was strengthened, di- 
 
 * Father Smith died Aug. 11, 1915. 
 
rectly or indirectly, by the Men's Guild. It was during 
 this rectorship that the mission in 'South Evanston' (now 
 the flourishing parish of St. Luke's, Evanston) was 
 started, not without the help of Dr. Jewell and the Men's 
 Guild of St. Mark's. 
 
 "Dr. Jewell was the first to complete the adornment 
 of the altar by placing upon it altar lights. During his 
 rectorship Dr. Jewell presented classes for Confirmation 
 every year, numbering, respectively, nine, four, fifteen, 
 nine, and ten candidates. 
 
 "Dr. Jewell, during the latter part of his rectorship, 
 also introduced some choral services which are now so 
 dear and uplifting to the people of the parish and of the 
 community. Yet, strange to say, this induced opposition 
 which spread throughout the parish. After faithfully up- 
 holding the standard of the Cross here for more than five 
 years, the good Doctor resigned. 
 
 "The seventh rector of St. Mark's was the Rev. 
 Richard Hayward, who held the rectorship from Febru- 
 ary, 1886, to May, 1888. He had previously been a 
 chaplain in the United States Navy. He was a sound 
 Churchman and a good preacher. Two notable events 
 marked his brief rectorship of less than three years. The 
 first was the successful introduction of the vested choir, 
 which took place on Whitsunday in 1887, and has been 
 the greatest blessing to the public worship of the Church 
 ever since. The faithful and beloved choirmaster, Mr. 
 Robert Holmes, has been the choirmaster nearly all the 
 time since then. 
 
 "The second notable event in the rectorship of Mr. 
 Hayward was the revival of the scheme for building a 
 nev^ church and a rectory. Ten thousand dollars (or 
 nearly that) were pledged, payable as soon as the church 
 should be begun. During his rectorship Mr. Hayward 
 presented three classes for Confirmation, numbering, re- 
 spectively, four, thirteen and ten — an average of nine a 
 year. When Mr. Hayward left in May, 1888, for about 
 six months the parish was vacant, but was chiefly in 
 charge of a faithful priest, the Rev. Walter H. Moore, 
 afterwards Dean of Quincy. 
 
 "The eighth rector of St. Mark's was a young priest 
 
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ST. MARK'S CHURCH 
 (Some early views) 
 
from the diocese of Maine, the Rev. Arthur Wilde Little. 
 Mr. Little had been for seven years rector of St. Paul's, 
 Portland. He was a member of the Cathedral Chapter 
 and of the Standing Committee of the Diocese; had rep- 
 resented Maine in the General Convention of 1886, and 
 was well known as the author of a popular work entitled 
 "Reasons for Being a Churchman." His rectorship be- 
 gan on All Saints' Day, November, 1, 1888. He was for- 
 mally instituted by the Bishop on the 18th of November, 
 being the Twenty-fifth Sunday after Trinity. In 1895 he 
 received a doctor's degree from Hobart College. He was 
 for many years Examining Chaplain to the Bishop, a 
 member of the Board of Missions and of the Standing 
 Committee of the Diocese, and Lecturer on Ecclesiastical 
 History in the Western Theological Seminary. Still later 
 he was a delegate to the General Convention in 1904. 
 
 "Mr. Little at once began to push forward the build- 
 ing of the new church. A desirable lot on the corner of 
 Ridge Avenue and Grove Street was bought and paid for. 
 A beautiful stone church of early English type, designed 
 by the distinguished architects, Holabird & Roche, was 
 built. The cornerstone was laid by the Bishop on the 
 afternoon of the Sunday after Ascension Day, May 18, 
 1890. The first services were held on Easter Day, March 
 29, 1891. On the following Wednesday, at a high cele- 
 bration of the Holy Eucharist, at which most of the clergy 
 of the diocese were present, an office of Benediction was 
 said by the Bishop, the Rt. Rev. William E. McLaren, 
 D.D., D.C.L., who also preached the sermon. At Even- 
 song the Rt. Rev. George F. Seymour, D.D. LL.D., Bishop 
 of Springfield, preached. On St. Mark's Day, April 25, 
 1895, the church, including the chapel of St. Mary, in the 
 north choir aisle, being entirely free from debt, was 
 solemnly consecrated by the Bishop in a splendid and 
 memorable service. 
 
 "This was the last public service at which the ven- 
 erable Charles Comstock, for thirty years the Senior 
 Warden and constant benefactor of the parish, was 
 present. He died on the 5th of the following September, 
 in the eighty-second year of his age. 
 
"In 1899 a commodious rectory or parsonage was 
 bought on Ridge Avenue near the church. A beautiful 
 Rood Screen, of carved oak, separating the choir from the 
 nave, was placed in the church in 1899, as a memorial 
 to the late Franklin G. Beach. The church contains some 
 beautiful windows of the best English stained glass, made 
 by Ward & Hughes of London. The great east window 
 over the high altar, representing The Institution of the 
 Holy Eucharist, is considered the finest example of 
 stained glass in the West. It is a memorial to the late 
 Franklin G. Beach and Elizabeth, his wife. The windows 
 in the north aisle depict scenes from the Old Testament, 
 and those in the south aisle from the New. 
 
 "In the fall of 1891 a superb chime of nine bells was 
 placed in the tower of the church, along with an auto- 
 matic attachment for playing the beautiful "Westminster 
 changes" at the quarter hours. The following Latin 
 inscription was cast on the great bell : 
 A. M. D. G. 
 Aedi Parochiaeque Sancti 
 Marci Me, Octo Cum Aliis Cam- 
 panis, Grato Corde Dedit 
 Amicus Mense Septembre, 
 MDCCCCI, 
 Rdo. Arturo W. Little, L.H.D., 
 
 Parocho 
 
 Laude Sono Domini; Populum 
 
 Voco Ad Ostia Caeli 
 
 (To the greater glory of God. To the church and 
 
 parish of St. Mark's a friend, out of a grateful heart, 
 
 gave me, along with eight other bells, in the month of 
 
 September, 1901, during the rectorship of the Rev. Arthur 
 
 W. Little, L.H.D. I resound with the praise of the Lord : 
 
 I summon the people to the gates of heaven.) 
 
 "The parish during 1903 erected a large and beauti- 
 ful Guild Hall or Parish House, adjoining the church, for 
 the use of the Sunday School, and the various guilds and 
 other charitable and social organizations of the parish. 
 
 "During the rectorship of Dr. Little the church has 
 enjoyed a steady and healthy growth in numbers and 
 influence and in all departments of worship and work, 
 especially in the cause of missions and charities. In the 
 
seventeen years of his rectorship he has presented five 
 hundred and ten candidates for Confirmation. 
 
 "In the summer of 1904 a superb marble altar and 
 reredos were presented to St. Mark's by the children of 
 the late Senior Warden, Charles Comstock, as a memorial 
 to him and his beloved wife, and to their daughter-in-law, 
 Eleanora K. Comstock. 
 
 "The year 1905 also witnessed the organization of 
 the Men's Club of St. Mark's, a society for literary and 
 social as well as for ecclesiastical purposes. It has had 
 one prosperous year under the presidency of Mr. William 
 B. Bogert. The President for 1906-7 is Mr. William 
 S. Powers. Any citizen of Evanston is eligible to mem- 
 bership in this club. 
 
 "St. Mark's parish numbers among its adherents some 
 of the best citizens of Evanston, and has the respect and 
 esteem of the community. 
 
 "A few items from the last Parochial Report — May, 
 1906 — must close this sketch : 
 
 Rector, Dr. Arthur W. Little. 
 
 Church Wardens: Messrs. Henry S. Slay- 
 maker and Edward H. Buehler. 
 
 Members, about 1,500. 
 
 Communicants, 775. 
 
 Value of property, about $125,000." 
 
 The following also appears in Hurd & Sheppard's 
 History of Evanston under the classified list of names: 
 
 Arthur W. Little, D.D.. L.H.D. 
 
 "Arthur W. Little, D.D., L.H.D., Episcopal clergy- 
 man, Evanston, 111., was born in Brooklyn, N. Y., Octo- 
 ber 6, 1856, the son of William H. and Caroline F. 
 (Cobb) Little. The father was a native of Castine, Maine, 
 born in 1806, and a merchant, manufacturer and banker 
 by occupation, while the mother was born in Goulds- 
 borough, Maine, in 1823. Both parents were people of 
 education, refinement, and personal piety. The son ac- 
 quired his education in Dr. Pingry's school at Elizabeth, 
 
N. J., Knox College, Galesburg, 111., and the General 
 Theological Seminary, New York. In 1881 he was or- 
 dained to the priesthood, and during the same year be- 
 came rector of St. Paul's Church at Portland, Maine, 
 where he remained until 1888, when he removed to Evans- 
 ton, 111., becoming rector of St. Mark's Episcopal Church 
 of that city, where he has remained ever since, at the pres- 
 ent time being the longest settled pastor connected with 
 any church in Evanston. 
 
 "The most notable work accomplished by Dr. Little 
 since coming to Evanston has been the erection of a beau- 
 tiful church edifice and parish-house and the building up 
 of a prosperous parish, which has been attended by good 
 work for the souls and bodies of his parishioners and 
 others who have come under his influence. He has been 
 a member of the Standing Committee of the Dioceses of 
 both Maine and Chicago, has represented both in the 
 General Convention of the Episcopal Church, and has 
 been a lecturer on Ecclesiastical History in the Western 
 Theological Seminary of the Episcopal Church in Chi- 
 cago. He has also been, for many years. Examining 
 Chaplain to the Bishop of Chicago. His fraternal 
 relations are with the Phi Delta Theta Society, Sons of 
 the Revolution, Masonic Fraternity, and the University 
 Club of Chicago. In politics he is a Republican. 
 
 "In 1889 Dr. Little was married, in the city of New 
 York, to Caroline Ferris, who was a native of Portland, 
 Maine. In his religious and professional relations he is 
 recognized as a hard-working parish priest and eloquent 
 preacher, a man of wide culture and scholarship and a 
 successful writer. His principal publications are "Rea- 
 sons for being a Churchman," which has passed through 
 several editions and is recognized as a standard authority 
 for the Anglican Church; "The Times and Teaching of 
 John Wesley" ; "The Intellectual Life of the Priest" ; 
 "The Character of Washington" ; "The Maintenance and 
 the Propagation of the Church Idea." etc. Socially he is 
 genial and witty, and much in demand as an after-dinner 
 speaker." 
 
The Rev. Harry S. Longley, who succeeded Dr. Lit- 
 tle, was born in Cohoes, New York. He graduated from 
 the General Theological Seminary in 1894. He was or- 
 dered deacon that same year by Bishop Doane in All 
 Saints' Cathedral, Albany, New York, and advanced to 
 the priesthood in 1895 by the same bishop. At the time 
 he was called to St. Mark's he was rector of Christ 
 Church, Binghamton, in the Diocese of Central New 
 York, which parish had been in his pastoral care since 
 1899. 
 
 Mr. Longley received the degree of M.A. from St. 
 Stephen's College, Annandale, New York, in 1896, and 
 the same college honored him with the degree of D.D. in 
 1912. Mr. Longley had been examining chaplain to the 
 Bishop of Central New York for several years, and was 
 Dean of the Third District of that Diocese. He was a 
 delegate to the General Convention of the Church held at 
 Richmond, Virginia, in 1907. and again at Cincinnati in 
 October, 1910. 
 
 As rector of St. Mark's from February 1, 1911, to 
 October 23, 1912, Dr. Longley proved to be a Church- 
 man of much the same school as his predecessor, and his 
 pastoral work was on very similar lines. In addition to 
 his priestly ministrations, his aim to place the parish on 
 a much better financial footing met with marked success. 
 Until he came, no concerted effort had been made in the 
 matter of weekly pledges. He introduced the Duplex en- 
 velope system with such gratifying results that the Treas- 
 urer was better able to meet parochial, diocesan, and gen- 
 eral Church obligations than ever before. When he was 
 called to be Suffragan Bishop of Iowa, keen regrets that 
 he must leave the parish to which he had so recently 
 come were mingled with feelings of satisfaction that he 
 had been so signally honored ; but everyone realized that 
 what was loss to St. Mark's would be great gain to Iowa 
 and to the American Church. He was consecrated in St. 
 Mark's, October 23, 1912. 
 
 Most bishops after consecration leave almost imme- 
 diately for their diocesan work. We were fortunate 
 enough to have Bishop Longley with us for fully a month 
 
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after his elevation to the episcopate. His last Sunday at 
 St. Mark's was November the seventeenth, when he 
 baptized twelve children and one adult after the Second 
 Lesson at Evensong, and one child after the service. On 
 the following Friday he held his first Confirmation in our 
 church. The next morning he left for Des Moines, 
 where he has since made his home. 
 
 "The present rector, the Rev. Arthur Rogers, began 
 his ministry in Evanston on the 1st of October, 1913. He 
 was born in Providence, and is a graduate of Brown 
 University and the Episcopal Theological School at Cam- 
 bridge. He received his doctor's degree from Brown in 
 1909. He is the author of two volumes — 'Men and 
 Movements in the English Church' and "Prophecy and 
 Poetry,' the Bohlen Lectures for 1909. His earlier work 
 in the ministry was as rector of St. George's, Central 
 Falls, Rhode Island, and of the Church of the Holy Trin- 
 ity, West Chester, Pennsylvania." 
 
 History of the Parish during the Rectorate of the 
 Rev. J. Stew^art Smith, Feb. 14, 1876-Jan. 4, 1880. 
 
 (Copied from the second register of the parish.) 
 
 Note. — The history of the parish during this rector- 
 ate has seemed to me in every way too important to be lost. 
 I have, therefore, inserted here a condensed outline of its 
 leading facts. It is true, however, that no such outline 
 can do justice to the work of that period. My only aim 
 is to put on record enough to keep the Church from for- 
 getting how much a parish may owe to the faithful labor 
 of a true priest. F. W. Jewell. 
 
 "The Rev. James Stewart Smith, B.D., Deacon, for 
 some time Assistant to the Rev. Wm. Edward McLaren, 
 D.D., Rector of Trinity Parish, Cleveland. Ohio, and 
 after the elevation of the latter to the Episcopate, Min- 
 ister in Charge of the Parish, was, on a renewed invita- 
 tion of the vestry, called to the rectorate of St. Mark's 
 Parish, Evanston, 111., Jan. 30, 1876. 
 
"The call having been accepted, he was advanced to 
 the priesthood by the Rt. Rev. Wm. Edward McLaren, 
 D.D. (being the first priest ordained by him), in the 
 Cathedral of SS. Peter and Paul, Chicago, on Septua- 
 gesima Sunday, February 13th, the Presenters being the 
 Rev. James DeKoven, D.D., and the Rev. Canon J. H. 
 Knowles. On Monday, Feb. 14th, he entered upon his 
 labor as Rector of St. Mark's Parish. 
 
 *'The parish, according to credible accounts, was at 
 this time in a very low condition. It had been disturbed 
 by old quarrels, and was still affected by the then recent 
 diocesan strife as to the election of Dr. DeKoven to the 
 Episcopate, against whom it was reputed to be especially 
 bitter. Naturally enough, under such a stamp of Church- 
 manship, the Holy Days were not observed, the celebra- 
 tions numbered from thirteen to fifteen per year (at least 
 it so appears from the Convention Journals) ; the services 
 were seldom more than Sunday "Morning and Evening 
 Prayer ; and the average attendance at the main service 
 was commonly reported as being from thirty to thirty-five 
 or forty persons. 
 
 "The building was sadly wanting in Churchly aspect 
 and appointments, and greatly needed repairing and 
 painting within and without. The interior wood work 
 was generally painted white ; the pillars in the aisle were 
 marbled in a sort of oil-cloth pattern, and the steps were 
 coarsely oaked. The walls were whitewashed, with paper 
 trimmings, and those badly mildewed. The pulpit, lec- 
 tern, prayer-desk and altar were of the baldest possible 
 pattern. The latter was only about four feet long, and of 
 so nondescript a character that any just sketch of it 
 would look like a caricature. 
 
 "Out of all this crudity and unchurchliness the parish 
 was brought by slow but steady advances, not without 
 sharp criticism and some opposition, but, to the general 
 credit of the people, without any organized attack on the 
 rector, or disturbing his relations to the parish. 
 
 "On Ash Wednesday, March 1st, 1876, the new rector 
 celebrated his first Holy Eucharist, introducing the use of 
 the cassock and plain surplice, which were always worn 
 
thereafter. The first Holy Day celebration in the parish 
 (so far, at least, as authentically known) occurred at 10 
 o'clock on the feast of the Annunciation of the B. V. M. 
 It was censured by some as "popish," but with no spe- 
 cial ill effect. The first Early Celebration was held at 
 7:30 on Easter Day, April 17th, 1876. There were ten 
 communicants present. Thenceforward the Holy Euchar- 
 ist was regularly celebrated at that hour on all the Saints' 
 Days, or Holy Days until the weekly celebration was es- 
 tablished. The use of a silver Altar Set (the private 
 property of the rector) in place of the clumsy, old-fash- 
 ioned plated vessels, was begun on the 17th of June, 
 though not without some objections, on the ground of its 
 being an "innovation." The weekly Celebration was be- 
 gun on the First Sunday in Advent, Dec. 10th. The hour 
 was 7 :45. It had been expressly desired by some eight or 
 ten of the faithful. It nevertheless met with considerable 
 opposition, some portion of which never died out. The 
 restored use, however, prevailed. KneeUng during the 
 hymn after the Consecration, and receiving the Bread 
 in the hands, instead of taking It with the fingers, were 
 introduced at the Holy Communion on Easter Day, and 
 without any manifest opposition. On the 10th of June, 
 1877, the use of the Mixed Chalice was restored, and the 
 Ablutions were first publicly performed. The last occa- 
 sioned more opposition than any other single improve- 
 ment in the parish use. The use of wafer bread, first em- 
 ployed at the Early Celebration, July 8th, caused no 
 trouble. It kept its place at the early Celebrations thence- 
 forward. The white stole was first worn at the Holy 
 Eucharist on Easter Day, 1878. (It had previously been 
 worn at the wedding of William Henry Cutler to Kate 
 Laura Comstock, Feb. 14th, 1878.) Lights were used on 
 the altar at weddings (for the first time at the wedding 
 of Richard H. Wyman to Irene N. Lake, Oct. 16th, 1877), 
 at confirmations and requiem celebrations. Of the latter, 
 four were held during this rectorate, the first — and the 
 first ever said in the parish — on the 16th of Dec. 1878, for 
 Mrs. Richard H. Wyman. The first, and only wedding 
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celebration, occurred at the wedding of the Rev. W. J. 
 O'Brien, Aug. 6th, 1877. 
 
 "In the fall of 1876, an elegant, red altar-cloth, the 
 gift of St. Luke's Church, Germantown, Pa., having been 
 procured through the kind offices of Mrs. P. F. S. Slay- 
 maker, the altar was enlarged (to fit the new cloth), and 
 provided with a re-table. The altar cross was a common 
 one of wood which had been covered with evergreens for 
 Christmas use. In the absence of anything better it was 
 retained after the evergreens were removed. Subse- 
 quently a temporary reredos was erected. On the 23rd 
 of September, 1877, the church, having for some time 
 been closed for repairs, was re-opened. The building had 
 been painted within and without, the walls — previously 
 only whitewashed — inclusive. The mouldings about the 
 ceiling were put up. The pews had been stained, and the 
 chancel decorated in a thorough Churchly style. A new 
 credence, the gift of Messrs. Hoyt and P. F. S. Slay- 
 maker, had been erected. A new and becoming altar and 
 a new chancel rail had been constructed. The rough 
 drafts of these improvements were made by the rector, 
 but the completed plans and the supervision of the work 
 are more especially credited to the generous assistance of 
 Mr. Asa Lyon, architect. The work was done by Mr. 
 Joseph Hobbs. The expense was met by St. Mary's 
 Chapter of the Guild. At this time the choir was re- 
 moved to the chancel side, and the font restored to its 
 proper place near the door. During the summer of 1878 
 a new organ was bought, a polished-brass altar cross was 
 procured by the Sunday School, and new altar linen and a 
 full set of altar cloths were provided. 
 
 "The Guild, to which reference has just been made, 
 was organized in 1877, in two chapters — St. Mary's and 
 St. Agnes', the latter composed of the children. To allay 
 the opposition to the Guild, which grew up in the old 
 "Sewing Society," the two were united in 1878, as St. 
 Mark's Chapter. The assistance rendered by the Guild 
 in various ways was of great importance. 
 
 "In May, 1876, the rector began regular services at 
 Christ Church, Winnetka — in the schoolhouse at Wil- 
 
mettC' — and occasional services at the schoolhouse in 
 North Evanston. The work at Winnetka was continued 
 without interruption until 1879, when it was put in charge 
 of a separate priest. That at Wilmette, unfortunately 
 was finally broken up by removals. That at North Evans- 
 ton, however, was continued until his resignation. 
 
 "During this rectorate, the parish gave two of its 
 members to the holy work of the sisterhood of St. Mary 
 — Miss Florence Brown and Miss Ella Bennet, who en- 
 tered as novices in the house at Peekskill, N. Y. 
 
 ''The statistical summary of the labors of the Rev. 
 J. S. Smith shows the Daily Offices said 992 times ; 895 
 sermons, lectures and instructions delivered ; the Holy 
 Eucharist celebrated 420 times; 101 confessions heard 
 (the first Dec. 8th, 1876), and about 5,000 parochial visits 
 made. A debt due the former rector of between $300 
 and $400 was paid ofif ; the church was made free (Easter, 
 1879), and the congregation increased to between one 
 hundred and fifty and two hundred. 
 
 "Mr. Smith closed his rectorship by resignation, Janu- 
 ary 4th. 1880. HIS WORK STILL LIVES." 
 
 Sept. 8, 1881. Fred'k S. Jewell, 
 
 Immediately follozving the above zve Und this memo- 
 randum in Doctor Jezvelts hmidivritlng : 
 
 "May 2nd, 1880, Rogation Sunday, the Rev. Fred'k 
 S. Jewell, Ph. D., priest, formerly a Presbyterian min- 
 ister, and some time rector of St. James' parish, Winsted, 
 Connecticut, came to St. Mark's as a supply. A call to 
 the rectorate being immediately extended to him, was 
 accepted May 5th, and approved by the Rt. Rev. the 
 Bishop of the Diocese, Ascension Day, May 6th, on which 
 he entered upon the duties of his Cure." 
 
&ome prominent ^arisiiitaners; 
 
 Bishop Burch 
 
 Charles Comstock 
 
 Henry S. Slaymaker 
 
 Edward H. Buehler 
 
 Miss A. J. Comstock 
 
 Miss Mary Pearce 
 
 Thomas I. Stacev 
 
 Chapter II 
 
chapter tKttJo 
 
 SOME PROMINENT PARISHIONERS 
 
 (Past and Present) 
 
 Of those whom I knew at St. Mark's in 1888 the 
 name of Charles Sumner Burch is one which comes most 
 readily to mind. As I first remember the parish, Mr. 
 Burch was one of its best helpers as Sunday School super- 
 intendent and lay reader. 
 
 It is a source of pardonable pride to those of us 
 who then knew him, to think that in these days he oc- 
 cupies so high and responsible a place in the Church. I 
 sometimes wonder, with the constant demands made upon 
 a bishop for public speaking, how much he still retains 
 of that beautiful tenor voice which we remember he used 
 so effectively in the choral service at St. Mark's. The 
 writer recently came across an old copy of Faure's "Cruci- 
 fix," arranged to "Come unto Him all ye that labour," 
 which Mr. Burch and he sang in place of the ofifertory 
 anthem at the Choral Eucharist. 
 
 Mr. Burch was ordained to the diaconate in St. 
 Mark's by Bishop McLaren on the Twentieth Sunday 
 after Trinity, October 27th, 1895. After working for 
 ten years as a deacon in the Diocese of Western Michigan 
 he was advanced to the priesthood by Bishop McCormick 
 of that diocese in 1905. He was consecrated as Sufifragan 
 Bishop of New York on St. Matthias' Day (February 
 24th), 1911. 
 
In his congratulations to St. Marks parish on the 
 occasion of the twentieth anniversary of the opening of 
 the new church, the bishop refers to the white stole pre- 
 sented to him by our Sunday School when he was ordered 
 deacon. Shortly after the receipt of this letter, Mr. 
 Stacey, in behalf of the Sunday School, asked the 
 privilege of "replacing the present stole with a new one 
 when such replacement may become necessary." This 
 offer was accepted by Bishop Burch in a very appre- 
 ciative letter to the Sunday School, in which he states 
 that he has "prized the original stole so highly and taken 
 such good care of it that it is still in very good condition 
 and wall probably serve for some time to come." — Lion 
 of St. Mark, July, ipii. 
 
 Next to the rectors of St. Mark's, the personality of 
 one man stands out pre-eminently in the first thirty years 
 of its history, i. e., that of Mr. Charles Comstock, who 
 was elected senior warden when the parish was organ- 
 ized in 1864 and retained the office until his death on 
 September 5, 1895. Personally, I met Mr. Comstock 
 very seldom, but no one who reads St. Mark's early 
 records can fail to be impressed with the importance and 
 controlling influence in parish matters of both Mr. Com- 
 stock and his family. I find frequent mention of his son, 
 Mr. William C. Comstock, who is still a communicant of 
 St. Mark's, as giving valuable help in the music of the 
 services. Of the first senior warden of the parish Doctor 
 Little speaks as follows: 
 
 "It would not be correct to say that without the faith 
 and love and work of Charles Comstock there would have 
 been no church in Evanston ; but of this I am sure, that 
 if it had not been for him, the starting of the church in 
 Evanston would have been delayed for many years. Had 
 it not been for him and for his beneficence, the church 
 would have gone under in its days of weakness and fear, 
 when some who had put their hands to the plow looked 
 back because they were not fit for the Kingdom of God. 
 St. Mark's Church, our pride and our joy, might not yet 
 
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have been built, or if built, would not have been so soon 
 paid for or consecrated. Surely, therefore, without dis- 
 paragement to any who helped in this great work, we 
 may say that this church owes more to Charles Com- 
 stock than to any other man. 
 
 "Mr. Comstock's wisdom, his business experience, 
 his knowledge of canon law, the might and dignity of 
 his presence in our vestry meetings and in the diocesan 
 convention, his ever-increasing grasp of the Catholic idea, 
 his childlike simplicity, his faith, the integrity of his con- 
 science, the ripening spirituality of his declining years, all 
 endeared him to me, as his priest and confessor, his 
 spiritual director and friend, beyond what words can 
 express." 
 
 (These words of Doctor Little are from a sermon 
 preached by him on the occasion of the Benediction 
 of the Comstock Memorial Altar on the morning of the 
 Twelfth Sunday after Trinity, August 21, 1^04. The 
 Vext zms, "We have an altar." Hebrews xiii: 10.) 
 
 In any attempt to speak of Henry Stephen Slay- 
 maker, senior warden of St. Mark's from 1895 to 1913, 
 one might very well make use of Doctor Jewell's words, 
 applied to the person and work of the Rev. J. Stewart 
 Smith, as being "too important to be lost." Perhaps I 
 cannot do better than Cjuote from my own article given in 
 the April, 1913, number of our parish magazine: 
 
 "A sketch of the church life of Mr. Slaymaker, from 
 his first connection with St. Mark's to the time of his 
 death, would cover almost the entire period of our parish 
 life, seeing that St. Mark's was organized in 1864, while 
 Mr. Slaymaker's name appears on the communicant list 
 as early as April, 1870. 
 
 "The few who were in touch with the parish in those 
 days bear willing witness, with all who have known him 
 in more recent years, that his first and chief interest was 
 the Church, in whose divine origin he so devoutly be- 
 lieved. It was just because of his implicit belief in the 
 
Church as a divine organization that he worked patiently 
 and unremittingly in the interests of St. Mark's during 
 the greater part of his life. For the welfare of the parish 
 he spared no effort, whether — as was the case through so 
 many of those early years quietly busied in details, no 
 matter how humble or insignificant, which but for his 
 constant thought would have often gone undone, or 
 whether in later years in the important duties of his posi- 
 tion as senior warden, his one aim and desire lay in the 
 constant furthering of the spiritual life of the parish 
 and its material progress. His was purely a work of love 
 for Christ and His Church. 
 
 "His tenure of office as senior warden covered the 
 period from 1895 to 1913, but prior to 1895 he was a 
 member of the vestry for many years. He worked under 
 no less than seven rectors of St. Mark's. In 1911 he 
 moved into Chicago to make his home with his son, 
 Doctor S. R. Slaymaker, but, just as when living in 
 Evanston, nothing short of severe illness ever kept him 
 away from the services on the Lord's Day, particularly 
 the Holy Eucharist. Who are there among us that saw 
 him, year in and year out, at the Early Eucharist every 
 Sunday but are not the better for his example? 
 
 "He had not been in his usual health for some months 
 before the end came. On the day of his death, Sunday, 
 April 6, 1913, he occupied his customary place at church, 
 assisted in taking up the offerings and looked better than 
 for some weeks past ; the news, therefore, of his having 
 been suddenly and painlessly taken from us, which 
 reached the church immediately before Evensong, came 
 as a shock to everyone. Yet all felt that it was an ideal 
 ending to an ideal Christian life, for he had but just 
 assisted at the Church's greatest service, which was to 
 him a foretaste of Heaven itself, and we reverently said 
 of him, *He was not, for God took him.' 
 
 "All who availed themselves of the privilege of at- 
 tending the requiem celebration of the Holy Eucharist on 
 the day on which he was laid to rest must have been im- 
 pressed with the quiet dignity and simplicity of it, and 
 withal of the peculiar fitness of such a service in the case 
 
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of so devout a churchman as Mr. Slaymaker. The clergy 
 present included Bishops Toll and Longley, the Very Rev. 
 Dean DeWitt and Doctor F. J. Hall of the Western 
 Theological Seminary, and the Revs. A. L. Murray, 
 Luther Pardee, and George Craig Stevv^art. The burial 
 was at Rose Hill. The first part of the service at the 
 grave was taken by Bishop Longley. The committal was 
 said by Bishop Toll, who also gave the blessing. A Chi- 
 cago clergyman wrote as follows: 'This text has been 
 much in my mind, "Let me die the death of the righteous, 
 and let my last end be like his." ' Another priest ex- 
 pressed himself in these words : 'He represents a type 
 of churchman of whom we have, I fear, but few today.' 
 "The life that Mr. Slaymaker lived among us is 
 an inspiration and encouragement to all. When one con- 
 templates such a life he is bound to admit that the day 
 of saints is not yet over. It is a matter for regret that 
 though St. Mark's Church contains two memorials to 
 Mr. Slaymaker, the parish to which he gave so much has 
 up to the present time done nothing to perpetuate his 
 memory." 
 
 The name of Mr. Edward H. Buehler, the present 
 senior warden of St. Mark's, has been closely associated 
 with the parish for more than thirty years. Mr. Buehler 
 has served as a member of the vestry, as clerk of the 
 vestry, treasurer, junior warden, and since Mr. Slay- 
 maker passed on in 1913 has filled the important office of 
 senior warden, in addition to which he is special treasurer 
 of missionary and extra-parochial funds. No one of the 
 men of St. Mark's has striven more wholeheartedly for 
 the best interests of the parish. I was first brought into 
 touch with him when, as treasurer, he used to send me the 
 monthly choir check. In his care for the financial inter- 
 ests of the parish he never failed to give me a reminder 
 if my account ran ever so slightly over the allotted $125 
 per month. He will forgive me, I'm sure, for saying so, 
 but his reminders used to affect me otherwise than he 
 intended, and I used to wish that he would read, mark, 
 learn, and inwardly digest the latter half of the twenty- 
 
fourth verse of the eleventh chapter of the Book of 
 Proverbs. If every parish were fortunate enough to se- 
 cure as senior wardens such men as have held that ofifice 
 at St. Mark's, Evanston, its members would have one 
 more blessing for which to be thankful. In one respect 
 Mr. Buehler is greatly like his predecessor. I have in 
 mind the early Eucharist, in which, Sunday after Sunday, 
 Mr. Buehler is quietly exercising an influence far greater 
 than he dreams of. May he long continue in his present 
 office ! 
 
 After allowing for the regrettable fact that in this 
 American Church of ours the font cannot always occupy 
 its logical and rightful place just within the main en- 
 trance, the one thing that should immediately impress a 
 person upon stepping into our churches is, not the pulpit, 
 not the lectern, not the organ with its gilded and often 
 gaudily painted display pipes, but the altar. In St. Mark's 
 we have for years been blessed with an altar so beautiful 
 and chaste in design and workmanship as at once to arrest 
 the eye and hold the attention. 
 
 Those who know St. Mark's Church and its altar 
 very naturally call to mind, when thinking of the latter, 
 the names of two persons — Miss A. J. Comstock and Miss 
 Mary Pearce. For years before I knew the parish Miss 
 Comstock devoted much of her time and the same loving 
 care to the altar and sanctuary that she does today, a 
 work in which she has had for more than thirty years the 
 assistance of Miss Pearce. I don't suppose that the 
 average person who attends St. Mark's gives two thoughts 
 to the hours spent in preparing the altar for the services 
 as they look upon it. Only those like the rector and 
 myself realize the amount of time and care necessary. 
 But, while everyone may not stop to think of the time 
 and labor involved, all appreciate the results as we have 
 seen them Sunday after Sunday. I can think of no one 
 who better loves to engage in the care of the altar vest- 
 ments and vessels than Miss Comstock, nor do I know of 
 altar flowers more gracefully arranged than those which 
 we have been accustomed to for years as a result of the 
 
THE COMSTOCK MEMORIAL ALTAR 
 
deft hand of ]\Hss Pearce. I have often, when looking 
 upon our altar with its floral decorations as prepared for 
 one of the greater festivals, experienced the same sort of 
 feeling as when looking upon some beautiful canvas. One 
 has no desire to change the picture in the minutest detail. 
 The arrangement of flowers, especially altar flowers, is an 
 art and a gift. And Miss Pearce possesses both the art 
 and the gift to a remarkable degree. May the chief care 
 of the altar at St. ]\Iark's remain with ]\Iiss Comstock and 
 Miss Pearce for many years to come. 
 
 In touching upon a few of the more important per- 
 sonalities connected with St. Afark's parish, I have been 
 limited, not from choice so much as compulsion. In the 
 first place my time is limited, seeing that I must leave 
 within a few weeks for some port in England, and in the 
 second place the chief difficulty would be to know just 
 where to draw the line. For, if one must come to actual 
 names, who realizes better than myself the need of men- 
 tioning most of those who have in turn served as members 
 of the vestry? Who appreciates more than I do the real 
 merit of the many presidents of the Woman's Guild or of 
 the Men's Club? Who has a greater admiration than I 
 have for the work of Mrs. P. C. Lutkin in the Mothers' 
 Guild, or of Mrs. J. K. Lewis and Mrs. Harry Wells in 
 the Junior Auxiliary? The few to whom I have made 
 special reference have, with the single exception of Bishop 
 Burch, been so long and prominently connected with St. 
 Mark's that my reason for so doing is, I think, obvious 
 enough. Equally obvious is it that I should refer to just 
 one other person — Mr. Thomas I. Stacey ; not because he 
 has been one of my best friends and my closest com- 
 panion throughout the many years that I have spent at 
 St. Mark's, but from the position he has won and is 
 winning for himself in the parish. 
 
 Air. Stacey may claim this distinction over those to 
 whom I have previously referred, i. e., he may be said to 
 have been born and brought up in St. Mark's, since he 
 has known no other parish. From the day on which we 
 
first met, he has been ready at all times to serve the parish 
 and the Church to the utmost of his ability. When, long 
 years ago, through press of so many other duties, I re- 
 signed the position of superintendent of the Sunday 
 School, I remember Doctor Little asking what I thought 
 of Mr. Stacey for the office. My recollections are that 
 Doctor Little wondered whether Mr. Stacey would be 
 equal to the requirements of Sunday School Superintend- 
 ent. If the Doctor had any serious misgivings they were 
 quickly and permanently laid aside, and I know that as 
 long as he lived he had unbounded admiration for and 
 confidence in Mr. Stacey. I know further that Mr. 
 Stacey was among those to whom Doctor Little ever 
 looked for real help and comfort. His natural character- 
 istics for thoroughness in work and system appealed at 
 once to Doctor Longley as something which both held in 
 common. The present rector of St. Mark's takes a special 
 pride in the Sunday School as the direct result of Mr. 
 Stacey's conscientious and untiring work. 
 
 I have been moved to allude to Mr. Stacey because I 
 know of no finer illustration of the force of precept so con- 
 sistently followed up by example. It is the one great need 
 of the man who occupies the position of a Sunday School 
 Superintendent, and St. Mark's is wonderfully blessed in 
 having such a man at the head of its Sunday School, for 
 it should greatly influence the future. Mr. Stacey's work 
 at St. Mark's and in the Sunday School work of the 
 diocese generally is making itself felt more and more. I 
 trust the time is not far distant when, the war being over, 
 his greatest desire may be realized and he may see ade- 
 quate provision made for St. Mark's Sunday School in 
 such wise that the discouraging drawbacks and limitations 
 under which he has worked for so many years with such 
 untiring perseverance may only remain as memories. If 
 I were asked to name one of the greatest assets of St. 
 Mark's parish at the present time, I should have no hesita- 
 tion in singling out Mr. Thomas I. Stacey, as Superin- 
 tendent of the Sunday School. 
 
Special g>erbices; anb ©ccasiong 
 
 Laying of the corner stone of the new St. 
 Mark's Church and Dr. Little's sermon on 
 that occasion. 
 
 First service in the new St. Mark's 
 Church. 
 
 Formal dedication of the new church. 
 
 "Deconsecration" of the old church. 
 
 Choral Festival. 
 
 Requiem and Memorial Services for Dr. 
 Little with Archdeacon Toll's Sermon. 
 
 Twentieth Anniversary of the new St. 
 Mark's Church. 
 
 Consecration of Bishop Longley. 
 
 The Fiftieth Anniversary of St. Mark's 
 Parish, with Dr. Edward M. Jefferys' Sermon. 
 
 The Choirmaster's Ordination. 
 
 Chapter III 
 
Cfjapter tE^fjree 
 
 LAYING OF THE CORNERSTONE OF 
 ST. MARK'S CHURCH 
 
 (May 18, 1890) 
 
 The occasion of laying the corner-stone of the new 
 St. Mark's Church — an event so long and hopefully 
 looked forward to — took place on the afternoon of May 
 18, 1890, being the Sunday after Ascension Day. Out- 
 door services depend so largely on favorable weather con- 
 ditions for their success, that it is gratifying to record that 
 the day, in this respect, was ideal, and contributed no 
 little to the general effect. 
 
 The choir, visiting clergy, rector and bishop as- 
 sembled in the small frame church on Davis Street, near 
 Ridge Avenue, where, forming in procession headed by 
 the crucifer, they proceeded along Ridge Avenue to the 
 site of the new church at Grove Street, and filed through 
 an immense concourse of people to their allotted places 
 on a temporary platform. 
 
 (Ridge Avenue, in these days of cement sidewalks, is 
 very different from the old days when their make-up, 
 chiefly of wood, necessitated frequent repairs. There was 
 in May, 1890, a particularly faulty stretch between Davis 
 and Grove Streets, with not a few loose planks and an 
 occasional hole. The step from the sublime to the ridicu- 
 lous has always impressed me as so easy in Church func- 
 tions that I had serious misgivings as to how our cross- 
 
bearer, "Dannie/' a very small boy for that office, would 
 steer his way without an illustration of the very thing I 
 was most anxious to avoid. My fears proved needless, 
 however, for the procession moved throughout in dignified 
 order.) 
 
 In the course of a special service, the corner-stone 
 was "well and truly laid" by Bishop McLaren, who after- 
 wards spoke in praise of the work of the parish, and in 
 particular of the auspicious event which had called his 
 hearers together. He counselled that St. Mark's be kept 
 as in the past, a church for rich and poor alike, and closed 
 with a review of the growth of the Church in America. 
 
 Among the clergy present was the Rev. S. C. Edsall, 
 the late Bishop of Minnesota, also Dr. Gold of the West- 
 ern Theological Seminary, and the Rev. Daniel F. Smith 
 of St. Luke's, South Evanston (as the southern portion 
 of the then milage of Evanston was called). 
 
 The corner-stone contained a copy of the Prayer 
 Book, the Church Hymnal, and Little's "Reasons for 
 Being a Churchman," as well as the names of the bishop, 
 rector, vestry, and choir, also a number of Church, local 
 and Chicago papers, and a set of United States coins. 
 
 After an address by the rector, which is given below, 
 and one by Mr. George E. Gooch (as representing the 
 laity of the parish) the service closed with the singing of 
 the hymn, "The Church's One Foundation," and the 
 Blessing, pronounced by Bishop McLaren, after which 
 the congregation quietly dispersed, while choir and clergy 
 returned in procession to the old church. 
 
 Follozving is the full text of the address — The Head 
 of the Corner — delivered by the Rev. Arthur W. Little at 
 the laying of the corner-stone of the nezv church: 
 
 "Reverend Father in God, Brother Churchmen and 
 Fellow Citizens : When saintly Bishop Wulfstan of our 
 Mother Church of England, in the eleventh century laid 
 the foundations of the glorious cathedral of Worcester, he 
 wept as he said to one of his clergy : 'It is a miserable 
 thing, if we neglect the souls of men and pile together 
 stones.' We have begun to build a stately and beautiful 
 
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stone church to the glory of God and for the benefit of 
 this community. To complete this work, we need to deny 
 our bodies, but not to neglect our souls. Indeed this work 
 is God's work, and the better we are, the better will we 
 build, and the better we build, the better shall we become. 
 It is conceivable that the leaders of the Church — her 
 prelates and her priests — might under certain circum- 
 stances so devote themselves to Church architecture as to 
 neglect the souls of men, but such is not our case. Yonder 
 little wooden church on Davis Street has long been in- 
 adequate to the needs of the parish and beneath the dig- 
 nity of a Temple of God. It is therefore to save souls, 
 not to neglect them, that we rear this church, to the honor 
 of the ever-blessed and undivided Trinity. St. Mark's 
 parish was organized in the year of our Lord 1864. In 
 the following year the church was free from debt, and on 
 the 15th of September, 1865, consecrated by the Rt. Rev. 
 Doctor Whitehouse, the illustrious predecessor of our 
 beloved bishop — consecrated to the worship of Almighty 
 God under the title and patronage of the Evangelist St. 
 Mark. It is a little church, but it represents the faith, 
 and the love, and the self-sacrifice of deceased men. It 
 is a little church, but it was great for the feeble flock that 
 built it. It is a little church, but there are hearts that 
 love it for the hallowed and precious associations of a 
 generation. And yet these very ones whose tears start 
 at the thought of leaving it have been foremost in plan- 
 ning, and are foremost in building this second house 
 whose glory shall be greater than the first. 
 
 "And what kind of a church, my brethren, do we 
 want and propose to build? We want, and we propose to 
 build a church — a church Catholic and correct. Not an 
 edifice at which the stranger will point and say, 'What 
 building is this?' Not an edifice which will be mistaken 
 for a club house, a lecture hall, an auditorium, or used 
 for purposes sacred and profane, but the holy temple of 
 a worshipping congregation, 'none other than the house 
 of God and the very gate of heaven,' a church which will 
 not only be an honor to this avenue and the pride of the 
 village, but which from afar will proclaim itself a 
 church — 
 
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" 'In beauty built and might 
 For apostolic service 
 And high liturgic rite.' 
 
 "The exterior will be simple, dignified, grand. With- 
 in there will be a noble nave, with north and south aisles, 
 and high clerestory, supported by stately columns and 
 graceful arch. There will be a deep choir or chancel, with 
 its lofty Rood-screen surmounted with the symbol of our 
 redemption — a chancel large enough to contain a goodly 
 number of white-robed choristers, who will lead the de- 
 votions of the people, singing with the spirit and with the 
 understanding also. And last of all, within the veil, there 
 will be the sanctuary of the Holy of Holies, with its High 
 Altar of Sacrifice, the Table of the Lord, the Throne of 
 the Divine Presence, the Source of His Sacramental 
 Grace. While over all, from the lofty clerestory windows 
 will stream in the light of heaven, bidding us look up- 
 ward and see the smiles of our Father's face. O what a 
 church this will be ! And how earnestly we ought to 
 work and pray for its completion ! 
 
 "Finally, dear brethren, we are building for the fu- 
 ture a church which will stand for ages and ages. The 
 years will roll by, you and I shall rest from our labors, 
 but this work will endure. Our very names will be for- 
 gotten, but within these hallowed walls the glorious gos- 
 pel of the Son of God shall still be preached to the poor 
 and to the rich, to the young and to the old. Here unto 
 Incarnate God 'shall be given of the gold of Arabia, 
 prayer shall be made ever unto Him, and daily shall He 
 be praised.' Here the little ones born into this world of 
 sin shall, at the font of regeneration, be born anew into 
 the family of God, and in due time be confirmed with the 
 grace of His Holy Spirit. Here the penitent shall be 
 absolved, and the faithful be nourished with the 'Bread 
 which came down from heaven.' Here the Church's 
 blessing shall unite those who love in the Lord. And 
 here for us and for our children, one by one, shall be 
 chanted the solemn Office of the Dead as we rise from 
 the Church on earth to the Church in the Paradise of God. 
 
 .'■)0 
 
O, it is a glorious and an enduring work ! Let us do our 
 part. 'Let us rise up and build.' And may God prosper 
 the work of our hands upon us. Yea, may He prosper 
 our handiwork." 
 
 FIRST SERVICES IN ST. MARK'S CHURCH 
 (Easter Day, March 29, 1891) 
 
 From the day on which the corner-stone was laid, 
 both pastor and people noted with increasing interest and 
 pleasure how the building grew apace under the work- 
 men's hands until, as completed on Easter Day, 1891, the 
 edifice stood forth in its present graceful proportions. 
 
 As is not infrequently the case, the work of com- 
 pleting the new church had to be hurried up to the very 
 last minute, and to those who were in the church on 
 Easter Eve. 1891, when the final choir rehearsal was 
 interfered with so much by the noise of workmen's ham- 
 mers and planes, the prospect did not appear encour- 
 aging for the opening services on the day following. It 
 was well on towards midnight ere the Altar Guild could 
 set about its work, yet in the tasteful arrangement of the 
 altar and the orderly appearance of the church at the 
 early Eucharist the next morning, the bustle, confusion 
 and disorder of the previous evening were forgotten in 
 the prevailing restfulness, and it was hard to think that 
 they had existed so recently. 
 
 The Evanston Press of April 4, 1891, wrote of the 
 new church as follows : "The completion of St. Mark's 
 Episcopal Church in this village is a matter of sincere 
 congratulation to the parish and to the public generally, 
 in that it provides not only a beautiful, but commodious 
 edifice, while the village is to be congratulated in the 
 addition to its public buildings of an ornament worthy of 
 its pride. The edifice may be justly characterized as com- 
 bining the elements of strength, dignity and grace. With- 
 in, a stately gothic order prevails, with nave, aisles and 
 clerestory. The architects, Messrs. Holabird and Roche, 
 are to be congratulated upon the successful completion 
 of their plans. The church has been erected, at a cost of 
 about $40,000." The order of services was announced 
 
as follows: Holy Eucharist, 7:30; High Celebration, 11 
 o'clock, and Evensong, 7:30. At the 11 o'clock Eucharist 
 Dr. Little was the Celebrant and preacher. In the after- 
 noon a special service was held, when the Evanston Com- 
 mandery No. 58, Knights Templar, visited the new 
 church and was addressed by Archdeacon Edwin Bishop. 
 At the conclusion of his address, the archdeacon, on be- 
 half of the Knights, presented the fine eagle lectern 
 which has become so familiar a feature of the interior of 
 our church. 
 
 FORMAL OPENING AND BENEDICTION OF 
 THE NEW CHURCH 
 
 (Wednesday, April 1, 1891) 
 
 The formal opening ceremonies and Benediction of 
 the new edifice took place the following Wednesday. The 
 Rt. Rev. William E. McLaren was the Celebrant at the 
 High Celebration and preached an able sermon from 
 Habakkuk H. 20, on "Worship and the proper use of 
 the Church." He also blessed and dedicated the building 
 to the glory of God and in honor of St. Mark, and the 
 chapel in honor of the Blessed Virgin. 
 
 Doctor Little delivered a brief address of thanks to 
 parish and people, to whose labors and generosity the 
 building of the church was due. He especially thanked 
 Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Hill for the gift of the altar rail, 
 given in memory of their son, William C. Hill ; to the 
 Knights Templar for the lectern ; to the choir for their 
 gift of the Altar Cross, Eucharistic and Vesper lights; 
 to the girls of Queen Bertha's Guild for their ofifering the 
 Altar of the Lady Chapel ; to the ladies of St. Margaret's 
 Guild for furnishing the pews ; to the Woman's Guild for 
 a gift of $3,000; to Mr. Joseph Hobbs for his generous 
 work in the painting; to Messrs. Holabird and Roche, 
 the architects, for their voluntary services — and to Mr. 
 Charles Comstock, the senior warden, to whose efiforts, 
 more than any other one thing, were due the erection of 
 their beautiful edifice. 
 
 A list of the clergy present at the service included: 
 
 The Rt. Rev. William Edward McLaren, Bishop of 
 
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Chicago ; the Rt. Rev. George Franklin Seymour, Bishop 
 of Springfield; Rev. Clinton Locke, Rev. Canon Wright, 
 Rev. Canon Knowles, the Ven. Archdeacon Edwin 
 Bishop, the Revs. D. F. Smith, Joseph Rushton, Luther 
 Pardee, Edward A. Larrabee, R. R. Upjohn, Samuel C. 
 Edsall, J. Stewart-Smith, Henry G. Perry, C. R. Critten- 
 ton, P. N. Hickman, Morton Stone, J. M. Clarke, Walter 
 Delafield, George B. Pratt, T. N. Morrison, J. W. Elliott, 
 H. Judd, B. F. Matrau, J. M. McGrath, Colin C. Tate, Jr., 
 Cory Thomas, J. E. Thompson, C. N. Moller, C. H. 
 Lemon, M. Throop, Jr., B. F. Fleetwood, H. C. Granger, 
 C. C. Camp, J. F. Hill, and John H. Parsons. Among the 
 students from the Western Theological College who at- 
 tended was Mr. Frederic W. Keator, afterwards the first 
 priest of the Church of the Atonement, Edgewater, now 
 the Bishop of Olympia. The list of the clergy includes 
 the names of the present bishops of Minnesota* and 
 Iowa. 
 
 During the afternoon a largely attended parish recep- 
 tion was held at the Evanston Club, in honor of the com- 
 pletion of the new church. 
 
 At Evensong the sermon was preached by that fine 
 old churchman, Bishop Seymour, of Springfield, on the 
 text, "Jesus Christ, the same yesterday, today and for- 
 ever." The Evanston Press records that "Bishop Sey- 
 mour held his hearers spellbound for more than an hour."' 
 
 On the afternoon of the day on which the new St. 
 Mark's was formally dedicated. Bishop McLaren visited 
 the old church on Davis Street and in the presence of 
 several of the clergy officially declared the consecration 
 and setting apart of the building to the worship of Al- 
 mighty God to be "hereby lifted and removed." 
 
 Shortly afterwards, the Chicago Evening Journal 
 published a mischievous article which included the fol- 
 lowing: "The discovery has just been made that, on the 
 day on which the new St. Mark's was consecrated (by 
 which the Journal meant dedicated) Bishop McLaren and 
 several other Episcopal ministers visited the old church, 
 
 Bishop Edsall. 
 
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unknown to the purchaser, and, it is said, actually decon- 
 secrated it." 
 
 The use of the old church had been granted by the 
 purchaser, Mr. Parkhurst, to the Methodists who occu- 
 pied it until their new building, afterwards known as the 
 Emmanuel Methodist Church and now in possession of 
 the Swedish Methodists, was ready. 
 
 Of course the Journal's article stirred up a regret- 
 table amount of unfriendly feeling and criticism. The 
 most absurd and extravagant stories were circulated, tell- 
 ing what the bishop did at this service of "deconsecra- 
 tion," and were Ijelieved by many persons without 
 troubling to get at the real truth of the matter. The 
 members of the new Methodist congregation were dis- 
 turbed and many of them exasperated. Dr. Little was the 
 wrong man to hear of erroneous impressions floating 
 around without making an effort to correct and allay 
 them. He wrote to the Evanston Index and in the course 
 of his letter said : 
 
 "The writer to the Journal alleges that the act of the 
 Bishop was dishonorable, unbrotherly, unhandsome, a 
 filching of the consecration, a violation of fair dealing, 
 contemptuous treatment, mean, clandestine, and a be- 
 trayal. 
 
 "So much for this chaste anonymous romance — now 
 for facts : 
 
 "The trustees of the old St. Mark's Church sold the 
 property to Mr. J. J. Parkhurst personally, and not in 
 any sense to the new Methodist congregation — although 
 the anonymous writer says that the Methodists had prac- 
 tically bought it and that one reason for their doing so 
 was that it was 'already nicely consecrated.' ( !) This is 
 untrue, but very funny. Well, we sold the old church to 
 our neighbor, Mr. Parkhurst, to whom we have often 
 been indebted for friendly courtesies which the rector, 
 for one, gratefully appreciates. What use Mr. Park- 
 hurst proposes to make of the sacred edifice has never 
 been known. Some say it will be torn down, others that 
 it will be moved away and turned into a produce store 
 or a machine shop. The fact that the generous purchaser 
 
chooses to allow the Methodists to use the old church for 
 a few months as a place of worship has no bearing on 
 the general question. 
 
 "The so-called 'deconsecration' took place, not after 
 the sale, as the writer implies, but while the church was 
 still an Anglican church, still in the legal possession of 
 the rector, churchwardens and vestrymen of St. Mark's. 
 And what, after all, was this ceremony? — this dreadful 
 orgy which I am told has 'hurt' and 'exasperated' my good 
 Methodist brethren? From the description one would 
 think that the venerable prelate and his priests had played 
 'the Abbot of Unreason.' 
 
 "Let me, as an eye-witness, describe the ceremony: 
 The bishop, surrounded by his clergy, stood with un- 
 covered head, and with solemn voice said : 
 
 " 'Whereas, The Rt. Rev. Henry John Whitehouse, 
 D. D., by divine permission bishop of this diocese, did by 
 virtue of his office consecrate and set apart this building 
 to the worship of Almighty God according to the canons, 
 rites and uses exclusively of the Protestant Episcopal 
 Church in the United States of America ; and, 
 
 " 'Whereas, the pious generosity of this parish has 
 reared a new and finer temple to take the place of this, 
 
 " 'Therefore, I, William Edward McLaren, by di- 
 vine permission bishop of Chicago and successor to the 
 said Bishop Whitehouse, do now officially declare that 
 the said consecration and setting apart of this building 
 to the worship of Almighty God according to the canons, 
 rites, and uses exclusively of the Protestant Episcopal 
 Church in the United States of America, is hereby lifted, 
 and removed. In the name of the Father, and of the 
 Son. and of the Holy Ghost. Amen.' 
 
 "That is all. 
 
 "As the bishop himself explained it to me, the lifting 
 of the consecration simply amounts to this: In accord- 
 ance with our canon law,' 'the church building belonging 
 to any parish or mission may be opened for all services, 
 rites, ceremonies, or other purposes, authorized or ap- 
 proved of, either by the Church in the U. S. A., or the 
 Church in this diocese, represented by the ecclesiastical 
 
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authority thereof, and for none other purposes whatso- 
 ever.' (Title III, canon 7.) Such a church, by the very 
 fact of its consecration, is limited as to its use. The old 
 church on Davis Street was to pass for ever from the 
 control of the American Church, to become the property 
 of an enterprising business man, a man of the world, and 
 to be secularised. Hence the 'deconsecration,' or as the 
 bishop prefers to call it, 'the lifting of the consecration,' 
 simply removed that technical limitation of the building 
 to distinctively Anglican services. No slight, intentional 
 or unintentional, was put upon the worship of our Metho- 
 dist brethren, with whom we have always dwelt on terms 
 of friendship and mutual respect. * * * 
 
 "We build our churches for one distinctive purpose. 
 We do not look upon any honest worship as a defilement 
 of a church — and certainly not the earnest prayers and 
 hearty Amens of the Methodists. * * * Neverthe- 
 less, this one thing ought to be remembered, that * * * 
 we regard the altar where the Holy Sacrifice is wont to 
 be made, as 'none other but the house of God and the 
 gate of heaven.' The consecration of one of our churches 
 has a totally different meaning to us from what the 'dedi- 
 catory services' of other Christians have to them. Surely 
 we can indulge one another in our honest convictions. 
 The question is not whether we are right or wrong in so 
 reverencing our churches — Doctor Lorimer has informed 
 Chicago that there is no sacred place and no holy day — 
 but to us at least the 'house of God' is sacred, the one 
 spot left us into which the world does not and shall not 
 intrude." 
 
 CHORAL FESTIVAL 
 
 Beginning with 1889, the first choral festival of the 
 Chicago Diocesan Choir Association was held in St. 
 James's Church, Chicago. The thirteen choirs, with a total 
 number of some two hundred and fifty voices, that took 
 part, represented about all of the vested choirs in the 
 diocese of Chicago in those days. St. Mark's was among 
 the number, as also was St. Clement's — which (in those 
 days) occupied a site near State and Twentieth Streets — 
 
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under Mr. Lutkin as choirmaster and organist. The 
 Association had at least two objects, i. e., to promote good 
 fellowship and to encourage and foster a desire for a bet- 
 ter standard of church music. One of the greatest draw- 
 backs to such a service was the lack of a church large 
 enough to accommodate the choirs, for though the first 
 gathering of choristers presented no difficulties in that 
 respect, it proved far otherwise later. Twenty-five years 
 ago vested choirs increased so rapidly that it soon became 
 impossible to hold the choral festival in one church. The 
 plan was then suggested and carried out of a festival in 
 three divisions, i. e., one on the north side at St. James's, 
 a second on the south side at Grace and a third at the 
 Cathedral or The Epiphany. This arrangement was par- 
 tially successful, but for one cause or another — mainly, 
 I think, because of inability to meet as one body under 
 one roof — the Chicago Diocesan Choir Association fell 
 through. I ought to mention, perhaps, that on several 
 occasions a massed meeting of the vested choirs of the 
 diocese was held in the Auditorium, but it could not take 
 the place of a regular church service. The setting did not 
 lend itself to what one was accustomed — the atmosphere 
 was lacking. For a number of years there were no gath- 
 erings of the choirs. 
 
 In 1909 I spoke to a number of choirmasters along 
 the North Shore as to the feasibility of a choral festival on 
 a very modest scale outside Chicago. Such a festival was 
 announced to be held in St. Mark's, Evanston, on Novem- 
 ber 16th of that year, and proved to be quite a success. 
 The precentor for the service was the Rev. Richard Row- 
 ley ; the preacher, the Rev. Walter G. Blossom ; the Mas- 
 ters of Ceremonies, Messrs. Thomas H. Fullerton and 
 Percy W. Freeman. The music was under the choir- 
 master of St. Mark's and the service was accompanied 
 by Mr. Louis Norton Dodge. Evensong was announced 
 for 8:10. At 7:45, Mr. Ernest Sumner, of St. Luke's, 
 gave an organ recital which included the following num- 
 bers : Grand Choeur, en la (Salome), Andante cantabile 
 (Tschaikowsky), Marche Triomphale (Lemmens), Ber- 
 ceuse (Dickinson), and Cantilene (Rogers). The choirs 
 
taking part in the service wore badges of distinctive colors 
 and were preceded by their respective crucifers. The 
 procession entered the church in the following order : 
 
 St. Luke's, Evanston (Gold, 40 voices) — Ernest 
 Sumner, Choirmaster. 
 
 Atonement, Edge water (Red, 25 voices) — Thomas 
 H. Fullerton, Choirmaster. 
 
 St. Elisabeth's, Glencoe (Blue, 25 voices) — Charles 
 L. Day, Choirmaster. 
 
 St. Paul's, Rogers Park (Old Rose, 40 voices) — 
 Rev. Richard Rowley, Choirmaster. 
 
 St. Simon's, Sheridan Park (Lavender, 30 voices) — 
 Percy W. Fairman, Choirmaster. 
 
 THE NATIONAL FLAG 
 
 St. Mark's, Evanston (Purple, 30 voices) — Robert 
 Holmes, Choirmaster. 
 
 CRUCIFER 
 
 The Visiting Clergy. 
 The Rector. 
 
 0v\itx of ^erbicc 
 Processional Hymn 397 O Quanta Qualia 
 
 O what the joy and the glory must be. 
 
 Versicles and Responses Tallis 
 
 Psalter, Psalms 104, 145 Gregorian 
 
 Magnificat in G Cruickshank 
 
 Nunc Dimittis in G Cruickshank 
 
 Anthem after the Third Collect Woodivard 
 
 The day Thou gavest. Lord, is ended. 
 
 Hymn 418 — O God, our help in ages past St. Anne 
 
 Ascription Gloria Cruickshank 
 
 Offertory Anthem Gadsby 
 
 O Lord, our Governour. 
 
 Processional Hymn 516 St. Gertrude 
 
 Onward, Christian Soldiers 
 
 All of the clergy whose choirs took part wrote after- 
 wards expressing appreciation of the festival and the 
 
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THE REV. ARTHUR W. LITTLE, L. H. D. 
 Rector, November 1, 1888-Septernljer 28, 1910 
 
pleasure it had given them. I recall that Dr. Little en- 
 tertained the proposal of the service somewhat hesitat- 
 ingly at first, but when all was over and it proved so much 
 more than he expected he was greatly pleased that we 
 had been able to have such a service at St. Mark's. 
 
 REQUIEM AND MEMORIAL SERVICES FOR 
 DOCTOR LITTLE 
 
 The following account of the last services for Doctor 
 Little is given, in substance, as I wrote it for the Memo- 
 rial Number of the Lion of St. Mark for October, 1910 : 
 
 "Arthur Wilde Little, for twenty-two years the priest 
 and pastor of St. Mark's, passed away on Wednesday, 
 the eve of Michaelmas Day, 1910. On Friday afternoon 
 the body, robed in Eucharistic vestments, was laid in a 
 beautiful purple casket, and placed in the Lady Chapel 
 with three mortuary lights on either side. Relays of the 
 clergy kept watch until the hour for the Requiem on the 
 following day. At the close of Friday evening's choir 
 rehearsal, the men of the choir visited the chapel in a 
 body, where the Rev. J. H. Edwards — Rector of the 
 Church of Our Saviour, Chicago, and a class-mate of 
 Doctor Little's — conducted a brief service, after which 
 the choristers took their last look at him who for so long 
 had been their pastor." 
 
 THE REQUIEM 
 
 Saturday, October 1st, was a perfect autumnal day 
 with bright warm sunshine, and yet with evidences on 
 every hand of the change to the "sere and yellow leaf." 
 From early morning loving hands were busy in and 
 around the chancel arranging the floral tributes which 
 sympathetic parishioners had sent in profusion. The only 
 flowers on the altar were two vases of Easter lilies from 
 the Mothers' Guild, while fastened on the chancel gates 
 were two bunches of the same flowers from the choir. 
 A beautiful cross of white roses from the vestry was 
 suspended from the central arch of the Rood-screen, and 
 near the entrance to the chancel was an artistic tribute of 
 
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orchids and foliage from the Sunday School. On the 
 casket- which had been removed to the chancel soon after 
 ten o'clock, was a simple cross of purple and white asters 
 from the Comstock family. 
 
 At eleven o'clock the Wardens and Vestrymen of St. 
 Mark's took their places in the front seats of the Nave. 
 St. Luke's Vestry was also present in a body. The long 
 line of choir and clergy entered the church by the West 
 Door to Beethoven's "Funeral March." On reaching the 
 chancel, the Twenty-third Psalm was sung as an Introit, 
 during which the Celebrant, Bishop Anderson, entered 
 with his assistants, the Rt. Rev. Charles Scadding, D. D., 
 Bishop of Oregon, and the Ven. Archdeacon Toll. 
 
 The Requiem closed with Doctor Little's favorite 
 hymn, "Praise to the Holiest in the height," immediately 
 following which the Rev. J. H. Edwards read the Opening 
 Sentences of the Burial Office. This was followed by 
 the chanting of Psalms Thirty-nine and Ninety. Dr. 
 James S. Stone (St. James's, Chicago), read the Lesson, 
 and the Bishop of Chicago the concluding Prayers and 
 Committal. The service closed with the Easter Hymn, 
 "Jesus lives!" the procession leaving the church as the 
 organist played Mendelssohn's "Funeral March." 
 
 The active pall-bearers were the members of the 
 vestry. The honorary pall-bearers were as follows : The 
 Reverends T. B. Foster (Emmanuel, La Grange), H. C. 
 Kinney (Holy Trinity, Chicago), Herman Page (St. 
 Paul's, Kenwood), Luther Pardee (St. EHsabeth's, Glen- 
 coe), W. T. Sumner (The Cathedral), W. O. Waters 
 (Grace, Chicago), P. C. Wolcott (Trinity, Highland 
 Park) and C. H. Young (Christ, Woodlawn). 
 
 Doctor Little's body rested in the chancel under the 
 care of the Men's Club until Sunday morning, when, at 
 an early hour a private Eucharist was celebrated for the 
 relatives and close friends of the late Rector, after which 
 the casket was quietly removed to the station just before 
 the usual Seven-thirty Eucharist at which Doctor Little 
 himself had officiated only the previous Sunday. 
 
 As a last tribute, the clergy of Chicago presented a 
 small but very beautiful silver crucifix, which, before the 
 
final services, was placed in Doctor Little's hands and 
 buried with him. 
 
 THE MEMORIAL SERVICE 
 
 Sunday, October 9th, was observed in specially com- 
 memorating the late Rector, there being a Corporate Com- 
 munion of the Parish at seven o'clock, when a goodly 
 number were present. Doctor Little's brother — the Rev. 
 Edward Porter Little — was the Celebrant. 
 
 At eleven o'clock, the procession of choir and clergy 
 entered the church by the West Door, as on the day of 
 the funeral. The service opened with the De Profundis, 
 sung kneeling, after which, the hymn, "O God, our help 
 in ages past," was sung with fine eflfect by choir and 
 congregation. Matins then followed in the usual order, 
 the Ven. Archdeacon W. E. Toll delivering an address on 
 the life, work, and influence of Doctor Little. It is worthy 
 of note that among the many former choristers present in 
 the chancel were Messrs. William Ashwell, S. Lee Chap- 
 man, and William A. Stacey, whose connection with the 
 choir antedates Doctor Little's pastorate at St. Mark's — 
 as also does that of the choirmaster. The service ended 
 with the singing of Gaul's "Blessed are the departed" 
 and the hymn "Jerusalem the Golden." 
 
 THE MEMORIAL SERMON 
 
 "I am to speak to you this morning, dear friends of 
 St. Mark's Parish, Evanston, of your late revered, and 
 much-loved rector, and I am constrained to say that it 
 would have been far more in accord with my own feelings, 
 and I cannot but think it would have been more Satisfac- 
 tory to you, had this tribute of afifection — this witness of 
 his worth, been made to you by another tongue than mine. 
 Had Bishop Anderson been able to have taken the time 
 to put into writing the thoughts of his own mind and the 
 feelings of his own heart towards this our brother, who 
 was so much to all of us, he would have done so on the 
 day of the Requiem Service. 
 
 "That being next to impossible, it has fallen to me, 
 
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of stammering lips and another tongue, to address you 
 this morning on the Hfe and work, in your midst, of your 
 late pastor. 
 
 "Doctor Little came of that old, good and true New 
 England stock, the best of the Saxon type that has come 
 to these shores from the peoples of all nations. He was 
 born in Brooklyn, New York, October 6, 1856, but early 
 in life was brought by his parents to live and grow up 
 on the broad prairies of Illinois and share in the larger 
 life found in this Middle West. Here he pursued with 
 vigor and deepest interest his academic studies, his Chris- 
 tian culture in the meantime being in no wise neglected. 
 He was graduated with honor from Knox College, Gales- 
 burg, in 1877. 
 
 "About this time, he was deeply stirred by the action 
 of his elder brother (whom we rejoice to have here with 
 us today), who finding the pearl of great price in that 
 part of the Holy Catholic Church — fully organized among 
 us by Bishops Seabury, White, Provoost and Madison, 
 sought to bring his own brother into this same com- 
 munion and fellowship. x\nd as so often happens, so in 
 this case, the younger brother was moved to strive against 
 and resist this proposition which was new to him — and 
 to defend place and denomination of his Presbyterian 
 fathers. He thought quite seriously of writing a work in 
 defense of Presbyterian orders as against that of Episco- 
 pal, with the result, so often reached, that his larger read- 
 ing, and deeper study led him to the conclusion that there 
 had been from the beginning, from the days of the 
 Apostles, three orders of Ministers in Christ's Church, 
 viz., Bishops, Priests and Deacons. The ripened fruit of 
 this study was issued from the press a few years later, in 
 that widely read, and home-guiding book, known as 
 Little's "Reasons for being a Churchman." Though writ- 
 ten nearly a quarter of a century ago, it is still powerful 
 in leading all sorts and conditions of Christian people to 
 see the better way — the way ordained of God for men to 
 walk in, who would feel and know the blessedness of an 
 authoritative ministry, and the power of rightly and duly 
 administered Word and Sacraments and the benefits to 
 be derived thereby. 
 
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"Convinced of the right way, the way the Fathers had 
 trod, with unbroken continuity, all through the ages, he 
 felt himself moved to study for the Sacred Ministry. To 
 this end, he sought entrance to Seabury Divinity School, 
 Faribault, which at this time was held in greatest esteem, 
 as one of the schools of the prophets. Here he took his 
 first or junior year's course in Theology. It did not fully 
 satisfy him. He, therefore, took his middle year in the 
 General Theological Seminary, New York. There were 
 giants in that institution in those days, but the greatest 
 among them, the Rev. Doctor Seymour was about this 
 time made Bishop of Springfield, and, therefore, Arthur 
 W. Little again moved on at the close of his second year, 
 and took the third and final year of his course in the 
 Berkeley Divinity School, Middletown, Conn., under that 
 Master Theologian of the Catholic faith. Doctor John 
 Williams, Bishop of Connecticut. The stamp of this 
 Father's clear, strong, dominant mind, made its impress 
 upon this young David, and remained with him to his 
 latest day. 
 
 "Before his studies in the Seminary were fully com- 
 pleted, arrangements were made for his ordination to the 
 diaconate by Bishop Neeley, to take place in Christ 
 Church, Exeter, N. H., March 20, 1881, and this was 
 followed by his ordination to the priesthood, in the 
 Cathedral Church of Portland, Maine, Sept. 10, 1881, by 
 the same Bishop. As Rector of St. Paul's, Portland, his 
 first parish, he remained for full seven years, doing noble 
 work for our Mother, the church, — winning many souls 
 to the obedience of Christ, and adorning the doctrine of 
 God our Saviour, in all things beloved by all his people, 
 and still remembered by many as the ardent youth, the 
 cultivated teacher, the helpful preacher, the faithful priest 
 and pastor whose memory is blessed, and whose works 
 do follow him. No wonder that the fame of a man so 
 strong in the faith, so valiant for the truth, so zealous in 
 promoting good works, had preceded him on his way, 
 and that we of the clergy, as well as the faithful laity of 
 his parish here, stood ready to give him hearty welcome to 
 our midst, when he came to be rector of this parish. I 
 
well remember the strength he felt, at the early knowl- 
 edge he had of three men in particular, then members of 
 his vestry, Charles Comstock, his senior warden, since 
 gathered to his fathers with the testimony of a good con- 
 science and in the Communion of the Catholic Church — 
 whose children rise up and call him and his faithful and 
 true wife blessed — and Messrs. Slaymaker and Buehler, 
 who are still with us, than whom, no better sons of God 
 and more faithful witnesses to Christ and his church can 
 be found. With such men and some others like-minded, 
 though it was a day of small things then as compared with 
 now, this ardent, devoted priest, and servant of the Lord 
 Jesus, knew he could win new-born souls to Christ in 
 your midst. 
 
 "Entering upon his rectorship of St. Mark's Church, 
 Evanston, on the festival of All Saints', Nov. 1, 1888, he 
 never once faltered in the work of his long and successful 
 ministry among you. Very early in this his ministry, I 
 became acquainted with him, and never shall I forget the 
 cordial, whole-hearted welcome, that Nestor of priests. 
 Doctor Locke gave him, and the gracious manner in which 
 he introduced our younger brother to the whole body at a 
 deanery meeting, which was fully equalled by the cour- 
 teous, not to say elegant response, of this new comer to 
 our ranks. 
 
 "Early in the following year, when the old church of 
 my former parish in Waukegan was to be deconsecrated 
 and removed, and the new and more permanent one was 
 to be consecrated, I asked Doctor Little to preach the 
 final sermon in the old church before we passed over to 
 the new. He very kindly accepted the invitation, preach- 
 ing before a large congregation of the laity and many 
 priests of the diocese. It was a wonderful sermon. The 
 subject being "Our Mother the Church, as She was, as 
 She is, and as She is to be." I shall never forget his 
 closing words, — 
 
 " 'At last,' he said, 'we shall see Her chiefest among 
 ten thousand, and altogether lovely. His Body, the 
 Church, of which we all are members, will be all glorious 
 within. We shall see Her, not having spot or wrinkle 
 
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or any such thing. She will be holy and without blemish/ 
 
 "From that day forward to the morning when we last 
 met together, immediately preceding his departure from 
 among us, our friendship was constant and true. Many 
 and frequent have been the tokens of this friendship 
 towards me, and I pray he felt it was sincerely recipro- 
 cated. Little, however, did I dream that, so soon after 
 that our last meeting, I should be called upon to pay this 
 final tribute to his memory. 
 
 "If not mistaken. I think I have already said that in 
 the late autumn of 1888. when Doctor Little first came 
 to live and labor among you, it was, comparatively speak- 
 mg, a day of small things in St. Mark's parish, Evanston. 
 Although your old church, built in 1865 had been twice 
 enlarged — first by adding to it the south aisle, and later 
 on the north one — the building was always plain and un- 
 attractive. Nor was that other temple, the one not made 
 with hands, but made up of lively stones built into the 
 living rock, as yet very strong in the Lord and the power 
 of His might. Good seed had indeed been sown, was 
 bringing forth good fruit, and was well-nigh ready to 
 bring forth more abundantly. Other ministers of Christ 
 had planted, all of whom I knew from first to last, and 
 your late rector entered wisely and heartily into their 
 labors. 
 
 "With the present welfare and influence of this parish 
 (and there is none more prosperous in the diocese) must 
 ever be associated the life and labors of Doctor Little 
 in its material, moral, and spiritual strength. True, when 
 he came to it. the nucleus for future greatness was there, 
 and when he, the new leader, came with wider vision and 
 larger purpose, new growth came also. As a man, there- 
 fore, ordained of God to do the Lord's business, he soon 
 set about doing it, 7vith all his might. His power was soon 
 felt among you, and that which had been long looked for- 
 ward to with faint hope he at once set out to accomplish, 
 with strong assurance. 
 
 "This well-located lot on which this very beautiful 
 church is situated was bought and paid for in 1889, and 
 the rectory was purchased in the same year. Plans and 
 
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specifications for the erection of this ahnost ideal church 
 were prepared by Messrs. Holabird and Roche, the con- 
 tract quickly let, and the corner stone of this House of 
 God was laid on the Sunday after Ascension-day, May 18, 
 1890. On Easter day following, the doors were opened 
 for Divine Worship, and on St. Mark's Day, April 25, 
 1895, being free from debt, it was duly set apart, offered, 
 and consecrated to the glory of God and the good of all 
 men. 
 
 "In 1903 the adjoining parish house was built to meet 
 the growing needs of the parish. It has proved a very 
 boon for the purposes for which it was erected — the as- 
 sembling of children for instruction in things pertaining 
 to the Kingdom of God — the accommodation of all the 
 working organizations of the parish, both of men and 
 women — as well as having suitable quarters for the choir 
 and curate of the parish. And here let me say this work 
 of his and yours has been an incentive to better things 
 throughout the entire diocese. More suitable parish 
 houses and more stately churches have been built since, 
 and more uplifting services have in many places followed. 
 Now this could not have been had not our brother been a 
 true man among men. Under his leadership you all went 
 forward unto that to which he called you ; and by the 
 results attained it is proven that his labor was not in vain. 
 Of him it can certainly be said — as regards the least — the 
 material things of the Kingdom — "He has done what he 
 could." 
 
 "But what of the next step in the life of Doctor Little 
 among you — a pastor in parochia — an under-shepherd of 
 the sheep of Christ's flock — a physician of the souls of 
 men? Surely in this he was most diligent — ever seeking 
 to recover the fallen — to strengthen the weak — to heal 
 the sick and confirm the strong. As pastor, having the 
 cure of souls, he delivered unto you without fear or favor 
 the wholesome medicine of Christ — the need for true 
 repentance and that godly sorrow for all sin, that needeth 
 not to be repented of — followed by the pouring in of the 
 wine and oil of sacramental grace, whereby the wounds 
 and diseases of all your souls might be healed. xA.ll may 
 
not alike have been benefited by his ministry — because all 
 were not alike open-hearted and willing-minded to receive 
 all that he taught, though his teaching was ever in con- 
 sonance with the Word of our God and the mind of 
 Christ. Still I know many among you, are ready to bear 
 witness, that you are greatly indebted to him for a knowl- 
 edge of the truth as it is in Jesus, and also for a right 
 valuation and proper use of all those means of grace, 
 whereby you may live and grow and walk in all the days 
 of your life. 
 
 "In the third and last place, what a true and faithful 
 priest he was to the sick and to the whole. None knew 
 better than he the need of drawing nigh to Him, our Risen 
 Master and Lord, with a lively faith and stedfast purpose, 
 if we would do God's will from the heart. 
 
 "Fervent prayer must often be made unto Him if we 
 would find that sufficiency of grace to help in every time 
 of need. How highly he valued, therefore, the Sacrament 
 of the Altar, just because he knew that through this 
 Memorial Sacrifice — united to the one great sacrifice, once 
 for all made on Calvary's Tree — and presented by Him, 
 and through His merits before the great white Throne of 
 God — we may all live again in Him, Who ever liveth, 
 making intercession for us. Because, God the Father, 
 now only looks on us as seen in Him ; not indeed as we 
 are, but as we strive, long, yearn to be found in Him, 
 clothed in His righteousness complete — perfect and pure, 
 in His most holy sight. 
 
 "We may well think then of our brother beloved, to- 
 day, as a man ordained of God — set apart from other men 
 to do the Lord's own business, and we find he so did it as 
 a workman who need not be ashamed. From this high 
 plane to which by God's help he had lifted you, he be- 
 sought you ever to go forward, increasing more and more 
 in the knowledge of God's will, and the doing of those 
 good works which He has already pre]'ared for you to 
 walk in. And what a height through him, you have risen 
 to. In devotion, and constancy, and every good work, 
 parochial, diocesan and general, — your parish— yes, your 
 parish has become a great and shining example. See to 
 it no one takes vour crown. 
 
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"He who has gone from among us so suddenly, so 
 unexpectedly, I can without fear of gainsaying declare 
 wrought among you with all diligence, to the end that he 
 might at last present you faultless in Christ Jesus — his joy 
 and crown of rejoicing in that day. The workman has 
 fallen in the midst of his labors — but the work which is 
 God's, must still go on. Therefore, to him who shall be 
 called to take up the thread of work among you where 
 our brother and faithful witness has laid it down, we pray 
 it be given him to follow on in our Master's train. For 
 surely the lines will have fallen unto him in a fair ground, 
 yea, he will have a goodly heritage, and every reason for 
 responding in all that the Lord our God shall call upon 
 him for. While in behalf of him who has now passed 
 on before us, let us all pray — with fervour pray — Lord 
 Jesus grant him mercy — eternal rest — ever-deepening 
 peace — and may light perpetual shine upon him. Amen." 
 
 THE TWENTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE 
 OPENING OF ST. MARK'S CHURCH 
 
 1891-1911 
 
 There were no special services or meetings to mark 
 the twentieth anniversary of the opening of St. Mark's 
 Church, but I wrote to Bishop Burch and the Rev. J. 
 Stewart-Smith asking for anything they felt disposed to 
 send, as touching upon the anniversary, for use in the 
 parish magazine. Their replies were published in The 
 Lion for April, 1911, and were so interesting that I feel 
 fully justified in giving them a place in these records of 
 special services and occasions. 
 
 FR. SMITH'S GREETING 
 
 "In the pages of the Bible that has been in daily use 
 throughout my ministry lies a red silk badge on which is 
 printed 'Saint Mark's Guild, 1877,' and the mystical 
 Lion of St. Mark, which, I believe, was the first time the 
 symbol was ever used in the parish. For all the years 
 since then it has served as a constant reminder of the 
 
church and people of Evanston, where I began my priest- 
 hood, having been ordained in the Cathedral, Chicago, 
 Feb. 13th, 1876, the first priest ordained by Bishop 
 McLaren, and entering upon the Rectorship of St. Mark's 
 the following day. It affords me real pleasure to con- 
 gratulate the parish through 'The Lion of St. Mark' in the 
 Twentieth Anniversary of the opening of the present 
 church and to comply with your request to recall some- 
 thing of my pastorate. 
 
 "St. Mark's has always held its place in my affec- 
 tions ; it was my first love ; I took to it the freshness and 
 enthusiasm of youth ; I tried to teach the Catholic faith 
 in its entirety, and God blessed me far more than I de- 
 served. It was mine to plant the seed, but the soil had 
 been prepared by the faithful priests that had labored 
 there before me, and it would have perished but for the 
 great and good men that came after me ; to them belongs 
 the glory ; the beautiful church of today is their monu- 
 ment. 
 
 "In 1876 St. Mark's was the only church between All 
 Saints', Chicago, and Highland Park. I held the first 
 services of the church regularly at North Evanston, Wil- 
 mette, Winnetka, and occasionally at Rogers Park and 
 Glencoe, and ministered in South Evanston. 
 
 "Some will remember the w'ooden church on Davis 
 street, with its whitewashed walls, the little altar, without 
 retable or steps, and its single ornament, a ten-inch, rough 
 wood cross. The brass cross, which I believe is now upon 
 the chapel altar, was the first innovation, and was given 
 by the Sunday School at Easter, 1876. 
 
 "But if the church was poor, there were noble people 
 to welcome the youthful priest. The names of Comstock, 
 Lake, Wilcox, Slaymaker, Hobbs, Lyon, Wyman, Stacey, 
 Wicker and many others will never be forgotten ; some of 
 them have passed away, but their works live after them. 
 May tliey rest in peace and light perpetual shine npon 
 them. 
 
 "In the four years of my rectorship the church was 
 decorated, a proper altar and reredos erected, vases, altar 
 cloths, and linens supplied, and on special occasions lights 
 
and silk vestments used ; but far more important, the 
 weekly Eucharist was begun, and later, one on every 
 Thursday. Catholic doctrine was fearlessly taught and the 
 Church set forth in her true light, as she had never been 
 before. And yet our relations to those outside the Church 
 were never strained, and among them I have always 
 numbered some of my warmest friends. When I re- 
 signed, in January, 1880, six gentlemen, a Roman Catho- 
 lic, a Lutheran, a Congregationalist, two Baptists and a 
 Presbyterian, came together and asked me to remain, and 
 offered to contribute to my salary. 
 
 ''May God continue to bless St. Mark's and all the 
 people of Evanston. 
 
 J. Stewart-Smith. 
 
 St. ]\Iary's Church, Kansas Citv, Mo. 
 March 28th. 1911. 
 
 BISHOP BURCH'S GREETING 
 
 "It gives me much pleasure to send a word of greet- 
 ing to the dear old parish which is soon to celebrate the 
 twentieth anniversary of the opening of the new church. 
 
 "How well I remember the occasion, but how diffi- 
 cult to realize that it was twenty years ago. We were all 
 so happy and so proud of that beautiful new building, yet 
 none quite so happy or so intensely interested as Doctor 
 Little, who had followed every step of the construction, 
 from the laying of the cornerstone, with that earnest de- 
 votion and that scrupulous care for thoroughness and 
 churchliness in every detail, which marked all his life's 
 work for the Church. 
 
 "I wonder if we wdio are sons and daughters of St. 
 Mark's fully realize the great debt we all owe to this con- 
 secrated man, who has, as well, placed the whole Ameri- 
 can Church under obligations which it will be hard to 
 repay, even in our most grateful memory of his life and 
 work. 
 
 "Kind friends have sent me TJie Lion of St. Mark 
 for months past, just as Doctor Little did during his busy 
 life, and I have been glad to follow you all in your eft'orts 
 
for the parish to whicli my heart turns in loving recollec- 
 tion very frequently. 
 
 "It was the parish in which I did my first work as 
 Sunday School Superintendent, as Lay Reader and Par- 
 ish Helper, in which I became a candidate for orders, and 
 it was in St. Mark's that I was ordered deacon by Bishop 
 McLaren, with Doctors Little and Gold as presenters, in 
 1895. 
 
 "All through my ministry up to the present time I 
 have worn the exquisitely beautiful stole presented to me 
 by the teachers and scholars of the Sunday School. It 
 has been and will continue to be my only white stole, and 
 I treasure it beyond words. 
 
 "Just as my heart went out to you all in loving 
 sympathy of your great loss of last autumn, so today do 
 I rejoice that you have so happily and satisfactorily settled 
 the succession to Doctor Little ; and for your new^ rector, 
 Mr. Longley, and for every member of old St. Mark's, 
 may I bespeak God's richest blessing in the years to come, 
 and a happy, successful celebration of your coming anni- 
 versary. Affectionately. 
 
 Charles S. Burch. 
 ( Bishop Suffragan of Xew York. ) 
 
 Bishop's House, Gramercy Park, 
 Xew York, March 29, 1911. 
 
 CONSECRATION OF DOCTOR LONGLEY 
 
 Wednesday, October 23rd, 1912, appointed by the 
 Most Rev. Daniel Sylvester Tuttle, D. D., presiding 
 bishop of the American Church as the day for the Conse- 
 cration of the first Suffragan Bishop of Iowa, will long 
 be remembered as marking perhaps the chief among many 
 great functions which have taken place within St. Mark's 
 Church. 
 
 It is unusual for the average parish church to witness 
 the services of the ^Making of Deacons, the Ordering of 
 Priests, and, most important of all, the Consecration of 
 
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Bishops. Yet St. Mark's has enjoyed that unique privi- 
 lege. On the Twentieth Sunday after Trinity, October 
 27th, 1895, Mr. Charles S. Burch (the present Suffragan 
 Bishop of New York) and Mr. W. S. Howard (now 
 rector of Christ Church, St. Paul, Minnesota) were or- 
 dered deacons in our church by Bishop McLaren. On the 
 Third Sunday in Lent, March 6th, 1904, the Rev. Russell 
 J. Wilbur took the solemn vows of the priesthood and 
 was advanced to that office in St. Mark's by the Bishop 
 Co-adjutor of Chicago, the Rt. Rev. Charles P. Anderson, 
 D. D. And last and greatest of all was the impressive 
 service when Doctor Longley was consecrated. The fol- 
 lowing is from the parish magazine for November, 1912: 
 "Despite the extreme dullness of the preceding day, 
 Wednesday, October 23rd, dawned fairly clear, and by 
 nine o'clock bright sunshine prevailed and continued 
 throughout the entire day. From early morning St. 
 Mark's was a scene of activity until the hour set for the 
 consecration, — 10:30 a. m. Far more promptly than is 
 usual at such important functions the long procession left 
 the parish house within a few minutes of 10 :30, and pro- 
 ceeding to the West Door on Ridge avenue, entered the 
 church to Mendelssohn's 'March of the Priests.' The 
 procession was made up of three divisions. First came 
 the choir, then the clergy, and last of all the bishops, each 
 division having its own crossbearer. After the choristers 
 reached their places in the chancel, hymn 133, 'Hear us 
 Thou that broodest o'er the watery deep,' was sung as 
 the line of twelve bishops, led by the venerable figure of 
 the presiding bishop, wended its way to the chancel 
 through the ranks of the clergy which extended the entire 
 length of the nave and outside to Ridge avenue. The 
 scene as the bishops entered the chancel and approached 
 the altar, preceded by crossbearer and torchbearers. was 
 most impressive. When all were in their allotted places, 
 psalm 121, T will lift up mine eyes,' was sung as the 
 Introit, following which the presiding bishop commenced 
 the celebration of the Holy Eucharist. The sermon was 
 a scholarly defense of the historic episcopate by Bishop 
 Olmsted of Central New York. At its close, the bishop- 
 
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elect, accompanied by Bishop Israel of Erie and Doctor 
 Toll, Suffragan Bishop of Chicago, came forward to the 
 altar rail and was presented to the presiding bishop. Here 
 followed the reading of the certificate of election, the 
 canonical testimonial, the certificate of ordination, the 
 consents of the standing committees and the consents of 
 the bishops. Doctor Longley, having read the constitu- 
 tional requirement which he had previously signed, then 
 made the promise of conformity. After this the Litany 
 was eft'ectively sung by Bishop Williams of Nebraska, at 
 the close of which came the examination of the bishop- 
 elect, and on his retiring to put on the "rest of the episco- 
 pal habit," the choir rendered Stainer's 'They that wait 
 upon the Lord.' Re-entering the church by the choir 
 door with his attending presbyters, the Rev. A. L. Long- 
 ley and the Rev. A. R. B. Hegeman, Doctor Longley came 
 forward to the prie-dieu. placed at the entrance to the 
 chancel and knelt, while the consecrator (Bishop Tuttle) 
 and co-consecrators (Bishops Anderson and Morrison) 
 with six other bishops slowly advanced from the sanc- 
 tuary. Grouping themselves about the bishop-elect as he 
 knelt, the Bishop of Nebraska sang antiphonally with 
 the choir the J'eni, Creator Spiritiis, to the traditional 
 plainsong setting. Then followed the actual Consecra- 
 tion. After delivering to the newly created bishop a copy 
 of the Bible, and investing him with his pectoral cross 
 and episcopal ring, the presiding bishop, giving his right 
 hand to Bishop Longley. led him within the sanctuary, 
 and the service of the Holy Eucharist proceeded accord- 
 ing to the usual order. 
 
 "At the close of the service the procession left the 
 church by the West Door and proceeded to the parish 
 house, where the certificate of consecration was duly 
 signed by Bishops Tuttle. Anderson. Morrison, Olmsted, 
 Israel, Toll, Williams, Griswold, and Osborne, who had 
 united in the imposition of hands. Among the out-of- 
 town clergy present was the Rev. J. Stewart Smith, rector 
 of St. Mark's from 1876 to 1880. In the procession of 
 clergy was the Rev. Frederick C. Jewell, a son of Doctor 
 Jewell, the sixth rector of St. Mark's." 
 
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THE FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY 
 
 I have preferred to use Doctor Rogers' account of 
 the observance of the Fiftieth Anniversary of St. Mark's 
 Parish as given in the May, 1914, number of the Lion of 
 St. Mark. I am also including the sermon delivered at 
 the special anniversary service on Monday, April 20th, 
 not because it had in it anything touching upon the past 
 history of the parish, which the average person quite nat- 
 urally looks for on such an occasion, but rather, because 
 striking as Doctor Jefferys' words were, they proved in- 
 finitely more striking and' significant in the light of what 
 happened within a few months of the day on which he 
 spoke them. 
 
 "The Fiftieth Anniversary services were held on 
 Sunday and Monday, April 19th and 20th, 1914. The 
 usual Sunday School session was omitted, and in its place 
 the school marched into the church for a special service, 
 with an address by Bishop Longley. At the morning 
 service Bishop Anderson preached a noble sermon on 
 parochial usefulness, and administered the Rite of Con- 
 firmation. Bishop Longley and the Rev. Dr. Jefiferys, 
 rector of St. Peter's, Philadelphia, were also present in 
 the chancel. Bishop Longley preached in the afternoon, 
 and it was a great pleasure that one who had done so 
 much for St. Mark's in so short a time could lend his 
 presence and his counsel. 
 
 "The anniversary thanksgiving service was held on 
 Monday morning at eleven o'clock. Bishops Anderson, 
 Toll and Longley officiated at the Holy Communion. Dr. 
 Jefifery's sermon speaks for itself. Some sermons are 
 profound, and some are practical, but this was both. 
 About fifty of the clergy were present in their vestments, 
 and a number more were in the congregation. Among 
 those from outside the diocese were the Rev. Dr. Hinkle, 
 of Iowa ; the Rev. William F. Shero, of Racine ; the Rev. 
 Joseph Rushton, of New York ; and the Rev. James 
 Stewart-Smith, of Kansas City, rector of St. Mark's 
 
THE REV. ARTHUR ROGERS, D. D. 
 Rector, October 1st, 1913 
 
from 1876 to 1880. The. Rev. Theodore B. Foster and 
 the Rev. Frederick G. Endlong served as marshals. I 
 will not attempt to repeat the many expressions of appre- 
 ciation and enthusiasm that came to me about the musical 
 portion of the service. We who worship at St. Mark's 
 knew what it would be, and it was all that we could have 
 expected or desired. 
 
 "At the close of the service luncheon was served in 
 the parish building to the visiting clergy, the vestry, the 
 men of the choir, and a few invited guests. Short speeches 
 were made by Bishop Anderson. Bishop Toll, Dr. Jeff- 
 erys. Professor Foster and Dr. Stewart-Smith." 
 
 DEMOCRACY AND CHRISTIANITY 
 
 Sermon preached at St. Mark's Church, Evanston, Illinois, 
 on Monday, April 20, 1914, at the celebration of the Fiftieth 
 Anniversary of the Parish, by Dr. Edward M. Jcffcrys, Rector 
 of St. Peter's Church, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 
 
 "Without me, ye can do nothing."— St. John, xv.5. 
 
 These are the words of Jesus, and they mean, I take 
 it, that human society is a mistake, a failure, and an abor- 
 tion without Him ; that He is the Saviour of men ; and 
 that men without Him are lost. 
 
 The two pronouns in the text stand, it seems to me, 
 for the two greatest forces in the world, Detnocracy and 
 Christianity. Let us assume preliminarily that the hope 
 of the world in general, and of this country in particular 
 — that is to say, the hope of modern civilization — lies in 
 the alliance of these two forces. I do not mean the alli- 
 ance between the Christian Church and the State. Wher- 
 ever that experiinent has been tried, in the long run it 
 has proved a failure, in many cases a disastrous failure. 
 Note the history of Spain, of France, even of England. 
 In the end the State has corrupted the Church, and the 
 Church, bound hand and foot by its connection with the 
 State, has gradually become powerless to do its real work. 
 In any case, we in this country are perfectly sure that we 
 do not wish to try anything of the kind. The experiment 
 
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was tried in Colonial days and proved a bitter failure, and 
 it would prove a failure today. 
 
 I do not want, therefore, an alliance of Church and 
 State, but an alliance of the spirit of Democracy and the 
 spirit of Jesus Christ. I mean that the spirit of Democ- 
 racy without the spirit of Jesus Christ can do nothing. 
 
 This seems to me a suitable occasion on which to dis- 
 cuss such a subject. We are met together here to com- 
 memorate fifty years of parochial activity. For half a 
 century you have done the work of a Christian center of 
 power in this community ; and it happens that these same 
 years have been years of testing for the spirit of Democ- 
 racy. Fifty years ago, it was confidently believed in cer- 
 tain quarters that the spirit of Democracy would solve 
 every problem with which society was confronted, would 
 cure every ill to which flesh is heir; and just now when 
 you are summing up your achievements and history, the 
 world is asking itself with agonizing earnestness : How 
 has the spirit of Democracy fulfilled our hopes? 
 
 Now let us stop to think and to ask ourselves : Just 
 what is Democracy? 
 
 I use the word, of course, in its broad non-partisan 
 sense, not as a political or party shibboleth, but as a 
 philosophical term. Democracy means people power ; it 
 is derived from a Greek word meaning people, and from 
 another Greek word meaning power. Democracy has 
 nothing to do with the form of government. Sometimes 
 we voluntarily believe that Democracy and a republic are 
 synonymous terms. Nothing is further from the truth. 
 Many South American republics are medieval tyrannies 
 pure and simple. Mexico is no longer as it was under 
 President Diaz, a despotism, but is a republic founded 
 upon blood and iron, assaults open and indirect, open 
 bribery and corruption. Even the French Republic is 
 not a democracy in the pure sense, but it is an autocratic 
 government both in theory and practice. 
 
 Some of our waiters believe, and I believe most thor- 
 oughly, and am free to assert the fact, that the purest 
 democracy which has ever been evolved in the history of 
 the world is not to be found in the American Republic 
 
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but in the English Monarchy. However that may be, the 
 fact remains that Democracy has nothing to do with the 
 form of government. It is people power, under whatever 
 form of government it may be found. In a very real 
 sense, there was no such thing as people power until the 
 American Revolution. In a very real sense there was no 
 such thing, I say, in all the world. The ancient republic 
 was not a democracy in the modern sense. Actually the 
 power was restricted to the small minority. Even Aris- 
 totle was satisfied to limit citizenship to one man in every 
 ten and to leave the other nine in the class of slaves and 
 aliens. It was not the people but the nobles and clergy 
 that extorted Magna Charta from John in 1215. So in a 
 very real sense there w-as no such thing as people power 
 in all the world until the American Revolution. Before 
 that, power belonged to the very few, and the many w^ere 
 powerless. 
 
 Let us not flatter ourselves, however, that the people 
 power has been confined to America. The people power 
 has never been displayed so emphatically as in the days 
 of the French Revolution. In a moment, privileges and 
 customs and fortunes were swept away. In a moment, 
 crowns and — as one of our writers has said — the heads 
 which wore them were rolled in the mire. The people 
 power wholly and utterly broke the remnant of united 
 Europe, and every king trembled on his throne. It was 
 not Napoleon. Napoleon has gotten the credit over and 
 over again, but Napoleon was riding on the crest of the 
 wave, and that wave was the wave of people power. It 
 was not Napoleon, it was the people power that tore Eu- 
 rope in the days of the Bastile and "The Deluge." 
 
 And before an earthquake or an eruption there is 
 always shaking and rumbling and detonation. It was so 
 before the destruction of Herculaneum and Pompeii, it 
 was so before the destruction of Reggio and Messina ; it 
 was so before the destruction of Lisbon ; and so before 
 the i\merican Revolution there were rumblings and shak- 
 ings, if anyone had cared to listen. There was no erup- 
 tion, no earthquake, but suddenly at Concord and at Lex- 
 ington this stream of lava began to flow, and in a moment 
 
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privileges and institutions that felt themselves as secure 
 as Herculaneum and Pompeii were buried under the lava, 
 fire and ashes ; they were shaken down and became a 
 heap of blackened rubbish. Yet even after the American 
 Revolution people power was not taken very seriously. 
 The War of 1812 was the direct result of a signal disre- 
 gard of the people power. When the Capitol was taken, 
 it was believed in many quarters that people power was 
 dead and buried and that it would soon be forgotten. 
 
 It was really the War of 1812 more than the Amer- 
 ican Revolution that convinced the world that people 
 power was a thing to be taken seriously. It swept the 
 English fleets from the Great Lakes, humiliated them 
 upon the high seas, and henceforth it was a power to be 
 reckoned with. 
 
 Now the point I wish to make is that people power 
 has been tried thoroughly for more than a century at 
 home and abroad. This brings us to the question : Has 
 the people power failed? 
 
 We stand here at the end of a century of experi- 
 mentation ; we look back at the wonderful memoirs and 
 enchanting story of Democracy, and the question of ques- 
 tions forces itself upon us: Has the people power failed? 
 Few, I think, can look the facts in the face, just as they 
 are, fairly and honestly ; few of us can do that without 
 feeling that the experiment has to some extent failed. 
 W'e cannot read that long list of waiters, running down to 
 the last word which has been spoken, without realizing 
 that one after another of the most thoughtful of them feel 
 that the experiment after all. in many directions, has 
 failed. They tell us that the spirit of Democracy has not 
 been able to solve the problems with which society is con- 
 fronted. They tell us it has not been able even to point 
 us to any definite hope of improvement in our political, 
 social and industrial life. It is perfectly true that some 
 of these writers catalogue them as failures of Democracy 
 with evident satisfaction. But whether we are glad or 
 sorry, the shortcomings of Democracy cannot be over- 
 looked or denied. Let us never forget that the greatest 
 movements in the world have made their mistakes; that 
 
the Church has made its terrible mistakes over and over 
 again ; that philanthropy is making its mistakes today ; 
 that love and friendship and sympathy are making their 
 mistakes ; yet this is no reason to overlook or condone the 
 mistakes of this great power. It is the part of wisdom not 
 to shut our eyes so that we do not see them and see that 
 they are dangerous, and that if these mistakes are not 
 corrected, they will bring down upon us a greater ruin 
 than that of the French Revolution. It is the part of 
 wisdom and. indeed, it is our paramount duty to realize 
 that while the voice of the people is sometimes the voice 
 of God, it is sometimes the voice of an evil genius stand- 
 ing at your right hand whispering into your ear the mes- 
 sage of Sin, Satan and Death. It is our paramount duty 
 to recognize the fact that the people power is either a 
 power for good or a power for evil, as the case may be ; 
 it is only a question of Will and ]\Iight. 
 
 Here you have the secret of the mistakes, the fail- 
 ures, the shortcomings of the people power; human so- 
 ciety, when it is a question merely of absolutism or 
 democracy, is a failure without Jesus Christ. 
 
 God grant every man, God grant every citizen the 
 grace to understand that verity with all his heart and all 
 his soul and all his strength. I suppose if there is one 
 thing certain in all the world, it is that people power will 
 never again lack force. Absolutism is dead or is doomed 
 to die, but people power will never again lack force ; but 
 unless it is transfigured with the religion of Jesus Christ, 
 it will become a more sinister power than the world has 
 ever seen, a more terrible thing than Nero, or Attila the 
 Hun, or Ivan the Terrible. Do you remember the picture 
 which Emile Zola paints of Democracy ? Emile Zola could 
 see the power of the people but he had no vision of the 
 power of God, and so when he was looking into the future 
 and painting a picture he makes a train of cars and he 
 fills it with men and then he sends it into the night with- 
 out engineer or fireman, with the throttle wide open, roar- 
 ing, shrieking, and hurling itself into the blackness of 
 darkness forever. 
 
That is the Democracy of the sword, Democracy 
 without the spirit of Jesus Christ. 
 
 Countless experiments have been tried to secure the 
 beneficence of people power. Fifty years ago when any- 
 thing went wrong, men said : "Let us increase the suff- 
 rage. Let us bring all nearer to a universal bond." So 
 that suffrage was increased for men and women ; but we 
 know in our hearts that this did not solve the problems. 
 So we turned to universal education for men and women, 
 and we went into that to put all upon an equality ; and 
 when that failed to solve the problems, to cure the ills, 
 we turned to what we are doing now — we began to fill 
 our statute books with countless vicious laws, and every- 
 one knows that one is as powerless by itself as the other 
 is. What we want to solve the problems and to cure the 
 ills is this : The eternal "Without Me, ye can do noth- 
 ing." 
 
 That assurance is based on the fact that our blessed 
 Lord is the only one who has ever been in a position to 
 understand man as he is. There is no brotherhood but 
 the brotherhood which he founded and established upon 
 the fatherhood of God. There is no pattern but the pat- 
 tern which he showed. In a word, there is no way, no 
 truth and no life but his way, his truth and his life. He 
 needed not that any should testify of man, for he knew 
 what was in man. Knowing man perfectly, he taught us 
 that salvation was the sweet simple, sublime gospel of 
 unselfishness. It is the gospel that Democracy must learn 
 or perish from off the face of the earth. It must learn 
 that gospel if it is to be a power that makes for good; it 
 must learn that gospel or be brushed off the face of the 
 earth, because no power will be permitted to remain 
 which does not make for good. The spirit of Jesus Christ, 
 the spirit of unselfishness ; and it is under the spur of that 
 spirit that all those ghastly spectres which are so ominous, 
 so threatening in our future — the spectre of class hatred, 
 the spectre of red-handed anarchy and of the deadly stil- 
 etto, and the spectre of confusion and disorder, the 
 spectre of the rich becoming richer and of the poor be- 
 coming poorer ; it is under the spur of the spirit of Christ 
 
that all of these spectres will disappear. Unselfishness, 
 that is the great secret. 
 
 Do you know that the man who goes down to his 
 office in the morning and sits before his table and leans 
 his head upon his hands and asks himself deeply the 
 question, "What can I get?" that man is the enemy of 
 human society. 
 
 Do you know that the man who goes to that same 
 office and leans over his table, asking himself deeply, 
 "What can I give?" that he is the saviour of society. It 
 is the difference between Christ crucified and the thief 
 that was crucified beside him. It is the difference between 
 Christ's life and the life of the malefactor. 
 
 Today, therefore, my friends, is not only a day of 
 retrospection, it is a day of looking forward. 
 
 If there is one thing certain in all the world, it is that 
 the spirit of democracy is to rule the coming century. 
 What, then, is the mission of the Christian parish and the 
 Christian center of influence at this time? Is it not to de- 
 liver faithfully to the people the message, "Without Me, 
 ye can do nothing?" Is it not to influence the spirit of 
 Democracy with the spirit of Jesus Christ? 
 
 A writer asks me, "Why cannot the people power 
 do some things without Him?" He asks me, "Why can- 
 not the people power do many things without Him?" He 
 asks me, "Why cannot the people power fulfill its destiny 
 without Him?" 
 
 It is entirely within the realm of possibility that peo- 
 ple power one day will sit on the dead body of its own 
 life, that it will forever fade from our modern civihzation, 
 that it will fail as utterly and completely as Absolutism 
 has failed. 
 
 The message which is the mission of the Church 
 today is not only to touch the lips of humanity with a coal 
 from the Christian altar ; it is to lead men into the Way, 
 the Truth, and the Life; it is to bring about an alliance 
 between the spirit of Democracy and the spirit of Jesus 
 Christ, and so as to make modern civilization the real ful- 
 filment and expression of the will of God. 
 
FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE PARISH 
 
 Monday, April 20, 1914 
 
 Cfjotal Cudjarisft (U:00) 
 
 Organ Mendelssohn 
 
 "Allegro moderato" (from Sonata No. 1) 
 
 Processional Hymn 311 Jeffery 
 
 "Ancient of Days" 
 
 Introit Psalm 24 Gregorian 
 
 ''The Earth is the Lord's" 
 
 Kyrie (Shortened form) Gounod {St. Cecilia) 
 
 Credo Gounod (St. Cecilia) 
 
 Hymn 396 "Alford" 
 
 "Ten Thousand Times Ten Thousand" 
 
 Offertory Anthem Brahms 
 
 "How Lovely Is Thy Dwelling Place ' 
 
 Sursum Corda Plainsong 
 
 Sanctus Gounod (St. Cecilia) 
 
 Benedictus qui venit Gounod (St. Cecilia) 
 
 Agnus Dei Gounod (St. Cecilia) 
 
 Gloria in Excelsis Gounod (St. Cecilia) 
 
 Nunc Dimittis Gregorian 
 
 Processional Hymn 368 " Knight shridge" 
 
 "Alleluia ! sing to Jesus !" 
 
 Organ — ]\Iarch Meyerbeer 
 
THE CHOIRMASTER'S ORDINATION 
 
 The services of the Church have always had a pow- 
 erful attraction for me ever since I was old enough to 
 accompany my father to the Sunday morning service in 
 the little village church at Barlaston, in the diocese of 
 Lichfield. I do not think, however, that the possibility of 
 entering the ministry would ever have occurred to me 
 had not Doctor Little approached me on the subject. I am 
 glad to refer to Doctor Little in this connection for the 
 reason that I once heard the extraordinary assertion made 
 that he was not as much of a missionary for the Church's 
 ministry as he might have been. Those who knew him 
 and what he stood for will not entertain such a view for 
 one moment. Let me speak from personal experience : 
 Doctor Little had not been at St. Mark's two years before 
 he talked long and earnestly with me on the subject, urg- 
 ing me to gi\e it serious and prayerful thought and volun- 
 teering to help me to the utmost of his power if I could 
 in any way arrange my affairs so as to enter the Western 
 Theological Seminary. It was quite out of the question 
 in those days, and I told the Doctor so. Occasionally, 
 during the first ten years of his work at St. Mark's he 
 would again refer to the matter, but, finding my former 
 stand unchanged, finally gave up. L^ndoubtedly my posi- 
 tion as a layreader at St. Mark's from 1892 forward 
 served to keep me from forgetting that with the Doctor's 
 help I might have studied for Holy Orders, but I never 
 again gave much tliought to the subject until the Rev. H. 
 S. Longley became Rector of St. Mark's. 
 
 When indications pointed to Doctor Longley's leav- 
 ing Evanston for the work of the Episcopate in Iowa, I 
 openly expressed to him my regret that he must leave us 
 and that I wished somehow we might still work together. 
 It was then that he threw out the suggestion that we need 
 not be separated entirely if I felt disposed to go out and 
 work with him in Iowa. My admiration for him as a 
 priest and my personal affection for him as a man may 
 
have had something to do with my reconsidering minis- 
 terial work in the Church. At any rate, I made up my 
 mind that I would follow him to Iowa and gave him my 
 word that I would do so. He then took up the matter 
 with Bishop Morrison who, in deference to Doctor Long- 
 ley's wishes, signified his willingness to accept me as a 
 postulant and to make my studies as light as he consist- 
 ently could. Matters stood thus at the time of Bishop 
 Longley's consecration and I confidently expected to have 
 been with him in Iowa by the following spring. 
 
 I think it is quite generally known throughout St. 
 Mark's, except, of course, by new-comers, that on ac- 
 count of the long and wearisome search for a successor 
 to Doctor Longley very many of the duties in the office 
 and in the parish fell to my care. The Rev. G. D. 
 Adams of Riverside used to take the Sunday services. 
 If I may be permitted to say so, I found myself being 
 looked to more and more to keep things going. As 
 the months slipped by the prospects of a new rector 
 seemed as remote as ever, and my promise to Doctor 
 Longley became to me a source of increasing embar- 
 rassment. I wanted to go out to Iowa, but I could not 
 conscientiously feel that I ought to leave the parish, 
 where I had worked so long at such an inopportune time, 
 especially as I thought of the many evidences of apprecia- 
 tion that had been shown me before leaving for England 
 in the summer of the preceding year. Finally, when in 
 August of 1913, Bishop Longley pressed for an answer 
 one way or the other — as under the circumstances he was 
 fully justified in doing — I felt in duty bound to remain at 
 St. Mark's. Thus, my plans for work and study in Iowa 
 with a view to Holy Orders had to be laid aside, and I 
 relinquished for all time, as I then supposed, all such 
 thoughts. It seemed as though it was not to be. I have 
 an impression that there were some in St. Mark's who 
 credited Bishop Longley with exercising an undue influ- 
 ence to induce me to go out to Iowa. If there ever were 
 any such impressions, I want to say here and now that 
 they were altogether erroneous. Whatever overtures 
 were made at any time in regard to my taking up work 
 in the diocese of Iowa came not from Doctor Longley, but 
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from myself. It is true that the bishop did not throw cold 
 water upon my wishes to be with him or near him after 
 leaving St. Mark's. Why should he have done so? From 
 first to last the initiative was mine. I want to record my 
 appreciation of all that Bishop Longley was willing to do 
 for me had I been governed by my own inclinations and 
 followed him to Iowa. 
 
 I have said that my plans looking to the ministry 
 were given up in 1913 and that I never again expected to 
 give them serious consideration. Perhaps nothing sur- 
 prised me more than when Doctor Rogers called on me 
 one Sunday afternoon in the spring of 1915 and asked 
 if I would consider the permanent diaconate at St. Mark's. 
 I think I went over with him pretty thoroughly my former 
 plans for working with Bishop Longley, and told how 
 they fell through, and why. And I believe I also added 
 that since that time I had put the matter behind me. I 
 promised, however, to consider his suggestion, which per- 
 haps appealed to me for the reason that it had to do with 
 the very parish where I had passed twenty-six years of 
 my life. In the course of our conversation, I remember 
 the Doctor saying that should I be ordained as deacon 
 for work at St. Mark's he would not like to feel that I 
 would consider myself open to offers from outside. I 
 told him that my plans for the future were unsettled, that 
 I was hoping to return to my home in England for an in- 
 definite time, but that in the event of my being ordained 
 I would promise to stay with him at St. Mark's not less 
 than two years. I recall, too, that as he was leaving our 
 house I told him — what is just as true today as it was 
 then — that whatever came of his suggestion I was grate- 
 ful to him for having made it. After giving the matter 
 due consideration, I decided to do my best with such pre- 
 paratory work as was laid out for me. In these pre- 
 paratory studies Doctor Rogers himself gave me no little 
 help from a sick bed where he lay for weeks as the 
 result of a deplorable accident to his foot in October, 
 1915. Nor would I overlook the assistance I received 
 from the Rev. Theodore B. Foster in the summer of 
 1915, when he was taking duty at St. Mark's. 
 
T had confidently hoped that my ordination might be 
 lield in St. Mark's, but the unusual demands upon Bishop 
 Anderson, who at that time was working single-handed, 
 made this impossible. The Bishop's decision to hold the 
 ordination at the Cathedral was a great disappointment to 
 me, nevertheless if I had been given second choice, it 
 would certainly have been for the Cathedral, since I was 
 a chorister there from the late fall of 1886 until Febru- 
 ary, 1888, when I came to St. Mark's. I shall not easily 
 forget Doctor Rogers' kindness in attending the ordina- 
 tion service in Chicago on the Fourth Sunday in Advent, 
 December 19th. at a time when he was barely able to 
 walk, even with the help of crutches. Also it was a real 
 pleasure to see among the clergy my dear friend of many 
 years, the Rev. Luther Pardee who was dean of the 
 Cathedral when I was a chorister there in 1886. The dean, 
 who was the first clergyman whom I knew in Chicago, 
 was good enough to attend the ordination for the pur- 
 pose of presenting me in the event of Doctor Rogers' 
 absence. ( I want to note, in connection with the service 
 itself, that I shall always remember with peculiar satis- 
 faction that the bishop who ordained me to the diaconate 
 was vested in cope and mitre. Let me hasten to add, 
 however, that I attach no undue importance to the use 
 of cope and mitre, in themselves, only I believe most 
 firmly that, inasmuch as they are part of the ancient and 
 lawful vestments of a bishop, they ought to be in use at 
 least on all special occasions, of which, an ordination 
 service might well be one.) Since we could not have the 
 ordination in our own parish church. Doctor Rogers 
 very thoughtfully arranged for a special service at St. 
 Mark's on the First Sunday after the Epiphany (Janu- 
 ary 9, 1916), to mark the e^'ent. I give here the Doctor's 
 notes upon this special service as they appeared in the 
 Lion of St. Mark for February, 1916, also the sermon 
 which he preached on that occasion : 
 
 Recognition Service 
 
 "On the ninth of January the morning service was so 
 arranged as to mark the entrance of the Rex. Robert 
 
Holmes upon his new duties as Curate. Through the 
 kindness of Air. Richard H. Wyman, the sermon that I 
 preached was taken down, and brief extracts from it 
 will be found in another place. I have often thought 
 that a sermon that was worth preaching was not worth 
 printing, so much is lost by the substitution of the printed 
 page for the spoken word. But what I said expresses 
 views that have been growing stronger every year. There 
 are very few parishes which need two men of the same 
 kind to carry on the same kind of work. But the rector 
 of almost any parish can find abundant use for a col- 
 league whose abilities supplement his own, and help to 
 make up his deficiencies. While a temporary Diaconate 
 may be necessary to preserve the ancient traditions of 
 the Church, it is of very little practical value. But a 
 permanent Diaconate filled by such men as are described 
 in the Book of Acts, and making it their business to do 
 the work which the Apostles found it so hard to do, can 
 hardly fail to be of the very greatest service. 
 
 At the afternoon service on the same day there was a 
 reunion of many of the choristers who had served as choir 
 boys during Mr. Holmes' long association with the choir. 
 More than fifty were present in vestments, which we were 
 able to provide for all our visitors through the kindly 
 assistance of St. Luke's. There was a festival proces- 
 sion about the church, which was especially notable to 
 me because I was able to take part in it. The sermon 
 was preached by JMr. Holmes on the place of music in 
 public worship. While preaching is not among the chief 
 duties of a Deacon, we need have no fear that our par- 
 ticular Deacon, when he is called upon, will not be equal 
 to this task." 
 
 The Order of Deacons 
 
 (From a sermon preached at St. Mark's by the Rector on 
 January gth, 1916, in recognition of the Ordination of the Rev. 
 Robert Holmes.) 
 
 Wherefore, brethren, look ye out among you seven men of 
 honest report, full of the Holy Ghost and of wisdom, whom 
 we may appoint over this business. — Acts vi. 3. 
 
In this verse we have the charter of the Order of 
 Deacons. That had happened to the disciples which 
 happened to so many who have followed in their foot- 
 steps in later days. They were distressed and hindered by 
 the multitude and variety of the work which pressed it- 
 self upon them, and presently one said to another: "It 
 is not reason that we should leave the word of God, and 
 serve tables." Not, indeed, that serving tables was of less 
 repute and dignity than any other sort of work; but they 
 had been marked and chosen for a special task, and we 
 cannot wonder that they chafed when they found them- 
 selves called away from the very things for which they 
 had been fitted by training and by disposition, and set at 
 work for which their aptitude and liking may have been 
 very small. "We will give ourselves continually to 
 prayer, and to the ministry of the word." Whatever stood 
 in the way of this was an embarrassment. And so they 
 looked out among them men of honest report, who were 
 already well known in the community ; men full of the 
 Holy Ghost and of wisdom, whose judgment was sound, 
 both in spiritual and material things ; and set them apart 
 to be their helpers. They were not to divide with the 
 apostles what was the apostles' proper work; but they 
 were to supplement and enlarge it, and by their help to 
 save the time and strength of those whose colleagues and 
 associates they were called to be. 
 
 In the Preface to the Ordinal we have this state- 
 ment : "It is evident unto all men, diligently reading Holy 
 Scripture and ancient authors, that from the earliest 
 time there have been these orders of ministers in Christ's 
 Church — Bishops, Priests and Deacons." But there are 
 many men who do not diligently read Holy Scripture and 
 ancient authors, who have scarcely heard whether there 
 be any such thing as a Deacon at all. The parish priest 
 they know, for they see him as he goes about his work. 
 The Bishop they know. He straightens things out if they 
 need straightening, and smoothens them down if they 
 need smoothing. Now and again he visits the parish to 
 confirm and preach. But the Deacon is no such familiar 
 figure. He is no inevitable part of the usual ecclesiastical 
 
organization. If we think of him at all, it is as a young 
 man who has just graduated from the Theological Semi- 
 nary, and who is trying to get the Standing Committee 
 to shorten his time in the Diaconate so that he may be ad- 
 vanced to the Priesthood. He is of honest report, of 
 course, so far as he is of any report at all. We know 
 nothing against him. But in most cases, from the nature 
 of the matter, there has been no opportunity for him to 
 make any mark upon his community. He is a novice, 
 waiting for the experience which no special study, nor 
 gifts, nor virtues — which nothing but the rolling years 
 will bring. He may be full of the Holy Ghost, but as 
 for wisdom that walks hand in hand with experience. It 
 is a fault in youth if it is over-wise. I have sometimes 
 wondered if it was not a fault against which our youth- 
 ful deacons do not take sufficient pains to guard them- 
 selves. 
 
 But in the Book of Acts, there is no suggestion that 
 the deacon will ordinarily be a stripling, or that his office 
 is a temporary one. He is not an apostle in the making. 
 He is to broaden and widen the apostle's work. In 
 Protestant churches, the Deacon is a layman ; and what- 
 ever protests against the heresy that a layman's only duty 
 towards the Church is to support it is well worth while. 
 In our own Communion, the Deacon seems to be largely 
 what we choose to make him. If we make his office only 
 a stepping stone to something else, it is small wonder if 
 it loses much of its distinctiveness and its distinction. 
 
 We are to have at St. Mark's a Deacon after the 
 apostolic pattern. I may say frankly that I should not 
 want a colleague whose abilities and duties were exactly 
 like my own. Whatever I have in the way of strength 
 and training belongs to the parish and to the community 
 in which I live. But the shortness of time presses on 
 every man. He leaves undone much that he would like to 
 do for no other reason than that he cannot crowd it in. 
 There are many useful things that I do very badly, and 
 others that I cannot do at all. I should not want a man 
 to do my work for me. I have not the grace to live 
 with a man whose task it should be to point out to me 
 the way in which I ought to do my work. But it is a 
 
great thing to feel that one has reinforcements and alHes. 
 It is often charged against the ministry that its service 
 is disproportioned and distracted. A real diaconate would 
 do much to relieve it of this charge. Our own Deacon is 
 of the sort that St. Luke describes. He is of honest 
 report in a parish that has known him for five and twenty 
 years. In the business world he has known how to main- 
 tain a spiritual outlook upon life. He lacks the training 
 which comes only from the Theological School, and which 
 for our priests is well-nigh indispensable; but he has 
 studied in the school of experience, and he knows men, 
 and boys. Even in these few weeks, he has opened the 
 way to me for greater service. 
 
 Arise, shine, for thy light is come; and the glory of 
 the Lord is risen upon thee. Words like these must sound 
 in the ears of every man who is called to go forward to 
 some new work, especially when the work is of a spiri- 
 tual kind. We must arise and do what God has set be- 
 fore us ; and with the arising there comes the shining of 
 such a light as never shone on sea or land, because it is 
 a light which comes from heavenly regions. The glory 
 of the Lord has risen upon us if we can feel that our 
 opportunity is His. And must we not feel so, if we know 
 that we are giving ourselves to do His work? 
 
Cfjoirmagterg anb ©rganis^tg 
 
 Chapter IV 
 
 John Evans 
 
 Williams Graves 
 
 Charles M, Kirk 
 
 John C. Dunster 
 
 James Watson 
 
 Charles R. Adams 
 
 Curtis A. Barry 
 
 Louis N. Dodge 
 
 Stanley A. IN'Iartin 
 
 Robert Holmes 
 
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Cijapter Jfour 
 
 CHOIRMASTERS AND ORGANISTS 
 
 The early records of St. Mark's parish show that 
 the music of the services was generally led by quartette, 
 though occasionally, and as it would seem for economy's 
 sake, by a precentor. The singing was accompanied by 
 a small reed organ until the days of the Rev. Frederick 
 W. Jewell, when a pipe organ, built by the Moline Organ 
 Company, of Moline, Illinois, was installed in the year 
 1884, at a cost of $1,550.00. Doctor Jewell generously 
 accords great credit to his predecessor, the Rev. J. 
 Stewart-Smith, for most valuable work in the parish and 
 as placing the services on a better and higher plane than 
 before. It would seem that in justice to Doctor Jewell 
 himself, his own efforts to introduce a boy choir, as more 
 in keeping with the services of the Church, should not 
 pass unrecognized, for he organized such a choir, though 
 it was not vested in cotta and cassock. Apparently, this 
 first boy choir of St. Mark's was but shortlived, and a re- 
 turn to the quartette followed. It is worthy of note, how- 
 ever, that within less than two years after Doctor Jewell's 
 resignation a vested choir took its place in the services 
 of St. Mark's on the afternoon of Witsunday, May 29th, 
 1887, during the rectorate of the Rev. Richard Hayward, 
 nor was there any further thought of again reverting to 
 
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the old order of things. The boys of the new choir had 
 been rehearsing for a number of months under Mr. John 
 Evans, formerly of Liverpool, England. Mr. Evans was 
 a thorough musician, the possessor of an unusually fine 
 bass voice, and had been associated with the music of St. 
 Nicholas' church in that city. The organist at this time 
 was Mr. William Graves, a member of the faculty of the 
 Northwestern University School of Music. Mr. Graves 
 was a genial, kindly soul, full of witty stories and with 
 an irrepressible inclination to relate them at the most in- 
 opportune times. As an organist he accompanied accept- 
 ably such music as the choir in his day could render, but 
 he would have by no means been equal to the require- 
 ments of our services for more than twenty years past. 
 It is of interest to record that of the six organists at St. 
 Mark's since the Moline organ was put in in 1884, four 
 of that number have been associated with the North- 
 western School of Music. When I say that I know of no 
 better illustration of the improvement in musical stan- 
 dards at our local University under Doctor Peter C. Lut- 
 kin than a comparison between the work of Mr. Graves 
 in 1887 and that of our present organist, Mr. Stanley A. 
 Martin, — who also is of the faculty at Northwestern — I 
 merely state a. fact and would not for a moment convey 
 the impression that I speak disparagingly of Mr. Graves, 
 for my relations with him were always most cordial. 
 
 The services of the writer as choirmaster were first 
 called for in a temporary capacity in February, 1888, Mr. 
 Evans' business as foreign buyer for Armour and Com- 
 pany having taken him over to England for a few months. 
 The vestry felt, in view of these ocean trips, which came 
 round semi-annually, that Mr. Evans' usefulness in his 
 choir work at St. Mark's would be seriously impaired and 
 I was asked to asume entire charge. 
 
 On All Saints' Day of this same year the Rev. Arthuf 
 W. Little, of St. Paul's church, Portland, Maine, became 
 rector, and I well remember that his plans for the music 
 of the services were so far in advance of the very modest 
 standard he found at St. Mark's that I felt quite unequal 
 
ROBERT HOLMES 
 Choirmaster, February, 1888 
 
to carrying them out. About this time, too, I had been 
 planning to move to Llewellyn Park, some two miles 
 north of Evanston, so I told Doctor Little that under the 
 circumstances I preferred resigning whenever he could 
 meet with a suitable person to fill the vacancy. This, as 
 I recall, was in the spring of 1890. During the summer 
 the rector learned of Mr. Charles M. Kirk, a young choir- 
 master and organist who was studying for Holy Orders 
 at the Western Theological Seminary. Mr. Kirk was 
 offered and accepted the position of choirmaster at St. 
 -Mark's until the following Easter, when, in order to 
 secure a continuance of his services, he was engaged as 
 choirmaster and organist from Easter, 1891 to Easter 
 1892. This arrangement necessitated releasing Professor 
 Graves as organist, and I remember how very badly he 
 felt over it. It was during Mr. Kirk's term of office that 
 the new St. Mark's church was opened. The choir in- 
 creased in numbers rapidly and the music generally rep- 
 resented a much more ambitious standard than before. 
 Mr. Kirk resigned when his year's contract had expired 
 and was succeeded by Mr. John C. Dunster, an elderly 
 Englishman, whose son was at that time playing at the 
 Cathedral in Chicago. Mr. Dunster, Senior, of marked 
 ability as an organist, seemed to look upon the services 
 as affording a convenient means for musical exploitation. 
 At least, that was the way he impressed me. 
 
 I ought to mention here that, owing to the many 
 calls upon Doctor Little incident to the building of the 
 new church, he was granted a leave of absence from 
 January, 1892, to the close of the following Septem- 
 ber. While the rector was away the Rev. Wyllys 
 Rede, D.D., officiated as hcitui teuens. I often used 
 to wonder what would happen upon Doctor Little's 
 return, for I felt sure that he would not take kindly 
 to the idea of the service being subordinate to the 
 music. Mr. Dunster had made elaborate preparations 
 for the first Sunday in October, when Doctor Little 
 resumed charge. He had engaged a quartette of brass, 
 and. as an opening to the Eucharist, they gave a fine 
 rendition of the first part of the overture to Mendels- 
 
sohns' "Hymn of Praise." At the Communion of the 
 people, Mr. Dunster, as aforetime, feehng that this was 
 an especially favorable time for improvisation, made the 
 most of it. I instinctively felt what was coming. The 
 rector quietly motioned to Mr. Dunster to subdue the 
 organ. Whether this was misunderstood I cannot say, 
 but there was no change apparent. Presently, Doctor 
 Little's voice was heard in a quiet but firm tone — "Please 
 stop the organ." And there was no further playing that 
 morning until the Gloria in excelsis, nor was there any 
 further intrusion of the organ from that time forward. 
 Mr. Dunster's engagement as choirmaster and organist 
 ran to Easter 1893, but he resigned quite abruptly just 
 before Christmas of the previous year. I always admired 
 his skill at the keyboard, but his execution was far too 
 brilliant for my liking as an organist of the Church, and 
 his work had all the characteristics of the concert organist. 
 His selections of music for the choir in the way of an- 
 thems were good, but rather beyond their powers. He 
 generally managed, however, to carry them through by 
 his extremely clever work at the organ. 
 
 Perhaps some may wonder how I happen to be so 
 familiar with choir events seeing that I was no longer 
 choirmaster, or living in Evanston. Here is the reason. 
 When I resigned charge of the choir in the fall of 1890, 
 Doctor Little would not hear of my dropping out entirely, 
 but insisted on my keeping up a connection with the choir 
 and singing in the chancel on Sundays. I found it use- 
 less to ask to be excused, Doctor Little would accept 
 nothing less than my consent to his suggestion. Finally, 
 I gave my promise and kept it, but only those who have 
 occupied a similar position can fully realize how embar- 
 rassing it proved at times. 
 
 After Mr. Dunster's resignation, I was asked by the 
 rector if I would not again take charge of the choir. I 
 believe I am fully justified in stating that there was a gen- 
 eral dissatisfaction with the music and equally so with 
 the morale of the choir, but on account of my promise to 
 Doctor Little I sat under the conditions, powerless to 
 improve them, nor did I feel, as a former choirmaster. 
 
that I could atiford to criticize. In view of all this, added 
 to the fact that I was about to return to Evanston, I 
 promised to consider the proposal. During our conversa- 
 tion, Doctor Little told me of a petition from the men 
 and boys of the choir, addressed to the rector and vestry, 
 requesting that I be approached in regard to resuming my 
 work as choirmaster. I think I may safely say that this 
 evidence of the confidence of the men and boys influenced 
 my decision more than any other one thing. I had re- 
 signed as choirmaster in October. 1890, having held that 
 office two and a half years. After rather more than two 
 years as a chorister, under two choirmasters, I returned 
 to my former position in January, 1893. My entire ser- 
 ^■ice with the choir and parish of St. Mark's exceeds thirty 
 years — February 1888 to June 1918 — nearly twenty- 
 eight of which the music was under my direction as choir- 
 master. 
 
 Until the appointment of an organist as successor to 
 Mr. Dunster, the services were accompanied by Mr. 
 Charles P. Englemann, who was at one time associated 
 with the choir of St. Jude's, Bradford, England. Mr. 
 Englemann was full of love for the services of the Church 
 and was never happier than when assisting at the organ 
 in the absence of the regular organist. I remember with 
 gratefulness his help in those early days. If I may digress 
 for a moment, I would mention that one of the most 
 artistic windows in the north aisle of St. Mark's — "Ruth 
 and Naomi" — is a memorial to Mr. Englemann's first 
 wife. 
 
 Mr. James Watson, formerly of St. Xinian's, Perth, 
 Scotland, was appointed organist in February, 1893. I 
 go back in thought to his short term of service at St. 
 Mark's and think with pleasure of his organ work which 
 was of the typical English school. His skill as an organist, 
 seen at its best in his accompaniment of the service, re- 
 minded one much of the best of English parish churches 
 or cathedrals. His familiarity with the Psalter made the 
 singing of the Psalms a constant delight, and his free 
 accompaniments to some of the old hymn tunes — St. 
 
Anne's, Duke Street, Adeste fi deles and the like — were 
 something one could not easily forget. We were for- 
 tunate enough to secure his services at St. Mark's just 
 when we did, because he had recently come to Chicago 
 and was willing to accept a small organ position tem- 
 porarily until he became better known. While thoroughly 
 appreciating his work, I had an ever-present feeling that 
 we would never hold him, it was therefore with little 
 surprise but with a good deal of regret that I learned at 
 the expiration of his year's engagement that he had been 
 offered a much better position at the Church of the Epi- 
 phany, Chicago, where, as organist, he worked with Mr. 
 Edgar C. Lawton as choirmaster. 
 
 Singularly enough, Mr. Watson was succeeded at St. 
 Mark's by his predecessor at the Epiphany, Mr. Charles 
 R. Adams. I first met Mr. Adams in the winter of 1886, 
 when he was organist at the Cathedral of SS. Peter and 
 Paul, Chicago, and I was a member of the choir there. 
 His coming to St. Mark's in February, 1894, was to me 
 like renewing acquaintance with an old friend. As an 
 organist, Mr. Adams was by no means the equal of his 
 predecessor, and at first I think the good people of St. 
 Mark's were disappointed in not finding in him a second 
 Mr. Watson, and he worked under the same serious 
 handicap at the Epiphany, where he followed one of the 
 most talented organists in America, Doctor J. H. Gower. 
 It soon became apparent, however, that what our new 
 organist lacked in brilliancy and techinque he more than 
 made up in an accompaniment which, while not of an am- 
 bitious character, was at all times marked by painstaking 
 care, steadiness and helpfulness. As a m.an, there was an 
 utter absence of the unreal in his make-up. He was 
 nothing if not sincere and genuine. He was a most devout 
 Churchman, with a grasp such as few organists possess 
 of the real significance of the Holy Communion. This 
 side of Mr. Adams was alwavs in evidence in his accom- 
 paniments at the Choral Eucharist. There is no service 
 of the Church, which affords such an opportunity to the 
 gifted organist and in which so many capable musicians 
 allow themselves to be carried beyond all reasonable 
 
ST. MARK'S CHURCH 
 (Chiefl.v on the North Side) 
 
limits until the service itself becomes a secondary con- 
 sideration to them. I have given one such instance in the 
 case of an earlier organist of St. Mark's. Mr. Adams 
 never failed to exercise a proper amount of restraint at 
 the Choral Eucharist, and his accompaniments were for 
 that very reason churchly and devotional. 
 
 As bearing upon this point, I am glad to make men- 
 tion of the following: Not very long after Mr. Adams' 
 death, one of our late and most esteemed parishioners, 
 Mr. Thomas C. Moore, wrote me of his impressions 
 of a certain organist to whom he had listened many 
 times. Evidently Mr. Moore had been drawing com- 
 parisons which were in favor of Mr. Adams, for, in 
 the course of his letter he uses this expression — "Our 
 good friend Adams never intruded the organ." This 
 opinion of Mr. Moore's sums up all I would say. Mr. 
 Adams was taken ill with typhoid in August, 1902, 
 from the lingering effects of which he died on No- 
 vember 28th. He was buried from the Cathedral in 
 Chicago, the service being sung by St. Mark's choir. 
 A special memorial service was held at St. Mark's 
 Church on the Second Sunday in Advent, Decemxber 7th. 
 The hymns, — O, what the joy and the glory must be, — 
 Jerusalem the golden, — and, Ten thousand times ten 
 thousand — were all favorites with Mr. Adams. The 
 anthem after the Third Collect was Baldwin's, Tarry with 
 me, O my Saviour ; at the close of the Office, Gaul's Blessed 
 are the departed, from "The Passion," and at the Offer- 
 tory, the solo from Mendelssohn's "St. Paul," "Be thou 
 faithful unto death." The Baldwin anthem, while singu- 
 larly appropriate, was selected as having been sung at the 
 last service for which Mr. Adams played, i. e., St. Bartho- 
 lomew's Day (August 24th) which in 1902 coincided with 
 the Thirteenth Sunday after Trinity. Mr. Adams' name 
 and work is perpetuated by a window in the north aisle — 
 the gift of choristers and friends of St. Mark's, also of 
 many friends in Chicago — which was unveiled and blessed 
 by Doctor Little on the afternoon of the following Whit- 
 sunday, the sixteenth anniversary of the choir. The win- 
 dow — "David the Shepherd" — as suggested by the 
 Twenty-third Psalm, bears the following inscription : 
 
"To the glory of God and in loving memory of 
 Charles Roland Adams, for eight years the faithful organ- 
 ist of this church. Born July 22, 1860. Entered into rest 
 November 28, 1902. R. L P." 
 
 "The Lord is my Shepherd, therefore can I lack 
 nothing." 
 
 Before closing this tribute to Mr. Adams, I ought to 
 acknowledge the kindness of Doctor P. C. Lutkin, Dean 
 of the Northwestern School of Music, in playing for 
 Evensong during the whole of Mr. Adams' illness, and I 
 recall that he did so at times much to his own incon- 
 \enience. At the morning service we used to get along 
 with sucii music as I was equal to accompanying, and with 
 Doctor Lutkin's help at Evensong, the parish was willing 
 to keep Mr. Adams' full stipend going until the end of 
 November. I am not sure whether Doctor Lutkin real- 
 ized to what extent he contributed to this, but I know how 
 much Mr. Adams thought of what was done for him. 
 While referring to Dean Lutkin I desire to express my 
 appreciation of his constant interest in the music at St. 
 Clark's ever since he made his home in Evanston, and my 
 own personal indebtedness to him, not once or twice, but 
 time and again in the course of years, for his willingness 
 to accompany services at a moment's notice in order to 
 help us out of a tight place. 
 
 The vacancy caused by ^Ir. Adams' death was filled 
 by Mr. Curtis A. Barry, who came to us from St. James's, 
 Chicago, in December, 1902, soon after that parish de- 
 cided to unite the offices of choirmaster and organist 
 under ]\lr. Clarence Dickinson. Mr. Barry's knowledge 
 of the services and music of the Church he owed in large 
 part to the Rev. Charles A. Holbrook, a warm friend of 
 Doctor Little, who for many years was Rector of Trinity 
 Church. Aurora, Illinois, and who still resides in that 
 town. From a boy under Mr. Holbrook, Mr. Barry be- 
 came, in course of time, his choirmaster and organist. 
 Mr. Barry was with us at St. Mark's from December, 
 1902, until September 30th, 1906, when he resigned to 
 take entire charge of the music at the Eirst Methodist 
 Episcopal church at Ravenswood, Illinois. Our choir 
 
library was the richer for several suggestions as to an- 
 thems, made by Mr. Barry, through, I think, his con- 
 nection with St. James's, Chicago, and used for the first 
 time at St. Mark's while he was with us. He was one 
 of the best organists that we. or any of our churches in 
 Chicago ever had. For years past we have been accus- 
 tomed to singing Gounod's "Gallia" at the afternoon ser- 
 vice on Quinquagesima Sunday. Long after Mr. Barry 
 left St. Mark's, I was always drawn to think of him on 
 that particular Sunday, because of the Gounod music, for 
 though handicapped with a small two-manual organ, he 
 used to play the "Gallia" wonderfully and as though he 
 had a special liking for the work. It was a marvel to me 
 how he could do so much with such limited resources. I 
 remember asking him to make his own choice of the music 
 for his last service on the afternoon of the Sixteenth 
 Sunday after Trinity. He selected Foster's Magnificat 
 and Nunc Dimittis in A, and for the anthem, Sullivan's 
 fine setting of "Who is like unto Thee. O Lord?" The 
 following "In Memoriam'' by his friend, Mr. Dodge, was 
 printed in the Lion of St. Mark for April, 1911 : . . . . 
 
 "Mr. Curtis Abel Barry, for three years. 1903-1906, 
 organist at St. ^Mark's, died at his Evanston residence 
 Wednesday morning, March 16th. On account of ill 
 health Mr. Barry gave up his musical activities in Janu- 
 ary. 1910. He was organist and musical director at the 
 First Presbyterian Church, Evanston ; musical director of 
 the Ravenswood Musical Club, having succeeded Dean 
 Lutkin upon his resignation in 1905. and assistant musical 
 director of the Chicago North Shore Festival Associa- 
 tion, and a member of the faculty of the University 
 School of Music. 
 
 "Mr. Barry was born Sept. 5, 1875, at Aurora, 111., 
 where he received his early musical education, later serv- 
 ing as organist and choirmaster at Trinity Church. Mr. 
 Barry studied organ under Dean Lutkin and was a 
 student in the Northwestern University School of Music, 
 from which he received his degree. For some time he had 
 been a member of the faculty as instructor of organ. Mr. 
 Barrv had held various important church positions, having 
 
been organist and choirmaster at the Cathedral at Fond 
 du Lac and organist at St. James's and St. Peter's Chi- 
 cago. While organist at St. Mark's, Evanston, he also 
 trained with much success the choir of St. Simon's 
 Church, Chicago. After serving St. Mark's, Evanston, 
 for three years, he left in September, 1906, for the Rav- 
 enswood M. E. Church organ and choir. Soon after that 
 he accepted his last organ position at the First Presbyte- 
 rian Church, Evanston. 
 
 Mr. Barry was more than commonly gifted musi- 
 cally, and had long since become broadly educated in his 
 art. Besides having an enviable reputation as an organist 
 and accompanist, he had won recognition as a successful 
 conductor of choral societies. Just as his efficiency and 
 personality has won for him many friends here at St. 
 Mark's, so in the many quarters in which he exercised his 
 talents there are those who will miss him and remember 
 with afifection his lofty ideals and enthusiasm in promot- 
 ing musical activities of a worthy type." 
 
 May he rest in peace. 
 
 I have referred to the two-manual organ of Mr. 
 Barry's days. It was the same instrument which had been 
 built by the Moline Organ Company and set up in 1884. 
 Undoubtedly it was a great improvement over the small 
 reed organ which up to that time had been used to accom- 
 pany the singing, but I never could understand how any 
 one could enthuse over its good parts. And I knew it 
 less than three years after it was built. All our organists, 
 from Mr. Watson forward, were constantly bemoaning 
 the fact that they were expected to accompany a choral 
 service with so second-rate an instrument. As early as 
 1893, there was talk of remedying conditions, and with 
 the rector's approval the weekly offering of the Choir — 
 for we used to take up such an offering in those days — 
 formed the nucleus of a new organ fund. In 1897 the 
 interest of the rector and vestry was sufficiently aroused 
 to appropriate the offerings on the following Whitsunday 
 towards the new organ project. There was no concerted 
 action taken, however, in the way of soliciting special 
 offerings throughout the parish, other than by a circular 
 
letter, it will therefore not surprise those of us who are 
 aware that the average of our most important offering of 
 the year, on Easter Day, is usually around the thousand 
 mark, to learn that the special offering for the new organ 
 did not reach two hundred dollars. The result was dis- 
 couraging, nevertheless the choir still continued its weekly 
 offering of dimes, nickles and pennies with an occasional 
 quarter, and by 1907 the fund had risen to between eight 
 and nine hundred dollars. 
 
 In the spring of that year announcement was made 
 that the interior of Steinway Hall, Chicago, was to be 
 remodelled and that the Roosevelt organ which had 
 been put in some ten years before at a cost of $8,000.00 
 was to be sold for $1,800.00 plus the cost of taking 
 down and removal. The opportunity seemed too good 
 to be lost. The rector and vestry were disposed to 
 consider the purchase, all the more readily, perhaps, 
 because Dean Lutkin heartily favored such action and 
 that I had personally secured a thousand dollars in 
 pledges which with the amount in our choir fund 
 covered the actual purchase price. I remember how de- 
 lighted I was when arrangements were finally closed to 
 take over the organ, and I realized that there was no pos- 
 sibihty of the vestry going back upon its decision. The 
 organ built by Roosevelt was one of the first instruments 
 turned out with electric action, in which respect it was 
 looked upon as a distinct advance over the average organ 
 of its day. But at that time the use of electricity, as 
 applied to organ playing, was so original, so new and radi- 
 cal a venture, that it was not sufficiently understood, and 
 the consequence was that an organist often found himself 
 in a most perplexing and helpless situation. I mention in 
 passing that this Steinway Hall organ had established a 
 reputation for itself of being balky. Directly after Easter 
 Day, 1907, the old organ was removed from St. Mark's 
 and sold to the Church of the Advent, Chicago, where I 
 believe it is still in use. The work of installing the new 
 instrument — new, at least, so far as St. Mark's was con- 
 cerned — was entrusted to the Hutchins-Votey Company 
 of Boston, and after repeated delays was ready for use 
 in December. It was formally dedicated on the Second 
 
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Sunday in Advent, December 8th, and Doctor Lutkin. by 
 request of the rector and the vestry, accompanied the 
 services. 
 
 At the Choral Eucharist, Gounod's "St. CeciHa" 
 music was sung, the dedicatory anthem being Ouseley's 
 "It came even to pass." Evensong was marked by a 
 special procession about the church after the Office, and 
 by Stanford's Te Deum in B flat at the close of the ser- 
 vice. The music included Mann's Magnificat and Nunc 
 Dimittis in A flat and Goss' "Wilderness." Dean Lutkin's 
 organ numbers throughout the day were as follows : 
 
 St. Anne's Fugue Bach 
 
 Third Sonata Mendelssohn 
 
 Organ Prelude, B minor Bach 
 
 Largo (New World Symphony) Dvorak 
 
 Andante Cantabile (Fourth Symphony).... Widor 
 Allegro from Sixth Concerto Handel 
 
 After Mr. Barry's resignation as organist in Septem- 
 ber, 1906, the vacancy remained open until the following 
 January, when Mr. Louis N. Dodge was appointed. I 
 think Mr. Dodge looked forward to the new organ as much 
 as I did, but neither of us realized that it would prove 
 both a help and a hindrance. And I have often thought 
 that its helpfulnes was more than offset by the embarrass- 
 ments it not infrequently caused. It came to us with a 
 balky reputation and more than lived up to the claim made 
 for it as such. The chief trouble seemed to lie in the con- 
 sole and the motor, mainly, however, in the former. 
 Cyphers would arise most unaccountably during the ser- 
 vice and with exasperating frequency. There was con- 
 stant need of the organ electrician, who would make such 
 adjustments as seemed called for, and perhaps before he 
 was well away the situation would be as bad as ever. It 
 was no unusual thing for the power to "give out" just 
 before or during the service, so that neither organist nor 
 choir knew what was likely to happen next. No organist 
 at St. Mark's ever played for services under greater 
 nerve-racking conditions than Mr. Dodge. In the old 
 days the complaint was that the organ was too small and 
 not equal to the requirements of the services. Now. 
 
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liOAVcver, this drawback no longer existed, but in its place 
 was an even more serious one. We had the organ, but 
 were unable to enjoy the full use of it through faulty or 
 worn-out electrical action. There was just one redeem- 
 ing feature in the condition of things, despite all the draw- 
 backs — the choir came to rely less and less upon the in- 
 strument for support and were constantly on the alert for 
 surprises. 
 
 As I think of those days, I frequently wonder 
 how Mr. Dodge felt as he sat at the console to play for 
 the Choral Eucharist, when, as on Easter Day, Gounod's 
 "St. Cecilia" music was to be sung. Conditions did not 
 improve as time went on. but, on the contrary, grew 
 worse, until in 1913 we were advised that the only lasting 
 solution of the entire problem would be to replace the old 
 worn-out console with a new one embodying all modern 
 improvements. This was done at considerable cost— to- 
 wards which the W^oman's Guild, under the presidency 
 of Mrs. J. K. Lewis, generously contributed $1,000.00 — 
 during the summer of 1913, and at the same time the 
 organ received a thorough overhauling. As illustrative 
 of the condition of things in 1913, I quote from the Choir 
 Notes in the April number (1913) of the Lion of St. 
 Mark — "The music for Easter Day was prepared with 
 some feelings of apprehension on account of the recent 
 varying moods of our organ, which have too often seriously 
 handicapped both choir and organist." Here is a further 
 sidelight from the August number of the parish magazine 
 of the same year — "The fact that our organist has been 
 constantly handicapped, and that the choir work has suf- 
 fered to a discouraging degree on account of the defec- 
 tive state of the organ, is an old story to every one who 
 attends St. Mark's. The completion of the new console 
 and such other work as has been necessary in the way 
 of repairs is promised for September 1st, and will, we 
 confidently hope, wholly eliminate such troubles as ha\e 
 too often marred the music and disturbed the services for 
 some time past." 
 
 Sometimes I think I underestimated the very real 
 difficulties under which Mr. Dodge was compelled to 
 work, and while T know that the increasing- res- 
 
ponsibilities of his position at the School of Music de- 
 manded so much of his time, it still seems to me like a 
 veritable piece of self-sacrifice on his part to resign the 
 position as organist at St. Mark's just when the very 
 conditions which had made the office so trying were about 
 to be remedied ; for from the day that we first had the full 
 use of the new console we have had no just cause of 
 complaint, but have enjoyed the organ in the services 
 more and more. I would like to close my reference to 
 Mr. Dodge by stating that of all St. Mark's organists with 
 whom I have worked, he was the only one that I ever 
 felt able to sit down with for mutual intercourse on the 
 service itself apart from the music. 
 
 I come now to speak of Mr. Stanley A. Martin, who 
 followed Mr. Dodge and who now succeeds me as choir- 
 master. The two offices are thus united for the first 
 time since 1892. My work with Mr. Martin began in 
 September, 1913. He came to us after a brief experience 
 at St. Elisabeth's, Glencoe, under the Rev. George R. 
 Arnold, who as a former curate of St. Mark's knew our 
 services well and evidently ordered his own at St. 
 Elisabeth's in close accordance with them. In addition 
 to this, Mr. Martin enjoyed the added advantage of being 
 associated in the work at Glencoe with Mr. J. B. Esden, 
 who as choirmaster gave him much help to a right under- 
 standing of both the services and the music of the services. 
 Though not a Churchman at the time he came to St. 
 Mark's, it was surprising to me how very quickly he fell 
 into our ways and requirements, but undoubtedly his 
 experience at Glencoe under Mr. Arnold and Mr. Esden 
 contributed no little to that end. From no one of those 
 who have been associated with me in the music of the 
 services at St. Mark's have I received so much help and 
 so much pleasure as from Mr. Martin. I am prepared to 
 leave on record what I have said on several recent occa- 
 sions, ie. that I know of no one — if I may judge by his 
 present inclinations as to the music of the services — to 
 whom I would more willingly commit the care and the 
 future of St. Mark's choir than to him who has worked 
 with me so faithfully and so harmoniously for nearly 
 five years past. 
 
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MR. STANLEY A. MARTIN 
 
 Organist, September. 1913 
 
 Choirmaster and Organist, June, 1918 
 
i:f)e €\}ok 
 
 Voluntary Choirs and Otherwise 
 
 The Choir Room 
 
 Choir DiscipHne 
 
 Choir Anniversaries 
 
 Union Services 
 
 Service Lists 
 
 The Use of Anthems 
 
 The Choral Service 
 
 Chapter V 
 
CJjapter jfi\it 
 
 VOLUNTARY CHOIRS AND OTHERWISE 
 
 Xot long ago 1 met one of the Xorth Shore clergy, 
 and our conversation turning upon choirs and their man- 
 agement we presently found ourselves on the much-dis- 
 cussed subject of paying the boys for their services. This 
 clergyman was strongly opposed to the practice as based 
 upon a wrong principle and as failing to put before the 
 boys that it is their privilege to give their singing to the 
 Church rather than to be looking for remuneration. I 
 agreed with him heartily that a voluntary choir, wherever 
 possible, is to be preferred as representing the ideal way. 
 
 There may be — there are — voluntary choirs where 
 the choirmaster is at all times in a position to command 
 regularity, good deportment in choir room and church, 
 and to maintain a high standard of service music. But 
 such choirs are the exception rather than the rule. It has 
 become increasingly evident of late years that in order to 
 secure the very points to which I have just referred, some- 
 thing more is necessary than such influence as the Church 
 may have upon boys and men — something more than the 
 moral hold or the mere Hkeableness of the choirmaster 
 himself. And, generally speaking, the something more 
 has been supplied, in large measure, at least, by the 
 monthly envelope, for by it regularity in attendance and 
 
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deportment, two things so essential to good work, are 
 much more readily ensured. 
 
 I would not be understood as advocating a commer- 
 cialized choir — far from it — but I do not know at times 
 how the standard of the music at St. Mark's could have 
 been maintained on a purely voluntary basis. The custom 
 was already established when I first knew the parish. 
 Admitting that the payment of choristers is a necessary 
 evil — that is, if a creditable singing of something more 
 than hymns and chants be looked for, I do claim that at 
 our own church we have at least reduced that evil to a 
 minimum. I have always tried to impress upon the boys 
 that such envelopes as they received were not handed to 
 them as so much pay for work done, but rather to encour- 
 age them in their endeavors to improve the music of the 
 services. The total amount that St. Mark's boys have 
 been receiving has varied all the way from twenty-five 
 cents to about a dollar, or, in the case of a month with 
 five Sundays, slightly more. It is obvious, therefore, that 
 our boys do not come to the choir for what their envelopes 
 contain. Boys have never been drawn to St. Mark's from 
 purely mercenary motives. The inducement has not been 
 sufficiently attractive to them for that. The following 
 incident bears out what I have just said : Within the last 
 six months a boy made application for admission to our 
 choir. He came from the East and had sung, I think, in 
 one of the leading Brooklyn churches, where, so he told 
 me, the men gave their services but the boys were paid. 
 I learned that in addition to his envelope as an ordinary 
 chorister, he had been accustomed to receiving two dol- 
 lars whenever he sang a special solo. It also became evi- 
 dent as we talked that at that very time he had applied 
 for admission in at least one of our neighboring choirs. I 
 liked his voice much and would have been glad of him at 
 St. Mark's. I told him so. but, I added, "I cannot do 
 more for you than for any of the leading boys of our 
 choir, and the best of them receive about a dollar or per- 
 haps a trifle over every month, and nothing extra for solo 
 work. Now," said I, "if you feel like working with us 
 under those conditions, and I should very much like to 
 
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have you do so, come up tomorrow evening to full rehear- 
 sal." Of course, he never came, for it was all too clear 
 that he was selling himself to the highest bidder. 
 
 In common fairness to those who have found it ad- 
 visable to make use of monthly envelopes, it must be ad- 
 mitted that they prove a very real aid in maintaining 
 deportment, punctuality, and regularity in attendance, also 
 that they not infrequently bring good helpful voices which 
 the choirmaster might not otherwise secure. 
 
 THE CHOIR ROOM 
 
 The ceremony of turning the first sod on the site of 
 the present parish house was witnessed by the whole 
 congregation on a beautiful Sunday morning in the spring 
 of 1902 after the usual eleven o'clock service. The choir 
 was grouped upon and around the steps leading into the 
 old choir room, with Doctor Little in the front, the con- 
 gregation stretching along Mr. Fabian's driveway and by 
 the south wall of the church. After some opening prayers 
 the rector turned the first sod and removed a spadeful 
 of earth, then Mr. H. S. Slaymaker, the senior warden, 
 as representing the parish, Mrs. Richard H. Wyman for 
 the parish guilds and last of all the choirmaster. The 
 rector then spoke a few appropriate words, after which 
 the hymn, "O God, Our Help in xA.ges Past," was sung 
 and the service concluded with the Grace. 
 
 I am wondering whether any one will question in his 
 mind just why I have introduced this mention of the 
 parish house in notes having to do directly with the choir. 
 At first it may appear as an oversight : in reality, however, 
 no better or more logical place could have been found for 
 it. It has had everything to do with making the work of 
 choir and choirmaster easier and more effective. 
 
 There were few parishes in 1891, when St. Mark's 
 was built, with as fine and well appointed a church and 
 with ample choir accommodations in the chancel as we 
 had, and there were equally few who so totally overlooked 
 all but the barest needs for the upkeep of such a choir. 
 
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Before the parish house was built, the choir room — en- 
 trance to which was near the archway leading into the 
 present parish house — was about two-thirds the length 
 and half the width of that which we now occupy. It 
 opened directly into the church where every sound car- 
 ried, no choir work, therefore, of any kind could be at- 
 tempted if there was a service. The boys' vestments 
 were crowded into a small closet in one corner of the 
 room ; the men's in a wardrobe placed in the organ cham- 
 ber. Near the men's vestments was a set of shelves 
 about eighteen inches wide by four and a half feet high 
 wdiich served the purpose of a choir library. Fortunately, 
 in this respect our musical repertoire in those days was 
 extremely limited. 
 
 It may ha\e been that because the rector and 
 vestry felt that inasmuch as the choir had been com- 
 pelled to do its work under such trying conditions they 
 were perfectly willing in 1902 to accept any reasonable 
 suggestions as to the necessary quarters in the new 
 parish house. I recall their kindly consideration with 
 gratefulness. I was asked to state what I would like and, 
 for the most part, my suggestions were followed. For 
 light, for ventilation, for size we have all that the average 
 choirmaster could wish for, and more than nine-tenths 
 of them possess ; indeed, I know of no church in or about 
 Chicago where the choir room equals ours. There are 
 in several instances larger ones, but in other respects 
 they are much inferior. Where, in the old days, one had 
 to stop any rehearsing, say before Evensong, if there was 
 a baptism, now we are able to go ahead at any time, with 
 a full rehearsal if need be. singing anything except the 
 heaviest kind of music and it does not seriously disturb 
 any service. Beforetime — vestments were put away, per- 
 force, in the most crowded and insanitary fashion ; now 
 there are commodious individual lockers with every con- 
 venience, including book racks for hymnals, in each. In- 
 stead of the usual uninviting lavatory, there is a good, 
 commodious and cleanly-looking one. Only in just a 
 single respect was I a little disappointed. The size of the 
 choir office and choir library had to be reduced, so that 
 
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the usefulness of what promised to be two splendid rooms 
 was greatly impaired. The office, however, even in its 
 reduced size, has proved so much of a convenience that it 
 would seem hard to get along without it ; while as regards 
 the library, the present stock of church music could not 
 be cared for without some such accommodation. In its 
 provision of hinged cloth-bound card-board boxes for 
 pigeon-holed cases which occupy three sides of the room 
 extending from floor to ceiling. I can say with perfect 
 truth that there is nothing like it for convenience here- 
 abouts. Unfortunately, through Doctor Little's anxiety 
 to provide for the convenience of the ladies should the 
 second floor of the parish house be called into use for 
 refreshments at any time, a dumb waiter was allowed 
 to take up half of the north wall of the library, and, as a 
 consequence, nearly all the available space for filing pur- 
 poses is now in use. Should Mr. Martin take up much 
 new music in the coming years, he will have nowhere to 
 bestow it. Undoubtedly, however, wdien the parish house 
 is remodeled this defect will be corrected. Our choir 
 room, since the day I first entered it. has been a joy to me. 
 perhaps for the very reason that the drawbacks of the 
 former one were so very pronounced. And all this con- 
 venience which w^e have had for fifteen years has come to 
 the choir through the building of the parish house. 
 
 One thing in particular I ought to speak of in con- 
 nection with the choir room. When we first took up our 
 quarters in it we had an old square and very second-rate 
 piano which had to serve all purposes. The need for a 
 new instrument was urgent, but there seemed no way by 
 which that need could be remedied. One day, Mr. How- 
 ard P. Gray, who used to reside at 1453 Ridge Avenue, 
 one of the most genial and liberal souls that ever lived, 
 told me that if we could pick up a fairly good second-hand 
 grand piano he would be responsible for the cost. The 
 piano now in the choir room we owe to Mr. Gray. He 
 was not a man of unlimited means, and he paid for the 
 instrument by monthly installments. He went to his rest 
 and reward years ago, but I have often thought of him, 
 and as often have been grateful for his self-denial. I can 
 
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hear his voice now, as he said when he promised the piano 
 — "I am doing this for you personally, Mr. Holmes." 
 
 May God rest his soul. 
 
 Before concluding these notes upon the present choir 
 room as compared with the old one, I want to say a word 
 upon its pictures. With but two exceptions they are of 
 my own collecting year after year. On the north and 
 south walls they are, as most people know at a glance, 
 largely made up of English cathedrals. It may be of in- 
 terest to some to know that along with the pictures of 
 Canterbury and York are the autograph signatures of 
 the archbishops of those dioceses a quarter of a century 
 ago. Edward White Benson, then Primate of All Eng- 
 land and Metropolitan, died suddenly in Hawarden 
 parish church, where he was attending service with Mr. 
 Gladstone, whom he was visiting at Hawarden Castle. 
 He passed away quietly after the Absolution had been 
 pronounced. When I first visited Canterbury in 1894, I 
 saw the archbishop at the station. I ventured to speak 
 with him and when he found that I was from Chicago, he 
 seemed much interested and asked to be remembered to 
 Bishop McLaren. It was soon after this that I wrote 
 asking for his autograph, which he very graciously sent. 
 I had explained to him that it was for St. Mark's choir 
 room. It is. perhaps, superfluous to note that an English 
 bishop takes his official name from the diocese over which 
 he presides, and not infrequently the name so used is that 
 by which the diocese was known long centuries ago. 
 Thus, the Archbishop of Canterbury signs Cantuar: and 
 Archbishop Benson's autograph in our choir room reads 
 Edward Cantuar. 
 
 The autograph signature of the Archbishop of York 
 framed with the picture of that minster is that of William 
 Dalrymple Maclagan, who, as Bishop of Lichfield, con- 
 firmed me. He was translated from Lichfield to York. 
 When I wrote to him requesting the same favor as that 
 asked of Archbishop Benson, I reminded him that he con- 
 firmed me in the parish church of St. Matthias, Hanford. 
 in April, 1880. I received what I asked for and, in addi- 
 tion, a beautiful letter referring to my confirmation at his 
 
hands. This letter I still have and prize highly. Arch- 
 bishop Maclagan's official signature reads Wilhelm Ebor, 
 the latter being an abbreviation of Eboracum, the old 
 Roman name for York. The Archbishop was both a poet 
 and musician. We have used his musical setting to Hymn 
 229, "O, Thou, Before the World Began" — there is also a 
 setting of his to Hymn 224, "Bread of the World." The 
 words of that fine hymn. No. 224, for St. Luke's Day, 
 "What Thanks and Praise to Thee We Owe," are his, as 
 also are those of one of the most beautiful of the many 
 beautiful hymns for x\ll Saints' Day, "The Saints of God ! 
 Their Conflict Past." 
 
 CHOIR DISCIPLINE 
 
 Among the many who in the course of years have 
 referred to me when applying for business positions, I 
 have had to smile again and again as I have recognized 
 names of those who as choir boys had dropped from tho 
 ranks, occasionally without a word, because they were 
 not amenable to choir room discipline. One such instance 
 there was only three months ago. I have always had a 
 peculiar satisfaction in answering such letters, for if 
 there is anything that has confirmed me in my opinion 
 that my general attitude as a disciplinarian has been 
 worth while, it is the change of heart evident in the let- 
 ters to which I have alluded. Discouraging results I have 
 had, of course, — every choirmaster has them; but they 
 are so very far outnumbered by examples of real appre- 
 ciation, often from sources quite outside the parish, that 
 one can well afford to forget the others. 
 
 Here is a letter which reached me at St. Mark's just 
 before my last service there. The writer was a choir boy 
 sixteen years ago. He does not belong to the Church, but 
 has always retained an interest in the choir and invariably 
 had a cordial greeting for me whenever we met, which, 
 however, was but seldom. At the present time he holds 
 a fine position in the U. S. Army. 
 
 "Perhaps you will be surprised at this sudden burst 
 of sentiment — particularly since our own paths separated 
 
long since, but I can't resist telling you how very precious 
 to me is the memory of our association at St. Mark's. 
 
 "A boy, at an impressionable age, you instilled in 
 me a respect for quiet dignity and wholesome discipline 
 that has been a real help to me." 
 
 I have nothing new to add to the articles given be- 
 low, which I wrote in 1916 for the July and December 
 numbers of our parish magazine. They embody the prin- 
 ciples which I have tried to stand by at all times ever 
 since I knew St. Mark's, and are included here merely 
 as a matter of record. 
 
 "It has often seemed to me that there are people who 
 look upon the choir as but another sort of Sunday School 
 class which boys may attend or not just as they feel in- 
 clined, and where deportment does not enter into con- 
 sideration. The two principles here involved, i. e., regu- 
 larity in attendance, and deportment, have proved rocks 
 on which many an otherwise good choir has well nigh 
 gone to pieces. Regularity should mean the giving up of 
 whatever may conflict with choir rehearsals or services. 
 Deportment refers to whatever may in any degree tend 
 to lower the standard of the work either in choir room 
 or church. In these phases of choir work a choirmaster 
 ought to be able to rely upon the wholehearted co-opera- 
 tion of the parents of the boys, otherwise his efforts may 
 count for very little. Regularity in attendance and de- 
 portment are absolutely vital to the best interests of any 
 choir. That they have always been placed in the forefront 
 at St. ]\Iark's is one of the main reasons why for years 
 past we have become accustomed to services — if one must 
 believe opinions from widely varying sources — helpful 
 alike musically and devotionally. In short, what is looked 
 for from the boys is just what they are accustomed to 
 give in the Public Schools, — no more, no less." 
 
 "The maintaining of discipline in any parish choir 
 or Sunday School has always been more or less of a prob- 
 lem. I have ever been a firm believer in the old proverb 
 "Prevention is better than cure." As a result I have at 
 
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times been thought too much of a martinet in matters 
 of discipline. Occasionally my policy is called into ques- 
 tion by parents anxious to have their boys under my 
 training, as they are pleased to put it. Their real reason 
 is obvious enough. Apart from musical considerations 
 they wish the choirmaster to undertake what they them- 
 selves have failed in attempting to do, or have wholly 
 neglected. And the inconsistent part of it is that directly 
 the choirmaster attempts to administer what he considers 
 needed reproof or discipline, these same parents are just 
 as likely to take exception to it. On the other hand, in- 
 stances have multiplied time and again where parents 
 have been openly appreciative of the efforts made in St. 
 Mark's choir room to impress upon every one. boys and 
 men alike, the desirability of doing all things decently 
 and in order. A system that has, on the whole, worked 
 so well for twenty-five years ought to be worth con- 
 tinuing. And it will be so continued." 
 
 CHOIR ANNIVERSARIES 
 
 One of the most interesting events in the annals of 
 the choir has been the yearly observance of the anniver- 
 sary of its organization on the afternoon of Whitsunday, 
 1887. At one time we used to prepare quite a good deal 
 of special music for this annual occasion, but it grew to 
 be too much as a yearly undertaking. Besides, there was 
 always the possibility of a very hot day. I still have in 
 mind the torrid conditions prevailing on the afternoon of 
 the sixteenth anniversary, 1903, when the Adams' Me- 
 morial window was dedicated. So it came about that while 
 the choir birthday was marked in some small way each 
 year, unusual observances were reserved for the more 
 important anniversaries. The twenty-first was one such, 
 in keeping which I invited as many as possible of the 
 former choristers to join the regular choir and the result 
 was most gratifying as may be seen from the list given 
 in the last division of this book. Among those present 
 was the Rev. W. I. A. Beale. a choir bov at St. Mark's 
 
in 1888. The music included Lutkin's Magnificat and 
 Nunc Dimittis in B flat, Gaul's solo and chorus, "A new 
 heaven and a new earth," ("Holy City"), Sullivan's 
 "Who is like unto Thee?" and Smart's Te Deum in F. 
 
 The next anniversary of note was the twenty-fifth in 
 1912. Doctor Longley was greatly interested and 
 seconded my efiforts to make it what it really became, — 
 the most successful reunion that we have ever had. There 
 were over seventy in the procession. Here is the rector's 
 comment upon the service : 
 
 "A large number of choristers were in line, including 
 many of the old boys who were later crucifers and aco- 
 lytes. * * * Full choral Evensong was rendered, ending 
 with a Te Deum. Mann's Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis 
 in A flat were used, and the anthem after the Third 
 Collect was Woodward's beautiful setting of "The Day 
 Thou Gavest." At the close of the Office the procession 
 formed and marched down the nave, through the aisles, 
 returning to the chancel through the nave. After this, 
 Goss's "Wilderness" was sung, the Offertory Anthem be- 
 ing Handel's "Hallelujah." Being also the Sunday before 
 Decoration Day, the choir ended a very beautiful service 
 with the singing of "America," while the crucifers took 
 their places, and the national standard was lifted high, it 
 being the custom in the parish to carry the Stars and 
 Stripes near a national holiday. 
 
 "The choir, well known for the excellence of its 
 work, never sang with greater inspiration or better tone. 
 Although few rehearsals were possible with the old mem- 
 bers, the attacks and releases were noticeably well done. 
 Phrasing and great expression marked the careful prepa- 
 ration which characterizes the work of Mr. Holmes, who 
 nearly the entire period of twenty-five years has been 
 with the choir. Too much praise cannot be given the 
 choir for the beautiful service. Mr. Herbert E. Hyde, 
 organist of St. Peter's, Chicago, officiated at the organ 
 during part of the service, giving a short recital before, 
 and playing Lem.men's "Marche Pontificale" while the 
 procession moved from the church. The service was 
 played by the regular parish organist, Mr. Louis Dodge, 
 
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who, as usual, accompanied the choir with excellent taste 
 and sympathy. 
 
 "Near the close of the service the annual choir 
 medals were presented. At this time the rector made a 
 few remarks on the place of music in the worship of the 
 church, and addressed the boys commending them for 
 their faithfulness, and asking them to let their medals 
 stand as reminders of the need of faithful service all 
 through life which might lead to higher thoughts, nobler 
 deeds and greater achievements. The rector also alluded 
 to the nearly twenty-five years of faithful service of Mr. 
 Robert Holmes as Choirmaster, spoke of his high ideals, 
 not only in music, which had brought St. Mark's choir 
 to a place in the front rank of Chicago choirs, but also 
 his ideals of Christian character which were ever before 
 the boys and men in the choir room, and congratulated the 
 parish on possessing such a man, and the boys' good for- 
 tune in being under the influence of such a choirmaster." 
 
 No further attempts at a general reunion were made 
 until the thirtieth anniversary on May 27, 1917. The 
 order of the music included Cruickshank's Magnificat 
 and Nunc Dimittis in G, Wesley's "Lead Me, Lord," 
 Gounod's "Hymn of the Apostles" from the "Redemp- 
 tion," Beethoven's "Hallelujah !'' from the "Mount of 
 Olives" and, at the close of the service, Stanford's Te 
 Deum in B flat. The parish magazine had the following 
 brief mention of the service in The Choir column : 
 
 "The occasion brought together quite a number of 
 former choristers, chief among whom was the Rev. T. 
 Marshall Baxter, a choir boy of St. Mark's in 1903, now 
 Priest-in-Charge of St. Elizabeth's Chicago. Mr. Bax- 
 ter's singing of Evensong added much to the effectiveness 
 of the service, and his presence among us was thoroughly 
 appreciated by very many of those who remembered him 
 in former days at St. Mark's. 
 
 "Thanks to the fine accompaniments of our organist, 
 Mr. Stanley A. Martin, all the chorus work was marked 
 by steadiness ; indeed, the entire service was creditably 
 sung, and this, despite the fact that it was found quite 
 impossible to assemble the voices for a mass rehearsal." 
 
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This was the last occasion, during my term of office 
 as choirmaster, on which a photograph of the choir was 
 taken. It hangs on the east wall of the choir room, while 
 on the west wall are similar groups dating 1889, 1904, 
 1908, and 1912. 
 
 The heading — Choir Anniversaries — seems to afiford 
 the most convenient place in which to speak of choir 
 medals, since for years past the annual awarding of such 
 medals has been made at the choir anniversary service. 
 The time was when I dreaded the approach of Whit- 
 sunday, simply because it meant my skirmishing around 
 for funds, — and there are many things I am better fitted 
 for than soliciting funds. Never shall I forget the day on 
 which Miss Griswold, who had been good enough to 
 furnish one of the medals on the preceding Whitsunday, 
 said to me, "Is there any reason, Mr. Holmes, why I may 
 not give a medal every year?" I was almost dumb with 
 surprise, for nothing like that had up to that time ever 
 come my way. I believe I managed to make Miss Gris- 
 wold understand that if she was so inclined she might 
 continue doing so indefinitely. It was this thoughtfulness 
 on Miss Griswold's part that enabled me to approach 
 others in the parish and, without giving her name, — 
 which condition she was quite insistent upon — to ask 
 from them a similar favor. 
 
 It is very gratifying to me that before leaving St. 
 Mark's I have been able to make future provision for all 
 the regular medals. One of these is provided for by the 
 sum of $200.00, which the old boys gave for that purpose 
 on the occasion of the twenty-first anniversary of the 
 choir, in which connection I have in mind how very much 
 Mr. Thomas I. Stacey helped in acting as Treasurer for 
 this Choir Alumni Medal Fund. In the event of special 
 medals becoming necessary at any future time, I trust 
 that Mr. Martin will allow me to be responsible for one 
 of them. I wish to express my thanks to those who, with 
 Miss Griswold, have given me the pleasure of knowing 
 that the choir medals are secured for all time. 
 
 No record of St. Mark's choir would be complete 
 without mention of the faithful work of Miss Mary 
 
Pearce, who since its formation has been continuously in 
 office as choirmother, and has ever evinced a ready in- 
 terest in all that concerns the well-being of the choir. 
 
 UNION SERVICES 
 
 The choirs of St. Peter's, Chicago and St. Mark's, 
 Evanston, have for many years past been in the habit of 
 exchanging annual visits for the purpose of a united 
 Choral Evensong. The first of these services was held 
 at St. Mark's on the Sunday on which the news of the 
 naval victory at Manilla Bay reached us. I remember so 
 well meeting the rector of St. Peter's — the Rev. Samuel 
 Cook Edsall, afterwards Bishop of Minnesota — as he 
 turned the corner of the choir room leading to the church 
 in company with a number of his choristers. "Mr. 
 Holmes," he said, "we have brought our flag with us ; do 
 you suppose that Doctor Little will object to our carrying 
 it?" Of course Doctor Little was delighted with Mr. 
 Edsall's proposal, and so the flag was carried in the 
 middle of the procession of some eighty men and boys. 
 Everyone was full of enthusiasm on account of Admiral 
 Dewey's victory, but no one in St. Mark's congregation 
 was expecting to see the Stars and Stripes at the service, 
 and it created a most profound impression. I was told 
 that some were quite overcome. I have many times re- 
 marked that we owed our flag to St. Peter's, for very 
 shortly after this first visit of their choir, Mrs. F. S. 
 Martin, who attended the service, presented St. Mark's 
 with the very beautiful silk flag surmounted by the cross 
 instead of the eagle, wdiich has been carried on all na- 
 tional holidays from that time forward, until recently, 
 owing to its badly worn condition, Mr. Charles S. Barber 
 generously replaced it with a new one, rich and elegant. 
 If I venture to express my preference for the flag with 
 the cross, rather than with the eagle it is because the com- 
 bination of the Stars and Stripes with the Cross suggests 
 in a most happy and ideal way the bond that should ever 
 exist between Church and Country. 
 
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The last visit of St. Peter's to our church took place 
 less than three months ago — on the afternoon of the Sun- 
 day after Ascension Day, May 12. The following account 
 of the service was given in the parish magazine for June: 
 
 "In accordance with a mutual understanding which 
 relieves the visiting choir from the psalter and responses, 
 the choral service was sung by St. Mark's choir only, 
 while both choirs joined with fine effect in the hymns, 
 Stanford's Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis in B flat, and 
 the anthems — Sullivan's '"O Gladsome Light," ("Golden 
 Legend") and Gounod's ''Unfold, Ye Portals Everlast- 
 ing," ("Redemption"). At the close of the service Mr. 
 Hyde, choirmaster and organist of St. Peter's, gave a 
 brief but most interesting recital, which included 
 "Spring," a composition of his own, Bach's Prelude and 
 Fugue in B flat major, and Wesley's Choral Song and 
 Fugue. Following the recital the two choirs repaired to 
 the parish house, where supper was served by the ladies 
 of St. Mark's, soon after which the visitors left for Even- 
 song at their own church." 
 
 THE WEEKLY SERVICE LISTS 
 
 Weekly service lists have been in continuous use at 
 St. Mark's from January, 1904, to the present time. I 
 remember remarking to Doctor Little, after Mr. Charles 
 S. Burch's ordination to the diaconate in our church in 
 1895, that such a list on that occasion would not only 
 have served a useful purpose in the service itself, but 
 would have been most convenient as a parish record since 
 there was absolutely nothing on the register of the parish 
 to mark the day. From that time forward we had printed 
 lists on Easter Day, and in course of time on Christmas 
 Day and Whitsunday. Once we started a monthly list 
 for the sake of giving to the congregation the words of 
 the anthems, but it was given up at the close of the first 
 month. I was most anxious to see such a list as we now 
 have weekly, and to this end my good friend and helper 
 in the choir from January, 1893, to December, '^00, Mr. 
 Robert C. Fletcher, used to prepare a modest-looking 
 
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slip in hektograph ink for Evensong, and we used to take 
 off sufificient copies for use in the nave. We tired of this 
 after a while, for it seemed so very much like waiting 
 for the "new organ." The regular lists did not appear for 
 years after Mr. Fletcher's time, but I often think of his 
 interest in this wish of mine and of his practical help 
 towards its realization had it been possible in those days. 
 Bound copies of St. Mark's service lists by years from 
 1904 to 1917 inclusive, are to be seen in the choir library. 
 
 THE USE OF ANTHEMS 
 
 One of the first things which Doctor Little did after 
 coming to St. Mark's was to allow the office of music 
 committee to lapse, and I recall so well his saying to me, 
 "If you and I cannot manage the musical arrangement 
 of the services, Mr. Holmes, a music committee will not 
 help us." There is little doubt in my mind but that this 
 step of the Doctor's contributed in no small measure to 
 our having had so little friction in musical matters, as 
 compared with many another parish, for more than a 
 quarter of a century. I have been spared the suggestions 
 of the average music committee whose sole object is too 
 often mere musical display, and whose general idea seems 
 to be that if a choir happens to have a good soloist, of 
 whatever kind, there must be a "starring" of that voice. 
 Let me admit right here, that it has not been my good 
 fortune to develop many solo voices among our boys, — 
 perhaps the fault is mine, perhaps the material did not 
 lend itself much in that direction. Certainly I have had 
 few boys like John Cramer, Alfred LTnderdown, Frank 
 Hebblethwaite, or as at present, Malcolm Balfour; or. 
 among the men who were under me as boys such voices 
 as those of Mr. William A. Stacey, Doctor L. Fiske 
 Pooler, or Mr. Edward Stanbery. 
 
 In this connection, I have opportunity to say a word 
 in regard to what has been my policy in the selection 
 of service music. To those who might look through the 
 Choir Year Books from 1904 to 1917 with their records 
 of all the Sunday services and music, I believe they would 
 be struck with the scant use of offertory solos. This was 
 
not because an acceptable solo voice was lacking in the 
 ranks — though it may not have been among the boys — 
 since Mr. Stacey was with us continuously up to and in- 
 cluding 1908, and Doctor Pooler until the present time ; 
 two voices that any choirmaster might well be proud of. 
 The use of a solo in place of an anthem has always seemed 
 to me foreign to the intention of what the Church has in 
 mind when she says in the rubric following the Offertory 
 Sentences — "And when the Alms and Oblations shall be 
 presented, there may be sung a hymn, or offertory anthem, 
 etc." ; or, as in the case of the rubric after the Third Col- 
 lect at Evensong — "In places where it may be convenient, 
 here followeth the anthem." 
 
 Now, I believe that by the use of the word anthem 
 the Church means a musical setting of words from Holy 
 Scriptures, etc. etc., for the zvhole choir rather than for 
 an individual voice, a chorus rather than a solo. When 
 in the Communion Service rubric she allows a hymn or 
 anthem to be sung, if the former be chosen — as it not in- 
 frequently is — I believe the Church contemplates its be- 
 ing sung by choir and congregation, that is, by a number 
 of voices ; and it seems to me that the same principle 
 applies if an anthem be used, except that in that case its 
 rendition is necessarily confined to the choir. 
 
 I have been a close observer of choirs where the use 
 of a solo in place of a chorus anthem at the Oft'ertory has 
 been the rule rather than the exception, and my impression 
 is that it engenders a spirit of unrest in the ranks. The 
 anthem is one of the few portions of the service where, 
 to speak from a purely musical plane, the men and boys, 
 if fond of something more than hymn singing, are given 
 their opportunity ; and I believe that by a too frequent 
 use of solos their interest wanes. There are, so it seems 
 to me, only two possible reasons for more than an occa- 
 sional solo. The first is that the choir may not be equal 
 to an anthem every Sunday morning and evening in ad- 
 dition to the other music of the services, but does happen 
 to have a soloist in the ranks. On this basis, a solo, fairly 
 often, might be excusable as a matter of convenience. 
 But in choirs where they are well able to sing a chorus 
 
at any time, and where a higher conception of the service 
 would lead them to do so. there is absolutely no excuse 
 for anthems being laid aside for apparently no better 
 reason than to display the singing of some highly-paid 
 boy or man, who, because he has an unusually good voice 
 and receives an unusually liberal recognition for his serv- 
 ices has to — so the music committee rules — give them 
 their money's worth. There is no dearth of Te Deums, 
 Magnificats or anthems which contain incidental solos, 
 and which afford a fair field for individual work, and 
 the best choirs of the East and of the old country utilize 
 their solo voices almost exclusively in this way. Most of 
 the churches which can afford highly paid soloists have 
 a special monthly musical service or organ recital, which 
 should give all the opportunity for "starring" that ought 
 to be expected. 
 
 From my views thus expressed, nothing further will, 
 I am sure, be looked for in explanation of the very lim- 
 ited use of solos in place of the anthem at St. Mark's. We 
 have preferred giving our whole attention to good chorus 
 singing, with special regard to the chief points looked for 
 in such work : tone quality, expression, enunciation, 
 phrasing, — all that goes to make for a finished ensemble. 
 To what degree we have succeeded I am not presuming 
 to say, but such has been our aim, and I am well content 
 to leave the opinion to those who have regularly or oc- 
 casionally attended the services. Whatever credit there 
 may be belongs to all of us — choristers, organist, and 
 choirmaster alike. 
 
 I want to mention, for the sake of record, that in 
 our Evensong we have recently made rather frequent use 
 of a short anthem after the Third Collect in addition to 
 that sung while the oft'erings are being received. This 
 anthem after the Third Collect has been brief, the words 
 being usually from one of the evening hymns, well suited 
 to follow the Collect for Aid Against Perils, and sung 
 kneeling. The effect of hastily getting to one's feet after 
 the Third Collect to sing an anthem, and then kneeling 
 for perhaps two or more prayers with the Grace, has al- 
 ways impressed me as disturbing too much the continuity 
 
and devotional side of Evensong. I know I am not ex- 
 aggerating when I say that our custom at St. Mark's of 
 kneeling for the kind of anthem we have made use of 
 after the Third Collect adds greatly to, rather than de- 
 tracts, in any degree from the service itself. 
 
 THE CHORAL SERVICE 
 
 I make no apology for speaking of the Choral Service 
 at St. Mark's as being of an order which has for years 
 commended itself throughout the diocese of Chicago and 
 far beyond, and I place the credit for it where it very 
 rightly belongs, i. e., to Doctor Little. Brought up as I 
 was in England, where choral services even forty years 
 ago v/ere fast becoming the rule, it was perfectly natural 
 that I should welcome the Doctor's request, made very 
 soon after his coming to the parish, that we sing the 
 responses at Evensong, also the Psalter as soon as it was 
 conveniently possible. I felt gratified that the new rector 
 was not one of those who objected to singing the Psalms 
 or intoning the prayers. 
 
 I am quite well aware of the objection so often 
 raised that chanting the Psalter takes away from the 
 people that which belongs to them. There is much to be 
 said in favor of such an argument. There is, or used to 
 be, a second objection to the choral service, especially to 
 the singing of the Psalter. The latter was regarded as a 
 sure indication of a certain type of Churchmanship, only 
 to be found where an "advanced service" was the pre- 
 vailing order. This impression, while it may not always 
 have found audible voice, was nevertheless widely preva- 
 lent. The singing of the Psalms in the English Church, 
 both morning and evening, is quite natural in scores of 
 parishes where anything of an advanced order is con- 
 spicuous by its absence, and where they would just about 
 as soon tolerate the use of a processional Cross as they 
 would think of observing the Feast of Corpus Christi. 
 Customs vary as do their meanings. The Choral Psalter 
 in England is looked upon as the best and original way of 
 making use in the services of the Psalms of David, while 
 
ST. AlAKK'S CHURCH 
 
here in the American Church the same custom has too 
 often stood as representative of a particular school of 
 Church thought. 
 
 There is still another objection to a sung service, 
 which has been largely invited by musically inclined 
 clergy insisting upon a full choral service when they have 
 not had the material in their choirs necessary for the 
 work. The result has not been helpful to the man in the 
 pew, and there are instances where he has not been slow 
 to say so. I believe this to have done more than any other 
 thing to bring the choral service into bad odor, — for I 
 have yet to meet the person who objects to it if it is well 
 and devotionally sung. The Psalter and the prayers are 
 not necessarily shorn of their meaning because they are 
 sung. A clergyman, a comparatively recent visitor at 
 St. Mark's rectory, and whose service is. I imagine, of 
 the plainest, said to me after attending Evensong at St. 
 Mark's, "I would not object to the choral service if it 
 could be as you have it at St. Mark's." A poorly sung 
 service fails to reach the congregation much in the same 
 degree as a poorly read lesson does. 
 
 In the course of these notes upon choir work I have 
 reproduced several letters where they illustrate the point 
 I wish to make. In at least two instances they were writ- 
 ten to me personally, but I trust that no one will look 
 upon them as used from any other motive than as bear- 
 ing upon the subject under discussion, or on the claims 
 that I may have made for the work of the choir at St. 
 Mark's. The following, written after attending a service 
 at Holy Trinity, Stratford-on-Avon. is from the pen of 
 no less a person than that eminent Congregational min- 
 ister, the late Henry Ward Beecher : 
 
 "You know my mother was until her marriage in 
 the communion of the Episcopal Church. This thought 
 hardly left me while I sat, grateful for the privilege of 
 worshipping God through a service that had expressed 
 so often her devotions. I cannot tell you how much I 
 was affected. I never had such a trance of worship and 
 I shall never have such another view until I gain the gate. 
 
 'T am so ignorant of the Church service that I can- 
 
not call the various parts by their right names, but the 
 portions which most affected me were the prayers and 
 the responses which the choir sang. I had never heard 
 any part of a suppHcation, a direct prayer, chanted by a 
 choir, and it seemed as though I heard not with my ear, 
 but with my soul. I was dissolved; my whole being 
 seemed to me like an incense wafted gratefully towards 
 God. The Divine Presence rose before me in a wonderful 
 majesty, but of an ineffable gentleness and goodness, and 
 I could not stay away from a more familiar approach, but 
 seemed irresistibly, yet gently, drawn toward God. 
 
 "Oh, when in the prayers breathed forth in strains 
 of sweet, simple, solemn music, the love of Christ was 
 recognized, how I longed then to give utterance to what 
 love seemed to me." 
 
 Doctor Little commented on these words of Doctor 
 Beecher's as follows : "We too have attended the service 
 in 'Shakespeare's Church,' which in reverence and 
 beauty does not equal the choral service in our own St. 
 Mark's. There are hundreds of people in Evanston, to 
 whom public worship is a 'lost art,' but who might have 
 the same uplift of soul, which Mr. Beecher felt, if they 
 would join with heart and voice in the worship of our 
 own parish church. Might they not make a beginning by 
 attending our Choral Evensong?" 
 
 I have referred elsewhere to Doctor Little's opinion 
 that the Psalms even fairly well sung are infinitely pref- 
 erable to their being poorly read. He also used to point 
 out the glaring inconsistency of a great burst of music 
 at the Venite — "O come, let us sing unto the Lord." — 
 and then, after such an uplift, settling down to reading 
 the Psalms for the day. 
 
 While speaking of the Choral Service as used at 
 St. Mark's under Doctor Little, I would like to refer to 
 the occasional use of the Choral Litany in those days. It 
 was never sung often enough for unmusical people to 
 tire of it, for which reason it was rather looked forward 
 to than otherwise. I have often wished for its occasional 
 use since the present rector came to St. Mark's but have 
 hesitated to suggest it. I counted much upon a certain 
 
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service in Chicago which Doctor Rogers and I attended 
 and at which I knew it would be sung, as perhaps opening 
 the way for me. But after the service I was more re- 
 luctant than ever to broach the matter. I did, however, 
 ask and receive the rector's permission to sing the Litany 
 once again before leaving St. Mark's. It was so used on 
 the Third Sunday after Easter, April 21st of this year. 
 
 Just as the Choral Litany, like the Psalter, when well 
 sung is both devotional and beautiful, so also are the 
 Opening Sentences of the Burial Office. Years ago, 
 Doctor Little would read these Sentences in the cus- 
 tomary manner while preceding the cortege up the nave, 
 and the choir, from its place in the chancel, would sing 
 each one very softly after it had been read. Besides the 
 devotional effect, such use had a very practical side to 
 commend it. There was no need to read the Sentences so 
 slowly that their meaning was obscured, and it made the 
 long pauses between them quite unnecessary so that by 
 the time the choir had chanted the last Sentence, — Min- 
 ister, bearers, mourners and friends were in their allotted 
 places before the Burial Psalms were sung. 
 
 Of course Doctor Little's greatest interest, musically, 
 lay in the Choral Eucharist, though he was content to 
 confine his own part to monotoning. The Nicene Creed, 
 though always choral on the great festivals, was not sung 
 at every High Celebration until Doctor Longley's days. 
 Doctor Little's interest in the people's part of the 
 Eucharist was evidenced by his preference for the Nicene 
 Creed being read except, as I have before stated, on such 
 days as Easter Day, Christmas Day, and the like. It is of 
 interest to note that those musical settings of the opening 
 words of the Creed arranged for the Celebrant alone 
 found no favor with him. He preferred the Creed from 
 first word to last sung by the choir as representing the 
 congregation, and he was most particular about this point 
 in Choral Evensong both in the General Confession and 
 the Creed. He disliked the words "Almighty and most 
 merciful Father," and "I believe in God," by Minister 
 alone, — and choir and congregation beginning with the 
 words following. He disapproved of such use because, 
 
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he maintained, that — particularly in the Creed — it took 
 away from the people a very vital part. 
 
 No greater tribute could have been paid to Doctor 
 Little for all his interest in the Church's music at S-t. 
 Mark's than that of the choir at his funeral. Many of 
 the old boys were present, and it certainly seemed as 
 though their emotion found expression in the effectiveness 
 of their work. Mr. Ernest Sumner, at that time Choir- 
 master of St. Luke's, Evanston, and Musical Critic for the 
 Index commented upon the service through the columns 
 of that paper as follows : 
 
 "It is not customary in this column, "Musical Criti- 
 cism," to make any reference to music at church services, 
 but the work of the choir at the last rites for the late 
 rector of St. Mark's, at the parish church, last Saturday 
 morning, was of such an unusual character that it deserves 
 to be recorded. 
 
 "The music selected for the Requiem Mass and Office 
 for the Burial of the Dead by Mr. Robert Holmes, for 
 twenty years choirmaster of St. Mark's and esteemed 
 colleague of Dr. Little, was in entire keeping with the 
 sad occasion. The singing of the Sanctus, Benedictus and 
 Agnus Dei as set by John Merbecke in his "Booke of 
 Common Praier Noted," of 1550, was most devotional, 
 touching and comforting to the hearts of the sorrowing 
 congregation. The hymns, anthem, and Lutkin's Seven- 
 fold Amen were rendered with a finish seldom attempted 
 and less frequently attained." 
 
 The service was helpfully accompanied by Mr. Louis 
 Norton Dodge. 
 
 May God grant that he who so delighted in the 
 Church's worship and music here below may find rest 
 and happiness in that blest place where, after the changes 
 and chances of this mortal life, the ineffable sweetness 
 of the celestial choirs may reach him in ever-increasing 
 beauty, until that day when by God's grace we with him 
 shall attain to the fullness of the Beatific Vision. 
 
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g)unbrj> ^arisilj l^ecorbs; 
 
 Official letters relative to the organization 
 of St. Mark's Parish: 
 
 Vestry Records. 
 Guild Records. 
 Choir Records. 
 
 Chapter VI 
 
chapter ^ix 
 
 RECORDS OF ST. MARK'S CHURCH, 
 EVANSTON. 
 
 To the Rt. Rev. Henry J. Whitehouse, D. D., Bishop 
 of Illinois: 
 
 The undersigned respectfully represent that a sub- 
 scription has for some time past been in circulation for 
 the purpose of raising funds to erect a Protestant 
 Episcopal Church at Evanston, Illinois, and that over 
 two thousand dollars has been subscribed for that 
 object, and it is now confidently believed that a suf- 
 ficient sum can be raised to erect a small, but neat 
 and tasteful church edifice at this place during the 
 ensuing year. 
 
 We would also represent that in our opinion a 
 small congregation of regular attendants upon Divine 
 Worship could immediately be secured, together with 
 some considerable number of transient attendants, 
 and that the prospect for an increase from immigra- 
 tion and from missionary eflforts in the neighborhood 
 is quite encouraging. We think a parish with ten or 
 
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twelve communicants at the commencement could be 
 organized in this place with a prospect of growth 
 and usefulness. 
 
 We also believe that several hundred dollars per 
 annum could be raised either by pew rents or sub- 
 scriptions towards the expense of supplying the pulpit 
 at least a part of the year, or for partial services for 
 the whole year. 
 
 Wherefore : We whose names are herewith af- 
 fixed, deeply sensible of the truth of the Christian Re- 
 ligion, and earnestsly 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 St. Mark's Church, Evanston, in 
 communion with the Protestant Episcopal Church in 
 the United States of America, and the Diocese of 
 Illinois, the authority of whose Constitutions and 
 Canons we do hereby recognize and to whose Liturgy 
 and mode of Worship and Discipline we promise con- 
 formity. 
 
 Evanston, December 12, 1863. 
 
 Charles Comstock Albert Johnson 
 
 John A Lightall S. B. Chase 
 
 A. G. Wilder Andrew T. Sherman 
 
 J. H. Kedzie H. Clay Cone 
 
 O. R. W. Lull Thomas Wicks 
 
 F. M. Weller Wm. C. Comstock 
 
 F. G. Siller D. P. Crocker 
 
 I hereby give the Canonical consent required for 
 the organization of St. Mark's Church, Evanston. 
 
 (Signed) Henry J. Whitehouse, 
 
 Bishop of Illinois. 
 
 Chicago, April 2, 1864. 
 
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In pursuance of the application before herein recited 
 for the organization of St. Mark's Church, Evanston, 
 and the Canonical consent of the Bishop of the Diocese 
 of Illinois thereto appended, the following notice was 
 given as certified to below — to wit : 
 
 "In accordance with Sec. I, Canon VIII of the 
 Diocese of Illinois, I hereby give notice that on Wednes- 
 day the 20th of April, there will be Divine Service in 
 the Methodist Church in this place at half past seven 
 o'clock in the evening, and at the close of the service a 
 meeting of all persons interested therein for the organiza- 
 tion and establishment of a parish to be in union with the 
 Protestant Episcopal Church in the Diocese of Illinois 
 and to be known by the style and title of St. Mark's 
 Church, Evanston. At the same time and place there will 
 be held an election for two Wardens, who shall be com- 
 municants of the Church, and of not less than four and 
 not more than eight Vestrymen who shall be baptized 
 persons, if such can be had, to constitute the Vestry of 
 said Church." 
 
 I hereby certify that the above notice was duly given 
 as prescribed by Canon on the occasion of public morning 
 service in the Chapel of the Northwestern University in 
 the Town of Evanston, on Sunday, April 3rd, being the 
 First Sunday after Easter, A.D. 1864. 
 
 (Signed) John Wilkinson, 
 
 Chaplain to the Bishop of Illinois. 
 
April 20th, 1864. 
 
 At 7^ o'clock P. M., Divine Service was held in 
 the Methodist Church in the Town of Evanston, con- 
 ducted by the Rev. John Wilkinson, after which a meet- 
 ing was organized pursuant to the foregoing notice pre- 
 sided over by said Rev. John Wilkinson, and J. H. Kedzie 
 was elected Secretary. 
 
 The following are the names of the persons present 
 who were qualified to vote, viz: 
 
 Charles Comstock J. H. Kedzie 
 
 A. G. Wilder F. M. Weller 
 
 John A. Lightall F. G. Siller 
 
 H. B. Hurd H. Clay Cone 
 
 D. J. Crocker J. S. Hayward 
 
 John Lyman W. C. Comstock 
 
 The foregoing Constitution was then read and on 
 motion it was unanimously resolved that this parish be- 
 come organized under the Laws of the State of Illinois, 
 by the adoption of said Constitution. On motion of D. J. 
 Crocker it was resolved that the congregation now pro- 
 ceed to elect a Senior and Junior Warden by viva voce 
 vote. Charles Comstock was then duly elected as Senior 
 Warden, and D. J. Crocker as Junior Warden of this 
 parish. 
 
 On motion of Charles Comstock it was resolved that 
 the congregation do now proceed to elect eight Vestry- 
 men for this parish by viva voce vote. Thereupon the 
 following persons were duly elected : J. H. Kedzie, A. G. 
 Wilder, John A. Lightall, H. B. Hurd, F. M. Weller, 
 H. Clay Cone, F. G. Siller, and O. R. W. Lull. 
 
 On motion this meeting then adjourned. 
 
 John Wilkinson, 
 Chaplain to the Bishop of Illinois. 
 
 (Signed) J. H. Kedzie, 
 
 Secretary. 
 
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RECTORS OF ST. MARK'S 
 
 J. W. Buckmaster Sept. 
 
 Thomas Lyle May 26, 
 
 A. J. Barrow Nov. 21, 
 
 C. S. Abbott April 1, 
 
 J. Stewart-Smith Feb. 14, 
 
 Frederick S. Jewell... May 6, 
 Richard Hay ward . . . .Jan. 31, 
 
 Arthur W. Little Nov. 1, 
 
 Harry S. Longley Feb. 1, 
 
 Arthur Rogers Oct. 1, 
 
 1865 
 
 April 
 
 1, 
 
 1867 
 
 1867 
 
 June 
 
 7, 
 
 1869 
 
 1869 
 
 Aug. 
 
 30, 
 
 1870 
 
 1872 
 
 Dec. 
 
 31, 
 
 1875 
 
 1876 
 
 Jan. 
 
 4. 
 
 1880 
 
 1880 
 
 Aug. 
 
 31, 
 
 1885 
 
 1886 
 
 May 
 
 1. 
 
 1888 
 
 1888 
 
 Sept. 
 
 28, 
 
 1910 
 
 1911 
 
 Oct., 
 
 23, 
 
 1912 
 
 1913 
 
 
 
 
 CURATES 
 
 Vincent C. Lacey 1902 
 
 Edwin Johnson 1903 
 
 Russell J. Wilbur 1903 Jan. 1905 
 
 Walter G. Blossom Mch. 1905 Nov. 1905 
 
 Herbert A. Wilson Mch. 1908 Sept. 1909 
 
 George J. Zinn Nov. 1909 April 1910 
 
 George R. Arnold June 1910 Jan. 191 1 
 
 Robert Holmes Dec. 1915 June 1918 
 
 SUNDAY SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENTS 
 
 Mr. Charles S. Burch, about 1893. 
 
 Mr. Thomas C. Moore, 
 
 Mr. Henry C. Tilden, 
 
 Mr. Henry J. Sawe. 
 
 Mr. Robert Holmes, 
 
 Mr. Thomas I. Stacey, 1907. 
 
 There are no old records of the Sunday School from which 
 to draw reliable information as to Superintendents until 1907. In 
 the fall of that year Mr. Stacey undertook the care and manage- 
 ment of the School, but he was first connected with it as a teacher 
 in 1891. 
 
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SENIOR AND JUNIOR WARDENS OF 
 ST. MARK'S PARISH 
 
 (Commencing with the organization of the Parish, 
 April 20, 1864) 
 
 SENIOR WARDEN JUNIOR WARDEN 
 
 April 20, 1864-1865 Charles Comstock D. J. Crocker 
 April 17, 1865-1873 Charles Comstock A. G. Wilder 
 April 1, 1872 "No parish meeting being held and no 
 
 election of ofificers being made, the existing 
 wardens hold over for the year ending at 
 Easter, 1873." 
 April 14, 1873-1874 Charles Comstock F. F. Phillips 
 April 6, 1874 "No votes being cast, there was no elec- 
 
 tion. The election of the wardens and 
 vestrymen of last year hold over for the 
 next Church year." 
 Mar. 29, 1875-1876 Charles Comstock C. D. Paul 
 April 17, 1876-1881 Charles Comstock Wells Lake 
 April 18, 1881 (There seems to be no record of the an- 
 
 nual meeting on Easter Monday, 1881) 
 April 10, 1882-1883 Charles Comstock Wells Lake 
 Mar. 26, 1883 (No record of annual meeting in 1883) 
 
 April 14, 1884-1893 Charles Comstock Marshall M. Kirkman 
 April 4, 1893-1895 Charles Comstock Francis A. Hardy 
 May 21, 1895-1896 Charles Comstock Henry S. Slaymaker 
 May ,12, 1896-1900 Henry S. SlaymSker Francis A. Hardy 
 May 8, 1900-1913 Henry S. Slaymaker Edw. H. Buehler 
 May 6, 1913-1916 Edw. H. Buehler Wm. S. Powers 
 May 15, 1916-1918 Edw. H. Buehler Richard C. Hall 
 May 13, 1918 Edw. H. Buehler Richard C. Hall 
 
 (Mr. Comstock died in September, 1895. Mr. Slaymaker 
 was elected to fill the vacancy on October 21st, and Mr. Buehler 
 succeeded Mr. Slaymaker as Junior Warden.) 
 
 IBS 
 
FIRST VESTRY OF ST. MARK'S 
 
 (Elected on the evening on which the Parish was organized, 
 Wednesday, April 20, 1864.) 
 
 SENIOR WARDEN— Charles Comstock. 
 JUNIOR WARDEN— D. J. Crocker. 
 
 Vestrymen 
 
 H. Clay Cone J. A. Lightall F. M. Weller 
 
 H. B. Kurd O. R. W. Lull A. G. Wilder 
 
 J. H. Kedzie F. G. Siller 
 
 FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY (April 25, 1914) 
 
 SENIOR WARDEN— Edward H. Buehler. 
 JUNIOR WARDEN— William S. Powers. 
 
 Vestrymen 
 
 Charles S. Barber Thomas H. Eddy Weston G. Kimball 
 
 Robert S. Clark Richard C. Hall Thomas I. Stacey 
 
 George E. Dix Carl S. Jefferson Frank M. Staples 
 
 William H. Johnson 
 
 Clerk of the Vestry — Thomas I. Stacey 
 Treasurer — Frank M. Staples 
 
 Special Treasurer of Missionary and Extra-Parochial Funds 
 Edward H. Buehler 
 
 THE PRESENT VESTRY (June 30, 1918) 
 
 SENIOR WARDEN— Edward H. Buehler. 
 JUNIOR WARDEN— William S. Powers. 
 
 Vestrymen 
 
 J. Rex Allen Dwight F. Clark Carl S. Jefferson 
 
 Charles S. Barber Thomas H. Eddy William T. Reeves 
 
 George H. Batchelder George R. Folds Thomas I. Stacey 
 John B. Green 
 
 Clerk of the Vestry — George R. Folds 
 Treasurer — J. Rex Allen 
 
 Special Treasurer of Missionary and Extra-Parochial Funds 
 Edward H. Buehler 
 
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THE WOMAN'S GUILD— Presidents 
 
 1889 (and previous thereto) Mrs. Henry Hinsdale 
 
 1889-1890 Mrs. F. A. Hardy 
 
 1890-1891 Mrs. George Moseley 
 
 1891-1892 Mrs. Charles S. Burch 
 
 1892-1893 Mrs. Helen M. Ide 
 
 1893-1894 Mrs. F. A. Hardy 
 
 1894-1895 Mrs. A. D. Bishop 
 
 1895-1897 Mrs. P. C. Lutkin 
 
 1897-1899 M^ts. W. F. Dudley 
 
 1899-1900 Mrs. Royal Vilas 
 
 1900-1901 Mrs. Earl W. Spencer 
 
 1901-1902 Mrs. Martha Sherman 
 
 1902-1903 Mrs. James K. Armsby 
 
 1903-1904 Mrs. Frank M. Staples 
 
 1904-1907 Mrs. Richard H. Wyman 
 
 1907-1908 Mirs. Henry C. Tilden 
 
 1908-1914 Mrs. Frederick Arnd 
 
 1914-1917 Mrs. Joseph K. Lewis 
 
 1917- Mrs.W. F. Childs 
 
 (When the Woman's Guild was organized with Mrs. Hins- 
 dale as its first President, it was known as St. Mark's Guild.) 
 
 THE MOTHERS' GUILD— Presidents 
 
 1898-1901 Mrs. E. James 
 
 1901-1903 Mrs. J. Trenbeth 
 
 1903-1904 Mrs. W. Bowers 
 
 1904-1905 Mrs. J. Bowdish 
 
 1905-1907 Mrs. P. C. Lutkin 
 
 1907-1909 Mrs. W. H. Underdown 
 
 1909-1911 Mrs. S. Webber 
 
 1911-1913 Mrs. J. C. Kincaid 
 
 1913-1915 Mrs. A. Esplin 
 
 1915-1917 Mrs. R. W. Wilton 
 
 1917-1918 Mrs. J. C. Woodington 
 
 1918-1919 Mrs. J. Brearley 
 
 The Mother's Guild owes its origin to the wise foresight of 
 Mrs. P. C. Lutkin, who felt the need for such an organization 
 in St. Mark's parish. Her active interest and wise counsel 
 throughout the twenty years of the Guild's existence has con- 
 tributed much to its success, and to the usefulness of the work 
 in which it is always engaged in its own quiet and unobtrusive 
 way. 
 
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ST. CATHERINE'S GUILD— Presidents 
 
 1908-1912 Mrs. William A. Pusey 
 
 1912-1916 Mrs. E. Warner Coburn 
 
 1916-1917 Miss Mary Fabian 
 
 1917- Miss Dorothy Hall 
 
 THE MEN'S CLUB— Presidents 
 
 1905-1906 William B. Bogert 
 
 1906-1907 William S. Powers 
 
 1907-1908 William F. Dudley 
 
 1908-1909 Thomas D. Huff 
 
 1909-1910 Edward CHfford 
 
 1910-1911 Thomas H. Eddy 
 
 1911-1912 Frederick B. McMullen 
 
 1912-1913 Edmund T. Perkins. 
 
 1913-1914 John S. Talbot 
 
 1914-1915 Dwight F. Clark 
 
 1915-1916 Henry M. Huxley 
 
 1916-1917 Thomas H. Eddy 
 
 1917-1918 George R. Folds 
 
 1918-1919 Watkin W. Kneath 
 
 (The Men's Club of St. Mark's was organized by Doctor 
 Little in the fall of 1905.) 
 
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CHOIRMASTERS AND ORGANISTS 
 OF ST. MARK'S 
 
 Choirmasters 
 
 John Evans May 1887-Feb. 1888 
 
 Robert Holmes Feb. 1888-Sep. 1890 
 
 Charles M. Kirk Oct. 1890-Mar. 1891 
 
 Robert Holmes Jan. 1893-June 1918 
 
 Organists 
 
 William Graves Jan. 1885-April 1891 
 
 James Watson Feb. 1893-Jan. 1894 
 
 Charles R. Adams Feb. 1894-Nov. 1902 
 
 Curtis A. Barry Dec. 1902-Sep. 1906 
 
 Louis N. Dodge Jan. 1907-Aug. 1913 
 
 Stanley A. Martin Sep. 1913- June 1918 
 
 Choirmasters and Organists 
 
 Charles M. Kirk April 1891-April 1892 
 
 John C. Dunster April 1892-Dec. 1892 
 
 Stanley A. Martin June 1918- 
 
List of Choir Boys in Old St. Mark's on Davis Street 
 June, 1888 
 
 William I. A. Beale Thomas Hobbs 
 
 William Blanchard A. Tracy Kirkman 
 
 S. Lee Chapman M. Jay Kirkman 
 
 William G. Burt William Shepherd 
 
 Roger Douglas William A. Stacey 
 
 Edward Gamble Gaylord S. Wilcox 
 Ralph Hayden 
 
 (At this time there were not more than three or four men, 
 among whom were Mr. William Ashwell and Mr. Robert J. 
 Hobbs. Doctor L. F. Pooler's name first appears as a choir boy 
 in 1889. His membership has been almost continuous from that 
 year up to the present time. Frederic, his son, entered the ranks 
 last year, so that the name Pooler is likely to be on our choir 
 records considerably over thirty years.) 
 
 List of Choir Boys in the New St. Mark's on Ridge 
 Avenue — January, 1893 
 
 W. Ayrault Clair Lewis 
 
 William Balding Russell 
 
 Warner Coburn John Stockton 
 
 Charles Donnell David Williams 
 
 Rex Hardin Elliott Williams 
 
 George Harrison Earl Scripps 
 Edward Jernegan 
 
 (This was the complete list of the Juniors when I resumed 
 charge of the choir in 1893. During that year the records 
 show for the first time such names as John Cramer, George 
 Cramer, Robert Ridlon, Lorin Calkins, Ralph Hubbart, Gilbert 
 Griggs, Edward Hardy, Charles and Everett Marsh, Bert In- 
 graham, Carl Griggs, Harold and Rush Hess.) 
 
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ST. MARK'S CHOIR 
 
 Leading Attendances for Twenty-Five Years 
 Ending April 30, 1918 
 
 Choir Year 
 Ending Name Rehearsals Services 
 
 March 31, 1894 Lee, Joseph 116 110 
 
 Lewis, Clair Ill 110 
 
 Griggs, Gilbert 103 101 
 
 Donnell, Charles 62 95 
 
 April 30, 1895 Cramer, George 123 124 
 
 Cramer, John L 123 124 
 
 Graham, John 116 122 
 
 Howard, Samuel Ill 111 
 
 Aprils, 1896 Ingraham, Samuel G 103 104 
 
 Cramer, John L 101 103 
 
 Johnston, William 95 106 
 
 McConnell, Percy 95 95 
 
 April 17, 1897 Hanchett, Harold 109 110 
 
 Ingraham, Samuel G 109 110 
 
 Kaynor, Carl 109 109 
 
 Gifkin, Colin 100 100 
 
 April 10, 1898 Cramer, George 109 114 
 
 Graham, Carl 108 114 
 
 Davis, John 106 109 
 
 Hanchett, Harold 102 106 
 
 April 2, 1899 Hebblethwaite, Leon L 101 111 
 
 Allen, Winfred 100 110 
 
 Stanbery, Edward 101 109 
 
 Graham, Carl 96 104 
 
 April 30, 1900 Hebblethwaite, J. Edward... 119 116 
 
 Hebblethwaite, Leon L 119 116 
 
 Edwards, Norman 119 116 
 
 Stanbery, Edward 117 116 
 
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May 24, 1901 Hebblethwaite, Frank P. . . . 10-i 104 
 
 Stanbery, Edward 104 104 
 
 Hebblethwaite, J. Edward... 96 98 
 
 Underdown, Alfred J 98 95 
 
 May 16, 1902 Huntington, C. Roland 106 105 
 
 McCabe, William H 105 104 
 
 Hebblethwaite, J. Edward... 105 102 
 
 Dart, William A 99 103 
 
 May 31, 1903 Dart, William A 102 114 
 
 McCabe, William H 102 114 
 
 Ashwell, John A 98 109 
 
 Burgess, George 97 108 
 
 May 22, 1904 McCabe, William H 99 107 
 
 Richardson, Robert 99 107 
 
 Allen, Harry 94 102 
 
 Burgess, George 88 100 
 
 Tune 11, 1905 McCabe, Royal S 115 110 
 
 McCabe, William H 115 110 
 
 Hebblethwaite, Frank P. . . . 113 110 
 
 Baxter, T. Marshall Ill 105 
 
 June 3, 1916 Ashwell, John A 95 104 
 
 Hoe, J. Reginald 94 104 
 
 McCabe, William H 92 104 
 
 Park, J. Roy 92 100 
 
 May 19, 1907 Park, J. Roy 94 101 
 
 Hoe, J. Reginald 93 101 
 
 Wyatt, Rodney 91 100 
 
 Dart, William A 89 99 
 
 June 7, 1908 Park, J. Roy 109 116 
 
 Dart, William A 107 114 
 
 Kincaid, Herbert J 104 110 
 
 Hoe, J. Reginald 101 110 
 
 May 30, 1909 Dart, Robert E 120 107 
 
 Crampton, Jowett 115 104 
 
 Webber, S. Arthur 115 103 
 
 Pitts, William A Ill 100 
 
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May 15, 1910 Arnold, George R 124 
 
 Webber, S. Arthur 124 
 
 Webber, John K 123 
 
 Hoe, Charles 118 
 
 June 4, 1911 Webber, John K 121 
 
 Kappler, Frederick 114 
 
 Webber, S. Arthur 114 
 
 Dart, Robert E 112 
 
 May 26, 1912 Ashwell, W. Edward 136 
 
 Ashwell, Arthur H 134 
 
 Ferguson, Charles H 124 
 
 Ferguson, J. Larnard 122 
 
 April 30, 1913 Ashwell, Arthur H 132 
 
 Piehl, William L 131 
 
 Hunton, Frank 128 
 
 Pihl, Elmer 125 
 
 April 30, 1914 Ellis, Gerald V 157 
 
 Ashwell, J. Edward 157 
 
 Piehl, William L 157 
 
 Trenbeth, George R 154 
 
 April 30, 1915 Ashwell, J. Edward 152 
 
 Ellis, Gerald V 152 
 
 Ratcliffe, Myron F 151 
 
 Ratcliffe, Robert L 151 
 
 April 30, 1916 Arnold, Atlee S 153 
 
 Ashwell, J. Edward 153 
 
 Ratcliffe, Myron F 153 
 
 Ratcliffe, Robert L 153 
 
 April 30, 1917 Ashwell, J. Edward 147 
 
 Ratcliffe, Robert L 147 
 
 Ellis, Gerald V 146 
 
 Waring, LeCompte 136 
 
 April 30, 1918 Arnold, Atlee S 140 
 
 Ashwell, J. Edward 140 
 
 Ellis, Gerald V 140 
 
 Pooler, Frederick S 139 
 
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 ST. MARK'S CHURCH 
 (West Front and Nave) 
 
ST. MARK'S CHOIR 
 
 (On the occasion of the laying of the corner stone of the 
 new church, May 18, 1890.) 
 
 Boys 
 
 Julian Armstrong John C. Mulford 
 
 Louis D. Beale L. Fiske Pooler 
 
 William I. Beale William A. Stacey 
 
 Edward Gamble Hale Taft 
 
 Carl S. Harrison S. Gaylord Wilcox 
 
 Robert Holabird M. Jay Kirkman 
 
 William Ingraham A. Tracy Kirkman 
 
 Men 
 
 Edward L. Colebeck Elvis C. Marshall 
 
 John T. Hancock Frank A. Miller 
 
 M. M. Harris Theodore F. Reese 
 
 Herbert A. S-treeter 
 
 Dennis C. Worthington, Crucifer. 
 William Graves, Organist. 
 
 Robert Holmes, Choirmaster. 
 
 Charles S. Burch, Lay Reader. 
 Arthur Wilde Little, Rector. 
 
 In addition to the above names, those of Charles 
 Comstock, Senior Warden; Marshall M. Kirkman, Junior 
 Warden; Francis A. Hardy, Treasurer; Henry S. Slay- 
 maker, Clerk of the Vestry, also Edward H. Buehler, 
 Joseph J. Charles, John A. Comstock, George E. Gooch, 
 Henry Post and George G. Wilcox, Vestrymen, were in- 
 cluded in the same list and deposited with other papers in 
 the corner stone. 
 
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TENTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CHOIR 
 
 Whitsunday, June 6, 1897 
 
 Trebles 
 
 Gerald Butler 
 George Cramer 
 Harry Drummond 
 Francis Fabian 
 Colin Gifkin 
 Marshall Gooch 
 Carl Graham 
 Lionel Greiner 
 
 Leon L. Hebblethwaite 
 William W. Henderson 
 Lawrence Hess 
 Samuel G. Ingraham 
 Thomas James 
 William B. Johnstone 
 Donald Kaynor 
 Nathan Mears 
 
 Earl Scripps 
 
 Altos 
 
 Edwin Allen 
 John Q. Davis 
 Harold G. Hanchett 
 
 Carl Kaynor 
 Percy McConnell 
 Elliott H. Wendell 
 
 Tenors 
 
 William Ashwell 
 S. Lee Chapman 
 Luther D. Henderson 
 
 Mott Mitchell 
 Alfred K. Swan 
 LeRoy W. Warren 
 
 Robert C. Fletcher 
 Charles H. Mowry 
 L. Fiske Pooler 
 
 Basses 
 
 Charles L. Scripps 
 John H. Verrall 
 William A. Stacey 
 
 Librarians 
 
 John L. Cramer and Horace Grier, Librarians. 
 
 Charles A. Donnell, Crucifer. 
 
 Charles R. Adams, Organist. 
 
 Robert Holmes, Choirmaster. 
 
 Rev. Arthur W. Little, L.H.D., Rector. 
 
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TENTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CHOIR 
 Whitsunday, June 6, 1897 
 
 EVENSONG (5:00) 
 Organ Prelude. . . .March from Athalie. . . .Mendelssohn 
 
 Processional Hymn 490 "Austria" 
 
 Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken 
 
 Psalter Psalms 104, 105 Gregorian 
 
 Magnificat in A Myles B. Foster 
 
 Nunc Dimittis in A Myles B. Foster 
 
 Hymn 375 "St. Ciithhert" 
 
 Our Blest Redeemer 
 
 Organ Allegretto Grazioso in D Tours 
 
 Anthem I Will Mention Sullivan 
 
 Solo.. Lord God of Abraham ("Elijah") . .M^nrf^/.yjo/m 
 Quartette .. Cast Thy Burden {'''EW'idih") . .Mendelssohn 
 
 Anthem E.V. Hall 
 
 When God of Old Came Down from Heaven 
 Organ, Canzonetta Brewer 
 
 Trio Mendelssohn 
 
 Lift Thine Eyes ("EHjah'') 
 Chorus. ..The Heavens Are Telling (" Creation" )...//ayrfn 
 
 Ofifertory Organ Concerto in B flat Handel 
 
 {First Movement) 
 
 Processional Hymn 403 "Materna" 
 
 O Mother Dear, Jerusalem 
 
 Organ Postlude in F West 
 
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TWENTY-FIRST ANNIVERSARY 
 OF THE CHOIR 
 
 List of Choristers Present on the Afternoon of 
 Whitsunday, June 7, 1908 
 
 Boys 
 
 Ashwell, John,'02 
 Crampton, Jowett, '07 
 Cunningham, Oliver B., 
 Dart, Robert E., '07 
 Dart, William A., '01 
 Dupuis, Julian N., '07 
 Hebblethwaite, Frank P., 
 Hoe, J. Reginald, '04 
 Hypes, S. Loomis, '08 
 Iredale, Raymond H.,'06 
 
 '05 
 
 '00 
 
 Johnson, W. Elliott, '04 
 Johnson, Harold W., 06 
 Kincaid, Herbert J., 04 
 Miller, Edmond S., '07 
 McCabe, Royal S., '02 
 Park, J. Roy, '05 
 Pitts, William A., '08 
 Stiles, Frederic C, '04 
 Strong, Leonard C, '08 
 Taylor, Norman G., '07 
 
 Former Juniors Serving as Acolytes for This Service 
 
 Ingraham, I. J., '98 
 Jenkins, Harold T., '03 
 McCabe, William H., '01 
 
 Onderdonk, Lawrence, '00 
 Lewis, Raymond P., '04 
 Richardson, Robert, '02 
 
 Men 
 
 Chapman, S. Lee, '87 
 Coflfman, Ansel V., '01 
 Fletcher, Robert C, '09 
 Hart, Charles H., '02 
 Hayden, Ralph W., '87 
 Ingraham, Samuel G., '03 
 
 Iredale, Earl C, '98 
 Masslich, George B., '' 
 Marriott, Richard G., 
 McNulty, Bernard G. 
 Potter, H. R., '05 
 Streeter, Herbert C, ' 
 
 '00 
 
 Stevens, Charles N., '03 
 
 George D. Lewis, '98, Librarian 
 
 Roland Clifford Huntington, '00, Crucifer. 
 Louis Norton Dodge, Organist. 
 
 Robert Holmes, Choirmaster. 
 
 Rev. Herbert A. Wilson, Curate. 
 
 Rev. Arthur Wilde Little, Rector. 
 
 (This was the first attempt to call together any of the old 
 boys for the purpose of making the Choir Anniversary a sort 
 of home-coming. It is well worth recording that Mr. S. Lee 
 Chapman, one of the boys of the choir of 1887, has kept in 
 touch with St. Mark's ever since. He appears in all anniversary 
 groups framed and now hanging in the choir room.) 
 
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TWENTY-FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF THE 
 CHOIR. 
 
 Whitsunday, June 7, 1908 
 
 EVENSONG (4:30) 
 Prelude — Adagio, Fifth Sonata Guihnant 
 
 Processional Hymn 407 Fmrlamh 
 
 For Thee, O Dear, Dear Country. 
 
 Psalter — Psalms 104, 145 Gregorian 
 
 Magnificat in B flat Lutkin 
 
 Nunc Dimittis in B flat Lutkin 
 
 Hymn 418 — O God, Our Help in Ages Past. ."St. Anne" 
 
 Organ St. Saens-Giiilmant 
 
 "Le Cygne" 
 
 Anthem — O God, When Thou Appearest Mozart 
 
 (Motett No. i) 
 
 Solo and Chorus — A New Heaven and a New Earth. Gcu/ 
 ("Holy City") 
 
 Offertory Anthem — Who Is Like Unto Thtt. .Sullivan 
 
 Te Deum in F Smart 
 
 Processional Hymn 491 "Anrelia" 
 
 The Church's One Foundation. 
 
 Postlude — Chromatic Fantasie Thiele 
 
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TWENTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY 
 OF THE CHOIR 
 
 Whitsunday, May 26, 1912 
 
 Allen, Charles L., '12 
 Allen, J. Rex, Jr., '12 
 Ashwell, Arthur H., '10 
 Ashwell, W. Edward, 
 Crew, William H., 'OJ 
 Dart, Robert E., '07 
 Elliott, John G., '11 
 Ferguson, Charles H. 
 Ferguson, J. Larnard, 
 Hunton, Paul, '12 
 
 '12) 
 
 11 
 
 Boys 
 
 Johnson, Carlton E., 
 Johnson, Harold W., '06 
 Longley, Harry S. M., '11 
 Myers, Edmund W., '11 
 Parsons, Harvey D., '12 
 Piehl, William L., '11 
 Pihl, Elmer L., '11 
 Reeves, Clement, '11 
 Trenbeth, George R., '11 
 Walter, J. Lorenzo, '11 
 
 Former Juniors Serving as Acolytes at This Service 
 
 Dart, William A., '01 Jenkins, Harold T., '03 
 
 Dupuis, Julian M., '07 Kappler, Fred W., '10 
 
 Johnson, W. Elliott, '04 Richardson, Robert, '02 
 
 Johnson, Norman L., '04 Stiles, Frederic C, '04 
 
 Men 
 
 Hanchett, Harold G., '95 
 Hebblethwaite, Frank P., '00 
 Hebblethwaite, J. Edward, '98 
 Huntington, C. Roland, '00 
 Iredale, Earl C, '98 
 Jenkins, William D., '99 
 Lewis, George D., '98 
 Lewis, Raymond P., '04 
 Manley, Horace A., '07 
 Masslich, George B., '98 
 Pooler, L. Fiske, '89 
 Smith, Carlisle M., '12 
 Smith, D. Watson, '12 
 Sonnen, William C, '10 
 Specht, Edward L., '99 
 Stevens, Charles N., '03 
 John H., '94 
 
 Arnold, George R., '08 
 Arnold, Paul M., '08 
 Ashwell, William, '88 
 Baxter, T. Marshall, '03 
 Baylis, John G., '09 
 Champlin, Charles F. 
 Chapman, S. Lee, '87 
 Clapp, C. Russell, '99 
 Coffman, Ansel V., '01 
 Cramer, John L., '93 
 Dow, Andrew M., '12 
 Edwards, Harvey G., '10 
 Erickson, Melvin S., '02 
 Fletcher, Robert C, '93 
 Fox, Elmer W., '11 
 Grier, Horace, '95 
 
 Verrall, 
 
 Royal S. McCabe, '02, Standard Bearer. 
 Reginald Atkinson, Crucifer. 
 
 Clifford Roland Huntington, '00, Crucifer. 
 John W. Ashwell, '02, Librarian. 
 
 Louis Norton Dodge, Organist. 
 Robert Holmes, Choirmaster. 
 Harry S. Longley, A.M. 
 
 Rector. 
 
TWENTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY 
 OF THE CHOIR 
 
 Whitsunday, May 26, 1912 
 
 EVENSONG (4:30) 
 Prelude — Marche Religeuse Guilmant 
 
 Opening Hymn 289 Veni Creator No. 2 
 
 Come, Holy Ghost 
 
 Psalter, Psalms 104, 145 Gregorian 
 
 Magnificat in A flat Mann 
 
 Nunc Dimittis in A flat Mann 
 
 Anthem after Third Collect, Woodivurd 
 
 The Day Thou Gavest, Lord 
 
 Processional Hymns — 
 
 133 Hear Us, Thou that ^xooAt^X. ."Whitsuntide" 
 491 The Church's One Foundation "Aureliaf' 
 
 Organ, Allegretto Grazioso Brewer 
 
 Anthem Goss 
 
 The Wilderness 
 
 Offertory Anthem Handel 
 
 Hallelujah 
 Orison Anthem, Through the Day (Men's voices) .Naater 
 
 Te Deum in F Smart 
 
 National Anthem, Our Father's God, to Thee. ."America" 
 
 Postlude, Marche Pontificale Lemmens 
 
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THIRTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CHOIR 
 Whitsunday, May 27, 1917 
 
 Cross Bearers 
 
 Roland Cliflford Huntington, '00 
 
 AtLee S. Arnold, '14 
 W. Edward Ashwell, '11 
 Sidney Avery, '13 
 Malcolm S. Balfour, '15 
 Jack Corlett, '16 
 Thomas H. Creden, '15 
 Maurice C. Dodge, '16 
 Gerald V. Ellis, '12 
 Bertrand Fox, '16 
 Stephen S. Fox, '16 
 John M. Halsted, '15 
 
 Trebles and Altos 
 
 Robert L. Halsted, 
 
 '15 
 
 Franklin W. Jones, '17 
 William Leffingwell, '16 
 Gerald A. Parsons, '17 
 Cedric G. Poole, '15 
 Frederick Pooler, '17 
 Robert L. Ratcliffe, '14 
 William T. Reeves, '14 
 M. LeCompte Waring, '16 
 Frederick G. Wilton, '13 
 Aubrey C. Watson, '14 
 
 Parish Banner 
 Carlton Evan Johnson,'12 
 
 Tenors and Basses 
 
 William Ashwell, '88 
 John W. Ashwell, '02 
 Arthur H. Ashwell, '10 
 Norman D. Browne, '14 
 Oliver B. Cunningham, 
 S. Lee Chapman, '87 
 John L. Cramer, '93 
 J. B. Esden, '13 
 R. C. Fletcher, '93 
 Francis G. Fabian, '96 
 Freeman Price, '99 
 Philip Fox, '16 
 Robert R. Crenelle, '16 
 Clarence W. Howe, '16 
 
 Earl C. Iredale, '98 
 Norman L. Johnson, '04 
 W. Elliott Johnson, '04 
 Harold W. Johnson, '06 
 George D. Lewis, '98 
 George B. Masslich, '98 
 Harvey D. Parsons, '12 
 L. Fiske Pooler, '89 
 Robert Richardson, '02 
 Frederick D. Raymond, 
 Carlisle M. Smith, '12 
 William C. Sonnen, '10 
 C. Nielson Stevens, '03 
 John H. Verrall, '94 
 
 '16 
 
 Harvey D. Parsons, '12, Librarian. 
 Stanley A. Martin, Organist. 
 
 Rev. Robert Holmes, Curate and Choirmaster. 
 Rev. Arthur Rogers, D.D., Rector. 
 
 (Soon after this thirtieth anniversary many of the old boys 
 were called to the colors. It is, therefore, of interest to note 
 that the above list includes the names of Mr. William Ashwell 
 and those of his sons — John, Arthur and Edward; also all of 
 Mr. William H. Johnson's boys — Norman, Eliott, Harold and 
 Carlton. 
 
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THIRTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CHOIR 
 
 Whitsunday, May 27, 1917 
 
 EVENSONG (4:30) 
 Prelude — Marche Pontificale Lemmens 
 
 Opening Hymn 289, Vent Creator No. 2 
 
 Come, Holy Ghost 
 
 Psalter. Psalms 104, 145 Gregorian 
 
 Magnificat in G Cruickshank 
 
 Nunc Dimittis in G Cruickshank 
 
 A.nthem after Third Collect Wesley 
 
 Lead Me, Lord 
 
 Hymn 136 Melcomhe 
 
 Spirit of Mercy, Truth and Love 
 
 A.nthem Gounod 
 
 Hymn of the Apostles ("Redemption") 
 
 Offertory Anthem, Hallelujah Beethoven 
 
 ("Mount of Olives") 
 
 Te Deum in B flat Stanford 
 
 Orison Hymn 23 Parker 
 
 Our Day of Praise Is Done 
 
 The National Anthem (Hymn 196) "America" 
 
 Processional Hymn 133 "Whitsuntide" 
 
 Hear Us, Thou That Broodest 
 
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ST. MARK'S CHOIR 
 (Thirty-first Anniversary, May 19, 1918) 
 
 The endeavor to bring together for the thirty-first 
 anniversary such choristers as were not in our country's 
 service succeeded beyond all reasonable expectations, as 
 will be seen by the list of names shown below. Weather 
 conditions, which had been so favorable in the forenoon, 
 changed as the afternoon wore on, and just before the 
 hour of service rain began to fall and a tremendous 
 thunderstorm broke, making it impossible to carry out 
 the plan of entering the church by the west door, which 
 has always been so marked a feature of our choir anni- 
 versary services. 
 
 0xtitx of tfje ^roces!£Jion 
 
 Cross Bearer 
 Robert Richardson, '02 
 
 United States Flag 
 
 Charles Ronald Pegg, '13 
 
 Allied Flags 
 
 British — Edward B. Lumbard, '14 
 French — Charles L. Allen, '12 
 Italian— Dwight F. Clark, Jr., '15 
 Belgian — George R. Trenbeth, '11 
 
 Trebles and Altos 
 
 AtLee S. Arnold, '14 John M. Halsted, '15 
 
 W. Edward Ashwell, '11 Robert L. Halsted, '15 
 
 Malcolm S. Balfour, '15 Frederick B. Hanson, '17 
 
 Richard B. Cahill, '18 Franklin W. Jones, '17 
 Howard Clinkunbroomer, '17 Carroll H. Jones, '18 
 
 Eric S. Coates, '17 Gerald A. Parsons, '17 
 
 Jack Corlett, '16 Cedric G. Poole, '15 
 
 Thomas H. Creden, '15 Cyril Poole, '17 
 
 Gerald V. Ellis, '12 Frederic S. Pooler, '17 
 
 Bertrand Fox, '16 William T. Reeves, Jr., '1 
 
 Stephen S. Fox, '16 Frederick G. Wilton, '13 
 
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Tenors and Basses 
 
 William Ashwell, '88 Robert J. Hobbs, '88 
 
 Orville J. Borchers, '18 Harold G. Hanchett, '95 
 
 Norman de M. Browne, '14 Clarence W. Howe, '16 
 
 Charles F. Champlin Earl C. Iredale, '98 
 
 S. Lee Chapman, '87 Harold T. Jenkins, '03 
 
 Arthur B. Elliott, '17 Harold W. Johnson, '06 
 
 J. B. Esden, '13 George D. Lewis, '98 
 
 Francis G. Fabian, '96 Horace A. Manley, '07 
 
 Robert C. Fletcher, '93 Harvey D. Parsons, '12 
 
 Carl C. Griggs, '96 L. Fiske Pooler, '89 
 
 Robert R. Crenelle, '16 Frederick D. Raymond, '16 
 
 J. Edward Hebblethwaite, '98 Edward L. Specht, '99 
 
 Leon L. Hebblethwaite, '96 William C. Sonnen, '10 
 
 Joseph B. Hobbs, '09 John H. Verrall, '94 
 
 Cross Bearer 
 
 Harry S. M. Longley, '11 
 
 Acolytes J4 
 
 J. Russell Scott J. Rex Allen, Jr., '12 
 
 The Curate 
 The Rector 
 
 "The procession, stretching down the south aisle and 
 well into the nave, was very imposing, and the effect of 
 the Veni Creator, as sung to the old Plainsong setting 
 upon reaching the chancel, was quite uplifting. After the 
 procession around the church at the close of the Office, 
 the annual awarding of choir medals was made. The 
 music of the service, selected as being familiar to every- 
 one rather than as being in keeping with Whitsunday, 
 was marked by smoothness and expression, which, when 
 one considers the very brief preparation possible, was 
 most gratifying. Following the service the old and new 
 boys with a number of friends, fully a hundred in all, 
 enjoyed a social hour over refreshments in the Parish 
 House. The choirmaster was both happy and thankful 
 that so many former choristers were able to unite in cele- 
 brating with him this thirty-first anniversary of the choir 
 — the last that he is likely to share with them — and he 
 
desires to express his appreciation of the good work of 
 Miss Potter and her assistants in their excellent arrange- 
 ments at the supper table. 
 
 It is worthy of note that among the old boys present 
 was S. Lee Chapman, one of the choristers of 1887, when 
 the vested choir was first organized, also William Ash- 
 well and Robert J. Hobbs, members of the senior ranks 
 on the occasion of the first anniversary in 1888, and L. 
 Fiske Pooler, whose connection with the choir goes back 
 to 1889. It is also of more than passing interest to re- 
 cord that among the boys to receive medals this Whit- 
 sunday was Edward Ashwell, who for five years has 
 missed neither rehearsal nor service in a total of twelve 
 hundred and seventy-seven attendances, and that Dr. 
 Pooler's son, Frederic, was awarded this year's attend- 
 ance medal, a similar award of merit having been con- 
 ferred upon his father by the Rector of St. Mark's in 
 1891, which Dr. Pooler still wears on such occasions as 
 the choir anniversary." 
 
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ST. MARK'S CHOIR 
 
 (Former Members in Our Country's Service) 
 
 1908 Arnold, George R., Jr.; Petty Officer, U. S. Navy. 
 1908 Arnold, Paul M.; 2nd Lt. Field Artillery, Fort Oglethorp, 
 Georgia. 
 
 1896 Butler, Gerald M.; 2nd Lt. Quartermaster's Dept., Camp 
 
 Grant, 111. 
 
 1907 Clark, Stuart B. ; 1st Lt. U. S. Navy Battleship "South 
 
 Carolina." 
 
 1908 Crew, William H. ; U. S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Mary- 
 
 land. 
 
 1909 Cook, Clarence; Great Lakes, Illinois. 
 
 1907 Crampton, Jowett; 122nd Field Artillery, A. E. F., France. 
 1905 Cunningham, Oliver B. ; 1st Lt. 15th Field Artillery, A. E. 
 
 F., France. 
 1907 Dart, Robert E. ; Co. 151, Marine Barracks, Paris Island, 
 
 South Carolina. 
 1901 Dart, William A.; 72nd Artillery, Fort McKinley, Maine. 
 1903 Erickson, Melvin B. ; Capt. N. A., General Barry's Staff, 
 
 Chicago. 
 1916 Fox, Philip; Major 4th Replacement Regt., Camp Gordon, 
 
 Atlanta, Ga. 
 1911 Galitz, Raymond; 131st Infantry, A. E. F., France. 
 
 1897 Gooch, Marshall H. ; Royal Air Force, Hastings, Sussex, 
 
 England. 
 1907 Gregg, W. Harold; Battery E., 333rd U. S. F. A., Camp 
 
 Grant, Illinois. 
 1916 Crenelle, Robert R. ; Corporal, Illinois Reserve. 
 1914 Hilliard, Reid ; Hospital Unit II, Camp Dodge, Iowa. 
 1900 Huntington, C. Roland ; Corporal 333rd F. A. N. A., Camp 
 
 Grant, Illinois. 
 
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1912 Hunton, Paul; U. S. S. "Nepatin," clo Postmaster, New 
 
 York City. 
 
 1908 Hypes, S. Loomis ; 1st Lt. Infantry O. R. C, Camp Grant, 
 
 Illinois. 
 
 1898 Ingraham, Ira Jay; U. S. School of Photography, Roches- 
 ter, New York. 
 
 1904 Johnson, Norman L. ; Corporal 21st Engineers, Headquar- 
 ters Co., France. 
 
 1904 Johnson, W. Elliott; U. S. S. U. 79, New England, Con- 
 necticut. 
 
 1910 Kapler, Frederick W. ; Corporal Signal Corps, 311th F. A. 
 N. A., Camp Grant. 
 
 1904 Lewis, Raymond P. ; 2nd Lt. 131st U. S. Infantry, A. E. F., 
 France. 
 
 1901 McCabe, William H. ; Signal Corps, U. S. N. R. F., Muni- 
 
 cipal Pier, Chicago. 
 
 1904 McCauley, Bruce E. ; U. S. Navy, Great Lakes, Illinois. 
 
 1904 McCauley, Wilbur ; U. S. Navy, Radio Signal Service, 
 
 Great Lakes, Illinois. 
 1893 Moseley, George Van Home ; General Staff, A. E. F., 
 
 France. 
 1898 McNeill, Malcolm R.; Lt. U. S. N., Radio Dept., Great 
 
 Lakes, 111. 
 
 1905 Park, J. Roy; Chief Machinist's Mate, U. S. N., Great 
 
 Lakes, Illinois. 
 
 1909 Pitts, Gilbert J. ; 122nd Field Artillery, A. E. F., France. 
 
 1908 Pitts, William A.; 6th F. A., Fort Doniphan, Oklahoma. 
 
 1902 Richardson, Robert; U. S. Naval Reserve, Great Lakes, 
 
 Illinois. 
 
 1913 Rogers, Horatio R. ; American Tank Service, A. E. F., 
 
 France. 
 
 1909 Singleton, Jouett F., Jr.; 2nd Lt. 5th Machine Bat., 
 
 A. E. F., France. 
 1912 Smith, Carlisle M.; 333rd F. A. N. A., Camp Grant, Illinois. 
 1902 Spencer, Egbert; 1st Lt. U. S. R., Camp Grant, Illinois. 
 1901 Spencer, E. Winfield; 1st Lt. Aviation Corps. 
 
 1904 Stiles, Frederic Clayton, 2nd Lt. 45th U. S. Inf., Camp 
 Gordon, Atlanta. 
 
 1907 Tilden, Laurence S.; Corporal 333rd F. A. N. A., Camp 
 Grant, Illinois. 
 
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1905 Verrall, Clement; 70th Battery, Canadian Field Artillery, 
 France. 
 
 1904 Walter, Hamilton ; 2nd Lt. U. S. Marine Corps, Battleship 
 "South Carolina." 
 
 1908 Webber, Samuel Arthur; Shipwright, U. S. N., Great 
 Lakes. 
 
 The above list is as complete and up to date as it is possible 
 to make it at this time. Figures to left of names denote year in 
 which choir membership began. 
 
 June, 1918. Robert Holmes, Choirmaster. 
 
 O Almighty and merciful God, we commend to thy fatherly 
 care all those who through the perils of war are serving their 
 country by land and by sea, especially those of St. Mark's Choir. 
 Thou knowest the places where they are, and the dangers which 
 beset them. Be thou to each one a shield and a defense. In 
 times of waiting or of action, in sickness or in health, in life 
 or in death, grant unto them the comfort of Thy presence. Help 
 them to look up to Thee. And if it be Thy will, keep them in 
 safety and bring them back to their homes in peace, through our 
 blessed Saviour and Mediator, Jesus Christ. Amen. 
 
 3n illemoriam 
 
 Lieut. Jouett Fitch Singleton, Jr., was wounded in 
 action on June 22, 1918, and died the following day. He 
 was the first of the boys of our parish to make the 
 supreme sacrifice. A Memorial Service was held for 
 him at St. Mark's on Sunday afternoon, July 21st. 
 
 O may Thy soldiers, faithful, true, and bold, 
 Fight as the Saints who nobly fought of old, 
 And win with them the victor's crown of gold. 
 Alleluia. 
 
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 ST. MARK'S CHOIR LIBRARY 
 
 Abt, Franz (1819-1885) 
 
 Anthem — O Lord most holy 
 
 Adam, Adolphe C. (1803-1856) 
 
 Anthem— O, holy night (Arr'd by J. E. West) 
 
 Adams, Thomas 
 
 Communion Service in D 
 Anthems — Come and worship the Lord 
 I am He that liveth 
 Sleep, Holy Babe 
 The Lord Omnipotent reigneth 
 
 Aitken, G. B. J. 
 
 Anthem — Christ is risen 
 
 Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis in E flat 
 
 Andrews, Mark 
 
 Anthems — Come, Holy Ghost 
 
 Jesu, the very thought of Thee 
 O sons and daughters 
 The angel of the Lord 
 
 Arcadelt, Jacques (1490-1556) 
 
 Anthem — Give ear unto my prayer 
 
 Arnott, A. Davidson 
 
 Anthem — The King of Love 
 
Attwood, Thomas (1796-1838) 
 Anthems — Come, Holy Ghost 
 Teach me, O Lord 
 Turn Thy face from my sins 
 
 Baldwin, Samuel A. 
 
 Anthem — Tarry with me, O my Saviour 
 
 Barnby, Joseph (1838-1896) 
 
 Anthems — Awake up, my glory 
 
 Let your light so shine before men 
 
 O how amiable are Thy dwellings 
 
 O Lord, how manifold are Thy works 
 
 O Strength and Stay 
 
 Sweet is Thy mercy 
 
 The Lord is the true God 
 
 Ye shall go out with joy 
 
 Barnicott, Reginald S. 
 
 Anthem — O worship the Lord (A. T. T. B.) 
 
 Beethoven, L. Van (1770-1827) 
 
 Chorus — Hallelujah (Mount of Olives) 
 
 Bennett, W. Sterndale (1816-1875) 
 
 Anthems — God is a spirit (S. A. T. B.) 
 God is a spirit (A. T. T. B.) 
 
 Best, W. T. (1826-1897) 
 
 Anthem — The Lord is great in Sion 
 
 Brahms, Johannes 
 
 Chorus — How lovely is Thy dwelling place (Requiem) 
 
 Brewer, A. Herbert 
 
 Anthem — Blessing, glory, wisdom and thanks 
 
 Buck, Dudley 
 
 Te Deum in D 
 
 Button, H. Elliott 
 
 Carol Anthem — Come, ye lofty 
 Anthem — Hearken unto this 
 
 Caldicott, Alfred J. 
 
 Anthem — If I go not away 
 
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Chadwick, G. W. 
 
 Anthem — Morn's roseate hues 
 
 Cobb, Gerard F. (1838-1904) 
 
 Anthem — I heard a great voice 
 
 Coleridge-Taylor, S. 
 
 Anthem — O ye that love the Lord 
 
 Coombs, C. Whitney 
 
 Anthem — How lovely upon the mountains 
 
 Cruickshank, W. A. C. 
 
 Communion Service in E flat 
 
 Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis in G 
 
 Anthems — Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem 
 
 O Saving Victim 
 
 There was war in heaven 
 
 Culley, Arnold D. 
 
 Anthem — Thou wilt keep him 
 
 Dvorak, Antonin (1841-1904) 
 
 Solo and Chorus— At Thy Feet ("Stabat Mater") 
 Chorus — Blessed Jesu ("Stabat Mater") 
 
 Dykes, Rev. J. B. (1823-1876) 
 Te Deum in F 
 
 Elgar, Edward 
 
 Anthem — Fear not, O land 
 
 Elvey, George J. (1816-1893) 
 Anthems — Arise, shine 
 
 Praise the Lord 
 
 Eyre, Alfred J. 
 
 Communion Service in E flat 
 
 Faure, J. 
 
 Solo and Chorus — "The Palms" 
 Duet — "Crucifix" (Come Unto Him) 
 
 Field, J. T. 
 
 Te Deum in D 
 
 Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis in D 
 Anthems — God shall wipe away all tears 
 Hail ! Gladdening Light 
 Let us now go even unto Bethlehem 
 Whosoever drinketh of this water 
 
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Florio, Caryl 
 
 Magnificat in G 
 
 Foote, Arthur 
 
 Anthem — God is our refuge and strength 
 
 Foster, Myles B. 
 
 Communion Service in C 
 
 Te Deum in C 
 
 Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis in A 
 
 Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis in C 
 
 Anthems — Eye hath not seen 
 
 Hark the glad sound 
 
 Let not your heart be troubled 
 
 Oh ! for a closer walk with God 
 
 There were shepherds 
 
 Gadsby, Henry 
 
 Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis in D 
 Anthem — O Lord, our Governour 
 
 Gale, Clement R. 
 
 Anthem — Sing, O heavens 
 
 Garrett, George M. (1834-1897) 
 
 Benedictus and Agnus Dei from Service in A 
 
 Te Deum in E flat 
 
 Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis in E flat 
 
 Anthems — I heard a voice from heaven 
 
 Praise ye the Lord for His goodness 
 Prepare ye the way of the Lord 
 The Lord is loving unto every man 
 
 Gaul, Alfred R. 
 
 Anthems — Behold the heaven of heavens 
 
 Blessed are the departed ("Passion") 
 
 For thee, O dear, dear country ("Holy City") 
 
 A new heaven and a new earth ("Holy City") 
 
 No shadows yonder ("Holy City") 
 
 The eyes of all wait upon Thee 
 
 Solo — These are they ("Holy City") 
 
 German, Edward 
 
 Intercessory Hymn 
 
Goodhart, A. M. 
 
 Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis in B flat 
 
 Goss, Sir John (1800-1880) 
 
 Anthems— I will magnify Thee 
 O praise the Lord 
 O Saviour of the world 
 O taste and see 
 The King shall rejoice 
 The Wilderness 
 
 Gounod, Charles (1818-1893) 
 
 Communion Service ("St. Cecilia") 
 Anthems — "Gallia" 
 
 Jesu, Word of God 
 
 Nazareth 
 
 Nazareth (arr'd by J. E. West) 
 
 Praise ye the Father 
 
 Send out Thy light 
 
 Hymn of the Apostles ("Redemption") 
 
 Jesus appearing to the disciples ("Redemption") 
 
 Lovely appear ("Redemption") 
 
 Unfold, ye portals ("Redemption") 
 Solos — Glory to Thee, my God, this night 
 The King of Love 
 
 Gretchaninoff, 
 
 Anthem— The Cherubic Hymn 
 
 Hadley, Henry K. 
 
 Te Deum in A (Unison) 
 
 Hall, Rev. E. Vine 
 
 Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis in D 
 Anthems — Come, ye faithful 
 When God of old 
 
 Hall, King (1845-1895) 
 
 Communion Service in C. 
 Anthems— And the angel said unto her 
 
 O Lord, my trust is in Thy mercy 
 
 Handel, George Frederic (1685-1759) 
 From the "Messiah" — 
 Comfort ye my people 
 Ev'ry valley shall be exalted 
 And the glory of the Lord 
 But who may abide 
 Behold, a virgin shall conceive 
 
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thou that tellest 
 
 For behold, darkness shall cover 
 
 The people that walked in darkness 
 
 There were shepherds 
 
 And lo, the angel of the Lord 
 
 And the angel said 
 
 And suddenly there was 
 
 Glory to God 
 
 Rejoice greatly 
 
 Then shall the eyes of the blind 
 
 He shall feed His flock 
 
 He was despised 
 
 Hallelujah 
 
 1 know that my Redeemer liveth 
 Worthy is the Lamb 
 
 Hanscom, E. W. 
 
 Anthem — Brightest and best 
 
 Harris, Cuthbert 
 
 There shall a star 
 
 Thou, O God, art praised in Sion 
 
 Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809) 
 
 Chorus— The heavens are telling ("Creation") 
 
 Haynes, Battison 
 
 Communion Service in E flat 
 
 Anthem — Lo, God, our God has come 
 
 Haywood, John 
 
 Benedicite in G flat 
 
 Himmel, E. H. 
 
 Anthem — Incline Thine ear 
 
 Hollins, Alfred 
 
 Anthem — O worship the Lord 
 
 Hopkins, J. L. (1820-1873) 
 Te Deum in G. 
 Anthem — Lift up your heads 
 
 Horsley, C. E. (1822-1876) 
 
 I was glad when they said unto me 
 
 Hyde, Herbert E. 
 
 Anthem — Bread of the world 
 
Iliffe, Frederick 
 
 Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis in G. 
 
 Jordan, C. .Warwick 
 Te Deum in C. 
 
 Jeffery, J. Albert 
 Benedicite in F. 
 
 King, Oliver 
 
 Carol Anthem — In a stable lowly 
 
 Kingston, Matthew 
 
 Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis in A flat 
 
 Lahee, H. 
 
 Anthem — O Lord, rebuke me not 
 
 Lloyd, C. H. 
 
 Magnificat -and Nunc Dimittis in A. 
 Anthem — Blessed be Thou 
 
 Lutkin, Peter C. 
 
 Te Deum in B flat 
 
 Te Deum in C. 
 
 Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis in B flat 
 
 Anthems — I will sing of Thy power 
 The day is past and over 
 The Lord bless you 
 The Lord shall comfort Zion 
 
 Mann, A. H. 
 
 Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis in A flat 
 
 Marchant, Arthur W. 
 Te Deum in E flat 
 Anthem — Great is the Lord 
 
 Marks Jr., J. C. 
 
 Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis in D. 
 Anthem — Remember not. Lord, our offences 
 
 Martin, George C. 
 
 Anthems — As it began to dawn 
 Hail ! gladdening light 
 The great day of the Lord 
 
 Martin, Stanley A. 
 
 Te Deum in B flat 
 
 Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis in E flat 
 
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Maunder, J. H. 
 
 Anthem — Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem 
 Cantatas — "Bethlehem" 
 
 "Olivet to Calvary" 
 
 Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix (1809-1847) 
 From "Elijah" — 
 
 If with all your hearts 
 
 Lord God of Abraham 
 
 Cast thy burden 
 
 O Lord, Thou hast overthrown 
 
 Thanks be to God 
 
 Lift thine eyes 
 
 He watching over Israel 
 
 O rest in the Lord 
 
 For the mountains shall depart 
 
 Then shall the righteous 
 
 O come, every one that thirsteth 
 From "St. Paul" — 
 
 But the Lord is mindful 
 
 Sleepers wake, 
 
 O God, have mercy 
 
 Now we are ambassadors 
 
 How lovely are the messengers 
 From the "Hymn of Praise" — 
 I waited for the Lord ("Hymn of Praise") 
 O come, let us worship (95th Psalm) 
 There shall a star ("Christus") 
 Say, where is He born ("Christus") 
 Hear my prayer 
 Judge me, O God 
 
 Moir, F. L. 
 
 Communion Service in D. 
 
 Monk, W. H. 
 
 Anthem — If ye love me keep my commandments 
 
 Moore, Harold 
 
 Cantata — "The Darkest Hour" 
 
 Mozart, W. A. (1756-1791) 
 
 Ave verum — Jesu, Word of God 
 
 Gloria — Glorious is Thy Name ("Twelfth Mass") 
 
 Motett No. I. — O God, when Thou appearest 
 
 Naater 
 
 Anthem— Through the day (T. T. B. B.) 
 
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Naylor, E. W. 
 
 Anthems — Behold, God is great 
 
 God, that madest earth and heaven 
 Through the day 
 
 Neidlinger, W. H. 
 
 Anthem — O little town of Bethlehem 
 Solo and Chorus — The Birthday of a King 
 
 Novello, Vincent (1781-1861) 
 Anthems — Like as the hart 
 
 Sing unto the Lord 
 
 Oakeley, Herbert 
 
 Anthem — Comes at times 
 
 Ouseley, F. A. G. 
 
 Anthems — From the rising of the sun 
 It came even to pass 
 
 Parker, Henry 
 
 Solo and Chorus — "Jerusalem" 
 
 Parker, Horatio W. 
 
 Communion Service in B flat 
 Te Deum in E. 
 
 Parrv, C. Hubert 
 Te Deum in D. 
 
 Randegger, Alberto 
 
 Anthems — Praise the Lord 
 
 Praise ye the Lord (150th Psalm) 
 
 Rea, William 
 
 Anthem — My soul truly waiteth 
 
 Roberts, J. Varley 
 
 Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis in C. 
 Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis in E. 
 Anthems — Call to remembrance 
 
 I will lift up mine eyes 
 
 In the fear of the Lord 
 
 Lord, we pray Thee 
 
 Seek ye the Lord 
 
 When Christ, Who is our life 
 
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Rossini, G. (1792-1868) 
 
 Chorus — To Thee, great Lord 
 
 Inflammatus — When Thou comest ("Stabat Mater") 
 
 Schachner, J. R. 
 
 Anthem — Sound the loud timbrel 
 
 Selby, B. Luard 
 Te Deum in A. 
 Anthem— New every morning . 
 
 Shelley, H. R. 
 
 Anthems — Hark! Hark my soul 
 Saviour, when night 
 The King of Love 
 
 Simper, Caleb 
 
 Benedicite in A flat 
 
 Smart, Henry (1813-1879) 
 Te Deum in F. 
 Gloria in excelsis (Service in F.) 
 
 Somervell, Arthur 
 Te Deum in F. 
 
 Spinney, Walter 
 
 Anthem— Ye that stand in the house of the Lord 
 
 Stephens, Charles E. 
 Te Deum in C. 
 
 Spohr, L. (1784-1859) 
 
 From the "Last Judgment" 
 
 Recit. — And every creature 
 
 Chorus — Blessing, honour, glory and power 
 
 Air and Chorus — Blest are the departed 
 
 Recit. — Come up hither 
 
 Air and Chorus — Holy, Holy, Holy _ 
 Anthem — As pants the hart ("Crucifixion") 
 
 Stainer, Sir John (1840-1901) 
 Communion Service in F. 
 Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis in E flat 
 Cantata — "The Crucifixion" 
 Solo — My hope is in the everlasting 
 
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Duet — Love Divine, all love excelling 
 Anthems — 
 
 Grieve not the Holy Spirit 
 
 Hosanna in the highest 
 
 I am Alpha and Omega 
 
 It came upon the midnight clear 
 
 Jesus said unto the people 
 
 Leave us not 
 
 O clap your hands 
 
 O Zion, that bringest good tidings 
 
 Story of the Cross 
 
 The hallowed day 
 
 They have taken away my Lord 
 
 Thus speaketh the Lord of Hosts 
 
 What are these 
 
 Ye shall dwell in the land 
 
 Stanford C. Villiers 
 Te Deum in B flat 
 Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis in B flat 
 
 Steggall, Charles (1823-1905) 
 
 Anthem — God came from Teman 
 
 Stevenson, Frederick 
 
 Anthem — I sought the Lord 
 
 Stewart, H. J. 
 
 Anthem— God, Who at sundry times 
 
 Sullivan, Sir Arthur S. (1842-1900) 
 Anthems — I will mention 
 
 I will sing of Thy power 
 
 Lead, kindly Light 
 
 Turn Thy face 
 
 O gladsome light ("Golden Legend") 
 
 O love the Lord 
 
 O taste and see 
 
 The sacrifices of God ("Prodigal Son") 
 
 Who is like unto Thee 
 
 Yea, though I walk 
 
 Surette, T. W. 
 
 Anthems— Out of the deep 
 
 We then as workers 
 
 Tours, Berthold (1838-1905) 
 Communion Service in F. 
 Te Deum in F. 
 
 Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis in F. 
 Anthem — Sing, O heavens 
 
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Tozer, Ferris 
 
 Anthem — Weary of earth 
 
 Trembath, H. G. 
 
 Anthem — Let not your heart be troubled 
 
 Tschaikovsky, P. 
 
 Anthem — Hymn to the Trinity 
 
 Vicars, G. R. 
 
 Anthem — Watch ye and pray 
 
 Vincent, Charles 
 
 Anthem — As it began to dawn 
 
 Wagner, Richard (1813-1883) 
 
 Anthem — Father of Love ("Lohengrin") 
 
 Walmisley, T. A. (1814-1856) 
 
 Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis in D minor 
 
 Wareing, H. W. 
 
 Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis in G. 
 Anthem — He sendeth the springs 
 
 Watson, Michael 
 
 Anthem — O worship the Lord 
 
 Westbury, G. H. 
 Te Deum in A. 
 
 Webbe, W. Y. 
 Anthem — God is our refuge 
 
 Wesley, S. S. (1810-1876) 
 
 Blessed be the God and Father 
 Lead me Lord 
 
 West, J. A. 
 
 Anthem — Hark! Hark my soul 
 
 Solo — It came upon the midnight clear 
 
 West, J. E. 
 
 Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis in E flat 
 Anthems — All people that on earth do dwell 
 God be merciful unto us 
 Let us now fear the Lord our God 
 Now is Christ risen 
 O come. Redeemer of mankind 
 
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O Trinity of Blessed Light 
 The eternal God is our refuge 
 The Lord hath done great things 
 With all Thy hosts 
 The Lord is exalted 
 
 Williams, C. Lee 
 
 Anthem — I will lay me down 
 
 Woodward, Rev. H. H. 
 
 Anthems — Behold, the days come 
 Comes at times 
 Rejoice greatly 
 The radiant morn 
 The day Thou gavest 
 The souls of the righteous 
 The splendours of Thy glory 
 The sun shall be no more thy light by day 
 
 Young, G. Coleman 
 
 Anthem — Thy word is a lantern 
 
 (No music is included in the foregoing catalogue which has 
 not been sung by St. Mark's Choir) — R. H. 
 
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a Eetrosfpect 
 
 Chapter VIII 
 
Cijapter Ctgtt 
 
 A RETROSPECT 
 
 The present rector of St. Mark's has well said thai 
 "The work of Dr. Little's later years was much hindered 
 by poor health." It was indeed. Only those who were 
 near to him realized to some extent the weight of the bur- 
 den he carried and some of the disadvantages under 
 which he labored in maintaining that work. For myself, 
 I confess to a far greater admiration for him in the sec- 
 ond half of his pastorate when, as it seemed, he was 
 frequently compelled to row up stream, than in the days 
 when with wind and tide in his favor, progress — as the 
 average man counts it — was possible with no apparent 
 effort. 
 
 As a preacher. Dr. Little exercised an influence far 
 beyond the bounds of St. Mark's parish. This may have 
 been due in some measure to his Reasons for Being a 
 Churchman which obtained so wide a circulation, and 
 which after thirty-five years is much read. To those who 
 preferred sermons along purely ethical lines, of course, 
 he did not appeal. He was ever jealous for the Church's 
 honor. He was zealous for the spread of the Church's 
 cause and the Church's teaching. Those who were privi- 
 leged to hear his sermons year after year will recall how 
 he never failed to instruct his hearers in the things con- 
 
cerning the Church, the Kingdom of God upon earth, as 
 the recurrence of the great Feasts, Fasts, and Saints' 
 Days of the Christian Year gave him opportunity. 
 Ethical teaching, however, was by no means neglected. 
 Along with doctrinal instruction the teaching of ethics 
 ever had its proper place, but the latter was never allowed 
 to crowd out the former. 
 
 In matters relating to the Sunday School Dr. Little 
 had very strong convictions. He beheved most firmly, as 
 I do, that the Sunday School is the nursery of the Church. 
 He held that if as children grow to riper years the Sun- 
 day School does not lead them to take their places in the 
 regular services of the Church, it is but half fulfilling its 
 mission. Here is an old story, but one well worth repeat- 
 ing. One Sunday morning the Doctor had occasion to 
 refer to the work and proper place of the Sunday School, 
 and as he warmed up to his subject he used these words: 
 "If the Sunday School is to take the place of the Church, 
 it would be better at the bottom of the Lake." There are 
 people, some of whom were at church that particular 
 morning, who seem to have a mania for carrying away 
 half truths. It soon became widely known in Evanston 
 that the rector of St. Mark's did not believe in Sunday 
 Schools and wished them all at the bottom of the Lake. 
 This incident furnishes about as good an illustration of a 
 half truth as any I have yet heard, and I have never failed 
 to use it in the children's Confirmation classes as one of the 
 most serious ways of breaking the Ninth Commandment. 
 Such a story died hard and Dr. Little never heard the last 
 of it. Even as recently as 1910 — the year in which he 
 died — a person, not belonging to St. Mark's, revived it. 
 "See," said he, "Dr. Little did not believe in Sunday 
 Schools, did he?" As a matter of fact, I know of no 
 person, clergyman or otherwise, who was a more ardent 
 advocate of the proper use of the Sunday School than Dr. 
 Little, as Mr. Thomas I. Stacey, our faithful superintend- 
 ent for so many years, can very well testify. It was the 
 abuse and not the use of the Sunday S-chool that Dr. Little 
 decried. His great regret was that our Church Sunday 
 Schools were not three or four times their usual size. 
 
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His views on the necessity for Sunday Schools, especially 
 in these days, would have the hearty endorsement of every 
 Protestant minister in Evanston. 
 
 At the time Dr. Little passed away, on the Eve of 
 Michaelmas Day, 1910, he had been rector of St. Mark's 
 for nearly twenty-two years. The size of the classes he 
 presented for Confirmation varied, as, of course, such 
 classes will, from year to year. Now and again they were 
 disappointingly small, and I can still hear the chronic 
 fault-finders of those days as they drew comparisons 
 between their own parish and others of the diocese of 
 Chicago. I have been led to touch upon this phase of 
 Dr. Little's work by the comment of his successor, the 
 Rev. H. S. Longley, after his brief pastorate of less than 
 two years at St. Mark's. In the course of a conversation 
 with Dr. Longley, before he left our parish for his work 
 as Sufifragan Bishop of Iowa, he said to me, in substance, 
 that in his opinion Dr. Little's Confirmation classes 
 showed wonderful work, and gave as the basis of such 
 opinion that for twenty-two years the doctor had main- 
 tained an average of nearly thirty candidates. 
 
 Today, the results of Dr. Little's long pastorate may 
 not be as apparent as they might. This one thing may 
 be said, however, that whether present results are great 
 or otherwise, he did what he could. Nothing is more 
 certain than that his life work will be appraised at its real 
 value through the perspective of years. St. Mark's parish 
 — St. Mark's church — was everything to him. His very 
 life was built into its material walls. His conception 
 of what a parish church stands for and of the spiritual 
 helps to be found within it is well set forth in the closing 
 part of the fine address he made at the laying of the 
 corner stone. He always lived to further the carrying out 
 of the ideals he then pictured. 
 
 It seems perfectly natural to refer to the Doctor in 
 the closing chapter of these Reminiscences. As I break 
 away from the surroundings that he created and that I 
 have known for thirty years, he claims my thoughts even 
 though it is nearly eight years since we worked together. 
 I would unite these words with other similar words writ- 
 
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ten for the July parish magazine which I am giving here, 
 knowing that they will carry a last word of farewell to 
 many who never see The Lion of St. Mark. 
 
 June the thirtieth, the Fifth Sunday after Trinity, 
 brought my official relation with St. Mark's parish to a 
 close. I dreaded that last S-unday and was relieved and 
 thankful when it was over. Today I find myself asking 
 what I shall most miss, whether the choir or the work 
 among the children as I have had recent opportunity. 
 Five years ago I might have answered that my greatest 
 concern would have been for those interests with which 
 I have been associated since 1888, that is, with the choir. 
 It is not so now. On December the nineteenth, two and 
 a half years ago, I was ordained to the Diaconate by 
 Bishop Anderson, and I am conscious of looking at things 
 in these days from a somewhat different angle than be- 
 fore. For several years I have conducted the opening 
 service and instruction of the Primary Department of the 
 Sunday School in our Lady Chapel, and since my ordina- 
 tion I have been privileged to hold the Children's Services 
 in Lent and the Children's Confirmation Classes. It is 
 this work, on its ministerial side, that appeals increasingly 
 to me ; not that I love the music less, despite the fact that 
 one has occasionally been placed in trying positions, but 
 that I love the services themselves more. 
 
 Had it been possible I would have preferred to say a 
 personal Good-bye to every one, but as this is quite out 
 of the question when so many are leaving or have already 
 left for their summer holiday may I, through these pages, 
 convey a parting greeting through the columns of the 
 parish magazine from Miss Holmes and myself to all 
 those, within and beyond the parish, whom we have 
 known so long and from whom we have received mani- 
 fold assurances of interest and affection. And I can form 
 no better wish than that contained in the closing verse 
 of the One Hundred and Twenty-first Psalm. 
 
 For nearly two months I seem to have been giving 
 
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THE REV. ROBERT HOLMES 
 Curate and Choirmaster, June, 1918 
 
and receiving farewell greetings. They began in May, 
 when the monthly gathering of the Sunday School in the 
 church on Whitsunday took the form of a Farewell Serv- 
 ice and I was made the recipient of a gold watch, with 
 finely engraved monogram on the back and an inscription 
 within which is more to me than the watch itself. Two 
 weeks later I received from Mr. Martin, in behalf of the 
 Choir, a parting gift of a gold Cross and chain. And 
 on Monday, June the twenty-fourth, after a farewell 
 luncheon given at the Union League Club, Chicago, at- 
 tended by the Rector, the Vestry, the President of the 
 Men's Club, and my successor as Choirmaster, Mr. Stan- 
 ley A. Martin, I went home the richer in this world's 
 goods by $1,000.00, which the Rector presented in behalf 
 of the Vestry and Congregation of St. Mark's. I have 
 but heartfelt thanks to offer in return for such handsome 
 remembrances, the worth of which was added to in no 
 small degree by many kindly words. More than all, how- 
 ever, do I appreciate the gracious courtesy of the ladies of 
 the parish in arranging for Miss Holmes a farewell re- 
 ception on Friday afternoon, June the seventh, at the resi- 
 dence of Mrs. Thomas H. Eddy. I wish to join my sister 
 in thanking most sincerely all who had any part in this 
 reception or in the gift of a very beautiful gold wrist 
 watch which she received on that occasion. 
 
 I first knew Evanston in 1888. I had been living 
 with an English family in Chicago and when they decided 
 to make their home in Evanston I was induced to come 
 out with them. At that time I was a member of the 
 Cathedral Choir, Chicago, which was under the direction 
 of Mr. Edgar C. Lawton, who recently passed to his rest 
 and reward, and over whose mortal body I read the words 
 of Committal. No one who knew Mr. Lawton and the 
 hold he had upon his boys will be surprised to learn that I 
 kept up my membership in the Cathedral Choir for nearly 
 a year after coming to Evanston. I used to pass the little 
 brown wooden church of St. Mark on Davis street — 
 the site which is now occupied by the Eleanor Apartments 
 
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— every morning and every night and occasionally at- 
 tended the Stinday afternoon service, but it never oc- 
 curred to me that I should ever be associated with it as 
 Choirmaster. Still less did I dream that my tenure of 
 office in that capacity would round out some thirty years 
 and lead, indirectly, to my entering the Diaconate. Yet 
 so it has proved. 
 
 One Sunday, as I was leaving St. Mark's after at- 
 tending Evensong, the Rector, the Rev. Richard Hay- 
 ward, asked for a word with me, and in the course of 
 conversation enquired if I would not undertake the charge 
 of the choir during a temporary absence of the Choir- 
 master, Mr. John Evans. After some consideration I 
 consented to do so. Though I had never filled such a 
 position before, yet I had been a chorister from my eighth 
 year onward, and doubtless it was the experience of those 
 years that helped my first work at St. Mark's. At any 
 rate, what was at the outset spoken of as temporary was 
 presently offered to me as a permanent position and I ac- 
 cepted it. I mention this merely to show that the office of 
 Choirmaster at St. Mark's was not of my seeking. 
 
 In less than three months the parish was without 
 a Rector and remained so until in November of that year 
 —1888— the Rev. Arthur W. Little of St. Paul's Church, 
 Portland, Maine, entered upon his pastorate of nearly 
 twenty-two years. During the interim of some six months, 
 in which the services were conducted by various clergy- 
 men within and without the diocese, some of whom were 
 aspirants for the vacancy, I found myself called upon 
 now and again for help other than that of the choir. Thus 
 began those years in which I gradually grew into parish 
 work as emergencies arose. Just when I first read or 
 intoned any part of the service I cannot now recall, but I 
 think it was not long after the present St. Mark's church 
 was opened. Certainly it was twenty-five years ago, for 
 my earliest license as Lay Reader from Bishop McLaren 
 dates back to 1892. 
 
 As I leave St. Mark's, my thoughts fly back to the 
 Rector under whom and with whom I worked for twenty- 
 two years. I want to place myself on record as owing 
 
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to him a debt that I can never repay. Leaving aside mu- 
 sic, I want first of all to speak of Doctor Little as a 
 priest of the Church. My family has for generations 
 back belonged to the Church, indeed I have no reason to 
 think that they were ever otherwise. I grew up as one 
 to the manner born, yet it remained for Doctor Little — 
 a convert to the Church — to teach me and many others 
 what the Church really is and what it should mean to 
 every one of her members. It was often said of him 
 that he dwelt too much upon the Church and her doc- 
 trine. This, however, is not strange of any man who 
 enters the Church and the Church's ministry through 
 conviction brought about by reading and study. The real 
 wonder would be that such a man could do otherwise than 
 set forth those principles which had exercised so power- 
 ful an influence in bringing him into the Church. St. 
 Mark's must ever remain indebted to Doctor Little for 
 such vital lessons in Church teaching as may be drawn 
 from the Comstock Memorial Altar and the great East 
 Window. 
 
 In material things, too, the parish should remember 
 what it owes to Doctor Little. But for his knowledge of 
 real church architecture, his suggestions as to plans and 
 his constant watchfulness that those plans were closely 
 followed we might have been burdened with an ecclesias- 
 tical monstrosity only too common a quarter of a century 
 ago. It is quite safe to say that few among the newer 
 parishioners of St. Mark's give a thought as to who was 
 responsible for an edifice which is so good to look upon 
 both within and without. Bishop McLaren is known to 
 have said that the building of St. Mark's Church, Evans- 
 ton, created a desire for, and paved the way to an im- 
 provement in church architecture throughout the diocese 
 of Chicago from that time forward. When I stepped into 
 the church with Doctor Rogers on the occasion of his 
 visit to Evanston before he accepted the call to St. 
 Mark's I remember his favorable comment on the stained 
 glass windows. There came at once to my mind an inci- 
 dent of long ago. Some of us are aware that from the 
 very first there was a definite plan outlined for the win- 
 
dows in our parish church which provided for Old Testa- 
 ment subjects in the north aisle and New Testament sub- 
 jects on the opposite side. A memorial was offered for 
 the north aisle, having for its subject the Crucifixion. 
 The Rector pointed out that such a window in that part 
 of the church would disarrange the entire scheme as 
 originally laid out. Those who have seen the lack of 
 good judgment displayed in the quality of the work, and 
 misplacement of the windows in many of our churches 
 are glad that Dr. Little did not set a wrong precedent, 
 and that he gently but firmly declined the offer. The 
 same care exercised in the adornment of St. Mark's with 
 suitable memorials was equally evident in the order of 
 the services. In this connection I want to refer again to 
 Bishop McLaren, who said on more than one occasion 
 that St. Mark's, Evanston, under Doctor Little, set forth 
 the best type of an Anglican service in his diocese. The 
 Bishop simply meant by this that there was a loyal con- 
 formity to the standards of the Book of Common Prayer 
 and constant mindfulness that things pertaining to the 
 services should be done decently and in order. Again and 
 again in those years gone by have I heard the comment 
 that there was something about the services at St. Mark's 
 which appealed irresistibly even to occasional worship- 
 pers, — something which could be felt but not easily de- 
 fined. In reality it was little more than a spiritual atmos- 
 phere, and an all-pervading sense of the fitness of things 
 which did not confine itself to the actual hours of service. 
 
 To speak in detail of the more important events of 
 Doctor Little's pastorate would involve more time and 
 space than are available at the present moment. They 
 may be summarized briefly as follows, and it was my 
 privilege to have been present at all of them : 
 
 Corner-stone laying of the new St. Mark's on the 
 afternoon of the Sunday after Ascension Day, May 18, 
 1890. 
 
 First services in the new church, Easter Day, March 
 29, 1891. 
 
 Benediction of the new church by Bishop McLaren, 
 Wednesday, April 1, 1891. 
 
Consecration of church, St. Mark's Day, April 25, 
 1895. 
 
 Ordination of Mr. Charles S. Burch — now Suffragan 
 Bishop of New York — to the Diaconate, 1895. 
 
 Benediction of the Rood Screen, 1899. 
 
 Installation of the Bells, September, 1901. 
 
 Formal opening of the Parish House, 1903. 
 
 Ordination to the Priesthood of the Rev. Russell J. 
 Wilbur by the Rt. Rev. C. P. Anderson, D.D., Bishop 
 Coadjutor of Chicago, March 6, 1904. 
 
 Benediction of the Comstock Memorial Altar by 
 Bishop Grafton of Fond du Lac, January 8, 1905. 
 
 Benediction of the Restored Sanctuary and Choir by 
 the Rt. Rev. R. H. Weller, D.D., Bishop Coadjutor of 
 Fond du Lac, October 29, 1905. 
 
 Inauguration of the Men's Club. 1905. 
 
 Dedication of the New Organ, December 8, 1907. 
 
 There is much more that I would like to say of the 
 days prior to 1910 and since that time, but it must be left 
 unsaid, unless I can include it in the brief sketch of the 
 Choir to which I made reference last month. What I 
 have already written, some may look upon as a sort of 
 eulogy of the eighth Rector of St. Mark's rather than as 
 an account of my own experiences in the parish. I plead 
 guilty to having made such an attempt, for it is much 
 more important that the name and work of Doctor Little 
 should live in the affection of generations to come than 
 that of the writer. And yet, in the event of my never 
 seeing America and St. Mark's again, I have a longing 
 not to be entirely forgotten. Some of you have assured 
 me that I have been of help to you and to the parish in 
 many other ways than through the music of the services. 
 If this is so, I trust it will not be thought that I am 
 presuming too much if, in all humblemindedness, I make 
 my own the words of one of the greatest Churchmen of 
 the last century when severing connections much more 
 vital than mine have been, or could ever be at St. Mark's 
 — "If what he has said or done has ever made you take 
 
interest in him, and feel well inclined toward him, remem- 
 ber such a one in time to come, though you hear him not, 
 and pray for him, that in all things he may know God's 
 will, and, at all times he may be ready to fulfill it." 
 
 May God ever bless St. Mark's and keep it true to 
 the best traditions of the past. 
 
 Robert Holmes. 
 
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