V.-WHERE IS WHAT? Finally, in the secretary's desk is a small card-catalogue called Where is What? This was started to make it easy to find the things which, in a large place equipped with small office facilities only, are scattered all over the parish building and rectory. This catalogue tells where to find things in the secretary's desk, in the pigeon-holes, in the pigeon-holes of the safe, in the bookcase in the office, in the cabinet on top of the desk, in the set of closets in the hall. This key is attached to the catalogue: Things in the desk are marked on the card. Things in the pigeon-holes of the safe are Things in the bookcase in office are marked on D. P. S. B. Things in the bookcase in another room are B.B. Things in the closet on top of desk are marked T.D. Things in the closet in the hall are marked on H.C. For instance, to find matters relating to parish missions, the following card, under "P" in the catalogue, is consulted: This means that the circular letter, a sample for each year, can be found in the pigeon-hole No. 7, and that the records showing payments can be found in the closet No. 4, on top of the desk. VI. THE PARISH CALENDAR The calendar tells at a glance what notices should be given out in the church and what arrangements should be made for seasons and services. It contains in detail a description of the manner in which days are kept from year to year, when such and such offerings are taken, when the time comes to pray for Congress, together with such suggestions for doing these things better as occur to the clergy as these days come and go. It is like the monastic consuetudinary. It assists the Rector to keep such a resolution as General Braddock made as he fell at Fort Duquesne, "I will do better another time!" That is a frequent resolution with which the cares and distractions of the parish deal as the Indians dealt with General Braddock. It can be kept alive and made effective only by being put into a book. Sample pages of such a book are shown on pages 64 and 65. With such memoranda the clergy are enabled to form and maintain parish customs, which make a pleasant and helpful continuity of parish life, and give the people a sense of the thoughtfulness and reasonableness of the ecclesiastical arrangements. Another form of parish calendar is kept on good-sized cards, which are dated according to the church year, having the secular dates written, if at all, in pencil. Thus seven cards hold the memoranda of the first week in Advent: changes of colors, special notices—as of collection for Christmas expenses, suggestions of themes for THE YEAR 1905-1906 ORDER OF SERVICE AND REMARKS When does Congress meet? (Prayer for Congress.) First notice of election: one warden, three vestrymen. (1) Special lesson, Deut. viii.; 1 Thes., v., 12-24. (2) Psalm for Venite. (3) Benedicte Jubilate. (4) Clergy enter rail after Prayer for church militant. Choir recess back of altar. Second notice of election: one warden, three vestrymen. Vestry election. Notify newspapers. Call vestry meeting. CHANGES FOR THE Decorating church for Xmas. (Clergy and deaconesses get young people to help.) Supper at Deaconess House afterwards. Have Xmas carols in seats. Supper in Parish Hymn 51-Carol-Shortened M. P.-(Nicene Creed) Hymn 58ante com.-Hymn 59-Sermon and Offertory-Prayer for church militant Dresden Amen Holy Com.- (Gounod's Sanctus) Hymn 225, before reception-Blessing-Hymn 60-Have Psalms found in P. B. Advent services, promotion in the Sunday-school. Then seven cards for the second week, and so on. Each week, when ended, with such betterings as experience has suggested, has its record taken from the front of the box of cards and put at the back, ready to appear again in its turn when the year comes round. Guide-cards show the different seasons and the great days. The following card would be preceded by a guide-card marked Confirmation. It is given to show with what particularity the details of such services are set down in a great parish. ORDER OF SERVICE 8 P.M. Conf. Processional Hymn 90-Conf. ser vice-Hymn 289—(Antiphonally CHANGES FOR VII. THE YEAR-BOOK Once a year a full report is made to the parish of the work of the past twelve months. At the end of each |