The Rev. Percy Tom Edrop (1883-1945) became assistant to Elwood Worcester and began to preach at our afternoon services.  Having immigrated as a teenager from Birmingham, England, he had worked his way up in journalism to become city editor of the New York American. He served at Emmanuel until June 1926, when he became rector of All Saints, Belmont MA. In 1929  he became Dean of Christ Church Cathedral in Springfield MA.