New-York tribune., 1903-04-13

IN. cbD-ches Yesterday as is usual on Easter,
held large congregations, the more Promlaeh'
ones drawing large crowds Of sightseers, and
having especially prepared musical programmes
The floral displays, too caused many 10 seek 'he
churches.
So many were those that gathered at the
morning Service at Old Trinity that hah OF
them were forced TO stand.
we hear much said in these days concern
ing the waning of the influence of the Church
the lack Of interest centred in the Church, SAID
Or Dix in his sermon. IF this be true, the
fault is with Us. IF the power Of the Church
IS on the wane il is Our fault 1t is what we
have done with il: is how support it II any
vaere throughout the world these allegations
esn be proved true. then we are called TO re-
create the old conditions which made the Church
a supreme power
Grace Church was packed to the doors The
altar was decorated with Easter lilies and
palms. II was hardly O'Clock before the peo-
rle from the suburbs began TO arrive and
crowd the sidewalk in front Of the church on
both sides Of the street for nearly block IN
side early communion and early morning prayer
were still being held, and those who were not
members or holders OF pews were compelled to
wait This caused the crowd TO wait on the
sidewalk till past il O'Clock, and there were
erurnbiing and faulthnding- An Englishrnan
and had rever been subjected to such indig-
mites.
At II O'clock. when the doors were thrown
open. the church was already nearly filled.
More than q hundred camp chairs had been
placed in the aisles and in various out of the
way places These were quickly filled. however.
and many were obliged to turn away During
the services or two women tainted and were
hurried &c the corridors in the vestry, where
pitcher Of water and towels had been prepared
for such emergencies
a bank Of Easter lilies was piled across the
front railing Of the altar. and palms were
draped about the white pillars and on other
parts of the church inside the railing
The sermon was preached by the Rev. Dr.
Huntington, the rector
Archbishop Farley celebrated pontiical mass
st ST. Patrick's Cathedral More than one hun
dred and fifty serninarians from Dunwoodie
were in the sanctuary. The officers Of the mass
with the Archbishop. were the Rev Michae! J.
LaveIe, rector of the cathedral, assistant priest
the Rev Thomas Murphy and the Rev. Daniel
AIcMackin, deacons of honor; the Rev Danlel
Kiernan deacon Of The mass; the Rev. john Jor-
dan. sub-deacon: the Rev John Cherry, deacon
Of the Cross, and the Rev. Patrick Hayes and
the Rev. James Lewis, masters of ceremonies
Long before the service began crowds Of men
and women besieged all the entrances, and taxed
the efforts OF the squads Of police to keep the
lines open After il O'clock the doors were
thrown open, and those who were IN the front
ranks were able to stand at the BACK OF Ihe
church
At the close of the mass the PapaI penedlc-
ton was given by the Archbishop.
Father Pardow, s. J., preached the sermon.
Special services were held in the Tombs, but
they were not attended by as many OF the m
mates as the services generally attract. war
6el Van de Carr found that some of the pTls-
o7e7s rrofess TO be Roman Catholics in the
morning EpisccDali2ns at noon and members
Of the Hebrew faith at other times Ihey d
mis- he thinks TO obtain the temporary liberty
which is given the prisoners who express d
desire to attend religious service so ne mace
a r1IIe that only those prisoners could attend the
various services who were entitled TO do SO
from the statements they made Wnen thelr
..nedjgree- was taken on their sdInittance to the
Tonlbs. ~
Father Smith celebrated mass in the Roman q
cstboljc Chanel at a m. about one hundred
frd fifty prisoners attending. In the Episco-
pal chapel services were held az a; M py
,ha Pew 7 7 Munroe and two hours later the
Rev. F. c. H Wendell held another service