New-York tribune., 1910-05-09
MOURN KING IN CHURCHES.
Ministers Throughout City Refer
to Edwards Death.
TRINITY PEW LEFT VACANT
High Tributes Paid in Sermons
and Prayers Asked for
Royal Family.

King Edwards death was referred 70 yes
tereiay either in the service or In the ser
mons of many churches throughout the
city.
At Old Trinity, which. as the Prince OF
Wales, King Edward attended on his visie
TO the United States in 1880, Pew No 'o
known the Prince Of Wales Few, was
left empty. The Rsv. c. r. Stetson, vicar
of tie church, In the course Of his an
nouncerneats. said:
TT Is DR. Nannings most earnest request
that the congregation make use this week
OF tho prayer for those i'm affltction' IN re-
spect to the family Of the iate King Ed
ward and the bereavement of the People "i
the British Empire"
The Rev. DIR. Charles Lewis SlatteFJ, tue
new rector of Grace Church. Broadway ana
10th street. in his maiden sermon III the
pulpit formerly occupied by the late Rev
DR.. William. +. Huntington, said:
The kingI,est moment in the enthTcnins
of the late King of England was not Wheh
the crown was placed upon his head ana
the shout of the anthem rang through the
Abbey. It we5 when he rose from his
throne by an Instructive suddenness ana
aided the feeble old Archbishop to rise
England rnourns him to-day because he
was a king who died hoping that ne had
been servant to his people"
Asks Prayer for Royal Family.
TIE Right Rev. DIR. Sidney Partridge,
Protestant Episcopal Bishop Of Kiote, ia
pan, who confirmed class of thirty chill
dren and preached at the Church OF the
Ascension yesterday, made no reference 10
the Kings death in hts sermon. Just be-
fore the benediction, however, the Bishop
requested all the members of the congregs-
ton to unite In prayer for the royal family
Of England, now mourning for the King.
and he recited tho prescribed prayer for
persons in sffiiction.
The postlude OF the service was Chopin S
Funeral March, and despite the length
of the service most of the congregation re-
mained seated until the end of the music.
After the service Bishop Partridge said:
1.-The world has lost its greatest peace
maker, or, rather, the holder OF universal
peace. In Japan, where I have lived for ten
years, King Edward was held in the high
est regard, not merely because he was the
sovereign of the power that is Japan's ally,
but because of his personal qualities
King Edward was in a way the ADJUST
ing quality, the balance wheel Of the
powers Japan has lost a devoted friend,
to say nothing Of the United States"
Tribute Of DR.. Adler.
Dr. Felix Adler. In his address to the
Society for Ethical Culture, said:
ITO my mind. King Edwards greatest
qualities were his unselflshness and self
effacement. I can say very little. If any
thing ar ali, about his influence on foreign
affairs. The King of England is. after all
but the sounding board of the will of the
people, and in this he attained his highest
distinction. His task was an extremely
delicate one in that he had to receive al
the honors and all the distinctions Of his
Office and 10 reaIize at the same time that
he was only a symbol. This he did Splen-
didly. For any one with less genial, less
unselfish nature, devoid Of the power OF
seIf-effacernent, the task would have been
extremely trying"
At the annual service of the Tth Regf-
ment. which Colonel Daniel Appleton. Ad-
iutant Philip De Witt Clinton Falls and
five hundred officers and priyates attended
In full uniform in the Church of the Incar-
nation Yesterday afternoon. the chaplain of
the regiment, w II. McCord, preached the
sermon. and was followed by -tl1e Rev. DIR.
" NJ Grosyenor, pastor Of the church,
vino referred to the death OF King Edward
VII.
The Rev. Richard Roberts, pastor OF the
Crouch Hill Presbyterian Church London.
ENGLAND preached yesterday afternoon and
evening at the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian
Church In the prayer he invoked a 'spe-
cial blessing on the people of the British
Empire in the great political crisis which
confronts them"
At the close of the service Or. Roberts
said:
THE trouble is that the English public,
fear have not quite the same confidence
in the new King that they had in hts father.
The trying political situation would, be-
lieve, have been met and satisfactorily set
tied by King Edward.
New King Well Posted.
"Our new ruler will make a good King, I
am sure. He is we'll posted all public
questions Only the other day an official
who had come from India remarked thai
the two persons whose inquiries showed
them to have the clearest understanding of
the Eastern situation were King Edward
and the Prince Of Wales, now King. He
has a grasp OF public affairs which. feel
sure, will soon establish him in the full
confidence OF the people"
In the course of q eulogy Of Governor
Hughes, who, he said might in course OF
time become known as the great chief
Justice" the Rev DR.. r. S. Macarthur, at
Calvary BAPTIST Church, referred 10 Colo
mel Roosevelt and to King Edward as ex-
amples in office of men of puissant per-
sonality.