New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-12-01
CHURCHES OBSERVE DAY
Thanksgiving Services Held al
st. Johns and st. Patrick'S.
ALL CONGREGATIONS LARGE
The Rev. R. E, Jones Says the
Europeanization of America
Is Rapidly Increasing.

Special Thanksgiving services were held
yesterday IN most Of the churches or the
greater city. The congregations through
out the city were large and the religious
spirit OF tho holiday was generally main
tanned.
At old st. Paul's. in lower Broadway.
the Rev. ". NJ. Geer conducted the service,
assisted by the Rev r II. Burke. the Rev.
G. r. Cox and the Rev II. II. Ziegler The
latter preached a sermon on the observance
Of the Thanksgiving spirit throughout the
year.
At Trinity Church tho Rev. 6. r. Stctson.
who will become the rector OF St Marks
Church in Washington, delivered a SER
mon on the lack Of appreciation OF the
true idea Of Thanksgiving in great cities
especially in New York. where, he said
people had all things ready al hand and
were unduly removed from nature and true
simplicity. He expressed a desire that ALI
city men might be brought nearer to the
actual Thanksgiving OF their ancestors ana
said that the celebration OF Thanksgiving
Day in the churches was hopeful sign.
Special services for the members Of the
Catholic Benevolent Legion were held In
st. Patricks Cathedral. where delegations
from the thirty-three councils Of the legion
in Manhattan. after marching TO mass in
the cathedral were met by 6. Il. Braun,
the district deputy. together with the com
mittee chairmen. r. T. Thornton and +.
Ludekc The mass was celebrated by the
Rev. c. II. Huntman. the Rev. George
Bartel. tho Rev. y. +. McQuadc and the
Rev. J. II. Roach.
10 n . tIirf VI bird
annual mass Morsignor NJ. J. Lavelle re-
ferred to the elevation Of Archbishop Far
ley to the College o. Cardinals as an occa-
sion for happy days in American Cathol-
cjsm," quoting the Pope's words TO the
American Archbishop: You have come
from a country that holds out open arms
10 all peoples of the world and the country
which makes laws for the enlightenment
Of all the world
At the Cathedral Of st. John the Divine
the Rev Il. f. Jones. canon bursar of the
ca thedral. delivered the Thanksgiving Day
sermon to a large congregation. canon
Jones said that while the American people
should be thankful for their uneXampled
prosperity. which proved them the salt OF
the earth. stlll he Intended 10 sReak on
the danger Of national deterioration ana
the means by which that danger might he
averted After speaking Of the way mat
American political principles, commercial
methods and social ideals have pcrmeated
the world he said:
AN increa sing Europeanization of Amer
lea is no less obvious. Characteristic Amer
lean ideas and customs are fading out
Things now go unchallenged that thirty
years ago would have been abhorrent
Referring 10 Puritanism. he said the peo-
pie did not really regret the decline OF it9
gloomy tyranny, and that while hundred
years ago an italian landing in Dutch Ne"
York Yankee Boston or Huguenot Charles
ton would have breathed an unaccustomcd
moral atmosphere, in New York to-day the
atmosphere Of Southern Europe, the Gus
toms and standards Of the Latin race, per-
vaded the whole.
New York is another Paris" he said
ut is true that New York suffers the ex-
IRENE of Europeanzation. but it Is the
keynote for the whole nation. lts influence
anna"
In closing the canon said
Thanksgiving Day is trumpet cal to
duty and to service; to loyalty to our
traditions, founded deep in Gods purpose
for the redemption of the world. Amcri-
canism is a sacred cause.
st the corporate communion Bishop
David Greer addressed seven hundred men
i'm the morning His theme was the spread
ing Of the Christian religion.