The sun., 1916-10-31
WILSON REBUKED IN
ST. PAUL'S CHAPEL.
Washington's Pew Vacant
When Dr.. Manning Condemns
Presidents Foreign Policy.
col. HOUSE ALSO ABSENT
Rector Makes a Plea for Uni
versal Military Training
Gen. Wood There.

NeltOcT fTeSlucnt NltkoU nor tne man
ne proposed to send in his place. Col.
Edward NJ. House. sat yesterday In
George Washinston's pew when the ccle-
hration OF the 15oth anniversary Of st.
Pauls chapel was resumed by the Rev.
pr. william T. Manning. rector Of Trim
ity parish.
Had the President or his representa-.
tive been In the pew with the four nags
over II he would have heard from the
lips OF Dr. Manning a most emphatic
condemnation Of the policy Of the United
states toward the nations at war as
we'll as a plea for universal military
training.
Major-Gen. Leonard Wood. formerly
Chief Of stan OF tho United States Army
and row head of the Department OF the
East. heard tho sermon with his stan,
and so did Mayor Mitcnol. six Of the
Ep~iscopalian bishops. the clergy OF this
diocese. tho vcstrymen of Trinity parish.
President Nicholas Murray Butler aud
trustees OF Columbia University. men,
bcrs of tho faculty Of the General Theo-
logical Seminary and representatives OF
patriotic societies. including the Sons OF
tho American Revolution. the Society Of
the Cincinnati and tho Veteran Corn. ~
Artillery.
Vacant Few An s,,,.,..
After the sermon preached on Sunday
morning by the Rev. Dr.. william Mon
tasuc Gccr. vicar OF st. Paul's. in which
the opinion was expressed that WASH
ington and Lincoln would not have stood
ny and seen the women and children Of
the l.usitania sent to the bottom Of the
Sra and continued on friendly terms with
Germany. President Wilson and Col
House had fair warning that the at
mosphcrc of the old church would not
he comfortable for them. IL was no
surprise, consequently, to see the WASH
ington pew vacant.
Asking the question. "Wba, shall 4,
profit a nation IL 1t shall gain the whole
world and lose its own soul"" mr. Nav.
As I look back over the las, two fate.
~ fe'rs; viewing them not at all from
an r 800 H.ahupo'n' OUT SIMPLY as
60, 49,, 800" VINO ,o'es ms coun-
CO., .ha, - . " 'ueais' cahhot
20. NV '!sen 10 the measure
-. 49, ~. "" vi our JUST re-
,na.nns a., ,,I. " "uIhoer OF
ha,i.r. 49,, n nc; W "uouccu. !
yh,ch i, ,hn ~ an" snor. Q, unat
49,. '"c "sn' oi our iueaI. was
rs"'tE 10 ne c.pected ot us AS the great
n, III, n.ar,a,. w" ma.,o"s' !" tnls hour
hans - u'mse"Ms VIC naNc. per.
hon ,rcn, ~ "" We nave w
.,,h.r r,,. . ,
-o-r,ys and ,osscs a,5 : 1917" ". !.
,n,ryclIous snir;,,aI ,Ie,o,o,,,.n, ws
nave prosporeJ ma,ori.IIv In, 7 rc,r
We have suffered rr,yn ,niri,n,, ,,s..
|, T. RICH, tina, Nc sho,,I No nnu,r,i 81
49,
our principlcs and our ideals hu, This
does not mean that We arc TO have no
convictions npon such issues as those a,
stake In his war. and that we are 10
feel little concern In "A life and death
struggle for those eternal principles OF
right upon which our own life as a ma
ton depends. A neutrality which, in
wolves this Is only "A name for cold and
callous s~clishness.
Not the Way Of America.
.Y, h,, mi, !, IA. .., ., -,
,... ~ ~, r.s-" -
struv.,e FOR ius,ico ana fr.odar, .nw.
where ,unr ;,Jioer.,co % ,h. nr;r,in,o.
al stake In ,his world .r,.,. 81 ,.iiuro
as a peonle 20 he moved nv deem mora,
ndir,,a,ion n, some NJ Tho decds n,hI,h
have boon committed may we'll causc
crave mi.yiy,ny IN those rho ,oy. this
land.
For a nation as for an Individual,
there arc situations in which 10 si In
.lIou,o IN rofr.,u from bc,riuv witness.
o, ,o s,on ,bor, of usin, c,cry means IN
make tina, Witness cnc,,ivc means
cricyous hur, and pcrii TO tho soul.
II fear that partly as a result OF our
,oldncss 10 the great issues involved in
his world struggle We have suffered
,ome rcnI wcakcninc and loss of our ma
itopal shirt. There arc Influences to-