New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-01
SHADOW OF WAR
ON THANKSGIVING
Patriotic Sermons Mark
Services for the Day in
City Churches
HONOR FOR FLAG
AT OLD TRINITY
Pastors Refuse to Exult
Over incomes Swollen
by Europe's Sorrow"

The names OF Washington ana LIN
coin and references to patriotism and
the deeds Of the Revolutionary faith
ers who were willing TO lay down
their lives for cause they thought
right filled yesterdays Thanksgiving
Day sermons.
Old Trinity set a precedent tor
honoring the Stars and Stripes. In
the procession at the morning service
the national emblem was carried just
behind the cross. This practice will
be observed on all holidays and patri-
otto occasions.
Tho leading ministers took occasion
to refer to the perilous courses Of our
diplomatic and political life, and It
was the universal expression that the
agonies of Europe cast a shadow over
the American holiday.
Little was said about prosperity.
The Rev. Or. r. W. Cfowder, of St
James's Episcopal Church, at Madison
Avenue and Seventy-frst Street, as
serted we could give thanks for the
continued stability of our political
life, but it ended there. 1--WE feel we
have no right to exult over swollen
incomes and increased wages that have
resulted directly from the sorrows Of
Europe" he said
Why Other Nations Laugh
The Rev David James Burrell, pas
tor of the Marble Collegiate Church,
preaching in the Collegiate Church Of
st. Nicholas on Patriotism" scored
the delinquencies Of both the govern
ment and citizens.
What are we going to do about il"
ne demanded. "What will be done
about il? Is your mail not seized and
opened on the high seas? Is anything
being done about il? Will anything
be done about il?
ut is TO laugh and that is why the
other nations Of the world arc laugh
ing at US"
Rabbi Joseph Silverman. at Temple
Emanuel. said that if the churches and
synagogues did their duty they would
institute patriotic services on Wash
ington's and Lincoln's birthdays the
Fourth Of July and other occasions.
The Rev Daniel Russell. at Rutgers
Presbyterian Church, held up a frag-
ment Of a Zeppelin, brought down in
London last month, and announced II
as his text. He drew a graphic picture
Of the passion. pride, PREF udice, envy.
jealousy. suspicion, madness and
malice which rules half the globe" and
exclaimed:
Thank God we are Americans!"
The Rev. DR.. Pereira Mendes, pastor
of the Spanish and Portuguese JEWS
congregation, read the sermon deliy'
cred by his ancestor. DR.. q. Mendes
Seixas, on Thanksgiving Day 1873.
which gave thanks for the victories Of
Washington. Dr. Mendes pleaded for
a revival in the American people Of the
spirit of their first great leader
Our Aims in Jeopardy
In Brooklyn the Rev. Dr. S. Parkes
Claimants hearers were the combined
congregations of Central and Tompkins
Avenue Congregational churches.
eve have not been kept in peace
and a somewhat hazardous neutrality"
said DR.. Cadman, because we are more
meritorious than sister nations which
are at war. On the other hand, as long
as the funeral procession Of European
civilization sweeps past we realize that
the best aims and purposes OF these
peoples are also ours, and that. here
and there, these aims and purposes
stand in jeopardy every hour"
The Rev. DR.. K. R. Erdman, of Prince
ton Theological Seminary, speaking in
Grace Methodist Church, said the peo-
ple of New York ought to be thankful
in advance for Billy Sundays visit next
year.