The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-07-29
ANZACS WORSHIP IN.
TWO CHURCHES HERE
They Attend Services at Trim
ity and st. Peters and Go
Sightseeing.
SOME GALLIPOLI HEROES
Fighters Are Entertained at
Casino Theatre, Where
Judge Lindsey Speaks.

II was a warm Sunday but a refresh'
who have arrived over the Pacific TO
move on shortly to the western front.
Among them were heroes OF Gallipoli,
wearing the scarlet decoration of foreign
service. The fighters attended Trinity
and st. Peters Church In two bodies in
the morning. were entertained at lunch
con by women OF both parishes, and
spent the afternoon in a sightseeing
where stage stars offered diversion.
The Rev. II. II. Coles. a chaplain In
the Australian navy. preached at the
services In Trinity. The services began
marched down the aisles and we're
seated in the front OF the church.
At the conclusion of the sermon the
congregation passed out first and formed
lane through which the soldiers
marched. At p. NJ twenty EIGHT Young
soldiers were confirmed by Bishop
Charles S. Burch.
Chaplain Coles Sermon.
Chaplain Coles spoke of the spirit Of
the Beigians and of the heroic defence
OF France. and continued:
To-day we are getting new views OF
the spirit that animates the fighting
units OF the Allies. I feel II right to
say that the Australians who have
served have shown the world the kind
of spirit that must prevail Those who
have been over are known. but I be-
lieve the young men here now on their
way will have the same kind of spirit
as those who went before.
with America in the war we know
we cannot lose. The spirit and calm
courage of the men OF America have
relnspired those who had for four years
borne the heat and burden and losses
of the mighty conflict. But in the end
on those who remain at home will rest
the burden. To the kind OF spirit, the
spirit of bravery and self-sacrIfce that
they display. will depend in great meas
ure the continued force OF the fighting
men
Low mass was celebrated at St Peters
Church. In Barclay street. after which
Chaplain A. J. Wright, a Captain in the
Australian army. pronounced the bene-
diCtion. The detachment OF 200 Anzacs
dtlenuiIS was Lieut.. w.
NJ Dixon OF the Australian Aero Squad
ron. Mgr. James II. Mclean extended
a welcome to the visiting soldiers after
the reading Of the Gospel. The visitors
were afterward entertained at luncheon
by the League OF Catholic Women and
the knights OF Columbus, at l5t East
Thirty-eghth street.
salute stars and stripes.
Upon leaving the edifce the Anzacs
saluted the Stars and Stripes futtering
under the colonial arch OF the church
They. then formed and marched to sigh.
seeing buses a short distance away.
Both at st. Peters and at Trinity a
large crowd of spectators gathered to
see the fighters.
Judge Ben b. Lindsey spoke during
the programme at the Casino later in
the afternoon. The Anzacs were in the
centre orchestra seats. Judge Lindsey
recently returned from the front. where
he went to inspect army conditions In
the interest Of the Intelligence Service
He asserted that the war will not end
until Germany is hopeessly crushed
and will admit defeat.
THAT is the answer Of the men In the
trenches" he said. III II takes two or
twenty years It will he continued until
Germany Is utterly crushed and de-
feated.
The Americans are playing their full
part have seen them moving from
sector to sector and I have talked with
them In the trenches. And the Ameri-
cans are learning TO know the French
and British better and TO admire them"
He then told story OF an American
musician Of the Marines who went into
an attack welding his bugle as a weapon.
Finally he seized a gun and battled his
way on. exclaiming This amt no job
for a musician, but I'm for II -
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