New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-28
Red Menace Is
Pastors Theme
Thanks giring Messages
Are Punctuated by Ref
erences to Dangers Here

HdHkSSlFlnE messages from the
city's pulpits were punctuated yester-
ings of radicals and denunciation Of
the leaders Of anarchistic groups.
No foreign fanatic and no American
traitor will persuade us to exchange the
liberty and happiness which we enjoy
for the chaos and misery of Russia"
said DR.. William T. Manning in his
sermon at Trinity Church.
The American people will deal quite
unhesitatingly with any outbreak of
lawlessness here or with any attempt to
raise in this land any other flag than
that of America Because we live in a
land Of freedom and justice. we are in
no fear of the rawlings of anarchy"
The Rev DR.. George R. Van De
Water, in his sermon at st. Andrews
Protestant Episcopal Church, dep ored
the failure of Congress to aid in the
adoption Of the league of nations cove
nant and the "orgy of profteering'
that has followed the conclusion of
hostilties.
after five full months of discussion
the pact has been rejected by the one
nation that should have been the first
to sign it," said Dr. Van De Water
Those responsible for the refusal to
ratify it are now trying to shift the
blame for it's notification. Petty par
tisan politics should have given way
to craftsmanship. Where the league
might have been adopted with reserva-
tions for reasonable limitations the
men responsible have tried to make
the terms harder"
Finds Spirit Of Animus
The minister said he had written to
Senators and had received seventy re
plies, the first sentences of which had
exhibited bitter animus.
eve went into the war to make e
league of nations" he continued. owe
went in with magnificent ideals anc
came out with-nothing. Do you Won
der that socialism and Bolshevism arc
rampant in the land ?"
The thirty-eighth annual Thanksgiv.
ing service of the Catholic Benevolen
Legion of New York was held in St
Patrick's Cathedral. A high mass wa
celebrated by the Rev. Father James J
Talbot, district chaplain of the legion
In an address of welcome Mgr NJ. J
Lavelle pleaded for real benevolen nee
which he characterized as the chief viz
tue Of Chr4St.aAity
) The Rev. Howard G. Robbins. dea
of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine
pictured the unparalleled prosperity O
the United States, but said that Their
was an element of danger in thi
abundance.
Land of Plenty, He Says
"If it were possible to look upon tn
narrow, unfertile fields and valleys {
Palestine and speak Of that country a
"a land of milk and honey it is diff
cult to conceive what the Israelites {
the Old World would have said abou
this land" he said. "How would the
have described the wheat fields c
Minnesota or the mines of Colorado
In what terms could they have voice
their opinions OF the vast timber lane
of this country?"
DR.. Robbins said the chief menace {
the present was the possibility of fol-
getting that the nation was indebted I
God for all these blessings.
Rabbi Herbert s. Godstein. in
Thanksgiving address at the Institr
tlonal Synagogue, 112 West 116t
Street said, in part:
Our thankfulness carries with
spending duties We are thankfl
to God for our plenty whilst Easter
J Europe is starving; we are thankfl
for our stability whilst the Old Worl
4 is shaking. 1t becomes our sacred dut
J in view of our advantages to send on
I resources of food medicines and none
4 to help our physically sinking brett
! rem on the other side of the Atlant
! We must by our trim attitude in Grad
eating Bolshevistic tendencies in TIL
! country lend courage to Europe strus
' CLING with this insdious political daI
ger.
! "Humanitys call to-day bids US
J our prayers of Thanksgiving to b,
seech God that the rest of mankin
/ may be favored with our blessings an
J our reasons for thanksgiving"