The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-12-22
SIMPLEST OF RITES
FOR BISHOP BURCH
Noted Churchmen and Lay
men to Attend Cathedral
Services Tomorrow.

Simplicity will characterize the obse-
auies tomorrow over the body Of Bishop
Charles sumner Burch OF the Protestant
Episcopal diocese of New York. The flu
neral service. which Is to be held az
o'clock In the afternoon in the Cathedral
of ST. John the Divine. will be that
known as the simple burial order" In
the rubic OF the church. The same ritual
was used at the funeral OF Bishop Greer
Bishop Burch's predecessor
II was announced last night that the
body will lie In state in the cathedral
from 10 o'clock tomorrow morning until
the hour set for the services.
After conference yesterday with Mrs
Burch and her son and daughter IT was
determined definitely that after the
Cathedral services interment will be
private and at the convenience OF the
family. Ultimately. after necessary prep
arations have been made. the body of the
Bishop will rest in the crypt OF the
cathedral beside that Of Bishop Greer.
Before Bishop Burch had been conse-
Grated as the Suffragan Bishop or the
diocese he had expressed the wish that
he be buried al his old home In M!chi-
gan. .Nfter his elevation 10 the epsco-
pate nc had not spoken Of the disposal
or his body His widow and children
fc!t, therefore. that they would not be
justified in departing from the precedent
established when the mortal bodies OF
both Bishop Greer and Bishop Henry
Goldman Potter were inferred within the
sacred close on Cathedral Heights.
Bishop Greer's body lies in the crypt
of the cathedral, rs also does that or
Dean William NJ Grosvenor, who died
December 8, 1916. The body of Bishop
Henry Goldman Potter Is entombed In ST.
James's Chancel. one of the seven chapels
subsidiary to the main cathedral struc-
ture. Bishop Horatio Potter was
buried In Poughkeepsie. but his body
also is TO be removed 10 the cathedral
after tomb has been prepared for II.
Thus is 10 be fulfilled the purpose Of en-
tombing within the edfice the prelates
whose episcopacy witnessed its growth.
1t had not been decided last night
which of the neghboring bishops will
preside at the funeral service. Dean
Howard Chandler Robbins announced
that among the bishops who will take
part IN the ritual are the Right Rev. e.
Gaior, Bishop of Tennessee and presl-
dent Of the Executive Council OF the Epis-
copal hurch the Right Rev. Arthur 8.
Lloyd. former Bishop Coadjutor OF Viz
einia and president OF the Board OF Mis-
sions OF the Episcopal Church the Right
Rev. Charles II. Brent OF Buffalo, Bishop
Of Western New York and formerly
senior chaplin of the a. Z. F.. the Right
Rev. Edwin s. Lines, Bishop OF Newark
the Right Rev. Frederick Burgess,
Bishop of Long Island; tie Right Rev
Charles Olmstead. Bishop of Central
New York the Right Rev. Philip M.
Rhinelander. Bishop of Pennsylvania,
and the Right Rev. Chauncey +. Brew
stcr. Bishop of Connecticut. The cathe-
dral clergy, including Dean Robbins
Canon r. T.. Jones and Canon Sacrist E,
Briggs Nash also will take part
The great choir Of the cathedral was
being draped yesterday in sombre folds
of funercal purple and black. The build
ing will be open to the public, though
certain seats are TO be reserved until ten
minutes before the beginning of the SER
vice for those to whom special cards OF
invitation were being addressed yester-
day Those so honored included Gov.
Smith. Mayor Hylan ana members of the
Municipal Board OF Estimate. certain
representative clergymen of all other de-
nominations in New York city; the 42O
clergy officially attached to the 297 par
ishes, missions and preaching stations or
the New York Protestant Episcopal Do
cese: the officiating bishops OF neighbor-
ing dioceses, some of whom are to take
active part in the service. and all the
grand chaplains of tho Masonic order in
this state who will be invited TO march
in the funeral procession from the Bish-
op'g House to the cathedral. Tompklns
Lodge OF Stapleton, s. l., of which
Bishop Burch was the grand chaplain, is
expected to attend in bod-.
The honorary pallbearers. as announced
by Dean Robbins, will include the Rev.
Drs. William T. Manning. Ernest NJ.
Stires. Charles l.. Slattery. Il. Cloves
Chorley, Theodore Sedgwick. r. Judge,
Herbert Shpman. i. 3. Smither, Jr !:
William II. Owen, Jr.. and Messrs
James r. Roosevelt, FRANKLIN ID. Roose-
welt, Robert G.. Hone, August Belmont
William II. Burr. Dr. Nicholas Murray
Butler. Charles Steele. William F'ellowes
Morgan, George Bourne. William v.
Hoffman. Ogden Mills Reid. George Ia
briskie Stuyvesant Fish, Thomas S. Nc
Lane and Edmund J.. Baylies.
Pending election OF Bishop Burch s
successor the management OF diocesan
affairs falls automatically into the
hands of the standing committee. the
chairman of which is the Rev. DR..
stires. rector of st. Thomas's Church.
and the membership of which was pub
lished yesterday in THE New YORK