The New York herald., 1921-05-16
MANNING ASKS FOR
CATHEDRAL FUNDS
First Sermon as Bishop Is
Plea for Aid in Fin
ishing Work.
breaches In TRINITY
.,rneWs Dedication OF His
Services TO Duties OF the
Diocese.
SHiPMAN In OWN PULPIT
New Suffragan Assures Hear
crs He Is Not Delivering
a Farewell.

Because of events last week in &C.
yesterday in many Episcopal churches
of the city were occasions of more than
usual importance. In the Cathedral Of
St John the Divine Bishop William Il.
Manning preached his first sermon as
head of the diocese to large congre-
cation and made a forceful appeal for
support in carrying on construction
Of the Cathedral DR.. Herbert Ship
man, one of the two newly elected
suffragan bishops of the diocese. occu-
pied the pulpit of the Church of the
Heavenly Rest, Fifth avenue and For
ty-seventh street, and referred with
evident emotion to his new position in
the diocese. He assured his congre
"a farewell sermon"
Bishop Manning's sermon was in
sense q. sketch of his renewed dedica-
ton to the duties OF the diocese. Most
of his remarks concerned the work and
needs OF the Cathedral.
IT want my first words from this pull
pit as Bishop he said, ITO be of the
great spiritual meaning. and place and
need OF this Cathedral I believe the
services which were held here last
Wednesday gave all OF US new reali-
zation OF the meaning and the need OF
this great temple of God.
II believe all we need to do is help
our people see what the Cathedral
means and stands for and that they will
rejoice in providing the funds to build IT.
"A city which through individual ef-
fort can build the Woolworth Building
and the Equitable Building for CONNER
cial purposes. which can erect that mag
nificent $15,o00,00 medical centre. just
now announced. should not be long. and
need not be long, in building this Cathe-
dral
I'VE need TO carry 1t forward to COM
pietion not only for practical reasons
and for artistic reasons. but to hold up
before the people the glorious spiritual,
social and civic ideals for which II
stands. All we need to do is help them
70 see this. / ask you to help me DO
this.
BY way OF preface TO his sermon DR..
Shipman referred briefly TO his changed
status.
1T would. think. be in sense un-
real, unnatural and to degree insin-
cere IL made no reference this morn
ing to what has happened since we met
here last" he said. But I feel 1t is
right that should say a word to you.
nv friends. and 1t will be only word.
This is to be in no sense farewell ser
mon. know you all believe in your
hearts that the choice of the ruling
body Of the church of the day before
Yesterday was not mine. in the sense OF
seeking it or desiring elevation to that
high office.
Il accepted, subject OF course to the
approval of the standing committees and
bishops as the canon laws of our church
require, L accepted because it seemed
70 me the calling to the high office was
i'm the nature OF command. / have ac-
capted and will perform my duties as
God shall give me strength and power
Discussing for the moment the sew
erai designations popularity made OF
churchmen. he declared that personally
he desired to wear no tag. The little
ehurchman pleads that it costs too much
to spread the doctrine of Christianity
where II is wanted. he said but the lie
was given to that viewpoint in the war.
Men who before the war would not
have gone across the street to the aid of
a fellow man went across the world to
help win the war" he said 1T is not
religion that costs too much. Sins cost
too much. All taxes are caused by
sins--our battleships, our armies, our
iails, our lunatic asylums are due to
sins Nations are to blame. The ma
tons couldn't afford TO let Japan be-
come Christian nation, and we are
paying for it to-day. We are now pay
ing for and are going TO pay for all the
waste. the wreck and ruin OF states and
nations the war brought about. because
nations did not stamp out and destroy
the things that caused the war before
the war came