New-York tribune., 1922-04-17
Usual Fashion Display Alb.
sent From Fifth Avenue:
10000 at Coney Island

n,
will become an annual event.
Cathedrals Thronged
Later the two great cathedrals, the
Protestant Episcopal Cathedral of
. 5. John the Devine and the Roman
Catholic 81. Patrlck's, were thronged
with worshipers, 500 being unable t.
find seats at the Cathedral Of st. John
toe Divine.
+ Bishop William I. Manning con
Quoted the Easter service thefc and
dwelt upon the faith in the Resurrcc-
ton. which had survived centuries
Of skcpticsm. and The hope that it in
dicsted in spite of the evils of the
present The great need of the world.
5 said Bishop Manning, was "a sure and
simple faith in God
Archbishop Patrick J. Hayes cele-
brated pontifcal mass at st. Patrick's
Cathedral, and the Rev. John Carter
Smyth. OF the Paulist Fathers, who de-
same lines as those selected by Bishop
: Manning. Those at the cathedral were
requested to offer prayers for the re
& eovery Of John Mccormack, the singer.
Fifth Avenue was found to have
abandoned the fashion parade it once
staged on Easter, but hotel men
s a. Atlantic City estimated that the
bright-hued mass which rolled along
the Boardwalk mum bered about 250,O0O
e persons. About 10000, it was esti-
amated, visited Concy Island,
S Bishop Manning breaches
) At the Cathedral of st. John the
Z Divine $500 persons were seated and
500 more were standing when the
morning service began. The Right Rev.
& William 7. Manning, Bishop of New
York. preached from the text: 81 am
He that liveth and was dead and be
hold ! am alive forevermore."
"We are here to rejoice and give
thanks for the greatest day in the his
tory Of our race" he said. THE Res
urrecton has been called the best at
tested fact in history, and whether
men believe the Easter message or not
they cannot dispute the facts that have
followed from it. 1t is the glory of
the Easter faith that is needed day
to give back life and hope to the world
The one great need of the world at
this time is q sure and simple faith
in God. It is true that the world
is suffering from the war, but the
cause lies deeper than this. 1t is suf-
fering from the evil which brought on
the war the eclipse of faith in God
through the teachings Of a materalistic
philosophy
Bishop Manning asserted that to-day
there are no great poets, artists or
authors among US because of poor
and shallow rationalism" that blinds
US. This same rationalism is respon-
sible for the lowering of ideals and
stander rds in our moral and social life
ut is responsible" he continued, for
condition of things in which a former
United States Senator exhibits his
shameless disregard of the sacred ties
Of marriage and of the principles of
GOOD faith and dccency by procuring a
divorce from his wife in foreign land,
while his action is publicly counte-
nanced and condoned by our Ambassa-
dor TO Italy
Before the sermon Bishop Manning
read cablegram containing Easter
{ greetings from Ecumenical Patriarch
Nelelos, of Constantinople, head of
the Eastern Church.
Archbishop Hayes Celebrates Mass
Pontihcal mass, with its solemn
pomp and wealth of symbolic ritual,
Na7 celebrated at st. Patricks Cathe-
Gral by Archbishop Patrick j. Hayes
At ITS conclusion the Archbishop be-
slowed upon the congregation the pom
5lieai oleSslng, which gave plenary in
oulgence to those attending who had
prepared themselves by going to con-
1ession and communion. An episodc of
tuo solemn service was the request of
tne congregation, made through Mon
slGRor Lavelle by the Archbishop. that
prayers be offered daily for John Nc
Nofmack, the Irish tenor, who is seri-
ously Ill at his home, 270 Park Avenue.
long lines waited outside the steps
peIorc the doors were opened, and the
eapacity of the church was severely
taxed
Preaching in the Chelsea Methodist
rp;p''copal Church, 17Sth Street and
broadway. the Rev Christian F. Reisner
described Sir Arthur Conan Dovle as
pfeSumlng and overconhdent dogma
ss' When he begins to describe the
1uture life with exactness.
i, II every one is to be saved and if
thoSe who take their own lives are
merely to wait in an anteroom for \
Jew days of purifying fumigation. then
4 IS an easy relief to many burdened
> 1oiS' he said. 1T is puerile. ecotistic
.no small to undertake to describe the
!u!ure life. Jesus forever condemned
SSgiilVua!ism as practlced by mediums.
tbsn hans S 90 not AFFECT character any more
'nan monographs can make love-
evolution supplements rather than
IN nShtSgonlzes religion, Dr. Henry van
DSAe said during the Easter sermon AT
s',s farS Avenue Presbyterian Church.
rvf many years he was pastor of this
.nurch, and his son, Tertius van DYKE
Gov occupies the pulpit.
so,I LI'9Iotlon does not deny God or the
49, " van Dyke asserted. 1t is mere
~ theory of how animated creatures
+efe produced. God did not mold man
Ir1om mud as child molds mud pies.
sa, qsea 6'S evolution as his process, Dr..
DIR. Stetson on Spiritism
NJ; Trinity Church, Broadway and
S,. Mali Street, DR.. Caleb r. Stetson also
~ "ct on the subject Of spiritualism.
Nplrltualism is not to be laughed
Gu. I. OF court" he said. "We might we'll !
nsseh ssr to What it's protagonists have to
10y, 10y, lor there may indeed be com !
n.!cation with the spirits of the de- /
teo s~otso and we are bound to face any
EipIem and seek the truth. The diff /
n''les AZ with spiritism are that it lies
tsrna low spiritual, plane and is CON
g g with petty and trivial communi- f.
VIZ lhose trying to communicate
~. spirits are seeking evidence Of
,,i,;.ot Not religious knowledge, and vet
li'n'Sn IS regarded by some as re
ali 1t is elemental and isAopen to
eis;otIs SotI Is o. frauds. 1t is absurd to
I'm IN mat it is the new religion of hu-
N"4ty and that the Chriv+;a, Cburcb