Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-05-14
Two Services Held
In Funeral Rites
For Dean Phillips
Requiem Sung by
Choral Society os
Finol Tribute

Finul Tribute
Two solemn services OF comment
Grafton were held at Washington
Cathedral yesterday for the Very
Rev. ZeBarney Thorne Phillips,
dean of the Cathedral and chaplain
of the United States Senate, who
Died Sunday.
Men, women and many children
representing all races, all classes and
all creeds crowded the great choir
for the funeral proper in the after
noon, and another congregation, still
more numerous, thronged the whole
diocesan church for a performance
of Verdi's Requiem" by the Cathe-
dral Choral Society, of which Dean
Phillips was founder, last evening.
1t was in silence, broken only by
the shutting of feet on the marble
floors, that the procession of the
afternoon service entered the choir
from the crypt. A crucif1er bore
the jeweled cross of Jerusalem at
the head of the line Behind him
marched the singing boys and men
of the Cathedral, for the moment
reverently mute.
Then came the diocesan clergy,
the Cathedral canons, the active
and honorary pallbearers with the
coffin covered with purple velvet, the
lay members of the Cathedral Coun-
Gil and the Executive Council of the
Diocese of Washington, teachers and
pupils of the National Cathedral
School for Girls and st. Adams, the
National Cathedral School for Boys,
representatives of official organiza-
lions and others.
Bishop Recites Order for Burial.
Not until he reached the steps of
the chancel did the Right Rev
James E. Freeman, Bishop of Wash
ington, begin the recitation of the
order for the burial of the dead: 81
am the resurrection and the life,
saith the Lord; he that believeth
IN Me, though he were dead, yet
shall he live; and whosoever liveth
and beliveth in Me shall never die
A musical version of the 23o
Psalm, by H. Walford Davies, was
sung by the choir, and the Very
Rev. Hughell E. w. Fosbroke, dear
of the General Theological Semi
nary, New York. read the lesson
from St. Pauls first letter to the
Corinthians: Now is Christ risen
from the dead and become the first
fruits of them that slept"
Bishop Freeman led the recital
Of the Greed and a series of prayers
for DR.. Phillips and "an others who
die in the Lord" The interpolated
hymns were: The Strife Is Ger
the Battle Done" and God Be in
My Head and in My Understand
ing For the principal anthem
Souls of the Righteous" by DR..
T. Tertius Noble, was chosen and it
later was revealed that the COM
poser himself was in the church.
The Bishop pronounced the COM
initial in sure and certain hope OF
E. eternal life" and gave the bene-
diction.
Leaving the Cathedral the pro-
cession moved down the south
transept steps. dividing in its course
to form guard of honor through
which the coffin was carried to a
hearse on the road below. The
honorary pallbearers, including Sen
atorS Glass of Virginia, Clark of
Missouri, Austin of Vermont and
Taft of Ohio paid their last tribute
of respect as the cortege prepared
to leave the grounds.
Other Clergy Present.
With Bishop Freeman throughout
the service we're: Right Rev. Noble
c. Powell, Bishop Coadjutor OF
Maryland, and Right Rev. Walter
Henry Gray, Suffragan Bishop OF
Connecticut.
The Rev. Dr. James Shera Mont
gomery, chaplain of the House OF
Representatives; the Rev. DR.. Ar.
/ thur B. Kinsolving, rector emeritus
/ ST. Paul's Church, Baltimore; the
Rev. DR.. Peter Marshall. New York
Avenue Presbyterian Church: the
Rev. DR.. John w. Rustin. Mount
Vernon Place Methodist Church
the Very Rev. Howard D. Robbins
Cathedral of St. John the Divine
New York; Chaplain Harry Lee Yer.
din, U. S. A; Chaplain w. H. Raj
ferty, U. S. NJ: Chaplain Alberr
Joseph MacCartney, U. S. NJ, anc
Rabbi Norman Gerstenfeld, Wash.
ington Hebrew Congregation, wer,
in the procession.
Mrs. Phillips, widow of the dean
was accompanied by her daughters
Mrs. Guido Perera and Mrs. Walter
McClenahan. and their husbands
with four of her six grandchildren
DR.. Phillips only brother, DR.
Thomas Sharpe Phillips of Spring.
field. Ohio, arrived just before the
afternoon service began.
The active pallbearers, all mem.
bers of the clerical group trained
and directed by Dean Phillips and
Bishop Freeman, were: The Rev. D
Wade Stafford, the Rev. Paul Wilbur
the Rev. Reno S. Harp. the Rev. c