Evening star., 1945-04-16

bowed head before every altar.
80 He led his people across the
Red Sea of tragedy, in the black
night of suffering, towards the foot
of a great covenant of Sinai, a
covenant of the Righteousness of
the morrow for which he had la
bored through the years"
Rabbi Gerstenfeld bespoke sup
port for the new President. in
wholehearted dedication to the unit
ing of the nations beyond, our only
hope for the peace of the morrow
Symbol" Says DIR. Walsh.
The Rev DR.. Edmund A. Walsh.
S. j., vice president of Georgetown
University. declared Mr. Roosevelt
was mot only citizen of the world
he was a living, dynamic symbol Of
the worlds best hopes"
"Undismayed by the physical af-
Fiction which might well have con-
demned lesser spirit to obScurity
and disability" continued Father
Walsh. "he conquered pain and
mastered the intirmity to degree
that has proved benedictlon to
thousands of similarly afflicted fell
low citizens and Will continue to
ennoble and fructity humanity for
generations to come
Referring to the quiet change IN
the presidency under our COnStltu-
ton. Dr. Walsh declared the or
derly and unbroken transmission of
the symbols of authority in this
bereaved republic and reassertion
of disciplined freedom and democ
racy even amidst the carnage and
destruction OF universal disorder is
an additional testament of faith and
unimpaired resolve flashing good
cheer across the oceans from the
new world TO the agonlzed peoples
of the old"
DR.. Harris Speaks.
DR.. Frederick Brown Harris. min
lister of Foundry Methodist Church
and chaplain of the Senate. de-
clared more millions would mourn
MI. Roosevelt than any other man
in history. adding: More eulogies
will be uttered as halos to his mem
Ory than have ever been woven be-
fore out of affection and apprecia-
ton for any leader of men who has
ever walked this earth"
Born TO special privilege con-
tinued DR.. Harris, and to move in
circles of the elite he became the
sympathetic servant OF all, the very
symbol of the hopes and yearnings
of little men and humble people"
But Franklin d. Roosevelt is not
dead declared the speaker He
hears the bells, he sees the flags Of
victory. AS the maSSed forces OF
freedom move with steady step to-
ward the bright new world, his soul
goes marching on"
Prayers We're offered by the Rev.
DR.. Frederick E. ReiS>ig. executive
secretary Of the Washington FEEDER
alton Of Churches: the Right Rev.
John K. Cartwright of Immaculate
Conception Church, the Rev. Robert
w. Brooks of nterdenominational
Ministers Alliance, and the bene-
diction was pronounced by the Rev.
Seth r. Brooks, past president of
the Committee on Religious Life of
the Nations Capital. Presiding was
the Rev. DR.. Oscar F.. BlackWelder,
president of the committee. The
chorus was conducted by HarWoOd
| V. Hall.
| Washingtons churches dedicated
their services yesterday to the men,
Ory of President Roosevelt
From the most spacious to the
humbleSt edlflce, worShipers prayed
for the repose of the Presidents S
soul and for Americas welfare m
der its new leader. They sang the
hymns Mr.. Roosevelt was known to
have loved, and they heard their
pastors eXtoll his great service to
his Nation and to the world.
Presidents Pew Draped in Black.
At st. Thomas Episcopal Church.
where the President was a regular
communicate. his pew was draped
in black and roped off with black
cloth. The hymns he had selected
on special occasions were sung.
The rector, the Rev. DR.. Harry
S. Wilkinson, preached on Christ
the Good Shepherd" He wove into
the sermon many personal rem
iniscences Of the President, illus
/ trating the lessons to be cleaned
from the text. Mr.. Roosevelt, the
rector pointed out. recognized the
leadership of God constantly as he
went about his heavy tasks.
Tho UISitnrc or Of
church, containing the first sigma
ture of Mr.. Roosevelt when he was
Assistant Secretary of the Navy un-
der the Wilson administration and
also bearing his mothers signature
and those Of the Earl of Halifax
and Lady Halifax and of many
other notables, was displayed and
later laid away securely in the per-
manent archives of the church.
Place Black Cross in Pew.
At Foundry Methodist Church a
black cross was placed in the pew
where the President and Prime
Minister Churchill sat Christmas
Day. l94l, a few weeks after the
| attack on Pearl Harbor had plunged
America into the war.
At st. Johns Episcopal Church,
in Lafayette Square, where the Pres
ident worshiped at the beginning
of each of his first three terms,
the Rev. Dr. John Wallace Suter,
dean of the Washington Cathedral,
used the burial Office in the Book
of Common Prayer, the identical
service that was read at the funeral
in the East Room of the White
House Saturday.
Comdr. Clifford NJ Drury. a naval