Evening star., 1945-04-15
Churches Here
To Pray Today
For Roosevelt
Catholic, Protestant,
Jewish Fuiths Set
Memorial at d PM.

oiiCi VI ayers lOr IIle SOUL Vi rTdIlk-
lin Delano Roosevelt as his body i.
laid to rest at Hyde Park, N. Y.
In every church clergy will en-
phasize the need of the fallen lead
er'S people to pray for him and fol-
the future of the Nation.
In addition to memorial services
planned throughout the, city, a
memorial mass meeting of the
Catholic, Protestant and Jewish
faiths will be held at pm. in Con-
stitution Hall under the auspices OF
the Committee on Religious Life in
the Nations Capital.
DR.. Oscar F. BlackWelder, chair
man of the committee, will preside
and prayers will be offered by Rabbi
Norman Gerstenfeld of the WASH
ington Hebrew Congregation: the
Rev. DR.. Edmund A. Walsh OF
Georgetown University and the Rev,
DR.. Frederick Brown Harris, chap
lain of the Senate and pastor OF
the Foundry Methodist Church.
Others to Participate.
Others participating in the service
will be DR.. Robert w. Brooks of the
Interdenomination Ministers Al
lance; the Right Rev. John K. Cart
wright, pastor of Immaculate Con-
ception Church; DR.. Seth R. Brooks
vice chairman of the committee
sponsoring the memorial service
and DR.. Frederick E. Reissig, eXecu-
tive secretary of the Washington
Federation of Churches.
The combined choirs of several
churches under the direction of
Harwood V. Hall and the United
States Navy Band will provide the
music. The service will be broadcast
over Station WMAL from 4 to 4:30
pm.
Both the Washington Cathedral
and ST. Johns Episcopal Church,
which held special services yester-
day at the time the funeral services
were in progress at the White House,
will hold memorial services again
today.
The Cathedral memorial service
will be held at pm, while St.
Johns will hold requiem COM
munion service at $50 am. and a
memorial service will take the place
of its regular Sunday worship at
II am. The Very Rev. John Wal
lace Suter, jr., dean of Washington,
will speak at the Cathedral and at
the St. Johns IL a m. service
Breakfast Club Sets Memorial.
The YMCA Dormitory Mems
Breakfast Club at the Central
YMCA will hear an address by the
Rev. Thomas M. Steen, director of
the Defense Commission of the
Federation of Churches, at me-
mortal service, and DR.. Page NICK.
Etchison will speak to the Java
Club breakfast.
The Stage Door Canteen will open
at 3 pm. for a memorial service
also.
Former Senator Josh Lee, Demo-
crat, of Oklahoma will pay tribute
to President Roosevelt at memorial
services at IL am. at Luther Rice
Memorial Baptist Church, Concord
avenue and North Capitol street.
All over the city yesterday ad-
mirers of President Roosevelt gath
cred at memorial services. In ad-
dition to the services at the Cathe-
dral and st. Johns, services were
held at the British Embassy, the
Pentagon and the Navy Yard, and
approximately 800 people attended
the city-Wide memorial service
sponsored by the Washington Bu-
reau of the Fraternal Council of
Negro Churches. held at Mt. Car
mel Baptist Church.
British officials explained the Serv-
ices at the Embassy were arranged
after many spontaneous requests
had come from personnel of the
British agencies in Washington for
a commemorative program in which
they might participate.
Admiralty Head Extends Sympathy.
Admiral Sir James Somerville,
head of the British Admiralty dele
cation in Washington, extended
sympathy to the American people
in the loss of their great President, y
whom he called great friend of the
British Commonwealth.
At the Cathedral the hundreds of
mourners at yesterdays service bow
ed their heads for one minute of
silence just at pm.
The one-hour memorial service
which followed was simple, in keep
ing with the tenor of the funeral
itself. Hymns were sung, the 12lst
Psalm was recited and prayers were
offered for the soul of the late Pres
ident. Unabashed tears streamed
down the faces of those present and
quiet sobs could be heard.
The Rev. DR.. Charles w. F. Smith,
canon of the Cathedral, delivered
the eulogy.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt lives,
he said. He lives not alone in the
hearts of his countrymen. He lives
not only in the institutions whose
salvation owes so much to him. He
lives unto God. Stripped of
the panoply of earthly power, he
stands before God.'
Quotes Army Sergeant.
Canon Smith quoted the remarks
of an anonymous Army sergeant,
carried in a story by Star War Cor
respondent Newbold Noyes, jr., in
Fridays editions. The story, writ
ten from Rome, quoted the soldier
as saying that the people of the
country had come to depend heav-
lily on Mr.. Roosevelt and that his
death would leave them with a
realization that they would have
to face their own problems. The
sergeant also said he believed nc
President has ever had the wide
support Of the people that will be
accorded Mr.. Truman in this critical
hour.
A capacity crowd of 300 persons
attended the memorial service at
st. Johns Church where the Rev
Howard A. johnson and the Rev
James A. Pike, curates conducting
the service, used the same hymns
psalms and prayers as those being
used in the funeral service at the
White House.
G. M. Richardson Dougall was
organist and choir master for the