BISHOP'S FIRE Dr. Grant Is Told to Recant or Resign New York Pulpit HERESY TRIAL MAY BE FORCED YORK, Jan. 20 (United NEW Press).—Dr. Percy Stlckney Grant in his sermon in the Church of the Ascension tomorrow Is expected to reply to the open letter of Bishop William T. Manning, calling on him to resign or retract his statement that Christ did not have the power i t God. TJ>e bishop in his letter told Dr. Grant that every man has a right to freedom of thousEht. but that It was not possible for him to rou an Episcopal, minister if he held beliefs contrary to the faith of that church. The letter was delivered st the rectory of Dr. Grant's Fifth avenue Church of thf Ascension last night. Dr. Grant Is in the midet of prepar ing his Sunday sermon. From the bishop's letter It Is ap parent that he and Dr. Grant con ferred lost Wednesday, discussing the whole situation and that at that tim« Dr. Grant refused to resign, al though requested to do so. If he -.emalns firm in his eonten- j tion that Christ had not the power of God. that churches should not be consecrated, etc., and refuses to give up his holy orders, the bishop rentually will be forced to put him on trial for heresy. To do this it is necessary for two Episcopal minis ters to prefer charges, after which the bishop names a commission to decide whether there Is sufficient grounds for a trial. If the commis sion reports that there Is. a court is appointed, and tho evidence heard, the accused being represented by counsel. With the Bishop's ultimatum tinue as made known. It is expected that Dr. Grant will either reign or fling back the challenge and court the unusual proceeding of a trial for heresy. A report that Simutl Untermyer would defend Dr. Girant in heresy proceedings could not be confirmed last night, as Mr. Untermyer is in Florida and wlli remain there un til the middle of February. Bishop Manning's letter, timed to arrest or lend impetus to Dr. Grant's pronouncements, as the esse may be, is couched in the strongest terms and comes only after a long series of provocations. |BiSbop Burch publicly chastised Dr. Gram two years ago, but oould not go further, as the offending rec ior had not actually violated the canons of the church. Bishop Manning makes it plain that Dr. Grant has now exceeded his liber ties and denied his faith. So long ns he elects to remain a minister of the Episcopal Church, loyalty to tho creed is a binding obligation, the bishop points out. The teil of the letter follows: •'Since my conversation with you lasrt Wednesday afternoon I have given most earnest thought to the matter which we then discussed. That conversation was, as you know, in some Important points not re assuring to mo and I feel called upon to let you and the church know clearly what my Judgment is In this matter. "Tou wll, I hope, believe that what I write Is not written under any sense of irritation nor with per sonal feeling of any sort. If you were my own brother i should feel obliged to write you what I am now writing. If I understand you aright you confirm, as correct, the reports The late BRUN TESTS. By Sam I/o yd. Three Minutes to Answer This. V I Here is an Illustration of ! what might be termed optical j' Illusion. Look steadily for about ten seconds at the little j white dot in the center of the 1 above design, then, without |j winkling. suddenly gaze at some small point on a sheet ot i white paper, the celling, or c i blank wall. After a few at 1; tempts, by gazing intentlj' at i ( the ono spot for ten or j| twenty seconds, the blurred Ii form which first appears will ii assume the well-known fea I tures of a celebrated general. Ii It would appear to prove that ]! color is purely a freak of the ii Imagination, and that tho rol I ors we think we see are really ! I created by the eye. Look in ji tensely at a bright colored I 11 spot, like the ace of diamonds I ! ' or hearts, and then gaze at the I I blank wall or paper and you I j) will see the red has changed I j to a bright green. Artists on I I j ploy this method to find the I; party color or .complement, to I JI shade certain colors with, be I ) cause the new color which ap I j! pears on the space :s the oppo I j| site to the one first looked at; I j as white Is to black, green to I ji red, etc. The mysterious fe a - | j ture of the experiment Is that see a color which exists you only In your Imagination. Now to seo if you can recognize the celebrated general. Answer to Yesterday's. The number ot dollars, paid 513. by the multl-millionair 239, multiplied hy 21,649, the number of his days—produces 11,111,111,111. • ■ S 4 of your sermon preached last Sun day ar.d also oth»r utterances which you are reported to have made since that time. "The impression which you have fives to the church and to tha pub lic is that ydu deny the miraculous elements of the Gospel and that you no longer believe the statement of the Christian Faith as contained in the Apostles Creed. The Apostles Creed is the statement of the Chris tian faith which not only every min ister, but every member otf Hhls As a church la required to accept, minister of this church you obliged constantly and publicly to deblare your belief In it. "At your ordination you were ask ed publicly and solemnly 'Will you then give your faithful diligence al ways so to minister doctrine and sacrament* and the Dlaclple* of Christ as the Lord hath command ed, and as this church hath recelv od the same, according to the com mandments of God, so that you may teach the people commltted to your care and charge with all diligence to keep and observe the same.' If you cannot now conscientiously ao cept and teach the Christian faith contained in the Apostles Creed. I are It Is plain that you cannot con sistently continue 10 hold your com mission as a minister and leacher in the Protestant Episcopal Church. One uf Two fonrscs Open. "In my Judgment, therefore, you are called upon to follow one of two courses. You should at once publicly correct the Impreaslon giv en by your recent sermon and »tats clearly that you do accept the faith of the church as set forth In the Creed, or If you do not accept this faith you ahould voluntarily rceign from the ministry of this church. "This Is no way restrict» or con flicts with your personal liberty of your freedom or thought. You are at liberty to teach w hatever you be lieve. hut you are not at liberty to deny tho faith for which the Prot estant Episcopal Church stands and at the same time to continue as one of h-r ministers. It Us Inetiinbent upon all of us to follow what we believe to be the truth wherever may lead us. and If It leads you outside the Episcopal Church It is your duty courageously and honest to follow It there, but so long as you elect ,to remain a minister of) this church loyalty to- its Creed is j binding obligation upon you. It j 1 1 you do not believe In Jesus Christ as God and Saviour you are restricting your own freedom and Injuring yourself by remaining ln your present position. "The question involved Is one. not only of theology, but oÇ honor and good faith. According to your own statement. It appears that you have not only given up belief In this or that less Important doctrine, but that you have lost your belief In the Saviour Himself as He la presented to us In the Four Gospels and In the Apostolic. Creed. You will say that this Church allows great liberty of Interpretation as to the meaning of the article« of the Creed. That Is quite true, and I rejoice in the great liberty qf thought which this Church allow« and desire to uphold it to the utmost limit that Is lawful and right, "But Interpretation of a fact or a truth Is one thing and denial of it is another. Interpretation means reasonable explanation of a fact on the buela of it« acceptance as true. To call that Interprétât .en which is. in fact, denial, is a misuse of Ian-) guage_ There I. great liberty 0 » cnnsf chncch e m, r *D u n ac JL '', copal Church, but this does not jrJv« her ministers the right to deny the essential faith for which ' the Church stands Q 110 IC.S Bishop Potter "In a great charge to the cOnven tion of thin diocese, entitled, 'Lave and Loyalty,' which I would gladly i*ake i..y own. Bishop Henry C. Potter said: "This Church has her| standards of faith embodied in the]®* creeds and offices and articles, whlch. taken together with Holy Scriptures, are her rule of faith. In the interpretation of these there al ways has been and there always will be. certain latitude of Interpretation for which every wise man will be devoutly thankful. But that that latitude exists Is no more certain than that It has its limits, and that the transgression of these limits, by whatever ingenuity Jt has been at-1 compllahfd. has wrought only evil In lowering the moral tone of the Church, and in debilitating the In dividual conscience Is. I think, less certain. . . . Out of all tho con n, 0 . „.mo, « W— .b all the vagaries of Individual senti ment. or Inclination, there rise« that thing which we call loyalty, whether to God, or our country, ot our mother, the Church.' Hints at Heresy Trial If any man knows that he cannot fulfill the terms upon which he holds his Office In the ministry hc should voluntarily retire from It But. to quote again the words of Bishop Potter. 'Toleration in a Body which professes to hold and teach Truth, must have its limtis.' "I call upon you to correct unmls takably the Impression which von have publicly given of your disbelief in our Lord Jesus Christ as God and Saviour, or. If it Is not possible for you to do so, then to withdraw from tho ministry of this church." Faithfully yours, WILLIAM T. MANNING. P. S.—"As the situation, which your widely published statement has created is ono of much concern to the church. I am giving copies of this letter to the newspapers." After Dr. Grant delivered his sen sational sermon last Sunday Bishop Manning would make .no comment, although prominent churchmen all over the country, and particularly in New York, felt that some action wa« bound to follow, caiism of his Sunday afternoon forum, his attack on the divorce laws, his love poetry and unconven tional utterances have brought him under severe criticism from time to time. heresy trials if these can possibly be avoided. They ought never to be necessary in the church where the spirit of love and patience and fellowship should reign. I (i The radi His denial of the divinity of Christ is believed to have been the straw that broke tbe camel's back. Bishop Manning is known to be a strict theologian and to have felt keenly incensed over Dr. Grant's flaunted attack on the church. i 1 It came ao forcibly to his attention and aroused such a wave of comment all ovet I the country that he felt constrained nj to vike action when, In tala opinion, f BISHOP COOK | TO VISIT DOVER Georgia Woman WritCS IOf Thimbleful of Delà-' ware Soil SpPC i al to The Evening Journal, Jan . 20 ,_ nl „ hop rhnlp C'ook will make an official visit to morrow to Christ P. E. Church, this f 0wn> an( j administer the rite of ponflryyjatlon Jn the morning at wl „ v ,„ t m . Paul's Chapel, Camden. In the af tarnoon and in tlhe «vfening will v j s j t Harrington, where he will also confirm a class. . Mayor-elect John C. Hopkins hue K. OF P. OFFICERS ARE INSTALLED received a letter from Misa Jessie Wiggins, of Wadley, Georgia, who desires a "thimbleful" of soil from Delaware's capital to mix with »oll« of other States In the Union In planting a tree In her native town. Mayor Hopkins hoe complied with her request. Deputy Grand Chancellor William G. Pyle and etaff of past council lors. installed the following officers of Central Lodge. No, 10, Knights of Pythias, of Dover: G. C.. W. W. Moore; V. C., O. S. Bell; P.. E. C. Wonder; M. of W B„ M. Nurlck: M. A. R . D. Kichlina; K of R. and S, W. W. Rash; M. of E.. W. ft. Bostic: M of F.. W. P. Carrow; O., P. N. Keilum; O. O., M. H. Mohlcr. At a public sale of the property of the late PYanola B. Shaffer, on Governor's avenue, the property wae purchased by A. J. Klngabury for *3800. The name of Rev. J. W. Colona, D. D.. pastor of Wesley M. E. Church, of this town, is being men tioned In connection with the dis | | [ I i j trict superintendency of Wilmington District, since the announcement of tho contemplated retirement at the next session of tho M. E. Confer ence, of Dr. Robert Watt. GOI.DEA OliUB ELECTS. Goldey College Commercial Club has elected the following officers: John lAnkford. president; Oscar Marden, vice-president; Katheryn Malone, secrelary; Annette Fuller, Laura Richardson and Earle Ram say, program committee. The following program waa pre sented by the club: Song by tho club; reading. John Sherlden; vocal solo, Miss Anna Butler; current events, by Ted Richards: piano solo. Miss Anna Plotken; college paper, Miss Janette Westerfleld; vocal solo. Misa Audrey Winder: reading. Miss Elisabeth Shouck, and song, by the nr nr(lnt vW , ate 4 ordination V ows I)r , irnn , r „ drr Flr< . 11l20 ln . Tnnuary mo> Dr r . r , n> , ullJer Hra fop R „„ ed vl oi atlon of " 1 * ^»^1. canon» in hi. manner of I , . , Holy Commun Ion socond a *» ln '>< P 1 m wa " tor «Mowing laymen to ex press radical view* in the forum of |J e without the consent of Mc klsiop. wa * that hp Performed marriage «remony for divorced persons, con ,rary to church law. At tho time 8 * 10 '' ® ,lr, ' h wrote to him protest lM * against the "use of the consecrat rd dedicated to the worship of 'M'nlghly God. as a meeting place for « forum 10 which are not Infre fluently invited as speakers men who do not bpl| eve In God. who professed ,y ar, '- opposed to the government, olearly showing their irreverence for co !V;F M , uted authority." the Episcopal Church was ln convention In Portland, Ore., last September, Dr. Grant attacked the | lllvorce c « n °n» 1> f »•>» church and j «f the time Bishop Manning. Inter-1 vl «wed on Portland, mads the re 1 «cant » breaking out ' l * aln . Th)s W8S hl8 only public ™stï5.W ISIS'S any lime until he gave copies of his letter to the newspapers yesterday. I George Gordon Battle, a former i prominent member of Dr. Grant's I vestry; Burton F. White, former ' and Harold club. The third allegation lawyer left the church at various times because of Dr Grant s actions and utterances. On September 1R, 1921, It was an nopncijd < b «' Bishop Manning re Bised to sanction the union of Dr. 9, rant aad Mrs ' IU ' a Dp ApMt « By d *' l,nder authority of the canon aw of . ' 10 church. Mrs Lydlg has **!!* 'u « t ? S cï' ( » W1 ' . P f r ' td * ' at tl,e " am ' aSl nl « h 1 t ,,0 , 1,s , ht tor a -'«tement °" Bishop s letter to her fiance, There are persistent reports among phurphmp " > ha ' Dr - '-rant will fee. re no dismay over the Bishop's action an/f that It is his wish to found an independent church and pursue his own domestic happiness. Dh. Grant had nothing last night on the Bishop a letter. Precedent for Bishop's Action Bishop Manning's action in de manding the rewlgnntion of Dr. Grant if he doe« not withdraw the statements he made last Sunday is not without precedent in the Epis copal Church. The nearest parallel is the case ot the Rev. Algernon S. Crapsey, who was at one time rec tor of the fashionable parish of St. Andrew«, in Rochester. He wasVeposed in 1906 when ho was tried for views he expressed on. the birth of Christ. He given a chance to repudiate them, hut refused to recant, Insisting that these were his beliefs. He, loo, was a picturesque figure, well known in the Church for the radicalism of his views. At his trial Dr. Crapsey in sisted that he believed In the Apos tles' Creed. Dr. Grant is known to have virtually elided the creed from his church service. Secrecy has attached In most cases to a request for resignation from the ruling Bishop. The nature of Dr. Grant's public challenge made it impossible to keep the issue quiet In this particular instance. to say wa s LEI WIN MAKE CLOTHES FOR MEN? NO Let women make men's || clothes? Never, say these Evening i Journal artists who have rallied I to the defena. of their meeker I brothers. They were Jolted into [ 1 action by the publication of an j N'EA Service story dealing with a woman's attack on men a clothes. "Our dress may be ugly," ; 1 1 they cry In unison, "but we can | help ourselves.'' i This Is how they propose to ! do It: L) ; lj By R, J. SCOTT NBA Service Staff Artist Man has long been the goat of woman's Inferiority complex. To make up for his natural lack of dis tinctiveness she has dressed him in loud ties and gaudy socks. To make up for his deficiency In impressiveness she has fed him so well that he has developed a "cor poration" that grows bigger and big ger all the time. Ho may wear a muffier; he may try to keep his coat buttoned. But he can't hide hla shame. He must look to Russia for the ' the longles—It one must wear them. | To give the get-up Just the proper ] dash of chic, trimming on head piece and cuff should be harmonious. ; Bui be careful that your barber J doesn't trim your hat instead of I ypnr head when you drop In for tho|p way out. There they wear long blouses that cover considerable and deceive tho eye. OBlcer j,,,w!*, of Newark, were re , enaed thIfl n ,„rnlng as no one could b(J found w h 0 would make a charge a(calnRt th « local lock-up all night, The threP m , n w ho look to he „tout 21 or 22 years of age told 1ocr1 0 ntrlals they were on their, w fr „ m Philadelphia to Baltimore here thev expect , 0 KPt w „rk on j ohn Burris, of Christiana,; d tWQ womgn who were with hlm , j„ an automobile, told Officer Lewis. *ÏT, ''''T« \T -vr* whl,a drlvinB a,0 L ng , ' h ?.. r0ad ^ ' 88 " one ma " masked holding up two j oth,>r8 at "Y T'"!. 0 * , Wlth "T? 1 ^ '° ,ha ! 8< ' Pn * " f ' ,p P p08pd h