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CHURCH WORSHIP AND WORK m LITERARY COMMENT
Sermon Subjects
For Tomorrow in
Churches of City
Union Services for Several
Congregations—To Preach on
China in Old First.
Union services will be held in a
IVJrn*3er of the churches throughout
the city tomorrow. Some of the pul
pits will be occupied by out-of-town
ministers.
The services in the churches will be:
In the First Baptist Peddle Me
morial Church, Broad and Fulton
streets, Rev. Dr. H. J. Vohburgh, of
Camden, will preach morning and
evening. Morning worship 11:00; sub
ject, 'The Stigmata.” Evening wor
ship, 7:30; subject. "The Central
Truth of Christianity.” Everyone is
cordially Invited.
At the Elizabeth Avenue Baptist
Church, Elizabeth and Lyons avenues,
Rev, Alexander MacGeorge, of the
First Baptist Church, Harrison, will
preach at both morning and evening
services. Regular Bible class on
Thursday evening at 8 o’clock.
Baptist
At the South Baptist Church Rev.
E. C. Carder, of Cuba, N. Y„ will
preach in the morning.
Christian Science
First and Second Churches of Christ,
Scientist—Subject, “Mind;" Golden
Text; I. Corinthians 11., 16, "Who hath
known the mind of the Lord that he
may instruct him? But we have the
mind of Christ." Responsive reading:
Psalms 119, 89-94, 97, 9S, 101-103, 111,
112. 117.
Cutheran
"Lift Up Your Eyes" will he the
eerinon subject of Rev. W. H. W.
Reimer, pastor of Trinity Lutheran
Church, at the service tomorrow
morning.
Ittetbodist episcopal
At the Roseville Methodist Epis
copal Church, Orange street and
Bathgate place, the seitnon at the
morning service will be preached by
Wofford C. Timmons, assistant min
ister. topic, "The Healing of Hu
manity." At the 7:45 p. m. union
evangelistic service will be held at
the Roseville Garden.
Tn the Centenary Methodist Epis
copal Church the pastor. Rev. Ralph
B. Brmy, D. D., will preach at 11:00
a. m. and 7:45 p. m. At the evening
service the soloist will be Mrs. Mollis
Chapin Ely, contralto.
prcsboterian
The Rev. Alexander Alison, D. D.,
recently pastor of the First Presby
terian Church of Seattle, Wash., the
membership of which Is almost 6,000,
will occupy the pulpit of the Rose
ville Presbyterian Church, Roseville
avenue and Sussex avenue, on Sab
bath morning at 11 o’clock. He will
also preach at the union open-air
services at 7:45 p. m. in the Roseville
Garden, Orange and Sixth streets.
Both services in the "Old First”
Church tomorrow will be conducted
by Rev: Charles A. Killle, D. D., of
China. He will take as his morning
subject "Twenty-five Years in China:
Some Transformations I Have Seen.”
There are few who can speak of Chi
nese affairs, religious, diplomatic and
social, with the authority gained
from actual personal experience in
that country during the thrilling
times of the Boxer rising and the
several grave political crises which ]
have since arisen. In the evening he,
will preach on "The Supply of All I
Our Needs and How to Get It.’
The adult Bible class will be led by
Mr. Robert S. Douglas at 4 o’clock in!
the lecture room.
Rev. .1. Woodman Babbitt, of New- j
burgh, N. Y., will return to his home
church, the "Old First," on Tuesday!
evening, to conduct the prayer meet
ing at 8 o’clock. He will give a ]
short address on "Learning to Shut j
the Door,” Matt, vl., 6.
The music tomorrow will be as fol
lows: Morning service: Organ pre- !
lu,<Ys, "Prelude Solennol," Barnes;
anthem. "Jerusaem," Parker: offer
tory, organ solo, air “Du Nord,”;
Wolstenholme, and organ postlude,1
Sortie in D minor, Rogers. Evening
service: Organ prelude, "Evensong,"
.i,,unston; anthem. "Hark, Hark, My
Soul,” Shelley: offertory, organ solo,
"La Derniere Sommeille de la
Yierge,” Massenet, and organ post
lude, March from Suite, Rogers.
Charles Deinlnger will preach In
South Park Memorial Chapel at 8
o'clock Sunday evening. August 22.
Christian Endeavor and Junior
Christian Endeavor meeting at 7:15
p. m.
RELIGIOUS NOTICES.
BAPTIST.
SOUTH BAPTIST CHURCH, East Kinney I
street. near Broad—Rev. Clark T. Brownell, !
pastor. Morning worehlp. 11 o’clock: preach- ,
jog by Rev. E. C. Carder, of Cuba. N. Y. |
All invited. No evening service.
ELIZABETH AVENUE BAPTIST
CHURCH. Elisabeth end Lyone avenues—
Rev George McNeely. The church where
the Bible is taught every Sunday ill the
year. Rev. Alexander MacGeorge, or the
First Baptist Church. Harrison. N. J.. will
preach morning and evening Morning ser
vice, It o'clock; evening. 8 o'clock. Thurs
day evening at 8 o'clock, Bible study, prayer
anil praise service. All seate are free and
strangers are cordially Invited to worship
with us. Main lin# and Clifton cars direct
to the door.
METHODIST EPISCOPAL.
R03EVILLE METHODIST EPISCOPAL
CHURCH, Orange street and Bathgate place
—Dorr Frank Dlefendorf. minister. «:30 a.
m., Sunday school; 10:30 a. m., morning
worship and sermon by Wofford C. Tim
mons, aesletant minister; 7:45 p. in., union
evangelistic servlcea at the Roseville Gar
den. Midweek prayer service Tuesday, 8 p.
m. All seats are free and strangers are
cordially invited to worship with us.
ST LUKE'S METHODIST EPISCOPAL
CHURCH. Clinton avenue and Murray street
_Rev. James H. MacDonald, pastor. The
Clinton Avenue Baptist Church Joins In wor
ship in 10:45 a. m. and 7:45 p. m. In the
morning the pastor will preach on "Chris
tian Liberty" and In the evening will preach
the third of the evangelistic sermons on the
subject of "Tho Cowardice of a Guilty Con
science."
PRESBYTERIAN.
THE OLD FIRST PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH, Broad street, one block south of
MarKet—Strangers welcome at all services.
All departments of the Sunday school at
9:30 ii. m., excepting the adult Bible class
at 4. Morning service at 10:49, sermon by
Rev. Charles A. Klllle, D. D., of China;
subject. "Twenty-five Years In China; Some
Transformations I Have 8een.” Evening wor
ship. 7:45; address by Dr. Charles A. Klllle;
topi*. "The Supply of All Our Needs and
How to Get It. Tuesday evening prayer
meeting, 8; address by Rev. J. Woodman
Babbitt, of Newburgh, N. Y., subject,
"Iveurning to Shut the Door.”
REV. JAMES HARDIN SMITH, pastor of
the Presbyterian Church of Rushville, 111.,
will preach in the Third Presbyterian Church,
North, on Sunday. Mr. Smith is a southerner
by birth and with all the force of southern
eloquence. He Is one of the Chautauqua
lecturers and is said to be a very attractive
and convincing preacher.
THIRD PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, new
building, corner Abington avenue and Ridge
atp-et—Morning service at 11 o'clock; preach
ing by Rev. James Hardin Smith, of Rush
ville, 111
REFORMED.
NORTH REFORMED CHURCH—Rev.
g D. Chambers, assistant minister, will
preach both morning and evening. Morning
subject. "The Expulsion of Phobos;" evening
subject, "An Excited Jailer's Question."
Evening service begin* at ?;4§. Strangers
cordially welcome.
Where Ruthenlan Catholics Will hold pilgrimage and head of Rite in United States
J The Continental Army iCoad leading
to Liberty Corner ", over which the piltfruns
will march.
■ '
Site where altar mil Stand on
Summit of hit/, or Calvaria*
MAN’S INTUITIVE RECOGNITION
OF GREATER POWER OF GOD
Human Relationship to Nature’s Laws and Forces—Possibil
ities of the Collective Mind of Man.
AH men recognize intuitively a |
power higher than man himself, but
all men do not agree In calling this
greater power God, in tho meaning
of a personal Being, who directly of
His own will and for His own ends,
orders the affairs of the universe.
Some may have the opinion of Her
bert Spencer and spenk of the '‘Un
knowable;" others may join with
Matthew' Arnold and refer to “tho
Power that makes for righteousness;"
or others may conceive of their God
as a mightly exaggerated man, see
ing, feeling, tasting, walking, just as
a man does, it does not seem easy to
provide for the masses of men a bet
ter conception of God than tho an
thropomorphic one, that He resembles
a human being, only greater and per
fect. Many men of education still
hold to this conception, or, if preach
ers, persistently use terms that con
vey this conception.
It seems difficult to think of God
in purely spiritual terms. Yet it is
repeatedly declared by Christ that He
is spirit. Springing from this an
thropomorphic idea of God is the ex
pectation that God must do anything
that at any time may be desired of
Him on the initiative and Judgment
of the expectant one himself, or else
there is disappointment and disbelief
if any expectation of any sort fails.
The idea that God must submit to
human Judgment and hasten to Com
ply when a request is made, is the
belief of many, indeed of the greater
part of Christian people. There
seems to be some ground of reason
for this belief, not that God must
necessarily yield to every human
want or judgment, but that He will
satisfy any worthy aeslre. If a man
has an aspiration toward a noble and
worthy end, It seems reasonable to
believe that He will satisfy a just,
legitimate, spiritual longing. But.
when the desire for tho action of
God’s power is conlined to the mate
rial realm there are likely to be many
disappointments, if the idea is held
that God acts contrary to His own
laws. In frequent experiences with
nature's forces situations urise that
instil fear and a doubt of Uod's good
ness, though they may be situations
which man may himself have pre
vented. in the past, and to some ex
tent still, it has usually been easier
to teach and believe that by some de
structive catastrophe God is visiting
a people with punishment, when It is
the people themselves who have
paved the way for the catastrophe
by failure to take forethought and be
alert in planning and action for the
prevention of the catastrophe
The destructive floods not long ago
In Ohio taught a special lesson in this
matter. The wanton cutting away of
forests at the head waters and along
tho streams bring in time the results
of human folly. Already reforestation
is regarded by the government as a
method for preventing more like
catastrophes. A comprehensive plan
for the control of floods is being
worked ut. It seems unfair for any,
however religious, to charge such a
disaster to the "Inscrutable mystery
of God."
be maintained that He should pre
vent the operation of natural forces
when they bring destruction. God
will be as good as men want Him to
be. When human life measures up
to a higher standard of goodness
men will see God advancing befora
them in His leadership in goodness
and away from what seems evil.
As a matter of conception today
God does not do things contrary to
law. Earthquakes and the like are
the effectp of some cause and come
about according to law, the knowl
edge of which man may yet attain
in such wise to control such phe
nomena. Nature, Indeed, seems piti
less, with her unchanging laws, per
sistent forces, unvarying order of
cause and effect; but it has been de
clared that man shall have dominion.
The laws he may know, the forces he
may direct and make to serve him.
Change That Has Come.
Half a century ago scientists de
clared that theology was cruel when
it taught the doctrines of election,
original sin, or vicarious suffering of
one. But thinking has changed and
science has given a teaching that
makes the theology of fifty or more
years ago seem mild. “Election" is
now called the "selection of the fit
test;" “original sin" has given way to
“heredity;" the suffering of one is the ;
suffering of all; what were regarded
as stern truths of religion are now
put forth under a different nomen
clature as the discovery of science.
Everything proceeds according to un
alterable laws over which man has
no power. The great names of a cen
tury ago, as Butler, Edwards, Chal
mers and the like, in theology have
been displaced hy Huxley, Tyndall,
Darwin and Spencer, in science. For
some time these names have not had
their accustomed influence. The new
idealism is displacing the essential
materialistic character of their teach
ing.
A reaction Is steadily taking place.
The representative scientists like Sir
Oliver Dodge and the late Dord Kel
vin are coining to the conclusion that
matter is not industruetable, and that
beyond matter is a realm for the in
vestigator that will richly reward
him. The world of spiritual forces
is the one that has the surest promise
of certainty and stability. On the
other hand, men are not submitting
gracefully to the idea that they are
helpless creatures in the sweep of
natural forces. It is coming to be
believed by increasing numbers that
the mind of man, tho collective mind,
can accomplish what it will in the
realm of nature and in its conquest
over material things. It was given to
man to subduo the earth. It is this
idea that animates socialism, that
man collectively can change his eco
nomic environment and organize so
ciety rationally and economically, and
in the larger moral interests of all
notwithstanding Malthns's and Ri
cardo’s prophecies of the unrelenting
character of economic laws.
A Natural Question.
The question naturally Is asked,
“Why does God permit earthquakes,
cyclones and the like? Is He good If
He willingly allows human beings to
be destroyed by. such catastrophes?"
Tills Is a great and perplexing ques
tion which involves much that is yet
to be learned. It may be observed
that men permit one another to be
destroyed and even deliberately set
about destroying each other by wars
skilfully planned, by unsanitary con
ditions In populous centers, where dis
ease does its deadly work; by wilful
neglect and In other ways. It may
be assumed that God will be to men
what men themselves are.
Among all people It has been the
fact that men tend to become very
much In quality like the gods they
worship In pagan Rome and so
called heathen countries the gods
have been clothed with the attributes
and powers which men have chosen
to give them or believe the gods
possess. If under the Christian sys
tem men have accustomed them
selves to think of God as creating
good and evil, as taking pleasure In
wars and even ordering battles or
as one who visits sorrow and death
on men, It cannot »'1U» good grace
The weakness of much of the so
ciological teaching of Herbert Spen
cer was the failure to allow for the
play of the human mind, the moat
powerful factor of all. Against this
is set the late Professor Lester F.
Ward’s "Phychlc Factors" and
works of like sort, coming yearly
from the press. This is an age ap
parently second only to that of the
renaissance in its awakening all along
the line. A movement that is in keep
ing with the trend of things is called
"The New Thought," which is In nu
merous places gathering its adher
ents, and demonstrating the power of
mind to bring things to pass. It is
maintained that the collective mind of
man by training the though* to dwell
on the goodness In the world, and by
insisting that God is good can pro
duce a state in which that which is
good and desirable will dominate and
that which is called evil becomes as
nothing. This movement is, there
fore, in keeping with science in deny
ing the duality of the origin of all |
things and lnsemphasizing unity.
Natural Inference.
In order to escape making the
charge that God creates evil, which
seems inconsistent with His character
as good, it has been necessary to as
sume another spirit, a bad one, who
Is responsible for evil. This is a
primitive and natural Inference and
has been the idea or aboriginals. It
seems to be satisfactory to some
minds. But the question arises: "Are
evils, whether earthquakes or sick
ness, cyclones or Borrow, temporary
or everlasting?’1 The Apostle Paul
asserts that it is the business of the
enlightened to overcome evil with
good, w'hich would indicate the
evanescent and temporary character
of evil and the eternal quality of
good. The same writer declares that
“all things work together for good. ’
Not alone may this idea be seen in
the moral life, but in nature's work
also. "He maketh His sun to rise
on the evil and on the good, and
sendeth rain on the Just and on the
unjust.” In one place the falling rain
may be regarded as harmful, while
elsewhere it brings refreshment to
parched fields. A thunderstorm cap
I sizes a boat on the lake, but it clears
the atmosphere and cools the air for
i thousands of sickrooms.
| There is some great purpose run
i ning through all that transpires and
| affects human life. To endeavor to
. know (he purpose and to work in
\ harmony with it is the business of
I men. If once the collective mind of
man attains this viewpoint, who wili
see anywhere evil? As “a
man thinketh in his heart, so
is he," If the collective spirit
of man were to enlarge its vision
and were to see the grander purposes
of the universal processes; if it were .
to see everywhere the good and real- i
Ize that the power that conquers is
the power of good, might not man i
bring to pass on earth what he will? ,
May it not be possible by means of i
the larger enlightenment and knowl- 1
edge of the law of the life more j
abundant to subdue even earthquakes
and cyclones?
What are in this stage of human (
progress called evils often impel men j
to seek the good, but unfortunately, |
too, many become good for too short j
a time. It is not enough, for example, i
for men to pray on every street cor- J
ner when disaster comes to a city in !
an earthquake or in fire or war, so
soon forgotten when material restor
ation has como. To "pray without
ceasing,” to cultivate the attitude of
prayer, to open the soul to the possi
bilities and powers of the good In
the universe; this should be the aim
of the collective mind. It is main
tained by some that if It becomes a
habit of mind to think of evil as In
evitable and that men are subject
unalterably to an undesirable envir
onment, such attitude invites evil.
Men will receive what they look for.
Given Outward Expression.
There is much of this philosophy
about, and it is even asserted that
nature's moods may be controlled by
the collective mind of man. When
the mental and moral states of hu
man society are In a feverish and
tumultuous condition, nature seems
to behave badly, and in sympathy be
comes violent and seemingly unmoral,
frequently anticipating unrest and
revolutionary changes in human so
ciety. Tills has more than once been
the correspondence in the past. In
company with the 1R12 war in this
country and the European wars of
the same period, earthquakes shook
all North America and in other
places. Othor interesting agitations
of Mother Eartli over the wayward
ness of her children can be cited.
When Christ was on the cross, the
anxiety and anguish of his spirit
were given outward expression by
the darkness and the earthquake of
those hours, as though nature were
sympathizing with the mental and
spiritual struggle through which He
was passing. At the present time
the race is In an extensive condition
of unrest in things industrial, polit
ical, normal and spiritual. There is
a feeling of impending revolution or
change to a different aiul higher bash'
of life. If then, as the thought of
many, the collective mind of man can
bo brought to think of “whatsoever
things are true, whatsoever things
are honest, whatsoever things are
Just, whatsoever things are pure,
whatsoever things are lovely, what
soever things are of good report,”
such a power of control is attained,
with peace and order in conformity
with the "Power making for right
eousness," that even nature will
cease to show a rebellious disposition.
CIjKRICUS.
Enjoys “K"
A book buyer from a large New
York store writes to Houghton -Mifflin
Company: “At three o'clock a. m.
I finished 'K' —Imagine a book
buyer of mental dyspepsia and over
jaded literary taste to be kept up by
a novel until S a. m. In Mrs. Rlne
I I
hart’s books you have a story of un
usual charm, sweet, clean, absorbing,
anti thoroughly delightful.
Germany Denounced
For Present War
By German Author
Denunciations of Germany ns the
arch-culprit responsible for the pres
ent war in Europe have been plenti
ful during the last ten months, but
all, or practically all of them, have
been uttered by natives of the coun
tries arrayed In arms against Ger
many, or of neutral lands. Now,
however, comes another denunciation,
one of the frankest, bitterest and
] most unsparingly anti-German of the
j lot, which has the rare distinction of
i being written by a German.
1 It is callod "J’Accuse"—the famous
phrase used by Emile Zola in the
Dreyfus case -and it has just made
I its appearance In Lausanne, .Switzer
land, whither its author went in order
; to make possible the publication of
ills book (which is to be published in '
America by George II. Doran Com-,1
pany). His Identity remains hidden.]
"By a German" is the only clue given ]
on the title page of this most sensa- j
tlonal of all attacks on the policy of
the German war party. He predicts
defeat for that party in the present
war, and a German republic In the
near future, won by the people In the
teeth of Prussian opposition.
The author, who appears to be a
man of education and culture and is
gifted with a literary stylo of un
common vehemence, brushes aside
with contempt all the arguments ad
vanced to justify Germany’s stand In
the present war. He denies that site j
Is the victim of aggression, thnt she
needs "a placet In the sun," which,
says he, she already possesses. The
German and Austro - Hungarian
peoples, he thinks, are dupes of a war
party, pure and simple.
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The Lovable Meddler
The Reilly & Britton Company,
of Chicago, has Just published an
other novel by Leona Dairy mple, of
Passaic, N. J., "The Lovable Med
dler." Miss Dalrymple was the au
thor of the $10,0(10 prize novel, "Diane
of the Green Van."
BOOKS RECEIVED
"Blood and Iron,” by John Hubert
Greusei, The Shakespeare Press, pub
lishers, $1.50 net.
"The Song of the Scarlet Host,"
Joseph Bernard Rothy; Smith Sr Hale,
publishers.
"The Llfp of Earle Williams,” Oren
Clayton Reel; Shakespeare Press,
publishers; $1.25 net.
"Newark, the City of Industry,"
Newark Board of Trade.,
“The Voter In Command," J. Al
bert Stowe; the Upward Society,
publishers.
Book of Common Verse, Albert L.
Berry; A. C. McClure & Co., pub
lishers.
"How to Become a Naturalized Citi
zen,” Frank Voight and Wellington
E- Barto; Boyer Brothers, publishers.
"An Egyptian Love Spell." Marls
Herrington Billings; the Central Pub
lishing Company, publishers; 50c. net.
“The Lovable Meddler," Leona Dal
rymple; The Reilly & Britton Com
pany, publishers; $1.35 not.
FAITH IN GOD
If you ever feel downhearted or
discouraged.
If you ever think your work j
Is all in vain,
If the burdens thrust upon you
make your tremble,
And you fear that you shall
ne'er the victory gain;
Have faith in God, the sun will
shine,
Tho' dark the clouds may be
today.
His heart hath planned your
path and mine,
Have faith In God, have faith
alway.
—May Agnew Stephens.
RUTHENIAN GREEK CATHOLICS
TO HOLD PILGRIMAGE AUG. 29
Will Observe Feast of Assumption of Blessed Virgin Mary With
Service in Watchung Mountains.
RUTHENIAN Catholics throughout this section are completing arrange
ments for a pilgrimage on August 29 to Clarivaux Manor, Bernards
I township, Somerset county, situated in the Watchung mountains. This
date, in their old style calendar, is a Sunday within the octave of the feast
I of the assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, a religious holy day of obli
i gation. %
The congregation ot St. John the
Baptist, the Ruthenian Greek Cath
olic Church, of this city, numbering
about 3,500, will go on tho pilgrimage.
They will probably assemble at tho
church, located in Court street, near
Belmont avenue, and march to the
Lackawanna station. The pilgrims
will be in charge of Rev, Peter
Poniatlshin, pastor of the church.
Bishop oryntynsky, D. D., who is
head of the Greek rite of the Roman
Catholic Chy reh in the United Stutes,
may take part in the pilgrimage, lie
is the first Ruthenian Catholic bishop
appointed for the United States. His
appointment was made by the late
Pope Pius X., and he exercises spirit
ual jurisdiction over a flock scat
tered throughout the eastern part of
the United States and estimated at
about 600,000 souls, a diocese numer
ically as strong as tho Newark
diocese, presided over by Bishop
O'Connor.
f'oliNei-rutrd at I,embers.
lie was consecrated at Lemberg, in
Galicia, Austria, on May 12, 1907. The
consecrating prelate on that occasion
was ills grace, Archbishop Andrew
Hzeptlteky, Greek metropolitan of
Lemberg, who is now hold a prisoner
of war in Russia. Archbishop
Szeptitsky was assisted by the Latin
Roman Catholic Archbishop of Lem
berg in this sacred function.
Upon his arrival in the United
States, Bishop Ortynsky took up His
residence in Philadelphia, where he
has since maintained it. A recent
papal brief has granted him permis
sion to change his plaeo of residence
to New York city, which change may
hr made very shortly.
Since May 29, 1913, Bishop Ortynsky
has exercised independent plenary
Jurisdiction over the Catholic faithful
of his Ruthenian Greek rite, and is
no longer required to obtain dele
gated jurisdiction from the Latin
Ordinaries In whose dioceses his poo
ple may dwell. The Holy See re
quires him to preserve tho purity and
integrity of the Greek Catholic
rite, and his people are not permitted
to pass over to tlie Latin or Homan
rite The late Pope Leo XIII. by a
bull, forbado Latin priests or mission
aries from taking Catholics of these
oriental rites over to the Latin rite,
under penalty of suspension.
There are about 225 churches In the
Ruthenian Greek Catholic diocese
and about 170 priests.
VLIted Pope In 11)14.
Bishop Orlynsky made Ids visit ad
limina apostolorum to the late Pope
Pius X. in 1314 and escaped from
Lemberg just iis I ho Austrian troops
were being mobilized for the war.
Ho left with the Austrian troops in
cognito and traveled to the Italian
frontier. At Trieste he escaped and
sailed for home on the Principe do
Udine on August 12, 1914.
The proceeds or profits of the pil
grimage nnd excursion to Lyons Sta
tion, on the Lackawanna railroad,
will he devoted to the relief of the
Galician war sufferers This pilgrim
age is an unique event, being the first
of its kind in this country, although
pilgrimages to famous shrines and
sanctuaries arc a part of the custom
ary religious life of the Ruthenlans In
their home country.
Siilemn Hlich Mm*.
A solemn high mass, with all the
majestic, pomp and ceremony of the
Oriental ritual, will he celebrated at
11 a. m. on the summit of one of the
Watchung hills, which serve as the
calvaria. Intercessory prayers for
peace among the warring nations
will be chanted, the responses to the
long Greek ektene being sung by the
whole assemblage In the open air.
Then later in the afternoon vespers,
or Hesperlnos, will be s’-ng and Mak
ers for the repose «f tha lords of
those who fell In kite girnt war, re
cited.
The specie,' Pali will leave New
ark, Broad ktrkst station of the Lack
awanna sud Sunday morning, Au
gust shortly after 9 o’clock, reach
ing Lyons about 10:30 a. in. Many
catholics of the Latin rite, Including
V--:
.some- clergymen, expect to partici
pate in the pilgrimage.
Clairvaux Manor Is about one and
a third miles from Lyons Stulion,
nestling among the Watchung Hills
on the old Continental Army road,
which runs from Liberty Corner to
Hashing Midge Iti Bernards township,
Somerset county. It consists of sev
eral hundred acres of hilly, rolling
country, lying in the picturesque
Passaic Valley, partly wooded, and
watered by a perennial stream which
flows through the entires domain,
(known as Harrison's .Brook.
Situated as it is In Bernards Town
ship, it is not inaptly called Clalr
vaux, after the famous site selected
by the great medieval doctor of the
Church, St. Bernard, for his celebrated
abbey, whence lie became known os
the Abbot of Clairvaux, so that the
appellation Itself has a distinctly me
dieval and monastic suggestion.
To March to Clairvaux.
The procession of the Ruthenian
pilgrims will wind Its way from the
Lynns station of the Lackawanna
railroad over the hills to Clairvaux,
which has been the country home of
Mr. and Mrs. William J. Kearns and
their family for nearly a decade of
years past. Along the Bernards
township thoroughfare these pil
gflms will sing their hymns and can
ticles as they formerly sang them In
their homo land
The disciplinary usages of these
people differ in many respects from
those of the Western Church. For
Instance, their custom with respect
to fasting. They have Just now en
tered upon a period of fasting pre
ceding their feast of the Assump
tion which resembles the lenten feast
of the Latins. Their Assumption,
which falls thirteen days later than
that of the Latin church, is neverthe
less reckoned us August 15th accord
ing to the old Julian calendar, but
according to our Gregorian Western
calendar It. Is August 118th. The Ro
man see will not permit the Ruthe
nians to change their ancient cus
toms, even requiring them to use the
ordinary leavened bread, instead of
the, unleavened wafers or hosts, In
the sacrifice of the mass.
t'nder one of the recent decrees,
however, of the late holy father,
Plus X., regarding frequent commun
ion, Ruthenian Catholics, or Catho
lics of any of the oriental rites, aro
permitted to receive holy commun
ion by way of devotion In the
churches of the Latins and under the
Latin form, except as a compliance
with the paschal obligation or as the
viaticum when dying. In fact, the
holy father's decree, in furtherance
of his desire to spread the practice
of frequent communion among Cath
olics, ordains that Catholics of any
rite may, through devotion, receive
holy communion in the churches and
under tlie form of any other Catholic
rite, except by way of viaticum or
In performance of the Easter precept,
and then such Catholics must com
municate in their own proper rite, If
possible.
Assist In Latin Services.
Because of the dearth of Greek
Catholic priests in this country many
Catholics of the Ruthenlan Greek rite
assist at muss and receive the sacra
ments at the hands of Latin priests,
hut this does not mean that they
have passed over to tlie Latin rite. In
the Catholic churches in Bernards
ville and Basking Ridge, in the same
township of Bernards, there may be
found Sunday after Sunday many
Catholics of the Ruthenlan Greek rite
worshiping with their Latin brethren
with whom they agree in all things
esmn*lal, holding the same faith and
£.>ctrine. although differing in their
ritualistic practices when in their own
proper church or in a church of their
own rite.
So, If Latin Catholics should find
themselves in a country where only
the oriental liturgy was used, they
would be hound to assist at or hear
their mass of obligation on Sundays
In the oriental or Greek rite, and thus
comply with the church's precept as
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Louvain Library
Burned by Teutons
Year Ago, Aug. 25
Priceless Literary Works De
stroyed When University Was
Given to Flames.
The first anniversary of the destrue
tion of the great and beautiful library
of the University of Louvain will oc
cur next Wednesday, August 26. Per- ?
haps no single happening of the war
so shocked and Incensed the lovers '
of books as the destruction of this
Invaluable collection of manuscripts
and pamphlets. The Ubrary building
was an architectural gem. It was
known as the Halles Universitalres.
The old hall was begun in 1317, and
it was added to through succeeding
centuries without destroying its archi- <
tectural symmetry. It had many
beautiful and historic rooms, the ;
finest of which was built in 1723. This
room was 185 feet long, forty-three
wide and thirty-fiv* high. Oak wains
coting of exquisite workmanship cov-1
ered the walls. Around the hall in
pilastered recesses were life-sized
statues of the most celebrated writers
and thinkers of bygone days. Other
halls were almost as large and quite
as beautiful, one of them containing
ono of the finest collections of por
traits In the world.
Its priceless books and manuscript*
gave the library it* chief interest. It
contained nearly 800,000 printed
volumes, made up of many special
collections of great historic value.
The manuscripts were especially rare,
and the letters of the Reformers were
of Incalculable interest. German work
men had Installed magnificent metal
bookcases with movable shelves just
two years before the German soldier*
burned the building. August 25, 1914,
will long be remembered by the schol
ars of the world.
The town of Louvain had been
peacefully occupied by the German
troops for eight days. The residents
of the town were prisoners in their
homes after 7 o'clock on the evening
of August. 25. That night the great
and wonderful building, with It*
priceless content*, was burned to th*
ground.
Tent Meetings in
Roseville Section
Growing Popular
Congregations Crowing Night
ly—Sermon Subjects for
Coming Week.
The evangellstlo meetings in the
Roseville section of the city In th«
tent located on Fifteenth street and
Central avenue have had the best
week of the campaign. The attend
ance has been the largest and the In
terest deepens.
The following program Is announced
for the coming week: Rev. W. W.
Newberry will preach Sunday, Tues
day, Wednesday and Thursday nights.
Hts subjects are: Sunday night, "The
Gospel, Its Scope and Power;” Tues
day night, "The Antl-Chrlstf” Wed
nesday night, "The Cost of Power,”
and Thursday night, "Can I Know
That I Am Saved? If So, How?”
Rev. George .McNeely will speak on
Friday and Saturday evenings.
The meeting on Saturday night is
especially In the interest of young
people, and they are cordially Invited
and requested to bring a friend with
them.
Mrs. Jones, of Philadelphia, who
has sung with such acceptance sev
eral nights during the week, will sing
again on Sunday night.
fully and satisfactorily as If they had
heard or assisted at their own Latin
mass. The liturgical tongue of the
Ruthentans Is not Greek, although
they are of the Greek rite and dis
cipline, but old Slavonic, written In
Cyrillic charaoters. The alphabet was
Invented by St. Cyril, one of their
apostles, who, with his brother, St.
Methodius, having converted the Bul
garians. Ruthenians, Moravians and
other pagan Slavic tribes in the ninth
century, translated the liturgy from
the ancient Greek language Into
Slavonic, and this translation was
approved by Pope John VIII. at Rome
in 879.
Sts. Cyril and Methodius were
Greek Catholic bishops like Bishop
Ortynaky and wore the same oriental
style of vestments which he now
wears when celebrating mass. Pope
Leo XIII. directed their feast to be
observed with mass and office an
nually by the Universal Church on
the 5th of July In each year.
Hungarians in Latin Kite.
Tn the Bernardsville district some
of the Hungarians, who are not strict
ly Magyars, for the real Hungarians
or Magyars are of the Latin rite be
long to the Ruthenlan Greek rite, for
their ancestors were Ruthenians, or
of the Ukrainian nation. In the king
dom of Hungary itself there are
about 1,600,000 of these Ruthenians.
whose forbears came from the
Ukrain. These Hungarians have still
retained a sufficient knowledge of the
old Slavonic liturgy to enable them
to take thoir part in the celebration
of the mass. These people generally
know the responses of the liturgy by
heart, and often sing them without
the choir. The Greek Catholics sing
without Instrumental accompaniment.
Organs, or instrumental music, are
not used in their churches.
When the great schism between the
east and the west occurred, all the
eastern or Greek part of the church
did not leave Catholic unity, and
these Greek Catholics who never sep
arated from unity represent today the
Catholic church of the east, united
with the west, as it stood before the
great schism. Greek indicates their
rite; Catholic fully expresses their
faith. They are Catholics in faith
and unity with their brethren
throughout the wortd and are sub
ject to the pope of Rome as vicar of
Christ and head of the church upon
earth; out they still follow their own
peculiar forms of worship, rites and
ceremonies, just as they used to do
before there was ever any thought of
disruption or separation of the
churches.
It was intended at first to hold the
pilgrimage on Saturday, August 28,
but it was decided that a greater
number could attend if it waa held
on the Sabbath.
New Poems
A new volume of poems, "Rivers
to the Sea," by Sara Teasdale, will
be published In September by th«i
Macmillan Company, of New York
and London. This Is Miss Teasdale'-i
third book, her “Helen of Troy and
Other Poems" having appeared four
years ago. The volume will unfold:
an interesting romance. Most of the
poems have appeared in the leadliu.
magazines and have been translated
Into German by Rudolf Rioder. They:
will be published In Munich at the
close of the war.