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...Coolidge attended Sunday services at the Central Presbyterian Church, where Woodrow Wilson worshiped. The sermon was A Great Man Has Fallen...
Horace Liveright, publisher: "Rabbi Samuel Schulman of the Temple Beth-El, Manhattan, devoted an entire sermon to 'A Nasty Book.' Rabbi Schulman refuses to name this 'stinking, tingling book' which is 'making enough money for its author and publisher as it is.' But it was recognized instantly by the congregation, which crowded around the rabbi after the sermon and joined in attacking it as Haunch, Paunch and Jowl* [reviewed in TIME, Jan. 14]. Mention in the book of East Side gangs, politicians and houses of prostitution caused Rabbi Schulman to say that...
Bishop Manning's sermon was neither a definition nor a defense of the faith; it was an appeal to the loyalty of the faithful; an honest stroke, well aimed, stoutly delivered; good churchmanship...
...announced he would speak last Sunday morning in the Cathedral of St. John the Divine. Thousands came. As they sang Onward, Christian Soldiers, he ascended the pulpit. After the hymn the Bishop prayed for the dying statesman. After the prayer, he began to deliver in carefully enunciated syllables the sermon which, probably more than any other, will determine his place as a churchman...
Bishop William Lawrence, of Massachusetts, most prominent of the left wing bishops, in a sermon welcomed the theological battle as a stimulus to intelligent religious thought. Bishop Chauncey B. Brewster, of Connecticut, also took the modern side. The great majority of the House of Bishops, however, publicly upheld their action in issuing the pastoral letter at the Dallas meeting, and approved the proposed trial of the Rev. Lee W. Heaton, Fort Worth. Many intimated that New York rectors take themselves too seriously, and will not be able to cause a ripple in the great body...