Gloriae Dei

Upon Morningside Heights, on the Island of Manhattan, is slowly arising a mammoth monument Gloriae Dei--the Cathedral of St. John the Divine (TIME, July 2, 1923).

In a city where there is many a fine towering pile erected to Mammon much has been made of the millions that have been spent and the millions that have yet to be spent in giving Manhattan what London, Aachen*, Paris, Reims, Wient, Milano, Roma, Seville have long hada magnificent Cathedral.

At the beginning of the past week, Bishop William T. Manning D.D., LL.D., sent out an army of Church workers into cold streets and hot offices of the great city. They solicited U. S. dollars and cents in the brave hope of collecting $10,900,000 which is to complete the $15,000,000 fund for the Cathedral of St. John the Divine. To one division of the army, Bishop Arthur S. Lloyd said:

"Anyone who isn't keen to help build the Cathedral after seeing and hearing Bishop Manning talk about it doesn't know a good sport when he sees one .... The thing that I am afraid of is that somebody will think he is doing God Almighty a favor by contributing to the Cathedral."

Canon Prichard, Acting Dean of the Cathedral, blessed the workers, said: "The time has come for us to give up letter-writing and telephoning and to go and get our men.'

Who gave?

P: Publisher Adolph S. Ochs of The New York Times wrote:

"My dear Bishop Manning--If it fits in with its architectural plan and would be acceptable to the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, I should be pleased to contribute two seven-branched candelabra, to be in size and form a bronze facsimile of The Menorah, which, as you know, was a feature of Solomon's Temple.

"I make this offer in the hope that it may be regarded as an appropriate gift from one of the Jewish faith who wishes to be among those contributing to the establishing your great Cathedral as a civic monument dedicated to the fatherhood of God and the brotherhood of man, and as an expression that spirituality has an abiding place in the great community.

"In addition to the gift of the candelabra, I shall be pleased to subscribe ten thousand dollars ($10,000) to your building fund; and I also wish to assure you of the sympathy of The New York Times and Its purpose to aid enthusiastically in securing the $15,000,000 fund.

"With best wishes for the success of your great and noble undertaking,

I am,

"Yours faithfully,

(Signed) "ADOLPH S. OCHS."

J. P. Morgan & Co., as a firm, donated $20,000 (one-tenth of the Bankers' quota).

P: Hermy Unglaub, age insignificant, sent three cents, his whole fortune, with a letter:

"Dear BishopQ+ am a little boy and my name is Hermy. I want to send all me money to help build the big chorch.

(Signed) "HERMY UNGLAUB."

P: A day later, Canon Jones announced a gift of $5,000 that Hermy had "provoked." Spoke the Canon:

"An old friend read in the newspapers about Hermy's gift and told me that when she read it she felt that, if Hermy could give his all, she could at least give $5,000."

Amateur sportsmen held a special meeting, voted unanimously to provide funds for the erection of a nave which, as Bishop Manning had promised, would "represent all forms of amateur sport in the sculptured figures of runners, polo-players, wrestlers, tennis-players, golf-players, marksmen and others."

P: Rabbi Stephen S. Wise gave his voice to ths cause:

"I sincerely hope that the Cathedral of St. John the Divine will be built. I knew and loved the man in whose soul the Cathedral was born-the late Henry Codman Potter.

P: Mayor Hylan of New York City (a Catholic) sent $100 with a long letter.

P: Governor Alfred E. Smith (a Catholic) gave $100.I

P: Certain other Roman Catholics gave the movement a free knock. America, official organ of the U. S. Jesuits, declaimed: "No sane man would contribute in any "way to the spread of disease in a community. Nor can any genuine Catholic contribute to the strengthening of any group or society pledged to teach heresy.

"What, it may be asked, is this Protestant cathedral for? A Catholic cathedral is the peculiar church of the prelate whom tha Holy Ghost has chosen for a post of exalted dignity, trust and authority. It represents, and as far as may be possible, actually is a magnificent monument testifying to the divine origin of the Catholic faith. It is a mother of all the local churches. From its chair, the Bishop teaches, at its altar he pontificates. It is, then, the centre of religion and religious authority in the diocese.

"Heresy, ever 'the ape of God,' attaches a similar meaning to its cathedrals."

P: George S. Silzer, Governor of New Jersey, sent a letter:

"On this side of the Hudson River we are deeply interested to see with what force the appeal for funds to complete the Cathedral has moved the people in all walks of life.

"Its sphere of influence, however, is not limited to the City of New York, and everyone in the nation should take pride in sharing in its erection and completion."

"GEORGE S. SILZER, Governor.

P: An ex-convict sent one dollar and a letter:

"Dear Bishop--Enclosed please find $1, all I have, but it goes with my heart. Fourteen years ago I worked for two days as a plumber's helper at the Cathedral, and since I've always pointed out the Cathedral to my friends and said: 'I worked on that.' "

P: Mr. and Mrs. Frederick VV. Vanderbilt pledged $100,000.

P: Ralph Pulitzer, publisher of The New York World, vied with Publisher Ochs and gave $10,000.

P: The Guild of Christ Church, Amelia Court House, Va., sent $7.25. P: Mrs. Laura C. Dunlap of Orlando, Fla., gave $25.

P: Millions poured into the Cathedral coffers; more dollars were on their way.

*Aix-la-Chapelle.

/-Vienna.