Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1859-04-23

date for Congress. This IS as We supposed II
would turn out to be. Had it not been for
notice in the Times, we question if scarcely any
body in this district would have known that Mr..
West intended being candidate 1t seems that
West deprecated distraction in the ranks. Oh
DEAR but what distraction there would have
been, no doubt To the amount of a hundred
or two votes, perhaps.
By yesterdays mails we have the May num-
Der of the Atlantic Monthly on our table, which,
considering that this is only the 23d day Of
April, is out full early. Such precipitation
among our Magazine publishers, think is
hardly commendable We have hal only OPP
portunity, as yet, to cut tie leaves of this num-
Der, but we could not refrain, rs We run our
knife through the breakfast table" papers,
from stopping here and there to see what the
Professor had to say. Tho Professor and the
divinity Student" have been having n small
talk together at the table, both lingering until
after the others had done, on the danger
Of introducing discussions OF illusions relating
to matters of religion into common discourse"
The divinity Student" has idea that the
Professor has been doing little too much of
that sort of thing. Danger to what" asks the
Student 81 didn't know that truth was such
an invalid" rejoins the Professor.
never heard that mathematician was alarmed
for tho safety of demonstrated proposition.
think, generally, that the fear of open discus
sioL implies feeblencss of inward conviction, and
great senstiyeness to the expression of individu-
al opinion is mark of weakness" The Divini-
ty Student" advances the old prejudice OF the
theological school, that "pcrsons who have not
made professional study of theology are not
competent to speak on such subjects"
OF course the Profcssor-arranGin both ques-
tons and anEwcrs-uscs up the Divinity man,
The Professor closes his table talk this tune,
with beautiful poem called "a Mothers Sc
cret," tbs conclusion of which reads:
fades; droops the leaves OF friendship fall
ARothsr'4 sesrethOPe optves them all"
RsbIaious oBsERvANcss.- The present week
is devoted by our Catholic fellow citizens to n
special communication of the sufIerings and
death of our Saviour.
Yesterday was Good Friday" on which day
tho services have reference, exclusively, to the
trial and crucifix on of Christ, and the ceremo-
MES kissing the figure of our Saviour upon
the cross, is performed by the entire congrega-
lion.
TO day is called Holy Saturday, on which
avariety of ceremonies will be performed, hav-
ing reference mainly to the approaching festival
of Easter. a new fire is made and blessed
together with five grains of incense, which are
placed upon large candle, known as the pas.
chal candle, in the form of a cross. a triple
candies lighted in the aisle of the church, and
borne to the chancel, and twelve prophecies, or
long passages from the old testament arc read,
Hcustom which appears to have derived its
origin from the fact that the Catechumens who
were aueiently baptized on this day, were thus
instructed, After this, the paschal candle, m
emblem of Christ's resurrection, is solemnly
blessed and lighted from the triple candle, as
are also all the lamps aud candles used in the
church, and the water OF the baptisnal font
having been blessed, those who arc 10 receive
baptism, if any, are solcmply re ceived into the
church. In token of grief for the death of our
Saviour. neither bells nor organs are used in
Catholic Churches on Good Friday; the bells
therefore, are rung during the anthem: "Gioria
in exeelsis' on Thursday, and are silent, Mt all
hours, until the recitation of the sams anthem
in the mass of Saturday