Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-01-27

To-day is called in the church "septnagesi'
ma sunday g title that puzzles those who ID
not understand lie litursieal system. ID
greatest feast in the church throughout tbs
year Is that Of Easter, at which the great
event Of the resurrection is eelsbrated. The
church prepares for the Easter solsmnllles BY
obssrvsnees and rites that on thl'
day. It's name, Septuagesima, implies that Il
wants seventy days TO the last day Of the feast
OF the resurrection. The next three Sundays
are named In conformity with the time up to
that event then comes the observance Of Lent,
concluding with Good Friday, on which day
the c~rucifEion is celebrated this is followed
BY The great Easter festival, at which all good
members Of The Roman Catholic and Episeo-
pallan churches take the holy communion.
The Sun rose al two minutes past six this
morning, and viii set at eight minutes past
Eve. The day is ten minutes longer than it
was on Sunday last. and one half houF longer
/ than it was On New Years day. The Moon
was full between eleven and twelve O'Clock
last evening; it rises at twelve minutes to
seven O'Clock this evening.
Last Sunday we called attention to the man
L,r BIZ which the path Of the Moon can be traced
in the sky, and the actual fact bsheld, that lie
too CONNOLLY known only from books, that the
Moon, while apparently moving from east to
west, is really moving from west to east. This
evening & better opportunity exists for making
the observation in question Than that indicated
last week and tonight, if the SKY be clear,
any person, though without any knOwlsdgs
whatever OF astronomy, may make an Obssrva-
ton that viii show bin that the moon is really
moving in the very opposite direction to the
one she appears to 60. Tonight the Noon
and the planet Jupiter are in what the aslrono-
mers call ooajuncfiOH with each other, that il,
they are on the sane degree OF the zodiac;
this conjunction takes place in she ~constells-
ton Leo. In other words, the Neon and Jupi-
ter are near oseh o'her. On locking at the
Neon tonight very bright star will be seen
near her; that star is the immense planet Jupi-
ter, a world that is superior to ours not only
in bulk, but 10 possessing four moons, while
we have but one. Let the reader notice this
bright star; Tomorrow night let him look for
it again, and he will hnd TIE Moon is no longer
in its nelghborhood. Since the previous night
it has Travelled from the star, not in a west
ward, but in an eastward direction. On Tues
day night the distance will be still greater be-
tween the bright disc Of the regal Jupiter and
the waning form Of the quSel Of night. Try
this experiment, reader ats will End such an
observation Of, and communion with nature,
rich in enjoyment. The employment is one
fitted for Sunday night after the house Of God
been attended, and its sacred observanees
and prohted by; after praise has been
on the lip, and prayer On The heart; while the
music Of sweet hymns and rich old chants
still inger in the ear while p%ortionE Of the
story Of revelation ere yet occupying the
meditative mind, how enjoyable comes TIE
contemplation Of the worS OF Him, who,
though be " hath measured the waters in the
hollow Of bic band, and meted out heaven
with the span, and comPrehended the dust Of
The earth in a measure, and weighed the
in scales, and the hits in & bal
yet hears the cry OF the least Of those
who whisper "our Father.o Such scrutiny
the productions Of the heavenly hand are
commended to the Christian; Isaiah says
. Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who
tain created these.n David pointsdly re-
"The msreiful and gracious Lord
ls h 90 done bis marvellous works, that they
,ught to be had in remembrance. His work is
worthy to be praised and had in honor"
Monday-To-night the Moon is In GENUINE
ion with the planet Saturn, the conjunction
.sking place in The constellation Virgo. Those
lssiring to fnd the planet will discover bin in
be neighborhood Of the Moon. Jupiter, they
will remember, is now to the east in Leo, some
u the prominent stars Of which constellation
viii be seen in bis neighborhood. Mars is
till further to the east in Pisces; he may be
distinguished by bis rudy color. Venus, the
most beautiful OF the glittering tenants OF the
ky, is now a morning star in the middle Of
Nay she will begin to appear in the evening ;
be ia now in the sign Caprieornss. Tues
.ay-Our great historian, W. H. Prescott, has
zen dead two years to-day; George III died
n this day 1920. Wednesday-on this day,
hundred and eleven years ago, Charles /
vas beheadsd, a severe proceeding which has
ot been useless as a warning to bis success
rs,and which ever to this DAY has not through
ut all Europe, lost its dread Significance.
'~bursday-Venus is in superior conjunction
the sun. This day two years since, in
S5S, the Great Eastern was iaunched-ean
be that the two noble projects, the Atlantic
able and the Great Eastern, are to be given
p to the list Of "splendid failures?" Friday
february the first. Oar Saxon forefathers re-
February as a month n tears, from it's
rains they spoke Of it as February
IN dyke, either with black or white . that is
e filing the ditches with either rain OF snow.
JaturdaT-In the church this is the "Feast Of
be Publication Of the Virgin Mary" Our
Roman Catholic citizens, the devout portion
( them at least, will attend church to-day ;
be Episcopal church has a form OF prayer
md lessons for this day. Our ancestors called
t "Candlemas," from the great number Of
used in the service OF the day. It
celebrates the presentation Of Christ in the
by bis virgin mother, according to The
10 Levitt XII, ?, 6, s. aud was the occasion
Il The uttersnce Of the beautiful Muse Di-
Mills.