Norfolk day book. [volume] (Norfolk and Portsmouth Va.) 1868-1880, 1869-05-08

large uuuUeI VI pet6oIls WcIe
present. The church was in
semi-darkness, except the chan
eel, which was brilliantly light
ed up with gas and wax candles
Over the altar was q handsome
cross, on each side Of which
was tall wax candle. and two
more on the altar. The affair
was not intended for the gener-
al public; it was in no way con-
nected with the parish, end as
we entered the church we were
politely asked if we belonged to
the Kyrie; if we did we were
requested to 60 round to the en-
trance on Thirty-ffth street. -
But not being DESTROYS of par
ticular distinction, we signifed
that we were not of the Kyrie,
so after receiving a printed cir
cular we passed to a pew. The
circular contained the follow
ing, and a copy Of the hymns to
be sung on the occasion
Confidential.
! "Catholic worshippers who
may attend the private Com
memoration of the Guild of the
Holy Cross are earnestly re-
quested to comply with the we'll
known Catholic rules, as fol-
lows: To bow reverently at the
Glorias and at the Holy name;
to remain kneeling from the
confession throughout the SER
vice, only rising to commune,
and again at the Hymn, Faith
full Cross, which takes the
place of the Gloria in Eucezsis'
in the Post Communion Service;
and not to leave the church I'M
til the Altar Lights are extin-
guished and the Guild have re-
tired
AS the organist commenced
a voluntary chanting was
heard in the distance, and pres
emily the vestry door was OPEN
ed and q procession entered the
church, preceded by a little boy
carrying a cross; after him came
the choir and the clergy, then
the officers and fellows of the
Guild, wearing long black
gowns, and chasubles, some Of
bright red, others blue, trimmed
with white, and gray, trimmed
with red; a large red cross was
conspicuous on the bosom of
each.
The procession passed down
the side aisle and up the middle
aisle to the altar, the members
of the Guild occupying pews in
the body Of the church. The SER
vices consisted of portions of the
regular morning service of the
Episcopal Church, but they
were accompanied with the Pc
culiar forms and ceremonies
which characterize those of the
Roman Catholic Church. At
the conclusion of the Litany and
the morning prayers, another
voluntary was played on the
organ, during which a second
procession emerged from the
vestry, consisting of one little
boy carrying the cross and two
others with long lighted wax
candles, and they were followed
by three priests in gorgeous
vestments Of cloth of gold, rich
ly ornamented, and with black
berettas on their heads. The
priests read the Communion
service, the commandments be-
ing intoned, and the responses
made by the choir. After nu-
merous genuaexions had bee
made before the cross, a book
was presented to the chief priest,
which he kissed; the priest who
presented it then, preceded by
the boy with the cross, went to
the reading desk and read, or
rather chanted, the Epistle Of
the day, kissed the book at its
close. A hymn was then sung,
commencing
"Be the Gross our theme and story
The same ceremony was then
gone through with another
book, and the third priest chant
ed the Gospel for the day. AT
ter this three little boys enter,
ed, one, as usual, bearing the
cross, another the candles, and
the third the wine and bread,
which were deposited on a ia
Bile at the side of the chancel
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