Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1870-04-18

EAAThW SUNDAY
The weather ytstttd,y was unfNvorahlc Tor
, large AI'CndtuCe ~ The various churches,
but the Catholic, Episcnpsl and Lutheran
churches were nevertheless allied with devout
Easter sunday, oommemoratIug the resur.
rcction OF Jesus CHRIST from the dead, IL the
Il is indeed the LORDS day, the day on which,
Ns predicted, he rose from the dead, trium-
plant over death, the world, and hell. The
body Of Christ rose tnPss,6Sie and lmmSsia, ~
die, In this the Christian has a two-iold
pledge OF his love. II proved his divinity and
tho truth Of his Gospel, for none but good
man could raise himself agaiu from death, and
secondly, to give US pledge Of our re,utree.
tion on the lNstday for all mankind VIII arse se
me eSd o. me world ne lqst , iot ' son
fusion and dAmnAtlOn.
AtRome, a. might be expected, Easter SUI.
| day IL celebrated With elaborate eetemonlals,
The day isushcted In by the hElnE Of cannon
| from the castle Of st. Angelo, Inc rope ON
| eiAtes this day At mass 10 st. Peters, aud ne
does so With every e. syiolsinS ca" S.iSes Of
the Vatican he 10 borne into the church M
| der circumstances OF the utmost sp!enlot.
blaze with gold on his head he wears the
rIara, a tall, round gilded cap representing =
triple crown, and which Is understood TO sig
nifty spiritual power, temporal power, and
union OF both. Beside him are borne the 10.
bfiii or large fans composed Of ostrich feathers,
IN which are set the eye.like parts Of peaooekS
Church. Over him Ia borne silk canopy,
richly fringed. After ofnclAting At mass at
the high altar the Pope 10, with the same cere-
mony and to the sound Of sacred music, borne
back through the crowded church, and then
ascends to the balcony over the central door
way. Then rising from his chair Of state, aud
environcd by his principal Officers, he pro-
nounees \ benedietion with indulgencea aud
absOlutloh. On the evening OF Easter the
dome and other extreme parts OF st. Peters
are beautifully illuminated with Tampa.
Many ofthe customs and obseTyanoes which
| formerly marked Easter have lAlleu into
| diause, but some quaint ones still have lin
| gefing existence. In some portions OF Eng
| land, Tor instance, the men on Easter sunday
| parade the streets, and claim the privilege Of
/ lifting every woman they meet three times,
| for which they are bound to receive q kiae-A
| compliment which Is repaid by the women on
| Easter Monday. The old belief about the sun
| dancing on Easter Sunday morning 10 well
| has started early from bed to witness the glo,
! tIous phenomenon. Easter eggs form well.
| known and universally observed popularity
| Of the festival These are mostly oolored In a
| fantAatieal manner, aud great quantities Of
| them have been displayed In all tho grocers'
aud confectionery windows for the last week
| CATHOLIC CHURCHES,
| At ST. Matthew'S church solemn high mass
| waa eelebfAted-Rcy, Father Maokln, assist.
ant pastor, as oelebTanti Rev. DR.. U. l. white,
| deacon, and Mr.. Holland, S. J, as aub.deaoon.
| A sermon on the resurrection Of our Lord and
| Its teachings to all mankind was preached by
Rev. DIR. White, and the collection taken ~
| ia this as well as all the other Catholic
| churches Of the archdiocese Of Baltimore was
| for the benent OF st, Charles Preparatory Ool-
/ SiStb MAJ ySitb fuI oISan Observation-Disclosures
| ana Inc assistanse IN a ss1set orehestTa on Ten
@ u ,s me nSe. ~. 5irnc,oD ~ NJ.
gsnnon The solos were well sustained by
Misses Anderson and King, soprano; Mrs.
CallAn, eontrAltoj Messrs, Kimban and PAter-
son, tenor, and Messrs. Cannon and Parker
Before the sermon Mr.. l.. Z. Cannon sang
I'D N ne oife,toTv Mis- AndeTSon s2stSined
tie sonnSnn soin of niaheilps aIubiiatS -
| Tho No. rs. SuSv with exosilent tate and
Ply Que o, 'n ,h rem
% ~ ~ s,,ns. ~ a Prsbs,,ta ,It,h n,
na y, sI nstfnT1sb INC $500 ,DsSS
| 49,, 40 apronhs Il -
| "S ~ sas,hsnS. shn,.b NJ the wat An, NJ ,h.
~, ~ Pnst.sont ~ Nsf,hsssi ~, ~
S S,ay.I,dsd ~ ~ Dtnost ssn,citv Tssn,,. ~
| Jsgsteg .tn,r' ami ne .rTyIres 81 III
| ma,t iotsTesilbS ebs5asisT. The choIS Min
| many aiditiops TO ~ regular fores' and The
sssistaneS OF an oTehestfS, eompSssJ or some
| az onr neat musieisns. a,ng Inc csiebrsfeI
| TweIfih Mas bv MoI,rt In a mai suncrIo+
| manner, 1he solos were rendered by Mrs.
st0Ish, wsG r0ii Ssa5 hpp Gs S"a %TSho os
| sxftSoTdInafy melody and yoluue. Wr,' Kim
| nail. siso a e5RITaito Of eopsideTh6le eomnnsS,
Mr. :. " Moves, the weII.know9 tenor, who
| gang The "EJ IAraTgafHt'i with Fematk cable
| sVeetnsSa and eXpTes,iop, and Prof Geo M
| Arth under whose superyisiun the entire
| musical service was conducted The familiar
"Tcni Sdnciu5 SpiriipS," BY pissteh, was also
S.a s.I.o pitSellS. bssUt,iuI SJaSiiSis" Rev. ".
Father Mcguire delivered = most eloquent and
| ImbTe6aiye sermon
| htSt PAtTiek'S church, the pastor, Rev ].
A, walter, was eelehtAnt al solemn high
mass, Rev, Father Ksnue, deacon, and Rev,
Father KnApmeyer, 1ub-,ieSeon. The altar
was beautifully decorated, and As usual on
iestIyals, presented n handsome Appearance.
The choir. under the leaderIhi Up Of Professor
No. .. The solos were sung by Mics barry
S0ntI1ltiU; Mt %S . tenor Me''r' ROOh'
Kssne, who briefly SiIuicd to tie great lesson
world Nv Ms gioTious TesuTIsetioS. Ths
"Vsnin 81 Abt was sung before he GERMAN
| and Al the oifertoTy "ReSina Coeil
ttt N a nnIsh,.tnS ~ ~. s ti
Fatbefs Al ii O'Clock, and The choir TendeTed
MoIATpS celebrated Twelfth Mass, the solos
SsTs fTos Sy M SSHS MIN nS, and M
| and Mrs, Ren,haw, eontTalIoi MT, j. ii. Mat
| ungiy, tenor, aud MeSsts. SouIenhoTen and
The pastor, Rev. J. Bokel, is striving to OBJ.
tain the means for completing the new edifiee
| for which IL 10 estimated 10000 will be ne.
| ouIred Abneala have been made yotbs fPi.nd,
| IL the church ia different parts Of the country
| and the TesidontH OF the parish have AiTsAdy
| subscribed Is, 900 to carry on the work This
wear. Inc amount nDeOt thus far has h0nn
| 40 900, and no work has been done Tor three
| years
| ST. AloysIus church, under the charge of tbs
JeIuIt FStheTa pTeaented A holiday annears
| anee, and the solemn services OF Inc Cntholio
| Church were fully carried out,
| Won La HAHeheis Mas was suBH. Including
! the trio "yeni,n rendered by Madame KTeteh-
| mar Measrs w II, BuTpet and y A o.. chase
| Al The OffeFtoTy The celebrated 80 audsamus i
| bV DlabeIIi wAs aupE with dns sffeet
| AT 81. Petetia church, on OApiioI Hin
| HAydniS ImDeFiAl Mass No 8wAa sung BY /
full choir, the principal solos saatAIned hi
| Mrs. Mitchell, sopTAnoi Mrs. Bright, yeeou
| tFAltoi MT. V. Y. King, tenor. Apf|-Mr III
EbeTbAeh, bass. At the offeTteHy DiGbelli'
| 'uRudehmuA" was sung by MFs Newton
MeAarn. V. T.. King, 7. u, Taylor and ii, EbeT
bach. Mrs. Newton also auy,R 40 SAlutaTisI
by Houhei with organ AID yiollneello accom-
paniment. Grand High Mass was celebrate
by Rev b. Z, Boyle,"the pastor, who pTeachs
/ an eloquent hefmbn from the goapel OF IN,
Jay.
Ihe services At the Church Of the Immaeu
late Conception were 10 Keeping with IN,
spirit OF, lie festival The pastor, Rev FAthe
MstJarthT, celebrated High Mass AM
/ preached. MIllard's Mass in q was sung, III
Soloa sustained by Mrs. Chas. KtnhleF an,
Misc Spaulding, sopranos; Miss Men, con
traitor MeHsTH BeckeTt BIsohoff and Forsytl
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