The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-04-09
EASTER SUNDAY.

l. EASCEB pUNUAIs
Easter, Che festival Of tie resursrction Of
Jesus Christ, derives probably It's Toutonic
name from the goddess Ostara, in
Anglo Saxon, Easter, which the Saxens
Of old wore wont 70 celebrate about the
same season ut which tho christian festival
Of Easter occurs. In the ancient church,
the celebration Of Easter lasted over eight
days. Aftsf the 18th century IL was
limited tothrse, and In latter Zines 70 two
days. II WAS formerly the favorite time
for performing the rite Of baptism. The
courts Of Justice were closed, and aims
dispensed to the poor and needy, which led
TO much: disorder. Slaves also received
their freedom at that season, and Is the
austsritiss a. Leat we're over, the people
gave themselves up 10 enjoyment hence
the day Was called the
sUEDAY OF JOY.
The proper time for the celebration of
Easter has occcasionsd NO little contro-
veny. In Shs second century q dispute
arose between ~ eastern and western
churches. The great mas Of the eastern
churches celebrated Easter on the day Of
be Jewish month or moon, conceding IL
TO be equivalent tothe a..a
,. JEWISH PASSOVER.
The western churches celebrated It on the
Sunday after the l4ta day, holding that It
Was the commemoration of the resurrec-
tion Of Jesus. The
COUNCIL or NICE
decided In favor Of the western usage,
branding the eastern usage with the name
Of the 'quarladscimsu' heresy. This
however only settled the point that Eas-
tes was 10 be held not upon certain day
OF the month or moon, but ons,.a
Sunday, and Faster day is
always the trs, Sunday after the
PAsCnAL FULL MOON,
that IL the full moon which hsppc.ls upon
OF nsxs after the 2la Of March,
(the beginning Of the ecclesiastical year.
and ifthe full moon happens on Sunday,
Easter day is the Sunday after. The f..-
tivsl is an engraf,ment upon the |
- JEWISH PAssovxR, ..lL 1
~ name Of which: paseAA, 10 still applied
70 Ria almost every country Of the old
world, except England. The catholic OBJ
servsnces Of Raster are vi an elaborate
AT Rome the Pope /, carried
In stsss 70 perform high mas. 10 st. Peters
from the balcony Of which he afterwards
the people assembled In the piazza
ono OF the mos, imposing
rel,g ious speetsclss Which tho world any
where presents.
TIM viANJs
Appropriate to yesterday In the old times
we're, above al, sggs, then bacon, fancy,
pudding, breed and chscse. There can be
little doubt that the use Of egg Mt this
season was originally symbolical of the
reviviacstion ~ natnre---the springing
forth Of life in spring. The practice Is
not confined to christians the jews used
eggs in the tsast of the Passover; and we
Asei told that the Pcrsisns, when they
keep the festival Of the solar new year, in
March, mutually present each other with
colored eggs. From the christian point of
view the
FEAST or EGGS
has been usually considered as embiemat-
10 ofthe resurrection and ola future life.
Othcr popular observsnces are clearly Of
pagan origin. The goddess O.tara or
Eastre seems to have been the personidca-
lion Of the morning or East and also Of
The opening year or spring. the Anglo
Saxon name Of E.ternonath and IL il
still known In Germany ms Os,ermona,h.
The worship OF this being was brought
into England by the saxons. II was eel.
ebra,ed by the kindling Of bonnres and
ether Sites. The boaAres can be
trsced in thelSSrest "paschal |
tsPers, sometimes weighing SEQ pound,
with which the churches are lighted on
Easter Eve. .I 1
In the United States Easter sunday 10
In the Catholic and Episcopal
in the former by modified forms
Of the ancient observance and in the latter
BY peculiaritics in the church service, |
adapted to the season and meaning Of the
festival. The custom Of coloring eggs Is
followod.by oil classes and de-
and on Easter Sunday not an
archin may be seeu but has his "Easier
sggs" 10 all the colors Of the rainbow.
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