Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-04-16
EASTER.
The Most Glorious Of ALI the Christian
Festivals Decoration OF the
Churches.
Musical Programmes in the Principal
Catholic aud Episcopal Churches
for To-Day.

for To-Day.
To-day the highest festival of the year
observed by christians will be cele-
bgated in all the Episcopal and Catholic
churches, being the commenoration Of
the resurrection Of the body of Christ
from the desd, and ascension into
heaven, according to the plan Of saliva
| ton as taught by al denominations of
the christian church. Easter day con-
trolls all the other movable feasts, and it3
date Of occurrence is reckoned always
the first Sunday after the full moon
which happens upon or next after the
! twenty first Of March. If the full moon
st this date hsrpeDs On Sunday, Easter
! day comes On the Sunday i'm.
mediatelY following. The early
| christians themselves differed In
regard to the time Of celebrating it. The
churches of the west taught that it
it should be observed the nearest Sun
| day to the full moon Of the month Nj
sam (Msrch), without taking account
Of the day on which the Passover was
celebrated. The eastern churches, on
| The contrary, adopted the fourteenth OF
Nisam as the dsy OF the crucIficti0n,
and celebrated the festival OF Easter on
the third day thereafter, whatever the
day Of the week might be. The dispute
on this point led to very serious division
in the churches, and in the year 1913,
Victor, Bishop OF Rome, broke off COM
munion with the eastern churches, be-
cause Of their persistence in the observ-
ance Of fixed day. The whole subject
GFa Nd laH In ha
council OF Nice, about the year 325, and
n aie a 1ule for the whole church, and
for all Christendom, as described above.
According to this rule Easter day may
come as early as March 22d, or as late
as April 25th, Its occurring on the
sixteenth OF April the present year, is
from the circumstance that the first full
moon after the twenty-first Of Msrch
happened on the ninth Of.April, which
being Sunday, made Easter day
come on the Sunday following
to-day April 18th. Following
Immediately after the forty days
of fasting and prayer of the Lenton sea-
son, the Episcopal and Catholic church
es celebrate the day with extraordinary
services, and the decoration of the
churches in exemplification of rejoicing
and gladness, commemorative of the |
triumph of the christian faith, which is |
based upon the cTucifxiop, death, burial |
and resurrection of the body of Christ |
But we will allow the priests to discuss |
the plan of salvation, aud the holiest of
all holy days in the christian calendar. |
We will speak of the preparations made |
for the celebration of the day. Lack of |
space makes it impossible to describe |
the decorations OF each church, but it is |
enough to say that all are beautiful and |
appropriate.
The Catholic Churches
ST. Peters, corner of Adams and |
Third streets, Rev. J. A. Kelly, pastor; |
st. Patrick's, corner DeSoto and Lin !
den, Very Rev. NJ. RioIdan, V. G.. pas
tor; st. MsTy's (Germsn), corner Third |
and Market, Rev. Father LuciOus, pas
tor; and st. Budgets, corner Third and |
Overton streets, Rev. M, Walsh, pastor |
are each consp!cuously and sppTo-
priately decorated with evergreen in |
festoon and garland5 ia which rare and |
beautiful flowers are tastefully wrought. |
The affairs are burdeued with wreaths, |
bouquets anu flower vases, appropriately |
arranged, with wRxen tspers and altar |
candles in accordance with the custom |
of this church, We append the pro-
grsmmes to be observed by the Catholic |
choirs:
st. Mary's Catholic.
At st. Mary's (Roman Catholic)
church, corner Of Third and Market
streets, under the control OF the Francis.
carried out more thoroughly than else.
where. A high mass will be performed |
st elk o'clock in the morning. For the
proper celebration of the resurrection Of
our Lord Jesus Christ at high mass at /
ten O'Clock, q beautiful anthem, "Vidi
Aqusm," will precede the regular SER
vice, instead Of the "Asperges Me-" For
the MAS proper the beautiful compost.
ton, "Missa pro Pace,n by Theo. La
Hsche, now deceased, has been selected
This mass is fall of gems. In the
''Kyrie" occurs a duett for soprano and
alto; in the "GloTisn q fine soprano
solo, "Gratias Aginues Tibi;" in the
"Credo" is an exquisite gem for soprano
with supporting chorus, "EtIncsnnatus
EST" then the solos for basso, tenor and
soprano, in the "Agnus Dai," are very
superior. The effertOry will consist of
the regular Easter hymn, "Regina Gee
Ii" That this musical programme will
be well rendered by the efficient choir
under Professor Winkler's leadership,
will be proven by the names of those
vino will compose the choir: Soprsno,
mesdsmes Miles and Mspsford, Misses
Mette and Smith; alto, Miss Carrie En-
Dis; tenor, Mr.. W. h. Guerraut; basso,
Messrs. Holiday, Mette and Gronauer.
At vespers, which takes place at half
past three in the afternoon, fine music
will be provided, good "Msgnificat,"
"O'Salutaris," and "Fantum Ergo"
st. Patrick's (CathOHc).
The following is the musical pro-
gramme for to-day at st. Patrick's
(Catholic) church. A mixed mass, with
selections from the best composers, will
be sung:
The Kyrie........ .Mozarts Seventh Mass
The Gloria Weber's Mass
sung by Mrs. Moyston. with Fute Obligato
by Mr.. TomIinson.
The Quoniam ....... kossini's Messe Solonelle
Celebrated Bass Solo, sung Dy Mr.. Fred.
BOrnemann.
Ti G5m Ts Ssacto Me6er,s Mass
Trio-Mrs. d. T. Tomlinson, Mrs. Moyston
and Mr.. Bornemann.
Ofertory, Ave Maria, from Aida. .Perdi
Arranged and sung by Mrs. Il. 7. Tomlinson.
Mr.. Tomlinson.
lizards Mass
Agnus Del and Donna Nobis..... We bers Mass
The choir consists of the following Ia
dies and gentlemen: Mrs. H. T. TomIin-
son, Mrs Moyston, Prof. Eugene Ellin-
ger, Mr. Lee Herzog, Mr.. Bernard, Mr..
Hook, Mr.. Fred. Bornemann, Mr.. John
Legler, Mr.. II. T. Tomlinson, futist;
under the direc ion of Mr.. Emile Levy,
The Episcopal Churches.
The ladies OF all the Episcopal
who are usually in charge of
the decorations of Easter, have displayed
unusual taste, which Of course necessi-
tated a great deal Of labor, in the beau
tifyiDg Of the churches. Those who at
tend the churches to-day will bear us
out in this assertion. st. MsrY's cathe-
drsl, on Poplar street, Rev. George G.
Harris, dean; Grace church, on Her
nsndo street, Rev. James Carmichael,
rector; Church of the Good Shepherd,
corner Fourth and Mill streets
Chelsea, Rev. Virginius o.. Gee,
rector, and Calvary church, cor
ner OF Second and Adams streets, Rev.
George White, rector, all were taste
fully decorated, a brief description Of