The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-04-20


the theories held the early Church Tor then u was
supposed that the GROSS appealed 10 satan In Short
included within the limits any theory OF all the
theories bne tor the heart had It's about
which the brain knew nothing.
A. hail past O'Clock the cnoristers entered the
church. wearing oacK SO utancs, and preceded by the
cross The ntany WAS then sung and Was followed At
eleven O'clock by the services OF the reproaches aud
tho pro.anaphorai service or mat portion mme-
TONS Il consists. IN fact, oil the anteconm union,
epsle that part OF the service which is SAID at the
epistle side Of the altar Al the words ~ the re-
proacnes, ssBehod the wood Of the cross, on which
hung the saviour OF the world, y The bacg drapery
was drawn aside, and the cross appeared against
white background, aarianded wi. q crown OF thorna
Then the cnoir tered the words:-"We venerate Thy
recti6u tor behold by the has joy TO the
whole world" hymn expressive Of veneraton for
the cross was then sung.
ana lasted three hours. in commemoraton Of our
Lords three hours agony IL began with hymn
having reference 10 the passion, after which DR..
Ever spoke from the altar Tie hrst word Of Jesus
from the cross:-"Fatner forgive them. for they
PRAYER arc mediation. hymn was suug, collect
read tive allowed to elapse Tor private
cross .this day shalt tnou DO with me IN PARADISE"
che sa,d unto his mother, Woman, behold thy son.
ana saith he 10 the disciple, Behold thy mother,'
.Mv God my God, why hast thou forsaken me-" II
thirstn .It is finished, " "Father, into thy hands
&C my yay oowsS y
ana meditation. The even song, al eight O'Clock,
Guided the days votions.
AVENUE BAPTIST CHURCH.
10 the Fifth Avenue Baptist Church Rev. DR. Armi-
tage preached the soldiers spear He took his
text from John XIX, "a. In these words-"And be that
has borne witness, and his witness Is iruo,
that ye might believe" No act recorded In connec-
ton with the death Christ, said the Doctor,
pied larger place In tho living oraces than THIS, aud
none is more pregnant with signiicance. The first
thing TO be attempted IS show that when the
der spear disclosed cleft the Rock OF Ages It
also revealed the intense anguish which rent It.
Probably there is no case on record whero crucned
han Lat Al
some iiving even 10 seven days. Ordinarily they
lived from twenty flour 10 thrty-six hours But our
Lord hung upon the w the most six hours,
possibly but threc hours for that point not
trcly clear So that either case 1t was not time yet
to expect his death by full day and night But when
soldiers mad broken tue Ie4s Of tue two thieves
and came to despatch Jesus tLcy iouno to their sur
PRISE that he dead already and efi him untouched.
When Joseph went to 'Piate 10 beg his body Plate
marvelled mat he dead already aud called
any while dead" The sudden death OF Christ
was something that ne was 2 stranger 70
soldiers were evidently as much surprised as the
procurator SO that In order TO satisfy themselves
into the Redcemers side with thrust and ON
Withdrawing It lett gaspng wound, enough OF itself
| to proauce death, from which gushed copious flow
OF blood and water. This division into what john
calls blood and water never takes place while the
blood flowing In It's natural receplaclcs but when
rupture the heart takes place II begins 10
In form, the soldiers spear brought from
the side OF Jesus these original elements Of blood
In their separate forms II proved that he
dead already. Overwhelming emotion affects The
action OF the heart, occasionally producing rup-
ensue and Is generally ,nstantaneous he died upon the
cross, but from cruclIxion He poured out His
soul unto death voluntarily II lay down Ny ,iis AMI
| take Il up again; man taketh II from Ma" The
punctures Of Jour nails which touched none oil the
large blood vessels OF the vitals the brain, the
| HIM who raised dead men to HE again. II
was the royal anguish Of HIS mind which
H. nude HIS LORD a sacrncs Ior sin. He not only
LAID down His own lie, but He laid II down in His
NY es. winch oys h.d ia.
ready opened tor you and me IN the Rock OF Ages by
broken heart The mouth Of that wound from tbs
soldiers spear eioquen,y prescnes HIS MessiahshID.
They shall look on Hun whom they have pierced for
the soldiers spear revealed fountain opened IN tho
house OF David lor and uncleanoess Jesus comes
not by water only. but oy water and blood
Att TRINITY CHURCH.
In Trinity Church tue usual Good Friday devotional
music was played. At the early morning service
Rev. DR.. Dix, the rector. preached The sermon. AZ
,nree o'clock evening aIaysrs were rsc,,ea Sy Dr.
KSIaars rKxpLARs. AT ST. pAuL's CHURCH
BY invitation vi Palestine Commandery No. IS .
large number OF the military and religious order Of
Klighls lcmplars, knights Of the Cross OF Christ
attended diviue service ~ ST Paurs Methodist
Church. corner rwen, y-second Fourth ave.
nue.. the knlghis assembled ~ Masonic Hall. opuo-
third street 70 Filth avenue, thence inio Madison
avenue 1hIructh street, thence through
to the church, where they broke ranks and took
IN body Of the ediice. About 900 members
posed ths procession, whtcu was iu uuiiorm, and
was he ded by Ebens Twenty second regiment baud
Zach division under separate banner, but all
were under the OF the Palestine Com.
mandery, which was commanded by Sir Henry
Myers with Captain Rand acting as Comman-
der General As the body entered the
church the organ pealed out professional
Then the choir chanicd The Lords prayer, and thu
Reverend and Eminent Sir o. H. Tiffany read the arst
lesson; The Eminent Sir Jonn y. Balwin who
pied place III the pulpit iuli uniform as preiate or
spn, delivered tho opening prayer; Dr. J. L. Gill
leu read the second lesson, and the choir chanted
my Fatn Looks Up TO Thee" After this
the sermon OF tue evening by DR.: Tiffany. Il was
glowing tribute 10 the power OF Christianity aud It's
doctrines Dr. DEEMS OF the Church Of the Strangers
delivered the closing PRAYER
IN BROOKLYN.
The day was observed very generally In Brooklyn.
There but little business Of any kind transacted
tho courts All the schools, public, parochial and
private, were closed. The which werc ceie-
DRAFTED each OF the forty Catholic churcnos of that
diocese well attended. Services also held
~ the Protestant Episcopal churcnca
IN NEW JERSEY
The day was celebrated in the Newark Catholic and
Episcopal churches with all the customary solsmni-