Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-04-28
OUR BOSTON LETTER.
Something About the Highest of
High Churcbes-pretty sisters of
Charffy-PecuIiarit of Priests
and

lH--Snph frIn
Easter Sunday as was s;va, ne a. NV,
come once in many yearsr East winds
and chill blasts usnaliv chnosa Eastar om
which to aupear out in tb.ir h,a,,ast
attire at the Huh. and rain or slsnt al
snow very probably escort them. Rmt
this wear the sun shone BRIGHTLY III. MI.
was warm enough that many want o,t
without extra wraps and ovsrenats onJ
caught delightful colds in the heads in
consequences and blew their uosas ana
ate troches all Yesterday.
But the great feature of tba dav v.,
the new millinery. Tulv and v.r;iv th,,
fair Bostopese wer. abie to WAR tba;r
Easter bonnets on Easter Sunday Ear
several uncomfortable snrinos In tbo
past. | have faithfully and Iuiy b,d =
new bonnet for that occasion an1 as r.e,-
ularly it has reposed p.aeefulK in ifs
lox in the closet while / have sallind
forth to church in nv old winter one. So
this wear. oppressed and obsent-mind.d
with weight of other cares. LET the bon
net question have tbe po-bv and la, tho
bright. beautiful morning and avery
woman in Boston brave i'm her nav
fineryt
This is the day par excellence. when
Boston people fill the streets and the
churches. The crowds in the streets are
almost as great as those at Fourtb of
July, but the latter davis thrones are of
country cousins, and the former are our
own people. Everybody goes on that dav
those who never 90 to church nj auy
other time, and fortunately. the services
are so beautiful that the chances are thai
and may become regular attendants at
places OF worship. (For | would by uo
means have il understood because tan,
about the crowds and the millinery of
Easter that | would show sliqbt or
irreyerence toward its sacred character
But such matters are not within the
scope of my letters and the millinery is.)
Well then-Boston streets were full
Sunday morning and Boston churches
crammed inside and ont. For nj ali tn.
Catholic and Episcopalian Churches and
many others as we'll. the services had
been carefully prenared rare music ra-
hearsed and beautiful doral decorations
put up. And at many IT was necessary
to close the doors ADMITTING tha reonlar
society at the side entrance until a eer-
tain hour and then admitting such of tl,a
thronp as could get inside. AT some of
the churches the thronq was suob in tha
yestibules and ON the stairs that II was
positiyely dangerous for any bnt hardy
nerson ia att.mnt to kaen on.,s ,lana i,
il. While from within tina church
breathed sweatlv ont nnon tho air tI,.
strains of most exouisita musie and M,
odor of loyeliest bInssoma
One cburcb that is alwavs tbronged ,t
Christmas and Easter and haarara Varant
seats ON any Sunday of the YEAR il tbn
Chnrcb of the Advent nj ina \Vast End
II il tn, very bigb church of Rostou with
candles always burning an tbe altar.
with n large choir of man and sweet,
voiced bows Who file nm the broad aisle Ia
the altar nj the onpnine of avery saryic,.
clad in tbYir w,,ita rohea and chant;ng II,
measured accenta hammers and crossas
being horna bv SOM, or tl,an, viii aa,,-
fassional which is ragulnrly ottandsd In,
tbe nariabionars ,vho 40 ,a,,onoa ana "a.
ceiye absolntion. with lis clerrv. Who ora
vowed Ia IL, of naIihonn ,nd I,aI,,
works and who live togathnr in /, bon:a
uot far frbn IN. cbu1cb whsrein nn
woman av.r enters unIase IL hs IN
tho bus;nass otBo. wh;nl, 10 ,ns+
within the or.ar door and Will, IT,
sisterhood of devoted women, who live
i'll another house by themselves, and
among whom are ladies' from some of the
- Morgar.t baIi.yo tbis soci.ty ;s
eailaJ Il was founded in this div Lv n
fe,c English laai.a who balong.d Ia thn
,is,,,l,eoI l., Iii o,,,,, ,.,,,rtrt, ~ ,,tial
Ills is a hroncb / don,t inov how
many members there are, but do know
that they are doing u beautiful, noble
work and that many of the poor and
suffering of this city bless them for every
ray of relief that has come to their dark
ened homes. 1t seems strange, however,
to meet them on the street, in their long,
shapeless, indescribable black robes, with
the little white muslin cap concealing
every vestige of the smooth hair and
oyershadowed by the eharaeterless black
bonnet-it that it can be callrd-amd Il
starched white band about the throat
and falling upon the front of the
black garment. Upon this white collar,
| saw a large black cross which glim-
mered and sparkled in the gas light at
the evening service, as if set with Jewels,
worn by our fair devotee. saw fair, for
in this is the crowpinr distinction be-
tween these sisters of mercy and those
whom we sometimes see Of the Roman
Catholic faith, who are not often young
and still seldom, pretty. With all due
respect and reverence for these ladies, |
do want to saw of then-and that to their
credt since to renounce the world was
the greater sacl ifice-that those have