The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1882-05-07

| ARE raesing hnbltrd Mi in black r0hes yGi1h
mask lnnir faces, aud having OH the breast II
arc the mcmh"rs Of tho noalc suld which
mhhtAins, with 80 true and rey"Tcni charity,
inc ElNhi Hosp IHI Of la Cariddd which do
1871 70 yon phith.iy IN siNakins ol The sit
| OF inc kIng and Queen. You can 500 by the
nnssiN" 81 yer stnyr~ borne by tue ushrrs aHd
| oHlccis mat these are not an ordinary body ut
| mon. Wonder black mask and pointed cap
| cover the head nud conceal the toutur"a Of tao
| highest i'll the land. Only the cNccutiN" ON
GERS mNrch IN plain ctNiUan dress and without
| disguise, nest tn the platform on which are
carried the Instruments ui the Passion In
| front Of thcm Is their Secretary with the /
| charter aud rules, Handsomely hpund-nut n
| dad letter. hut II practical code Of living
| charity. The platform - lad iownH moment al
| the duur Of the city HAL. ona CARPET the NOM
| l5is Of tho city Government, IN iul UNIFORM
| b'irs there TO receive each conirutCrnity " N
| the hunpis duo 10 royalty. But look toward
| the west sid" OF the sqlarc, wherc tho prinri-
| pa iinlSr ol mo und 81 Charlty-Christ cruel
| He'd hLwncn two thicves.,s emerging from
the great narrow thoi oughfarr tho Gallo dc las
Sierpcs So the flowers which nre showcrod
the ccntinl cross Magnificent US ara thr cos
tgnins ct the corps Of trump"terspnd tho guard
ui ltoihHn soldiers behind them the crowd have
only Dyes for the Three Ciusscs-fUr Httl rs-
rclally whose head in death is bowed toward
me rcnchtini thiel and whose Iips ara open as
u they were Stil altering the words Of forgive
ntss ana immortal hope. Do you wonder that
Inns group ut statuary Is Received With such
manifest roNriehcn 10y the vast multitude OF
SnIiinnsF Has not that cross bucn N the
MJiAiidid from its foundation rs tho en.b!rm Of
'lNlHtSl anu most ulUFNnupN Irptnprh love =
And IL not this noble brotherhood the living
rrl'reschia!ive OF all the generations of noble
mon who have been Gods helping hand and
itdyins heart To every form OF human sG,tvringi
rms. therefore. Is not u mere idle pageant
got up-as a superficial criticism or baud
prejudice might s,y-tu turn The solNmn,,ies oi
religion into II show. Doubtless among the
nuiunuaS sho gaze on this yearly spectacle on
Holy Thursday anGGood Friday there will be
inund even Spaniards whose minds poisoned
hy the skcpticlsm Of tho day are utterly unable
to grasp thc significance OF these deinonstra-
usual care the sources Of Soyiiinn history. the
readers OF THIS Sun may DO Interested IN know
INV shS what Was the real origin Of those process
sIons anu what thoir significance.
t,, ING Moors formally slrrenicd the city and
t Ianno Aicazar. with its iort.lications Nov; %,
Ming. however, only made his solemn ontry Mt
me ne mead 81 his army on tho 22l OF December.
main u month to dispose of their property and
providing them with vessels to cross to Africa
or escorts To sotte elsewhere in Span. The
great mosque ted on the sito OF the former
Christian cathedral was. in the interval dedi-
c.t-d 70 Christian worship and thither the
trance. on foot. followed by clergy pr nccs mo-
bies, and su,dcrs tho cross being borne aloft
~ triumph before him by the bravest of his
During the four years which ensucd tin his
death. May 80. 1852, 1T. Ferdinand remained in
Seville. bestowlng his chief care in peopling
tie city. colonEAng the neighborhoOd estab-
fishing wi-e hiws for their government and
10y tho religious interests of seville and its
depcndeneios, Between tho Chrstmnstide OF
i2iS and the Easter OF l2i9 the city had been
divided into parishes. several OF tho former
mosques were converted into churches. and sew
era new churches had been begun by the King
lures. the cathedrals Of Toledo and Durgos.
Holy Week OF that year tl2l9l behold the pro-
SESSIONS which served as q prototype to those
during the week before Easter Sunday. AS on
the day OF hs solemn entry into Seville 50 land
stu more sol during the week commemorative
OF our Lord passion and death, the King so
ordered everything that the pageant should DO
tho triumph OF the Cross and of Christ cruel.
ruled Tor more than 500 yeai.. and where Islam
ma Iaoor9I to plot out every vestige OF Chris
ilNes carried in procession this week is reput.l
to DO tn, work Of the thirteenth century, Tho
had boon n gift TO 81. Ferdinand from his lirst
always during the sise Of sI ' b"rnS ' be sSS
the kinE in battle against the Noors. JUS, la
the CsTotcio Of the Free Cities Of Italy went
forth nsainst their enHHlies the cruciflx sur
mounting the nltar Of their common faith. sur
rounded by mon sworn to dio in its defence and
OF the Madonna belonging to st. Ferdinand arc
s 81 p,os'rvs1 With Jealous rsFereneo 10 the
della Soie." Is placed immeiiateIy over the
tabernacle and high altar Of tho a., thedra all
o e,S WIN plates OF silver and gold th9
placed on the. small altar immediately beneath
m9 shrine ;,h o. st. FSrd.nand This he always
these, as can testify after u careful 0Aamina-
ton, arc remarkable works OF art.
through tn" Streets in this Holy WIZ Of i2is
together with the cross and the cruciiiArS.
each parish wing, with the others in sur
ail possible pomp. st. Ferdinand had ordained
that the proeesions from each parish should
proceed 10, the Cnthedrnl-.tho chief temple
erected to the Incarnate God undcr the nvoca-
tion Of His Blessed Mother. And ththcr they
all .still proceed a. to their common goal
uniting bDih in conf and r,turni "A iona
. s. Fortinand, before be died. had caused
own throne in the Royal Chapel. The throne
Is covered with solid plates Of gold and silver;
t.rial; one emerald in the esntre is uncut and
OF enormous siHe. To this day tho Kings
shrine is at the foot Of the lofty flight OF stairs
i.ath, as ho hal lived, u the feet q Christ and
What st, Ferdinand had ordered to b" done
during Holy Week In Seville WAS also carried
nut in Cordova. in Jaen in CadiH in Nerct' u. In
Frontern-in every city reclaimed from the ION.
dom nation Of Mohanmedanism.
tho nont !" sn eject I thess ny IfE a
geants, you shoud go to the Cathedral and
watch every nrocession as il enters beneath
with its burden of life like statnary. Is carried
in and placed by the side Of the " ,Monumento"
on Holy Thursday and during the last hours
Of the night b.tween the Thursday and Good
Friday. You should sec tho nloring crowdsin
the mysterious twilight oil the vast eiltice and
watch the passage OF each cOnfratornity with
its quaint costumes, reminding you OF the far
distant East tho Roman soldiers. with thoir
banners their bsrnished nrnior their gorgeous
garments. and the earnest devotion OF the
modern spanish esnort Of Soldiary. Tn. Pres
encs within tho eilulscnt silver CuStOda you
may see at Onc-. is the central point for every
rye and every heart. rs the Eucharist itself is
tho Memorial OF tho Great Sacrifice AMI tho
Divine Victim. From the Monumento" they
proceeI to the High Altar. round to tho Royal
Chaps passing out by some one Of the great
pOrchrs, while the solemn music or tho melody
uf some popular hymn taken up by tho crowd.
IOntA along the aislrs AMI these long lines NJ
white or dark or purple figures. or these LieNm-
ing -ohorts Of Roman or Gothic aOldirry. make
you feel rs II all the generations who once
lived on this soil wore returning in the sacred
stiffness Of the hottest of nights TO worship
Christ crucncd in His glorious temple.
Outside On tho street or amid tho amphi-
ulcRt like multitudcs Of the Plaza do la Con.
sttuciOn. one might possibly feel q moral and
intellectual discord between the solemn ilgures
borne alOlt on each platform and the laughter
and levity among the very few unbehoving
Ii-:htseers during tho gaps bntwesn the pro-
cessions. But within tho Cathedral all is
sOlomnity prayer, and sincere worship Of the
mind, as we'll ~ Of the heart. II is impossible
to minglo with an entire population. surrcn-
dering themselves for the time being to such
LnyotiOns ~ these. without feeling that their
whole souls ara n IL. To say TINT the r-