Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-03-19
PALM SUNDAY.


BlshOp kain's Last Lenten Leeture-
Holy Week.
Yesterday was Palm Sunday and is so
named to recall the triumphant entry OF
Christ into Jerusalem, when
"Oer all the way.
Green palms and blossoms gay
Are strewn this day in festal preparation;
Where Jesus comes
To wash our sins away
Zen now TO welcome Him the throng pre-
pares."
By the Catholics especially, Palm Sun,
day is observed with great solemnity and
great pl preparations are made for it. IL Is
almost impossible to procure palms here,
and hemlock or other evergreen is suosti-
tuted. At the 10 O'Clock mass at the
Cathedral yesterday Bishop Kahn blessed
the palm. and small pieces of it were dis
tributed among the faithful.
BISHOP KAIN's LECTURE.
At the vesper services at the Cathedral
yesterday, Bishop Kahn concluded his lem
ten lectures, finishing up with the subject
of "Monasticism" by correcting some OF
the false impressions concerning it, that
have gone abroad. This he did in very
interesting and instructive manner. One
of these impressions which seems to have
obtained the widest circulation, is that
convent is place OF eternal gloom. This
is decided error. God loveth a cheerful
giyer," and He should be served
at all times with cheerful Rlacrity,
aud not with a broodirn.s melancholy.
There is happiness IN simply serving the
Lord which should impart q joyful peace
to the countenance, More particularly is
IFS true within the convent walls, where
no conflicting or earthly matter interferes
with the cheerful round of religious and
other duties. Gloom and melancholy are
especially avoided in admitting inmates to
communities.
In very interesting way the Bishop de-
tailed the daily round of duties in converts
and nunneries, taking st. Joseph and Mt.
de Chantel as examples. The day is regu-
larly laid off with duties, from the time
of rising in the morning TO the hour OF
retiring at night. Sisters in st. Joseph,
after their morning devotion, have their
school duties, have TO attend to the hospi-
tai, visit the poor and nurse the sick. At
the Mt. they conduct the Academy, and
the nuns have, after their devotions, to
attend their household duties, and are en-
gagged in embroidery and various 9th
er handiwork There are manifold duties
to engage their attention and occupy their
time and to keep them cheerful and hap
pc.
This with other matters was elaborated
upon, making, rs a whole, a very prOfta-
bic and interesting lecture.
HOLY WEEK.
Yesterday began Holy Week, so called
because it is in commemoration of Christs
death for the redemption Of mankind. OF
the Protestant Churches, the Episcopal is
about the only denomination that solemn
ICES this week, while the Catholic observ-
ances are very solemn and impressive.
Holy Thursday begins the principal observ-
ance. On that day the oils are blessed by
the Bishop. On Good Friday the Catholic
world is Frustrated in commemoratiOn Of
the cruciixion. The decorations are re-
moved from the altar and all bells and or
CANS are hushed. The chants are conduct
edwithout accompaniment and from Fri
day until Sunday, not bell is sounded.
On Sunday, which is Faster, everything
changes from the deepest woe to the great
est rejoicing. The triumph over death is
completed and the religious world rejoices
over the resurrection.