Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-03-25
EASTER SUNDAY.
.,s Festival Of Festivals is OBJ
90 in Different Countries.
,,arewrs and st. Stanislaus
csurches Visited and Decora-
tons Noted.

ronee of the Easter festival Is
,,nt AS the resurrection of the
Ill., The name is from "Ocst,n
,tsaxon word, meaning "arising.N
y Episcopal handbook, 1.-THE
esbmanis Guide to Faith and
IN says:
our Passover, the king of days,
naon of feasts. The fathers called
"paschal joy or solemnity OF the
sraction; the bright and glorious
~ Cbrist's rising from the dead !;
%olv and venerable day that
III life into the world the queen
s,s the festival of festivals, the
'saud holy Sunday in which the
At eternity were confirmed TO
r. the Christian every ernal
10 token of Easter. He believes
Ipsus selected the spring season
H. commencement for His
n and resurrection, in order
His followers should
reminded mt all coming
.,ers that death is the transition,
| simple act Of losing mortality and
Fnr M the crown.
Il sees n blossom and says, "the
\ someth, and when the tender leaf
Ilds and pushes away the mildew
sinter he beholds the revival in
|atrfi by him who died not, though
passed beyond
Ne christian does not think ofdeath
A gloomy mood. He calls it sleep
| Relieves with q faith no power can
Ske that he will awake from that
IN and find himself enjoying an
mortal life, where no pain is, or
In All things may perish and all
Imam agencies fail, but the creed
hhe christian will not change and as
III as the world is peopled that
Bed will be proclaimed.
Modern thought has modified the
Inner of observance but has not
hinged the degree of veneration ac-
kded to Easter. The solemn
itches of Easter eve are
hinged to merry social gatherings,
Hers happy hymns and sacred music
ruile the hours and dancing is not
fhibited at the vigil; at least some
lngeIical churches permit it. In
Inn OF thc older states the
kdle procession takes place
Of old and nearly every
kere The morning of Easter is glad
he'd by shouting children, gleefully
Eplaying eggs stained in colors.
lilly comprehensive is the Easter
1. The symbol is a bird coming
fm the obscurity of the embryo to
\ beauty of perfected plumage, and
|shellsin bright dyes typify the hues
kpring, the flowers and the wealth
beauty, when earth, baptised by
energies from winters death into
season of rapturous life. Prepera-
ks for proper observance of "the holy
j venerable day that brought life
b the world" have been the pleas
tasks of the ladies of nearly all the
[lrches for the past week. AT the
|iscopal church and ut the
tholic church, the dignity and i'm
rtance OF the festival obtains more
phasis ,nd the decorations, iormali-
and services are much more elab
tie than at others of the
fistian churches. In order to obtain
[a of Fort Worth's observance OF
ster, a reporter was sent to the
lrches OFFS st. Andrew and st. Stanis
Is yesterday afternoon, and
cleaned many interesting
kes herein presented to the readers
the Sunday gazette. AT st. An
fw's church he found afternoon ser
PES in progress, conducted by the
prtly young pastor, and at the con
psion OF prayer Mr.. Sartwelle, Mrs.
|ewster and other members of that
kindly and carefully
'esented him with the following
ITS: OF the incidental ornaments are
e burse, the veil and the corporal
|verings for the sacred vessels, pre-
nted by Mrs. Julia Nj. Hayes of Dal-
Both the burse and the veil are
fine white elk, and the corporal is
linen of extra quality. AL
Tree cloths are -ornamented with
|ised crosses in tinted silk
p the corporal is especially illustra
q with sacred monogram letteret
la cross in this manner: