, 1884-04-13
QUEEN OF FESTIVALS.
The Joy That Easter Brings
With 1t,
And the Tremendous Event Cele-
brated To-Day.
How II Will Be Observed in the
City Churches.


lo-uay ID oeleor"teu throughout the
ear'h one oi the three great anniversaries
on '"e |hr'S'iah WORLD Easter sunday.
ihe o'ner Two great CHRISTIAN anniVersa-
RES are christmas and Whltsuntlde,
Jesus roSe on the nfst DAY oil the week,
,he' SAINT gay "hereon' 1000 years
peiUre' ne az 'he uncreatea wore OF the
ra'ier' hnu begun tne work OF the crea-
.ion py caihng iorth hght and separating
y iroin 'he uarknesS' Inc hrSt day was
mus elhooieu oythe creation blight 1t
received a second conservation by the
rie1ton . jesus anu rom ina time
ior"aru sunday ana not saturday was
III Aotu uay' Inc resurrection
o,'esuS gave hlS nrSC Gay a pre-eminehce
y o'icf uays VI the week the dlVihe
piooeP' Vi S"e 0aooa'n was aDrogated,
,ose'ner WIN 'ne o'her ordinances OF the
nioSnic Jaw ana the apostles instructed
tne people 10 keep noiy tne hrst day OF
'Ie "eoH mhi1n hau oeeh oigninea with
'ne '"oioiu glory 'he creation ana resur-
. INC oihiloh name OF TINS
III eastern countries Oh Europe
was 'ne a'ciai reas'' because IL was
H'p. az u 'unie 'ihe rs the raSeha' OF
~ mv anu some measure
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ne uppo' run H'f' 'he name OF a
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3" M r 'he 'o"S' vi 'ne i'esur-
i"os" 'iete nave never peen
Va opriio" 'ie Ohris'iah
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use ~ HnSi""u uoihs 30 oy act OF fafna-
nen' III the year l,o2. Inc uregorian
IllilIf Is prac'lcany tnnt no" IN use
'no worm, C' raster uay ue-
penu' al .ie no'e'oie ieaS!S anu laso'
,nfhou' ,he year me nine sundays
Deiore anu inc eigh0 lolowing ai'er are al
u.penuen' upon II, anu 10TH as II were
a Douy guaru oil TINS queen OF festivals
The nine preceding are the six Sun
days, Quinquagesima, Sexagesima
and Septuagesima. The eight fol.
lowing are the five Sundays after Easter.
the Sunday after Ascension Day, Whit
Sunday and Trinity Sunday. In the
Christian churches, pens of Joy are SUM
to-day. In the Catholic and Episcopal
churches, especially, every means is taker
to give evidence of the religious rejoicing,
The affairs are deliberately decorated and
every inspiring accessory that can be de.
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