Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-04-11
DAY OF DOL0R.
How Good Friday fl Observed The
Religious Programme.


How Good Friday f. Observed The
Religious Programme.
Today is Good Friday, and is legal holt
dsy. The banks are closed on account OF its
Observance andreligious services are held in
most of the churches. II is the Friday be.
fore Easter, sacred as the COMMUNICATION
of the crucifxion of the Savior. II has
been observed rs day Of mourning and OF
especial prayer from very early period.
II was one Of the two psschsl days cele-
brated by the Christian church and in
memory OF the crucifxion. 1t was called
by the Greeks "Pasch Of the Cross and IL
Was observed as q day Of rigid fast and
&c Tenn and melancholy ceremonies. We
Learn from the apostolic constitution and
other sources that when Christianity was
established in the Roman empire Constan-
line forbade the holding Of law courts,
maj keIs and other public proceedings on
this day. The Roman Catholic church obser-
yes the isy with strict solemnity. The ser.
vice consists of what is called the mass OF
the presanctified, the sscred host not being
e, nsecrate6, but reserved from the prece-
ding day. The priests and stsandants are
robe d In black as token OF mourning, the
altar is stripped of It's ornaments, the KISS
OF Teace is omitted in detestation OF the
kist of the traitor, Judas, the priest recites
Icrg series of prayers for all classes, or
de,s and ranks IN the church, and then tor
her. tics, pagsns and Jews. Then there Is
the ''sdt ration of the cross" or what was
in olden times called creeping to the
cross" A large cross is placed on the altar
with appropriate ceremonies in memory OF
the awful event which the crucitix repre-
sents, and the entire congregation, com; :
mt ncing with the celebrant priest and
his ministers, approach snd upon tneir
knees reverenily kiss the hgure
of the Lord. The very striking office OF
Tenebrae is held on Good Friday. 1t con-
sists of the mathis and lauds OF the ONCE
of Holy Saturday. and at the close all the
tights in the church are extingutshed ex.
c, Ut one, which for q time las symbol OF
lie LORDS death and buriaD is hidden
under the altar. The Episcopal church
also celebrates the day with great solemn
ty. In olden time sermon was preached
at St 81. PauPs Cross, which was attended
by the lord Mayor and aldermen of Lon
don. There was a practice formerly OF
eating "crossbuns," or cakes with cross
impressed upon them, but 1t Is no longer
At the Cathedral to-day the following
orGEr of services will be observed: At
$50 N, the reading of the Passion OF our
Lord, the alteration of the cross the pro-
cession from the depository to the altar,
and the mass OF the pre- sanctiied.
The services OF the Station OF the Cross
will occur at 2:30 p. N. At7:30 p. NJ, la.
meptations will be sung, sermon deliv-
EFT d, and the night prayers said.
Services will be held at st. Matthews
and at st. Luke's, at 1890 this morning.
HOLY THURSDAY.
Yesterday was Holy Thursday and special
snd solemn services were held at the Ca
h, oral. Pontifical High Mass Was given at
$50 by Bishop Kahn. assisted by MSr Sulli;,
van, as Arch Priest, Very Rev f. Park and
Rev. Father Kelcher, as Deacons OF Honor,
Fathers O'CoDnor, OF Clsrksburg, and Nc.
Bride. of Newburg, as Deacons OF Offices,
ana Rev. Fathers Reynolds and Tracy as
Masters Of Ceremonials.
The holy oils, used in Amounting the
sick, in bapt sirg the catechumens. and
administering the sacrament OF cor TRINA
ton, were blessed. At the end OF the mass
Solemn proces, ion of the blesse I sacra
ment occurred from the center altar around
the church to the repo, STORY.