The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1885-02-25
Fsz ESrty Days

The Le-tsn SESSION. eurssssi-c q forsy days q
ttStiag ssd prayer, Observed ey sevec-sigotS Of
al CHRISTIAN peopis w he Greek. koc.an, AsGs>
bean, Swedish the Protestant Eresecrd a the
JclceG SsItes and The ksscerae3 eh1rches u Ger
ula1y, France and Switzerland. ccrlRerced ca
tue tSsh INST, the Initial day being known as Ash
Ns5-ssChr. Aprrcpria.s aid tae usual SPECIAL
services vurs hsi6 a. the Roman Ca.hcllc and
Angiics2 CashsG-aAs es this ely. 81 the zsH-
hers q these churches Lens Is Observed Is & sea-
scc q special PRAYER AID 1hst11suce from cr~
tIi.iry Pleasure, and IS riea1s CT nsQ<e worthy
a1d consequently more hedlthful reeerccc "
me Holy Communion 90 EtseeE Sunday. fhe
seascr q Lent covers perrud u tcrsy-Six days.
Fr1perty speaking the DAYS ct Lent are only tcrty
he rsascn for the apparens discrepancy -. that
slI Su-dfys cccrr n this Session, and SccGay BE-
Ing never cuautsd q H.Ss DAY, these stx are not
cuunteG as Lsnsrr Sundays. bot rather As Sun
days, Hhch tn II ths Lenten seascn- In thss
sense, that IL cuGrsirg oGs these 81 Sur6zys.
Asa Wednesday always fails On tue fcr.seeA dAy
ssfurs Easter Sun aav and ssuce Easter Sunday IS
Llv1ys TIE n-st Sunday After tbs tr1 r,ooc which
happens zpcc CT next 1tssr the tSsnty-6rst day
OF Aarch. the ixte Of Ash Wednesday Is o. coarse
variable. Ash Wednesday heicx the frSc iRy q
the perisertial seasoa i especially marked. the
crly ether day Of Lent Ehich s1perceces j. y in-
porr1lce being Good Friday. whieh virtually
closes the seEScn ct mourning being The d4yinsIf
The name Of Asa Wednesday : derived frou
I've facts, f-s-. taas the seNscu for Len. always
begl1s on Wednesday, and second. thAE il vas the
custom q primitive Christian eharchss To place
Ashes zpun the head and breast cpoa this day Is
syu1botc OF psnrtenes and eurtrisicn Of sns CON
ulit1eG- The syl,bcirs-. q the ashes - Of very
ancient origin. ard vas ure q those customs u
Jztl1sJu Enich ssriy became irecrrocated Eitt
Christianity, his 3ly sesrs 70 have been %
served ~ the -St tJy u Lent, in the tle OF Pope
Gregory the Great. An authority states TIA. it
supposed BY some that Gregory AiGeG three DAYS
AZ the beginning Of Lent, &c mAke th<numher a..
n more exlcr imitation Of the fA<: q Christ Il
vas called u the tine Of Gregory Dies ciseT1ss the
Gay q sprtuklllS the SShes.N In the Ror,fsh
eez-ch, ashes AZ given Among the Peopie On Ash
Wednesday, they uIzss be made fron, the branches
q Gives Or sos other trees thai have been blessed
the foregoing year.
A r1iscuccepticr IN regard to Lent and is s;E,-
ui1caccs exists n the uInGs q uAzy who imagine
pentance and DEVOTION % religions duties are made
70 Onset the SHORTCOMINGS and extrRvaSance Of the
rsn1Iri1s three hundred and sixty-SIs days Of the
year- This q, q curse. N entirely sr-unso1s
ldea and only obtains among the hPgant OF the
lZuurl-t- Iks Churches which observe Lent rec
cguIZa the fact that While every t1y in the year
s60ult Be 70 the Christian CAV Of repentance and
Devotion that yeE Il Is ven 10 set apart certain
seEsUu for such Al end. and that 10 season can bs
- IL a TINE for serious reflection and amendment
OF he a that Uhich marks the l1crney OF Jesus
Christ % Calvary, and which ends n the hope and
The lCF Of the DUy OF Resurrection
Lent WIS 6rss Commanded 70 be observed. il
England y Ercunbert, seventh king OF Kent Al.
otl-s6Ui. No nsat vas, formerly 10 be eaten in
Lent b1r b. hcsucs under certain penalties. And
oC-chsrs we're not 70 XII flesh IN Lent. except for
Vicr1IlLInS q ships. sc.
The Christians Of the Greek Church observe fgar
Ls1,tE, The drsr commences On the fifteenth
q November, or forty days before Christmas.
The second 4 cor Leaf, which Immediately pre-
cedes Easter The third begins The week Afts-
NtiE-sundIY, ard confines I'll the festival OF ST.
Peter and St. PAIL Ths number Of days therefore
comprised II the Lent u not settled and deter
Ellcec- boz they ars more or less, according Is
" hIt-su--GAY falls sooner or Later. Their fo1rth
Lett cuunercss the f-s- Of August, and lasts no
luuCsr thAn I'll the fifteenth. These LerEs are
observed with great srrIctcess and Grsterity. On
Saturtlys and Sundays they indulge themselves
II drinking vine and using oil. which are pro-
hlbissd On ether days.