Telegram-herald., 1891-03-29
EASTER EGGS.
A Glance at the Religious Fe iture OF the
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The egg is the germ Of lie From
the egg comes forth all things that live
and breathe. The egg, therefore, is the
emblem of the rising sun, of the coming
forth Of vernal life-of the bursting of
environment - the tomb, and coming
forth in life. The egg has been init
mately connected with religious worship
for many thousand years; and yet clings
to its place in the ceremonials. The
Buddhist, Moslem, Christian-all connect
the egg with EaSter-with the resurrec-
tion-with the coming forth of life.
in the matter of color-it sometimes
runs to fantasy, but red is commonest-
bloodrcd-in imitation OF the blood that
the pre- tristan MeGiators shed In CIV
ing up their lives for sinful man. Both
the idea and color passed into Christian
custom. Indeed. IL would be difficult TO
point out the year or century when the
Easter egg custom ceased TO lie Pagan
and became Christian, since IL has under
gone no material change in all the ages.
Tracing IL back it becomes connected
with the crescent moon at Heliopolis-
the city of On in the Bible pages. also
with the serpent-like as the Eden apple
and the serpent Among the Cyprus
ruins is found an enormous carved stone
egg, adorned with generative emblcms.
The practice Of presenting eggs 10
friends on Easter day is Magian or Per
sian, alludiny to the mundane egg for
which Ormusd lSupreme Eeingl and
Ahriman fthe Devil were 20 contend 10
the end Of all things. II was said that
on Easter the earth was hatched or ere
ated. In most pagan lands il was a type
Of the resurrection. The ritual of Pope
Paul Y. reads:
Bless. Lord. we bpseech Thee. this Thy
creature OF egg, that II may become a
wholesome sustena1ce To Thy faithful serv-
ants. eating 10 In thankfulness 10 Thee on
account Of the resurrection II our Lord.
Come ". th me to afro This is Easter
week. These women Won see are Moslem
Mohammed l. their savior. This Is
Palm Sunday and a YOU see they bind
Palm twigs about their heads and fingers.
zach succesd.bg day has It's peculiar
oeremonials On Shrove Tuesday The
diet l. cheese broth and onions; Ash
Wednesday is Arba Eyub-Iobs day;
Maundy- Thursday is their pea soup day.
and Good Friday T. their gum'a el-maf-
ruka-dsv 81 butter cakes and Saturday
T. scbt cDnuT. or sabbath OF lieht-so
named from the sacred fire which on this
dav barsfS forth from tho Holy SnpniChre
a. Jerusalem. Now % they strengthen
Their eyes With powders Get themselves
bed and eat eolored Easter eggs On
Easter SUNDAY. id en-nusara. they love
their neighb0rs as the mselves even
make iiierdr calls unon Their Christian
nslRbbars calls that are q be retained
during tie feast 81 Eeriam.
Ia the discussion 81 Pafarch and
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prominent part in The re- Rioas ~ The
ancient world IL was used ia arcuries.
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prominent The ancient Jews at Pasqua.
after parifyinF AID cleaning sire house.
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dates and gs- three eabsms a' fseurd-
ity The Greeks AID Remaas Hsea the
egg 81 eypssthns. and wh0u hoy I'D
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