Evening journal., 1893-02-15
MERRIMENT MUST END.
With To-day the Season of
Fasting and Prayer Begins.
SERVICES FOR THE LENTEN SEASON,

with the Close OF Shrove Tuesday. PAN
cake Day, ST. Valentines Day the Soc
ial Season Ended and This Morning
worshipIng aud Fasting Began-An-
nouncements of the Seasons ofworship.
The sober and somber Wednesday Of
sackcloth aud ashes dawned very gloom
lily as II In providential emphasis of the
proclamation that breaks up the social
season, suddenly plunging many Of the
jewellers into the pentential forty days
Of the Lenten season.
Yesterday was an unusually festive
day because Il was Shfove Tuesday, pan.
cake day aud the feast of good ST Nalen.
| tine, all combined. The day brought n
| good time TO lovers. children and the
mischievously inclined, who sped stealth.
/ ily about, dropping dainty envelopes and
/ packages or 30 called comic valentines in
| various letter boxes or under door.sills.
With some the valentines took the form
Of elaborate gifts, while others we're the
sweetest little love letters in one stanza
In more than few Delaware avenue
and West street families hot and savory
pancakes were served at the dinner, Just
for customs sake.
While to the gay society folk Shrove
Tuesday meant the end Of the busy part
of the year and the forshadowing Of a
long period Of restfulness and quiet, to
the churches It meant the preparation
for the most active religious time Of the
year, for Shrove Tuesday is so called be-
cause Of an ancient reli gious practi ce
among the people Of being shrived or
shrove; that Is obtaining absolution on
that day.
The beginning OF Lent
From to day on until Easter all of the
Protestant Episcopal and Catholic
churches will hold daily Lenten services.
Bishop Coleman, OF the Protestant Epis-
copal diocese Of Delaware, has announced
that the first Of the series Of United
Lenten services will be held this evening
at st. Andrews Church. beginning at
7.45 o'clock. Rev. V. II. Berghaus, rector
Of Calvary Church, will be the preacher.
The services In most OF the Episcopal
Churches as scheduled for the Lenter
season after to-day is as follows; Ash
Wednesday, February TO- z 80 and 1875
a. m. Sundays, T.3O and 1880 a m, and
I3O p. m. daily except Wed
nesday) 430 p. m; Wednesdays
united Lenten service; Fridays
las D. m in the guild room, instruction
preparatory to confirmation; Maundl
Thursday, 1880 a. m Holy Communion
Good Friday, 1890 a. m, service an'
sermon. 2 30 p. m, service and medita
u tion. z 40, reading of the Passion; con
# irmation, TO be announced); castor Day
n a. M, 8 40 a m, 1890 a m, 7 30 p. m.
e 3 D. m, childrens choral evensong.
/ impressive Ash Wednesday Services.
, In st. Peters Pro Cathedral this morn
3 ing the ashes were blessed by r.
If Rev. Bishop Curtis, assisted by Yer
Rev. J. A. Lyons and Rev. T.. Mealey
After the blessing the people advance
to the altar railing ana the ceremony Z
putting ashes on the foreheads OF eac
{ one present was performed.
The bishop preached short instru'
q tion sermon and then celebrated Oh
d usual mass. A very large congregatio
It was present.
e This evening and every Wednesda
II evening during Lent Bishop Curtis wi
Z continue bis interesting instructions o
q ''Penance. The other services will
n the same as usual. There will be nigh
prayers at 730 o'clock on Mondays an
e Fridays
k Catholic Services in Lent.
lu During Holy week the iul fOhtihcl
)r services will be held These will incluo
D. the blessing OF palms on Palm Sunda,
II conservation Of the Holy oils on Hol
ID Thursday. Alteration Of the cross an
chanting Of passions in the morn
ll ing Of Good Friday In the aftei
IL noon Of Good Friday meditatio
on the three hours agony, which wi
last the whole three hours. On Hol
Saturday will be the blessing Of u
W paschal candle. On Easter Sunda
be solemn Pontifcal mass will be eel
or brated.
rt Owing to the threatening weather, 81
oy attendance at this mornings early Sc
IS, vice was not as large as usual on Al
be Wednesdays. The later services, at 1913
Is we're attended by much larger congreg
ty tions many business and profession
men being in the pews during the enti
service. A large number Of school ch
dren attended the services in the Cath