St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-04-13

BELLS WERE SILENT
Good Friday Is Observed at
Church With Mourn
full Pomp.
THE AFFAIRS ARE DESERTED
| Statues Are Draped in Purple
and Candles EXtin-
guished.
THE AFFAIRS ARE DESERTED
EVERY SIGN OF MOURNING
Appears in the Church's OBJ
servance--Arehbishop Ire
land at the Cathedral.

Good Friday, the saddest day OF
the Christian year, was celebrated
with mournful pomp at the cathe-
dral Yesterday. The benefits con-
ferred upon the world by the Sa-
yior's sacrifice of Himself for man
kind have caused this day to be
STYLED good" among English
speaking people, but everywhere
upon the continent it is called Holy
Friday, while by the Anglo Saxons
the prolonged services of the church
on this occasion conferred the title
of Long Friday.
Every sign of mourning is assem-
bled in the church's observance OF
Good Friday. The bells do not ring.
The organ is silent. The sacred
pictures and statues are draped In
black. No candles Tighten up the
bare, deserted affairs save few
which are absolutely necessary to
the subsequent ceremonies. The
cross upon the high altar is yelled
in black, and black are the vest
ments of the officiating priest and
his assistants This is the sole day
throughout the year when no regu-
lar mass is celebrated by the Chris
tan world. The mass is itself typ
ical of the event in recognition of
which takes place the entire service
upon Good Friday.
Archbishop Ireland was again the
oil nIxy
Thursday, and his assistants were
the same, namely, about fifty of the
clergy, and sixty students from st.
PauPs seminary.
After the singing of a prophecy
from Isaiah three deacons, standing
before the high altar, chant the sad
story of the Passion. They follow
the narrative of ST. John One of
the deacons imperSonates Christ
himself by the repetition of His
words wherever they are quoted di-
rectly by the sacred historian. Next
the archbishop recites the "univer-
sal prayer" which is
HEARD BUT ONCE
in all the year. This is really a
series of prayers, and is offered up
for the blessing of the Holy Father
and the subordinate grades of the
clergy, and then for all the various
nations, all the different creeds, that
are in existence. Afterwards comes
the distinguishing ceremony of the
day-the Veneration of the Cross.
The archbishop unveils the cross of
the high altar and reverently kisses
it in veneration. One by one the
clergy follow his example, and then
the congregation file slowly before
the altar, and, ashley receive a
cross from the hands of two attend
ant priests, they, in turn, also VEN
crate the symbol of the days
sadness. The cross remains ex-
posed for the alteration Of the peo-
pie throughout the day.
The generation ceremony is fin
ished at length, and the officers of
the service form in procession, GO
to the repository in the side altar
take therefrom the Holy Eucharist
and. passing down through the
church, return to the high altar
There is then celebrated the "pre-
sanctified" mass. This is, as pre-
viousfy stated, not a regular mass
for the important reason that the
host employed is not sanctified al
the time. A portion of that is used
which was sanctified the day be.
fore. Vespers are chanted, and an.
other Good Friday is added to the
many hundreds already signaIize6
by the same observances of the
/ Eternal church.
Last evening the ''tenebrae" sery
ices were repeated for the third anf
last time. Except the passages from
Scripture, they were identical will
those of the two preceding evenings
A sermon by Father Hebron tber
followed on 1.-THE Passion of Christ
Today. Holy Saturday, the churcl
begins the long ceremonial of tn,
day at an early hour. Shortly afte
o'clock the fire is solemnly blessed
the candies are relighted, and tn,
especial observation of the dav nro
ceeds.