The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-03-30
IT Is HOLY WEEK.
All Christendom Hallowed by
the Victory Of Peace.
sMlNeL,Mo JOY AND SADNESS.
Exfens1vo Preparations fbr Faster
Good work of sslv.sienists-Bis
Endeavor Meeting.

The present week. including The Sunday
AZ each end of II. marks the very cul-ufna-
ton of devotion in all the churches which
keep an ecclesiastical calendar Sometimes
called Passion week, sometimes Holy
week. II has been set apart by most OF the
great bodies OF Christianity TO conmemo-
rate the entry of Christ into Jerusalem.
the awful shadows that rested upon him
AT his approach TO Calvary. the sublime
climax of his sacrifice upon the cross,
marked now especially by the observance
OF Good Friday. while next Sabbath, as
Easter Sunday. will be observed by univer-
sal Christendom as the anniversary OF the
day on which the despised and crucified
Naxarene broke the bands OF DEATH"
lighted the gloom Of the grave with i'm
mortal hope. and furnished the Apostle of
the Genfiles with the joyous and confident
PAGAN which he has bsQueashsd to hui
manity: 20 death. where Is thy sting:
o grave. where IS thy victory"
Yesterday was appropriately observed
as Palm Sunday in a large Dumber OF Sc
attic churches, and the mingled storm and
sunshine of the day seemed TO make II
emblematic of the blended sadness and
triumph of Holy week. In all the Roman
Catholic churches, where ritualism finds
its fullest development. there were special
services commemorative Of the day. The
Protestant Episcopal churches We're not
whit behind in appropriate ceremoniais,
81. Marks. 81. Clements and Trinity par
ish all did honor 10 the day. DR.. Watson
delivering a special sermon at ST. Glenn
ent's on Bearing the Palm" More con-
serratiye ON the score of ritualisn, but
still Observing the great festivals of the
church year. the Lutheran, the Methodist
Episcopal and the Congregational church.
es Of the city find yesterday and the pres
ent week specially significant At the
ffx Er1g3 {sn Int a-
an appropriate Palm Sunday service. At
the First Methodist Episcopal DR.. Shank
lin edited his congregation with a timely
Passion Week Meditation" while at the
Plymouth Congre gational Mr.. Temple
gave some seasonahle words on "Palm
Branches for the King"
During the present week the Roman
Catholic and Protestant Episcopal
churches will hold services every day and
some Of them at almost every hour of the
day. The high day of the week viii of
course be Good Friday. and that day will
witness great outburst of sympathetic
devotion from the pulpits and choir gall
leries of the city. The First Methodist
Episcopal church has arranged an elabo-
rate programme for Friday evening, based
on the seven utterances of Christ while
hanging on the cross. At Holy Trinity
Lutheran the morning and evening serv-
ices on that day Will be marked by appro-
pirate confessionals preparatory to thu
Easter Communion. Among the Protest.
ant Episcopal churches a typical an
nounoement is that OF Trinity parish.
which will hold services on Friday at 9
O'Clock a. m. IL TO 8 O'Clock p m, and
again at p. m.
Emerging from the long and penitentiai
gloom of Lent, the churches will hold a
religious carnival next Sunday. With high
masses and songs Of Joy, with Easter lilies
and Easter eggs. with jubilates and te
deums. each congregation win celebrate
the fulflllment of the prophetic words:
Destroy this temple. and after three days
will raise IL again."