The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-04-11
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culatioa IN reckoning brought the i4th Of
Sisau sometimes before and sometimes
e'.er The eg14ap1. i is easy iJf Us % tn
derstaug tos such m.Etakss cold arise,
u asa we remember that The science OF as
iroaumy as put little understood Il tfcse
days and that The sun cas- tn"lgnt by
gone 20 cross he lice on the is'a, By 9TH
KS on the isth. aad ~ sta! others 81 The
.gta % the list u The month.
IL 5li council WAS held a. Aries 70 es-
;atlish UnformitE in the Christian cslen-
car. but s., failed TO do So Eleven years
iateT ihe matter as lais before the famous
Co1uc.! % Nice. There Il was deereei
iha; the Christian passover should be OBJ
served o- the Frlday following the 18th Of
Nisau. nat Being the date Of the pascbal
TILL mnou he full moon thai comes Oh
o. mex; after March Il. the date Of the
! spriug Eguiaoxl.
Thai decree made Easter. 7vc call the
! festival " the Tesgrrsc zion. fall upon the
Sunday following the first fun moon that
I comes on or ue1; after March y. and It
( Is 50 Observed al ne present time, Some
( Yeas these IL fun moon upon the very
( day Of the Equinox, Ia ether years Il hap
pens later in She month. This makes
( Easter movable fes
/ Since IL must follow the fun moon that
ro.ers 90 or next after the EQUINOX, Easter
can 70, fall earlier man March % on The
other hand. Easter can not come later
( than April %. since the latest possible
/ date upon which the frs. moon after the
/ Equinox can fall is Augl! is. The follow
ing sunday can no. be more than seven
I 1zgs lars-. OF April -. Easter 'eil on the
latest r.ossible date FOR IL In 1856, and VIII
not come again upon April p until 1913.
/ THIS year Easter vii fall upon April IS.
1 Three times during the present century II
tse fallen N March -. and viii again do
I 70 IN 1913.
| The 9uncu q Nice in 225 further pro
I ylIad that the Observance o. Good Friday
! ana " Easter should be Uniform. by in
/ stvuciirg thf church al Alexandria which
! waz distinguished ln astronomical science
/ 10 annually inform the church at Rome
| 81 han The ides OF March fell. The iies was
! The name o. Tie last Of the three divisions
/ into which all months were originally d.
| Y!ted. The church at Rome then noti-
! tied oil the churches IN the world
| Uniformity Ia The obsvrvanles OF the
| churcheB wss materially assisted by the
| calculations o. monk. IN the sixth century
/ named BiDnysius EXlguus. Scythian by
/ birth To him belongs tho distinction OF
/ introducing the birth % Christ as a start
lag point for the computation Of time.
The English name ~ tine queen OF FcS-
tiYals." Easter IS often called, seems
peculiarly Inappropriate, II the derivation
Of tho word s taken 20 mean anything but
rising and even then il seems remarkable
hat The most sacred ~ Christian church
festivals shoulG bear the name OF an i'm
sginary pagan dsify
From the earliest days. Faster has been
celebrated with great solemnity and de-
Yotion.
The early Christians saluted each other
with a kiss and the words Christ Is
risen 10 which the one addressed replied
He r. risen Indeed "
THIS custom and that ot decorating the
churches wiih big wax candles. still obtain
IN the Greek churches. especially IN RUS
IfSa The dav before Eastcr-loiy satur-
day--was originally tho day upon when
lhaotIsrn was especially observed. Courts
were closed debts we're forgiven. prisoners
were released. slaves made free, aims we're
dir' rituied and throughout the Christian
era FasteY has been a season of great good
0ii TO all men.
some Of the popular observanccs OF tho
fo-i,val are very odd indeed. The custom
, % giving colored or ornamcntod eggs at
raater tine IL an old one In the Tower
/, NJ London. among other records Of Edward
! the nnrchafe u 400 pasrh OF pace
, eRgs for Enhter- time Is recorded
Tho legend that tho sun dances In inc
pbv on Easter morn once prevailed In Eng
land and IL believed In some parts o
ireland at the present day some al th'
provincial sports. stu kept in the northern
counties Of England. are very funny
In one Mace the men go about inc
privilege ~ hitting every woman thcy NEE
three times from the ground. The ransom
IL kiss or silver rlXpence. ON iSastol
Monday the women return the compliment
, Modern ohseryances OF Easter IN thls
country. az we'll as In large European
. centers. are confined mainly to the church
Z les and church 0bseTvanccs of Easter pc
, comes more general each year. Beautiful
floral displays. aud very elaborate muS'ea
, fryices distinguish Faster sunday yer,
4 large sums ~ money being cNpendsn ioi
Z these features by wealthy parishes
4 a few years ago. II was the iasbloh io'
= women to nut on their new spring so"n"
coats and hats Tor the iirst tine on l.'s'o
A sunday, but IN most ,arts OF the onlN
q States nOrlli OF Washington. tho DAY h"M
r ever pleasant, In apt to be chllly' II n"
cold and II " not safe 10 lay aside WINE
4 wraps Moreover the displa5 OF dry soou
4 aud millinery becomes vnigafly os'en,a
- ,iouS. and. for the past year or tNo, ~,
Y YorIl's most elegant women wear 20 churc'
Z, o. EaS,or sunday. prcciseiy what they wor'
A on the preceding Sunday. Bat fa9niohapi
ID women are always we'll dressed ana, J
e. One IN moderate circumstances mas wor'
% ione street toilet ne winter through.
10 generally somewhat shabby by sprinsi ~
y there can be- no objee ton. on 'he svoI' =
a. lpood taste. 10 going 20 Church on has, "a
rs SUNDAY dressed In new garments p'"'a
hog thoy are su.tol 10 church wear
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