Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-10-09
THE PASSION PLAY THIS WEEK.
The Pictures to BE Prcsehte"
y.cture, by DIR. wharton

| ,rho tac+ that Rev. DIT. IL. Nj. WhaIloh'
90 Baltimore. whose eloquence mas 80
| e. thrilled thousands of the peopie VI
| this civ. is coming to the AUDITORIUM
' this waek In the interest OF the wharf
/ e.harages will create stir in rehslouo
otro,os Rut when II is further KNOWN
| 49, he has secured the famous Passion
DE-, lectures. which have been the won
a. 90 OH the northern towns for the past
few months. his friends predict Tor nun
| great success. DR.. Wharton himself
| &c sufficient to crowd the Auditorium lor
| a u,aeL hui he has the great task Of rails
| ING a fund of $4,000 for the wharton or
nbanages of WnIcn he mas already louhu
| ed three, the principal one peihs en i'-is
at Luray Va, known as the N
| Home, and his principle 10 tndI VIZ ~
expects to do great Things one nus 80, R
| his shoulders the responsibility VI lhlS
great production OF the story Oh the Cioss,
| Shtch alone cleared $1,000 dollars III one
week I'm Baltimore, charging " C5h.s "u
mission. Or. Wharton goes Luz .iiS ,.,,t,1d
| proposes that the people OF iIchlhohu
| shall witness this presentation lor uiiie,
| and il there are any that cahhot ai LII.
| that, lie VIII let them IN Tree, a nv IN
see him in person. Every "oii. .t, u.
| and child in Richmond must see the 1 ds-
| SION play" SAYS the great eVanSenst, IOi
| II rs the greatest lesson OIL the me anu i
! "ea,h ar the saviour OF Mankind thdt tue
| world has ever seen. The pictures, VIII ~
All their dramatic fervor, as SHOWN w
| a. noving ngures, are explained by
heautifulIy WOrded lecture uellNeleu Ny
| proTessor LANES SkeNy, VINO Is dsslsleu
| h,, TWO OF the best vocallsts OF the Norm
| Miss Blanche YeWeli, OF Washing ton' a,I'
Professor ~. DuSnane. |io"aiu'
tone. -, -. ,to Audi
, forum for one week, comihencIns loii
| day evening, during whlch tinle tnelS "iit
he A presentation given every hIsnt dO
Sl5. In addition 10 the fassioI ray. sl,,
every might. either before the pictures OF
III" Inc history of the great Passion Play
| IS familiar 10 a large majority OIL the
people. 1t is presented once every t tSn
Wears as a national sacred rite III the
| Village of Ober-Ammergau. III bavaria
NOT lar from Munich, and IN horllz' IN
Austria, every I'VE years II Is WHAT we
would call a sacred DECENTRALIZATION Vi tie
New Testament, inasmuch as IL WVluiy
| denicts the story OF the lite or Jesus
Christ. Thousands of the people take
mart IN The performances, ana the per-
| sons who appear as the Leading cnardc-
ters, such as Christ, Pontlus PlIdte.
Iudas. etc. are selected in their infancy
and trained with constant care ana at
tention for the impersonauons. ms Is
notably so in the case Oh the man WIZ
appears as CHRIST
From his youth up he is surrounded by
every influence which VIII tend 10 mould
| his character, SO that he may De as
Christ-like in all of his instincts ana i'm
pulses as it is possible Tor human
being TO become. ~,
This great religious drama OF the PAS
sion PAY attracts the attention OF all
| civilization. and thousands or people
travel TO Ober-A mmergau from all parts
of the world 10 witness 1t. me perform
snces are given in the open air, with
huge scenic effects, which are an exact
fac-simile of the locations In the Holy
Land. where the impressive scenes were
enacted. -,
The pictures to be shown were taken
by the CHRONOLOGICAL, a device familiar
10 almost everybody. They are larger
| than life-size and they convey an abso-
iuteiy accurate impression ef the move
ment of the original performance. Every
gesture. every glance, every step MADE
! bv everybody who appears is distinctly
shown. and nothing could make II more ore
| ufelike. except to hear the voices OF the
cbaracters utter the words which We see
cieariys formed by the lips in the picture