The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-05-08
FORTY HOURS
DEVOTION.
The Service Begins at St.
Peters Yesterday Morn
ing. In Other
Churches.

l030 O'Clock. Rev. Father Hugo was
deacon OF tho opening mass. Rev. NJ. X.
Fallon prenched tho sermon from Genesis
~; 10, 20, 2I, "And Lot said: Behold now
sight and Thou hast magnified Thy mercy
which Thou showed unto me in saving
my life; and cannot escape to the noun
tain lest some evil take me and die.
Behold, now this city ia near to flee
unto, and it is a little one. Oh let mo es.
cape Ihitber and my soul shall live And
He said unto him: '5ee l have accepted
thoe concerning this thing also. that
will not overthrow this city, for which
thou hast spoken. Therefore, the name
of the city was called Zuar.'
In course of his romarks Father Fallon
said
"l'hree hundred and sixty-six years ago
the most enlightened nations of the globe
had seceded from the Catholic church. The
people of England worshipped King Harry
as head of the church. The Scots were
obedient to Knox; Martin Luther, the ex-
priest was infallible among the Ger
man princes. Switzerland had seeded and
gone Into Turkish fatalism under tine
teaching of John Calvin. Cloment VII sat
in the chair OF Peter, but wa1 dying of
broken heart at seeing bofole his eyes the
GREATEST rebellion Of tho agea. Charles
was Emperor OF Germany, embracing in
his empire Spain md the NetherlaDde.
Charles V and Francis l, of France were
waginT terrible war of extermin8tion In
Italy. In Milan the dead soldiers were too
many for burial, and the Ipague' was
ut hand. There is hardly anything more
beautiful or pathetic in literature than the
opening scenes in Sophocles immortal
play, 'Oedpus, the King. where the old
men and little boys of Thebss go on their
knees and implore the king to stop the
plague The history seemed to repeat it.
self when Father 10 seph Clintio, the Cap.
uchin monk, headed n ade'egation to Glenn
ent VII, to stop the plague at Milan The
broken-hearted pon'if fl said he was dis
cnursyed and powerless, and looked In
dismay.
''rhen call down the Mnsta" Himsolf,'
said Frar Joseph, and ask Him 10 control
the storms again. In forty fours. we are
told. the plague ceased-the triple plague
of Ire. sword and pestilence. The mass
for peace is the sec,nd one during those
forty hours. We ask for peace from the
tripla plague Of the craving Of the flesh,
the craving of the eye, and the craving for
place by fair means or foul.
1.-The third mass OF the forty hours Is an
act of reparation or sorrow for the horrors
of the carnival. The word carnival means
farewell to flesh. because the feast ended
On Martli -gras-in English Shrove Tues
dav. Tho feast had its origin In the Luper-
clia or feast of Pan among the ancient
Rnmalis
The word Lupercalia means 'wolfs
feast. because during 1t the people PRAYED
TINT heir sheep would not be disturbed
by he wolves during the year. 1t was q
universal masquerade ball. The people
wore masks and zach one of the Ten Com.
nandments was whistled down the wind.
Tho most uncean sins known to man are
airted with and every one says everything
goes in the carnival. So the meaning of
tho forty hours is two-fOld:
If. 10 bring us peace-inward and out
ward.
20. To make an act of reparation to
Jesus Christ for tho sins which made his
Passion most painful"
The exercises will close Tuesday even-
ing when Rev. f. j. Mecly will preach
IN OTHER PULPlTs
At the First M. P. Church last evening
Rev. George L. Wolfe preached an inter-
esting sermon on "Old- Time Mothers.'
Charles Mcbride, J. H, Cleaver and AL
bert Sergeant spoke at the Sunday Break
fast Mission Yesterday.
Professor II. C. Vedder preached at
Bethany Baptist Church last evening.
Rev A. w. Reynolds of Philadelphia,
preached at Delaware Avenue Baptist
Church yesterday.
A Bible service was held ut Kingswood
N. r. Church last evening.
Rev. W. f.. Stimmell assisted at Eg-.
worth Nj Es Church yesterday.
THAT EMBALMED BEEF.
Rev, A, N. Keigwin's evening sermon
at Woss Church was somewhat out Of the
ordinary. His text was 'Meat-Why
Shafter's Army Suffered In Cuba
This is the second of series of sermons
by DR.. Keigwin on Bible iictetics. These
sermons constitute different line OF
thought than the generality of sermons,
and they have not been touched upon by
any one besides DR.. Keigwin. Tho Biblo
teaches what should bo eaten. and for
about three years DR.. Keigwin has been
studying tho question from n chemical
standpoint, making comparisons Of what
is eaten as compared ewith the Biblical
teaching Of whnt should be eaten. DR.
Keigwin upheld General Miles IN his con-
tsntion that the soldiers wero fed on bad
beet, but did not crltioise General Eagnn.
DR.. Keigwin based his sermon on the
texts, Deuteronomy IA, ana LeV'tlcus
1,6.
Ho said when Adam was In tho garden
of Eden he a'e fruit. Fruit was tho only
food then authorized by God. After the
fall of Adam the product Of the soil, or
vegetation was allowed by God as food,
and not until afror the flood is there any
authority that 4 ,sh was allowed AZ TO cd.
DR., Kelgwin said man was originally
frut-eater, and would be fruit-eater
when le returns to his pristine glory. The
statement from tho government cxper-
men tai stations show that fruit is the best
food. Fruit contains large amount of
protaens or heterogeneous matter, that Is
necessary to life. He asked the question:
"Why should we eat meatS' Answering
It, he said there was no use of tho word
meat. meaning flesh, in the Old or New
Testament.
He snid Gods dietary matlo itn necessity
for our lives under tho conditions ct labor
IN which he hns placed us. The Bible has
anticipated allShygenic questions Of our
time, and man must eat lnent for his own
necesslt to accomplish his days work. A
vegetarian spends half n day diges ing his
food, and Is not fit for his work. The eat-
ipu of meat becomes Il sacrament whom God
allows L.. There are dangers in eating
meat rs animals are Liable to tho diseases
of man, Under the Old Testament dis
pensntlon the priests were the inspectors OF
the animals killed The fat belonged to the
Lord. and also the kidneys and diaphran.
Those wer0 burned. The viscera was also
burned, but 1t was waste. The blood must
not he eaten, and was poured on the altar
OF jesus.