The age-herald., 1900-04-14
OBSERVED WITH
 DEEP SOLEMNITY
Good Friday at Catholic and
 Episcopal Churches,
IMPRESSIVE CEREMONIES
Pastors Preached Strong Sermons Splendid Musical Programme at St. Paul's-Solemn High Mass
 Easter at 1O:3O O'clock

Good Friday was observed with deep sol- emnity in the Catholic and Episcopal churches.
 At the Church of the Advent the Rev. John G. Murray preached a sermon of marked ability, and at St. Mary s-on-the- Highlands the Rev. o. P. Fitzsimons de- livered a singularly impressive discourse. At both of those churches the music was funeral-lke, and was rendered with good taste and in muscanly style.
 In no liturgical church is the holy com munion ever administered on Good Friday, but in the Catholic church there is a Mass of the Presanctified-a mass in which the priest consumes a Host consecrated the day before. The candles are removed from the altar; the faithful visit the church and kneel for devotion, not before the Real Presence, but before an image of Christ which rests on cushion in front of the altar just outside the sanctuary.
 Tine services at St. Paurs yesterday after Presanctifed Mass consisted of the Sta tions of the Cross in the afternoon at 3 and at night at 7:30. At the last service there was sermon on the Passion.
 Today Is Holy Saturday. and in the catholic church many symbolic ceremon- les are performed. The lights having been extinguished during the rites accompany Ing the commemoration of the Passion. one Of the most interesting ceremonies this morning will be that of striking the new fire from a flint. From the fire thus obtained three stemmed candle Is lieht ed and placed upon a reed This candle IS carried through the church, the priest or deacon chanting three times, 'I.umen Christi And from this candle the great paschal candle of yellow wax which is to burn in the sanctuary until Ascension day, is lighted. In the paschal candle five blessed spices are imbedded, emblamatic or the wounds of the Saviour. The great light is born to the font and the nriest piunging the unlighted end thrice into the water, repeats words of blessing. The ceremonies are elaborate and are among , 'ne niost ancient in the Roman ritual They will take place at St. Paul's cburcb alter the 1:3O mass. Eight o'clock is the usual hour for the last mass on week days but the time is set a half hour earlier for today. Included in the services are the Litanies of the Saints and the twelve prophecies.
 During the Holy Saturday Mass the Ahelina is heard for the first time since Lent began, and at the conservation the tower bell, silent since Maundy Thursday peels out.
 on Easter morning joyous and brilliant music especially suitable for the occasion will be heard in all the Episcopal, Luther an and Catholic churches and in many of the Methodist and Baptist churches
 At St. Pauls at 10:30 o'clock there will be solemn high mass with priest, deacon, sub-deacon and master of ceremonies. And the music will be rendered by a choir of twenty-five voices, supported by an orchestra of twenty-one musicians. Phil Memoli is the director of the choir, and the music to be sung is his mass in B flat. recently completed. There have been many rehearsals and those who have at tended speak in high praise of Memoli's composition.