The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-04-05
SERVICES FOR
GOOD FRIDAY
. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. =

. lsh name for the day observed
{. throughout great part of
q Christendom as the anniversary Of
o. the passion and death of Christ.
u Among the Latins the names of
q most frequent occurrence are
{. Pascha CTucis, Dies Dominicae
% PASSIONS, Parasceve, Feria SeXta
q Paschae Feria SeXta Major in
- Hierusalem. Dies Absolutionis. 1t
o was called Long Friday by the
- Anglo-SaXons and Danes. The ORR
o gin of the custom of a yearly
o commemoration of the Crucifixion
~ is involved in some oOscurity. 1t
O may be regarded as certain, how
o ever, that among Jewish Chris
q tians it almost imperceptibly grew
a. out of the old habit OF annually
% celebrating the Feast of the Pass
% over on the 14th of Nissan, and of
o observing the days of unleavened
a. bread" from the 18th to the 21st
o. OF that month. In the Gentle
% churches, however. it seems to be
o. well established that originally no
o yearly cycle OF festivals was
o known at all. The weekly observ- {
o. ance of the dies dominicae, how
O.. ever, became universal at an early
q date; and the practice of giving
o special prominence to Easter Sun
O. day, as well as that of keeping a
o previous fast of considerable rig
o. or, though of indeterminate dura-
O ton, had established itself in
o Egypt and in the Western
q churches at least by the middle of {
O the second century. 1t is clear
o. that Occidental feeling had begun {
o early to take offense at Eastern
O practices. In Asia Minor, Syria
o and Mesopotamia the 18th and 18th
O Nissan were specially observed, al
O together irrespective of the day of
O the week, and for this apostolic {
O sanction was urged by Polycarp;
O but Anicetus of Rome, with great
o earnestness, though still with def
. erence, pleaded immemorial usage
O for the custom of observing a Fri
O day and Saturday fast, followed by
o an Easter Sunday feast. To Sc
Q cure uniformity in this matter was
o one of the objects for which the
O Council of Nice was convened in
o 325; no canon, however, was franz {
. ed by the fathers there assembled,
o but it was recommended in cir
o cular letter that Easter should in
o variably be observed on a Sunday,
o and that the Passion should, with
o equal regularity, be commemorated {
O on Friday. From the earliest Pc
o riod of its observance the day has
O been marked by specially rigor-
O Gus fast, and also, on the whole,
o by a tendency to greater simple
o ity in the public services of the
o church. In the Romish church the {
o altar and officiating clergy are
o draped in black, this being the {
O only day on which this color is
o permitted. In the Greek Church
. also the Good Friday fast is ex-
. cessively strict; towards evening
. a dramatic representation of the {
O entombment takes place, amid
o open demonstrations of contempt
q for Judas In Lutheran churches
9 the organ is silent for the day and
o the altar and font are draped in {
o black. In the Church of England
o the history of the Passion from {
O the Gospel according to John is
. read.
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At the Catholic Cathedral the fol
lowing order of services VIII be oh
served:
900 a. m.-Holy service, with singing
of the passion and adora tlon of tn
holy cross.
300 p. INITIATIVE sermon, with sta
tons of the cross.
700 p. m.-Stations of the cross II
Portuguese.
800 p. m.-English sermon on tn
passion.
The services at st. Clements Chapel
Punahou, will be as follows:
700 a. m.-Litany.
HOS a. m.-Morning prayer.
200 to 300 p. naturalization.
7:30 p. m.-Evensong.
AT st. Andrews Cathedral, Goo,
Friday services will be observed a
follows:
200 a. m.-Ante-commun office
Hoo a. m.-Morning prayer, Titan
and sermon.
100 p. m.-Addresses on the sevel
words from the cross.
400 p. m.-Hawaiian service.
1:30 p. nl.-EVensong and sermon.
Kawaiahao Church will observ
Easter with special services, IL a. n
and 1870 p. m. The choir viii rende
Easter anthems and hymns, and Rev
H. H. Parker will preach in Hawaii
an at the morning service. In tn
evening the cnOlr Will sing both In Ha
waiian and English. The Kawaiaha
Seminary girls will assist in the music
and Rev. w d. Westervelt wi
preach in English; subject, ''Hov
Easter Came"
Easter services at the Methods
Episcopal Church will commence at ]
a. m, as follows:
Voluntary-"Gloria,' First Mas,
Hayden.
Resurrection" Leslie.
Offertory-"Calvary." Rodney.
Sermon-"Christ the First Fruits"
730 p. ma Sunday school Easte
concert, organ music, singing and rec
tations: address by the pastor.
There will be a final rehearsal of tn
Easter music at Central Union Churc
tomorrow evening at 7:30. a full al
tendance is earnestly requested by th
leader.
An attorney of prominence in Ohio
Tom Corwin, was trying a case ION Gil
cult in small town where he we
known only by name. The judge we
apparently prejudiced against him, an
he felt that he was not getting his right
At length, in fit of evaporation, I
exclaimed: Your honor, it was in jul
such court as this that Jesus Chri:
was convicted" sit down, Mr.. Co