The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-11
GOOD FRIDAY DISCREPANCIES.
THE MOST SOLEMN SERVICES IN
THE JESUIT CHURCH.

five Thousand Peuons Present During
the Three Hour Agony-Msss q
the Presanotined ut the Catheorh
Services In . Unitarian Church.
Five thousand people filed the Church
Of 81. Francis Xavier yesterday at the three
hours agony service. and half a. many
more were turned away from the doors
unable to gain admission. This was the
only Catholic Church In the city In which
this solemn service was observed.
Tho church was drapped In deepest
mourning The pillars were wound with
broad bands Of crepe and the entire sano-
tuary was In black. Against this sable
background rested a black wooden cross
upon which was hung white marble figure
Of the orucihed Christ Tho forty attend
ing priests were robed In black. There
was no light but that Of the candles sur
rounding the tabernacle, where the relic
Of the true Cross wa exposed for venera-
ton, and the soft light from the stained
windows.
The service began at noon and closed
at O'Clock. Father william 0Brien
Pardow, s. j.. preached the sermon. which
was In seven discourses, treating OF the
seven last words spoken by Christ upon
the cross.
lection Of THE Seven Words. between the
discoursee. Those who were chosen TO
render this programme were Miss Grace
Carbone, soprano; Miss Smith, contralto;
Claude A. Cunningham. barytone. and
Seventy little girls from the St.. Francis
Xavier parochial school chanted the hymns
Of the passion. The quartet also rem
dered the 20 Bone Jesu' Of Palestrina,
..Tribulations,' BY Rhinberger, and 'Eripe
Me-, by Gumpelzhaimer
Through nearly all the service the congre-
cation stood or knelt., When the bslfry
clock rang out the hour Of the thousands
OF people present and many who had re-
manned In the church vestibule sank TO
their knees and 70 q profound silence
the cruciform bearing an authenticated
relic Of the true croee. and. making the
sign Of the cross with the relic toward
the congregation. pronounced the words
OF the benediction.
night with the chanting OF the lamentation
and the benedictus.
The Good Friday services at st. Patrick's
Cathedral were marked especially by the
Mass Of the Pre-Sanctihed. which Arch =.
bishop Farley. celebrated at 10. o'clock
posed In the repository In the side chapel.
before which hundreds Of men had knelt
throughout the night. was carried In solemn
procession to the main altar. and there the
mass was celebrated. Father p. A.
Beecher OF st. Joseph's Seminary, Dun
woodie. preached the sermon, on the last
words Of Christ.
After the pontiAcal mass there was a
revering Of the cross by the entire con-
gregation. The Cathedral relic Of the
cross encased In It's jewelled relquary, was
placed upon the communion RAN, with q
large guard Of honor. composed Of the
congregation marched In procession 70 the
rail and there were permitted to kiss the
sacred treasure.
The tenebrD was sung In the Cathedral
at 4 o'clock. and hundreds Of those who had
attended the the sthree hours' agony service
at the Jesuits' church were present at this
long ceremony. The passion service was
held In the evening, when Father T. F.
Murphy Of the Cathedral preached.
At least 3o000 Catholics In this city at
tended all three OF the services yesterday,
to do which required nine hours' time
In church
OF churches other than Episcopal and
Roman Catholic q larger number than
ever before in New Yorks history had
Good Friday services yesterday. Not only
did Methodist, Presbyterian. Baptist. Con-
gregational and Reformed Churches OBJ
serve the day, but services were held In All
Souls Unitarian Church and In the Uni.
versalist Church OF the Divine Paternity.
Stainer's 'Crucihxion- wss sung at
the Manhattan Congregational last night,
Rogers new cantata THE Man OF Nag
areth- At the Second Harlem Collegiate
Church and the sStabat Mater and Seven
Last Words at the South Church.