Evening journal., 1914-04-09
churches Observe
CHRIST'S LAST DAYS
Maundy Thursday and Good
Friday Are Days Of Prayer
and Mourning
CHURCH BLESSES
HOLY OIL TODAY

Of the end, as it were, of Holy Week,
the most solemn In the Lenten season.
Holy Thursday marks the institution
Of the Lords Supper. The affairs of all
the Catholic churches We're decorated
with flowers, blooming plants and
myriads of candles viii shine forth. In
the Protestant churches there were ser.
vices appropriate to the day.
This year marks an unusual coinci-
dence in the Christian Good Friday and
the Hebrew Feast Of the Passover, both
coming on the same day On account
of the Christian church accepting the
calendar Of Pope Gregory, in place OF
the lunar calendar Of the Hebrews, these
holidays are some times a month apart,
but this year Good Friday comes ex-
actly ar Il did at the time of the
Crucihxion.
At the Cathedral this morning Bishop
Monaghan blessed the oils which win
be used throughout the Wilmington
diocese during the coming year. To.
night the Tenebrae viii be sung, not
only IN the Cathedral, but in all Cath.
olc churches of the city.
Good Friday, the anniversary OF the
day on which Christ was cruciiied, will
be observed partly as holiday in Will
mington The schools do not close. In
some States IL IS legal holiday.
The devotions of Holy Thursday in
the Catholic Church are continued ON
Good Friday, but are of a slightly diff
ferent character. Because OF the alb.
sence Of the blessed sacrament, owing
to Christ's crucifxion, from the main
altar. a mass, which is called the mass
of the pre-sanctified, is read, and after
this another procession of the parochial
school children is held and the sacra-
ment returned to the main altar. In
the afternoon the stations of the cross
will be recited, including the passions
of Christ. The stations win be read in
the evening, also.
The Catholic Church bells viii be
silent from this morning until satur-
day morning.
In the Protestant Episcopal
Churches and the Lutheran Churches
the solemn services Of Good Friday
also viii be held. and some other
denominations also will hold Good
Friday services.
Services at Trinity.
Holy Friday services will be held
in Trinity p. E. Church tomorrow as
follows: Morning prayer, litany and
sermon, 1880 a. m; evening prayer
and address, 4.S0 p. m. penitentia'
Office and the Last Seven Words oi
Christ" (by Dubois) T.45 o'clock
This will be a beautiful service IN
which the choir win have an i'm
portant part.
Good Friday services will be helS
at the New Church, the Rev. Georgl
II. Dole, pastor, tomorrow afternoon
at 4 o'clock
At St. Johns Church.
On Good Friday night at 8 o'clocl
the male vested choir OF ST. John
Episcopal Church will give Maunder
sacred cantata, "Olivet TO Calvary.
The soIoists will be. Soprano. Mas
ter Rhees A. Bradford; tenor, Waite
B. Foraker: baritone, Walter II. Ben
nett. The entire cantata will be &C
companied by Edgar Franz Goldberl
on the cello and G. William Bradford
organlst and choirmaster on the pip
organ.
The members OF the choir are
Sopranos, Francis NJ. Bradford, Rhee
A. Bradford, John A. Bennett, Georg
BrodIey. Reginald II. Brown, W
swithin Buckley. c. Fraser Booth, Al
bert s. Carr, Harold B. Dorsey, Ben
dix A. Ebbeson, Nelson H. w. Fritz
Harvey S. Foulkes, Paul W. ellis
John 3. Kuhns. William r. Lappin
Donald Leach. Edward Lyons, Ernes
Morrow, Millard f. Pettlcord. irwin
E. Phillips, Alfred G. Thomas. Rich
ard Thatcher; alto. II. Haynes Yer
non: tenors, Walter B. Foraker
Thomas b. Kilvington, Charles 4
Price, Henry Lodge, IT.; bassos, Wal
ter II. Bennett, Walter 3. Martin, al
bert L. Massey. Willard e. Pruitt, Sr.
crucifixor, %. Benjamin Solomon; as
sistant crncihxor, Harold y. Thomas
assistant organist, Leighton c. $. Dor
sey.
Bishop Hinsman officiated in I'm
manuel Church. New Castle, today
and tomorrow he will oficlate in 81
Andrews Church.