Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-21
GOOD FRIDAY MARKED
BY SOLEMN SERVICES
| OF COMMEMORATION
Church and the Business World
Recognize Day of Deep Sig
I nificance in the Religious
r Calendar
AFFAIRS YELLED IN GLOOM
Crucifxion the Theme of Sacred Con-
temptation and Penitential
Mourning

Good Friday, commemorating the death
OF Him who suffered under Pontius
Plate" is being observed in this city
more extensively today than has been the
custom locally for years
In the churches the solemn services
found increased worshipers; the business
world made its pause more emphatlc ;
three theatres suspended performances
while the leading hotels and restaurants
will permit no dancing this evening out
of respect to the day. State and mu-
nicipal offices were closed. as were the
banks and financial institutions generally
the latter sharing the suspension of the
stock and commodity exchanges of the
country.
Those persons who refrained from busi-
ness pursuits In honor of the day gener-
ally devoted some part of It to participa-
Gon In the religious services held today
in the Catholic, Episcopal and some other
churches. These exercises were sad In
their character, barred affairs and silenced
organs adding to the pervading gloom.
Only one morning service. the Mass of
the Presanctifled, was held in churches of
the Roman and Anglican Catholic COM
rnunions. At the Cathedral of ST. Peter
and Sc. Paul, Logan Square, this cere-
fnony began at 0 o'clock, with Bishop Nc
Cort as the celebrant The other officers
were the Rev. Henry c. Schuyler, s. t. B.,
assistant priest; the Rev. Charles F. Cor
man. deacon of the Mass; the Rev. Au-
Eustin ]. Schultz. subdeacon; Vincent
Campbsll, Archbishop's cross-bearer;
Michael KalSos, the lesson; the Revs. DR..
William ]. Garrigan, William b. Kane
and Joseph NJ. McShain, deacons of the
Passion.
The Rev. Francis Auth, c. S. r., will
preach Passion sermon in the Cathedral
at 8 p. m. The solemn service of the
t,atl To- Aha Ca IraI
afternoon with the following officers:
First lamentation, the Rev Michael V.
Reing; second lamentation. the Rev John
p. Thompson; third lamentation. the
Cathedral choir; fourth lesson, Francis
,Meagher; fifth lesson, Daniel McMenamn;
sixth lesson, the Rev. Augustin Schultz:
seventh lesson, the Rev. Leo Fink eighth
lesson, the Rev. John Fealey ninth lesson.
Archbishop Prendergast. The minor Off
GERS were the same on Wednesday and
Thursday.
SEMINARIANS AT GERMANTOWN.
AS at the Cathedral, where the theo-
logical students of st. Charles Seminary.
Overbrook. take part in the services, the
student body of ST. Vincents Seminary.
Germantown, participated in the days
observance in ST. Vincent's Chapel, East
Chelten avenue The Mass OF the Pre-
sanctified was celebrated at o'clock, the
celebrant being the Rev. Joseph A. Skelly,
c. NJ, deacon and Joseph Sammon, c. M,
subdeacon, the last two being semina-
rians. The musical accompaniment of the
Mass was plain Gregorian, intoned by the
students The chanters of the Passion
were Fathers Arana, Koenberg and Jein-
ard, of the seminary. At the Tenebrae
service at 7:45 this evening Fiorentinis
Miserere will be chanted by quartet and
the Lamentations by the seminary choir.
At the Church of the Gesu, 18th and
Stiles streets, the Rev. Edward I. Spill
lane, s. j., celebrated Mass at 8 80 o'clock.
The Rev. Edward BurlSett. S. j., was dea-
con, and oliver d. Skelly S. j. subdeacon.
The Three Hours Agony service in this
church began at noon. The Rev. Joseph
bfulry, S. j., president of Fordham Uni
versty, preached the sermon AT the
Tenebrae services, at 7:45 p. M, the Rev.
J. Charles Davey, s. j., rector of the
church, will be celebrant, and the Rev.
William Cannon, S. j., of st. Joseph's
College. will preach.
IN EPISCOPAL CHURCHES.
4, Mathis was held at o'clock in ST.
Clements Church goth and Cherry streets
The rector, the Rev. Charles S. Hutchln-
son, celebrated the Mass of the Presanctt-
fed at 10:30 o'clock. He also conducted
the Three Hours Agony service. from
noon until o'clock.
Ltany and Meditation at o'clock
OpeHeu udy y stTNlCeS at nhdTh
Church, 10th and Locust streets. A chill
dren's service was hell at 8 o'clock.
Mathis, Litany and ante Communion serv-
ices and sermon were begun at 10 80, with
the Rev. Elliot White, the rector, as cele-
brant. Father White also conducted the
Three Hours Agony service.
Combined choirs of the Church of Our |
Saviour, Jenklntown and All Hallows
Church, Wyncote. will render Stainer's |
"Crucifixion" at a special musical service |
to be held in All Hallows Church to-
night
The soloists will be Herbert A. Smith |
and Horatio Batesell. The church was |
packed at a similar service last year and |
a large attendance is expected.
"The Triumph of the Cross" by Mat |
thew. will be given this evening as part |
of the Good Friday services at the Church |
of Holy Apostles, 2ist and Christian
streets.
Impressive services were held in other |
churches, the congregations attending in |
unusually large numbers. Not only In |
the Catholic and Episcopal denominations |
was the observance marked. but in almost |
every branch of the Christian Church the |
aay was appropriately kept.
SIGNIFICANCE OF GOOD FRIDAY.
Good Friday is the day of desolation in
the calendar of the Church, and the serv-
ices of this day are those of sorrow. The |
altar, which was stripped of its ornaments
on Holy Thursday, contains nothing but |
the crueifx, now veiled in black instead CT |
purple and six candesticks. The sane /
tuary Is barren, even the carpet being |
taken away, and the candles are not
lighted until the latter part of the service.
To enter into the spirit of the service on
Good Friday and to appreciate fully the
meanings of its various parts. It must be
remembered that this is the only day of |
the year on which no sacrifice is offered
A. Wnaf AsaHF anH
to speak, In the place of Jesus Christ and /
speak in His name and with His power,
but rather the spokesman and repre-
sentative OF the faithful. As consequence