Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-03-29
SOLEMN SERVICES IN
MANY CHURCHES TO-DAY
Good Friday TO BE Observed by
Episcopal and Catholic
Congregations.
MUSICAL PROGRAMS TONIGHT
The Tenebrae to lie Sung ut Cntlc4
drai by Choir OF Eighty Voices.
"Olivct to Calvary" to 30 Rem
dered at ST. James Church.

In commemoration of the suffering
OF Christ upon the cross. Christian
churches will to-day observed Good
Friday.
Episcopal churches. with the e1ccp-
ton Of st. Pauls will hold morning
prayer and sermon at IL o'clock. AT
81. Paufs there will be three-hour
service from noon To o'clock. There
VIII De the customary prayers, hymns,
anu also briet sermon by tho rector,
rev. Walter Russell Bowie. -. D., and
ms assistant, Rev. Lenoir Valentine
Lee Tins service commentaries the
three hours during which Christ hung
from the cross aud the world was in
darkness
Tonight oratorios will be sung in
many churches. At St James. From
Oliret to Calvary" will be sung. and
at st. Paurs. The Message OF the
Cross" AL Holy Trinity The Redemp-
ton" will be sung. The SOLO parts will
10 sung BY Mrs. William shackletord.
Mrs. Il. l.. iarker. J. Foster Barnes,
and Hugh Bugg. Tomorrow. being
Easter Eve, is set aside in the church
calendar from administering the sac
rament OF baptism. On Easter Sunday
there WIN be early communion In most
OF the Episcopal Churches. with morn
Ing prayer. communion and sermon at
usual hour
"oLIyET TO CALVARY
AT ST. JAMES CHURCH
Mauadcrss 'Dlvet 70 Calvary" will
be sung at ST. James Episcopal Church
at S:ls tonight by u choir of forty
voices. The tenor solo!st viii! be John
Barnes Wells, noted concert and
church singer OF New York City. Mr.
Wells has sung here on several other
occasions, and Is undoubtedly one Of
the best known concert singers before
the public to-day. He has been tenor
soioist q; tho Church of the Divine
fraternity for the past four years. in
new York City. lie also made his
formal debut 10 the New York public
IN Aeoltnn Hall last year. ana was ac-
claimed by all the critics as 4 superior
artist. Horace i. Powell VIII sing the
baritone solos in the cantata, and the
work Will be played and directed by
James l.. Womhle, organist and choir
master OF the church. The public Is
invited TO This service.
Good Friday services at Monumental
Episcopal Church viii be At IL A NJ
and Sis i. NJ. a, the latter service
the choir CT rorty-fve voices will sing
Stainer's "CruciGx!on." with the prin-
eipal solo parts taken by John l.. VIII
eourn, of Baltimore and l.. Burke
Slaughter. OF this city.
TESEDHAE SERVICE
AT TIE CATHEDRAL.
Tonight at O'clock In the Sacred
Heart Cathedral the aanua! night SER
vices. the Tcnebrae. viii be held. Thre.
psalms usher in that par, OF the Book
OF jeremiah, the Prophet. which Is
known as Lamentations, or the Plain,
over the fall Of Jerusalem. Rev. Or.
Delauny. OF Baltimore. will preach on
Christ on Calvary" Following the
sermon the second part OF the Tene-
hrae. the Lauds, VIII be rendered
RI. Rev. ID. j. O'Connell Bishop Of
Richmond, will preside IN the sane
tuary, where the choir OF over eighty
voices Will sing. About thirty-fivc
boys In cassock and surplice will Sing.
together with the following: tcnors
Mcssrs. B!agi. Coiognori, Frawner,
Gardewein. GrasbcrSer. Kcaveney
Lewis. Morrisett. No!tc, Ryan. Ahern
Duke. Hating, Heber,, Kusterer
Myers. Pennartz, Tremer. veriander;
basses Measrs Brand. A. Dreel!n, J.
DreelIn. Griffin. Hebert. Morecock.
MICRO. Peyronnet. Plageman Ross
Smith. Tucker. Boltz, T!negan. Keenan,.
Maschio. Meagher. Morrissey. DR. Nc
Gowan, O'Grady. Overman. Powell
Ross, Ryan. Santucc!. Tremer, Zach
arias.
Solemn services will be held In all
Catholic churches