The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1922-07-24

all wounds that the war caused are
I healed, neither for the individual
nor for nations, even today quiet
and order have not been every
where established. When we resell
we'd 20 take Of the Play again we
/ felt still bound by our vow, not
outstanding the great difficulties Of
/ the situation, and felt IL like our
/ forofathers; to be a holy duty to our
I consciences and towards our home.
| The Play bears the name. The Great
I Sacrifice Of Reconciliation on Col
/ g0tha' So our foremathers have
/ christened Il, so we also wish TO
have il understood and received.
| May il contribute TO reconcile ev-
cry man TO his God, to unite all
I schismatic Christian communities,
and to conciliate all hostile nations
And we bid our guests heartily
welcome with the words Of our sac
red play:
/ All be greeted
/ That are united in love
I Around the Savior,
! To follow Him Borrowing
| To the grave, where He was laid to
rest
Need anything be said concerning
] the spirit Of the people, the toler-
/ ancc Of race and creed. They are
Catholic in faith but they are Christ
I like above creed
Z II is interesting no note that the
/ European Sudden. Relief Of the
I Worlds Student Christian Fedora
I ton is the only organization per-
mitted 70 have a booth in the village
| TO present the needs of all European
students and give opportunity for
visitors 70 give. II seems this IS
/ the only time in the history Of the
/ Passion Play that such a thing has
[ been allowed
Sunday morning dawned, beautil
ful day. At six all the citizens
went to mass. Al eight the Play
started Al a quarter 10 twelve
there was a pause. At two il began
again and az a quarter to six II
was done Less than eight hours.
But q life was lived and given.
Nineteen centuries were rolled back.
And | feel that lived for years
before that vision. that life
The great airdomc theatre was
the audiences seat Outside, in
front Of those f0ur-thousand seats,
was the staged with the closed, COW
cred, curtained stage in It's center
and the house Of Aunas on one side
and the house II PLATE on the other
and streets and houses Of Jerusalem
in the farther background Palms
were seen and real pines grew
alongside. The great semi-circle Of
heaven made the back screen, with
living trees. towering high against
il and the bue-green mountain
thanking one side gloriously. Birds
flew in and out and their clatter and
MARBLE fitted in.
Just after two O'Clock in the af-
ternoon a thunder storm came up
and made all very realistic. Then
the clouds cleared and the sun
gloriously broke through. OF course
the players were in the rain but
they went right on. II is a rule
that nothing ever stops a perform
ance.
Then, Just al the time of the
scene at the cross, the storm broke
again as il did on Calvary. There
was lightning and thunder and rain.
For the past three Sundays IL had
done that al that moment and on
no other day during the week.
The orchestra began the music
written years ago by native son.
The chorus came in CARRIED in the
rich colOrs Of that yester-year, true
to that day, revealing throughout
the play the journeys 20 Palestine
and the constant study from the
original Greek TO make this Play
real. A chorus Of some forty-fiye
and prologue. All sons and daugh-
tiers Of the vow. Some with beau
tiful voices, all trained in Oberam-
mergau. One girl with a Mona Lisa /
face. One boy with coming
Christ's face.
To run through the play would
be sacrilege. And words can
not describe il. There was the NOV
ing story Of the life Of Christ from |
the time Of His triumphal entry in
10 Jerusalem. In between the cpl
sodes Of the story the chorus came
and the tableaux were presented
living pictures Of Old Testament in
cidents similar to the thread Of the
moving story then being lived and
acted. These were beautiful pic
lures When the curtain swept
back. the scene presented for three
to five minutes and not figure In
II moving. And some were crowded
and with children and babes In arms.
For instance, the BraEen Serpent IN
the wilderness. Job had a beautiful,
patient face.
Chrlsts entry into Jerusalem, at
the home of Lazarus, Mary Mag
dalene and Martha, Mary washing
His feet. driving out the money
/. hangers. releasing the lovely doves
and pigeons who flew to freedom
into the great hlne above. the meet
ing ~ the High Priests and the
commercants. he night In The Mount
~ 0llveA Judas before the High