The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-18
CITY TO BOW
IN PRAYER ON
GOOD FRIDAY
Eiqht Services in Business
Area Are Arranged to
Aid WorShiperS.
MANY STORES TO CLOSE
General Observance Will
Reach Climax Between
Noon and 3.

Indianapolis business and profess
sional men and public officials are
cooperating with the various
churches in arranging for special
Good Friday services 10 be held by
every denomination, in all parts OF
the from noon until tomorrow
Solemn services, concentrating
the death of Christ upon the cross,
viii be held at eight places in the
business section for the convenience
of those unable to reach their own
churches in the residential areas.
The City Hall and Marion County
Courthouse will be closed from noon
until 3, as will all chain groceries
controlled by the A. & p, Kroger
and Standard companies. and the
Regal and Irga stores. Member
stores of the Merchants Association
will permit employees to attend the
three hour services and Gov. Paul
V. McNutt has announced that all
Statet ouse employees may attend.
All street cars IN the city will
stop for one minute at 2:59, the ira
ditional hour of Christ's death.
OratoriO Features Program
The three hour service at Keith's
will begin at noon with the singing
of the oratorio. The Crucifixion, .
by the male choir of the First
Presbyterian Church. Sermons will
be delivered by the Rev. William G.
Hartinger and the Rev. William F.
Rotheaburger.
A program Of music and sermons
will be offered at the services at
English's. Speakers will be the Rev.
w. H. Kendall. the Rev. l.. c. Trent
and the Rev William E. Bell. Music
will be provided by the choirs from
the Zion Evangelical Church, Tech
nical High School and CriSpuS At
tucks High School
Roman Catholic services will be
held downtown at ST. Johns Church,
100 S. Capitol-av. The service will
begin with the recitation of the Good
Friday liturgical prayers. The sing
ing of the Passion by three priests
will be followed by the unwilling and
alteration of the cross. -Four SER
mons will be preached by the Rev.
William H. Fitzgerald. S j., Chicago.
A special choir of priests and lay
men will be directed by the pastor,
the Rev. Clement Bosler.
Last Seven Words, Is Topic
Episcopal services in the business
district will be held at Christ
Church on the Circle and at st.
Pauls Church, Illinois and New
York-sts. The Christ Church vested
choir will sing the hymns of the
Passion, and the rector, the Rev. E.
Anger Powell. will preach on the
last seven words of Christ.
At st. Paul's, the rector. the Rev.
William Burrows. also will preach on
the seven words and music will be
provided by the choir, directed by
Clarence Carson.
A service will be held at the First
United Luthran Church, Pennsyl-
vania and Walnut-StS. from to 3
tomorrow. A sermon will be deliv-
cred by the Rev. Clarence E.
Gardner.
Other union three-hour services
will be held at the Phyllis Wheatley
Y. w. c. A. under auspices OF the
Interdenominational Colored Min
listers Association. and at the
Wheeler City Rescue Mission.
Service to Be Broadcast
A continuous Good Friday serv-
ice will be broadcast over a Ma
tional Broadcasting Co. network
from 12.15 until midnight. A
musical program will be given by
the famous Paulist Fathers Choir of
New York and a sermon on the last
seven words will be delivered by
Monslgnor Fulton j. Sheen, WASH
ington.
held at Holy Gross Church. Ohio and
Oriental-sts: Sacred Heart Church.
Union and Palmer-Sts: ST. Patrick S
Church. Woodlawn-av; S. Gather
ines Church. Shelby and Taylor
SITS: St. Philip Neri Church, North
and Rural-StS: Church Of the Little
Flower. BoSart-av and 13th-St, and
other churches in all sections of the
city.
A union service will be held at
the North Methodist Episcopal
Church, Meridian and 3Sth-ss<. at
12:45. Churches participating will
be the Bellaire Methodist Episcopal,
Broadway Evangelical, Broad Ripple