The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-04-09
CITY TO PAUSE.
IN OBSERVANCE.
OF CRUC|F|x|ON.
Good Friday Services to
Begin at Noon in Churches
and TheaterS.
FIRMS TO COOPERATE
Merchants, Executives to
Give Employees 0ppor-
tunity to Worship.

Honoring the anniversary of
Christ's passion and death on the
cross, Indianapolis is to pause from
noon until tomorrow afternoon
in reverence.
Downtown merchants and indus
trial executives, cooperating with
Mayor Kern, who has issued
proclamation asking residents to
attend religious services, have
granted time off to their employees
to attend worship.
Services In Two Theaters
The INSTRUMENTATION COM
inittee in charge of Good Friday
arrangements announced today
That scores of letters expressing
Willingness to cooperate in the OBJ
servance have been received from
business firms.
The biblical quotation. HE that
hateth his brother is in darkness. and
knoweth not whittier he goeth. be-
cause the darkness hath blinded his
eyes" is characteristic of interna-
tional affairs today, the Rev. R. H.
Benting, st. Marks Lutheran
Church pastor, said this noon in a
Lenten sermon in English'S Theater.
"A formal confession of faith in
the God Of the hoary past and
general trust in a God of some
glamorous future must be dignified
and elevated into faith that re-
spects the God of the here and now"
the speaker said.
Octlines Guiding Principle
The chief guiding principle. of
Jesus Is, according 10 Rev. Benting,
by this all men know that We are
My disciples, if we have love one to
another"
Continuous services are to be
held tomorrow afternoon in the Eng
lish and Keith Theaters. Different
speakers are scheduled for each
hour, and there are to be three
changes of musical programs.
Services in the English Theater
are to be in charge of the Rev. j. A.
Mears, the Rev. S. B. Harry and
the Rev. T. j. Simpson. Speakers
and their subjects are the Rev. Guy
o. Carpenter, THE Indifference to
the Cross; The Rev. C. A. Nc
Pheeters, Saving Others and Him
self; Prof. j. j. Haramy, Love
That Passeth Understanding"
Choirs to Take Part
Choirs 70 sing are those of the
First Presbyterian Church. directed
by Fred Holler; First Congrega-
tional Church, directed by A. D.
Hitz, and Central Avenue Method
tst Church, directed by Ralph w.
Wright.
The Rev. N. G.. Talbot, the Rev.
Donald Conrad and the Rev. John
A. Faar are to be in charge of serv-
ices at Keith's. Sermons are to be
preached by the Rev. j. Ambrose
Dunkel, THE Necessity of the
Cross; the Rev. Grundy S. Fisher,
The TimelineSs of the Cross; DR..
c.. Bromley Oman, THE Militant
Christ"
The First Baptist Church choir,
directed by Perceval Owens; the
Meridian Heights Presbyterian
Church choir, directed by Robert
Schultz, and the Roberts Park
Methodist Church Choir, directed
by Mrs. Jane Johnson Burroughs,
are to sing.
Noon Service at Circle
Services in Christ Episcopal
Church on the Circle from noon to
are to be conducted by the Rev.
F.. Anger Powell, who is to speak
on Seven Last Words" The
church choir is to provide music.
Three-hour services also are to
be held in st. Pauls Episcopal
Church, Illinois and New York-sts,
under direction of the Rev. William
Burrows.
Ire Ore services are to be con-
Quoted in st. Johns Catholic
Church, S. Capitol-av, from noon
to 3 by the Rev. Clement Bosler.
The passion is to be sung by three
priests, the Rev. Henry Dugan, the
Rev. August r. FuSsenegger and
Father BoSler.
The sermons are to be given by
the Rev. William j. Young. with
music provided by the Indianapolis
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