Evening star., 1949-04-10
Holy Week Begins
With Special Rites 10
Mark Palm Sunday

Protestants and Catholics OF the
Washington area will observe Holy
Week starting today with Palm
Sunday and reaching its climax
next Sunday with sunrise and
other Easter Services.
Today worshipers will gather in
churches of the District to com
memorate the entrance of Christ
/ into Jerusalem. The boughs OF
palm trees will be carried in
church professions this morning
symbolizing the branches Of palm
trees that were cut down and
strewn before Christ on his en-
trance into the Holy City.
In some churches holy ashe;
will be placed on the foreheads oi
worshipers.
On Maundy or Holy Thursday
Christ's Last Supper and His
washing Of the disciples feet viii
be commemorated.
Special services for the thret
hours of Christ's agony on thu
Cross will be held from noon TO
pm. Friday in many churches
and other places throughout ths
city. Good Friday, observed il
commemoration of Christ's cru
cifixion, has been through ths
ages a day of. fasting and mourn
ing.
Federal and District agencie,
and business and other establish
ments are cooperating with the
Three Hours Observance of Coco
Friday Committee by allowing
time off to attend services during
these hours. President Truman
last week Endorsed the movement
in a message pointing out the
saalctity of the day.
Chairman of the committee is
the Rev. J. L. B. Williams. rector
of Emmanuel Episcopal Church,
Alexandria. Co-chairmen are the
Most Rev. Patrick A. OBoyle, Ca
tholic Archbishop of Washington;
the Right Rev. Angus Dun. Epis-
copal Bishop of Washington,
and Methodist Bishop Charles
Wesley Flint of Washington.
Radio talks on the purpose and
significance of Good Friday will
be heard over Washington stations
today through Thursday, Harold
F. Jones, radio committee chair
man of the Three Hours Com
mittee, announced yesterday
They are listed below.
Numerous sunrise services viii
be held Easter Sunday throughout
the Washington area.
Earliest of these services will bt
the eighth annual service at For
Lincoln, sponsored by the Organ.
lied Bible Glass Association O
Washington. 1t will open with 9
United States Navy Band concert
1t. Comdr. Charles Brendler. con.
ducting, at 4:55 am. Reveille vii
be sounded by Bugler Francis .
Stevens of the United States Nav.
Band at 5:28 am.
Speaker at the service will b,
the Rev. DR.. Fred G. Holloway
president Of Drew University
Madison. N. J. Howard M. Stack
house, executive vice president o
the Bible Glass Association, viii
preside. tiia
The Rev. DR.. Carl c. Rasmussen
Of the Lutheran Theological Sem
iriary. Gettysburg, Pa, will speal
at the. Easter Sunrise servic,
of thee Grand Encampment o
Knights Templar in the amphi
theater at Arlington Cemetery
Visiting dignitaries will be heades
by John Temple Rice of Texas
the grand master Of the encamp
ment. The service, starting a
1880 am, will be broadcast on th'
Columbia Broadcasting System
network and will be heard herr
over Station WTOP.
The sixth annual Easter sun
rise service at Lincoln Memoria
Cemetery will be held at 7 am.
with the Rev. DR.. William A
Stewart. minister of Union Wes'
ley A. M. E. Zion Church. deliver
ing the sermon. The committet
in charge of arrangements con.
sists of the Rev. DR.. w. H. Jern'
agin, minister of Mount Carme
Baptist Church: the Rev. DR.. c
T. Murray, minister Of the Ver-
mont Avenue Baptist Church: the
Rev. DR.. r. M. Williams, minis
ter Of Asbury Methodist Church
and the Rev. DR.. E. c. Smith. min
lister of Metropolitan Baptist
Church.
The Right Rev. George Punell
Gum, Episcopal Bishop Coadjuto,
of Southern Virginia, will preach
at the MONDAY Lenten services to-
morrow through Thursday in the
Episcopal Church Of the Epiphany
1917 G street NV.
MONDAY Lenten services at Ma
tional Presbyterian Church, Con-
necticut avenue and N street NV.
will have as speakers the Rev. DR.
L. Ralph Tabor. pastor of Luther
Place Memorial Church, tomor-
row and Tuesday, and the Rev. DR.
Orris G. Robinson. pastor of Cal
vary Methodist Church, Wednes-
Gay and Thursday.
Lutheran pastors preaching al