EASTER SERVICES.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 8145, 31 March 1888, Page 2

EASTER SERVICES.

«!> Ciipil At St. Paul's Church yesterday the usual ser- £n^ ees for Good Friday were held in the morning °J S( id evening, the Yen. Archdeacon Edwards iv tar jj ie morning, and the curate, the Rev. Quartus hire; iaoon, iv the evening, preaching upon the Bub- Tlje 3Ct tho day is set apart to commemorate. ?°^ A series of services were held yesterday in St. he , latthew's Church. In the morning there were |j^ irayers read at 7.30; communion at 10 30 a.m.; rj,"^ iitiiny and mcdi fcstion from 2to 3 p.m.; and even ong and an address by the incumbent, the. Rev. | vi( {j !. A. Yorks, at 8 p.m. The church was also ; ipeu for private prayer after 11 a.m. As is ls g ( sustomary, the. church was draped in black. , The morning and evening services which were g j 10( lelcl at All Saints' Church yesterday were both fairly well attended. The preacher on each uc ; jeeas-ion was the Rev. A. R. Fitchett. In the turt morning he gave a discourse from the text, "H« mO , shall see the travail of His soul and be satisfied." not 'Che musical selections in the morning were the "Te Deuru " and the '■ Benedictus," which were i^ sung to chants by Tail's; also four or five j hymn?, including "At the; Cross tby station thi| keeping" and ''When I survey thy wondrous R Cross." At the evening service "The Magni- ■ cat" and " Nunc Dimittis " were chanted. Mrjjet| et M'L'-ml Smith presided at the organ at each trai service. v ( At St. John's Church, Roslyn, the usual Good CQV Friday services were held in the morning aud t evening, conducted by the incumbent, the Rev. £^ R. A. Kerkham. The church was well filled in. the morniug, and there was a moderate attend- wa aiice in the evening. Sermons were preached ; m] with special reference to the occasion commemorated and preparation for Easter Day. _ £j Thursday being holy Thursday,pontifical high wi] mass was celebrated at St. Joseph's Cathedral at au 7-o'clock in the evening, when Short's mass of a , O , St. Joseph's was sung by the Dominican nuns. m . The ctlfcbrant was Bi.-hop Morau ; the assistant priest, tho Yen. Archdeacon Coleman ; deacon, cv the Rev. Father O'Leary ; sub-deacon, the Rev. n0 Father O'Neill; and muster of ceremonies, the qj Rev. Father Verekor. During the mass tho oils used iv the administration of the sacrament wore consecrated by the bishop, and -j ?j there was a procession of the "Blessed m Sacrament" to the altar, which had been 0 ; beautifully decorated and illuminated by tt] tbe Dominican nuns. During the whole of c 0 the day on Thursday, women of the confrater- 0; nitj ot Our Lady of the Perpetual Succour paid v] their devotions before the altar of reposp, j H attending the church in relays, and these were s{ relieved at night by men belonging to the con- c( fraternity of the "Holy Family. Besides the lo confraternities, the cathedral was attended both during the day and night by members of the jj, congregation, who kept constantly coming and J[ going. On Good Friday, mass of the Pre-sancti- (1 fied was celebrated at 11 o'clock in the morning, t] on which occasion Bishop Moran presided. The - n cek-brant was the Rev. Father O'Neill; deacon, ip] Rev. Father O'Leary; sub-deacon, Rev, Father c . Vcreker; and master of ceremonies, Rev. ■[ Father Lynch. "The Passion" was sung by £ the Rev Fathers O'Neill, O'Leary, aud Lynch ; t; and the Bishop preached asermon on the Passion. n In tho evening at 7 o'clock, office of Tenebrie com- j, mouced. Psalms, lessons, aud the Lamentations f ' ( of Jeremiah were recited, and at the end of „ each lamentation, "Jerusalem, turn to the Lord s thy God" was sung by the boy's choir. The ' a "Bsnedictus" and the "Jtiserere" were also c chanted by the choir alternately with the con- t gregatiou; the effect being very good. Both f the services on Good Friday were remarkably v well attended, the cathedral being crowded at j each service. v