Show TM TO ITh BE HAS COME coi Season of Lent in Midst of Social Whirl hirl Is a Blessing ASH WEDNESDAY BEING OBSERVED Self Denial Is a Good Thing Once in a While Some Son S Services The season Mason of Lent is here again and it is well t The tendency of modern religion re ro- ro li ligion ion to put a t taboo boo on ou form and cere many mony ma may or ma may not bo be overdone but the observing of the tho Lent season serves a purpose other ether than the mere carr carrying in out of a religious precedent It comes cornea at tho the hei height ht of tho the social season and is isa isa is isa a blein blessing in diFo disguise ise to those who follow fol low how tho the whirlwind of society A little self denial is a good th thing uJ for Cor everybody even if it does doe conic come in inthe in inthe inthe the for form of religious observance of ancient an an- ceremonies It matters not whether r one oue stands stand in iu the long line of worshipers who are aro crowding the Catholic Cath Cath- olic and Episcopal churches today and waits his turn to kneel at the chancel rail and aud dipping dippin his fingers in tho the sacred ashes receives the sign sin of tho the cross from the officiating priest or whether he lie merely quits bad habits for fora a short time and leads loads the tho natural simple lifo if by eating no meats and keeping cpin early carly hours The effect is JS the thesa sa same saml me Toda Today is Ash Wednesday day and m is is the opening of tho the Lenten Lonten season Literally the tho term Ash Wednesday means a aday aday aday day for contemplating the ashes aBbes of the thc past last It was Tas the custom in in the earl caily days dars of the Catholic churches for tor pilgrims pil grims and penitents to appear on this lay dav dressed in itt sackcloth and ashes Later Laler thi this thia custom grow into a form of rua magnificent and bewildering ceremonies cere monies in the English Episcopal church and came to mean other things thins than its original purpose Tho Catholic communicants observe Lent accord according in to a strict set of fasting rules niles It H means to them a n time of self self- denial lenial arid and abnegation on Lent w will Jl last f forty lly days tho the time signifying i the pc pe nod spent by Christ in the wilderness Out 0 of the custom to subdue the dress during Lent has hag grown rown the cu custom tom of appearing in gowns of bewildering beauty and nd hats hat that have defied tho the description artist for fo- centuries at tho the close of the season season Easter Bishop Bishon Spalding will nill lecture at it St. St Pauls Paul's church as aa follows follow Subject Christianity and Social Reform Thur Thursday day min e evening at t S March I Tho i 12 The Thc present Condition of An invest investigation of tho the present distribution of wealth the problem lem of capital and anil labor and tho results I of tho competitive system March 19 Tho ID Tho Program of Enli ht cued Individualism ual sUI An attempt to estimate tho the value of effort along lines of philanthropy and political March 26 6 The The History of Social Social- ism Some Sonie account of the tho causes for fol forthe tho the movement and the early cary leaders April 2 Karl Kurl Marx and Scientific Socialism S An All effort to state clearly what socialism is ant and tho the nr arguments f for forand r and ani against it I April 9 Tho D Tho Great Co Operative Commonwealth The Tho steps proposed to bring it about and what hat it will be I liko when ben it arrives I |