PAGE TWO
RESURRECTION OF T1
ED BY SOLEMN CE1
MORAVIANS AJ
A^ain Easter has come to Salem
and again the Moravians have noted
the resurrection of the Master in the
simple yet profoundly impressive rit
ual. Early in the ever. ::*r throngs be-;
can to gather in the city to witness
the pageant of the Easter dawn and ,
the ressurection of the Christ, until
iate in the night it \va> estimated that
they would number beyond 25,000.'
the greatest assemblage to witness
the ceremony since it Cistitution at
Old Salt-m in 177.*?.
The hundred and fifty-second ob-1
*ervance of Easter by the Moravian-Salem
and this section is one of
the most beautiful on record. With
a few hours of threatening weather
during the last part of iast week, the
*kic* cleared and smred en the prep*r*?:rm?4
ItPind' - .? ;*re for thp
throngs here to witness the sacred
ceremony.
The sky was as cloudless as jade,
fading into blue deeper than southern
seas. Only the stars of the first
magnitude peeped through the vault
r. fore hours, gradually surrendering
their exclusiveness to smaller ones
as the night wore on. Under this cov
rrir.g the automobiles, high powered '
limousines, and flivvers that limped
and sputtered in joy coursed and;
scurried over the face of the earth,
al! gravitating toward Salem and
"God's Acre" whic h -loops on th?hiilside.
cradiing the dead.
There at 2 o'cip< k his morning
the consolidated hand of 210 pieces|
assembled. Taking breakfast in the;
old Belo home, a h.stone landmark,
they divided into sections after plav-'
:ne. "The Saints' Chora! and went j
n their various journey- of heralding
the hour at which lie should ar-l
In the far corners of the city as
it slept these minstreis ?f holy chorussounded
their nv >sage The houses
of rich and poor, raisinu r.hcir -hei-j
tering silhouettes into no night >f
o shadows, would '?{< . nly ht<-ak
into light as the slcepe? would be
aroused and 'ccognijju the notes of (
the gentle :?ii T appro, an th. nni-'
sic of th? Ha-'er band onb must, heat
it. as one comes to consciousness .v"
tej sleep. Not sharp nigh to startle.
even when waking one. 11 sends
the thrill of wonder through one.
Then faces appear in the windows
and watch the band as it moves on.
A scene well known in Winston and
Salem.
At i> o'clock Bishop Edwaid Rondthaler
appeared in the loorway of
the home chuich, as ho ha*- done 4 >
times before on Easter morns and
pronounced the words, "He .sen "
The words found echo from those
^ ho stretched away in the gray mist
of the morning and they ret;p >nded.
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Then the services at th?* church
continued for about twenty five minutes.
during- which time the Bishop
who .> the spiritual as well t the
Aetuai leader of the Moravians of the
southern province, led the ceremonies
of devotion to the Christ who rose
from the tomb cn that fas oiT mom
when Easter began to be.
At':." this th. se gathered : witness
the iitany moved o. k. the
ebbing of a great tide toward the
grave yard. ' 'rod's Acre" where have
bee:: placed the bodies of Moravians
for three centuries. Here with the
fiat slabs of marble attesting the equality
that comes to man aft. r death,
the last portions of the iitany were
carried out.
The tide moved on in columns of
eight, requiring nearly an hour to
tile into the graveyard During this
hour as daw;! poured full and free
over the city, the bands, now reassembled.
played Moravian hymns and
chorales. 15. J. Pfohl. who has participated
in more than forty ..-h services.
led the playing.
To Walter .1. Hege, chief -exton
went the care of the endless >ea of
witnesses. With 200 ushers, whom he
had organized and instructed as how
best to direct those who came to see
and worship, he marshaled them in
excellent order and the services were
expedited in the happiest fashion.
One of the most beautiful portions
of ti e musical service was the antiphony
played by the bands while
they were divided into sections. The
soft and slow flowing chorales surged
and resounded as each se, ion echoed
the other.
The observance of Easter is titting
ly the most beautiful of the Christian
world, which estimate may be
made without disparaging the beauty
and sacredness of Christmas. Foi
it was on the morn that later became
Easter that Christ became the resurrected
Light of the World. In the
primitive church it was one of th*
special days for the administration
of baptism. The faithful greeted
each other with a kiss and with the
words. "He is risen," to which was
the response, "He is risen indeed."
This antiphony is a part of the service
still observed.
rIE CHRIST RECALLREMONIES
OF THE
5 THOUSANDS GAZE
Tho day of Easter has been the
occasion of much controv. t - y. It was
finally decided that it should he the |
first Sunday after the paschal full' .
moon which runs 14 da\> later than
the calendar moon.
The use of the En-' - -gg as a
part of the observance - 1 great
antiquity in its foundation, having:
been considered in widely nerated
pre-Christian mythologies a> a symbol
of resurrection. Other symbolisms 1
have rept into the festiv i - as they 1
have crept into all -imi ? keasions
in which people have bee. me asso
cialed in general interest.
There has never been a greater
concourse of automobiles in Winston 1
Salem than that of this Easter. They ! 1
were parked in every available angle *
and nook along the stre< * eading
into and near Salem. They came in j *
the thousands. Manv bore Ii nse tag '
of foreign states; it was not unusual' '
here and there to notice tags from j 1
states as far distant as N-w York. '
Many had arrived from p.eir.ts east <
if Durham as early as eight 'clock. {
Many persons came int * he city f
b\ rail, the evening trains from all 1
directions bearing passenger- intent '
on witnessing the services which have '
become the most widely known of the 1
ehureh services of the South. There '
were many persons scatter* i through (
out the ' l'owd who had com to witness
the scene.- for historical and lit- ?
erary purposes traveling from many 1
quarters of the world. ?
The splendid roads leading into (
the e:ty from all directions made ea- <
sy ami certain the approach of this 1
interminable stream. The* uird sur- 1
faced highways, lying iik . ?ons of '
hammered silver in the !igl of the 1
moon which came out about the mid- ;
di-* of the night. bon th r burden 1
nf sr.et < 11:u ? or - ' !. :. -1 -center
.. !v he ? v. ' t -l.eithi |
"Uncle Kd" Rothrock v< r. ut night I
turnkey ot the city jail, stated at]
about 12:.'{0 : his morning that in all
hi> experience- as turnk< > he had ni?v
ei seen a quietei Sal inlay night be
fori' Kastc t
"I've been '.?*!*" *V? JS v s said'
Kd. -I v. ' ?.? ! seen a quiter ;
lit sin. I cam on t he force. Aiulj
i ve lewc seen more people on the j
at thi.- time ol night* I lock j
< d two in anil have let two out, tha*
1 , *U ! havi handled. There was just
t one flrunk .tegro. It's the quietest
K aster I've ever seen here.
Yesterday "God's Acre" became a
small world flecked with floral de-itrns
placed on the graves by those
'who still remember. Across the valley
where rest those who embraced
Christian faith in other churches the
same floral remembrances were in ever.
Perhaps nowhere can be found
a city where the dead are remember-1
I ed with such unfailing constancy as
j m Winston-Salem. On the Sunday
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THE WATAUGA DEMOCRAT?E V
>n which Christ arose the memory a
is renewed from year to year.
SAYS BOONE IS HUSTLING
Lenoir News-Topic. ai
K;-v. K. L. Isbell conducted a re
rival meeting in Boone last week, re l4
ranting to Leno;" Monday. Boone.
says Mr. Ishell. is no more the quietly
little hamlet lying quietly at the basei..
of Howard's Knob but is a hustling ,;
town c?f business ami educational ad- ?
wantages which make it quite an enviable
place. j 0
AS TO SCHOOL TEACHERS
si
Asheville Citizen.
That usually dependable publicarion.
Charity and Children ha com- J '
mitted an extraordinary assault upon !
the school teachers of North Caro-! .
ina. After pointing out that "mark-. t
id progress" has been made in the ^
?ize of our school buildings and in *
he financial support of education it
remarks: "The salaries paid the
teachers ar? no longer meagre and
beggarly. They are well paid for
their work. But we doubt that the
noral standard of the teachers
ba- be m raised a particle. Is the |
personnel of our teaching force as
ugh as it was twenty years ago? We
ioubt it." Nor does Charity and
Children stop there. It is distressed
pi
hat "in towns especially of three to
four thousand population" the modTr
dance is patronized by the teach rs
and that the bridge p. rties are C
reinforced by the young women who
lave in charge the moral training ol
>ur children. H
As a class they are given meagre S
ind beggarly pay. They are not well d
>aid for their work. So inadequate a:
ire their salaries that the fact is f
o mm en ted upon almost daily by ti
very educational expert and every e<
person possessing even a casual
< now ledge of the rate of pay com- ! rr
nanded by the different classes of j T
rain workers. And the State's one i >
ipology for tH:.- insufficient pay is i u
that it hopes soon to substitute for it 1
Announ<
On May I, I 924 we v
operation a Jitney bet\v<
tain City, T enn. The ji
City at 7 a. m. arrive at
ieave on return at 2 p. r
City at 5:30.
A good comfortable
careful and polite drive
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suitable remuneration.
If "the personnel of our teaching
)rceM is not "high as it was 20
t-ars ago." the fault is with the men (
rid women at the head of the State's J
i ideational work, for the teacher of j
.ay meets all the requirements laid j
inv:i, attends summer schools and al?gether
accomplishes such mental j
rowth and such irreproachable moil
standing that those by whom she j
governed point to her as a porso-1
ificatioti ol* the educational progress
t which the state is so proud.
If the teachers find time and pos
>ss the energy to go to dances and I
lay bridge after meeting the tie- j
..f .u..... ?i..* .1 i
n?i?u.- ui iiicii vcnvniliK uutIC9| H1CJ
re candidates, not for adverse critism.
but for enthusiastic praise,
cachers are expected to take part
i the socij| activities of their commnities
whenever they have the time
r.d opportunity. That they do so
lat on their meagre and beggarly
liaries, they can do so and "keep up
appearances," is to their infinite
redit. Because of their high moral
andards and devotion to duty it is
so to the community's unmeasured
jvanta.ee.
Underpaid and overworked North
arolina's school teachers are entied
to the compensation of our apteciaticn.
They are the salt of the
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C. H. S. FORFEITS GAME TO
A T. S.
In the baseball game of Cove Creek j
gh School vs. the A. T. S. lastj
aturday p. m. the score was tied
to 3 in the last inning when an
rgument was started and the Cove I
reek team refused to play off the
e, therefore the game was forfeitd
in favor of the A. T. S. 9 and 0.
After consulting the base ball rub?
lanager Brinkley of the Cove Creek
am proved his sportsmanship on
I on day by stating that they were
iilmg to forfeit the game if the A.
s. would accept it
cement
k ill again put in daily
-en Boone and Moun
tney will leave Mtn.
Roone at 10:30. and
n. and arrive at Mtn.
car will be used with
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APRIL 24. 1924
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