TO THE EDITOR

Opotiki News, Volume II, Issue 163, 27 March 1939, Page 4

TO THE EDITOR

v A; MISTAKE 1— - - Zy Sir, —May I youi; atteiftfoni v to' a. slight mistake which,.! noticed'-M L your excellent little,paper. It,fs tjwft.,;.Saturday,. April ( Bth.,' is called er Saturday”. Easter Saturday's Saturday following Easter Day.;./ i'heAT Staturday before Easter is callet'li ‘‘Holy Saturday”, and to all good Christian people ranks as the heodb... most solemn day Friday, in. the year. The name “Easter” is »• very ancient pagan name for the i'estm,/. ' tal of Spring, but when the ChurchTvdrove the brutal paganism of times out of the hearts this old festival wag. conA r eftedi;dnd became the leading Christian one, to commemorate Christ’s triumph over death and, the Cross. The Friday and Saturday before Avere kept a» the most solemn tfifys of the whole year.. v All loyal Christians still ..zealously keep these two days, and find iiftsihem an excellent opportunity to beaf. to God’s love in the face of the modern paganism. The Saturday eA T ,ei')inj*-.fs particularly used, or. splleinn preparation ' sacred Hitek' of ESa.ster Day, Ghureli makes obligatory ph v ' ; ’|# f lie* members.,, - ' ' ' v : ' V G. i'.^LT. ■- ''i&v. sr -v