Earlier textGood Friday Observance in New York
REGARDING the official observance of the Catholic fast day, Good Friday, in New York City, we note the following, in the New York Sun:— This is the form of the ordinance adopted by the board of aldermen on March 24, and approved by the mayor on March 30, as to the official or quasi-official observance of the religious fast of Good Friday:— “Resolved, That the heads of the several departments of the government of the city of New York be and they are hereby requested to close their respective offices on Good Friday, April 10, 1903, and all other offices not by law required to be kept open for the transaction of public business to be closed on said day.” Practically, except as prevented by State or federal statutes prohibiting the closing of public offices, banks, or courts to-day, Good Friday will be observed in New York by the general suspension of official business. In the field of trade and finance, except in banks and by transportation and telegraph companies, Good Friday will be observed, if not generally, at least in so many individual cases as greatly to diminish the volume and restrict the character of the business done. The observance of Good Friday by the churches will be more general than ever before, even religious denominations which formerly paid no heed to the fast joining in it. The solemnity of the fast will rest over the whole town, and profoundly influence the voluntary or involuntary conduct of the great mass of the citizens. General Conference Adjournment
ON Monday forenoon, April 13, the General Conference adjourned at Oakland to meet in the Tabernacle at Battle Creek, Wednesday, April 22, at 9 A. M. The trustees of the General Conference Association and of any other legal organizations of the Conference, must be elected at a meeting held in the State of Michigan. The recently elected Executive Committee of the General Conference will hold a council meeting in Battle Creek, which will begin this week. Annual Conference Meetings
THE stockholders of the Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association will hold their annual meeting in the Tabernacle on Tuesday, April 21, at 10 A. M. The General Conference will meet, according to adjournment, in the same place on Wednesday at 9 A. M., and the annual meeting of the International Medical Missionary and Benevolent Association is called to meet at 3 P. M. of the same day and in the same place. The annual meeting of the Michigan Sanitarium and Benevolent Association was called Wednesday, April 8, but adjourned from that time to Monday, April 20, without transacting any business.