Good Friday

the Friday preceding Easter Sunday. It commemorates the crucifixion of Christ, and is observed as a day of religious service, especially in the Roman Catholic and Protestant Episcopal churches. In England and Ireland it is a legal holiday. In some of the American states, also, Good Friday is a school and bank holiday. Coming on a certain day of the week, the date necessarily shifts. The actual date of the Crucifixion is held to be April 6, 30 A. D.

Good Templars, a secret order devoted to total abstinence from intoxicating liquor. The first lodge was organized in 1851 at Utica, New York, by Daniel Cady and his associates. Lodges were established in England in 1868. Members may be of either sex. They are pledged not to reveal the passwords and other secrets of their order. Also "that they will never make, buy, sell, use, furnish, nor cause to be furnished to others, as a beverage, any spirituous or malt liquors, wine, or cider, and will discountenance the manufacture and sale thereof in all proper ways." There are in all about 360,000 members. Lodges have been established throughout the English-speaking world.