Good Friday

[A. S. gode fridag; Dut. goede vrijdag; Ger. guter freitag, or charfreitag, the solemn friday.] The Friday before Easter, sacred as the annual commemoration of the crucifixion of our Lord. This day has been observed, from the earliest ages of the Christian Church, as a day of rigid fast and solemn religious ceremonial, -as we learn from the apostolic constitutions, and from Eusebius, who also states that when under Const an tine Christianity was established in the Roman Empire, the holding of courts, markets, . was on this day forbidden. In the Roman Catholic Church, the ma of this day differs from all other ma es during the year in this, that no consecration of the host takes place, the wafer ble ed on the previous day having been retained. This is called Mi a presanctificato rum, a ma of the presanctified. At this ma , the altar is stripped of all ornaments, the priests and attendants are robed in black; -the ki of peace is omitted, and the so-called adoration of the cro takes place. The office of the tenebræ is also recited, and at the close of the recitation of each le on from the Lamentations of Jeremy, one of the candles is extinguished until there remains but the paschal candle, which, as a symbol of our Lord's death and burial, is concealed behind, or under the altar. In the Church of England Good-Friday is also observed with much solemnity. Good'gio us Factory, in South Carolina, a village of Laurens co. Good Ground, in New York , a post-village of Suffolk co., on the Long Island RR. Pop . (1897) about 1,000. Good Harbor, in Michigan , a P. O. of Leelanaw co. Good Hope, in Africa. See CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. Good Hope, a fort of British North America, on the Mackenzie river; Lat. 67° 40 N., Lon. 130° 40 W.-OLD FORT-GOOD HOPE is about 100 m. further down the same river. Good Hope, in Georgia , a post-village of Walton co. Good Hope, in Illinois , a post-town of McDonough co., Pop . (1897 about 450. Good Hope, in Mi i ippi , a post-office of Leake co. Good Hope, in Ohio , a post-village of Fayette co., about 7 m. S. E. of Washington. -A township of Hocking co. Good Hope, in Pennsylvania, a post-village of Cumber land co. Good Hope, in West Virginia , a P. O. of Harrison co. Good Hope, Bay of, in Alaska , at the head of Kotzebue Sound; Lat. 66° 30′ N., Lon. 161° W. It contains Chami o Island. Good'hue, in Minnesota , a S.E. co., bordering on Wisconsin; area , about 755 sq. m. Rivers. Mi i ippi (which here expands into Lake Pepin), Cannon, and Zumbro rivers. Surface , generally level; soil , fertile. Cap . Red Wing. Pop . (1895) 32,268. -A township of Goodhue co., 9 m. S.W. of Red Wing. -A post-office of Goodhue co. = Good-hu'mor, n. A cheerful temper or frame of mind. Good'-hu'mored, a . Having a cheertul temper and demeanor. Good-hu'moredly, adv. With a cheerful temper; in a cheerful way. Good'ing's Grove, in Illinois, a post-village of Will co., about 25 m. S.W. of Chicago, Good Intent', in Pennsylvania, a post-office of Washington co.