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The Passion Play

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Pacific Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Oakland, California · Mar 6, 1879

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 5, No. 10.

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"The Passion Play."

By Editor

San Francisco is displayed with advertisements of this play, which is a theatrical representation of the trial and crucifixion of the Son of God. Not only the religious, but the secular, press denounced this irreverent and sacrilegious use of the passion of our divine Saviour; and we are pleased to learn that the Board of Supervisors of that city, by a unanimous vote, instructed the District Attorney to take legal steps to prevent the exhibition.