, 1869-03-28
RELIGIOUS.
Easter Festivities in the Episcopal
and Catholic Churches To-Day.
Special and Regular Services.
xl83KR ETvNDAY.

| kA81KR ECfpAY.
To-day Is Easter sunday, the higher, or queen O
all tho feastS IN the estimation Of tho Old fathers
the church commemorate u Il u Of tho reguf
rrcton Of the Savl3o. Nor could mora attn,
sca1on 10 chosen for such festival than the open
ing OF spring. which follow tho dscarJ day
winter ~ Eater docs the faztluV:sca1on OF Lss
1tMh festival which haa been celebrated iron
the very foundation n Tho church, though II,
Eastern and Western churches were dIr1ded sn
opinion = 70 the day which 1t shoult
be held, tho former celebrating It On tho aaue dAl
on which the Passover WIS kept hy the Jews, whilt
the latter were nlwnJa aecustomcd to keep It or
the Sunday following the Passover, a. well on &C.
count Of the greater solemnssy Of tie day as FOL
the pusTose Of distinguishing themselves from tha
Jews Doth r,a.ties pleaded tho practice Of the
Apostles In their favor, the trst that Of St John,
the latter that Of ST. Peter and st. Paul By = car
on paased at the great Council Of Nice, the ques.
tlon WIS decided II favor Of the Western doctrine
The nAnc 'EAster" Is probably derived from the
festival Of the Goddess Ossara. In Anglo Saxon
EaAtrt, which the old sa1ons celebrated It shout
th!B season. Many Of the popular 0bseTTanccs
connected with this Is with other festivals Of the
church, are plainly Of Pagan origin. The church,
with her usual policy. ende1vored to give Chris
Cd out, and In th1s Gaze the conversion Wa EASY,
The most Characteristic EATER rita Is the use Of
Easter EegA Practice familiar to the Jews Il The
|
tian point Of View, this "Feast Or Eegs' has been
usually considered = enhlezaalc Of the resu1fec-
The various Episcopal and Catholic Churches In
the city Rre beautifully decorated with flowers and
u ~ Of them the appropriate services viii be
| EASTER rAs7oRAA
Rev. S Russell Jones, Rector Of the Church OF
Pastoral to the members and friends Of his chufch
BELOVED IN CHRlsr: 1t Is well known to those
Of you who were with me oseE three years ago,
publicly expressed intention then vas that tne
forever be FRzE: 1afice IT to sas tha1 majority it
| OF those wht then clustered about nc were
otherwise minded. and ouf pews we're rented.
increased With those more cha1ttahly inclined.
may nov announce to jon, and TO all who sJmpa-
thtze With u tnai by the advice and With the
sent Of the festryt the pcNy Of the Church Of the
| Atonement on and after Easter day viii be free,
and with our church enlarged and beautl1ed We
ean say to all ~ every Chr stan minister ought a.
ways to be able to SAT: "Cone Without money and
Our work has been purely Of faith, and 80 shall
Wi M @ viii ri % ne tia. te most ea!nsss I aeslpe
| Of my heart has been reallzed-aud that We ale
privileged thus to return to pnmattre practice
and TINT we now have new motive for more faith
f1l wotkand greater devotion to the cause OF our
| blessed SaE.os, and the interests Of uls Holy
Tea: On Easter morning, our 10y shall he height
| have suffered SO moeh}, In which faith has III
| umphed over fears; lore Of souls has tr1umphed
over personal prciefences-anh the true spirit OF
the gnsrel has become operative In our hearts and
actions
The coming Easter Will therefore be to rs ono OF
unusual retulcinG-wttn the many beautiful noweEs
Whlrh shall a1Ocn and perfume all God 3 house.
and teach Us lessons Of hope and glad songs Of
the chlilEcn-ani the privilege Of laying ppo1 the
resolves fur a better life, with more earnest and
ssa,sass1aen9 s & laoors, IL he blessed sasrauens:
him cnme and partafe Of the waters II ,tfe
as now ss Aoa 90 " re ~ 90 a go9
Primitive principle that the ucsrel u fFec, and
tnat II nlnG ws anou11 mo p equal IN the house q
the rcwsrds and toys Of eternity, and ask that
those who cannot aid us materially, WILL at least
Etsc US their prayers znd goodwill in our earnest
Errscorl1-
The dcdfcatos5 exercises tn the new Gszce Epls-
copM Church, on Wabash avenue, between Four
,eenth and Fitfee1th streets, to day xlu bc Of a
peculiarly imposing md Interesting character.
| The church + rrofrselJ decorated With 1owers,
| rendered IN all Its beauty. The III. Rev. john
HeckE!ih, Bishop Of Georgia win preach the dedi-
salory sermon The Easter e music WI be rendered
Susan Cation, soprano: Nj. Dlschon, TENOR; Dr.
| Lord, basso; ArA Johnson alto; Mr. Crraswold
| organtst sczv!cc Lc9tns at 1o:&5 T. N; Sunday
Echool celebrate n u p erenlnX services II
7:so p m Seats will be rcacrvcd for the congFe-
! Eatton, but ample Accommodations will be pro
Rev. II. n. Powera1 rector Of St. Johns Church at
Union patk, will preach this morning On "The
Giortnct Body, " aud this evening on "Tne Sepul-
morning serysce, commencing Al X a. d, the AZ
nu.l raIiah meeting vii Be held u which ~ssdcns
mt "a III ~ tFn&
O'Clock
Rev. Geo, A. Stree. viii preach this morning at
rews Will take place Monday evening At oclock
Their viii bc full services Al the Cathedral OF ST
and Peoria streets At 10: 50 = n. and s:s and
:: 30 n M The morning service viii be full choral
when the Holy Communion Will be celebrated and
Of Illinois, In the Afternoon the annual festival Of
the Sunday School will take place. The schools Of
also ne present In the evening. 1t 20, inefc VII
Easter services WI be ohecsred this morningin
St James Church Rev. Dr. HylA4ee will preAch
the sermon The children OF the Sunday School
wiu assemble at haif.rast and present their
Kev Charles Edward Cheney, rector Of chr.l
Church, viii celebrate Easscr service At I0x pcloc
a M, With sermon and the communion. At6n
saoos Then u he es Of cers, q caueh ss sunday
School and th.sc OF St GeorEet Chapel viii pre-
sent tncit offerings for the yeas With appropriate
rcntM Of pcws viii take plAcc on Monday evening
CATHOLIC.
High mass wtll be celebrated at St. AaUh
Church, nt the corner Of A1AIn9 street And 8haAh
avenue. At hafT'akt 10 O'clock this morning, when
the choir F1n &fng la11h!lotte1 = Grand Mas The
principal so'os WI! Be sanE ~ Aisa J. sommer.
Rev. \. Mitchell. pastor of the Ft5ss Church,
corner Of Wabash avenue and Congress street,
X ReT. Nj. % M.5sns, pa pastor q lie South Church
corner Of WabsAh avenue and Congress street.
viii preach morning And evening.
Church, coruer Of Washington and Carpenter
STREETS viii preach morning and evening.
Ing and evening, It Ouvet Church, corner Of vs.
lash syenue and fourteenth strict
Rev. David Wluiams VII preach this morning
and evening. In the Welch Church. corner Of san-
CANON and Monroe Et1rc1s-
The South Side Scotch Church IN connection
with The Chicago PrrshJtezJ. y. 4, VIII meet to
IT, ~ iiou u sa T1eniJ ni stsres besaeen 1oa
evening. The services wfn be conducted b ne
Rey. n F. Raylin, pastor Of the Fifth Church.
corner Of Harrison and sanganou streets, viii
Z V. Ms1!ey FEY vii III preach IN the forenoon, aod
M.or IN sne caPe
Rev. br. EalleJ WI preach this morning 1t
the Second Church. corner of Monroe nd Morgan
Rev. s B, Drew, pastor Of the F9re VIII Church
corner Of Peoria and Jackson sszee.a1 viii preach
Re7. jesse @ d Thon:s wtn preach to-day, morn
| ing and evening, In the Wabash Avenue Church,
s1~rt: Of Eighteenth street
viii he held under the auspices Of the 7. G. \,
and the meeting 1tl be addressed BY n I Moody
and y. y. while. In tne e,ealns Rer; Dr:
Sotthrup VII continue his diseouIsca on Ch1is-
ttanlIy and Modern Ratlonaftsm.
| toxURDaif1oSAL~
Rev; Professor Fsx ~ ptessa a. r. sne so1sh
at1th street, this morning and evening.
Professor SKIING, pastor Of tae Msss9,ns:sr
Church, corner Of Dearborn and Ontario sf1ren,
viii preach, morning and evening.
Rev. ]. T. Hyde vim preach, morning md evcn-
ing. tn the New EnRtand Church corner of pea7-
Rev, n Goodwin. pazor ot the F11ss Church,
corner OF Green and Washington Estcess, wa
preach morning and evening.
Rev. VIM Hartlett, pastor Of Plymouth Church,
corner Of y sbash arcn1c and Edadsc court, wnl
preach, this morning and evening.
Rev. C. u He1mef, OF the Cnlon Pstk Church,
the corner oi Warrington and raullnA zs1cctA
Cx1TAR1AN kSp CN1EKEAAIt5r.
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Hs, iH1s, .nd IN the esen1ns On "ao" 70 eet and ese
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nfAf Madison. s..
Rev: Sumner Ellis will preach Ii s. E1nls
| Church, corner Of W0bash avenue and Van Bcrrn
strett this morning md evening.
ReF. q. T. Flanders. pastor Of the Church OF the
hedeencf. corner OF Warrington md sAnsanou
Esreets, viii preach. this morning aud evening
special meeting Of the FfFst Tnteri1n Society
! viii he held in the vety Of the church on Aonis5
evening, IT N O'Clock The object OF the meet
the pews for the coming year, Aud such other b16t
ness ~ uay come before The meeting.
: Rev. Dr. Hatfield, pastor Of the Centenary
Church. VII preach, this morning and evening.
Rey. Dr. Fowler pastor Of the Wabash avenue
Church, corner Of Harrison street. VII preach .tn.s
morning nnd evening" his subject tonight being
nTbe Divine Inyttxt1ou to Examine