The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1876-04-20
EASTER.
Impressive and Beautiful Cere-
monies at the Church of the
Messiah.

monies at the Church of the
Messiah.
Sunday was a beautiful day for
the celebration Of Easter bs the
Episcopal Sabbath school The eel
ebration Of occasions of this kind
at that church are attended with
great interest and beautiful eeremo-
nies, and upon this occasion our
citizens filed the church an hour
before the time announced and
eagerly awaited the commencement
of the service. The children of the
Sundays School assembled at the
residence of Mrs. Charlie Carter
and at 3 o'clock moved in process
sion towards the church. They
were all clad in white and each
bearing a beautiful boquet of Eas
ter flowers, to which was attached
the accustomed offering, and headed
by their teachers, they entered the
church, when the choir commenced
the beautiful song, "Hail, all Hail, -
whieh was caught up by the chill
dren, as they marched up the aisles
and took the seats reserved in the
pews for them. DIR, Dorset then
explained to the congregation the
nature of the occasion being eele
brated, in few wei chosen and In /
structive remarks, and the services
were opened with a beautiful Sen
tence, followed by the carol. 'Christ
hath arisen" recital of the Creed
and Response to Prayers, all sung
beautifully.
DR.. Dorset then explained the ma
ture of the offerings the children
were about to make, and gave a
short and interesting discourse upon
the usages peculiar to the occasion.
The school was divided into four
classes and marched up successive
ly to the chancel, singing We
Gather" ''Little Children, Come to
Jesus, Singing of Birds" and |
Near the Tomb" and deposited !
their offerings at the altar and each |
receiving an Easter Egg. The
school then sang, "He is Risen" af- (
ter which DR.. Dorset called for boys /
composing his secular school, and /
when they had assembled he pre-
sented them each with a Prayer
Book, spending a few words in its
praise and commenting it to them
for careful study, and urging them
to make its precepts and teaching
the rule of their ivcs. The chill
dren in the congregation were then
invited to come forward and receive
an Easter Egg. The services were
then closed in the usual impressive
manner, and the large congregation
well pleased.
The church was ornamented for
the occasion with festoons of ever
greens and boquets. The choir
added greatly to the impressiveness
and pleasure of the occasion with
several renditions of sacred songs,
and we take occasion now to com
pliment them, not only for their
own sweet and perfect music, but
for the manner in which the chill !
dren were taught to carry their
parts so well. The music was far
above the average in every respect |
DR.. Dorset has been untiring in
his zeal to build up the church at
this place, and he is a man of such |
assiduous devotion to his calling,
energy in prosecuting the path of
duty, and wiGhal of such varied tai
ent, that he is succeeding admirably
in winning friends not only to his
church but to himself. The Sun
day-school has grown from twenty
to a hundred pupils, and the inter-
ests of the church all appear to be
prospecting. We hope he may be
retained here.