Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-04-20
THE GREAT CHRISTIAN FESTIVAL.
Easter In the ChurcheS-Celebrati
the Resurrection Of the Redeemer.


the Resurrection Of the Redeemer.
Tomorrow being Easter Sunday joyful ser
vices will take place in the Roman Catholic,
Protestant Episcopal, Lutheran, and some
other churches, to celebrate that great event
in the history of Christianity the resurrection
| of Jesus Christ from the tomb.
The sacred music on this occasion will be a
great feature OF the services The following
es g at OF the
| IHE STAR of yesterday:
ocl'k; ;''Vidi Aquam," " Peters; ;.Veni Creator"
ma1 La hashe; ache mass, living; offertory, sit No
Magnestg Em@ereh: Regins 1es coeRp cHaRp
Wernsr; q sa!ataris,', Perkins; Tantam
Geb The the
tor, Prof. Emil HOler; soprani, Mrs. J. Will
Cross, C,o Madam Applsberg, Miss Alice Clark,
Miss Dell Reynolds tenori, Mr.. W. i, Nor
NJ Ese John MN M7SaSwdsshIey' " shy MT: J. To9ghy
| Boyle viii ofticate at st. Peters, as he takes
charge Of St. Mathews next week.
Nurch Of the In1noacutdle Conceptton.-
| The services in this church on Easter Sunday.
will be Of very imposing character. High
mass will be celebrated at II O'Clock a. m, at
which time the Rev. Father Gallen, assistant
| pastor will Off1ciate as celebrant, assisted by
the Rev. P. F. Mccarthy, pastor, as deacon,
and the Rev. A. j. McInerney, as subdeacOn,
who will also preach ON the occasion. The
| musical portion of the services will be of
high order. Hayden'S Mass, No. l, will be
rendered by the following choir, under the
and Miss Kate Griffin: aiti, Misses Mamie
Moonan, Nellie Kearon and Stein; tenori,
and Thomas Mccormick; bassi, Messrs. Geo,
Beiesingne organist' Miss N. %o NJ Meleher: td a:
by Prof. Reuter-, viii by sung yg as S an offer,
torum, bv the male octette of the choir at
yespers An s. o Salutars' Nrio) by Rossini;
Ave Maria" by Lambillotte, will be sung by
The, Rev. P. F. Mccarthy, pastor of the
several days, is convalescent and will partici
pate in Easter ceremonies.
st. Domonick's.-At II o'clock a. m, Won
gradual "Sit NOmen Domino" and at the
3tftiertory one "Gaudeamus:, will be rendered: At
S seryee p bv
The choir consists cf Miss Rosa a. Riley, Riley,
soprano soprano M Mrs. James Ryan, alto; Messrs.
| TheO. Miller and nj. KOeching, baSSi VIM.
! Waldecker, OrganiSt
PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCHES.
| Trinity. - Opening anthem, ''ChrlSt the
Lord is Risen, Dudley Buck; Easter anthem,
rG!eFa EeF,?v, fatr, ndHss MSsentRa Rac Psa
Williams: offertory, I'VE Fields Of Light
Millet.. The choir is organized as follows:
0rganist and leader, Miss Moxon; soprano,
Mr.. Stocking; baritone, Mr.. Middleton.
them. ITO Him Who for Our Sins Vas sfan, M
in G, Thomas; "Jubllate." in G. Millard; /" In
trSt GSr, BaTFR5y Th2y KYrie in D. Barnoy
ascriptiOn. All Things Come" &C., Tails;
sanctus, from Farmers Mass - in B fiat. The
following compose the choir: Mr. p. B. Mac
| LeOd, organist and director; Miss Upperman,
soprano; Miss Davidson. alto: Mr.. H. A
Foresman, tenor, and MI W. W. Wishart,
| bass.
Holy Cross Ctatrch,-Matns at half-past
nine a. m, sung to GregOrian tones; ''Te
Deum,m sung to ,Roceen .Meditation;'' an
t!hem' Ghrlst d Our Pass?yer,' viii tone I'd end
tus," Gonnod; "Agnes Del" Missa de Angels;
Gloria Tibi,n Walter ,offertory, Garrett,
Ger Lloyd; re Deum,'' j. r. Thomas, ,h1 in
fiat; "J9bilate,'' J: R: Thomas, in 5 fiat.
aSd MeGcy alto sHrsn Hss MS;es enc Ma
Messrs. Loguen, johnson, and Barnett; bassi,
Mersrs. Fleetwood and CrOmwell: organiSt,
Miss Emma Smith conductor, Mr.. G. A. Fleet
| wood
Emmanuel Church, Uatontown.-organ
voluntary 9sth hymn, Jesus Christ is Risen
Done 9 hymn sFGs 5esns is osr oar ES se
alted Lord;'' Easter anthems, Christ, our
Pass@9yer @ is Sacrificed for Vs." and '.There refore
wards, and Darling, with Miss Cora F. McGill,
orEganist, e. ,,e,o comprise P the choir. .,,,, W. .,
Gloria Patri," Mosenthai; tie Deum''
ssIts .Festiva3 o1s Raa!leE q! Eals Buck Jubiate Mo-
| Miss Cooke, soprano: Miss HYDE, alto: Mr.
Hoa, tenor; Mr. S. E: Middleton, basso; Mr.. W. ".
f. Middleton, tt organist and &c conductor.
Will be no special effort made in the way of
muslca! exercises, as this church is now en-
gagged in recognizing its choir and securing
ert Yeatman is taking the lead in this matter.
,Ascensi9n Ch,trehGIhe M r.. services will be at
Mark 6 th verse tt S they said fsm Sons St
themselves, Who shall roll us away the stone
aao from the door, door of the sepulehre" At5 D: IN.
| large offerings will be made
Holy Communion, corner Virginia avenue
and I'D street northWsst Key CLARK
Hfa Il pfTTSSet Saa
of sopranos, Miss Rosalie Bleecker, Miss Pearl
and Mrs. Reeve; eontralto, Miss Marie Nc
Sessford-under the direction of Prof. J. NJ r
Partello, organist, will render the following
music: PROFESSIONAL, Christ the Lord is Risen
:Te beum,' Warren, in ~ G; Jdblates bltsG5sa,'' peo,'
GregOrian IntrOit, Lift Your Glad Voices"
"Kyrie," GounOd; "Credo,'' Merbecke: offer
atory, anthem, Christ Our Passover" Par
tellO; "Sanctus," plain: "Gloria in Excelsis,''
plain song; professional, THE Strain Up
| raise
- LUTHERAN.
| st. Paurs, tRev. Dr.. Domer.)-At the morn.
ing service the choir, under the leadership of
| ID. &. w. Ourand, will sing-Anthem, s'See
| from the tomb the Saviour rise," and old Eas-
| ter anthem. Evening-Anthems, "The Lord
is King and Rejoice the Lord is King
THE INDIAN TERRITORY INoUIRY.-The
Senate Committee Oh territories yesterday re-
sumed its inquiry into the affairs of the Indian
! territory tribes. DR.. Healey, of the ChOctaw
| tribe, was recalled and testified that he had
been threatened If he advocated territorial
| government for the country. Mr.. Pusey, a
half bred Choctaw, stated that he was familiar
with the affairs Of tribe, and was able to state
that there was not any feeling, SO far
as he could learn, in favor of any
| change in the mode of government he
| had been written to by numerous parties in
| terested in mines and railroad grants, request.
| ing him to advocate the change, but he adj.
| mitted that these parties were so inclined be-
cause II the tribal rights could be abolished
and the territorial government substituted.
they could manage through Congressional in
| huence to make their grants valuable, and he
believes this was the real animus of the
| controversy, so far as these individuals
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