Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-04-14

for st. Matthews. There is evidence
that the Holy Spirit has been and Is ut
work in their midst.
The present rector, Rev. X. K. Swope,
came TO them about four months since,
and has, with untiring zeal, laoored In
season and out OF season Tor the WORK
of the Lord, and he truly had an up-hiil
work to accomplish, debt-an ugly,
ornament upon any OF Gods people-oi
about $4,000, and people hardly
knowing where to turn for help, not De-
lieyinp il possible for them to meet or
proyide for il, but labor that proceeds
of love has wrought much and VIII,
by Gods grace, do more.
After the many and solemn services
of the Lenton season and the urgent
appeals 10 them to do all they couid
with a single eve to Gods service to lit
from their necks this heavy yoke, there
came this grand Easter day, and with II
has come-who can doubt?-1oos
blessing.
At Z o'clock, the hour appointed,
morning prayer was said by the Rector
the Bishop, the Rt. Rev. g. W. Peter
kin. taking the service from the creed.
The music was sublime. 1t was sim
plv impossible for the most hardened
or unfeeling to listen to the glad strains
OF the exultant Gloria an Erceisis and lie
De7,m Loudamus without thrill OF awe.
The choir is deserving of the greatest
praise for its fine rendition OF these
sacred anthems. Mr.. c. w. Eof pre-
sided at the organ and the choir was
composed of Mrs. C. w. Eof, soprano;
Miss Rose McNaughten, alto; U. =.
Dewey and Ed. Hobbs, tenors, and Mr..
Oscar Seeley, bass. The following was
the music:
Christ an
Gloria in e.i
TIE DCuln "
Jdblae
At the close of morning prayer, tie
rector gave brief address, which was
full of touching illusions to the grei
truths taught by this day and by the
profusion of beautiful flowers with
which the church, pulpit, prayer desk,
font and altar were beautifully decorated.
At JOB o'clock the ante-communlon
services was begun, the rector reading
the Epistle and the Bishop the Gospel
for the day. The Bishop gave q
very touching and beautiful sermon
up0n the facts and effects OF our Lord s
Resurrection from the grave on this
day. Alter the sermon there came the
glorious sight of twenty-five persons
coming out from the world and conse-
Grating their lives to their Master )
work in the holy rite OF confirmation.
The church was filled to its utmost
capacity with as attentive a congrega-
ton as often gathers in Gods House.
And they one and all seemed to be i'm
pressed with the great solemity OF this
evidence OF the working OF Gods Holy
Spirit.
But another triumph over earth was
vet 10 come, for after another of the
Rector's Short but pointed appeals came
the ofiertory, and as we have since
learned the amount given in money and
bonds bonds which had been given to
provide for the debt and were held
against the Church, amounted to
S5,2l7O2, thus reducing the debt from
5000 to about $4,000. And one pref
tv sight was To see the children of the
sunday School-thc Lambs of Christ 5
flock walk up To the chancel rail and
make thcir Offering towards the debt
an offering which meant for them hours
OF work and much deprivation to en-
able them To do this. And the sum of
S354 of the above amount was given by
those little ones as an evidence Of their
appreciation OF Christ's sacrifice for
them. Then followed the administra-
ton of the Blessed Sacrament Of the
Lords Supper with not less than two
hundred communicates. 1t was indeed
a solemn and u truly high day" in ST.
Matthews.
In the afternoon at 3 O'Clock the chill.
drcnS service, with their beautiful
hymns and happy voices, again made
Gods House jubiIant. At this service
the children made another offering Of
81. which they gave Ia their beloved
Bishop for the missionaries under his
charge, thus not forgetting while God
was doing good 10 them, TO do good
themselves to others.
In the evening there was a service
and an address by the Rector, and then
the Bishop, at the Mission Chapel on
the Island, 10 Il crowded house, So
crowded that there was hardly standing
room.
The Rev. Mr.. Granger Vas in the
chanccl ut these services.
IMMACULATE CONCEPTION.
The Church of the Immaculate Con-
ccptiUn. South Side, was not wanting in
taste and imprrSSiVcnpss. a. the dpcOra-