Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-11-12

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Eucoro. Throughout this country there
was a ike general eel, bration OF tho oo
ctslon, aud the reports from city and rural
districts agree IN their accounts Of the
enthusiasm aud popular interest which
diStlugu. shed tho festivities. In this city,
where the Lutheran denomination is one
Of the most influential aud humorous IN
the community, the festival was very
marked, as viii bo seen from the following
reports Ia detail or'thc various exercises
and obscrvauccs in tho different churches
TRINITY UuUKuu.
Ihc Urest musical FesIiSsI uu saturday
Night.
Never before Was such throug gather d
| within tho walls of old Mother Trinity as
! that which struggled for place on Saturday
evening to see and hear the great musical
sunday school festival IN communication
Of the four huudrcdth anniversary Of the
| birth Of Luther. Long before O'Clock,
| the hour announced Tor the commence.
mcnt of the services, every seat in the
| house was occupied aud every available
| iuCh uf standing room, Not only the
| pewS were over crowded, but tho aiSles
/ mass ut men, women and children, aud
| hundreds who came to hear went away
! disappointed because of being unable to
! get even near the doors.
The decoration of the church was very
! elaborate and in excellent taste. The
| pulpit was hidden beneath q wealth of
/ foliage plants aud bl NSsuming flowers Tow
! erIug above these was a column OF white
| flowers, aud on its summit rested q tine
| statuette Of Luther.
! Ia front of the pu pit were Hanged a
| series Of gas jets forming the word LIUHr,
and back OF the pulpit IN larger letters,
| bat not SO brilliant, was the
word FAlTu. The chanel was a
gard of roses, the altar, the communion
table aud other furniture being literally
covered with floral crusSe5, crowns, harpS,
| anchors, wreaths, bouquets and other dc
Signs of cut flowers. The columns that
support the pulpit chandeliers, the front
of the galleries and organ loft, and the
pillars that support them, wero festoOned
aud wreathed with laurel, while every gas
bracket on the wall was deCked with a
laurel wreath. Away up over the pulpit
arch in great black German text letters
Vas the word LUrHEE. and on either side
tho dates 1883" "lSS3." The spaces
between the windows aud doors down
stairs were filled with the nlmeS OF tho
towns made memorable by Luther. Among
them were " Augsburg" " Wittenberg, ~
IT rturt, Worms" "Wartburg" "Mar.
burg, "SptreS, "Eisleben, - "Eiscnach, -
Smalcald, " "Liepsic," Coburg ald
Largau.' The corresponding spaces
up stairs we're filed with some OF the priu.
cipAl results OF Luther's work. OF these
were the " Bible Liberty Eiuca
tiou." Hymns" "Catechism." ." Private
Judgment" Sc.
All these notices were in German text,
ca. out Of black paper and placed against
the wall, each word forming the arc of a
circle. The effect was very fine and was
universally admired.
The music was led by Prof. Karl MAJ Z,
who had as his assistants a very full chCir
Of fifty vocalists, containing several fiue
solo voices picked orchestra of fourteen
Instruments, the graUd organ Of Old Triu-
Ity in charge OF Prof. Haas, aud y chorus
Of full three hundred voices. The ohoruses
were given with wonderful power aud
effect, aud the soprano solos by Miss Ella
MuSSer aud tenor solo by Mr.. Slough were
rendered most aTtlstiCally.
Following was the programme in iu!l
" y Praise the Mighty cod '-Emerson.
" In Thee, o Lori - GertholI Tours.
choir and school
choir and school.
" Nlu Away tive Thanks "-wnitie,d
q It snail Come to Pass --Garrett.
Choir and school
" Praise the Lord sir JOnR GOss...,..Cholr
All the Lutheran ministers of the city
except Rev. DR.. Greeuwald (whoso III
health prevented his attendanCe), were
present and participated in the services.
Glowing culOgiums on Luther were deIIv-
cred by Rev. + l.. Reed of Christ church
aud Rev. {. EIvn llOupt, of Grace. Re
spJDsIvc readings from the Psalms formed
an interesting part of the service. The
crownng glory ofS the festival was Of
course Luther's great battle hymn, " Elm
Feste Burg" though the opening Psalm,
" Ia Thee, . Lord, | put My Trust" aud
the " llaIlcjujah Chorus" were also rem
dered with wonderful force and express
sion.
sunday MorntuG aun tveuipg services 1T
IInity.
At the services on Sunday morning the
venerable Doctor GreeDwald oificiated and
preached a sermon on "Luther's Piety."
There was very large audience present
who listened with the deepest interest To
the able and interesting sermon, and gazed
with pleasure upon the beautiful floral
decorations in the church. The doctor
took as his text Psalm Clil2
Bless the Lord, . my soul, and forget not all
His dement's.
The sermon was based mainly upon the
pious nature aud duties of the great ro-
former and he dwelt eloquently upon the
great achievements Luther had secured and
the benefits humanity had gained from
them. He spoke of the intellectual light
which came TO the world when Luther
detied the Catholic church aud It's high
officers and offered to mankind an insight
into the true religion by giving them the
Bible. He showed how thankful we ought
to be that Luther lived as he did and dem
Onstrated how great were the obligations
the Catholic church. as we'll as all other
denominations, was under TO him for
spreading the gospel broadcast and placing
1t within the reach of the people. Tracing
the great work Of the reformer, Doctor
Greenwald showed wherein lay his deep
and earnest piety and his rugged and
persevering strength, all of which lay in
his trust in higher power. The doctor
eXhOrted his listeners not to forget from
whence Luther drew his aid, and to seek
theirs from the same source. The sermon
was most instructive one and was full OF
proofs of Luther's usefulness, his good.
ness and his benefits to the world.
In the evening Rev. q. l., Fry preached
an excellent sermon appropriate to the
time which was listened to with marked
al hy tba mhinh nat