The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-04-17
EAsrrR SUNDAY.

Easter was observed In Empofia IN . /
manner beflting the Significance of that |
great festival Of the Christian church. |
The weather was propisieas, and the diff
ferent houses Of wusuhip were allied
with people. A number Of the church.
es wsse very profusely decorated with
flowers, special preparations were made
In the way Of music and the discOurses
Of the ministers generally treated Of the
great event ia the life OF the Son of God
which the day commentaries.
AT THE METHODIST cHuRcH
. very successful effort was made by the
ladies In the way of floral decoration,
and the Effect of the grouping of plants
and flowers around the altar was very
charming. The excellent choir was At
its best. Mifs FilFsS was absent, but
her place was satisfactorily filed by Miss
Jennie Noise, whose vocal attainments
are well known to our readers
Mrs. Sommers was In exception
ally good voice, and her contralto
solo, "Nearer, my God, 10 Thee"
proved an inspiration to the congrega
ton.
Rev. Mr.. Snodgrass preached his inis
tial sermon In the morning, and il was
fully IN harmony with the spirit Of the
occasion. Hespoke from the text; "And
There was No room for them in the
Inn" The idea developed from this
Scripture was that the peculiar circum-
stances attending the birth and child
life of The Christ fitted Him in an espe-
cial manner for the great work which
BE was sent by the Father to accomplish,
in that 1t brought Him
into the nearest sympathy
with men, and being touched with the
spirit OF our inflrmises He became
such mediator as only knowledge Of
feshly temptation could create. The
speaker then proceeded to contrast the
glories OF Chrlsts Kingdom as establish
ed in the earth. with the humility and
poverty amid which He was born.
Though there was no room in any of the
homes Of Bethlehem or even In the inn
for the incarDate God at the time OF His
marvellous birth, His rule was
now from the rivers into the
ends of the earth; HIS name belonged to
every tongue; the light OF His truth H.
lumined every land under the heavens ;
the evangel of love which he brought to
men wss Incorporated in all that is ex-
ceIlent OF literature, music and art, and
his precepts formed the foundation of
the worlds best and most enlightened
civilization. The manner of Mr.. SRed-
i grass in the pulpit is all that could be
desired. He is endowed with pleasing
voice, an impressive style ofdeliTery, and
q spirit Of earnestness that al
once enlIsts attention and holds it. The
subject matter of his discourses is thor
Oughly well-dfgested, his illustrations
are well chosen, and he displays force
and breadth of logic which promises to
make him power in this community
The discourse of last evening was in re.
latiOn to the exercise of charity, and was
we'll received by very large congrega-
ton.
AT ST. ANDREWS CHURCH
| sASAN "oo - GbSCANGAOC,
and evening The music was exception
ally fine, and the church presented mos
attractive appearance. Rev. Mr.. Mac
kay, the rector, preached discourses sp
propriate to the occasion, which wer,
replete with that high order of though
which characterizes his sermons at al
times.
The services at the
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
were highly edifying, and were espe
, cially interesting to the children. Their
Is nothing more difficult than to tall
with acceptability to the lamb
of the fold, and we know @
, few ministers who possess thi
rare faculty to the same degree as Rev
Mr.. Hendy.
REV. DIR. CoRDLEY,
of the Congregational church, preache,
e on the Resurrection In the morning
and In the evening an Easter praise sci
( vice was held at which Miss Matte P
n Spencer read q suitable selection an
addresses were made by the pastor, Z
q E. Rowland and ]. Z. Tyler. The SCI
: mon In the morning was pronounced b
those who heard 1t one of the ablest eve
delivered by 1.-THE Nugget Preach
er." The decorations at TIL
place were indeed beautiful. The
" consisted of tasteful arrangement {
B. potted plants aud cut flowers around th
D altar, all of which were contributed b
g four ladies: Mrs. Howard Dunlap, Mrs
E. Storrs, Mrs. w. w. Scott and Mrs. j
d A. Young.
n TIE EASTER FESTIVAL
lie at the WEIGH Congregational church /
the evening drew out very large attent
k ance of chrjldren and adults. II
d church was embelllshed with flower
,e and the services were most impressiI
and interesting.
THE CATHOLICS
, observed the day with the usual impo
- ing ceremonlals Of that church. Tt
T. E. P. Band assisted in the grand mas
and the alter was adorned with a grei
profusion OF flowers.