Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-04-25
GLADPAEANS OF PRAISE.
EASTER SERVICES IN THE CITY
CHURCHES TODAY

Commentaries The Churches
Decorated With Evcrgreens and
EIowers-Thc Day of Spring Cos
TIMES.
To-day will be celebrated what is in
many respects the most important reli-
gious festival Of the year, the Feast of the
Resurrection Of Christ. This year Easter
falls on April %, the latest day on which
It can fall, an event which has not Oc-
Cured since 1874, ard will not occur
again till 1913. The earliest date for
Easter, March %, has occurred only once
in this century, in 1918.
The late date on which Easter falls this
year will doubtless enable the church to
make her floral decorations much more
elaborate than usual. tits probable there
will be more spring costumes seen than
for years, so propiuous is the weather.
The churches will emerge from the SOM
bieness Of Lieut. tragrant with fresh fioW.
ers and resoundng with joyful music.
The proper time of the celebration OF
Faster was long and bitterly disputed in
the early Christian church. In the a b.
Bence OF any authoritative decision as to
the day 20 be observed, or the method Of
determining it, there was much dlverg-
b fore the Passion Weeb, some after;
some began at the beginning, some at the
middle, some at the end. TO settle This
question was one of the purposes for
which the Nicenc Council was convened
in S25. IL was then decided that Easter
must be celebrated always on Sunday,
though no certain day OF the month or
moon was fixed. 1t was not until the
sixth century that the method OF the Pas
chal moon, depending on the golden num-
her, the epact and the dominica letter,
was devised
One express object Of the Nicene Coun.
Gil was 10 prevent any coincidence for all
future time of Easter AID Passover, but
they conceded III JSoj April IA ana IN
JS25 April %, and viii again coincide in
1909 April l2), in 1928 April J, 10 1927
(April I'D, and 1881 April 49,. Easter,
rs is well known, can never come before
March - or after April -. Easter came
on March - in 1861 and ~ 1878, but this
Will not occur again IN this or the next
century; in 1910 and in 1886 it came on
March ~, and this Will not occur again
until 1918.
Among EWscopallan5 Easter day mas
rome to be observed as the great feast of
The church. There are but few of the
churches that do not have on that day
flowers within the chancel The dark
COlOred bOOk-marke and chancel hangngS
gold, and the affairs are decorated with
masses of rich flowers.
In the Catholic church the white vest
ments of the priests, the grand altar deco
Tations, beautiful music and other adj
juncts of the service all snow the great
gladness felt.
The Lutheran Church celebrates the
day with great rejoicings. and in later
years the other Evangelical churches have
come 10 make the festival one Of special
ceremonies.
At st. Johns the music and decorations
will be as elaborate as in former years.
At IL O'Clock this morning there will be
morning service with sermon and the
holy communion. The Sunday school
Easter festival will take place on W ed
uesday evening.
In nearly all of the Evangelical
churches the services will have some
bearing upon the day and the great event
which it commentaries.
At Trinity Methodist church the pas
tor, Rev. L. L. Christian, will preach this
morning upon the Resurrection of
Christ" At tO-nights service there will
be a concert exercise, subject, Heaven"
to be participated in by % young ladies
and gentlemen.
At the Baptist church the usual morn
ing services will be held, and tonight the
Sunday school will celebrate its ami
Versary.
CHRIST CHURCH.
At Christ church the decorations are
elaborate. At the IL O'Clock service this
morning there will be morning prayer and
sermon, and the holy communion will be
celebrated. The following programme Of
music will be rendered;
anthem. .....................Sta lner
Christ, our Passover Observation-Disclosures. Buck
TIE Deum .............. ...................L LLOYD
.luhila Dan
Onertory.
Hear Us O Jesus. ..................Me rcadante
At $3.50 O'clock this afternoon the Sun
day school Easter festival will take place.
THE CATHEDRAL.
At the Cathedral of Our Lady OF Per-
petual Help the services will be most i'm
pressive. The music will be rendered by
fun choir, with orchestral accompani-
ment, and will be under direction Of Prof.
Leo W. Mehrtens, organist and choir
master, ana MIR. W. II. Way, director.
The programme Is as follows;
MORNING SERVICE.
Webster's Mass IN q, with Orchestral Ao-
compartment.
oGertOriara-.Lauda sion" .Lambl Otto
EVENING SERVICE.
Nespcfs. s.-.............. KOseWig
iiaec llles. .'''....'..-...'...-.. Bordest
Magnincat.......- .......-......... Mozart
Neni Creator ....-. ....-..--- ....... La Hache
iAc INA toells Lam lOblC
- odlulhf ISL. Eield
Violin Ob!igatO-.'patum Ergo ........ Berge
THE LUTHERAN CHURCH.
At the Evangelical Lutheran Church OF
The. Ascension there will be confirmation
and the celebration Of the holy com.
munion az this mornings service. The
programme Of music is as follows:
TIE Deum, Llocd's. i'm 4 nar.
NrlnTfl nutri Mozart n IA
kyrle, Grcguriau, Ia A.
Gloria in ENCelss, Millard, in g.
CHRIST Our Passover, Willard, dag,
sanctus, Maard in nat.
EASTER FLOWERS.
Elaborate Displays This Year on 40
count of = Late Easter.
"Four Of every five young ladies' | have
met this afternoon are wearing flowers at
their throat, in their belt, or on their
bosom"
The speaker was a gentleman who had
Just been out Bull street 20 Forsyth Park
The statement was confirmed in part by
the florists who admitted that there had
been an unusual demand for flowers, and
particularly for cut flowers.
Easter and Decoration day Comfnu m