The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1886-04-23
EASTER SERVICES.

/ SO nearly as we can ascertain, there
will be special Easter services at all the
churches IN the city next Sabbath.
At the M. E. church there will be APP
= propriate services in the morning, and
that sanctuary will be fittingly decorated
for the occasion. In the evening the
pastor will take for his subject, sour
Parents"
The Congregational Sabbath school will
give IN Easter concert in the evening at
the church, and Rev. Mr.. Bushnell will de-
liver discourse i'm the morning apropOs
to the day. The floral establishment of
the church is in the hands of commit
tee, who will exercise extreme vigilance
i'm making this such as it should be on
day of such peculiar sacredness.
AT Our Saviour's Lutheran church,
(Norwegian) there will be special Easter
services in the evening, commencing at
8 o'clock. Rev. Mr.. Fagre will be absent
mt st. Peter i'm the morning, therefore
there will be no services ut that hour.
The church will be neatly embellished
with floral decorations.
At the Baptist church, Easter services
will be held in the morning, at which
Rev. F. l.. Patterson will preach upon
''The Resurrection" Appropriate sing
ing will be profusely interspersed. In
the evening of that day the subject of the
pastors discourse will be "The First Day
of the Week the Christian Sabbath"
OF course the German Catholic church
will have its usual elaborate services, and
the decorations of that sanctuary will ex-
eel any in the city. AT o'clock a. m,
a procession of the mems and young
mems societies will be had, and solemn
High Mass will be celebrated, and at 10
II. m, High Mass, with three priests Of
iiciating. Vespers will be said at 3
O'Clock p. m, with full choir.
st. Johns Episcopal church have pre-
pared special programme for Easter
service, in which is some very fine mus
zeal selections. Their well known GUS
tom of making profuse floral decorations
will be adhered to as usual. The follow.
ing is the programmes:
Holy Communion ut a. m.
Full morning prayer sermon, ETC., at 1880 a. IN. |
Children's Easter service, at ! 80 p. IN.
MUSIC ARRANGED FOR EASTER MORNING.
rroccsslonal flynn ......--..;:.. MOZART
Ea ster Anthem .............. .Morntngton |
GLORIA Patri .......... ......... Costa
Te Deum ....... Gutterson
Hymn Angels roll the rock ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Hymn-"Jesus Christ is risen ia. day Morgan
Gloria in cxcclsis. Old Chant
Nunc dimittis....... NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. Bavry |
The rector will be assisted in three SER
vices by Rev. J. Wynne Jones, of Fari-
bault.
The pastor of the Presbyterian church
will preach an appropriate sermon at the
usual hour III the morning, and the choir
will render the following sacred selec-
tons, selected expressly for the Easter
service:
l-Eastcr Anthem -"Christ our Passover.
2-venitc--" Come Let us Sing" ....-'.....
a-"Hc Is Not Here. But Is Risen,". .......'....
.............. .....................G uonOd.
In the evening the Sabbath school will
give concert, at which will be rendered
an Easter exercise, secured for the occa-
sion.
At st. Johns Catholic church, mass
will be celebrated at 8 O'Clock a. M, and
10 Il. m, and ut the latter hour Father
Prior will deliver sermon on "The
Resurrection" The altar, and interior
of the church will be decorated hand
somely and appropriately, and music
will he selected for the day especially.
The German Lutheran church Is being
deliberately decorated, and we are in
formed that the service will be as appro-
pirate and impressive as is generally the
case on Easter with this denomination.
The other German churches are like
wise preparing for proper observance
of the day, but We have Deen unable to
obtain details.