Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-04-25
Los ANGELES CHURCHES.
Decorations and services for
Baster.

Easter.
Casters sun rises on the world to-day
and all faithful humanity rises cheerful
with q renewed hope Of a glorious
Immortality beyond the tomb. There
is hardly church, II indeed there be
one in Los Angeles not deoked with
flowers, the lovely emblems of the resur-
rection. So far as the HERALD has
learned with certainty, there will be APP
propriate services at the Railroad Chapel
and the edifce is trimmed with flowers.
At the First Baptist Church all the
services will have reference to the day
and its inspiring thoughts. The church
is very handsomely decorated around
the pulpit and desk.
AT the First Congregational pretty
flower pieces adorn the altar, desk and
organ. The services will bear upon the
subject of the resurrection and i'm
mortality.
The First Presbyterian Church has a
large cross of callas, pretty harp, some
beautifully arranged baskets, an easel
covered with vines, on which is fine
flower cross and crown.
The Catholic Cathedral has all the
shrines decorated in a most lovely man
ner with flowers in pots and with flower
pieces. There will be mass at $3.50 and
BAN. A pentifcal mass at 10. with
the Rt. Rev. Bishop Mora celebrant and
Father Murray as preacher. Vespers
will be had at 1880 P. NJ. The music
will be under the charge Of Prof. Stamm,
assisted by Mr.. and Mrs. Tanning and
Others. The mass will be MozArt's 18th.
The Fort Street NJ. E. Church is
deliberately decorated. In front of the
altar is q cross Of callas six feet high,
above which is suspended crown. The
deck is trimmed with callas and roses.
In front is a table on which is a circle OF
Marechal Mel roses, within which is a
cross of heliotrope. There is an anchor,
a crescent and star made Of roses. etc.
The rail is all trimmed with callas
and roses. The walls are adorned with
letters reading, 81 am He that Liveth,
''Christ is Risen," etc. The services
will all have special reference to the day
and its great hopes.
The Episcopal church is most elabor-
ately decorated. The back of the altar
is a mass of lovely callas and roses. The
altar rail is all trimmed with roses and
smilax. Some one OF rare taste has
trimmed the lectern with roses, begin
ming at the top with yellow varieties,
then red, next pink, next safrano, aud
ending with pure white. The pulpit is
handsomely trimmed with supreb roses.
The font Is mass of callas and the base
is covered with narguerites. Along the
walls between the windows and round
the chandeliers ore branches of the fan
palm with punches of flowers. The
windows are all decorated by
those whose departed friends they
commemorate. The Bigelow window
in the east is adorned with a great
cross of callas. The Thorn window is
beautifully trimmed. TheSunday School
children have two windows and they are
both resplendent with flowers. Mrs. l..
C. Goodwin decorated her own window
aud also the Caswell window. The
"Credence" is also trimmed with smilax,
suimounted by cross of orange flowers
and violets-a very pretty piece. The
Knights Templar, who attend ia body
a special service at P. M, sent in great
cross five feet in height. The Schu-
macher window is decorated very beau
tifully. Services will be at $3.50, IL, A
and I o'clock. At the last hour the SER
vices will be for the Sunday School,
Each class will carry its banner. These
are gorgeous and made of very costly
material. The music at 10 clock will be-:
Professional Hymn; Coward, Chris.
tian Soldiers" No. 232, Sullivan; Easter
Anthem, Humphrey in G; TIE Deum,
Norris in G; Jubitate Gregorian, Sth
tone; Special Psalms, Hayes in d, Hop
kins in B fiat, and Crotch in ID; Hymn
l04, st. Albinus; First Anthem,
Know that my Redeemer Liveth," 1.-THE
Messiah, Handel; Hymn 10Y, Unser
Herrscher; Second Anthem, "Ye Cholrs
of New Jerusalem" John White.
By the way, during passion week" at
this church the passion music of j..
Sebastian Bach was sung each day--the
first time in America.
The church will be photographed to-
morrow by Mr.. F. G. Schumacher.