St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-04-26
at the Churches.
Easter Sunday
HOUSE OF HOPE


At the House Of Hope Presbyterian
church. corner of Fifth and Exchange
streets, there was a beautiful display of
flowers. The pastors desk was wreathed
in front with cut roses intermingled with
green, while on the communion table below
was built pyramid of Towering plants,
geraniums, lilies. etc, the pots being con-
cealed by green leaves and forming a very
handsome centeTpiece. at either side of
the desk was placed gOod-sized century
plant in an urn. On the front of the choir
box, behind the pulpit, hung a beautiful
floral anchor. the bow being wrought of
deep red pinks and the shaft and cross bar
of white pinks, the whole surrounded by a
narrow margin of green. From the other
end of the music rack hung a cross wrought
of callas and lilies of the valley. DR..
Christie preached to an unusually large
audience and the music was unusually fine.
PLYMOUTH CONGREGATIONAL.
Easter was fittingly observed at Plym-
outh church i'm all the church services
About the platform was a wealth OF hot
house and garden plants, in bloom, many
of them. and tastily arranged. So profuse
was the display that the desk itself was
hidden behind carnations and geraniumS.
with their green leaves, while at either side
were pots of lilies. 1t made an attractive
picture. The pastor, DIR. Dana, stood be-
hind it and preached sermon in accord
with the spirit of the day. The music was
specially arranged the choir consisting of
Mrs. Fuller. Miss Nellie MabOn. Mesdames
James and Colburn, Messrs. LOOMS, Bur
rows. Hay and NickersOn, with Mr.. Will
lam Wheaton as Organist. In the evening
the annual Easter Sunday-SchOOl festival
was held. consisting of recitatlOns and
singing, all i'm of a nature adopted to the
nature of the celebration.
ST. PAUL's CATHEDRAL.
st. PauPs cathedral was filed to over
flowing yesterday morning at the high
mass. The main and side affairs were very
beautifully decorated with cut flowers, the
prevailing color being white, and the walls
around the main altar to q considerable
height were looped with wTeaths of ever
green festooned, while the chandelier over
the railing was hung with delicate smilax,
Bouquets of flowers made the whole scene
attractive. The musical program was the
very best and under the direction of Prof.
William Manner. GregOrian vesDers were
celebrated in the evening by Bishop Ire
land. with Father 0'Brien as deacon and
Father Gibbons as subdeacOn, Father Shan
ley acting as master of ceremonies. The
auditorium was again filed even to the
standing room.
CHRIST CHURCH.
The decorations at Christ church, corner
of Fourth and Franklin streets, were very
attractive. In the center of each window
around the auditorium were plants in bloom
and pots of ferns arranged on little brackets
for this purpose. On the altar stood vases
of cut flowers, and in the choir box, which
Is at one side of the pulpit, stood an enOr-
nous pyramidal bouquet of various kind:
of flowers, the whole surmounted by g
cluster of callas and forming very hand
some ornament Bouquets were prOfusely
placed and the preachers desk contained
cut flowers. The audience was an un-
usually large one, chairs being placed in all
the aisles to accommodate Easter church
AeOers.
ST. PAUL'S EPISCOPAL
The floral decorations at st. Paurs Epis
c op al church. corner Of Ninth and Div
streets, were very beautiful. The desl
was wreathed with large tuberoses ant
smilax: two very large bouquets of Gala
were placed on stands on either side of tn
rostrum and the silver vases on the alta
also held bouquets of that immaculate
flower, symbolical of purity. The slopint
window shelves on either end of the alta
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