The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-04-02

| Prof. Leo w. Mehrtens presided at the organ
| with his well-knowh ability, and the choir
was under the direction of Mr.. II. j. Wink
ers. The altar decorations, though not
elaborate, were rich. The flowers were
lilies OF the valley and tulips.
AT ST. PArRcK's CHURCH.
At st. Patricks, early masses were said,
and at $50 o'clock high mass was celebrated
| by Rev. Father Sweeney, of Brooklyn, n.
Y. Rev. Father Balm preached the ser
mon. The musical feature of the service
was the rendering of "Dachauer's' mass by
the choir. The most effective efforts We're
the Gloria and "Credo" in both of which
all the parts were well sustained.
| The solos by Miss Teresa Savarese and
MIR. F. E. Rebarer were exceedingly well
rendered. The oRertary "Jesu Del Vivi,n
| from Verdi was sung by Miss O'Byrne and
Messrs. O'Donovan and Dumas.
The excellent singing Of Rosewig's Ave
Verum" in the benedictus by Mr.. NJ A.
OByrne was of quality and KIND rarely
equalled in this church and was listened to
with much interest. Vesper services We're
at $3.50 o'clock Father Bazin ofiiciated.
| The music was by tie same choir. Pechers
| 70 Salutarisn was sung by Miss Marie
O'Byrne, the leading soprano.
AT WESLEY MONUMENTAL CHURCH.
Rev. A. NJ. Wynn preached to a large
congregation yesterday morning at the
Wesley Monumental church. His subject
was the Resurrection. The church was very
prettily decorated, the decorations consist
ing of vases filed with roses, verbenas and
lilies. On either side of the pulpit was a
large vase filled with Easter flowers Yes
| terday was also Sacrament day at this
church.
ST. STEPHENS SUNDAY SCHOOL.
The annual Easter festival of St Stephen's
Sunday school (colored) took place
last night at Z o'clock at
st. Stephens church. The dec
orations were very pretty. In front of the
chancel were vases filled with pretty roses.
The font was covered with moss, with a
cluster of roses on top. A banner, bearing
the inscription, He has risen, haleluiah."
covered the window in the rear of the chan
eel. The feature of the exercises was the OBJ
ject lesson: Christian symbols. One member
of each class carried a banner with an ap-
propriate inscription, which was hung upon
a triangle within circle in front of the
chancel. The school entered the church
singing ''Hosanna in the highest which
was also the occasional hymn The morn
ing services were largely attended and the
rector, Rev. j. j. Andrew, preached from
Romans xiv, 9: "For to this end Christ
both died and rose, and revived, that he
might be Lord, both of the dead and liv-
ing"
AT ST. PHILLIPS CHURCH
st. Phillips A. NJ. E. church, on New street,
was handsomely decorated with Easter
flowers for the Sabbath school festival last
night. Moss and evergreens hung in fes-
toons on every wall The pulpit was COW
cred with moss and roses. Everything wore
an air of pleasantness. The building of
the missionary ship by sixteen children was
the feature of the evening Each of tha
sixteen recited a verse and placed on a table
some portion of a ship. When the struc-
ture was completed it bore the inscription.
THE Word of God " and was very correct
model of a ship The pastor, Rev S. H.
Robertson, delivered a lecture on missionary
work. The programme throughout was ex-
ceedingly interesting