Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-04-22
ST. PAUL's CHURCH.

st. Paul's Church was filled to overflow
ing yesterday at all the services. One
hundred and seventy-iive additional chairs
were placed in all the aisles, and yet many
could not gain admittance to the edifice
In addition to the elegant new frescoing
and the magnificent new windows put into
the church recently by Mrs. Charles
Croker and Creed Raymond, the church
was adorned by great festoons of roses,
smilax, and all the lovely lilies for which
Sacramento is noted. The whole front OF
the chancel was net work of flowers and
garlands.
The newly frescoed church is rich in gold
and carmine-a zigZag border in carnine
and gold, surmounted by heavy border of
olive green, upon which are painted all
manner of rich colored flowers. Over each
door and apex of the larger windows are
crosses and crowns in blue and gold and
silver. The chancel is a most perfect piece
OF artistic frescoiDg, the principal color be-
ing damask, with border of blue, gold,
ana crimson. Upon each side of the cell
ing Of the chancel are figures of angels TO
represent praise and alteration. These
figures are the work of a master artist
Taking the church all in all it is perhaps
the most elegant and richly frescoed church
in California. The windows recently put
AZ t4C dC1llC AIT OldSS W OIhS are Will
out doubt the finest specimens of their kind
now on the Coast, and excel, in the iudg-
ment of the best critics. most of the stained
glass windows that have come from Europe
AT bemornlng service Mr.. Won Herrlich
the rector, preached an eloquent extempo-
raneous sermon. He held his vast audi
ence with fixed look and close attention
He spoke of the grand life of Christ, its
power, its beauty and its undying influence
upon mankind. Jesus Christ" said the
speaker, has stood for ages the ideal of
mankind The world must have Christ, y
said the speaker. If it be not Jesus it will
be Brahma, Confucius or Mahommed.
If humanity look not to Christ it will look
to something! And this ideal has the
power to reproduce itself in the characters
and lives of those who behold and revere
it," After speaking of the moral and
spiritual influence of one life upon another
and presenting several graphic and pathetic
pictures, the speaker closed his glowing
sermon with those words: Prom Christ S
day to this, above the turmoil and strife of
worldly factions this Christ has been
enthroned high above, as the sun hangs
above stormy sea, with a subtle power to
sophie AID quiei it and TO have re-
Elected back its own effulgent raGence
In this ideal presence we are made nobler,
stronger and strangely uplifted The
world must have our Christ; without Him
life is shorn of its inspired aim and pur-
posei"
AT the evening service the church was
packed, many failing to gain admittanee.
Bishop WiDgfield confirmed eighty candi-
dates perhaps the largest number ever con-
lrmed in the Episcopal Church at one
time in California. The music at both
services, under the direction of Mrs. Pink
ham, was very elaborate and excellent. It
consisted of choir of men and boys num-
bering about thirty-five.
Bishop Wingield spoke of the occasion
as being one seldom witnessed, and urged
the parish to go on III the power ana
strength of the last years effort, and
praised them for the many thousands OF
dollars they had spent on their elegant
church. After the singing of "All Hail
the Power OF Jesus Name" the great con-
gregaiion left the edifice, commenting on
the memorable Easter