The record-union., 1891-03-28
EASTER SUNDAY.
How the Local Churches VIII CeIe-
brate the Festival.
Special Services in Commemoratioi
of the Savior's Resurrection
From the Tomb.

Tomorrow will be Easter Sunday,
which, next to Christmas, is the most
important event in the Christian calendar
the day on which Christ arose from the
tomb and assembled into Heaven.
Throughout the religious world the day is
celebrated with fervor and solelnnity be-
fitting the occasion, and many people who
are not habitual church-goers are on
Easter found among the worshipers in
the house of God.
The churches, too, are made brighter
and more inviting than usual, while the
services and sermons are all attuned to
the gladness and rejoicing that fill the
Christian heart on that day.
The event will be duly celebrated in
the churches of this city by special serv-
ices. There will be pontifical mass at the
Cathedral, with music by special choir,
and the altars will be handsomely dec
grated with flowers.
At the Congregational Church the
pastor, Rev. j. y. Silcox, will deliver a
sermon on lessons for Easter'' in the
morning, and in the evening viii preach
the annual sermon to the Sacramento
Commandery of Knights Templar, the
members of which will attend in full
uniform.
There will be a morning Easter service
at the English Lutheran Church Gn Fire
mems Hall), Rev. w. S. Hoskinson,
pastor, and holy communion. In the
evening children's Easter service will
be held.
"Christ's Triumphal Entry Into Jeru-
salem' will be the subject of Rev. G. P.
Tindalls discourse in the morning at the
Fourteenth street Baptist Church.
At Castle Hall, Ninth and L streets, the
First Unitarian Society's Easter services
will be held in the morning at 10 o'clock,
and the choir Of the society will render
the following programme: Quartet,
soprano solo, "The Lord is Risen''
Shelly; quartet, '"The Holy voices'
(Tudds); quartet, ''Magdalene'' (Warren).
The services at the Central NJ T..
Church will be in accord with the usual
custom on Easter Day. The pastor will
preach at 10:45 on Captivity Led Cap
tive" An Easter concert will be given
in the evening, consisting of songs, reci-
tations and responsive readings. The
choir will be Miss Emma Felter $50
prano), Mrs. Clara Bartholomew (alto),
Mr.. NJ. X. Barrett Ctenor) and l.. L.
Smith (bass). Mrs. Abbie Genung, or
ganist.
At the Sixth-street NJ. E. Church, Rev.
A. 7. Needham will preach an Easter
SoIlllOu III lle IllOIIllilS, anu III inc even
ing will preach on ''Soul Winning"
Rev. A. c. Bane, pastor of the Seventh
street M. E. Church, will preach in the
morning on 1.-The Empty Tomb"
At St. PauPs (Episcopal Church,
Eighth and / streets. Kev.J. L. Won Herr
Itch, pastor, there will be special Easter
services at s A. NJ, IL A. NJ, 4 p. NJ. and
7:30 p. NJ. AT the 7:30 p. NJ. service Right
Rev. ]. II. D. Wingfield, d. D., LII. D.,
Bishop of the Missionary Jurisdiction of
Northern California, will administer con-
firmation. The 4 p. NJ. service will be a
children's service, and the Sunday-school
will sing their Easter carols.
At the United Brethren Church, Four
teenth and X, Rev. r. J. Bauder will
preach in the morning, and at night there
will be a Sunday-school Easter concert.
AT the Westminster Presbyterian
Church. corner Sixth and L streets, there
will be service at 10:45 a. NJ, and Rev. r.
NJ. Stevenson will preach on the subject,
''The Resurrection of Christ"