Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-04-18
The 'EL6WERf s FESTIVAL,
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Easter. the joyous fawe nv festival of
the resurrection. was observed with it,
u, ting services in most Of the city churches
Yesterday, In every house Of worship IN
the city, flowers were displayed thoughein
some the decorations were more elaborate
than ia others.ai SION 51s ssooi boob
a At p Trinity church D" there was . bssuti-
I'll fllg floral display and sthesvested choir
was accompanied bypau orchestra aas weil
as tile great pipe org an i'd tie fenditi9n
Of OF appropriate Easter music 90 Bishop
Burgess was present and |, ist,the morning
service confirmed a class Of i13I presestea,
by the rector, Mr.. Sweet 'sllTheo bishop
also preached an eloquent and Impressive
discourse on the resurrection. In the
evening the annual children's Easter fes-
tival occurred. eirgsA a'EsLsoUa
At the Central Presbyterian church,
Easter services were largely attended,
The church was handsomely decorated.
harrisii lilies being the principal decora-
tons, which were arranged in a very
tasty manner, making the eject very
charming one. In the morning there
was special responsive service and a
sermon by the pastor, Rev. John II.
Kerr. his subject being "The Resurrec,
ton" The evening service was as usual
AT the First Baptist church the attend!
ance was also large, and the Esster dec
erations were very elaborate, q. variety
of flowers and polted plants being srraag-
ed in manner that gave q very pretty
appearance with the handsome interior
appearance of that church The morning
services were followed by the pastor. Rty..
9, b. Tsylor's, sermon. on, ,'The Risen
Life" In the evening there was another
service, the subject of the pastors sermon
being, Power With God, which was fol-
lowed by a symposium on Christian work
At the First NJ. E. church there were
attractive floral decorations. The
morning service was conducted by the
children and inciudedp sqecitatfonj by
Miss Alice Thompson; reading by Master
fot,ep; an address by the pastor Rev.
F. ". Merelli aCsong,by the Jewels, and
singing by the'choif aud Sunday sch OIL
In the evening E D. Sweeney delivered
an address OF. The sRFrogiden,isl ia
AmericsnHistory, 'bug .ng1aJso 1ot 75au.
The 'Esster Services at the Christian
church brought out a large attendance.
the church being DECORATED !, handsomely
for the occasion: Especially noticeable
were the pulpit decorations, the effect of
which was vetT lptesS.l AZ thet NOR Ding
service the pssaore ReR4T,IWI Graftea's,
sermon was on the text, Risen With
Christ" and his evening sub ect t. - ONE
FoolSsh NfgiL II AVA I A0NOG1
At, St., Josephs, Catholic, gehar.h 1.-The
affairs cwersa IhssassmelyS deeotatee: ad
the usual Easter services were held. Two
MASSES were celebrated, ats and ie.Se
o'clock, at which there were an unusually
large number of commandments. "a Nesper
Nservices we're alsoIhe1d in the AFTERNOON ;
In the Broaassye PresbY tefisn churc h
DR.. Dean Of Monmouth. preached morn
ing and evening .qs There were handsome
floral decorations end special music
In the sfternoep Ryertss, Comm apaery,
Knights ehpas 90 sS, 'Sysf q bsysn-
port and participated in. the . special
Easter services at Trinity church, that
city. The rsM9ReTMlt bhsaaa !Ide:.
livered an appropriate sermon.
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