The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-03-26

| JOHNSTON Luc1l6 GOdQ2ru, AllCo 0ou-
| dard, Ethel Hewitt, Chester Parker and
F annie Walton.
| Woodfords Congregational Church.
! At the Woodfords Congregational
| church, the church was beautifully
decorated with potted plants and cut
| flowers. These memorials were observed:
| A potted genesta in memory of Jennie
| Seely; white hyacinths and pinks, Mr..
Frank Chenery; Easter lilies, John
Adams;s azaleas, Thomas Archibald;
hyacinths and pinks, Mrs. Anna Richner;
callas Mrs. M. c. Burnell; Easter lilies,
Edward Newman.
Rev. E. P. Wilson, the pastor, preached
from the text, Matthew %, 2. 1.-The
| Angel of the Lord descended from
heaven and rolled back the stone and
sat upon it,"
An Easter Sunday school concert was
| given IN the chapel at $50 with these
participants:
Welcome, Marion Corbett
Messiah is Living,
Theo. Hanscom, Leo. Hanscom
Easter Lessons, Miss Mead.s Glass
| Angels of Easter, Marion Harmon
Recitation Calvin Goddard
Song-An Easter prayer, Winnie Body
| Waking to Life May Plumer
| Chime Softly,
| Ella Thompson, Bertha Thompson
| The flushed Tomb, Miss Hills Glass
| The Living Christ,
Agnes Pike, Daisy Hudson.
! Light Bearing, Belle Rice
| who Stole NV Lord? Addie PIumer
Signs of the Light, Miss Clay's Glass
There was also singing by the school,
responses, readings and an address by
| the pastor.
| First Parish
! As is the usual custom at this church,
the decorations consisted almost entirely
of memorials. The top of the pulpit was
trimmed with genesta. On the COM
munion table, with palms for back
ground were beautiful memorials.
Among these memorials were banks of
prilnroses and maiden hair fern for DR..
Hill, Gala lilies for DR.. Nichols. basket
ISof heliotrope and a basket of roses tor
Mr.. and Mrs. Haskell, May flowers from
| Plymouth for DR.. Hill, crosses for Hon.
and Mrs. A. W. H. Clapp, roses and
azaleas for Thomas 6. Loring, basket of
roses and hyacinths for Mrs. M. P. Emery,
azalia bush for Mrs. Lewando, Easter
lilies for Mr.. Varnum, roses for Charles
W.Thomas and many others.
The music racks and organ were deco
rated with ferns and jonquils.
The sermon, on Immortality, was
earnest and uplifting, and the music
| was of the highest order.
4 Insthe afternoon the Preble Chapel and
First Parish Sunday schools held a
| union service, consisting of carols and
responsive readings. Each scholar was
presented potted plant in bloom. Miss
Fellows sang beautiful Easter song.
Chestnut Street.
The-church was very prettily decorated
with ferris, Easter lilies, evergreen trees,
palms, rubber plants, azaleas, snow
balls, hydrangeas and various small
| Towering plants, which were completely
massed about the altar, the evergreens
making a rich background for the
numerous and beautiful towering plants
which: were very prettiiy arranged in
front, the effect being very attractive
and natural.
The services opened by the singing of
the Doxology by the Choir, the congrega-
ton joining, after which the congrega-
ton united with the pastor in repeating
the Lords Prayer. Singing by the
choir "The Resurrection" in which were
very beautiful solos which were sung by
Miss Ida Tarbox and DR.. Nickerson.
Responsive reading of the Saith Psalm.
Prayer by the pastor, Rev. Matt. s..
Hughes, after which the Lords Prayer
vas chanted by the choir in very soft,
sweet strains, making very fitting
ending to the prayer which was most
feellngly offered blythe pastor. The solo
aChrist Has Risen from the Dead" was
sung by Miss Florence Stinchield, after
which the choir sang "The Day OF
Resurrection" the congregation joining.
Rev. Mr.. Hughes took for his text the
oath verse of the second chapter of The
Acts of the Apostles-"WhomG God hath
raised up. having loosed the pains of
death, because it was not possible that
he should be holden of it." The choir
sang "Christ the Lord is Risen," by
Walker. The choir consists of Miss Ida
Tarbox, soprano; Miss Florence Stinch-
field, contralto; DR.. H. M. N ickerson,
tenor; Mr.. Frank Pierce, basso; Mr..
Willard G. Kimabll, organist and
director.
4 Pine st.
At Pine street church in the morning
the day was fittingly recognized There
were several beautiful floral reminders
of the season, and Rev. Mr.. Hughes,
preached. The fine chorus choir under
Mrs. Horgan, with Miss Derrah and Mr..
Delano sang Schilling's anthem,
laChrist, Our Passover" Mrs. Horgan
gave the alGossolo, Schilling'ss" Resurrec-
| tion," Mrs. Horgan and chorus sang,
"The Bird Let Loose"
Miss King, the organist, rendered the
voluntary, and also the postlude, the
Ia tier from, "Tannhauser."
Free St. Baptist
The pastor, Rev. T. S. Samson, preached