The Wilmington daily Republican., 1895-04-15
EASTER IN THE CHURCHES.
Tie Resurrection of Christ Preached From
livery PuIpit and Ii te-eohood In Every An.


them.
Easter Sunday was bright and beautl-
ful day. In its bright and beautiful sun
shine the hopes OF many thousands of pco-
pie who had approached 1t with great pre-
parations and glad anticipations were real
ized.
The services at st. Johns p. Il. Church.
corner of Market street and Elliott avenue,
were held at and 1890 O'Clock in the
morning and at o'clock In the afternoon.
The church was beautifully decorated with
flowers and the full choir was present at
all the services. The Holy Communion was
celebrated at both morning services and
the afternoon service was Sunday school
festival. The Sunday school at ST. Johns
Church has grown in numbers and interest
during the year. There were 22o teachers
and scholars present at yesterdays morn
ing service, and the Lenten offering was
double that OF last year.
The services at st. Andrews Church,
corner of Eighth and Shpley streets, yes
terday afternoon was union one for the
congregation and the Sunday school, at
which the sixty-seventh anniversary of the
Sunday school was celebrated. The beau
tiful church auditorium was handsomely
decorated. The programe consisted of fine
music, the annual report of the school and
an huutess ny ine rector OF tne cnurcn. In
his annual report Archer Richards, the
superintendent. reported 219 scholars en-
rolled. The total collections for Sunday
school purposes during the year was
$355.O9, The school was reported in excel
lent working condition.
The Easter services at West Church were
attended by large congregation. The
decorations and music were very fine. The
floral decorations filed the entire pulpit
platform and were srtistically arranged
The decorations left no room on the plat
form for the preacher and the Rev DIR.
Keigwin delivered his sermon from the
chancel.
The Sunday school services were largely
attended during the afternoon, nearly 500
scholars being reported as present. During
this service beautiful banner. the gift of
Colonel Robert NJ. Floyd. was presented to
the school by Lewis b. Morrow The pre-
sentation of this banner was arranged for
before Colonel Floyd's departure for New
Orleans. but could not be procured in time
for presentation before he left and it was
therefore arranged for part of the Easter
service at the school.
The banner is very beautiful one Of
blue silk nearly a yard square, and is
trimmed In heavy gold gilt braid, cords
and fringes. The face of the banner is
ihnIlibth III Sulu ItliGIS WIN LiNe name OF
the school and the date of its organization,
November /, 1868 On the reverse side in
gold letters is this inscription; "one gener-
alton shall praise Thy wGrks to another
and shall declare Thy mighty works" The
staH Of the banner is jonted. the joint
being made with heavy gilt band, on which
is inscribed the name of the donor and the
date, Easter Day, 1896"
The gift was received by the superln-
tendent of the school, Charles Baird. in
which he spoke In high appreciation of
Colonel Floyd, and expressed deep regret
that he had found 1t necessary to remove
from the city. He also expressed the
thanks OF the school for the gift.
Following the address OF Mr.. Baird, Ed
gar NJ. Hopes of The Moraing News was
introduced and made an address. Mr.
Hopes spoke personal friend of Col
onel Floyd's He spoke of his coming to
the city. of his admiration for 1t. of his
interests in all its benevolent and eduea-
tional institutions. and of his generosity
and public spirit as making him a valuable
citizen Of any city and state. He expressed
his regret that Colonel Floyd had removed
from the city, but also expressed a good
hope of his return to make this his perma-
nent place of residence.
The exercises attending the presentation
VI tHt pdllIlcl iHtluutu Il Hlt HlUSltHi pro-
gramme
The services at Grace Church yesterday
were attended by great audiences. The con-
gregati9n at the morning services filled
all the available seats in the auditorium.
and at night every seat on the main floor
and in the gallery was occupied, chairs
were placed at every available place. and
still people were standing along the side
aisles and in the yestbules.,
Tho night service was the missionary
anniversary OF the Sunday school and the
scholars were out in force. The church
auditorium was beautifully decorated with
flowers The whole front of the big pulpit
platform was covered with blooms; the
baptismal font was crowned with bank
of them, and rising from the rear of tho
platform was a great silyerad cross en-
twined with smilax and nearly covered
with Easter lilies.
The musical programme was given by the
choir and Grace Orchestra. The other ex-
erciseS incident to the anniversary were
mainly by the scholars OF the infant
school, They were beautiful The little
tots sang and spoke in way that thrilled
the audience, and DR. HuIburd was COM
PEELED TO ask them not to applaud to re-
press an outburst OF enthusiasm. The
music. the singing OF the Epworth League
boy choir, the cantata, Easter Offering, +"
by class of girls. were all beautifully
given.
The closing hymn "From Greenland's
Icy Mountains" led by the choir and or
chestra. and sang by the great congrega-
tion, was very impressive and possibly was
never more grandly sung In this city. The
exercises closed with the benediction by
Dr. IIulburd
The number OF scholars enrolled was re-
parted by the secretary as sos: number of
teachers, 50. The amount of the missisn-
ary collections were announced follows:
Home missions, s540.79, foreign missions,
S1433
~ THE CATHOLIC cHuGoHEs.
Tho Easter services in the Catholic
Churches were elaborate yesterday. The
high altar in each church was n dazzling
picture as the wreathing incense mingled
It's perfume with the fragrance of beauti-
ful flowers.
There were beautiful programs of new
music rendered in ull the churches and
the sermons were preached from Mark
ANI-l=7.
AT SECOND II. z. CHURCH.
Tho Second NJ. T. Church at the corner
Of Fifth avenue and Anchorage street, was
crowded yesterday. The beautiful Home
Mission Easter Service was really inter-
esting. II consisted OF responsive read
ing5, recitations aud singing. The quar-
tet and ehorus. '.TheStone is rolled away"
was beautifully rendered. The decora-
tons were handsome,
WESLEY NJ. E CHURCH.
At Wesley II. e. Church yesterday Rev.
w. w. Sharp preached an eloquent ser.
mon on the RsFurrectlon, The now pas
tor has been very we'll received by the
congregation. and has maize u deep i'm.
preston on his parlshoners.
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