The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-04-15
EASTER CELEBRATED
In Nearly all tho Wheeling
Chairohes Yesterday.
MUSIC hNDFLQgGRS THE FEATURE.
sotnc Incident. Of Special Interest In
tho Various Scrviccs-Th, Day AZ
tho Cathedral and Ia tho Catholic
Churohcs-rl,c I.nte Disaster Sad.
dcncd Many of tho worshlppors'
Hearts.


churches rs on any past annrSersary,
and in spitc OF rain ~ intervals and tho
raw, chilly air IcnrlYall Of the churches
were crowded at Zach service. Tho
fatal accident OF last Tuesday wal tho
only thing that aaddenod tho otherwise
joyous o%oscrvances, and tho feeling
references to 1t in the d~iscourses OF tho
day were very general.
Each year tho observance OF tho day
in evangelical churchoi seems to DO.
come mere common. Yesterday nearly
all the Protestant churches had special
services, and in most OF them tho main
features weto proiuso floral decorations
and the elaborate Faster music.
At ST Joseph's cathedral tho usual
impressive celebration OF the day was
given. Poniiical high mass was cole.
brated at l0:SO n. III. The colebrant
wHt Risht Rev. Biahop L. J.. Donohue,
assisted by the cathedral Clergy aud
George Hannah. VIII Gundlinc aud
Gus WcitEel. The altar was beautifully
decorated wIh an array OF natural
flowers aod candles.
Tho sermon was preached by the RI.
Rev. Bishop. The music. under the
direction o! Mrs. NJ. L Whitaker, waI
OF a high order. La uache'a
mass. PRO Pace" was sung.
The voices were Miss Luna ConueIIv,
Mrs. II. kellar, Misses Josephine Had.
Ing, Margaret O'kane, Maggie Byrnes,
Patronclia Devlegcs. Mrs. George Up.
degrail, Mrs. George :. Feeuey, Miss
Emma SRhu. Kate Caster, Agnes Low
~. Julia Flading, Gustie landau. Ella
Waterhouse and Messrs. JacQuea Front,
Henry Paul, T. J. Miller, Charles Mil
Ter, Adam and Julius Young. The
leading s~oloist- were Miss. Emma Con-
nelly; -lncarnatus," by Miss Maggie
Byrnes: "Visibilrun," by Mr.. Front;
''Et in Sniritum," br Mr.. Young. Other
beautiful solos we've sung BY Misses
Tucker, 0kanc aud Fading.
III the evening liosway'4 Nesper,
were sung by the same choir.
RI Kew. Bishop Douohrs was cele-
brant at the vespers. All the beauty OF
the Roman ritual was displayed. The
altar in its gorgeous decoration added
much to the grandeur OF the ceremony.
At St Matthews church the floral
a~dornments were especially beautiful.
CommuaiOn service was held early in
the morning. and another service 4, the
usual hour. In the afternoon Rev. Dr..
Swopo conducted services at St. Paul's
chapel at Elm Grove. There were no
services las. evening. except the sing
ing OF THE Crueifxion," 4 fine compo-
siiion by Dr.. S.ainer.
The special musical programme was
excellently rendered By the vested
choir, as follows:
| rToessioasl hymn-"Jesa' Christ is
. acSn.t SSI
Savage, Fisher and EwRrds.
:. Te deul, festival iu E flat, sung for the
tsI
,,,r,,oi, Ia A'ne'
c L williams
5. Hymn-"wclcomc, HAPPY Morning
6. Kyric e. Morley
s H H;gra strife Is DER raIc.iriS~1AnoMy
9. o1ertoy anthem-"Awakc Up yGlory'
10.
Ii. CommuuEonh ynu-"Att the Lamb, High
Fest We ela-, .------".----ho'etnnlics
u Gioisin eTcei.!s..
u. occasional Eymu-"JeSuS Lives, Thy
Terron
Atss. Luke's very elaborate musical
programmes were rendered. one in tho
forenoon and one at night. The choir
ia made up as foilows: Soprani-Isabel
Henry, Belle McGranahan. Miriam
M%cC!enent, Blanche Chapman, Daisy
EberIe.n and Mrs. J. NJ. Hammond.
Al:os-Misses Bessie McGranahan.
Broadie Lewis, IIeIcn Mccoy. Maud
Chapman. Tenors-Dana Geyer, T. J.
.-. 1Nonn ~ Sta,yo,, ,pI Allan IT
Robinson. Bassos-AIch Taylor. John
Crawford, Wylie Irwin, K. Il. Parker
and J.. u. Hammond.
Al the English Lutheran church the
fine choir rendered with the most COM.
plete satisfaction TO two large conIie-
cations a beautiful service. The choir
is composed OF the following:
Soprano-Misscs Eva PhiIlios. Kate
PHILIPPE, Ida Schaefer, Blanche Schaefer.
Rosie Brost, Louisa Maurer, Cora
Daley.
Alto-Lanra Se.ir. Kate Ebeling,
Lily Redduli.
Tenor-wiH Nesbitt. Joseph Link.
Charles %IIsrnI. Charles MIrrin, Mr..
Acker. Wallace II. Smith.
Basso-Frederick Danvers, Charlie,
J~uergeus, Albert Meyer, Chester Bell,
Ambrose Woods, Harry Mcclure.
~. VI. CleIIaus, leader; Miss Annie
Israel. orgnnist.
At the Fourth street church the SER
vice. were Of tho deepest interest all
day. Rev. DR.. Riker preached two SER
mons OF special application to tho an.
niyeraary. In addition Il cantata was
sung last night. In addition to tho
Easter celebration IL was missionary
Sunday, and the Sabbath schooI raised
the very creditable sum OF $3.50 81. At
the morning service the anthem. "The
Lord is risen indeed" was SUM, and II
was stated that il vas first sun in the
site on Easter, lSjG.
In the Second Presbyterian church
the choir, composed OF Mrs. George i.
Caldwell anu Misses Florence Phillips
aud Jennie Bradshaw, soprano s; basso,
Mr.. Charles Xuluui; tenor. II. X. Bell.
Prof. Hartman, director and organist,
acquitted itseli with more than uaual
credit. Mrs. Caldwell and Mr.. InIauf
were never in better voice, and all the
music, especially tho solos, was reu.
dcred with much feeling and tx PRESTON.
Prof.. ilartman's organ solos and accom-.
paRimcnts wGre also played with er-
Gnisi,e skill. In tho evening DR.. Cooke
took for hin theme tho idea that Jcaus
wag tho satno Chriat before aud after
tho resurrection. Mary looked upon
him and exclaimed. "Rabboni"-"My
Master" Thomas whom his doubt was
removed cried. my Lord and my God"
z So when wo 500 ChrisL rs no Is, wO, and
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