The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-04-14
JOYOUS SONGS TO-DAY
EXCELLENT EASTER PROGRAMMES
TO BE. HEARD IN THE CHURCHES.
he More General Than Usual
Some of the Singers.

OF all the days in the church calendar
Easter is the most festive. AT Christmas
time there are special services and music,
but at Easter time there are profuse decor
aticns special programmes of music, elab-
crate exercises in the Sunday schools. In
the Roman Catholic and Episcopal churches
the event is marked by all the pomp of the
church. So general has the observance of
Easter become that most of the Protestant
churches have followed the others and
they now have Easter decorations and
music, sermons of the resurrection, the
Bible lessons suitable for the day and in
the Sunday schools the pupils have pro-
grammes of songs and recitations with
graduating exercises from the primary to
the intermediate departments or Sunday
school proper. The musical programmes for
this year are arranged and most of them
We're printed in full in Thursday mornings
Journal AT the College-avenue Baptist
Church Rev. A. e. Chaffee, of South Bend,
will preach. Thefe will be concerted num-
beers by members of the choir and solos by
Miss Parr Mr.. Ebert and Miss Lulu A.
Fisher. AT the song service in the even
ing the choir will be assisted by a string
quartet: Miss Mamie Branham, Mr.. James
ID. Curley, Mr.. George A. Given, Mr.. A. l.
Mitchell and Mr.. Stoughton Fletcher, flute
AT st. Paurs Church there is a full and
complete programme of music peculiar to
the service. Several of the numbers have
been composed by Rev. c. r. Hodge. Choir
lister of the church. There is a boys choir.
At the First Presbyterian Church there will
be concerted numbers by the choir and
in the evening an elaborate song service
Mr. William c. Sterne. violin, will assist.
At ST. Johns Cathedral the full choir will
present a programme both for mass and
vespers, which mas been especially selected
for to-day At Meridian-street M. +. Church
the chorus choir will sing under the direc,,
ton of Mr.: Max Leckner, Mrs. Carroll
soloists. At the Central-avenue Church
Miss Mary Jeffery will be the soloist At
the First Baptist Church there will be good
music in the morning and in the evening
Splendid programme of music and recita-
schnmann male quartet, Of as Chicago viii viii
sing 1.-The Wonderful Story arranged by
Excel, at the morning service.
At the Second Presbyterian Church, the
direction of Mr.. Arens will sing. There will
anthems and solos At Saints Peter and
Pauis chapel on North Meridian and Fifth
M be sa1e or the 0S first time
Mr.. G. A. o'Connor will sing the offertory.
At the Tabernacle Presbyterian Church
drew Smith and Mr.. Geiger constitute the
quartet and they will give special num-
school exercises at sl5 viii be special also
At the Peoples Congregational Church
there will be song service in the evening.
Mr. Edwin Igleman will play cello sole
selections. At st. Patricks mass and ves-
pers will be observed with elaborate music
by the choir. The vested choir of twenty
eight voices will give beautiful music at
1890 and 4:30 o'clock.
At Plymouth Church the children will sing
the professional in the morning and the
choir will furnish solos and quartet num-
bers In the evening there will be. a song
service and Miss Emma Schellschmidt. harp,
M. Adolph. Schellschmidt, cello, and Mr..
Oyerstreet, basso will lassist. At St. Mary's
Church Mozart's mass in c will be rem
dered in the morning and at vespers
Mozart, Bollman, Rossi and Weigand will
be the composers represented. At the, X.
NJ. G. A. there will be a special meeting this
afternoon at o. clock. .Ifs4fs
The following is the programme at the
Third Christian Church.. Volun tary j esus
Victor over Death, Porter; . .s ito the
with joyful Voice" Fillmore; sChrist the
Lord Is Risen To-day" Porter; "Coronal,
woodbury.; communion, Christ the Man of
Sorrows" Powell.
The choir of the First German Evangelical
Church. corner New York and East streets,
will give an Easter song service this even
ing. Mr.. Carl Barus is the director.