Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-04-15
EASTER N IHE CHURCHES.
Large Congregations at All the Ser
vices
And Music ola High Order Render
ed by the ChOrs- Disagreeable
Weather Kept Pedestrians OF
the Sueets-NOtes Of the Day.

day kept pedestrians off the streets,
although the crowds were larger than
on ordinary Sundays 1t was too cold
for the display of spring costumes, ana
the members Of the fair sex who ven
tured out wore their winter wraps
The principal observance of the DAY
was Of a religious nature, and in this
respect it was a notable Easter In ali
the churches the services were Of UNI
usual interest, and a feature was the
special programmes OF music which
were rendered. There was no scarcity
Of flowers. roses and carnations beiLg
conspicuously worn on the streets, and
forming Q prominent part in the deco
ratiOns Of the churches.
At st. Joseph's Cathedral, Pontiticai
high mass was celebrated at 1880
o'clock. by Right Rev. Bishop Dona-
hue, assisted by the Cathedral clergy
and Nessrs. George Handlan, VIII
Gundling and Gus Weitzel The altar
was brilliant with lights and natural
flowers. The sermon was preached by
Bishop D0uahue.The music, under the
direction of Mrs n. d. Whitaker, was
of q high order. La Haches mass,
Pro Pace" was sung. The voices
were. Miss Emma Connolly, Mrs. Fl.
KeIlar. Misses Josephine Flading, Mag
Gle O'Kane. Maggie Byrnes, Peronella
Devleger. Mrs. George Uptegr&ph,
Mrs. Geo. S. Feeney. Miss Emma Iahn,
Miss Kate Gather. Miss Agnes Lowry,
Miss Julia Flading, Augusta Handian'
and Ella WaterhOuse, Messrs. Jacques
Front. Henry Paul, Tom Miller, Chas.
Miller. Adam Yahn, julius Young.
The leading soloists were Miss Emma
Connolly. "Incarnatus,' by Miss Mag
gle Bvrnes: "Vestibulium, by Mr.
Front. EFT in Spiritum, by Mr..
Young. Other beautiful solos were
sung by Misses Tucker, O'hane and
Flading
In the evening Roswig' Vespers
were sung by the same choir. the ri.
Rev. Bishop DOnahUe was celebrant
at the Vcspers. All The beauty OF the
Roman Ritual was displayed. The al
tar i'm its gorgeous decorations added
much to the grandeur Of the cere-
mony.
AT the First Presbyterian the choir
WAS augmented for the evening serY-
ices. and the music was OF an eXcep-
tionaIly high order. The choir was
composed OF Miss Grace UpdegraH,
Mrs. +. J. Hupp, Miss Alice UpdegraH'
Mrs. PEBBLES Tatum, Messrs. W. 3.
Day and Henry Hughes. The NUM-
bers were especially selected, ana an
were eNqUisitely rendered.
The music rendered by the choir OF
the Second Presbyterian Church was
of the highest artistic merit. The Sc
lections were from the best composers,
appropriate to the day and sung with
n svmp3thetic regard TO the sentiment.
The organist. Prof. Hartman, played
the organ solos and the accompani-
ments with skill. Mrs. Caldwell and
MI. Zulauf never sang better, which
is saying a great deal.
St. Matthew 5 p. =. Church held a
large congregation yesterday morning.
The church was beautifully decora-
ted with flowers. The pulpit was al
most hidden from sight by huge palms
and fern leaves, intermingled with
lunches of Easter lilies. The lecturn
was Iivened with lilies and smilaX,
while around the cloGcal were a num-
Der of potted plants judiciously ar
ranged. The memorial windows We're
also covered with flowers, the effect be-
ing very pretty The vested choir
rendered the music under the able di-
rection of Prof. J. A. Raynes. Rev.
DR.. r. Rush Swope delivered an able
discourse. taken from St Matthew.
In the afternoon the Sunday school
celebrated their Easter festival
A large congregation worshipped at
the Synagogue to celebrate the seventh
day Of the Passover Feast, which COM
menced last Tuesday and concludes
tonight. The feast is called in He
brew. Pesach, corresponding with the
word passover. Ii is also called "Chag-
hamazzos feast of unleavened bread.
rs all strict Israelites abstain from
eating anything during the seven feast
days that has tendency to leaVen,
and instead of the usual bread the IN
leavened cakes-M aZZOs-are used.
Concerning everything which re-
lates to the festivity, origin, duties and
customs Of this feast, the 18th and 18th
chapters of Exodus give full inf0rma-
ton. Appropriate service viii be held
at the Synagogue this morning OF 1880
O'Clock in concluding the feast.