The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-14
EPIsCOPALIAN SERVICES.
Choral Commnnions Will Be Rendered in All
the Churches,


vices. The carved woodwork in the chan
eel is almost hidden with tall branches of
bamboo and trailing Lady Banksia roses.
Potted palms stand round the chancel and
the altar decorations are high vases OF
Bermuda lilies. A large floral crown Is
suspended above the jeweled cross.
The music of the morning service will consist
of a professional hymn (Morgan); Easter an
them, "Christ Our Passover" (Shepperd); "Te
hymn, "The Strife Is Ger" (Palestrina); com
munion service; Stainer's offertory; selections
from Gounod's oratorio, 1.-The Redemption"
The music of this service will be rem
dered by the regular choir of the church,
accompanied by orchestra and organ:
soloists-Soprano, Mrs. A. Bruno; contralto,
Mrs. Olive Reed Batchelder; tenor, II. NJ. For
tescue; bass, Osgood Putnam; organist, Mrs II.
J. Stewart; oTganist and director of the choir,
II. J. Stewart. Sermon, Rev. G. E. Walk.
In the afternoon the choral Easter service of
the California CommandeTy No. /, Knights
Templar, will take place in Trinity Church.
The knights will enter to the professional
hymn, "Onward, Christian Soldiers" The
Easter festival of the Sunday school will be held
at night. Sermon by Rev. II. C. st. Clair, su-
perintendent.
1t is a custom at st. Luke's Church, on
Van Ness avenue, for members of the con-
gregation to send floral memorial offerings
to the church at Easter. This year there
are numerous memorial stars crowns. etc.,
in the chancel. The decorations of the
fount and six of the windows are also
memorial decorations. The altar is dec
grated with roses and lilies.
The two morning celebrations are not
choral, but at the IL o'clock service a
choral communion will be sung by the en-
tire choir, under the direction of w. a.
Sabin. The following special service will
be rendered
Kyrie Eleison, Gloria Tibi, Credo king Hall) !;
ascription, ''Gloria Patri" Savage; offertory
anthem (stainer); tenor solo, my Hope Is in
the Everlasting; chorus awake Thou That
Sleepest' Presentation OF Aims" (Anon.);
Sursum Corda, Sanctus, Agnus Del, Gloria in
Excelsis king HalD; Nune Dimittis FarranD (;
Recessional Hymn (Barnby); organ postlude,
Grand Chorus in (Salome)
ton and an address by the Bishop, Right
Rev. w. F. Nichols. Decorations are
roses and Bermuda lilies.
The two early celebrations of COM
munion are not CHORAL but the one at IL
O'Clock will be rendered by the united
choir under the direction of w. A. Sabin,
organist.
At the church of st. Mary the Virgin,
on Union street, near Steiner, the rector
Rev. W. W. Bolton, is preparing to cele-
brate Easter according to the lines laid
down in his recent sermon at the united
Episcopal services on ceremonial.
At the high celebration there will be twenty
altar-boys, and at the solemn procession which
opens the midday worship these lads, clad in
their different colored garments, will carry
lights and banners, preceded through the
little edifice by the thurifer swinging the CEN
ser full of incense. The banners themselves
are the result of the labors OF the ladies of the
parish, as also are all the handsome vestments
worn by the clergy.
The music is nc follows.
At the procession, "Hail, Festal Day."
Brown; introit, "Sing Ye to the Lord"
(Pratt); the Office, Stainer in f: offertorium,
(Barnby); communion, Dudley Buck; TIE
Deum Dykes.
At st. Stephens Episcopal Church, on
Fulton street, Rev. Edgar Lion will cele-
brate choral communion at II o'clock,
when the following music will be rendered
by a chorus of mixed voices under the di-
rection of William B. Vaudeville, organist
and choirmaster:
Organ voluntary, ''Gloria, Twelfth Mass"
(Mozart); anthem 'Praise We the Father (Gou-
nod. professional, "Alleluia"; Easter anthem,
. our PassoSeT Gloria Patr (sanksl
fat (Dsnks); introit, ''Christ the Lord is Risen
To-day (MozarO; Kyrie, ''Lord have mercy up
on u.s.; GLORIA Tibi" (PleyeD; sermon hymn,
"Come We Faithful; offertory, "Why seek We
the living among the dead?'' Cooke; SursGm
Corda (Camidge); Sanctus (Camidge); hymn,
'fJust as / am, without one plea; "Gloria in
Excelsis'; Nunc Dimittis (Barnby); organ
voluntary.
At Grace Episcopal Church the Easter
music will be as follows at the morning
service:
Prelude, "worthy Is the Lamb" Handel;
opening anthem, ''They have taken away my
Lord" Stainer; "Christ Our Passover Mars
ton lin E fat; "Te Deum," Wiegand lin AZ;
"Jubilate" Loretz Gu G); Introit, "Jesus Christ
Is Risen To-day" Monk; "Kyrie," Tallis
"Gloria," Merbeche: offertory anthem, "Our
Lord Is Risen," Schuecker; postlude, "Fugue
in G" Ruick.
The choir, directed by William H.. Holt,
consists OF:
Soprano, Mrs. Noble; tenor Mr.. A. Messmer;
contralto, Miss Wilcox; bass, Mr.. W. Campbell.
The special music for Easter day at st.
Peters Episcopal Church consists of:
Professional hymn, 'The Son of God ;" Whit
ney; Easter anthem, "Christ Our Passover"
Nord Mornington); 1ntroit, "Jesus Christ is
Risen To-day" (Worgan); offertorium, 'They
Have Taken Away My Lord (Stainer); process
sional hymn, THE Strife Is Over" The choir
is composed of twenty-five boys and eight
men-Masters Herbert Clarke and Frank Hat
field, solo-sopranos; Mr. Davis. tenor soloist. j.
E. Bigelow at the organ. Henry Kirke White
Jr. choirmaster. Rev. John A. Emory will be
the celebrant.
A choir Of over fifty mems and boys
voices will sing the Easter music at ST.
Johns Episcopal Church, on Fifteenth
street, under the direction of Leon J.
Stanton, organist and H. K. White,
choirmaster. The offertory will consist of
the Halleiuiah chorus from Handers
Messiah" and the other numbers will be
by Gounod, Stainer, Garrett, etc.
At st. Peters Episcopal Church, on
California street, the vested young ladies'
choir viii sing grand chorus with the
organ prelude. The morning service will
be choral one with a choral communion
The music will be by Stainer, Tours, Barn
by, etc. Organist and choirmaster, Miss
E. NJ. Phillips.
The choral holy communion services at
the Church of the Advent, Eleventh street,
will be as follows:
"Kyrie' whitney,, from mass in G; "Gloria
Tibp' (Gounod); "Credo" (Merbeck); "Te
Deum" (Jacoby) description Gloria Or Glad
stone); anthem, "Awakel Awaken; offertory,
81 Know That My Redeemer Liveth"; "Sursum
Corda," "Sanctus," "Benedictus," "Agnus
Del" Schubert's mass in e fiat; "Gloria in Ex-
celsis," plain song; "Nunc Dimlttis,'' Grego-
rian; occasional, "Alleluia, Hearts to Heaven
and Voices Raise" C. Dadswell is the musical
director.
AT the Mission of the Good Samaritan,
corner of Second and Folsom streets, the
evening service will be choral throughout
and will be rendered memorable by the
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