The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-04-06
General Observance Of the Day in
Great Falls Churches.
THE SERVICES WERE PRETTY
Interesting and Impressive. Beau
tifuI Songs. Instructive Addresses
by the Several Pastors and the
Close Attention of Audiences.

and pOtted palms and plants taStefully
arranged around the pulpit and vestry.
The Knights Templar. in response to
an invitation from Rev. F. A. Riggin,
attended in a body and assisted in the
observance of Easter with an extreme
ly beautiful and impressive ritual.
Rev T. c. Tiff assisted Mr.. Riggin and
made a few remarks at the close of the
the service. The programme follows:
Professional hymn, Onward. Chris
tian Soldiers" observation-disclosures.
Responsive selections. ..........
prayer. ........ .................
Anthem. ......... ..............
Scriptural lessons. .....-..............
Easter hymns........ ................
Addresses by Rev. F. A. Riggin, A. NJ,
and Rev. t. c. Tiff, d. d.
Rev. F. A. Riggin gave an eloquent
and mastery address to the Sir
knights. He said in substance: THE
valiant and noble spirit of every
Knight is kindled with ardor and zeal
and grows with holy love as he re-
counts the deeds of the noble One who
is the center of principles which I'M
derlie the order. Very rev realize the
intimate relations of the knights Tenn
plar with the preservation and pros
perity of the Christian religion. The
beautiful Christian civilization of our
day is so beneficent that we accept the
gifts of God unconscious of what they
cost and frequently without proper
gratitude to our bountiful benefactor,
scarcely realizing that they are the
price of blood and life of our precious
Savior. Could 1 unfold before the
world the records of the noble order
before me, from the incipient period
of its dazzling birth through its day of
glory and grand achievement, when by
the side of the weary and worn pill
grim to the holy city he would wend
his. way protesting, encouraging and
sustaining him amid danger and dis
tress that impeded him at every step;
could / trace for you its marvellous his
tory through the first two centuries of
it's growth and down even to our days,
it would cause to pass before you a
panorama of the events relating to the
spreading of Christian religion that
would equal in grandeur, valor, hero
ism, self-sacrifice and devotion to
truth, benevolence, hospitality and hu-
man companionship unexcelled in the
worlds history"
Mr.. Riggin then outlined in a schol-
arly manner the business of the order
and traced back to the fountain head
of wisdom the great principles which
have made the knights Templar the
mighty organization it is. In closing
Mr.. Riggin said that the order of the
Knights Templar is no experiment. 1t
is not of a day. Your taproot reaches
down into the very fountains of hu-
manity and its growth is so great and
strong that no human power can pos
sibly uproot IL. Its foundations are |
massive, like mountains, built on ever
lasting rocks. You have withstood all
OF the storms of trial, persecution and !
conflict with increasing strength, and |
though ii looked at one time as If the |
order had been destroyed from the face |
Of the earth, 1t has had a better fate |
and was permitted to terminate upon |
the soil of America early in this pres |
ent century and has arisen to a stage |
Of development amid the congenial as |
sociations of our land and to an enVi- |
able place among its marvellous insti-
tutions.
Rev. Joseph Anderson conducted Easter
services at the First Baptist church. and
The edifice was crowded with a good-sized
The interior of the church
most attractive appearance
and the discourse was logical, eloquent
md impressive. The music was furnished
by the combined choir of the church and
sunday school and the programme was as
follows:
organ Voluntary............. ...........
|arol.''.''' '.......'... Choir
''Hark. the Church Bells Ginning"
'rayer. ......... ....................... Pastor
lynn. ........... CONGREGATION !
1.-THE Works Complete"
responsive Scripture Reading .......
........... ....School and CONGREGATION
special MUSIC. .'........ -. ........... Choir
Recitation. ......Seven Children
-alol..''''..' ''..''...'..... ...........School
For God So Loved the World"
responsive Scripture Reading.
School and CONGREGATION
lynn. ..............C Choir and Congregation
Rock of Ages"
tecltatlon. .........Three Children
1eaulhg, Flowers ........ .............
'arol Hail to the Tidings". School
responsive Scripture Reading.
.................School and Congregation
,arol' "Allelula, Christ is Risen" School
Secltatlon. -Four Children !
Hail. Easter Morn"
lotion Song.......... Primary Department
Praise to the Risen King"
'ecildtoh.-..... .....--..-..... ..........
Jesus, the Children's Savior"
arol, The Risen King. School
responsive Scripture Reading, ..........
Praise"
arol. Marching Meath the Banner"
''''''' -. .....'.'..........School
ermon. The Resurrection" The Pastor
peclal MUSIC. Choir
hertofy....---. ....-............. ........
az Si--...-..-.s ..s--.-..--.. .......... School
Look Up. the Night Is Ended"
.ecitatiOn. Suffer the Children TOW alto ,
.-.......... ........ .
Suffer the Children to Come"
ecitation..--..-... ..-.-.-...-....Four Girls
Il Love 10 Hear the Story"
ymn. School and Compensation
All Hail the Power OF Jesus Name"
eneutcuon.--.---. .-----.. ..-.-..... Pastor
At the Congregational church Rev. Mr. q
'illlamson delivered an eloquent sermon :
} a large congregation. The room was 7
andsomely decorated and the following I
usical programme was rendeted: