Omaha daily bee., 1897-04-19

] the Easter service at ST. MARY 3 avenue
| Congregational church yesterday. The regu-
lar choir OF the church. consisting Of seven
teen mixed voices. under the direction OF
| Miss Lillian Terry, sang the cantata at
both morning and evening services to i'm
| mense congregations, many people being
turned away at each service on account OF
a lack OF room. The solos. the duets, the
| trios and the choruses were rendered in
most pralseworthy manner. There was a
mammoth floral display. the lilies and the
palms nearly covering the entire platform.
| The flowers we're most beautiful and were
admirably arranged.
EPISCOPAL.
Trinity Cathedral was crowded to the doors
| by the Easter audience and hundreds Of
| fashionaby dressed people were compelled to
! leave for want Of entrance room. When the
| service commenced the people waiting at the
Eighteenth street entrance filled all the
sidewalk space and many found room only
on the pavement outside the curb. The
decorations on the interior were strikingly
| simple. taste. being sought for more than
mere elaboration. The altar decorations con-
sisted of only q small cross composed Of
/ Easter lilies, white carnations and lilies OF
! the valley, narrow bands of entwined smilax
| running along the rails to the corners. The
! deans stall was more elaborately marked
| with lilies and palms, while the ltany desk
was covered with a fiat bouquet of roses,
! the red and yellow colors predomnating. A
single stand of palms and a spray OF lilies
occupied tho space beneath each of the read
| ing desks. The pulpit was unmarked by
| floral offerings OF any kind The musical
service was fully UP to Trinity's Easter
| standard.
All Saints Episcopal church contained
two brilliant congregations yesterday. The
| morning service was attended by vast
| audience which taxed the capacity OF the
| large auditorium. The congregation was not
| only large, but 1t was remarkable for the
amount of Easter finery displayed, and
| 1fn,,t ,tlI t,y .
| assemblage itself. Another brilliant congre-
cation filed the edifce in the evening, when
Rev Thomas j. Mackey preached a special
Easter sermon to the Mount Calvary COM
mandery No. 1, knights Templar. The
music at both services was unusually good.
The floral decorations most elaborate.
The entire chancel was filled with cut flow
crs and potted plants. Several hundred lilies
formed the chief part in these decorations,
with graceful rows of green suspended above,
and roses and carnations in rich profusion
scattered all about. In the background
there stood out prominently a large cross
OF red immortelles. which barmonized with
beautiful effect with the rest of the floral
display
St Andrews Episcopal church was prettlly
decorated with potted plants arranged about
the altar, the arches of the chancel railing
being twined with smilax. special mus
ical service was rendered in most satisfac-
tory manner by the regular choir assisted by
Miss Davis.
At st. Barnabas' church an elaborate mu-
steal program was sung by the regular choir.
The church was artistically decorated with
pctted plants, the altar and the space within
the chancel railing being filed with vari-
ious kinds of flowers of subdued hues. For
the ofertory a violin solo was played by r.
Cuscaden, the selection being the andante
movement from Mendelssohns concerto
At the Episcopal Church of the Good Shep-
herd there were services during the morn
ing, afternoon and evening. Anthems and
sacred sacred mi music s, attracted large numbers of
people who filed the neat little church The
floral decorations were up to the standard
palms, lilies and smilax predomnating.
At ST. Johns Episcopal church the usual
service for the day was rendered by the
rector and the surplced choir the music
being especially enjoyable. The floral dec
orations were especially attractive The
chance and altar rail were wreathed with
smllaX and there was a liberal distribution
OF potted and fragrant flowers all over the
chance
The Church OF st. Phillip the Deacon was
prcfusely decorated with smilax. punches Of
red and white roses hyacinths and palms
During the services Easter cards were given
out each bearing upon it's face some srrin.
ural injunction Appropriate to the occasion.
me music was prepared under the direc-
ton Of the rector. Rev. John Albert VIII
suins, ss, ana was rendered in most delight
lui manner. There were early morning
midday and afternoon services
Ihe music at the Church of St Matthias
was of the excellent character that aIwayS
marks the choir service and included many
seieGtlohs mat are appropriate particularly
to Eastertide In celebration of the dav
also, the altar was prettily and modestiv
decorated with lilies and plants Two com
munion services were held one at 1880 and
the other at II o'clock in the morning.
LUTHERAN
kountze Memorial Lutheran church gave |
up nearly the entire day to Easter services !
m in
O'CLOCK. special Easter service for the |
sunday school was held at noon conse- |
Grafton meeting for children at in the |
AFTERNOON, young peoples meeting at 7 in
the evening, and at o'clock an elaborate
musical program was rendered The fea-
ture of the morning service was the solo
by Miss Kate Griffith, Easter" Thirty
elght young children were admitted to the
church as members and holy communion was
celebrated. In the evening the music was
furnished by male quartet, consisting of
Messrs. Sporrei, Curtis, Allen and Penfold
The church was simply trimmed with lilies
smilaX and palms, particular attempt
being made at elaboration.
Communion was celebrated at the morn
ing cervices at st. Marks Evangelical
Lutheran church. Sunday school con-
cert was given during the evening The pul-
pit was banked with geraniums, palms and
a mass of potted plants while above were
hung wreaths and garlands of smiax The
WAS prepared IOr the occasion and |
was rendered in a most satisfactory man
ner.
METHODIST EPISCOPAL
Both the morning and evening services at
the First Methodist church hinged on the |
story OF the resurrection. The large audi |
torium was most artsticaIly decorated The
organ loft was trimmed with evergreens and
smilaX and flanked by huge palms. The pull
pit was solidly banked with lilies and be-
hind the altar a large white cross wreathed
with smilaN and crowned with white dove
completed the effect. Every seat in the
building was occupied at the morning serv-
ice. The music, under the direction of Mr.
Thomas Kelley, was exceedingly well rem
dered.
The floral decorations at the Seward Street
Episcopal church were modest but
artistically arranged about the altar A
large bunch OF roses occupying a position be-
side the bible. The exercises We're under the
direction of the Sunday school and consisted
Of songs, instrumental music and recita-
tions. Services were held both morning and
evening.
The people of Trinity Methodist church de- |
voted considerable attention to decorating
their church. and a result there were
flowers and flowers. AS in many other
lilies predominated, yet there was
A liberal display of other flowers. The musi-
cal program was unusually good.
The prevailing colOrs of the decorations at !
tho Walnut Hill Methodist church were red