The record-union., 1897-04-18

r Christ the Lord, is risen to-day,
Sons of men and angels say.
Raise your ioys and triumphs high,
0ine -Allelujah.
The great high festival Of all the year,
tho oonsummation and realization of
mans hope for immortality, the season
set apart for universal rejoicing the
world over, is to-day being celebrated IN
churches of every creed. Nature III
pleasant mood is lending her brightest
sunshine to aid in the general re1olclils'
Tn the Romish church tall waXen can
dies glinmer on the different affairs,
shedding their dim light upon the Whlte
Faster draperies, as the acolite in festal
garb slowly swings to and fro the censer
from which rises the perfume of burning
incense. and over all the pulsating notes
of the grand organ responding to the
low chanting of the priests as they IN
tone the service of the church. In the
Church of England altar and desk are
draned in snowy altar cloths while altar
and nave alike are decked in natures
own lovely offerings, field ana garden
vieing in the production of flowers OF
every hue with which to adorn the
house of God. While the grand old serV-
ice proclaims that Christ is risen
every heart under the subtle influence
of the old, old story of sacrifice ana
triumph echoes: He is risen, lnoeeu'
and the majestic harmonies awakened
in the breast of that king OF lnstru-
ments, the pipe organ, are caught up py
the voices of the choir and echoed over
again in a glad refrain: Christ is risen
from the dead and become the hrst
fruits of them that slept"
There was a time, not so long since,
either. when the important seasons OF
the Christian year, prominent among
which are Christmas and Easter, were
not so universally celebrated as to-day.
But sentiments regarding these things
are changing in many respects from the
rigid and forbidding creed of our great
grand sires' day, which is a good thing
for all of US, and with the awakening
of a belief in the love as we'll as justice
of our Fathers attitude toward us, come
many beautiful customs commemora-
tory of our Lords life, passion and res
direction, which in those olden days
were tabooed as a relic of popery. There
is scarcely a church at this time which
on this day of days to the Christian does
not lay before its altar few at least, of
these mute sweet messengers of the
field, to breathe out their lives in living
perfume, a sweet SAVIOR unto their Crea-
tor, an humble but acceptable sacrifice
offered in His name.
The forty days of fasting and prayer
are ended. Dark and somber garments
are discarded for those in harmony
- oe
the church edifice this day presents
spectacle of nodding blossoms. bright
ribobns and brilliant colored fabrics. Yet
one must stop and think amidst all this
gorgeousness Of attire of the words of
John Keble. the wise. who said,
Starve thy sin, not bin,
and wonder amidst all who fulfill the
outward and visible observance and let
ter of the law, how many there are who
have fulfilled it in the spirit as we'll
and how many more alas, there are
among those who stand or sit apart from
the brilliant throng, whose lentel sea-
son continues all the year around.
Mrs T. H. Cuthbert and Miss May
O'Neil Of Portland, Or, are in Sacra-
mento visiting their mother, Mrs
O'Neil, of this city.
On the night Of the 18th inst Frank
Rowley entertained a party of friends
at the residence of his sister, Mrs.
Gorham, on Eighth and p streets the
occasion being the young mans birth
day. A jolly time was indulged in un-
til late hour. games and music filing
a conspicuous part in the evening S
programme. after which refreshments
We're served. and the company dispers-
ed wishing Mr.. Rowley many happy
returns.
The last meeting of the Tuesday Lit
erary Club was one of uncommon in
terest. The club lecturer carried the
members through the war of the rev.
olution and the civil war A decided
feature was the reading of two orig
inal letters from the pens OF Josiah and
Edmund Quincy which mentioned
many facts of historical interest. The
lecture was much enjoyed by all pres
ent. Next week Mrs. Wilkes will lecture
before the club.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alex. w Morrison have
gone to San Francisco to escape the
sudden heat and breathe the invig-
Grating sea air.
So many Of our girls are entering the
ranks of married women and becom-
ing staid matrons with responsibilities
of their own, one involuntarily wonders,
Who next?" In the past two weeks
Edith Thomas has become Mrs. Clar-
ence Nelson, Maude Willis Mrs. Ed.
Linn, and now Minnie Newman, who
but yesterday was a little maid in
short petticoats, has enlisted in the
noble army of matrons," and must
now with becoming dignity be address
ed as Mrs. Fred Robin. She was mar
ried at noon at the residence Of her
parents with all the usual accessories
to such occasions, maids, pages, etc,
looking very sweet indeed in her bridal
white and standing beneath a huge
wedding bell which swung from be-
tween the folding doors. There was
an immense reception, and from to 4
o'clock the parlors were crowded with
well-wishers. The caterer has not been
forgotten. and in the dining-room was
Spraad feast fa rpioipe the heart of