The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-11
A TYPICAL EASTER.
Sunshine Welcomed Church
Goers Who Celebrated
the Resurrection.
LILIES AND PALMS IN CHURCH
Choirs and Pastors Tell Of the
Glorious Day 10 Crowded
PeWs.

To the delight Of the ladies'. who were
thus enabled 10 appear in all the glories
Of new hats and bonnets. Respondent with
spring flowers. and costumes bright and
magnificent yesterday was a glorious
Easter Sunday. The result was the
streets OF this city wore a very gay APP
pearance the day long. The churches
We're rowded and what with the ubiqui-
tous cyclists and horsemen on the Boule-
ward IT seemed thai the entire city was
our of doors. The decorations in the
churches were extremely beautiful and in
accordance with the time honored prac-
usually attractive.
While there was so much life on the
streets it was observed that from noon
to sunset on every t~horoughfare leading
TO the cemeteries, a long line of hearses
and mourning carriages wound its way.
This meant a brisk business for the
florist, and the cemeteries had more than
the ordinary crowd Of visitors.
The lower section of Newark avenue
was crowded ali day yesterday and until
late in the evening with people who were
out taking advantage of the fine weather
and displaying their new spring clothes.
In the morning the bells of all the differ
n churches toiled at intervale of
every hour until about ten o'clock. when
they ceased, announcing the last mass of
Easter Sunday.
The crowds that were hurrying to and
from the churches presented a pretty
sight, especially the large number of
np,a with f1ojr 10 G tx1 IN ooctt1rnor
and handsomely trimmed Easter bonnets,
all with the usual flower garden sitting
or top of it.
AT ST. Peters Church on Van Worst
street, all the masses were well attended
and the collections taken surpassed all
previous Easter Sunday collections in this
church..
st. Mary's Church, Erie and Second
streets, which is one of the most Tricky
populated Catholic parishes in the city,
was. as it always is on every Sunday,
crowded SO that the people were kneeling
out on the steps in front of the church.
Besides the large numbers that were out
walking during the day. the bicyclist was
out in all his glory, enjoying the fine
weather, from early in the morning
until up in the evening hours there was a
steady procession passing up and down
the asphalt on Mercer street, going and
coming from New York TO the picturesque
Hudson County Boulevard. There was
also a very large number of women who
rode the wheel yesterday and some very
fine bicycle suits were seen all along the
line.
The Easter services at the Young Mems
Christian Association yesterday after
noon were in accordance with the pro-
gramme announced in Saturdays
News William J.. Machin rendered a
beautiful tenor song, very appropriate to
the occasion, and Fred w. Decker gave
an excellent selection on the violin. The
address of Richard L. Purdy of New
York was one full of practical and de-
votional thoughts. Three great events
shook earth and heaven. the birth, the
death and the Resurrection of Christ.
The latter was the foundation of Chris
tianity. Easter was indeed a glorious
day for the Christian, and he alone could
realize its deeper meanings. In, closing
Mr.. Purdy wished thai all present might
know the power Of the Resurrection and
a risen Christ.
The Easter decorations of the churches
in the northern section of lower Jersey
City for yesterday mornings services
were pretty and in some instances elab-
crate. The affairs at ST. MichaePs were
en1belIished with Easter lilies n cut
flowers, and marble columns held vases
containing the latter. The centre piece
was a large white floral cross. At ST.
Lucy's the affairs were prettily decorated
with lilies and cut flowers.
At the Park Reformed Church the pull
pit desk was 1anked with large stands
covered with Easter lilies, potted plants
in full bloom and palms and ferns. The
edge of the rostrum was med with palms
and cut flowers. Centenary Church, was
similarly decorated.
The interior of the churches in the
Greenyille section of the city yesterday
presented a beautiful appearance. The
decorations of flowers and palms We're
most elaborate.
AT the Bergen Baptist Church the pro-
gramme rendered was excellent, and the
altar and platform were covered with a
bewildering displayo of lilies and palms. The
collections were unusually large, as the
church was crowded both morning and
evening.
A feature of the services at the Church
of the Holy Cross, Arlington and Clare
mont enues was the excellent pro-
gramme rendered by the choir.
At ST. Paurs Roman Catholic Church
the collection was very large, as Father
Mcdowell is anxious to pay off the large
debt which hangs over the church. AS
usual the decorations of flowers were
elaborate.
st. Patrick's r. G. Church was filled to
it's utmost capacity at each mass, as the
people were anxious to hear Father Car
roll speak before his departure for Eu-
rope, which takes place tomorrow.
The Linden Avenue N. E., the Green
vile Reformed and the First Congrega-
tional Churches were decorated with Eas-
ter lilies and palms. and beautiful were
the programmes endere by the choirs.
CHRIST Has REALLY RISEN"
Father Sheppard's F1rst as
81 Mfelanaisa ~Cfsurch