The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-04-03
BRIGHT SKIES FOR EASTER.
Churches Celebrate Festival Of
the Resurrection.
THaoNGED WITH woRsHipERs.
cepgreGations Don Their Gayest
Garb to Mark the Close Of the
Lenten SeasOn-SprinG Bonnets
and Easter Lilies Vie With One
eisI Musical Service In Churches.

elai Muo1ca1 service In Cho9chen.
Ar II by special dixpensatien, Easter
Sunday yesterday WAS ore OF sunshine.
which seemed all the brighter for an &C
easionaI dimming cloud. The fair white
lil.es Of the sacred festival pieosned in a
score Of churches crowded TO the aisIes
With worsnIpsrs attired In Eayest garb
appropriate to the glorious end Of the sad
season Of Lent. IL has been years
since the churches Of Seattle have en-
1oyed larger attendance upon their
Easter services. While the passing away
OF hard times no doubt contributed 10
that result. the good pastors and the fem
fnIrae members Of their congregations are
we'll aware that smiling skies and sun
SHINE had more to do with IL than they
would willingly admit.
In almost every church OF the city spe
cial services of some character were held
the ErascopaIians and Catholics especial
~ vieing with one another I'm celebrating
the feast % the risen Savior Notable
= among the services In the other churches
OF the Protestant faith were those at Ply
mouth Congregational ard First preshy-
terrain churches. AT Plymouth church be-
sides special musical services both morn
ing and evening. the cantata. the Vision
OF St. JOHN was produced most success
fully IN the evening undtT TIE direction OF
r. Boyd Wells.
High mass al the Catholic Church of Our
Lady Of Good Help was celebrated at 0.3o
o'clock by Rev. Father Prefontaine for one
Of the largest congregations ever assem-
bed In the holy eiince ftai chorus
choir. assisted by one o! the best orches
tras In the city gave a musical programme
of remarkable beauty and variety. Hard
~ less impressive Was high mass at the
femDuYaYy church .if . tea ~
the Sacred Heart whose church on Sixth
avenue and Bell street was recently de
stroyed by fire. Rev. Thomas Brown Of
dciated. AT the Jesuit Church. ~ the I'm
macuiate Conception the special services
were largely attended.
Services at ~. Marks.
Large congregations attended the SER
vices at st. Marks. The choir Of fifty
voices. under IN. leadership of Cholrmas-
ter Enslehart, rendered the musical pro-
gramme, and. although ST Marks choir
has been noted in the past for it's Easter
music. never has 1t exeeIed it's splendid
rendition Of the programme yesterday AT
the early service the orrert0ry BY Mr.
A. ". conant WAS the special feature
At the midday service Moxart's Seventh
Mass was rendered with telling effect
while Miss Alice True's ofrertory Light
OF the World. charmed the immense au-
dience.
At the children's service In the after
aoon large choir Of young girls. clad in
white. sang the carols. To those present
the beautiful picture. as the afternoon sun
lighted the handsome edifice. decorated
with hanks of lilies and .versreeus be-
hind which were grouped the singers " II
long be pleasant memory. The evening
service was festival service. THE
Daughter pr Jairus.' given with the usual
ski Of the weli~fratnei choir
The subject of the sermon al the early
service was Eternal Life IS Eternal Pro
gressi0n and Development over Iaes
A.kf.A 41xtr. ~
Yestibule. the robins room and even the
rector's study at the ii o'clock service.
In the trent seats were the members of
Seattle commandery. Knights Tefnninr.
to the number of eighty. Their gisttartng
uniforms and mart al bearing added great
~ 10 the imrressfveness ~ the scene,
Tho subject of the rectnr's sermon was
the "Naturainess Of the Resurrection -
During the sermon Rev j. l.. II. IIwyd
spoke in feeling terms Of the death of
Capt George + FortSnn. al Manila al
luding tn him enc 81 whom ST Marks
had special Interest on account Of his
former regular attendants. N It's services
and the fact that several If ~. Mark
members were m Company r. He paid
a glowing tribute 10 Seatt3es hero the
Terror OF the rasig" and thanked fiod
that America produced such men. with
.'souls nhov. mercha nfiise and dollars
souls reptete with latent willingness TO
sacrifice self for the sake of honor ard
duty
AT the ehIdren's service a pleasing al
dress was made on the subject Of the
Easter eggs likenlng the contents Of the
mite boxes to the rabbits eggs. The
subject of the address To thu. evening con-
gregation Was oar Right ca n Future
life"
The generous Easter offering Of yest"r-
day. at st Marks, VII. De nearly. If mt
wholly. sufficient to liquiHate all floating
Indebtedness Of the corporation
Trinity Parish Church.
The Faster services 81 Trinity Parish
church were mshcred in on Saturday night
by a choral even song. at which special
feature was the dedication OF vari0us
handsome gifts lately made to the ttsufcn.
Chief among these were the beautiful al; ar
cfoss and candiesiieks presented IN mem
arrived from New YORK tuSs In time Ia lac
used for the Easter services. Trinity
church always leads itself we'll "a decara
ton. hat II has rarely looked better than
on this occasion, the scarcity uf flowers he
ms more than made up fer ~ the number
Of willing workers who exertrd Themselves
10 make the church hook Us best.
A large congregation assembled At The
early morning service. AT which Hoy Com
munion was celebrated AZ the II o'clock
services the usAers had a difficult task 10
seat the crowd. which ShsC0ee4 the chaTea.
The music AZ this service wAs sp.ena3 ty
rendered. III" ree,or preached eFtes ser
mon from tire text 'ReraNsa / I've We
shalt live also" pointing cus the difference
between the ola IDEAS of immortality ana
;hr doctrine of the resurrection as tansht
hy Christ, who does u0f use tire negative
term immortality. but TIE positive 'eym.
tfe ana connects life with Character rat&~
than with duration ~ existence" \
large number ~ paTtSh.encrs received Hoip
Communion at thls service, the number 4
communicates showing "A very marked lf~
crease over previous years
In tNe afternoon ia iGrsns carol strA lce
was he{d ari baptism adm mustered AT
thls service the 1htbifep's L"nteH offerings
for missions were collected A05 presented
The evening service was aSo weB az
tended and an elaborate pgsgrsfnu'v of
music rendered The rector prsaeeet3 A t3is
ser13c IN The exhibition 81 re pierced
hands or earth ard IN heaven.
a the fir.t Freshly terrain.
Yesterday Was aauAfe measafia3 Gay
Ter the congregation Of tNe FIRST Frsssbs
terAn church memorial - CHT5st q res
direction and a memorial 80 His passion
being the Communion sra~san
The large chotr rendered Deanee's E.&S. 81
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