Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-04-06
Easter at the Churches.

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evening, in attendance at the impress
sive Easter services at the various
churches.
The following is summary of the
Easter day ceremonies at the leading
! churches:
PRESBYTERIAN.
The were no great preparations at
the Presbyterian church, in the way of
floral decorations, there being but a
few potted plants. some lilies and
palms in the pulpit and about the
! chancel.
Rev. McCaslin preached an interest
/ ing and touching sermon to the chill
dren, in the morning, touching upon
| the power of the resurrection in its
relation to christian humanity. The
| choir, with its full complement, rend-
cred several anthems in which were
beautiful solos by Mr.. John McInnes
and Miss Grace McCaslin.
EMMANUEL.
The floral decorations at Emmanuel
church were neatly arranged and
conspicuous in chaste and simple
beauty. Gala lilies and carnations
being placed on the altar, Easter lilies
| on the font, potted lilies at the end of
the choir stalls and potted hyacinths
in front of the prayer desk, conveying
the beautiful conception of the resur-
rection in it's natural phase as well as
the spiritual.
The musical part of the service was
well rendered and very impressive, the
choir being greatly strengthened by
Mrs. II. F. Hudson, of Cameron, and
Mr.. Ralph Goodal, of Driftwood.
Tours service was used in the morn
ing and evening, together with Stain
ers Easter anthem, ''They Have Taken
Away My Lord"
The Rev. Mr. Robertson delivered
the morning sermon from the text:
''The Power of His Resurrection, and
laid much stress on the leading thought
that '"The Resurrection has been the
power which has changed the thought
of the world concerning God, and
changing the worlds thought of God,
has changed the character of the
worlds life.
There was a goodly attendance at
communion service, there being sixty
five communicates received at the two
celebrations.
At the Sunday School festival at 800
p. M, carols were sung and short ad-
dresses were made by the Superinten-
dent and the Rector. The mite boxes
were not all returned, but the amount
received was $35 So
At the Parish meeting on Monday
evening the members of the old Vestry
were reelected.
ST. MARKS.
| The floral decorations at St. Marks
were of exquisite taste and beauty
and almost beggar description. Each
| post and pillar was draped in fern and
| evergreen. The altar decorations were
especially attractive, being made up of
arches, extending over the whole and
set with candles; especially pretty
designs were those of heart and
cross of candles on either side of the
altar, which, when lit, stood out in
bold relief against q background and
! arch of fern Inside the chancel rail,
in endless profusion, but tastily ar,
ranged, were palms, lilies, carnations,
roses, hyacinths, etc, each piece SEEM
ing to set forth in manner all it's own
the glad tidings of ''Peace on Earth;
Good VIII to Menw In the evening,
when the candles about the altar were
lit, one gazing for a few moments on
the mellow effulgence of pretty flowers
and tri-colored lights might close his
eyes for moment and realize vision
of Paradise, disturbed only by the chant
of the choir, which would serve only
lend a realization to the enchanting
| scene.
The service were the usual morning
prayer, High Mass at 1920 and Vespers
| at 1880 p. m. The offering of the day
was for the benefit of the orphans and
amounted to S135 90.
The following is the musical pro-
gram as carried out by the choir:
l0:30 A, NJ. HIGH MASS.