The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-04-02
SPECIAL EASTER SERVICES.
IN INTERESTING DAY AT ALL THE
CHURCHES.
Dainty ana Appropriate Decorations
Have Becn Made ana Special
Music Prepared.

In addition to the usual interesting spe-
cjaI Easter services to be held at the
Church Of the Annuuclation tCatholic) and
Christ church tEpiscopaD the following
services will also be held;
All he ssrvIces al tho First Presby-
seriau church today will be of char
acter appropriate to the celebration OF
Special music has been prepared for
both morning and night services, with
Miss Annie g. Reel. Mrs E. a. Peden ana
the Arion quartette taking prominent
parts The pastor will preach an, Easter
sermon at the morning service and az
night Rev II. G. Haskell. who was Tor
number OF years missionary under the au-
spiccs of the American Board of Foreign
Missions nj Samokor. Bulgaria, VIII de-
liver an address. Mr.. Haskell is spending
part or a much needed and well deserved
vacation with relatives In this city, ana
Nas kindly consented to tell the people
tonight some interesting things in regard
10 the mission work in that Country, as
well as TO the habits and customs of the
peonle or Bulgaria. about whom SO little
is known here. II will no doubt be very
interesting as we'll as instructive lecture
~
The Tabernacle Methodist church
South. corner of Polk and Caroline
streets, has been prettily decorated for
today and the Faster Sunday promises
TO be an interesting day there At $50 q.
m. the Epworth League Will have sun
rice prayer meeting. The Sunday school
will have missionary service with songs
and recitations at $3.50 a. m. The sermon
at II a. IN. by the pastor Is TO be in keep
ing with the day There are some caudi-
dates 70 be received into church member
ship and an infant is to be baptized. The
communion service follows the morning
sermon. At $3.50 p. m the Juvenile Mis-
siGnary society meets. The EpwQrth
League has devotional service at
o'clock p. m. and the night sermon at i;45
o'clock Is 20 be Of q revival character Be-
sides he regular choir. Prof and Mrs.
CARRIER and the Messrs Oliver viii assist
10 the music. with Mrs oliye- ot he
organ Some fine solos. ducts and and hens
viii be- heard
Services at he First Baptist church
this morning al II o'clock Special Easter
music has been prepared and the pastor
viii preach sermon on The Moral sig
nifcance Of The Resurrection of Christ.
The church viii be beautifully decorated
Services in the evening at 40. The pastor
viii preach the sixth OF his course Of ser
mons on the Light and shadows OF the
Mystic Ring The special theme win be
Fathers and Mothers" After the sermon
the ordinance OF baptism viii be admin
isiered.
Services al the Shearn Methodist churcl
tcday will be as follows: Ten o'clock
m, special service by the Sunday school
consisting of music. recitatiops aud read
ings; at II a. m. short address by III
pastor followed by the reception 81 mem
hers Into the church and the sacrameu
Of the Lords Supper; at Gas p m, Ep
worth League service. conducted by Mi
c. r, Johnson; at 7:45 p. m. sermon b
the pastor, Life and Immortality Re
vealed in the Gospel" The choir has ar
ranged special musical features for bot
morning and evening services, which wi
prove n treat TO all who atte-G
The Easter services at Sacred Hear
church viii be; First mass Al 1880 an
high mass at 1919 a. nj. vespers sermo
and benediction Of blessed sacrament q
7;3O D. M The choir have prepared vor
elaborate musical programme and iudglu
from their former efforts 1t sure TO
very nuC