The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1900-04-20

teresting order and good congregat-
ion was out In the morning to partici-
pate in the exercises. The interior of
the church was very handsomely deco.
rated with cut flowers and potted
plants, among the former being some
roses sent from Louisiana by Mr..
Prime, former rssident OF this city.
Rev. Mr.. Bsbcock delivered q fine
fine sermon and the services all the
way through were impressive. The
musical program was strong featue of
the exer cises and it was rendered by
Misses Bras and Kin,igh and Messrs.
Brown and Mason. The following is
the musical program for the services:
Anthem, .'Heis Risen" - ,s'.'' 0''''''' -
kyrte, Lord, have mercy upon u.s."
Gloria Ilbi, "Glory be to Thee, o Lord"
Hymn I'LL Christ the Lord is risen todav''
Anthem, "Wly seek sethe Living
The Doxology, praise Cod SDs 'A' D''u
Sanctus. 'R0ly, Holy, Holy.". ........... Taylor
Hymn us, Bread Of the World.'
Gloria IN Excelsis s,...................O Old Chant
Nunc Dimittis,
Easter Sunday by the Methodists par
takes of giving and rejoicing, for it is
the day when the missionary collection
is taken and they never fail to respond
liberally to the ri auings of the pastor
and the neee eelIy that exists for the
contribution In the morning Rev.
Mr.. Young sermon was along the
line of missionary matters, presenting
the needs of the missions for funds and
the duties of the church to maintain
that part of the church work. The
collection that was taken up at this
service amounted to S93 Sc. In the even
ing the services were conducted by the
Sunday School and we're undar the di-
rection of Prof. L. A. Stout. Par.icu-
lar attention was paid to the decora-
tions and as result the interior of the
church presented handsome appear
ance with the large bank of flowers
which was arranged aristically around
the altar. The program of the evening
contained recitations, dialogues, musi-
cal selections by the children of the
school and some appropriate selection 8
by the choir, which was composed OF
Misses Lee, Messrs Lott and Kratz
At the close Of the program came the
interesting part to the children. Dur
ling the previous week they had been
given envelopes and instructed to col
lect all the money they could for the
missionary cause and present it on
Easter Sunday. Tho little folks went
to work with will and they turned in
their envelopes on this occasion. The
amount of their collections was S21.75,
making the total collections for the day
Sll4.93. '@
Two large congregations were pres
sntat the Baptist church Sunday morn.
ing and evening and the seryicss were
Of tho general character the ser srmons
of the pastor, Rev. Mr.. Gunderson,
however, being on the line Of an Easter
nature. Special music was prepared by
the choir and rendered. effectively.
The services at tho Catholic church
we're Of In interesting oharactsr and
the full capacity Of the church was
tested at ths morning service ct
O'clock when mans was held snd also
the c0mmuniou. :. Services were held
agsin st 10:30, when High Mas was
satd snd Father Shes delivered 4 most
tmprsss.ye sermon that was approp-
riate to the occasion and cole bratiO OF
the day. lathe evening Xespers were
held and this service WAS partioula arly
Attraoti ye. AThemusic during the day
was Of . high order. and some fine
selections wore rendered by the choir,
which had been augmented, i, for sth q
occasion. Tho. foral decoration OK.
oited great deal of admiration and
tho sanctuary was nearly covered with
out flowers. potted aplapts and palms.