The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-03-24
NEWS FROM THE CHURCHES
VARIOUS FEATURES OF THE RE-
 LIGIOUS SERYICES.
Special Religious Interest and Extra Meetings-At Epworth Church-At Humphrey Street-Confirma Ser vices Yesterday at Lutheran Church-- Bishop Brewster at st. John's, Etc.

There will be services each evening
 except Saturday at Epworth church
 during holy week. Tomorrow, We'd
 nesday, Maunday Thursday and Good
 Friday evenings stereopticon views will be shown covering the Lords Passion
 This evening the church will hold a
 general prayer meeting. Services begin
 at 7:45 o'clock. Admission free and the
 public cordially invited.
 Two neighborhood prayer meetings
 were held by the Humphrey street Con-
 gregational church last week, one at
 the residence of Mrs. Bronson on upper
 State street Thursday evening and at
 Gilbert Johnson's on Clark street Fri day evening. The meetings will be held every evening this week except Satur-
 day and Tuesday, Wednesday, Thurs
 day and Friday afternoons in the church. Rev. MT. Luckey will be as- sisted by Rev. MT. Pope, the evangel- ist.
 The rite of confirmati ton was adminis- tered yesterday morning by Rev. MT Heczko, pastor of the German Emanuel Lutheran church on Humphrey street, to twenty-two of the young people of his congregation. The season tickets for the fair which will be held by the ladies of the church in Turn hall from April 14 to 19 are selling rapidly. There will be twelve prizes, all of good value.
 At St. Johns Episcopal church yes- terday afternoon at the o'clock ser vice Rt. Rev. Chauncey E. Brewster, bishop of the diocese of Connecticut, confirmed a class of twelve. The ser mon preached was one especially full of advice to those who had just taken on themselves the VOWS of the church and on whom the benediction of the bishop had been bestowed. He said that there should be more careful attention paid to the breaking down of the smaller evils l in this life and that would greatly mod ify the inclination and tendency to greater ones There was a very large ! congregation and the choir of the | church rendered some excellent music.
 At the 10:3O service in St. Michaeps | Italian church yesterday morning Mrs. [ Ella Canary, of this city, now mem [ Der of the "Florodora" company, was the soloist "The Holy City, was ex- cellently rendered. The other music was of an especial nature, the pro- gramme being quite elaborate
 The music al St. Mary's church yes terday was, as is customary on Palm . Sunday, of an especial nature. William . Grabb basso. and Mr Lautenbach. ten or were the soloists. The large choir f sang an especial setting of Faure's Thp decorations were wholly of palms. The evening vespers service was also fully choral. Large congregations wer' pres ent at each Next Sunday an orchestra will assist in the musical part of the 10:30 service.
 At the Ansonia Y M. c. A. yesterday afternoon w. F.. Fenno, of Manhattan, delivered an illustrated stereopticon lecture on "The Army and Navy" MT. Fenno is secretary of the international committee of the Y M. c. in charge of the army and navy work. For many years he was secretary of the railroad department of the New Haven Y. M. c. A., and is known to many Ansonians. He repeated the lecture in the evening at the Methodist church.
 Rev MT Stocking preached an able Palm Sunday sermon at the Church of the Redeemer yesterday. His topic was 'The Coming of the King" Approprf- ate music was rendered by the choir lnder the direction of Professor Thom- IS G. Shepard Riley Phillips sang Faure's Palm Trees as the offertory solo. A Palm Sunday hymn and an- hem were also givens The music at his church will be very fine Miss Re- oecca Wilder Holmes will assist with | he violin.