West Virginia daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1894-1902, 1902-03-31
Hold Their Annual Easter Ser
vices in the Auditorium
YESTERDAY AFTERNOON
A General Attendance OF Sir
Knights and Citizens
Most IDterestifaK LEX srcises-A strong
and Appropriate .SermOn-Be autifsi
Maslc-A Most Enjoyable occasion.

Following their beautiful custom
of their order, their members of
Mountain State Commandery, No.
II, Knights Templar, held their an
nual Easter services yesterday af-
ternoon In the Auditorium on
Wells street. Although the in
clement weather interfered to a
great extent with the attendance,
yet the occasion was one of the
most pleasant and profitable of the
many that have been held by this
commendable organization, Before
the hour of service, there was a
generous attendance of citlzens,
who filled all the large Auditorium
not reserved for the Sir Knights.
The FIRST Impression of visitors was
one of unalloyed pleasure as the
beautiful decorations on the stage
were observed. Although not clab-
crate, fowers and banners and dec
orations of the order were so ar.
ranged as to give most pleasing
effect to present a picture not soon
forgotten.
At the appointed hour the Sir
Knights ir goodly number, arrived
In their beautiful uniforms com.
plete without swords marched into
the Auditorium under the charge of
their excellent Captain General,
Mr.. T. R. Cowell. The Sisters
vile commardery Is always mag.
ni6cent looking body of men, and
never appeared to better advantage
than yesterday. AS they entered,
the full assembly, led by quar-
tette composed of Mrs. T. r.
Cowell. Mrs. Robert Mccormick,
and Messrs Jack Kincald and Ar
thur Sutherland, and accompanied
by Helms full opera house orches.
ira sang with power and feeling
that beautiful marching song,
Onward Christian Soldiers"
The beautiful opening exer-
cises of the order especially
prepared for the occasion were then
gone through with by the Sir
Knights, led by Revs. Sir Knights
Bowden and Burkhardt. All of the
public liturgies and rituals. OF this
great order are exceedingly inter.
esting, impressive and beautiful. |
and none of them more so than the |
Easter service as 1t was rendered at |
the Auditorium yesterday after
noon.
The entire program was one sue.
cession of pleasing and impressive
performances. The music by the
and especially that of the
quartette named above, which Ia |
the anthems was accompanied by
Miss Myrtle Smullen, twas mes:
pleasing and appropriate. The
preached by Rev. Sir
Knight H. B. Bowden, pastor of
The First Methodist church of this
city, was one Of the finest produc-
lions of that popular minister, and
was delivered with even more than
his usual earnestness, power and
The entire audience
hung upon his every sentence, and
was visibly affected by his vivid
portrayal of the magni6cence of
The occasion and the lessons 1t
brought to the participants.
The second Easter services of the
Sistersvllle Sir Knights, like every
thing else they have undertaken,
was perfect success, rejecting
great credit upon the committee In
charge as we'll as upon the Com
mandery as a whole. This Com.
mandery Is enjoying a period of
prosperity, and Is now
to make the same elegant
impression at the State Com.
randery meeting In Wheeling In
May that it did last year at Mar
tiosburg. 1t Is safe to say that
wherever the Sistersville Knights
go none other will surpass them In
the hospitality peculiar to such &C.
and they will continue to
bear the reputation of being the
best little Commandery In the state