The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-13

vices ever attempted In an American church
was held in the Church Of st. Francis
Xavier, in West Sixteenth street, where .
auartette interpreted the famous Llsst
mass under the direction Of n. CASTOR
Dether. This. the most difficult MAS
ever written. Ii sung at Chrissmes ana
Easter at st. Peters In Rome. The musi-
spent months Of labor on the work. and
IL was produced almost without q nav.
for 5000 people who crowded tho body OF
the church and an overflow Of LOO Who
Mss sns 0a csrSene Mae ; csrs SMITH
Albert Pardo and Claude A. Cunningham.
In the church decorations the only dash
Of color in q massive bank Of white roses.
azaleas and lilies. was at the very summit
by a irregular band Of blue hydrangeas.
The rector Of st. Francis Xavier's college,
the Rev. David j. Hearne. vas the oese-
brant Of the mass In the sanctuary kneh
about fifty members Of the college faculty,
and about one hundred orimson-robed
acolytes. The Rev. Father Conway. 8. j..
preached.
CONGREGATION TOO BIO ron oRAcK CHURCH.
At Grace Church there Was the usual
throng at all the services. AZ the II O'Clock
morning celebration many parsons had TO
wait in the vestibule until the serxice was
The floral decorations were elaborate.
Instead Of a white cross illuminated with
electric lights in front Of the altar, as has
been the custom, lilies were banked around
the altar with a background Of electric
lights. Palms were also distributed on
either side of the altar.
There was a communion service at Q
O'Clock in the morning, . children's ssrvicem
evening. The Rev. DR.. Huntington preached
in the morning.
SMALL ATTENDANCE AT THE EpIYRANY.
Bishop Potter preached and ohiciated
at the communion service at the Church OF
the Epiphany, Lexington avenue and Thirty.
church. though not a large one. was little
more than three-quarters fuii Tho hAhop
preached on the resurrection. In the here
| after, he said, we shall not know happiness
by, our present senses, but by . better IN
| feel a perfect relation to one another
special Easter service for Children vas
| held in the afternoon and the Rev. Or.
Blanchard delivered an address
socIErY's FALLEN TOLD THERE 10 HOPE.
The Rev Percy Stckney Grant. rector
| of the Church Of the Ascension, on Fifth
| avenue. gave 70 his congregation tn the
| morning an orthodox Easter message OF
| hope and good cheer Accept Christ and
| be saved was his theme. Only believe IN
| Him and YOU will learn how to live life
worth living here and have an insurance on
| life hereafter. In the gospel there Ia hope
| for the fallen ones OF all the earth, for those
| m fashionable society as well as for those
| of low estate.
The church was 30 crowded that, when
every pew had been filled and the standing
! room In the ves,ibue appropriated, many
of the congregation found seats on the
chancel steps and in the space within the
| chancel rail- The church was decorated
profusely with Easter lilies.
| DIR. RAINsFoRp SAYS MAKE heaven HERE.
At the morning service in St. Georges
| Church the pews were crowded and many
were seated in the chsncel There were
elaborate floral decorations OF lilies ana
roses.
The Rev. DR.. Rainsford preached on
Immortality He said that the simple
resurrection of Jesus, taken alone the
| return OF one man to life-was not suhictent
evidence to convince him OF immortality.
But said he, Il see a continuous reeur-
rection going on about me all the time
not one man, but millions being raised up,
Resurrection. in lite true sense, he declared,
means. not only physical change, but also
| spiritual transformation.
] sDon't try he said, -to look for heaven.
| II will be there all right when the proper
! time Gomez. What We want to DO n 70
try and make it here. That man counts
who ignores animal instincts or overcomes
| them and that man Ia reeurrected.
UAssocKs IN DEMAND At ST. THoMAs's.
st. Thomas's Church at Fifth avenue
and Fifty-third street. at the II O'Clock
! service was crowded 10 the door. The
congregation itself Is large and when the
pews were thrown open TO outsiders there
were few unocoupied seats. Pewholders
passed their hassocks out to the occupants
Of the aisles during the service for every
| bit OF space was taken up.
| The service was conducted by the rector,
the Rev DIR. Ernest NJ. Stires, assisted by
his two curatee. the Rev. Or. Peiton and
the Rev. Mr.. Owen. DR.. Stires preached
from the text. He hath brought hfe and
immortality 10 light.
DIR. SAVAGE ON THE EMPTY TOMB
The Rev. DR.. Minot j. Savage, at the
Church Of the Messiah, called his Easter
sermon The Story Of the Empty Tomb,
The consrsEstion Iva, was very afse' Dr.
Faster /. not to Be monopeli,ed BY any
together II Is. human festival. older than
adopted a dry which is as old. 90 far. a. vs
know. rs human hope; u consecrated IL 70
acme new and higher thoushts, and In The
r 8inGS ~ own Bus st us rsmsmSsP this
morning that II belongs 20 humanity.
Dr. Savage expressed doubt a. to the
physical resurrection OF Jesus. Said he:
not believe that thai II, body which Re e
Him 'f In the spiritual body. With. Which III
Ss who WE r Siys dsssS re-
we s.i love are. and might. were sS. conditions
right. be seen.
But, he said, the disciples By seeing Him
had a tremendous revolution wrought
In their minds and their lives. They became
fred with q master conviction which has
transformed the world.
FASTER MASS ron xfoHr woHKBRs.
EAster services began In old 81. Andrews