The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-04-13
MUSIC AND FLOWERS.
Services at st. PauTs Episcopal
Church Festal in Characters.

The elaborate Easter musical programme
given at st. Paul's Episcopal Church
yesterday morning attracted large con-
gregation that filled the spacious audi
forum and il was necessary to place many
extra chairs in the rear of the church.
The solosts were Mrs. John Edmunds,
soprano; Mrs. AQuilla Jones, alto; Paul
Jeffries, tenor, and c. d. Green, bass.
There were fifty voices in the vested choir
and the instrumental accompaniment was
augmented by a quartet of horns, under
the direction of Joseph Cameron. The
chancel and pulpit were beautifully decor
ated with cut flowers and ported plants.
The early celebration was at $50 a. m,
and the festal celebration at 10:45. After
noon services were held at 4:3O and evening
services at 1880. The evening programme
was nearly as elaborate as the one given
in the morning, the sacred cantata, THE
Risen King" being sung In the evening.
The programme in the morning consisted
of the prelude hymn, "Come. Ye Faithful"
ornng ntrot Christ onr
anthem, Festival Jubilate in G;;" hymn,
God Hath Appointed Day." offertory,
''Hosanna," sung by Mrs. John Edmunds
The Angelic Message" was the subject
mon. The sermon was short and appro-
pirate for the celebration of Easter day.
The text was st. Matthew, TX, %: And as
they went to tell His disciples, behold,
Jesus met them, saying, all hail. And
they came and held Him by the feet and
worshiped Him.
The Rev. Brown opened his sermon by
abiding to the painting of the angel hold
ing crown of thorns. a story without
words, which illustrates what Christ suf-
fered in giving up His life on the cross to
save sinners.
BEAUTY OF THE STORY.
This is the anniversary of the day that
Christ arose." said he. 1.-The disciples them
selves gathered about the cross, but could
not understand why Christ died upon the
cross. After the crucifxion they went to
the tomb, wondering who would roll away
the stone. Angels told the disciples that
Jesus Christ had risen. Christ met His
disciples on the road, saying. All hailr
What beautiful story and example of con-
firmation. The disciples worshiped him
and believed in the Immortality of the soul
We all need that kind Of confirmation to-
Greater than anything else in the world
is the valuable thought that we shall live
forever inithe other world. If we have sor-
row in this world we should remember that
there will be no sorrow in the next; IL we
suffer hard times we should put up with
thought that there will be no hard times
in the world to come; IL We lose our friends
we should not mourn their loss, for we
shall see them in the world hereafter. We
must believe in the immortality of the soul
Christ lives and lives forever.
II remember the beautiful story of the
young maiden lying on her death bed, with
her mother kneeling besideher. The moth
er was weeping bitterly and exclaiming that
she could not give up her child. oh, come
back! was the cry of the mother. The
maiden opened her eyes and said to her
mother: Mother, 1 can't come back;
have seen the visions of heaven. You must
come after me- And she closed her eyes
forever. The mother, though grief-stricken
at the loss of her daughter. believed in the
immortality of the soul and was treasured
that they would meet again in the world
hereafter.
This day should be one of gladness, for
1t brings to us more forcibly the confirma-
ton OF the disciples in Jesus Christ, for
confirmation in Jesus Christ is the con-
frmation of continuous light"