The San Francisco call., 1904-04-03
IN ALAMEDA CHURCHES.
Easter Songs and Sermons to Be Ken
dered I'm Various Religious Edifices.

ALAMEDA, April 2.-Easter sun
day in this city will be made memor-
able by the dedication or the ne"
First Presbyterian Church on Santa
Clara avenue and Chestnut street Inc
exercises will commence at 2:oO
o'clock in the afternoon, the ded1ca-
tory sermon to be preached by Rev.
r. z. Baker of the First Presbyterian
church of Oakland. Invitations nave
heen extended by Rev. Frank 5.
Rrush to the pastors of the various
churches of Oakland and this city to
attend the ceremonies. An augment
ed choir will render special music for
the occasion.
Masses will be said in st. Joseph's
Church tomorrow morning at t:lo'
$50 and 1890 o'clock. The latter
will he a high mass and will be sung
by soecial choir.
Rev. William Norman Guthrie will
administer the holy communion at
Christ Episcopal Church at 1890 a. m
At the services to begin at 11:15 his
sermon topic will be Our Appear
ance." In the evening at 1880 the
Easter festival for children will be
held.
An Easter sermon will be preached
at the First Baptist Church at IL a.
m. by the pastor. the Rev. Gilman
Parker. His subject will be The
Resurrection of Jesus; the Proof and
Pledge of Christianity"
Rev. f. P bennett will preach at
the First Methodist Church at IL a.
m. on THE Easter Fact and the Eas-
ter Power" There will be Easter SER
vices at Z d. m. and another sermon
by the Rev. l.. H. Baker.
Rev. CHRISTOPHER Ruess will preach
at the vesper services TO be held at 5
o. m. His subject will be "A Child
of Eternity" Music will be rendered
by the Golden Gate quartet.
Berkeley Services.
BERKELEY, April 2.-Easter Sun
day will be appropriately celebrated in
all the Berkeley churches tomorrow.
In anticipation Of the day special pro-
grammes of music have been arranged
and busy hands have decorated chan
eel and altar with greens and lilies.
In the Friends Church there will
be songs by Miss Munro's children's
class. recitations. duets and pieces by
the various members at the morning
service. In the evening the Rev. ].
H. Peele will talk on "A Legend of
the Risen Christ"
The Easter services at the North
Berkeley Congregational Church will
be held at II o'clock when there will
be an Easter offering and sermon
by the Rev. B. F. Sargent upon The
Power of His Resurrection" A sun
rise meeting will be held by the Chris
tian Endeavor.
DR.. Lyman Abbott, editor Of the
Outlook, will preach the Easter SER
mon at the First Congregational
Church.
There will be distribution of Eas-
ter greeting at the First Unitarian
Church, where the Rev. f. L. Hos
mer will preach in the morning.
The Easter sermon for the Chris
tian Church will be preached in Stiles
Hall by the Rev. E. w. Darst, besides
which there will be special Easter
music. The Sunday school will also
sing Easter music.
AT Trinity Methodist Church Mrs
e. L. Sherrett will recite an original
Easter story and the pastor. the Rev.
c. K. Jenness, will deliver the SER
mon.
The Rev. Guy w. Wadsworth, pres
ident of Occidental College, Los An
geles. will preach at the First Presby-
terian Church morning and evening.
An elaborate programme Of music has
| been prepared.