The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1904-04-08
Easter Services


Easter Services
Never in the history Of Owosso has
Easter been more thoroughly observed
than it was last Sunday. The day was
ideal over head, bright with sunshine
although the wind was q trife cold.
All the churches in the city were crowd
ed at every service.
The Methodist churches were bright
with flowers. There were special
music and sermons from the pastors.
No service in the city was more inn
pressive than that at the Y. M. G. A.
in the afternoon. 1t was the time of
the Owosso Boys Club and the boys had.
prepared an attractive program. A solo
by Ray Hamilton was pleasant feature.
Rev. j. p. Warner gave most helpful
address on "The New Life Nearly a
hundred were in attendance.
Easter, the great feast of the Roman
Catholic church was fttingly observed
by st. Paul's Church. The edifice was
decorated with fiowersand potted plants.
There was a very large attendance at
the masses. The pastor, Rev. Fr p. J.
Slane. was assisted by Rev. Fir. Slater
| ly, of Detroit. An unusually large
Easter Offering was taken for FIR Slane
The Easter music at the Congrega-
tional church was enjoyed by large
audiences that filed auditorium and
annex at both services. The chorus Of
! twenty-five voices, with Miss Ivah Pet
erson at the organ, repdered the anthems
with great fe1vor and distinctness.
Miss Meta Deans solo in the anthem,
"They Have Taken Away My Lord, I"
was unusually beautiful Miss Mary
Lyons sweet voice in the offertory solo,
Messiah Victorious" was enjoyed by
choir and audience alike.
At the communion service Miss Fran
els Jones sang Schnecl1er's Father to
Thy Kind Love we Owe The words of
the solo ana her mellow notes made a
fitting prelude to the impressive service
Miss Lyon rendered the psalm, "The
Lord is my Shepherd"
The cantata, "The Resurrection. !"
given at the o'clock service, was es-
pecially joyous in character, and was a
fitting contrast to the cruci6xion service
Of week previous. The organ prelude
to the cantata was especially effective,
and the setting of palms made the open
ing chorus. "He Is Risen" seem Easter
! indeed.
The ladies' trio, ''Who shall roll away
the stoneY and the mems double quar-
tette, angels, roll the rock away"
were particularly effective The soloists
did good work, especially Mr. Leslie
Parker in the offertory anthem Con-
sidering the unusual amount of work
the choir has done of late its work did
not fall below the standard it has set.
Owing to numerous requests the choir
will repeat Schnecker's cantata, "The
Fatherhood of God" the last Sunday
evening in April.
The sunrise services at $50 in Christ
Episcopal church taxed the ingenuity
of the vestrymen to find seats for the
multitude. The service lasted nearly
two hours.
The rector preached from st. Mark
1914: "Who shall roll us away the stone
from the door of the sepulchre3
At ten o'clock was the great celebra-
tion of the day. 'sWhy seek We the liv-
ing among the dead" was the text of
the sermon.
At 4:30 in the afternoon the Sunday
Carol service was held, including the
class offerings and the floral decoration
of The Cross. most attractive conclu-
sion of the days celebrations. The
church was so crowed at this SER
vice that every available space was fill
ed, even the chancel and the room back
of the organ, while alarge number were
obliged to stand and many were turned
away being unable to gain admittance.
The Lenten offerings of the school
were the largest in the history of the
parish amounting to $115, sum which
represents'a q great deal of interest and
hard work on the part of children and
| teachers.
At the Baptist church, the big attend
ance was in the evening when q fine
musical service was rendered.
The floral decorations were in keep
| ing with the day. Mrs. VanNess and a
chorus choir furnished special music
both morning and evening.
The attendance at the Sunday school
was the largest of ANY Sunday this year
over three hundred being present.
The young peoples meeting at 8 o'clock
was . special service and full OF interest.