Evening journal., 1904-04-02
The Easter Season Now
Ranks With That of
Christmas Itself in
Both the Church and
Secular Worlds
Weather Man Promises a
Fair Day and As a Re
suit Churches VIII Be
Crowded With Wei
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AS Christmas is significant Of the
birth Of the Christ child. so is Easter
symbolical Of the risen Saviour and
this latter season Of the great Christian
church now takes rank with that of
Christmas itself
It is in the churches that the beauty
and solemnity of the season are best
impressed. The rarest and most per-
feet Of flowers are laid upon the affairs
where they yield their richest perfume.
Trained voices swell in anthems and
hosannas and preachers give forth their
best efforts in the glad tid'ngs OF
Christ indeed is risen today"
In the Catholic churches i'm particular
the services VIII be elaborate. The all
tars win be transformed into floral bow
ers, the sombre draperies will be re-
moved from the statues, the priests
will lay aside their dark garb and ap-
pear in glittering white and gold vest
ments and there win be bright and
cheerful music of a high order.
Year by year the Protestant churches
are observing the Easter day with more
elaborate ceremonies and now almost
as many flowers and as fine music are
to be found in them as in the Catholic
churches.
Not only to church people, but to
thoseNmore secularly inclined. has the
Easter season taken on the Importance
of the Christmas festival 1t now
means the exchange of gifts. the visits,
the dances and the usual gayeties char
acteristic of any holiday season.
The chief mecca of the pleasure seek
ers will be Atlantic City. The idea of
spending Easter at the seashore is in
lcreasing in popularity and the number
of people who go there when weather
conditions are favorable are greater
than at the height Of the summer sea-
son.
The annual parade on Atlantic City's
Boardwalk now surpasses the former
glories of the Easter Day display in
Fifth avenue, New York, and if the
weather be fair on Sunday. the show
bids fair to be the most remarkab blC
yet seen on that famous promenade.
The chances for a bright Easter sun
day and consequent religious joy as
expressed by the Eastertide parade
are, according to the weather man. very
good. he says the day will be fair, and
warmer. If so. there win be more new
hats and gowns displayed than fol
many years past. For a time feminine
sentiment seemed unfavorable to ap-
pearing in new attire on Easter Day
I but there now seems to have been q
reaction and fair femininity lis willing
her winter garments of repentance
to fling aside and appear I'm spring ar
ray.
Flowers Are Plentiful.
It had been predicted that Easter Ill
les would be scarce this year, but thesl
lapprehensiols were to a great exten
unfounded. The lilies do not seen
scarce in the least. judging from the
display and they never were finer thar
this season. The prices are about th'
same as usual
Next to the lily the most popular
Easter flowers are the azaleas, the hya
cinths and spirea japonica. The geran
ium is by no means unpopular and pan
sizes of late have become Easter favor
ties.
The street markets to-day are masse
of bloom and nearly every woman an,
girl i'm the streets today is carrying
blooming plant Of some sort.
The following are the programmes e
be rendered in the churches tomorrow:
Scott M. E. Church.
In Scott NJ Z. Church the Easter pro
gram is as follows:
The Rev r. X. Stephenson. pastor
William p. White. musical director;
Miss Matte Sheppard, organist.
| MORNING service
Anthem, Christ's Victory e. =. Herber
congregational singing.
Prayer.
Anthem. Song of Songs .Dank
Psalter.
Gloria Patria.
Scriptural reading.
Offering.
; Anthem. Now~is Christ Risen. .Herber
Sermon ...... 80. -. ..........Pasto
! old Easter Anthem &C.. Billing
Prayer.
: EAnthem. Rejoice. Rejoice .... Gelbt
Congregational singing.
; Benediction.
Evening Service.