The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-04-23
EASTER DAY
SERVICES
The Observance to be
Very General
Here.
Christ is risen"

| Christ is risen"
Joyous thousands will gather in
church and chapel this gladstone Easter
Risen Lord. Amid banks of nodding
| lilies and waving palms. with the soft
ened light of day fltering through
stained glass windows and songs of
praise floating up through the gloomy
rafters to Heaven above. kneeling peo-
/ pie will offer thanks for a Christ who
! has overcome the grave. Daintily
gioved hands will clasp morocco bound
prayer books and rough palms will
press the well-worn covers of the pre-
cious old Bible but all will meet with
I one purpose this Easter morning. For
a week the world followed with bated
breath the passion of the Saviour, then
there fell across the way the shadow
of Calvarys cross a sorrowing human
ity followed him to the shadow of the
garden sepulcher but now with the
break of Easter dawn, the shadow of
the worlds greatest tragedy, like the
stone, at the tomb, has rolled away
and a joyous world sings in triumph,
| He is Risen, AlleluiaI"
Honolulu churches have made elab-
| crate preparations for the celebration
of the great festival. Beautiful dec
| orations will be seen in nearly every
church in town and special services
will be held in honor of the day Spe-
cial music will be a feature. The Y.
NJ. c. A. will hold a morning praise
service on the summit of Punchbowl,
commencing at o'clock. This is a
| mixed meeting and everybody is in
vited. A large number will gather at
Engleside at 6:35 and go up the Alapai
street trail. At $50 p. m. there will
be union young peoples meeting at
the First Christian church. At 7:30
there will be a union Easter gospel SER
vice in Central Union. A special pro-
gram has been prepared.
Some of the Easter services and dec
orations are as follows:
CENTRAL UNION CHURCH.
The decorations at Central Union,
though simple are very effective, con-
sisting largely of lilies and other white
flowers banked near the pulpit. Ferns
are also used. The choir under the
direction of Mrs. Otis will render spe-
ciaf music. Mrs. Bruce MacKall will |
sing 1.-THE King of Glory by Coombs.
The Easter offering goes to the Amer
lean Board of Commissioners for For-Sl
eign Missions In the evening a union
gospel service will be held with special
music.
ST. ANDREWS CATHEDRAL
The decorations at ST. Andrews |
Cathedral are both elaborate and beau |
tiful The chancel is one bower OF /
ferns and palms. A reredos of palms |
rises behind the altar which is simply |
decorated with Easter lilies. The choir |
rail is covered with ferns and the read |
ing desk and pulpit are banked with
white flowers.
Services in English will be held at s.
Z and II o'clock in the morning; at IL
the Bishop will preach, as he will also |
at 7:30 p. m, when the Knight Temp
lars will attend in body. At $3.50 p m.
the United Sunday school and child
ren's service takes place. At the IL
O. clock service the music will include
the Kyrie. Credo. Sanctus and Gloria in
Excelsis by Garrett and the anthem
10 Ye Despisers" by Parker. The
evening service VIII De TO a setting ny
Field, and the music will include the
Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis.
ST. CLEMENTS SERVICES.
The following music will be render
ed at ST. Clements church, Makiki:
Morning Service:
Golden Morn" .Jeune
TIE Deum in F-Dressler.
Jubilate in C-Vogrich.
Authenticity Have Taken Away
My Lord" ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ainer
Service-Stainer.
Evening Service-Kettle
Anthem-"He Is Risen.
Hymns appropriate for the occasion.
FIRST METHODIST CHURCH.
Most beautiful are the Easter decor
atoms at the First Methodist church,
corner Miller and Beretania. A bank +
If palms has been arranged behind the
pulpit while ferns and leis of white
lilies decorate the front of the platform.
The musical program at the morning
eryice will be as follows:
Organ prelude. "