The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-04-24

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 five Tears-Dr. Phillips AIIudes to
 Senator PIatts Death in Prayer
 Easter at Y. M. C. 4.
 Splendid weather greeted the eyes of the early Easter risers' yesterday, and the great church festival was a day that did not require the bright new bonnets to waste their sweetness on the desert air of the wardrobes. Special music was the feature at the services at the various churches throughout the city, As usual the early morning ser vices were very largely attended, these services proving very attractice.
 At Center church the pastor, Rev. Newman Smyth. preached most ap- preciatiye Easter sermon at the morn ing service. The floral decorations at the church were especially effective. At the musical at o'clock the attendance was even larger than is usual The music was of specially high order, and the programme was a splendid one. a-s
 At United church the Easter sermon was preached by the pastor, Rev. Arte- mas Haynes. The sermon was a spec ial one for Easter day, and Rev. MT. Haynes handled his theme in his usual felicitous style. The floral decorations at United church were very beautiful.
 The day was ushered in at St. Paul's with the usual 6:S0 morning service fol- lowed by the first communion service. The church was well filled at all the services, and at each of the three com munions the number of communieants was large The music for the day was from George c. Martins service. the anthem being his splendid Easter an- them "As it Began to Dawn At the 10:30 service Rev. James DeWolf Per ry, jr., the rector, preached his first Easter sermon, a thoughtful address on the day. In the course of his address Rev. MT. Perry referred to the new epoch in the lift of St. Paul, which be- gins with the Easter tide. Saturday marked the seventy-fifth anniversary of the conservation of St. Paul's church and yesterday the beginning of the last N quarter of the century. The offering at the morning service yesterday was st- 800. The Sunday school offering at the schools anniversary service at 3:30 in the afternoon amounted to s626. The afternoon service was largely attended by the friends of the Sunday school, One unique feature of the service was the singing of the doxology in Chinese by the Chinese Sunday school.
 At the morning service at the First Baptist church there was the ceremony of baptism. In the evening the choir rendered special praise service appro- priate to Easter.
 | At the Howard avenue Congregation al church at o'clock the Sunday school gave an Easter concert. The following was the programme as arranged for this service:
 Organ prelude Wagner; professional, school; "Hosanna. Granier, choir; Scripture and prayer, superintendent; Esong, school; recitation, six children primary department; song, kindergar- ten; recitation, Everett Ludington; rec itation, Jenny Wilson; song, school; recitation, Mabel Carmichael, Margaret Wilson. Ruth Seaman; Easter Dawn Hanscom choir; recitation, four chill dren primary department; song, Lee Benjamin; recitation, eight children; song, young ladies' chorus; recitation, Elsie Carmichael; recitation, Ferdie Johnson; recitation, Doris ParineIee; offertory, ''Magdalene,' Warren, choir; collectors, Margery Catlin, Margaret Coe, Fanny Smith, Amelia Dickinson; song, school: organ postlude, Mendels- sohn. VA
 The music was under the direction of Prof. Henry K Beach.
 At the evening service instead of the usual service there was lecture by Mrs. Kate Upsen Clark of Brooklyn on Making Boys Into Good Citizens Mrs. Clark is d we'll known lecturer, magazine writer and author of books. At the First Presbyterian church the l pastor, Rev. MT. Brown, had a very ex- l ;cellent Easter address. The church was i artistically decorated with Easter flow . CTS. .5s -,34, ;.sss. s...--.5 5r At Davenport church the cantata "Emaunel' by Trowbridge was sung yesterday morning, the soloists being Miss Ruby Street, Louis Bronson and Dr. D. A. Jones.
 Il At St. Mary's R 0. church there was the usual splendid music in celebra- ton of this great church festival. .I The early morning service at St Johns P. E. church was attended by a very large congregation. The church was beautifully decorated and the ser vice was special musical one. At the 10:30 service Dr. Means preached an ex- cellent Easter sermon. The collection , at the service amounted to about $1, 100. At the various Roman Catholic churches there were special musical services as the order of the day. ,T Il At the Church of the Redeemer Dr. Phillips preached the morning sermon. The church wa sexquisitely decorated with banks of flowers. In his prayer !, in the morning Dr. Phillips prayed for the bereaved family of the late Senator Platt and spoke of the great loss which the state and nation had sustained in his decease. In the afternoon there was a union service of the Church of , the Redeemer and the Welcome hall mission Sunday schools at 3;30. Be- tween 400 and 800 children were present , Each one was presented with flower ing plant. Rev. MT. sHolton, pastor of the Welcome hall mission, and Miss Anna Iennig, superintendent of the l Cf.a,. sIs... H. f-1 T