Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-04-16

were almost entirely by the primary depart
ment. The main school sang several selec-
lions from the Easter carols. The music
was rendered under the leadership of Mr..
George F. sfuth. The cfeirster and MIR
Edward E Muth, the pianist Misses Marie
Stewart. and Clara Ruth assisted with vlo-
j; Inns. and Mr.. Gatlbraith with cornet The
church was decorated with Easter lilies
Gala lilies, ferns and palms.
The services at Trinity Methodist Episco-
pal Church were largely attended The ser
mon was preached by the pastor. Rev. DIR.
H. s. France. The musical program which
was rendered by the choir of the church.
was follows: Opening anthem. Holdens
Praise the Risen Lord anthem after
prayer. Dank's And the Angel Said Unto
| the women offertory anthem, Angels
| Roll the Rock Away" after the sermon.
Porters Christ. the Lord. Is Risen To-
| day" The choir of the. church consists OF
| Miss Laura Black. soprano: Miss Carolyn
| Spencer Smith. contralto; Mr.. Julius Hulling
| tenor and Mr.. William III. Barnhoit, -basso
Mr. William *. Cohen, orgaHist and d.
rector.
By Sunday School Scholars.
In the evening at 7:3o O'Clock the scholars
! of the Sunday school held an Easter serv-
| ice. Superintendent Cook was In charge.
After the school had sung THE Banner of
| the Risen King Rev. Dr. France offered
| prayer. The school then sang the chorus,
| Jesus Rose" which was followed by
| recitation, AN Easter Greeting by Rich
! ard Knabe The chorus. Faster is Here,
| was followed by the exercise, THE Four
| Angels and the chorus, Sing of Risen
/ Savior" The scholars then went through
| the exercise, THE Message of the Bells,
| after a song by the infant class; the
anthem, LET the Song Exalting Ring"
was sung. after which Miss Ruth FontZ
| gave recitation. "A Lovely Story" The
| program which concluded the evening was
as follows: Exercise, Message of the
| Flowers chorus, Glory to the King"
| chorus
| Golden Gates of Easter Morning" After
| the conclusion of the musical and literary
| program Rev. Dr. France delivered a short
| address.
| At the Eastern Presbyterian Church
| prizes in the form of gold medals were
| awarded to the winners in q contest among
| the Sunday school class scholars. The mem
| Der of each class that raised the largest
| amount of money for the church was pre-
| sented with one of the medals. Rev DR.,
| Thomas c. Easton, the pastor OF the
| church, awarded the medals to each of the
| winning scholars with short address on
| the good of the work they Were doing for
| the church in helping to raise the funds
| Those who received medals were:
| Glass /, Grace English class 2, Norman
| Perkins; class 3. Anna Belts; class s..
Archie Painter; class /, William Mccartney !;
class s, Alex Tosh; class 8, L. McCaffrey;
| class 10, Helen Reeves: class IL Richard
English; class u Grace Campbell; class ID.
| Samuel Melick; class II. Miss Sparks; class
| 10, Harold Barnes; Class 10, May Tull;
! class II. William Cassells; class 1S Blanche
| Hibbs; class 10, Nathan Perry; class 20,
! Miss McElroy; class 81 Helen Benzler
class %, Bertha HenRing; class % Ernest
| Allwine; class 24. Catherine Allwine; class
-, Anna May Moore senior class 8, Miss
Edna Hauke; senior class 6, Miss Carrie
Lipp: Junior class l, Ray Tull: junior ella ss
| =, Ruth Houck; Junior class 3, Lille Lough-
| rey; junior class f. Frances Thompson.
Knights of Rose Croix.
| Conspicuous among the Easter observ-
ahces yesterday was the annual celebra-
ton of the time-honored custom by Evan
| gelical Chapter, Knights of the Rose Croix
| Scottish Rite Masonry, of relighting the
| lignts. The services were held at the hall
| on Ct street. J. Warren Johnson, wise mas
| ter, presided. The exposition of the Easter
rite was materially heightened by solos by
]. Walter Humphrey his rendition of The
| Heavens Are Telling adding much to the
ceremony.
Four special Easter services were held at
| Metropolitan a. NJ. E. Zion Church, d
| street southwest, yesterday. The first was
| an early morning prayer meeting, typical
| in part of the early visit of women to the
tomb of Jesus the morning of His res
direction. The church was tastefully deco
| rated. AT II o'clock Rev. DR.. P. A. Wal
lace, the pastor, preached to a large audi
ence. The church filled at o clock,
when a musicale was given by the r. II. G.
! Dyson Club of the church. The Monument
| tai Orchestra, Prof Chas Hamilton Lewis,
! leader, rendered a program. The ushers
/ were Miss Carrie Lonesome, Miss Mabel
| Taylor Miss Helen Washington and Miss
| Sara Kicks. Mr. 7. ]. Marshall. jr., was
| general manager and Mr.. Edw. Perry ac-
| conpanist.
1t having been announced that Bishop
| Clinton of Charlotte, N c., presiding bishop
of the sixth A NJ E. Zion district.
| would preach at O'Clock in the even
| ing, the church was long before that hour
| filed to its capacity. The choir rendered
| Easter selections. Rev. DIR. Wallace opened
| the services and introduced Bishop Clinton,
who, after cordially greeting the congrega-
| ton and congratuating it upon its work
! OF repairing and beautifying the church,
read scripture lesson and offered prayer.
| The bishop then selected st. John i:46 as
| his text, subject: christianity Under the
| Searchlght."
| District jail yesterday-in the morning at
$50 by the Catholics; at noon by the colored
| denominations, and at 3 o'clock in the af-
| ternoon by the workers from Wesley
| Chapel. The singing throughout the day
was particularly impressive.
| Easter at Homeward- Bound Mission.
| AS the sun peeped over the eastern hori-
| ION yesterday morning the worsh:pers in
| the auditorium of the Homeward Bound
| Mission 119 Pennsylvania avenue opened
| the Easter sunrise service by singing
! Happy Day" This song was followed by
prayer by Capt. Theodore Valiant, who is
| recovering from serious attack of Illness
| The lesson of the day was given by Maj
| Ethel Garner. after which Maj. and Mrs
| Reindale sang duet, To-day Am Nearer
| My Home bountiful Easter breakfast
/ was served after the service had been con-
Guided
The evening service was led by Com
mander James Hasiam. Testimonials were
given by many of those present. and the
program of music included solo by Maj
Garner and a duet by Lieut.. Hasiam and
Maj. Garner. The platform was decorated
with flags and flowers. and Commander
Hasam was surrounded by his full staff of
officers