Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1906-04-16
EASTER IN
The CHURCHES
SPLENDID WEATHER CALLED
OUT LARGE CONGREGATIONS
SPECIAL EASTER MUSIC
All Churches in the City Were Filled
Both Morning and Evening-Great
Display of Easter Finery,

Easter Sunday was ideal in every
respect. The weather was ideal. 1t
was ideal particularly in affording the
ladies an excellent opportunity for
wearing and displaying their new
dresses and new hats and bonents. II
was ideal for church going, and all
the places of worship We're filed, be
cause from time immemorial the
church has always been the place for
the display Of new tinery, and will be
until the millennium.
The churches themselves were dress
ed in Easter finery. Flowers, the
most beautiful decorations Of all,
were profusely displayed in the most
prominent places. The altars and
platforms were glowing with white
and pink carnations, roses and lilies,
all typifying the glorious fact that
"Christ is risen"
The services were suitable to the
occasion. Easter music fioated out
on the still summer air, and the wor-
shippers had their thoughts lifted
by sermon and song to Savious liv-
ing and able to save.
In the Methodist Episcopal church;
south, the congregations filled the
church both morning and evening. In
The morning there was only standing
room and in the evening not much
more. The morning service was de-
lightful in every way, the special mu-
sic being particularly fine, including
a violin selection by Misses Cogswell, a
lady recently come to the city, and a
master of the instrument. The pas
tor, the Reverend J. H. Ball, preached
on the text "Jesus wept, and al
tho he has preached many good SER
mons since coming to Tulsa, this was
one of his best efforts, if not his very
best. In the evening his subject was
What will you do with Jesus?"
At the morning service ten MEM
Sers were received into the church by
'etter and seven children baptized. In
he evening one was received by let
ar
At the Methodist Episcopal church
there was also a large congregation in
he morning and another in the even
ing. The Rev. G. w. Martin preach
I'd two eloquent sermons and received,
in the morning, ten additions to the
church
At the Presbyterian church the mu-
sic was especially delightful, as it al
ways is in this church, and the PASTOR
,he Rev. c. w. Kerr, preached an able
,ermon full of Easter suggestions. In
the evening the time was devoted al
together to music and the church was
simply packed.
The Reverend Randolph Cook oc-
cupied his own pulpit both morning
and evening and preached to large
congregations. Here. also, the music
was specially adapted to Easter. and
was excellent.
At Trinity Episcopal there was no
service in the morning, but in the ev-
ening a special program of Easter mu-
.ic was given, music of very high or
der, and rendered by full choir. The
Masons marched in body to the
church, and they and the regular con-
regation and many strangers listened
20 an able Easter sermon by the rec
tor the Reverend X. d. Baldwin.
There were no special services al
the Catholic church, but the music
VAS slightly addedto and was of Eas-
Ter character.
Talking to stranger last night alb
,ut Sunday in Tulsa, he remarked to
the World man he twas never in a
town where the churches were So
largely attended by all classes Thi.
is fact and speaks volumes for the
city and her people.