The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-04-16

EXTENSION
Grand Easter Offerin q
of $l72O---services
Yesterday.

| 7:30 D. M, there were no less than
ten distinct services at ST. Andrew
| Cathedral yesesrday. Two of these
| were baptismal services and one &
| burial
| The services at g. I, $50 a. m. Were
| largely attended, and at IL a. m. a
| hundred and fifty chairs were used il
addition to the pews. AT $3.50 the
building was again packed and the
procession of children around the ca
| thedral singing hymns as they went
was most interesting.
| The offerings for the building fund
amounted to 1920, and the children
offering for missions at the $3.50 p. m.
service was SITS
The cathedral was beautifully dec
grated under the direction of Mrs. w.
Soper The music was of high order
and we'll rendered.
AT CATHOLIC CATHEDRAL.
The Easter celebration at the Cath
Ole cathedral at 10 "a. m. was elao-
crate and impressive.
Bishop Libert celebrated Pontifical
High Mass and some fine music was
splendidly rendere1-by a mixed choir
OF about fifty voices.
At the entrance Of the bishop and
his attendants into the sanctuary,
Father Ulrich's new orchestra played
an Easter march.
The orchestra consisted of about
twenty different instruments, played
by young men, who rendered their Sc
lections in an exceedingly creditable
manner.
At the offertorium, the choir sang
the Gloria Patri' of Bach.
After elevation, Father Valentin
played q saxophone solo with orchestra
and organ accompaniment.
At the end of the Mass the orchestra
played a sonorous "Sortie."
An immense congregation was pres
ent at one of the most impressive
masses ever held in Honolulu.
FIRST METHODIST CHURCH.
Special services commemorative of
Easter were held in this church both
morning and evening and large con-
gregations assembled. The altar ana
pulpit were beautifully decorated with
palms and Easter lilies. A bell was
suspended over the reading desk ana
a very attractive cross of lilies ana
MALE leaves hung in the recess of the
pulpit Miss Marion Bell was in charge
of the music and several anthems ana
solos suitable to the occasion were
very we'll rendered. Mrs. Walter Hoff-
mann sang, at the morning service,
Ashamed of Jesus" with her usual
effect, the intonation being admirable
Every word was heard distinctly in
every part of the building. The quar-
tet of the Hawaiian students of the
Normal School was likewise greatly
appreciated. In the evening % young
ladies from kamehameha Seminary,
Under Miss Byingtons direction, were
present and rendered two Easter car
OILS in a very impressive manner. me
pa stor preached in the morning on
The Magdalene on Easter Morning
and in the evening on The Power OF
an Endless Life drawing appropriate
lessons suitable to the occasion
AT KAKAAKO MISSION.
There was a very interesting Easter
service at the Kakaako Mission last
evening. The rooms of the lower f1oof
were all opened into the main audi
torium and quickly crowded by at least
$50 people, While about 100 more We're
standing around the doors and on the
sidewalk.
A fine musical program was render
ed under the care of Mrs j. w. Yarnd-
ley. The members of the Sunday
School Choral Society, Signal Corps
GIee Club and Young Ladies Rainbow
Society all took part in the exercises.
Mr. Rider thought that about twenty
nationalities were represented by those
| who aided in the different selections
presented. The immense amount OF
good which has been accomplished by
this mission was partly manifested in
this Easter evening.
Mrs. P. w. Rider, Prof. A. B. ingalls,
and Mrs. Yarndley presided a the or
gan and piano Rev. w. D. Wester-
Welt made the only address of the
evening, explaining the meaning of
| Easter. There will be a repetition OF
part of the exercises tomorrow even
| ing. Additional songs will be given,
making a concert which will show
| some of the remarkable results of Mr.
| 2. w. Riders work in Kakaako.