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

Mr.. James Stewart: response by President
Carter b. Braxton
The Junior Y. p. s. C. z. held services
under the supervision OF Misses Rebecca
Toliver and Hattie Mcintosh, sunerinten-
dent
At other Catholic Churches.
Rev. W. .. Noon. o. p, professor of
moral theology at the College OF the I'M
maeuiate Conception preached the sermon
at the late mass at St Joseph's Catholic
Church, at 3D. and C streets northeast, yes
terday morning and was heard by large
congregation. special musical program
was rendered. The officers of the mass
were Rev. Ignatius Fealy. celebrant; Rev
Valentine Schmitt, pastor of the church,
deacon, and Rev. e. F. Coyle of ST. Charles
College, Baltimore, subdeacon.
AT the Church Of the Holy Name. 11tn
and K streets northeast, Rev. Thomas Ke--
rendered The choir OF the church was
especially well prepared to celebrate the
day, and its work was of high order.
St Peters Catholic Church, Rev. Father
o Brien pastor, was the scene of large gath
erings yesterday for the Easter celebration.
At st. Augustine's Catholic Church Rev.
Paul Griffith pastor. the morning sermon
was preached by Rev. Father Robert.
passionist missionary recently at that
church
Rev T. ]. Brosnan. one of the professors
VI sfooSlSloIh SoIiSSc, ana d native WdSH-
ingtonian. delivered the sermon at Holy
Trinity Catholic Church, Georgetown, yes
terday morning
A great many Catholic pulpits were filed
yesterday by visiting clergy, largely drawn
from the Apostolic Mission House. this
city. Very Rey. A. P. Doyle, the rector
OF the house, preached at st. Cyprian's
Church where he has been conducting
successful two weeks mission; Rev J. a
Lynch, St Teresa's Church, Anacostia;
Rev. George Hurley, Glen Echo. Md; Rev
Father Vincent, o. S. B., ST Vincent dc
Paul Church: Rev. James Reilly, Forest
Glen, Md; Rev. ]. P. Moore, ST. Martin S;
| Rev. Henry Rohlman, St Mary's, and Rev
| Charles Beifers. Langdon.
Among the Lutherans.
| Among the Lutheran churches Easter
Sunday was observed in fitting manner.
| The attendance was unusually large. and
| much devotion was shown on the part of the
| congregations At the Church of the Refor-
| nation, Pennsylvania avenue and street
| southeast, Rev John Weidley pastor. a sun
| rise prayer meeting was held at G:3O o'clock
| winch, considering the inclement weather.
was very largely attended The musical
| programs at this church during the day
! were of particularly pleasing character
| and the joyous spirit of the day was happily
! carried out.
President in Attendance.
| impressive Easter services were held at
| Grace Reformed Church.. where the pastor
! Rev John NJ. Schick delivered a sermon
| on Resurrection Morn and discussed the
| religious significance of the anniversary
Every seat in the edifce was filled. Presi-
| dent Roosevelt was IN attendance and par
/ took of the communion with a large pa rt
| OF the congreg ton. The church was grace
| fully decorated with Easter lilies, and the
audience gave reverent attention to every
part of the impressive service
SgfN hold nj fln q
Father, Rev. John Van SchaicK, pastor, yes
terday morning at IL o clock, when a special
| sermon on the day was delivered by the
| pastor Special music was rendered.
At Gunton Temple.
| Rev. DR.. John Lee Allison, rastor of
! GunIon-Temple Memorial Church corner
14th and r streets preached moratng and
| evening. He delivered effective discourses
| on the resurrection.
| The primary department OF the Sunday
| school of Gunton-Temple Presbyterian
Cnurch held its Easter exercises at 4 o clock
| pm. There was a large attendance of the
| parents and friends of the little ones Afr
| George y. Provost superintendent OF the
! Sunday school, offered prayer aud DR. John
| Lee Allison pastor of the church. made
| appropriate remarks. An interesting pro-
| gram was most credtably given by the
| chidren under the direction OF Mrs. Robert
| j. Boyd and Mrs. Edith Ialt Mish in
| charge of this department OF the school
Eacn scholar received "a potted plant
mere was reception of rneln.Jefs, with
lords Supper and sermon py the pastog;
Rev. NJ Ross Ffshburn, yesterday morning
| at the Mount Pleasant Congregational
! Church, 14th street and Co!ur5,ia load
| Rev Mr. Fishburn took for his topic Voices
| o. Easter Day. An interesting musical
| program was given.
| All Souls Church corner o. nth and l.
streets northwest, Rev. Ulysses q. b.
Pierce, minister. also held special Easter
| services.
| At large number of churches the even
| ms services were given over 20 the chiI-
| dren, and their fresh young voices added
| much to the charm and spirit Of the devo-
| items
Among the Presbyterian churches Easter
| Was adequately observed with sermon and
| song; The choir numbers were of a dis
tlnctive character and in harmony with the
gladstone spirit of the day. At the New
York Avenue Presbyterian Church, Rev
DR.. Wallace Radcliffe, pastor. an Easter
praise service was held in the evening. the
| music being led by the quartet choir of the
church. The music was appropriate to the
day and was as follows: Fosters LAS 1t
Began to Dawn" Handel's II Know That
Roll the Rock Away" Sullivar's Christ Is
Risen" Mendelssohn's Elijah and the
Widow" and Mendelssohn-Laxr ence' s Rock
of Ages.
At the Fourth Presbyterian Church. Rev.
John 7. Kelly, d. D., pastor. there was a
sermon by the pastor at IL o'clock a. m and
in the evening at 7:30 o'clock there was an
elaboI ate service appropriate to the day for
the Sabbath school.
Other Denominations
An especially notable service was held
yesterday morning at IL o'clock at Mt
Vernon Place M. E. Church South, corner
9th and K streets. Rev w F. Locke, pastor,
when a sermon was delivered by Rev Dins-
dale T. Young Of London, Eng Dr. Young
g asto of
London and fraternal delegate from the
British Wesleyan conference to the general
conference of the NJ. e. Church South The
service was largely attended and great
great enthusiasm was aroused. DR.. Young
also preached In the evening at Hamline
M. E. Church, 9th and P streets, Rev Carl
G. Doney pastor. A special musical pro-
gram was rendered
Rev. Frank M. Bristol, D. D., pastor of
Metropolitan Memorial NJ. e. Church, de-
livered an Informative sermon at that