The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-04-01

dered a solo, % Father, Show Ne TIL,
I Way" with good artistic effects
The pastor Rev. John w Wadman
preached two Easter sermons. In the
morning the subject was THE Earth,
!, quake in the Garden and the lessons
deduced were: First, the victory OF
light over darkness; second, the glory
of the Risen Lord; third, the pledge OF
4 our resurrection. In the evening the
preacher spoke on Human Life-An
Evergreen based on the text, "Be,
cause / live, We shall live also,'' and
the lesson deduced was the personal,
living, abiding and Astounding power
of the Risen Christ.
| The church was tastefuIIy decorated
palms, lilies and roses prevailing. Miss
Edith Lyle had this in charge and great
credit IS due her for the pretty effect.
A large number attended the sacra-
mental ordinance at the close of the
morning service and a reception of new
members was held.
Mr.. Peter e. Tosh was in charge Of
the service at the Leahi Home, under
| the auspices of the Epworth League.
The service was greatly enjoyed by the
/ inmates of the home, towards the sue
cess of which Mr. and Mrs. Taylor, in
charge of the hospital. assisted in no
small measure.
CENTRAL UNION CHURCH.
The subject for the Easter service
at the Central Union church was,
Beyond the Veil The church was
beautifully decorated with lilies and
green's. Awake Up My Glory" was
sung by the choir, and Christ is
Risen,'' solo, was rendered in Mrs.
MackalPs usual pleasing manner.
An Easter praise service took the
place of the usual Sunday night SER
vice. Rev Walter Sylvester, D. D.,
spoke on the text. IF a man die shall
he live again. The choir and Mrs
Mackall again sang, Mrs. Mackall Civ
ing 1.-THE Resurrection by Shelley |
and the choir, Mozart's anthem, |
Christ the Lord is risen today
OTHER CHURCHES.
The Portuguese Evangelical church |
was prettily decorated. The choir
sang two special anthems. The Easter /
sermon was preached by Rev. a. ". |
Soares.
Rev. G. D. Edwards preached the
sermon at the Christian church. The
ing devotfons in the form of an Eas-
ter praise service. |
THE Y. NJ. c. A.
The Rev John L. Hopwood led the
mems meeting at the Y. M. c. A. The
meeting was held down in the parlor
instead of in the hall, where it has
been held. This is the last of it's
kind which the Association will be re-
sponsible for, the Bible class at five
O'Clock being the only religious meet
ing which will be held. Heretofore the
regular mems meeting was followed
by this Bible class, but now just the
Bible class remains
AT OAHU PRISON.
Under the kamani tree at Oahu
Prison yesterday afternoon, one of the
most impressive of the many Easter
services held in this city took place.
The audiences may have been more Sc
lect but more appreciative and at
tentive body could not have been found
in any of the city's churches.
Men representative of all nations i'm,
aginable and who have broken one at
least, If not all, of the commandments
IN the decalogue, listened to Philip Hail
as he sang: to his father, w w. Hall,
as he read a portion of the Scriptures
and offered prayer; to Miss Yarrow, as
she delivered the Easter message, and
to all who assisted in the service
The meeting was opened by the sing
ing of How Firm a Foundation by
the audience. Prof. A. B. ingalls, pre-
sided at the organ.
Special singing was feature of the
lay, several beautiful songs being rem
Tered in honor of the occasion TheI
Oahu Prison Glee Club sang Low in
he Crave; Philip Hall, in his usual
pleasing manner. sang Calvary:
serg.- Major Snyder and Miss Wadding-
on sang a duet which was appreciated
~ all present. The Sergeant spoke to
he men at some length on his cam
oaigns in Cuba and Manila, and also
among the Moors.
There is something strange in the
power of the music of a violin, and the
fascination of it is wonderfully in
.reased when ones national anthem is
being played. That was what the Ha-
vaiians present thought as w. A. Love
played aloha Oe'' and Like no a
like. The kamani tree creaked as il
n sympathy and many of the men were
IN the verge of tears. There was a
pause, and then Philip Hall
ang.
After Miss Yarrow's address and the
iuet. Mr.. Love again played, this time I
! classical selection, and were it not
or the fact that it is against the un-
written laws of a religious meeting,
dr. Love would have been compelled,
~ the applause which would have fol-
owed, to render an encore.
The meeting was closed by the sing
ng of two verses of God be with you
i'll We meet again. in English, and
me verse in Hawaiian John M Mar.