The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1908-04-19
JOYOUS ANTHEMS
SOON TO RESOUND
Many City Churches Arrange
Special Services for
Easter Morn
Will Commemorate the Risen
Lord in ChoraIs and Hymns
of Praise

choral programs have been arranged in
all the churches and special. services
Of more than ordinary significance and
beauty have been planned Festival
masses Will be sung In the Catholic
churches and in the Protestant ones
anthems. hymns and solos will laud the
sundering of the ties of the tomb by
the Savior.
: The floral decorations in all the
churches of the city will be even more
. extensive than usual. Californians
make much of the Easter showing OF
blossoms and the exhibit this year will
well sustain the record OF previous sea-
sons.
At the First Unitarian church.
Franklin and Geary. Rev. Bradford
Beavitt, minister. the services will con-
tain a number of special numbers and
special anthems by the choir. A fea-
ture will be the anthem "Alleluia,
Christ Is Risen" set TO the melody
which terminated the solemn session OF
the council assembled by William the
Conqueror in 1850.
At Calvary Presbyterian church
elaborate services with special music
will be given both morning and even
ing Pastor Rev. William RAIDER will
speak on THE Risen Lord" in the
morning and in the evening the subject
viii be The Temperance of Christ"
The special music under the direction
OF the organist. Marshall w. Giselman.
will be rendered by a choir. of which
Miss Ella Atkinson is soprano, Mrs.
Richard Darlington alto. Mr.. Purdy
tenor and Reginald Keene bass. At
the offertory Mrs. Darlington Will sing
The Lord Is hisen," from Sir Arthur
SulIivan's Light of the World"
FIRST CONGREGATIONAL
At the First Congregational church,
corner of Post and Mason streets, a
special violin solo, "Adagio Religioso,"
win be played by Miss Carolyn Augusta
Nash.
At the First Presbyterian church,
Washington street near Van Ness ave-
nue.. Rev. William Kirk Guthrie, pas
tor, special anthems and organ serv-
ices viii be rendered.
program Of singing and recitations
by the choir and Sunday school will
be the feature of the Easter services
at the First Methodist Episcopal
church, corner OF Clay and Larkin
streets. of which Rev. Fay Donaldson
At All Saints church, Waller street
near Masonic. Rev. w E. Hayes rector,
special morning services will be held.
An anthem, Christ Our Passover,
will be sung in place OF the. venite.
At the First English Lutheran
GnQTCn. NGdEl SAtcct DCANCCA 1OAe a.
and Octayia, Rev E.. Harvey Hadiock
pastor, the offertory viii be rendered
by A. w Ketelbey. Two anthems.
Jesus Christ Is Risen Today" and
."Alleluia, Christ Is Risen." will be
sung.
At Bethany church. Bartlett street
between Twenty fifth and Twenty
sixth, Rev. Samuel c. Patterson pas
tor. special musical services will be
n
ace G. White, musical director A
soprano offertory solo viii be sung by
Mrs. Maybelle Eirick.
At st. James Episcopal church, Glenn
ent street and Sixth avenue, Rich
mond district, two communions viii
be held, a low celebration at 1880
o'clock in the morning and a high
celebration at II o'clock.
The chorus choir OF Grace Methodist
Episcopal church. corner Of Twenty
first and Capp streets. Rev. George A
Hough pastor. Will render John A.
Vests sacred cantata, Faith and
Praise" at the evening service. Solos
will be sung by Mrs. I. Larson, soprano;
Miss A. Van Weick. contralto; c. Rand.
tenor; P. A Graham, baritone; w. G.
Kerrick, bass. The annual Easter
concert Of the Sunday school will be
given in the afternoon at 2:30 o'clock.
church. Clay street near Van Ness ave-
nue.. Rev. Edward Morgan rector. will
be as follows: Holy eucharist at s
a. m. holy eucharist at 9 a m. low
mathis at 10. holy eucharist and SER
mon at II O'Clock. An orchestra viii
augment the regular choir.
At the evening session the bishop of
the diocese will administer the rite OF
confirmation.
At the First Christian church, Du-
boce avenue and Noe street. Rev. Frank
Stuart Ford pastor. there will be a
special Easter program rendered by a
special choir Of 30 voices. Mrs. W
Y. Freeman will sing a solo. THE
Heavenly Vision"
At St. Stephens Episcopal church the
choir will render several selections
under the direction Of the organist
Martin Schultz.
AT St James Roman Catholic church
corner Twenty-third and Guerrero
streets. there viii be a solemn re-
quiem high mass service at IL O'Clock, al
which an augmented choir will render
parts from Won Weber's mass in G
and Mozart's Twelfth mass, with RE
gina Coelf' by Berge. Soloiets Will be
Mrs. r. W. Gillogley. soprano: Miss
Alice Leahy. alto; H. E. cavnah. tenor;
F. NJ Wahlin and ]. P. Leonard, bassos
Miss M. z. Purcell viii direct the music
CHURCH OF THE NATIVITY
At the Church of the Nativity In
Fell street near Franklin (Slavonfanl
Rev. Father Francis. Turk pastor, there
viii be four masses One at z in the
morning, another at and one at 10
at which there will be singing by the
children Of the Sunday school, and the
sermon by Rev. Father J. Glumac ;r
Slavonian. At 1890 O'Clock there will
be high mass. at which the sermon
in Croatian. on "Fhe Resurrection
viii be by the pastor. Special music
viii include Ave Maria" and NIL.
lards Mass in G by the following:
Sopranos. Antoinette Draghicevich
Helen GcCauley. Pauline Ambrisk; al,
tos. Margaret Trosak, Regina La Vic.
lette. tenor. William NJ Ogilvie; basso
James O'Donnell: Miss Lily Owen, or.
ganist: Miss Blanche Coonan, violinist
The church viii be decorated at eaci
altar with beautiful flowers. after tn.
manner in Croatia.
The musical services at St Mary.
cathedral viii be by the following
choir: Sopranos. Miss Sophia Rottanzi
Miss Agatha Caralli: altos. Miss Julis
Sullivan Mrs. Emile Parent: tenors
David Manlloyd. Robert Morrissy
bassos. Q. X. lie Noir. Mr.. Williamson
At St Pauls church, Twenty ninth