Los Angeles herald., 1910-03-26
Joyous Music to Mark
Celebration of Easter

- epoch in church history. For
many weeks the church singers have
been preparing elaborate musical pro-
grams to observe the day, and in many
homes blossoms have been carefully
tended so that the churches may
shine forth with a wonderful array of
spring blossoms to celebrate the an
niversary of the finding of the empty
tomb.
Elaborate decorations will mark the
churches, large and small. Millions of
blossoms will be used, and will present
a wonderful and bewildering array of
beauty to the many tourists.
Among the most elaborate of these
services will be those of the Temple
Baptist church, this being the first
Easter of the pastorate of Dr. j. Whit
comb Brougher, who is already one of
the popular pastors OF the Pacific
coast.
The Temple will be deliberately deco
rated, in the Easter colors of white
and green. Several hundred potted
Easter lilies will be used in a telling
effect in the chancel, while the front
of the platform will be banked with
ferns. Large ported palms at the rear
will add a tropical suggestion to the
beauty of the scene. These potted
Easter lilies are to be distributed
Monday among the hospitals
At the Easter morning service one
of the principal features will be the
baptism by immersion of twenty candi-
dates. ten of whom will be from the
Sunday school. Fifty new members
will also be received into the church.
DIR. Brougher viii preach a sermon
at the morning service on "Monu-
ments of the Resurrection, and at
the evening service the choir will sing
the Easter cantata, "Victory Divine
DIR. Brougher will speak on Easter
joy
Since coming to Los Angeles few
weeks ago DIR. Brougher has taken an
active part in local church, work. lie
has organized an executive committee
TO do the business of the church' IN
addition to enlarging the number of
deacons to twelve. The young
peoples societies have been re-
organize and a personal workers
class has been organized to meot each
Sunday evening at $50 O'Clock TO be
taught by e. H. Emmett.
DIR. Brougher has conducted after
services" each Sunday evening, FOR
which a large number of the congrega-
tion remain each week. The prayer
meetings have been largely attended,
especially by tourists, and in every
department the church work has been
greatly stimulated by the energetic
pastor.
TempIars to Hold Service
"The Risen King" will be the Sun
day morning Easter topic of Rev. VIII
liam Horace Day, pastor of the First
CONGREGATIONAL church. At 2:9O O'Clock
a special service viii be held for the
knights Templars of Los Angeles, VINO
will attend the service in body ana
occupy the lower part of the church
auditorium They will be in full
.oaa1;o ap.l conduct tho service accord
ing to the lodge ritual. Rev. William
Horace Day will speak on I'm Hoe
Signo Vinces" C'In this sign we con-
ouer'D At 5 o'clock the annual
Easter communion service viii. be
held at which fifty new members VIII
be received into the church, making
the membership reach the 1000 mark
There will be no evening service.
Beautiful Easter services Will be
held at the First Methodist Episcopal
church. DR.. Charles Edward Locke,
the pastor will preach and there Will
be appropriate sermon, music and
decorations. In the evening the great
chorus choir will render William G.
Hammond's beautiful oratorio Mes
siah Victorious. The music will be in
terspersed by Easter stories by Dr.
To Give cantata
An Easter cantata, 1.-The Galilean,"
will be given by the Universalist church
Sunday school in Lincoln hall of the
Walker Theater building Sunday even
ing. The speaking parts will be taken
by Miss Lillian Morgan Buck and Miss
Beth Nash Special music will be rem
dered by a chorus under the direction
of Z. Earl Crandall Solos will be
given by Frank Bryson and Lewis
Hauser No admission will be charged
and the public is invited
Reynold f. Blight, minister of the
Los Angeles Fellowship, will speak in
Blanchard hall. 233 South Broadway,
at IL o'clock Sunday on Did Christ
Rise from the Dead?" Prelude: "Steal-
ing a Mountain Of Coal" Good music.
Will Dedicate Church
One of the features of the Easter
celebration will be the dedication of
the new Hobart boulevard chapel of
the Methodist church at Hobart boule-
ward and Third street Sunday at 3 p.
M Rev. Matt s. Hughes of Pasadena
will preach the dedicatory sermon.
Special music will be rendered.
At the Boyle Heights Methodist
church baptism and reception to new
members will be the principal events
of the special service at the usual
morning hour. Rev. w. E. Tilroe, the
pastor, will preach the sermon. In the
evening the Sunday school will give
Easter exercises.
To Give Stereopticons
At the Olivet Congregational church
the Easter services will be open with
the session of the Sunday school, at
which stereopticon views illustrating
the resurrection will be given. At the
morning service the choir will render
special program, including Christ the
Lord is Risen Today" and Low in the
Grave He Lies" The evening service
will be given up to stereopticon views.
Love Triumphant" by Florence
Kingsley, will be given by a reader
and nine voices at the First United
Brethren church at the special Easter
service Sunday evening.
Special Easter services will be held
at the Hyde Park Congregational
church by Rev. j. M. Schaefe Sunday
afternoon at 3 O'Clock. The special
exercises at the Pico Heights church, |
of which Rev. Mr.. Schaefle is pastor, |
will be held at the morning and even
ing services.
"The Power of the Resurrection" will |
be the topic of Rev. A. Darms, evan |
gelist. at Music hail. Blanchard build
ing, Sunday at 2:30 p. m.
The Sunday school of the Bethesda s