The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-04-08
EASTER CELEBRATED
WITH SONG AND
PRAYER
Music Formed Chief Part of
Services in the Various
Churches.

After uttering many anathemas,
and calling down maledictions upon
the luckless head of the we'll mean
Ing weather man, due to the unprom-
Using condition Of the weather on Sat-
urday, Easter morn dawned fair for
the fair ones of Grand Forks and the
day saw countless creations of the
milliners and dressmakers art given
forth to admiring and mayhap en-
vious eyes.
However the Significance Of the day
was not lost to the good citizens, in
their glory of new apparel, and the
churches were thronged by those who
sought to fittingly observe the ami
versary of the resurrection Of Jesus
Christ.
In all Of the churches special serv-
ices were held. in which by prayer
and song the Saviour was gloritied,
The oft told story Of Christ risen from
the tomb was retold in song and
sermon and seemed to take on a new
meaning.
Easter Music Featured.
The Easter music. however. always
pis the special feature on which the
most time in preparation is spent and
this year the offerings of song in the
various churches were magnificent
The choirs. directors and organist:
spent weeks in preparation and the
results were most pleasing to the
hundreds who crowded the churche.
for both the morning and evening
services.
The. First Presbyterian church hat
an especially fine service Of son" the
feature in the morning being a cello
Genevieve Meacham and a quarte'
number by Miss Meacham, Mrs. F. A
Parsons, F. E. Dickinson and w. W
Norton. In the evening the choir I'M
der the direction Of Prof. ". w. Nor
ton and with A. P. Clifford at the or
gan gave a splendid rendition o,
Bucks cantata., Christ the Victor
The soloists. were the members Of the
regular quartet assisted by Mrs. r
Sovereign. Laurence Anderson ant
Terrence Quirk.
Had Good Soloists.
At the First Baptist church the
the pastors wife. Mrs. Homer NJ
Cook, who is a splendid soprano solo.
list. Mrs. Cook sang Ranier's "Hos.
anna" at the morning service. Louis
u. Rowland directed the chorus choir
in his usual excellent manner and
Miss Jane Smith rendered some ex.
c%eptionally beautiful organ numbers
The quartet was composed of MI. and
Mrs. Paul B. Griffith. Miss Barbara
Henry and Harold Winslow. Mrs
Paul Griffith was soloist in the even.
ing.
The chorus choir under the direc-
Mrs. Harry Burton at the organ rem.
dered Peters celebrated mass in F al
st. Michael's Catholic church at the
high in the morning most ex.
celiently and the soloists were at their
best. There was no music at the ear
ly mass but the Rosary choir sans
at the children's service. The church
was filled for both services and Bish-
OPP j. j. O'Reilly preached the Easter
sermon.
Instrumental Solos.
The First Methodist church had an
exceptionally fine music service un-
der the direction Of Prof. G. A. Lam.
pert and W. Broad at the organ. The
feature at both services were the in
strumental numbers. a trio in the
morning and a quartet for viola and
violins in the evening. Miss Irma
Mallory was the soloist at the morn
ing service and Benjamin Ahlquist In
the evening.
At st. Paul's Episcopal church Miss
Bessie Tharaldson was the soloist in
the n n the cnOir under the
direction Of Miss Selma Hassell rem
dered the usual church music in ex-
cellent manner.
The congregation at the Plymouth
Congregational church heard Miss
Ida Lamson as soloist at the morning
service and Miss Margaret Rasmussen
In the evening. Miss Josenhine Curtis
played a violin obligato for Miss Lam.
sons solo and the choir rendered sew
eral Easter anthems.