The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1912-04-11

felt In the ihnlift al mankind, and
he urged them to still go forward
In the good work.
At Tie rt~esbytes4an Church.
TIE beautiful day together with
the shecial Easter programs brought
out two very large CONGREGATIONS at
the Presbyterian church. In the.
morning the adult congregation filled
the church and tine services were
beautifully, and arnrsrAivesy. RENDER
ed and the solo by Mr.. L.. a. VIII
,lians was sung with richness .aad
splendid Interpretation. The sernran,
by the pastor sounded the note of.
confidence expressed by Christian en-,
terprjees of the church's faith In a.
Christ. who has indeed risen, and is
leading His people on to certain vic
tory. The, special service OF. recep-
.tion of members and communion was
a specially joyous occasion and the
largest number remained for this SER
vice in the history Of the church.
The childsen's program ut 4 o'clock
taxed the, seating capacity OF the
church and some stood throughout,
the program. The children gave the
entire program with the exception of.
"a short address by the pastor and
every one present agreed that 1t was,
the bestrendered program eve Civ
en- by the school. The offering for
missions taken at the afternoon pro-
gram was unusually large. Altogeth-
er it was AIRED letter day Tor church.
and Sunday. school.
At the Christian, Church. 80.
While there was no special service
announced by, the Christian church.
yesterday morning there was IA good
attendance and the service vas an
enjoyble one. The sermon was a
presentation of the, duty that Chris
tians owe to the Risen Christ and
was we'll received. A number of new
faces were present and n name
WA added to the membership roll.
An individual communion set. has
been ordered and will be here for
next Lords day service. 1t was de-
cided to begin Bible school work and
the school will be started next Sun
day morning at 10 o'clock. and will
conclude in time for the preaching
service at. IL. Subject for Next Sun
day morning sermon will be "The
Church Foreshadowed," and a chart
will be used to make the lesson plain.
At tie. man IMtls~saa., 800
There was a fine attendance -at
this church at the Faster exercises
Sunday morning. Nearly all of the
commandments, including the four
confirmed. by Pastor Loose recently.
were present and entered into the
spirit of the days worship with
much fervor. The church decora-
tons were beautiful with the Easter
lilies, and many varieties of cut flow
ers. Rev. +, w. Loose, the pastor.
delivered an interesting sermon
ing for his subject, The Resurree-
ton of the Christ crueified is the
reason for tho true Christian Easter
Ito strengthen our faith in the for
giSeness' of sins and hope of eternal
lie." This morning the Easter ser
vices we're concluded with an address
by the pastor on How the benefits
of !Christ's Resurrection are received
by u.s." The exercises of the tive
days were very helpful.
At the Catholic Church.
Easter Sunday at the Holy Family
church resulted in q great o%utpouring
lof the people at the three masses
which were held, the first commenc.
ling at s O'clock, the ihecond at 9
O'Clock and the third aat 1890
O'Clock, in all about, l.5O0 attending
the three services. The High Mass
was sung by Rev. c. r. O'Flaherty,
and the music by the Choir was rem
dered with, fine efeffct. Loesch's
Mash In r, and the Regina Caeli
were given. the latter for the Offer
tory. The choir was under the d.
rection of NJ. c. Cprbett and Miss
Fannie Mccormick presided at the
lipipe organ! The altar was richly
ldecp.ated with lil}ies and scut flow
eds, and which We're arranged in a
tasteful manner Rev. c. E. O'Flaher-
ty delivered an impressive Easter
sermon, taking for his theme, East
er, the Feast of.the Resurrection the
day of foundation of the Catholic
church" In. extending his thought
on the subject. Rev. Mr. DsTraherty
impressed the idea that when people
remained away from church On Sun,
day they were depriving the Lord
of their presence and their devoted
service to the Masters work.
=, AT st. eltary's Church.
The Episcopal church was the
scene of interesting Exercises on
Easter Sunday. The interior OF the