The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1914-04-17
MANY HEAR new
PIPE ORGAN FOR
The FIRST Time
Easter Services at Presbyterian
Church Featured by Use Of
Fine instrument
METHODISTS REACH
RECORD ATTENDANCE.
All Houses of Worship Attract,
Large Congregations With
Special Music and Sermons
From MONDAYS Daily,

From Mondays Daily.
The handsome new pipe organ at
the Cleveland Avenue Presbyterian
church was used for the first time
at the Easter services yesterday. It
is the first pipe organ to be installed
in the part Of the range. The instru-
ment was assembled by F. A. Funke,
and Max Schuelke, president of the
William Schuelke Organ company of
Milwaukee. About Is years ago Mr..
Schuelke's father, the Cnoted organ
Minnesota.
Fine Instrument.
The new organ is a thoroughly
modern two-manual instrument of 701
pipes, governed by IL speaking stops.
In the matter Of tone the builders
have been eminently successful. When
builder, installed pipe organ in the
Catholic church at Ely, which was one
of the first instruments in northern
the full organ is used by Organist j.
H. Handle, who played yesterday, all
the stops form harmonious and bril-
liant blending of tone, as is seldom
heard in other instruments. The tubu-
lar pneumatic system is perfect. Two
thousand feet Of tubing are employed
in the instrument, which receives it's
power from a single horse power cleo
trio motor
Fine Voicing.
The grand crescendo pedal, with it's
almost endless variety of combina-
tions, controlling every department of
the organ, individually or collectively,
at the pleasure of the organist, with
the pneumatic combination pistons,
and the crescendo pedals of the swell
organ, make it very easy to produce
any varied effect. The voicing of the
instrument is exceptionally fine.
Members of Virginia lodge No. 264
A. F. and A. M. attended the 1890
o'clock service at the Presbyterian
church yesterday morning. The East
er music and special sermons also
attracted large congregations at the
other services. At both the morning
and evening services the choir sang
the cantata, ''The Lord of Light and
Love-" by Julian Edwards.
The new organ probably will be
dedicated with special services next
Sunday morning. In about two weeks
the dedication recital will be given,
the feature Of which will be the sing
ing of Gaul's oratorio, "The Holy
City," by choir of 80 voices.
Record for Methodists.
The congregation at the Easter
morning services at the Methodist
Episcopal church was the largest since
Rev. Thomas Grice has been pastor
of the church. A large number of
worshippers attended all the services.
Thirty-one new members were taken
into the church.
The Sunday school made an Easter
offering of 1913. Special music under
the direction of J. H. Roberts featur-
ed all the services. An augmented
choir sang. The church was decorated
beautifully with Easter flowers.
Hundreds of Virginians, many Of
whom are not regular churchgoers,
attended the Easter services in the
various churches yesterday. Many
persons come from other range cities
to hear the Easter music and sermons.
The day was ideal and in the after
noon the streets were alive with people
enjoying the Easter promenade.