The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-04-09
Crowds Attended Churches Both
Morning and Evening
from Mondays Daily.

Another beautiful Easter lay mas
passed. and through the opening por.
tails of spring one gains bright
view OF the approaching summer. Aft
err the quiet Lenten season came the
glorious Sunday. with It's promise of
resurrection, happiness. and great
LONELINESS. which makes all mortals
glad. The day proved an ideal day OF
spring and the people focked to the
churches In large numbers, crowding
them to their capacities, as impress.
sive and beautiful services were OBJ
served I'm all the houses OF worship In
Mankato. Affairs and pulpits were
decorated with profusions of Easter
lilies. palms, and cut flowers of all
descriptions, and everywhere was an
air Of Welcome and joyousness.
The First Baptist church held their
Easter program at the morning sery.
ices, with many special musical mum.
bers. II. o. Iverson rendered selec-
tions on the cello. including the
"Andante Cantable" by Tschaikow.
sky. and an "Andante" by Grieg. and
Mrs. II. o. Iverson presided at the
pipe organ. Rev. r. w. Hobbs, pastor,
preached an uplifting and inspiring
sermon on The Risen Christ. Giver
OF Life" and the service OF baptism
was also rendered. Evening services
were very largely attended. and the
program was made up of special mu.
sic by the choir and other interest.
ing features.
Rev. Wilbur Il. Keesey, pastor of
the Centenary Methodist church de.
liyered a stirring sermon on "ThG
Quest Of Immortality" during the
morning program. and the rite of bap.
tism was administered to children.
Standing room was at a premium, the
church being crowded to its capacity
at the evening program, when the
chorus choir of the church. consisting
Of about twenty-four good voices, rem
dered the cantata. THE NaZarene,
under the direction of ID. NJ. Jones.
The young people were well trained
and acquitted themselves very credit.
ably in this difficult cantata, their
rendition proving very pleasing to
their large audience. The chorus
parts were especially musical, and
were carried through with proper
spirit, and the solo parts were well
taken care of. some Of them being ex.
EXCEPTIONALLY we'll rendered. Miss Nellie
Nitzkowski presided at the pipe or
gan during the presentation of the
cantata.
Easter morning prayer meeting OF
the Young Peoples societies. with W.
A. Sanborn, leader. were held at the
Presbyterian church at seven O'Clock
Easter morning. and were well attend
ed. At 1880 the morning service was
held. Rev. T. Ross Paden. the pastor,
giving the prayers. and scripture les.
son. Special music was given by the
church choir. Misses Mansfield and
Beck. and Messrs. Jones and Blyler.
with Miss Skuse presiding at the pipe
organ. A duet Lift Your Glad Vol
ces" was given by Miss Mansfield
and Mr.. Blyler. During the evening
service the pastor gave an uplifting
and serious talk on "Christ's Sermon
on the Afternoon of the Resurrec.
tion." The services were largely at.
tended throughout the day.
At st. Johns Catholic church, and
at st. Peter and Paul's the masses
we're marked with special Easter mu.
sic. and the churches we're crowded
at each mass. The beautiful altar dec.
orations and inspiring music at these
churches served to wildly impress
the wonderful thought of Easter Day
The Episcopal church was crowd,
cd at all services yesterday. Holy
communion was given by Rector &. J.
Shut. at a. m, and services opened
at 1880 a. m. Special and beautiful
musical numbers added greatly to the
pleasure OF the Easter program, and
included violin duets by Messrs. Al,
vim Skog and Charles Schwanenberg,
who also played violin ubligatos for
the choir. Miss Mildred Oleson sang
Jesus Christ is Risen Today" and
Il Know That My Redeemer Liveth. 50
by Handel, her rendition being very
pleasing as she possesses a very
sweet and powerful soprano voice.
The Sunday school program was Civ.
en- by the Sunday school pupils and
included cleverly rendered recitations
by Jean Standish. Robert Farmer and
Mary Play. with an Easter song by
Dorothy Gerlach. and a violin solo by
Miss Lucille Fisher. The distribution
oil the Easter eggs was a happy fea.
t1re of the day for the young folks.
Knights TempIar services were held
at 4 p. m. and were well attended.
| Welsh Church Ceremonies.
! At the Welsh Calvinistic church a
beautiful musical program was given
during the evening. commencing at
1880. The Childrens' choir sang some
Easter anthems. their sweet young
voices being well trained. and adding
pleasing sentiment to the hymns. Rec
itations by the children were also
given, and the church choir rendered
special music. The male chorus sang
Give Me Thine Hand" by Parks,
and II VIII Arise" was sung by a
quartet composed of Mrs. G. NJ. Rob-
erts. Miss Jane Jones. Thomas Jones
and Meredith Griffiths. Solos were
sung by Miss Fannie Morris and