Middletown transcript., 1915-03-27
EASTER AT ST. ANNES
Holy Week Services Will Begin
on Monday Next
SPECIAL MUSIC BY THE CHOIR

0A GSAAL MUOIS bI HE CHOIK
The Sixth Sunday in Lent. palm
Sunday.)
Morning Prayer, Ante Communion
Service and Sermon, 49, 80 A. NJ.
Sunday School session IL. as A. NJ.
Evening Prayer and Address at Z. 80
P. NJ.
HOLY WEEK AND EASTER SERVICES
Monday, in Holy Week, Morning
Prayer and Altar Service, 1890.
Tuesday, in Holy Week, Morning
Prayer and Altar Service, 10. 80.
Wednesday, in Holy Week, Evening
, Prayer, and Address at 7.3O p. NJ.
MAUNDAY Thursday, Holy Com
munion and Address at 10 30 A. NJ.
Food Friday, Morning Prayer, fnd
Sermon at 1890 A. NJ.
The Three Hour Service, 12 NJ. to 3
p. M, with Addresses on the Last
Words of Christ
EASTER DAY
Celebration of the Holy Communion
at A. NJ. We hope many worshipers
will endeavor to make their Easter.
Communion at the early Service. To do
so will help the Rector very materially.
Surely the early hour is the ideal time
for receiving the Blessed Sacrament
1t savors Of the spirit of Mary Magda-
lene who on the first Easter Day came
early in the morning while it was yet
dark. " She came expecting only to
visit the tomb of her dear Lord where
as we come to great our risen Savior.
Second Service, Morning Prayer,
Sermon and Holy Communion at 1890
A. M. The Offering at this Service is
for the General Fund of the Parish.
Let US have corporate communion of
| all the Societies of the Church at Easter
1t is fair to assume that the number of
communiJns made a. Easter gives a
good idea OF the spiritual condition oil
sny parish, because every live Church
man plans TO receive the Holy Com
munion at that time.
The Sunday School. The usual work
ing session of the School will be omitted
on Easter Day. But all children are re-
quested to be present and bring the
Missionary Mite Boxes.
Evening Prayer and Sermon at 7.30
p. ".
The Choir will render a very appro-
| pifate and beautiful Musical Programme
on Easter Day.
Tne Sacrament of Holy Baptism will
be administered Immediately after the
morning service in the Church.
My dear Parishioners:
Easter is, as we all know, a Feast of
Holy Obligation, which means that ali
faithful are expected to make their
Communions on that day. Let us begin
now to prepare for our Easter duty and
privilege The receiving of the Holy
Commun on is one direct and outward
way in which Christian shows his
loyalty and devotion to Jesus Christ.
Let your Holy Week be season of
genuine preparation for the Easter Com
munion.
The Church expects OF all her faithful
children a special Easter Offering which
shall be as generous as it can be made.
LENT invites us to practice self-denials;
if these be faithfully performed they
result in character building. The re-
suits If ones Lenten self-denials are ta
be given, not saved, otherwise the dis
cipine of self-denal is not complete.
Thorough-going self-sacrifice followed
by the offering to God of the fruits
thereof will do the giver quite as much
good as the recipient.
EVERYBODY knows that the expense of
maintaining services is much greater
during the winter months than at other
times; on this account we must depend
on our Easter Offering to make up in
part the deficit. Neither will | offer
unto the Lord my God of that which
cost me nothing, " is good Bible doctrine
and may well be the spirit in which our
offering is made on Easter Day.
Faithfully Your Friend and Rector.
PERCY LOWRY DoNAGHAY.