Arizona republican., 1915-04-05
Splendid Easter Music, Spe- cial Sermons and Flowers Mark Celebration of the Great Festival of Christi anity
SPECIAL SERVICE
 FOR TEMPIARS
Resurrection's Meaning for War-swept World Told in Songs of Praise at All the Churches of Phoenix Yesterday

Alleluias of joy and praise, special
 sermons appropriate to Easter and
 thousands of spring flowers banked in
 greenery marked the celebration of the resurrection festival at Phoenix churches yesterday. Everywhere mu- sical programs of a high order of merit were followed by messages from the pulpits of Easter joy and of the tri-
 umph Of life over death. In many of the sermons this year pastors referred to the countless graves in Europe and of the appalling harvest of death in the great war and of the yearning of the human heart for the assurance of life beyond the present. that the Easter message brings.
 Although the largest crowds of the day were ct the morning services, prac- tically every church in the city was filled at the evening hour, many per- sons standing through the program. At Trinity Pro- Cathedral, which was beautifully decorated with spring blos- sons and greens. the musical program was especially fine. Dean Scarlett de- livered a sermon most appropriate to | EdSleT. f1OlN COIuIlullOD WdS CtitDl
 ed at o'clock in the morning. Special Easter music by the chorus choir and quartet was a feature of the celebration at the First Presbyterian church, where the pastor, Dr. Camp bell, delivered a splendid sermon on the theme. christianity and the Res surrection.' In the evening the quar- tet, assisted by the choir, rendered Galbraith's Easter cantata, "Aleluia, Hail with Gladness" The pastor spoke on the subject, "The Dead Shall Rise.' The vice president and Mrs. Marshall and Governor Hunt attended the morn ing service here.
 The Resurrection and the Life" sacred cantata by Ira Bishop Wilson. was rendered at the First Baptist church at the evening service. The church was crowded at both services and the pastor, the Rev. J. Harvey Deere, delivered messages appropriate to the day. A number of new members
 were received into tn church at the
 morning service.
 1 Notable among the services of the day was that for the Knights Templar. held tt the First M. E. church last evening Thirty uniformed knights
 and six past grand commanders of the state were in attendance and listened to splendid Easter music and an effec- tive sermon by the pastor the Rev Dr. Ray c. Harker, who spoke on the topic, 'The Risen Christ and Christian Chivalry."
 l The order of service follows: | Organ Voluntary: Communion in E
 Minor. Batiste.
 i The Order: To Your Devotions, Sir
 Knights
 ! The General Confession, page of
 Service for Easter.
 The Lords Prayer Anthem: Christ Our Passover. l Schiling.
 Psalm for Easter Day, page ,, Ser vice for Easter.
 The Gloria
 Prayer and Response. Offertory: Quartet Upon the First | Day of the Week. Charles Vincent.
 Mrs. w. H. Sargent, Mrs. H. z. Barlow. Dr. C. H. Tuell, MT. J. Elmer Johnson. The Lesson: St Matthew XXVIII. Hymn: No. 3S3 in the Hymnal. Sermon: By Rev. Sir Knight Ray 1 Clarlson Harker. D. D. ! Anthem: Gloria from the 12th Mass. | Mozart.
 1 Hymn: No. 1S0 in the Hymnal. 1 BenedictiOn.
 | POstlude: Wedding March Raymond. 1 At the Central M E. church special
 musical programs of high order
 marked the observance of the day. The
 cantata, Death and Life" was given
 at the evening service The pastor.
 Rev. W. J. Sims, preached appropriate
 sermons at both services.
 'The Resurrection" was made the
 subject of special sermons at the First
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