The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1916-04-28
Cerem onies of Impressive
Character Were Held
KEEPING WITH THE DAY
Song Programs Rendered in All
Churches; Eloquent Sermons
On Resurrection

Easter sunday proved dS Ueduli"i
day as could well be wished FOR,
and the bright sunshine of the morn
ing hours brought forth practically
everyone who could possibly leave
their homes to attend one of the
glorious resurrection services, which
were held in all the churches of the
CITY. Special programs had been ar
ranged, and the music, recitations,
ana talks, all breathed the spirit OF
Easter tide and the happy thought
that the Lenten period had ended
and rejoicing had taken the place of
sorrow. The churches were hand
somely decorated with Easter lilies,
roses and foliage, and looked chaste
and beautiful in accord with the day
At Centenary Methodist Episcopal
church last evening quartet, con-
sisting of Misses Lora Lulsdorff, Mil
dred Sawyer, and Messrs. d. NJ
Jones and Sidney Davies, gave a
program of sacred selections, Miss
Nellie Nitzkowski presiding at the
organ. The numbers included So
prano, alto, tenor and baritone
recitative solos of a sacred theme,
and chorus numbers, telling the
story as prologue, two parts and
finale of the crucifixion and resurrec
ton of Jesus.
Sacred Song Service.
Easter services at the Presbyterian
church included number of beauti-
full sacred songs, rendered by the
choir composed of Miss Cornelia
Mansfield, Miss Williams, DR.. Ben
ham, and Joseph Tallman. Mrs.
Mamie Skuse- Gerlach was organist.
An appropriate sermon, Life After
Despair was preached by the pastor,
and solo entitled Hope Crushed to
Earth" was sung by Joseph Tallman.
The Christian church observed
Easter with services throughout the
day. A unified program was he'd
from ten a. M, until II m, with
special Easter music, and a sermon
by the pastor on THE Place of Jesus
Resurrection in Christianity" The
junior and senior EnGeavor societies
met during the afternoon and at
7:45 p. m, a special Easter pre-
gram was given, including a pretty
play THE Easter Garden" Those
Who took part in the program were
Gladys Sutton, Constance Comstock,
Ruth Harlin, the Beginners class
Junior Girls class, choir, Intermedi-
ate Girls class, Chester Hoffman,
Gladys Culp, Laurel Morrison, aud
Ruth Sinotte.
The Easter services at the Baptist
character, and the church was decor
ated with beautiful flowers, placed
profusely throughout the auditorium.
The music of the organ, violin and
cello, and selections by the choir were
exceptionally fine, and was enjoyed
by the congregation, which filed the
large audience room to its capacity,
the doors of the Sunday school room
having to be let down to accommo-
date the overflow The baptism of a
number of willing followers of Christ
impressively administered, preceded
the sermon. The pastor, Rev. r. "
Hobbs, then preached the sermon
from the words, THAT | May Know
Him, and the Power of His Resur-
rection." Beyond the greatest hopes
which the resurrection brought to
the Christian, and vivid description
of the change from the crucifixion
gloom to the resurrection joy, the
speaker showed that the transforma-
ton from a lack of hope to courage
could be accounted for only by the
fact that Christ had risen from the
dead. But one needed to hear the
beautiful, tender, powerful and elo-
quent sermon itself to appreciate its
strength and effectiveness Rev.
Hobbs swayed his audience with his
words from the first. The Sunday
school was made attractive by the
superintendent, George NJ Palmer,
who has the happy faculties of novel
ideas and energy. Solos, recitations,
and songs, the latter by the primary
department, gave a joyful and lively
entertainment. Everyone was pleased
and another Easter Day where i'm
pressions for good were made, passed
into history
At Congregational Church.
AT the congregational church an
especially arranged service of Easter
music was given in the morning, be-
ginning at 1920. The sermon topic
was 81 Rise Again The musical
and a violin solo By Miss Julia Hub.
Vesper services were held at five
o'clock and included songs, a recita-
ton by Florence True, scripture
dialogue by the girls and boys from
the classes taught by Mrs. Constance
and Mr.. Pass, and exercise by Miss
Sleight's class, and playlet by the
classes of Mrs. Barnum and Miss
Radcliff.
The Swedish Lutheran church OBJ
served Easter with beautiful song
service last evening, rendered by a
large choir, under the direction of
w. A. Johnson, who presided at the
organ. Among the many pleasing
hymns and anthems rendered by the
choir, were separate numbers, in
GLIDING vocal solo by Mrs. August
Widell, with violin obligato by Mrs.
Oscar Anderson, Mrs. George Ander-
son acting as accompanist, a short
talk by Rev. o. ]. Arthur, and a pi-
ano solo by Sigrid Mellgren
A special Easter program was
rendered at the Welsh Calvinistic