The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-30
READY FOR EASTER
Music Will Reign in Topeka
Churches Tomorrow.
Affairs and Pulpits Already TAX
ing on Gala AttireS.
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SPECIAL MASONIC SERVICE
Catholic and Episcopal Pro-
grams Especially Elaborate.
Exclusive Day of Song and Mu-
sic Feature Sacred Day.

Elaborate Easter services have been
prepared in most of the Topeka
churches tomorrow both morning and
evening. Special music and cantatas
are on nearly all of the programs, and
IA few of the larger churches have an
nounced song services exclusively for
the day Pulpits and affairs in the
churches are already beautiful in their
decorations of white Easter lilies. and
the vested choirs of the city will APP
pear tomorrow in all the glory of
freshly laundered surplices
The Easter services in the Catholic
and Episcopal churches are even more
deliberately planned than in former
years All the solemnity of high mass
will characterize these services The
cathedral is always crowded on Easter
Sunday.
Special Masonic Service.
Special Knights Templar services
will be held at the First Presbyterian
church tomorrow afternoon at .
O'Clock. The Knights Tempiar will
appear at the Masonic temple in full
regalia and will march to the church.
DR. S S Estey will deliver special
sermon at the service. The Easter ser
vice for the Knights Templar is an
annual affair and is marked with all
the impressiveness of the rites OF
Masonry.
The musical programs for some of
the Easter services follow:
Grace Cathedral.
Easter morning at 1880 O'Clock.
special Easter music.
First Lutheran.
500 a. m.-Full Mathis, Double
Mathis Double Versicle, Gloria Patrl,
Invitatory and Venite with full choir
Sermon by the pastor on The Easter
Joy and Life
9:45 a. m-Children's Choral Fes
tivaL Children will be baptized at
1880 a. m.
1900 a m.-Special music includes
the ''Alleluiah" Chorus from the Mes
siah Handel Also a solo by Miss
McAfee.
1900 p. m-Luther League. The
Fact of the Resurrection" John
20:24-29.
Triumphant" by Clough Leighter-
First Methodist Church.
IL o'clock, special Easter musical
program.
Euclid Avenue Nj. E. Church.
Special Easter program, including
Let not your heart be troubled"
contralto solo by Mrs. D. A. Warfel.
and solos by Miss Mildred Clary and
Mr.. p. B. Hamlin.
The big choir of the First Metho
dist church sang the cantata, The
Last Seven Words of Christ at the
pre- Easter services at the Church Fri
day night. The work was given under
the direction of o. ]. Bowman, direc-
tor of religious education of the
church. Bowman will leave for Den
yer Monday to take charge of the
same kind of work at Trinity church.
The ten regimental bands from
Camp Funston will be the principal
attraction at a mass meeting on the
campus of the State Agricultural COL
lege at Manhattan tomorrow night.
The bands are consolidated into one
mammoth organization for the occa-
sion and for the morning Easter serv-
ices at the camp.
First Christian.
The choir of the First Christian
church, under the direction of Miss
Mildred Hazelrigg, organist and choir
leader, will give a program Of Easter
Music Sunday.
First Presbyterian.
Easter Eve and Morn" a cantata
for solo, chorus and organ by Fred
erick Stevenson will be sung at 1880
Easter evening service of the PreSby-
terrain church. The regular church
quartet, composed of Mrs. Geo. w
Parkhurst, soprano; Mrs. Horace
Whitehouse. contralto; Mr.. Hugh
Smith, tenor. and Mr.. B. P. Bartlett,
bass, with the assistance of Mrs. Geo.
H. Allen, soprano, with Mrs. Robert
Carver, orgarist, will sing the entire
musical work.
Will Sing Easter Cantata.
The Westminster Presbyterian choir
of twenty voices, under the leadership
of Miss Ethyl ]. Coover, will sing a
cantata, The Resurrection ofNHope'
at the church, Huntoon street and
College avenue, tomorrow evening at
1880 o'clock.