The Republican journal., 1919-04-24
Easter in the Churches.
A Day of Sunshine and Shadows. LARGO
Attendance in All the Churches, Which
Had Special Programs.

- LAY VI 'uASiiihe anu onaoCWS. Large
Attendance in All the Churches, Which
Had Special Programs.
Easter Sunday, April Goth, was observ-
ed in all the city and outlying churches
The weather was typical of spring with
sunshine ana shadow alternating. There
were large audiences present, particularly
at the special service held by Palestine
Commandery, X. of T., in the Universal
lst Church at 4 p. m. The floral decors-
tlons, in charge of Mrs. F. G. Spinnev
were in color scheme of yellow, white
and purple to blend with the tones on the
hand embroidered satin altar cloth. Tu-
lips, jonquils, hyacinths, were used in
abundance, while one handsome hydran-
gea with several blossom clusters eraced
an altar standard. About so Sir KNIGHTS
were in attendance and occupied seats in
the main section of the auditorium. The
music was unusually impressive and an
proprlate and was rendered by the
church's chorus choir, with Mrs. Basil r.
Allen sooist, Mrs Bessie Keyes at the
organ with violin accompaniment by
Lloyd D. McKeen. The response was by
choir, Miss Katherine c. Quimby, Mrs.
Allen, Harold S. McKeen and Frank R.
Keene and was listened to with pleasure
Ex-Prelate Morris L. Slugg, Rev. A. E.
Wilson of the First Parish Church. and
Rev. H. W. Gould of Portland, the Uni
versallst's candidate, took part in the
services. Mr.. Slugg also presented the
In Memoriam and paid tribute to the two
most worthy members the Commandery
has lost the past year, Sir knights
George T. Osborne and Chellis H. Mich
aels. The sermon was by Rev. Ashley
A. Smith of Bangor, who was knighted
by Palestine, when pastor of the church
tie was in uniform and preached on "The
Heaven Bathed Sword of a Knight Tenn
plar" Always a convincing speaker
Mr. Smith was at his best and was moved
by the spirit of friendliness of all and the
brotherhood of the large body present
from the Commandery The discourse
was blending of high Christian ideals
from the time the Knights of old drew
their swords in defence of innocent
maldenS, helpless orphans and the Chris
tan religion TO the recent world war.
when the speaker declared that cbiyalrv
was IN its fullest flower The age of
heTolsm is not passed but is exempIitied
by millions of Americans in khaki, to-
day. A life is measured by the inward
worth of the soul and not by what is
claimed by doctrines or rituals. While
OF general interest it was very apparent
that the sermon was dealing with the
most sacred principles of the order who
were present as his fraters
Two other pleasing and helpful ser
vices were held at the Universalist church
at TO- 45 a. III. and at 7. 80 D. m under the
direction of Rev. W. H Gould of Port
land The decorations and music were
similar to those mentioned in the X. of
T. services,
There were large audiences present at
all the services held at the Methodist
church who were pleased to greet for his
third year their beloved pastor, Rev.
Chas. W. Martin. The altar was prettily
decorated with jonquils. tulips, carna-
tions, etc Special Easter music was
furnished by members Of the Dorcas
Guild under the leadership Of Mrs. E. +.
Frost with Miss Edith Nj. Davidson as
organist. Very helpful and interestinsg :
discourses were given by the pastor.
An Easter program of music was given
last Sunday morning at the Baptist church
by the chorus choir consisting of young
men and women of the church, in charge
of Mrs c. E. Read. The program vas
divided into four parts, Christ's BETRAYAL
CrucltlXion, Resurrection anc Ascension,
was read by George E. White. The church
was prettily decorated with Ea ster flowers
by members of the Christian Endeavor
with Albert L. Gunner, chairman. An
other special feature for the dav was
given in the Sunday school by the chill
dren of the primary department, consist
ing of songs and exercises.
The decorations al the Unitarian church
were beautiful in their mass of coloring
with pink, purple and yellow ptedomi-
mating, and were charmingly arra nged by
Mrs Irving T. Dinsmore. A background
of green was furnished with pott palms,
ETC., and the same were used in the win
dows near the pulpit. Large quantities
of ionquiis, tulips and hyacinths were
massed in front of the altar, while bou-
quets graced the stands and pulpits. The
pastor, Rev. Arthur E. Wilson, gave one
of his best sermons, which was followed
by communion service. The regular
church choir was assisted by children of
the Sunday school in an Easter carol.
Mrs. C. w. Wescott's Easter solo was
particularly fine in expression as well as
in volume and tone.
At the North Church Mrs. John R.