Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-16
SOLEMN WEEK IN,
CITY'S CHURCHES
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lCOnGnued from t1rSt GaPe.I
the Passion Week services. a new
note also has been sounded from the
pulpits when ministers call on their
congregations to support the coming
Victory Loan campaign.
Luthernns in New Church
There is more than usual impress
siveness in the worship of the Mes
siah Lutheran congregation, for this
eek they are celebrating the first
Holy Week services held in their
ma gnificent new church structure al
Sixth and Forster streets. Friday
evening the rites of communion will
! be administered as we'll as on Sun
day morning and evening.
The MONDAY services being held
! each day at the Central Y. NJ. c. a
| building are attracting hundreds OF
| people from the business district. Ar
/ organ recital. a song by a we'll
| known soloist and a ten minute talk
| by a clergyman of prominence in the
city make up the program being pre-
sented each day in the interim from
| 1915 to 12.45 o'clock.
VIII Sing Easter Hymns
DIR. Robert Bagnell. pastor of the
Grace Methodist Church. will speak
! in the lecture room of the edifice this
! evening at 7.30 o'clock on The Story
| of the Last Week." Edwin H. Gott-
! schall will lead the singing of -astel
] hymns. The anniversary of the Las
| supper will be celebrated tomorrow
! night.
Service on Friday will be of un.
: usual interest. This special service
, will start at II o'clock noon on Fri
: day, and will continue until about
! o'clock. DR.. Bagnell, will give &
! short address on The Seven Las
! Words of the Cross" There will b'
| organ interludes between DIR. Bag
/ nelrs remarks on each of the sever
last words, and each part of th'
| twenty minutes.
! Special Easter selections will b'
suug by Mrs. Robert Reeves. central
to of Grace chorus choir. and william
Ray Chapman, who sang the Palms
! last Sunday evening at Grace church
Holy Thursday Service
| The services for Holy Tlursda!
night at Augsburg Lutheran Church
| corner of Fifth and Muench streets
| the Rev. a. NJ. Stamets, pastor, prom
! Use to be of more than usual attract
! iveness owing to the rendition of j
| II. Mauder's Sacred Cantata, "Olive
to Calvary" by the church choir, VIII,
| have been devoting much time to th
! preparation of this work. 1t recall
| the scenes that mark the last few
days of the Saviour's life on earth
| and some of the lessons suggested
! thereby.
The solo parts will be sung by J. T
| Gibson, tenor; Roy Matthias, baritone
! both of Bethlehem Lutheran Quar-
tet, and Miss Keeney, soprano o
| Augsburg choir.
Sergeant Robert to Sing
A Holy Week service of unusua
interest is to be held in the Steven
Memorial Methodist Episcopa
| Church, Thirteenth and Verno
| streets tonight at 7.30. DIR. Clayto
| Albert Smuckcr announced to-da
that this special meeting would b
| fifty-five minutes in length. Sergean
| Humphrey j. Robert will render
a fifteen minute program of song
For more than six months he ha
| been scheduled every week to sing i
! the Stevens Memorial Church. d
Smucker is to be the speaker of tn
evening. Many old-time songs wi
be sung in connection with this gath
| ering.
Schools Close To-day
Schools of the city closed this al
ternoon and children will be give
an Easter vacation until next Wed
| nesday morning