Evening star., 1925-04-12
Congregational.

thEhE VIII De 1Our services at the
L First Congregational Church to-
day. At 9 am. and at IL am. the
vested chorus choir of 60 voices will
sing Why Seek Ye the Living Among
the Dead?" (Clairel. "As it Began to
Dawn" (Martin) and the "Hallelujah
Chorus" (HandeD. Charles T. Ferry,
organist, whl give a Commute re-
cital before the am. service, the Sc
lections including Gloria (Bron-
son), "Andante," fifth symphony
(Beethoven); allegro con moto,"
Grand Sonata tWhiting), and 'Ho-
sanna" tWachs). The postlude will
be "Triumphal March" (WesD.
At the musical vesper service, 4:45
pm, the Colgate University Musical
Clubs of 40 men. winners of the in
ternational contest, will give the fol-
lowing numbers: Prayer of Thanks
giving" (Kremser), Soldiers of the
Captain" and Trust in the Lord"
(HandeD. "Hark, Hark, My Soul"
(Shelley), and selected numbers The
university organist will be at the
organ.
At S pm. the chorus-choir will sing
God Hath Appointed a Day" (Tours)
They Have Taken Away My Lord"
(Stainer). Ruby Smith Stahl, So
prano and choir director. and Goldie
Dressler Hutchins, contralto, will
sing the duet The Magdalene" CWar-
REM. John II. MarviIle will give a
bass solo, "Hosanna" (Granter). Hill
bert d. Kratzer, tenor soloist, will
sing open the Gates of the Temple"
Knapp. Mr.. Ferry's prelude will
be an original composition, Fan
tasia," and his postlude will be
"Marche Triumphar' (Boise).
The Easter music at the Cleveland
Park Congregational Church this
morning will be: Prelude. Grave
Cantabile,'' from the Seven Last
Words" (Haydn), by Mrs. Page Nick
Etchison, director of music and
pianist; anthem. I'm the End of the
Ruth Hansford Snodgrass, soprano;
Mrs. r. R. Grooms, contralto: r. r.
Grooms, tenor, and c. W. Hull, bass
soprano solo. Awake. Thou That
Sleepest" (Ward-Stephens). by Mrs.
Snodgrass; anthem, Christ Our Pass
over" (SChilling), by the quartet;
postlude. "Hallelujah Chorus" (Han-
deD, by Mrs. Etchison.
At 9:45 am. the Sunday school will
present a pageant in costume, The
Resurrection" by Rosamond Kimball.
1t is an Easter service in four cpl
sodes. composed of selections from
.
The cast is made up entirely of young
girls from the Sunday school, as fol-
lows: PLATE, Ruth De Vane; Joseph,
Mary Durand; Mary Ma gdalene Theda
Sherman; Salome, Fancher Potwin
Peter, Mary Lou Leedon; John, Sara
Stidham; soldier, Katherine Scott;
an angel, Lily McNaughton; a soldier,
Virginia Stephenson; an angel, Kathe-
rine Hawes; high priest, Marion Lurr;
hTor
Marguerite Lawrie; Pharisee, Betty
Howe
The music is to be given by a vest
ed double quartet composed of high
school girls and assisted by the Sun
day school orchestra of Is pieces
under the leadership of Sergt Ray
mond of the Army Band. The singers
are Mary Howe, Marion Whaley,
Elizabeth Rodier, Mary Walker, Ma
rina Yung Kwai, Adelaide Wampler
Janet Carnahan and Thelma wilhoit.
The pageant is being directed by
Matilda Axton and the musical num-
bers by Lily Jane Axton.
At the Mount Pleasant Congrega-
tional Church today, at IL o'clock
a special Easter musical program
will be given by the Mount Pleasant
Chorus, under the direction of Norton
M Little, and the solo quartet, COM
posed of Frances Scherger, soprano;
Carla Pasvolsky, contralto; William
p. Shannahan, tenor, and Herman
F'akler, bass, with Claude Robson at
the organ.
The following program will be
given: Organ prelude, Resurrection
Morn" (Johnston); anthems, Gloria, +"
from Twelfth Mass, B Flat" (Farm-
err; "'Tis Night, a Sabbath Calm
Broods Over" (Townsend), violin OBJ
bligato, T. Brook Amiss; "Hallelu-
jah Chorus" from 'The Messiah"
(HandeD; tenor solo, open the Gates
of the Temple" (Knapp), Mr.. Shanna-
han; organ postlude, "Alleluia" 10
ret). -
In place of the vesper service at 5
o'clock, an Easter pageant, "Magda,"
will be given at o'clock.
The public is invited to both serv-
ices.