The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-12
SACRED MUSIC
WILL FEATURE
EASTER WEEK
Famed 0ratOrios Will Be
Presented by City
Churches.

PRESENTED ny lily
Churches.
TWO oratorios. the famous Cruel
fxion," by Stainer. and Dubois
Seven Last Words Of Christ" will
be sung by a number Of Indianap-
oils church choirs in the annual
Palm Sunday services. and through
out the week
Among the groups 10 present
THE Crucihxion7 will be the Cen
trial Christian Church choir at the
evening service, under the direction
of Fred Jerry; the North Methodist
Episcopal Church Choir. directed by
William F. Kugel. at the Sunday
evening service; and the young
peoples chapel and motel choirs
of the First Presbyterian Church,
under the direction Of George Fred
erick Holler. at a special 4.30 YES
per service Sunday afternoon.
The Emmanuel Reformed Church
choir is one Of the group which Will
sing Dubois popular composition.
The choir Will sing at p. m. vesper
service under the direction Of Mrs.
Elsie PattiSon. Others which VIII
sing the cantata include the First
Baptist Church group under the
direction Of Percival owen. at the
evening service; the Central Ave-
nue. Methodist Episcopal choir, di-
rected by Ralph w. Wright, Will
sing Tuesday evening in a special
service and Friday night. the Irv-
tngton Methodist Episcopal Church
choir will sing the Dubois numbers
under the direction Of Franklin
Taylor.
The annual outdoor Easter Sun
rise service will be held at TT. Ben
jamin Harrison again this year at
8 a. m.
The service will begin with the
formation of the living cross" COM
posed of 1000 soldiers from the fort,
followed by the appearance of a
cross in the air made up of planes
led by Capt. Staunton Smith Of
Schoen field. The 50-piece 18th
Infantry band and the Scottish Rite
choir, under the direction Of Arnold
Spencer, will present a program Of
musical numbers.
The Broadway Evangelical Church,
Broadway and 56th-st. will celebrate
its seventh anniversary in a special
service Sunday at 10 a. m. The Rev.
l.. E. Smith was the pastor of the
church from the time it was or
gained until 1884 when the present
pastor. the Rev. George S. Lozier,
was stationed at the church.
The choir of the Tabernacle Pres
byterian Church, 34th-st and Cen
tral-av, under the direction Of Fred
Newell Morris, will present the sa-
cred cantata. Christmas" by Men
delssohn. Sunday evening at 7:30.
AS a finale for the unfinished work
of Mendelssohn, T. Tertius Mobiles
Go to Dark Gethsemane," will be
sung.
Sunday afternoon at 2, a mass
meeting will be held at the RooSe-
Temple Methodist Episcopal
Church. The Young Mems Chris
tian Association orchestra, and the
Negro Y. NJ. c. A. male quartet will
be the musical attraction and the
Rev. A. S. Woodland will be the guest
speaker.
The Rev. c. w. Ruth Of PaSa-
dena, Cal. will conduct a weeks
convention at the First Church of
the Nazarene, beginning Sunday
and continuing throughout the
week each night at 7:30.
The Community Aid of the Valley
Mills Friends Church will present
THE Afflicted Family" a play, to-
morrow night at at the Decatur
Central High School.
The choir Of the Fairview Presby-
terrain Church, under the direction
of Mrs. Frank Edenharter, will sing
THE Man of Nazareth" a Lenten
cantata, during the morning wor-
ship Sunday, with Mrs. Ruth Devin,
soprano: Miss Ruby Winders. con-
tralto; Dewitt Morgan, tenor. and
Dewitt Talbert, bass, as the soloists.
A special musical program will be
presented Good Friday night. April
10, at 1880, at the Third Christian
Church, 17th-st and Broadway.
The program will include selections
by Stainer, TschaikowSky, Handel
and Bach. Arthur w. Mason Is the
director of the choir and Arnold
Owen will be Soloist.
Dallas Galbraith will sing open
the Gates Of the Temple" at the
Sunday morning service of the st.
Matthew Lutheran Church.
EvangeliStic services will be held
throughout the coming week at the
Miami Street Mission at 7:45 each
night except Saturday. The Rev.
L. N. Trotter is pastor of the
church.
Mrs Ruth Book will sing at the
meeting of the Women's Bible Glass
in the auditorium of the Third
Christian Church Sunday morning.
Mrs. Curtis Hodges is the class
teacher.
Erwin w. Nuhlenbruch, organist-
director Of the choir at the Second
Reformed Church. will present the
choir in a special musical service
Sunday morning.
Miss Helen Louise Titus, Miss