The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 31, 1902, Page 4

4 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, MARCH 31, 1902. 4 Beautitul Easter SDervices MTmpress. S 3 o — - Sy ;e N S 2 S = . / AWAIT OFENING oF DOORS oOF PRAISES SUNGTO THE LORD Resurrection of Christ the Theme of Able Discourses. lmprq]ssive Music Adds Solemnity to the Occasion. PECIAL Easter services were held in all the eity churches yes- terday. The attendance at the leading houses of worship taxed the capacity of the edifices and many hundred late-comers were unable to secure even standing room. Unusually fine programmes of mu- ic were the rule in the larger sanctuaries and augmented choirs chanted the praises he muititude to the Redeemer and ed the hope of immortality his ong men inspired in every pu- of day on which Christians s in worsnip and thanks- giving, it was also an occasion for the display of the latest dainty creations of th The superb weather show ad the much- ret was conspicuous- e. Th gregations at the ence. r . Altars, of Sanctuaries eaton of the variegated colors Beautified With that met the eye at ever Tig But in the relation of the facts of the resurrec- F tion, and of the untold benefits accruing lowers. to markind by the death of Christ, the life were forgotten and all ed in adoration to the cross {of Christ. They ‘were fearless In their and responded fervently to | holy errand and, though many met death ung to the master of men.| while in the performance of their duty, | | of prayer and penitence, & | there were still other Christian mis< of thankfulness to the Creator for | sionarieg clamoring to go out to take the IS Jessings vouchsafed to man through | place of those massacred. It was in those S the sacrifice made by Christ in their be- | countries where the religion of Christ was | = balf unknown that everywhere there was a Z The decorations in the leading churches | deadnets. L 7% were for the greater part magnificent. The speaker denied that the Christlan 3 I The lily of the valley mingled its | missionaries were meddling spirits, and, fragrance with that of the rose in all of | said the doctor, a vear before the Boxer the chancels, and evergreens studded with | uprising the missionaries had warned the | blossoms, pink ahd white, all but hid the | diplomats what was coming, but the s from view. In the Episcopal | diplomats did not understand them. He churches ming Stars of Bethlehem | extolled the young women who went out burned softly above the altars, the effect [ to take light to the lands where there being most beautifyl. The interiors of | was heathenism. They laid down their the C pulg Catholic churches were brilliantly | lives for Christ and that, he sald, was | | and beautifully adorned true Christianity. music was the in feature of the e in all the chu Sl BN WAL | RICHMOND CHURCH aral theme was the Testirrection of Christ FINELY DECORATED and its influence upon the destiny of the human _race. he truths of the Bible . AT weore alluded to as being incontrovertible, HE attendance at the morning and notwithstanding the efforts of unbellevers vening services of Richmond Con- pust and present, to shatter the one great gregational Churoh yesterday was op ““.v‘:y.”uu l-r;’h:l‘l.\lul ‘q;».rinlu neces- larger than usual, The sacred odi- L e any of Which are. synope | fice Was taxed to ita utmost capacity by wized herewith, wore foreerul and eloguent | the congregation and vialtors, In honor and will Jong be rememberyd by those who | of the day the church was beautifully listened to the counsels w»o earnestly | decorated. The falr members of the cons voiced from the pulpits gregation had devoted hours to beautify- v . - ing the Interlor and thelr efforts were THOSE WHO SLEEP highly appreciated. Tho cholr, augment- 2 ed for the eccasion, never san more SHGLL RISE AGAIN x.(-.m;uun,\.l A;\[lr:}rrluh‘ music was ren- dered morning and evening by Miss Alioe | === AR 0 A b sy el 3 . |Guthrie, Miss Nina Parker and Miss Edith \ ) Txr{h services at the First Engluh | Coombs. sqprancy; Mus, Margset M. v WORSHIPLRS AT ST. MARY’S CATHEDRAL A8 THEY APPEARED WHILE LEAVING THE SANCTUARY. Pvangelical utheran Church - & ® . H L S 4 e d Fred Brock and Clifford Taylor, tenors;: | —— — o ——— terday were of an impressive charac- [ Jasd ) BEOGE ARG L oL om ana Lo ter. They were conducted by tbe|Naghel. Mrs. Phillp Coombe was the or- e mer & Neier who was | i o ceomne, menter| =€@diNG Pulpit Orators of @ll Denominations Eloquently Address Vast Congregations tinguished ministér of Atchinson, Kans. | Of the church, preached an cloquent ser: " vested choir rendered beautifui | MoR on “Resurrection From Death a U h h s bj f S i d M. i d l Eff U h H R i ol 1t | el AR ot worte pon the Subject of Savior’'s Mission and Its ect Upon the Human Race. very riking. Calla lilles, ferns and | 'What we are here determines what we shall od t flowers were used in profusion. be hereafter. We are to endeaxor to develop RCHBISHOP RIQRDAN was | lse to raise himself from the dead is_the culcated h‘y the gospel of the day. He | first bass and G« A V' e music tendered morning and even- | Jhal, which If spiritusl within be. unil 1t shall the principal figure In the | [Undation of the Christian faith. - St 'Paul | dwelt upon the beneficent results that folc | Dass. S Al (B e S 2 gl Y g was very beautiful | Katw Chilst Apd RHow Ihe power of GRS st Pt oo apeatad yaa | 814 not Restate'to sty that' “it" chridt Wd | lowed the message of Christ (o the| The sermon was preached by the Rev. |Hovier, &, Aviiguts, KCairall, L. Gissed wre. In part Dr. Yarger said: . e 3 h ded i ¥y K. Keh G & resurrection, and the fellowshib of his suffer- ary’ ; . oo o R b s tomb, anid| Father D J. Mahoney, who took for his | iy atwarin . Fegeris o Cont X bring you the apostollc gresting of Easter: | ing; until we shall dle unto sin and R tserldny SR !f 1“,?,",{‘“‘1'.1; P e e ¥ ifom tne tomb, nor | S8CTibed to the guperantural rolling away | subject “'The Resurrection.” The large A bt o oo e He is tise In the fectivals of the church | righteousness, and take on more and more that olemn pontifical high m: canhe hant It himeelt dron o atier death | Of the massive stone tliat guarded the | congtegation, which filled every avallable | R e o thie day is the brightest gem of the crown, | glorified life which is to have its fuliness in was celebrated at 11~ o'clock, | §00) /8 RERE DR et "God alone can do this. | €ntrance to the tomb of him that wis | space of the sacred edifice, was visibly im- &nd to the church most impertant {s the truth | the lie to come. and thus atiain unto & real i s spectar chotr and string | Mo pul i IS it ke, sost of ‘Mis divins | orucified, an insight into the more holy pressed by the eloquent words ot the cler- | PEOPLE MANIFEST it bring: Baster me‘fr‘gfi‘ be ng( u;x(-, | resurrection while on the earth and in the orchestra rendered the music incidental omnipotence. Armed with this nereil truth | and better life of the human race. | gyman, who prefaced his sermon by a . Christion _ doctring | body. 2o wore | Pi8 followers went out to' carty his tame to | An augmented cholr rendered the music simple narration of the Biblical story of | GREAT DE Sortamotais Riite At SEth Wi +hioe 2 to the mass. Not all the crowd Of WOT*| tha uitermost limits of the carth, It was true | of Hayden'S “Imperial Mass.” At the of- | the resurrection of Christ as taken from R VOTION B e aat ke S by PREACHES SERMQN shipers could find room in the edifice, and | that they preached of a God crucified, but they | fertory - Guilmet's “Hosanna” was ren- | the gospel of the day, and the subsequent incontrovertible facts ' that no unp! many stood for hours upon theé steps lead- | Jikewise preached of a God resurrected. - And | dered as a contralto solo by Mrs, Mar- | sfpenmnca of the Redeemer among his AFTER a continuous series of masses 15 . vitho e e A_ o, following this doctrine through the ages, . A witea! WA | ON “RESURRECTION?” |ink therets awaiing an opportunity to| Sehowinh (s Socene ymeh (i 4| guceis & Wilburn, & string and wing | decpies at which thousands of peole 40- inzs 4 message to us | n : b0 have pasesd swAY participate in the services. ; ‘| throughout the universe the glorlous fact of | portion, proached the altar to receive holy fruits of all who ale They Very Rev. John J. Prendergast, V. G, his resurrection. holy In and shall greet us again, Go §ADOE chonrapttion sifsachy thy Y R O s Aubibe The cerel| : Hayan's Sixteenth Mass was sUiE Ui- | evenias and s BRecia] Sioslon Hrexiom FRENCH CATHOLICS Erair s & seluiun M I et o8 0 wep ai the graves of your dead, aster services at Howard-street | Bioiice, and Fathers Ramm, Dempsey, | der (he diretion of Organist B J. Hatri- | Was rendered. ~The 'congregation Allud GATHER IN NUMBE $hubrated at 1 'oclock yesterday . St jut g0 to see a MIly growing there. Methodist Episcopal Church yes- | Hannigan and O'Ryan also participated. | son by a large choir, assisted by a String | every part of the church during all the R Ghity Shurch on Vallejo stress. av. Z ——— terday. There was special mu- | Some thirty acolytes were on the aitar, | Orchestra. Theprincipal soloists ~Were | gervices of the day. i R Viinaanon. wis. the oslehraal, KNIGHTS TEMPLARS |sic for the occasion and a ser.|snd a number of Christian Brothers were| MUss Matherine Blacic Fornane: oS Yl R OLEMN high mass was celebrated | . Caraher sabdescen. Master Bdward mon by " the pastor on “The Utll.|Seated within the sanctuary, The altal g%y V3ahdy bass. ove teneh 9 FASTER. SERVICES s at Notre Dame des Victolres Church | McCarthy was mastér of _ceremonies. on Bush street in the presence of | NCal'y @ score of acolytes Were upon the " 1 de of Easter CONDUCT SERVICE | ity of the Resurrection of Chirst.” The | as $e°°I5ted, Wiih & Blepiudp o, 0| “tigon the ‘conclision of the mass Arch- 1 o, Gr-0 services opened with the singing of Sudd's | a multitude of fairy lights and glittering | bishop Riordan gave the Papal benedic- AT ST. IGNATIUS a congregation that filled that edi- | oot “Easter Anthem” by the choir under the | candelabra. The richest vestments in | tlon to the kjeeling muititude In the fice. Crowds of people stood upon the Hl:at?;.x" hlfitl‘g:fh":mw:hm ‘;:\- sermon. First Congregatioral Church at | direction of C. Ernest Edwards, choir di- | the possession of the clergy of the Cathe- | évening solemn vespers were sung, fol- e e E of the I Post and Mason streets was so | rector. Mr. Edwards sang He Is Not | dtal were worn by the offic aiing priests, lowed by benediction of the Blessed Sac- HE Easter services at Bt. Tenatius | “F5 te tnterior of the church there was | Sy vt posmen; He Is Not Here - largely a' ended last night that | Here, for He Is Risen,” at the offertory. Rev. Jerome B, Hannlgan deliveréd the | rament. Chureh yesterday were particularly | a great blaze of color, Every device that | mulslsg del‘i‘x\{‘edtbe é?."’.’:f‘;‘f P i th Voo b an AN . Dr. Wilson preached from the text from | sermon. The gonpel of the day furnished elaborate and impressive. The prin- [ art could suggest to lend brilllancy was | cha 2 the D of Chemt And o *n the service began there was | Luke xxiv:46-4i—“For thus it behooved | the text, and e said in part: PAULISTS PREAC spal” ceremiontas - of i made use of by the ladies. The altar wi e B g A BT Y not a vacent seat in the vast edifice. The | Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead | mut m fow days ago the Cathdlic chureh - REACH monias o ' they day ‘took | BUS 1*In" tha glow. of light shed fram | Domoile e s and i chcngs of the service was conducted by Golden Gate | on the third day that Tepentance and re- | wope. the SArments of orrow in: commemorss place at the solemn high ‘mass at|mudids of candles. Easter lilies and the | s Geotinoime the® foect 4pon man- Commander, No. 16, Knights Templars. | mission of sins might be preached in his | tion of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. To-day TO LARGE CRQOWDS | 10:30 n the morning, the celebrant being | ficur de lis of France rivaled each other A o P8 Trom Reppesenting the commandery were 'Sir | name among all nations, beginning at e, are_ siad of heart”tnat Jesus hds arisen the mv.fi:‘nhe\' J. P. Frieden, §. J..Rev. | in the glory of their colors. i S;‘,;‘;‘;’herfi_'e‘gl:";;l:&'; L. ;fi;fiam’"‘ land, commander, and Sir P. 2lem. e very hour that seemed the hour of his de- T s 3 ‘ D Code. prefate Revi G C. Adarms repra: | After dwelling at length upon the fact | feat in his Struggle over sin and death was ERY REV, FATHER SMITH, C. 8. | FAther Seorge Butler, 8. 1. was the dea- | Very Rex, lexander e S Mwras | | The cholr under the divection of the gented ihe church, and Eir Samuel D, |of the resurrection, in which the proofs | to him the hour of wictory. It was to him P., the superior of the Paulist con- | the sub-d s 8, B 7, | L oloek, - b was assisted By the peer| Crganist, Mrs. A Colling, rendered Mayer presided at the organ. | of the event were given, Dr. Wilson said: | but the cccasion of the beginning of everlast. Thtasativ on the-Yasille Dot e sub-deacon. Thirty acolytes assisted Joseph Guibert, 8. M., as de&con? ;ROV. Glorza's “First Mass."” The offertory was ‘A% ihe Eir Knighis entcred the sacred | The remsrrsstion men mecottary 1 vinaass | B LiSie i, BAIE LS EERYS ElVS up the dell fraternity.on the Pacific Const, was | gt the mass, and wers direoted by Rev. | J05chh Drover: 5. M. as aubdeacon. " | Soiuiors Lo hen B, Sl syt gdifice the orean welled forth tne boauti: | e ‘iratha of God "It fulfilled the Drophocy | but We victéry over Geath was prociaimed by e celebrant of the high mass at| Pather Culligan, 8. J., ds master of cere- | Fuiher GuiBést B Mesarn: Woodbrides ang Boshins: > ched . r b Thing it in the Ol4 Teatament anh ioh | Bo" shger. old St. Mary's Church yesterday morn- | monies. Fronch, his' text” betng, ~ChEst the EAs | & B s, ey iage, Snd Schnits. ¥ : gner's “‘Pilgrim Chorus™ | con and then the vast congrégation joined in | ’s own prophecy concerning himself, and | | Upon this- fact of his resurrection is based | Ing. Never has the church béen more ra- | The main and side altars were beautiful- | Of the Nation.” It was an eloquent ex-, ce?f\‘fr::d"fi:”efi. 333.;?:’.'“;5‘5" “Father Sa ighty voice stirrin, y | s Oi goe mighty wolce In the string Hymn, by | 1 the pledgs thal nof, one of the propheeics or | all cur hopes and bellets . of immortality to | diant in its wealth of blossoms and golden | Iy decorated, Easter lilles 1 profusion be- position of the gospel of the day. McMahon delivered the sermon. s { the divin 'd 2 Y e e L s Deccstary togemove the Teprobch of (e srame | o Baswiaise ThAL 1o, sod s boon deniced o candelabra than it was yesterday and th | ing the main adornment, The fegular male PO, TSR DR MRIDY, T 4% {optine ] Dr. Adams was “Why seek ¥ . o giveefficacy to the work of redemption and d 1t proves that Wi mar rs shone e radlance of | choir, under the leadership of Rev. Fath 2” quam’” eters): Kyrie, Gi amione the AGAAY" 1n the ngfir:«'efl}mfi’;s | finally %o nceredit his claim 1o the Talth ana | Soa-the sou of Ged nd O it s fruclfed | the fiickering lights. S RItelll, e 3 sang Pauconmiters Baater Sancius and Agmis Dl trom I | Cardinal Clasea’s recent death tn Rome ' an Nome | makes a totab of 136 members of the Rev. Father Hopper was the deacon of o ory Dachauer's “Messe Solénnelle the mass and Rev. Tather McNicoll n::; :“uslce 9'Connell. e oot :r&f%?noz': B e e iDL - Neping 1 SAETe] COT o oy A AT eacon. Rev. Father Moran prea o ; organ, ‘‘Marche Triom- s of thirty- the sermon and dwelt upon the hnonlp !;d- o M\ n.n!:: tlt::::. ;'!.t émnm" Shi i %m‘“' & T L It:alt;na'lndmtvmt'y&dx > L 3 e Vi ~ 7 % rl 9 g obediénce of the world. As another hi : romake ihe, eanrer spoke 9% ihe un | St ad ol visen, (he'dcutdad ravings | ng bia Beist Hfe on CArth, but done OF thess abroad to spread and 1o teach the gospel | of unbelleving millions,” U0 | S Fia divino. siasibn on sarth, CAristS Seomm