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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1890
Page
8
Throngs fill Back Bay churches on Easter Sunday with visitors from afar seeking sacred music and decorations. Pulpits hidden by lilies and palms. children receive potted plants as Easter remembrances after afternoon services. Catholic churches report crowded masses with enhanced vocal and orchestral music.
Easter at Trinity Church drew a large congregation with full pews and abundant chancel decorations centered on a cross of roses. Dr. Phillips Brooks preached on knowing the power of Christ’s resurrection and immortality, while 6500 children took part in the afternoon service receiving plants and hearing addresses from Rev. Smith and Mrs. Livermore.
Large attendance without a crush as Second Church held Easter services. Palms, hydrangeas, and lilies adorned the platform with a cross of Easter lilies behind the reading desk. The Easter anthem and solos by Mrs Minnie Stevens Coffin Miss Lilian Vari Smith and others accompanied a sermon by Rev Edward A Horton from Romans 8 19 urging spiritual renewal and the resolve to greet the new day with hopeful hearts.
In a sermon, Mr. Horton links Easter to broad hopes beyond immortality, blending life present and future welfare. He speaks of universal brotherhood, divine love, knowledge after life, and a universal church, urging constant expectancy and faith. The service ends with the hymn Across the Fields the Warm Winds Blow and a benediction.
Easter service at the Church of the Advent featured a large orchestra and elaborate music. Rev Father Frisby preached from Acts 11 31 declaring Christ’s resurrection, divine nature, and the hope of eternal life for believers through sacramental grace. The sermon urged personal union with the risen Saviour and affirmed the resurrection as a cornerstone of faith.
The passage notes that lowly symbols through which de ma enter our souls and bodies refer to the cross and the risen Christ now in heaven. The musical programme with orchestral accompaniment will be repeated next Sunday morning.
Easter services at the Mission Church of St John the Evangelist featured an enhanced choir and lavish lilies. Father Hall delivered an impassioned sermon on Psalm 118:17 18, tying Israelite captivity to Christ's Passion and urging renewal through resurrection and forgiveness.
The Old South Church on Dartmouth and Boylston hosted a large Easter service led by Rev. Dr. Georgie A. Gordon with a special children's festival and plant gifts for 400 youngsters. Arlington Street Church drew a vast audience for Easter prayers led by Rev. Brooke Herford with festive decorations and a sermon on glory through the cross and crown.
Elaborate Easter decorations fill the First Church at Marlboro and Berkeley with flowers across the altar recess and pulpit. Cross of Easter lilies centers the display. azaleas La France roses and palms add splendor as Rev Stopford Wentworth Brooke delivers a sermon on the risen Christ from Matthew 28. The musical quartet, soprano, alto, tenor, bass and organist provide praise during the service.
The First Baptist Church at Commonwealth Avenue and Clarendon Street drew a densely packed crowd with standing room. Easter lilies and flowering plants adorned the altar as Rev. Philip Moxon preached on Colossians 2 1 3 with the message that the resurrection is a present experience, the service ending in an unusually engaging and well attended celebration.
The South Congregational Church featured ivy and Easter lilies adorning the cross and pulpit as the Kneisel Quartette and Mrs. W F Whitney provided music. Dr Hale delivered the Easter sermon on Romans chapter seven, stressing that true religion is seen in deeds over words, with a crowded church and baptisms performed before the sermon.
The Shawmut Congregational Church held a children’s Easter service led by Superintendent George Merritt with readings and recitations from pupils. Miss Parker sang a contralto solo and Mrs. Gillette’s quartet performed, as flower offerings honored the risen Christ. General John L. Swift spoke on faith’s rallying message, and Rev. W E Griffis delivered the benediction after the hymns.
A very large congregation attended Easter services at Emmanuel Church. Floral decorations by Mr. Holker Abbott featured lilies and Maltese crosses. The choir conducted by Mr. George S. Osgood performed a program including Christ our Passover, Gloria in Excelsis, and a Selections from Spohr and Stainer. Rev Leighton Parks preached from Paul’s Epistle to Timothy, urging not to be ashamed of the gospel.
The Old North Church hosted an Easter Sunday school festival with bright young attendees in best frocks. Teachers led classes through contributions to the Sunday-school fund, symbolic props, and songs. Miss Annie M. Price won a reward for aiding the most pupils. A benediction by Rev. W H Munroe closed the event as children sang The Day of Resurrection.
The Cathedral of the Holy Cross hosted a pontifical high mass noted for its grandeur and restraint. Worshipers filled pews and aisles as lilies and azaleas brightened the sanctuary and the throne area. The 10:50 a.m. procession moved under Rev. Dr. Talbot’s guidance with seminarians from Brighton College in attendance.
White robed acolytes and priests from outlying parishes attend as Archbishop Williams celebrates Mass with laity, choir, and organist Calixa Lavallee. The Beethoven Mass in C is performed by a 70 voice choir. Boland delivers Lent reflections and papal benediction follows Vespers with traditional motets and hymns.
A large Easter audience packed the Church of the Immaculate Conception with outsiders briefly standing on outer steps. Rev Father Buckley led a solemn high mass as incense filled the air and the choir and orchestra presented a rich program. Rev Robert Fulton preached from St Paul chapter sixteen as deacon Rev Father J H Sandaal and subdeacon Mr French assisted.
M B Faxon secretary of the window garden committee of the Horticultural Association says at least 5000 plants were distributed yesterday among children from Trinity Emmanuel Good Shepherd St Andrew's First Church Jamaica Plain Unitarian Church Greenfield Ascension Chapel Seamen's Friend Chapel and Barnard Memorial. At Barnard Memorial services were held at 4 pm with Rev William W Locke addressing the children and Mrs H L S Woolcott welcoming and advising on nursing flowers. S Welch read a spring tribute and Miss Cottin played violin. Children sang hymns as pots were handed out, about 100 geranium pots were distributed by Mr Faxon. Last evening at the same place the Scandinavian chorus performed a concert for the children and parents.
The Boston Young Men's Christian Association held a post noon service on Boylston Street. A double male quartet performed pieces including Worthy is the Lamb and The Resurrection with solos by Kent Shelly and Hear the Saviour interceding. J Cooper and J Stewart sang solos while Joseph Stewart led music. James S Gordon spoke on What the Bible says of fools.
At Jamaica Plain St John s Episcopal Church the altar bloomed with calla lilies and ferns while a boy choir under J Pierson led as Rev U S Shearman preached. St Thomas Catholic Church featured calla lilies ferns and potted plants with Schubert Mass in B flat sung by a choir and Mrs Robinson as soloist. Carter s Orchestra directed by Bailey provided music and Father Philo Sexton preached the sermon at St Thomas and First Congregational Church showcased handsome floral decor and music.
A quartet including Frances Cook and Mrs C C Mills led a concert with soprano Pren tice and Cornell bass. Arthur Whitney served as musical director. Rev C F Dole delivered a sermon titled The Hope of Immortality, and Rev Ralph M Hood preached at the Baptist Church with floral pulpit decorations.
Easter Sunday drew large crowds across Cambridge churches with special music programs and floral decorations. Church choirs and quartettes led performances at Shepard Memorial First Unitarian St James North Avenue Universalist and others, featuring solos, orchestras, and Easter concerts for seamen Sunday schools and communion services.
In Brookline the Church of the Assumption held a solemn high mass at 10 30 led by Rev Walter Brown with Rev William J Ryan deacon and Rev Father Begley of Brighton sub deacon The Rev Ryan preached the sermon The service featured the church choir and visiting choristers with tropical and potted plants decorating the altar Similar services occurred at Harvard and St Paul churches with elaborate floral decorations In the afternoon children s services were held at both churches and Easter lilies were distributed at St Paul
Easter observances filled Somerville churches with large congregations and elaborate music. Clergy included Rev James H Ross at Franklin Street Congregational and Rev J P Abbott at Perkins Street Baptist, with choirs and soloists enhancing services. St Josephs and St James Episcopal churches in West Somerville also held mass and sermons, while Prospect Hill and First Unitarian reported revival and new members. In Dedham Easter services at St Pauls Episcopal featured strong choir singing and a sermon by Rev Starr.
At St Marys Catholic Church the Rev Father Herlihy officiated and preached an appropriate sermon. The church was adorned with flowers and the choir sang beautifully as the ceremony unfolded with solemnity and grace.
In Salem on Easter Saturday April 6 churches held special musical programs. St Joseph's Church featured a Cadet Orchestra with a mass by musical director Rene Dieu. Sunday schools presented several Easter concerts. Floral displays at several churches drew praise amid large attendance.
Easter services drew large crowds in Haverhill with high quality music and several Sunday school concerts. Rev Thomas E St John preached a centennial memorial to William Ellery Channing whose centenary birthday is tomorrow. Centre Congregational Church raised 1200 dollars with a 1000 dollar pledge from the Young People Christian Endeavor Society. A new Congregational society on Cedar Street held its first meeting today.
In New York and elsewhere on April 6 the day was perfect with crowded avenues and fashionable churchgoers. Cathedral and Fifth Avenue churches featured elaborate palm and floral decorations, and musical services were prominent.
Officers of the Equitable Life Assurance Society of New York announce that for the first quarter of the year new business exceeds 50 million dollars. At that pace the year would reach 200 million, marking a historic high in life insurance figures.
The Rev. J. Nelson Lewis spoke to a large audience at Music Hall yesterday afternoon on Footsteps of Romanism. He used stereopticon views and argued that the Roman Catholic Church caused centuries of darkness, condemning inquisitorial cruelty and contrasting it with paganism and liberty of conscience.
The Methodist Pastors and Sunday School Superintendents Union plans a Tuesday evening convention at People's Church. Deaconess Mary E. Lunn will speak on home work, Rev. Oliver Huckel will address Boston Missions, and Rev. Charles L. Goodell will present union interests. Soloists Mrs. Hale Jacobs and Mr. Arthur W. Bowen will sing.
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