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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1908
Page
9
Fort Wayne churches plan ornate Easter programs with sermons, choirs, and baptisms. The First Baptist and local congregations feature special music, readings from The Resurrection, and elaborate decor, aiming to emphasize the event’s teaching regardless of weather.
At Wayne Street Methodist Church pastor Dr Frank Lenig will preach in morning on The Resurrection of Christ and in evening on The Fire Easter Evening The church will be decorated by St Cenella choir A musical program includes Prol also services and organ solos by Miss Alringer and R Wagner with Gounod Postlude. Choir and soloists perform selections. Service details and timing listed for the Sunday observance.
A large Easter program unfolds in multiple congregations. Bethany Presbyterian lists Sunday school, morning service on The Resurrection, and an Easter musical with solos and a quartet. Plymouth Congressional Church presents morning and evening cantatas and choral music. Trinity Episcopal outlines an Easter Eucharist and processions with Handel and Bullard selections. First Presbyterian features a high choral program directed by John B. Archer. West Creighton Avenue Church of Christ details morning and evening services and an Easter address. First Methodist Episcopal describes a Sunday school Easter program with student recitations and musical numbers.
Easter Sunday services at St Peters Catholic Church feature a Christain Mothers Society holy communion, a children's choir, and a 200-voice Easter chorus. Sermons by Father Felden and Father Elder Alphons Happ, with solemn high mass, Vidi Aquam, Bach prelude, Palestrina and Mitterer chants, and benediction schedule included.
A long OCR fragment lists multiple church activities including a 2:30 p.m. workers meeting at Pentecostal Mission 198 Fairfield Avenue led by Rev F R Lemnard of Findlay Ohio, evening meetings at First Church of Occult Scientists, and services at English Lutheran, Lutheran Redeemer, and other congregations. Sermons cover topics from character science and phrenology to Easter themes, with Sunday schools, votaries, and regular Bible studies.
The Rev H B Staford presents Bible school at 9 30 a m with Special Raster exercises. Bester sermon at 10 20 a m by the Reve Eucel. Bester Fanaical service at 7290 Been Fane for the evening service. A choir will gravized and make its first appearance. Westminster Presbyterian with Rev William HL Wilson in charge.
A fragmentary description notes the work of Sir Edward Burne-Jones, praising his reverent treatment of religious subjects and referencing Easter and Saxon spring festivals as context for the painting and its reception.
A jumble of church notices lists worship times at Saint Paris Episcopal, First Church of Christ, and other parishes. Topics include Resurrection, Atonement, and Easter themes. Catholic rites at Fort Wayne diocese are highlighted with pontifical mass and sermons by Rev. Simon Katamuench.
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