EASTER SERVICES

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVI, Issue 106, 5 April 1926, Page 11

EASTER SERVICES

GIRL CITIZENS AT ST. ANDREW’S

Girl citizens from the camp at Awapuni paraded in a body at an impressive servico in St. Andrew’s Church last ©veiling. Tho visitors, who numbered about 80, were accommodated in tho central seats of the church and presented a very smart appearance in their trim, white uniforms. Taking as his subject “Citizenship,” Rev. G. T. Brown based his remarks oil Phil. 3.20, lt.V. “Our citizenship is in heaven.” Some people, he said, wero inhabitants of the city merely for tho company of the crowd. They loved tho. noise of the streets, the, glittering lights of the shops and all tho jolly accompaniments of community life. They were there for what they could get out of it. That was not citizenship but selfishness. . A citizen in the truest senso was one who was prepared to pay for the privileges by service. Every pleasure had its price; every privilege its responsibility ; every right its duty. God turned us into tho garden of tho world not merely to partake of its frifits but to till tho soil, prune and spray the trees and cultivate the flowers and to produce as much of beauty and wealth as this old world was able + j yield. The ideals of true citizenship were to make the dull, drab, wicked world clean and wholesome, sweet and fragrant—a place where it was easy for men, woflien and children to live their best and purest life. To accomplish such an ideal it was necessary for them to gather themselves hearily, wholly and with all the enthusiasm of their youth to every noble cause and worthy object. The fact that our citizenship was in heaven did not imply that wo should isolate ourselves from the earth and ignore its problems but that we should draw our inspiration from the highest spiritual principles, and mould our ideas according to heavenly patterns. Just as Christ came forth from heaven to destroy the works of tho devil, so must wo in keeping in vital contact with the heavenly kingdom go forth to purge and cleanse thq world. Just as a diver down in the depths salvaging a noble but broken and sunken vessel must ever breathe the upper air pumped down to him by his friends, so must we draw all our life and strength from the upper atmosphere of the kingdom of heaven. That vital connection could only ho secured and maintained through Jesus Christ to whose love all must open their hearts and yield their lives. SERVICES AT ALL SAINTS. At the several services which were held at All Saints’ Anglican Church a record number of communicants attended, the, total being in the vicinity of 500. At tho festal evensong Rev. G. AV. Dent preached to a very large congregation. The singing of tne choir, under the direction of Air J. Holmes Itunnicles, was magnificent. One of the anthems was “Sing Ye to the Lord.” The servico concluded with a solemn procession which ended at the altar, where the “Hallelujah” chorus was sung as an .act of thanksgiving. ST. PATRICK’S CHURCH. At St. Patrick’s Church yesterday at 11 o’clock the Alass (Farmer in B Flat) and the Credo from Gounod’s “Alesse Solennelle” , was sung by the choir. The soloists were Alisses It. Butler and A r . G. Bartlett, Alesdames Fuller and C. P. Nash and Alessrs O’Brien and J. Hanley.

A sacred concert was held in ihe evening when there was a very large congregation. Items were as I'olljw. Solo, “Sanctus,” from “Alesse rolennelle,” Air C. O’Brien; “0 Solutaris,” (Bordesi), Airs C. P. Nash; “Benedictus” (AVinter), Aliss Brophy, Airs Nash and Air C. Greening; “Ave Maria” (Alascagni), Airs K. Skerman; Piet.a Signore (Stradella), Aliss It. Palmer; “The Lost Chord” (Sullivan), Airs E. AlcDonald; “Pater Noster,” Aliss It. Butler; “Ave Alaria” (Gounod), Aliss V. G. Bartlett; “Protege Domine” (Terziani), Alisses Bartlett and Palmer; “There is a Green Hill” (Temple), Air C. Greening; “Gloria” (Fanner) Aliss Bartlett, Airs Skerman and Alessrs O’Brien and Hanley. The choir was under the baton of Air C. H. Greening.