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Show EASTER IN OGDEN. . Impressive Services at St. Joseph's Church. It -was' the first Easter in which services1 serv-ices1 were held in St. Joseph's church in the city of Ogden. The day was clear, though cold, and the church, which was completed but a few months ago. still presents an expression Of .newness which seemed to add to the beauty and dressiness of the decorative work prepared pre-pared for the Easter celebration. - The ladies of St. Joseph's Altar society, so-ciety, as usual, had in hand the work of beautifying and preparing the altars, al-tars, which showed, as seen last Sun-: Sun-: day. very good taste in 'all things. 'Flowers from California, along with the supplies obtained from local dealers, deal-ers, furnished all that was necessary to prepare the altars and church fittingly fit-tingly for the occasion. .The music rendered was excellent, ; being: . ; kyrie -. Mercandante's B flat Mass Gloria Leonard's B fiat Mass I Hosanna ....... Grunner Mrs. Mary Harrington Stevens. i Credo.. Leonard's B flat Mass ! Sanctus.. ... Mercandante's B flat Mass Regina Coeli ....Battmann I.Agnes Dei... Mercandante's B Hat Mass To Deum Mercandante's B flat Mass Mr. Shereton Ferrin, soloist. At both Masses the church was unusually un-usually well filled and the number of ' communicants kneeling at the altfj; rail was such as to impress one with the fact that the parish discipline of St. Joseph's is such as to prove that few parishes with equal numbers could be found with a greater percentage of membership performing their Easter duties. , . In all the life of.our holy faith, as marked in the days' of the year, there is none that seems to carry: with it the happy spirit that pervades the morning morn-ing of Easter. This is felt in every Catholic parish throughout the world. The happy spirit of,-the resurrection comes down to us from that morning when the holy women, visiting the tomb of our Savior, found that He had risen and that the victory over sin and death was complete. The fact that more than 1900 years have come and gone has made no change in the feeling feel-ing that lives in the breasts of the followers fol-lowers of Christ when Easter is upon us. That . spirit fills every Catholic heart . from the banks of the Neva to where the restless wave breaks on the shores of the Pacific. 'Tis felt in the little mission church and it fills the aisles of the great cathedral, and we felt it in the houses of God that stand under- the. mighty shadows of the Wra- ; satch mountains in Utah. As we felt the gladness of Easter in this year of j our Lord 1903. . the early Christians experienced the same' almost twenty centuries ago; and as we felt last Sunday Sun-day in the churches of Utah and elsewhere, else-where, the generations of Christians will enjoy the same" happiness 2,000 vears from now. Of .all the days of "the vear. certainlv Easter carries with it a fulfillment of the words uttered to the disciples of Christ when it was said. "Peace be with you." and it is pleasant to contemplate that here in our unpretentious city of Ogden last Sunday we felt the presence of that blessing of peace and good, will asit should exist, among Christian people wherever, fovnd. This sn'irit of love and Christian unity was 'the life of last Suiidav's sermon as delivered bv Father Cush-nahan. Cush-nahan. He called to mind the fact that no matter what the surroundings might be. whether in the humblest church in America or in the greatest fane ever reared by the hands of mortal man in which to worship God. unless we have in -our hearts that spirit which Christ during His mission in this world left amongst men. all that we may attempt as Christians will be in vain. s at both. Masses in the morning, so also at vespers and benediction in the evening. St. Joseph's church had a very large congregation, a striking feature being the increasing number.? of new-Catholics new-Catholics that are in our midst: pr ing that in Utah, as in every other state under the flag, the word of God is , being preached to increasing numbers, num-bers, and that the faith of our fathers continues to strengthen' in every part of our broad land. . " . OGDEN. The Alumnae of the Sacred " Heart academy held an important meeting on Thursday evening to . arrange for the celebrating of the silver jubilee of .the institution. - - - Senator Kearns was iri .Ogderi.'the other afternoon for. the purpose. of completing com-pleting the arrangements for the reception re-ception of President Roosevelt on his coming visit to this city. The senator had a long consultation with Mayor Glasmann on the matter and the plans were carefully gone over, after which a drive was taken around the city and over the proposed route to be taken. It was decided at the end of the drive that the ganyon portion of the trip i would have to be abandoned, as that alone- would consume all the time the president would have to spend in Ogden. Og-den. Of course, everybody desires to hear the .' distinguished visitor, and while the'." canyon . trip ' would hav- probably been more enjoyable to him personally it was concluded to simply carry out the part or the programme embracing' the speeches, handshaking, etc. The indications are that the nation's na-tion's chief magistrate . will be most enthusiastically received here. ' EUREKA. P. J. Fennel was in Salt Lake last week. ' James D. Stack and James P. Dris-coll Dris-coll have, been elected delegates to the grand lodge. A.-O. U. -W.f .which convenes con-venes at Hailey, Ida., on the 19lh of May. Mrs! J. H. McChrystal and daughter Frances. spent last week in Salt. Lake, the. guests of Mrs. Robbins. . Mrs. Phil Clarke has returned from a two weeks' stay in Salt Lake. |
