April 8, 11)00. Easter Tho arrival of Easter Is always marked by special music and the glad strains of the best composers are sung by choristers and soloists who have been rehearsing for weeks tnjo fitly celebrate the resurrection of the Crucified One. It Is ti good thing that Kastcr Is celebrated magnificently, for It nttracts to the churches many persons who make their annual visit to tho teniplo of tho Lord of Hosts. Many cf these annual church-goers, who pride themselves on their regular church attend ancethat Is, every Kastcr are attracted by tho music. Tho church aim to make tho day tho most memorable of tho year, and why not7 In celebrating Christmas they celebrate tho birth of Christ, but other men wore born: In celebrntlng Good Friday they commemorate tho suffering and death of Christ, but others have surfered and died; but on Easter comet the c lmax, tho cele bration of tho restirroatlnn. fur wlm ..In.. died and was burled and rose again from tho dead? , Hooter calls forth tho most dignified, tho i most sublime and the most exalted strains. J In I'rotestant churches tho "Hallelujah" ; Chorus, from Hnndel's wonderful master piece, "Tho Messiah," will bo sung. That ' thrilling chorus Is the real climax of tho work and Handel says that while compos ing It ho did think that ho "saw all heaven before him and tho great Cod himself." Tho great musical creed, tho most mar velous confession of fnlth that ha3 been put ( In the mouth of a singer, "I Know That My Redeemer Llveth," from tho samo oratorio, U'l 1 1 lut lltl It if titn t i n ennin tin T tlm Episcopal churches tho paschal chant will bo sung, "Christ Our "Passover Is Sacrificed for Us." Easter hymns and glad carols will pour forth from tho willing lips of many singers and the grand organs will bo heard praising tho Ood of all Hnrmony, with lips of wood and metal, with tho trumpet and tho dlnpason, doing tho bidding of thu J soul of n mnn. ...... i . . . ... ... i Milium. Tho processional and tho recessional will bo filled with Joy and tho spirit of tho church music will bo "Hallolujah." In tho Catholic churches tho priest will repeat tho "Haec dies," (This Is tho day that tho Lord hath made), nfter tho socond collect, an 1 again nt tho post-communion, whllo In some plnces It will bo sung at tho offertory. Tho glad strains of tho "Reglna coell, lnetnro" will be heard and tho "Vlda aqunm" will, In most largo churches, be heard In stead of the "Aspcrges." Tho "resurrexlt" In tho Credo will be emphasized. In crn nection with tho famous "Reglna coell" tho following story Is told. It Is related that In tho days of St. Gregory tho Great, Rome -vvns visited by a serious plague. -Tho popo ordered all the people to march In procifi slon, carrying the picture of tho Blessed Virgin, painted by St. Luke. As the crowds went townnl St. Peter's and reached tho bridge across the Tiber a multitude of nn gels was seen nbovo tho picture, singing tho first lines of tho anthem. Tho pontiff, tradition nays, cried out, "Ora pro nobis Ileum, alleluia," completing tho anthem, and the nngel of tho plague was seen sheathing his sword above Adrian's mauso leum, which henceforth was known as tho castle of Sant Angelo. Tin? "Reglna coell" Is on anthem In honor of tho messed Virgin, which begins with these words, and after cash of the four clauses therein contnlned como tho word "alleluia." It Is said at tho end of tho offices of tho nrovlary during the Eastor season. Tho well-known modern composer, Pletro Moscagnl, who has made himself famous by his opera, "Cnvallerla Rustl enna," uses part of this hymn for tho open lug of his celebrated scene and prayer, fa miliarly known as tho "Easter Chorus." One of tho reasons for tho ecclesiastical im portance of Eastor is that all tho movable feasts aro reckoned from that day. Tho origin of tho word Is nttrlbutcd to tho Saxon goddess "Eastre," who Is again met with In tho German "Ostrara," tho divinity of dawn, and tho word has been retnlned Just in tho samo way ns tho namo of some of our week days, for Instanco, "Thor's Day." Maxtor llyiiuiN. In tho scrlpturo lessons which aro read on Easter day, as well as In tho hymns that nro sung, there Is frequent allusion to the Paschal Lamb and tho Passover. Tho word "passover" is tho literal translation of the Hebrew namo for tho feast. Tho "Pass over," or "Pasch," was tho feast cele brated on tho fourteenth day of Nlsan, and was Instituted In commemoration of tho wonderful dellvoranco God wrought for the Jows on tho night when thoy made their depnrturo from Egypt. Christ observed the "Passover" on tho night previous to His death, and so Ho has typified tho "Paschal lamb." which was offered as a sacrifice. The bread eaten on occasions of tho Passover feast was to bo unleavened, nnd henco tho nlluslon In tho "Christ, Our Passover." al ready referred to, wherein tho words are sung, "Not with tho old leaven of mnlico and wickendoFs, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity nnd truth." It Is unfortunnto that tho tiuu id vti iiuiB nun i ijiiLi iiiiiLiMi in i m n ivnrni Inn nf n.!.Unt.n I. n m nl-H...I. 1 lfill. - 1. to musical utcratiiro in tho way of hymns, anthems or oratorios. Where In all modern hymnology Is thero a poem oqunlllng tho splendid majesty nnd tho nenrt throbbing pathos of tho old "Stabat Mator Dolorosa?" Thero Is a trend In tho direction of trashy hymns nnd Insulting doggerel which Is sold as praise of tho Almighty and which smacks moro of tho music publisher than tho mu sician. Tho country Is flooded with hymn books which aro more compatible with tho worship of Venus nnd Bacchus than tho worship of tho Risen Lord. Theso hymn books nro sold and ministers of tho gcspel Music hnvo been known to receive royalties for In troducing them, and the trivial effusions of hysterical song writers nro driving tho peo ple to a rovulslcn of feeling such as was ex perienced once before in tne opposite di rection when tho church people were re galed with such doleful stufT as this: My thoughts on awful subjects roll, Damnation and the Dead. W hat horrors seize tho guilty soul l pen n dying beil. It Is not strange that hymns of this nature would not appeal to men nnd women unless they wero dyspeptics. Milfoil' llllMll MllMll. Milton had the right 1dm of prnlHing the Creator of All Things, Judge of all Mini, when he said: Blest pair of Sirens, pledges of heaven's Joy, .Sphere-born harmonious sisters, Voice and crse, Wed your divine sounds and mixed power employ, Dead things, with Inbreathed sense, able to pierce, And to our high-raised fantasy present J lint undisturbed song of pure concent, Aye sung before the sapphire-colored throne 'lo 1 1 i tn that sits thereon, With saintly shout mid solemn Jubilee, Where the bright Seraphim In burning row I heir loud uplifted nngol-lriimpetH blow. And tho cherubic horn in thousand choirs tV.V',''l,..tllL,r.l,,1,norl1'1 harps of golden wiles Itli those Just spirits that wear victorious pnlnis, Hymns devout nnd holy psalms, blnglng everlastingly. It was in this way that tho mediaeval hymn-writers Impressed tho world. Then sacred music was In reality a masterly and superb union of tho arts of poetry and music. It was In truth a wedding of voice nnd verso. In tho quiet seclusion of n cloister, in tho dim recess of n lonely monas tery, In tho frugal plainness of an nscctlc's ceil much of tho Immortal Mister inutile of tho world was born. With no allurements to hold them to this earth tho pious monkH feasted their imag inations nnd their souls on tho hopes of the future stnte. They dreamed, thought anil Hang of Paradise nnd no lover ever sang with moto burning zeal of Mb beloved than did they when singing of their future home and tho glories thereof. It was this feeling of Intense deslro nnd longing for Paradise that Bernard of Cltiny, tho ploiiH old saint, felt In his soul, which Impelled him to write, nwny back In the twelfth century, that glorious hymn so well known to modern church-goers of every de nomination: Jerusalem, the golden, With milk and honey blest. Beneath thy contemplation hlnk heart and voice oppressed. This Is part of an old poem written by Iiernnrd, tho title of tho whole work being "Do contemptu mundl." Tho earliest Easter hymn of which wo have any definite knowl edge Is thnt entitled "Hie est dlo verus Del" (This Is the very day of God). It was writ ten by St. AmbrcHius, bishop of Milan, about the year 371 A. D. This Is tho same distinguished ecclesiastical luminary to whom is nttrlbutcd tho "To Ileum." Tho latter is doubtful, however, but tho authen ticity of the former is unquestioned. Aiu-lout lOiiMti-r I'iM-niN. Another ancient Enstor poem, whoso or igin is traced to tho sixth century, is tho one beginning "Ad coenam Agnl provldl." This Is said to havo been a favorlto hymn tn ho sung by tho newly baptized cate chumens in tho early church, when for the first time they, clad In white, partook of tho blessed sacrament. A modern nnd fairly literal translation of this hymn Is found In many hymnals of tho preecnt day and begins: At the Lnmb's high feast we sing. Tho next writer to whom wo aro attracted by his beautiful work Is Vennntlos Eor tunntas, who was born about tho yoar C30. Ho wns a great scholar and being impressed with tho solemnity of tho responsibilities of llfo he connected himself with n mon astery and ho has given to tho colloatlon of church music three famous hymns. Tho first is "Voxllla Regis prodeunt," which Is Introduced into tho oratorio of "Tho Redemption," by Charles Gounod and which OMAHA ILLlSTHATEl) 11 THOMAS J. KELLY MUSICAL Is well known by its translation, "Forth tho Royal Banners Go." Tho second Is the "Pango Lingua glo rlosl" (Sing, my tongue, tho Savior's bat tle), a translation found In tho Episcopal hyinnnl of today. The third Is a well known Eastor hymn. Its Latin tltlo is "Salve, festa die," nnd tho English tltlo is "Wel come, Happy Morning." Ono of the most beautiful of tho early Easter hymns Is thnt which begins "Pone luctuin, Mngdnlcna." It is of uncertain authorship and unfortunnto Is It indeed thnt such is tho case. It has been happllv translated by Rev. E. A. Wnshburn nnd a verso of it will suggest tho beauty of Its thought and construction: Still thy sorrow, Mngdalcnn. Wlpo tho tear drops from thine eyes Not nt Simon's board thou kneolest, Pouring thy repentant sighs, All with thy glad bcart rejoices All things sing with happy voices, Hallelujah! Old-Time KHNlfi' llurilH. In the twelfth century thero stnnds out conspicuously Dcrnard of Cliilrvnux, one of whoso most comforting hymns Is a popular favorlto today, In Its English form: Jesu, the very thought of Theo "With sweetness fills the breast. Many persons do not know thnt tills Is an Easter hymn, for the reason that hymnal compilers hnvo for somo renson omitted two of tho most beautiful stanzas: With Mary to the tomb I'll hnste, Before the dawiillig skies, And nil nround, with longing cast My soul's inquiring eyes. Heslde thy grnvo I'll innke my moan, And sob my henrt nwny, Then nt thy feet sink trembling down, And there ndoiing stay. Before closing It must bo mentioned also that tho beautiful hymn which stnnds nt tho top of tho list of Enslor hymns of mod ern days, Tho strife Is o'er; tile battle done, Is from one of the early and unknown writ ers, but It is evidently from tho twelfth ELECTRICITY BUILDIsJC PAN AM ER I CA A1 EXPOSITION CRCEN AA'I) WICKS AlJCIITSdWI f'AtflVV EE, CRITIC OK THE I1EE. century. Tho tltlo is "Flnltn Jiwn sunt praolln." Would that tho mantle uf these old writ ers might fall on sonio in this generation. Tho Idea of life, however, Is so changed, nnd there nro so many beautiful things In this Ufa for which to exist, that there Is less thought of the future Joys, and the nervous hurry of events precludes tho Idea of con templation. Let uh bo thankful for tho works of tho past, at any rate, and uso them. THOMAS J. KELLY. Richest Church In America Old Trinity church, Now York City, has attained to distinction In two widely di vergent matters; In tho honor of Us terri tory; In tho wealth of Its corjxirntlnn. What Is written below concerns Its corp.- rate wealth. As n matter of history, the original ohujrch was opened Tor worship In l(i!)7. Tlfn early church wns maintained by tho Incomo from tho "church farm," ti royal grant from Queen Anne. Out of this In como Rev, William Vesey, first rector of Trinity church, received a yenrly salary of $.r,100. Today that samo "church farm" In valued at from $9,000,000 to $10,000,000, and Its possession makes Trinity the wealthiest single church corporation In tho United States. Out of Its annual Incomo of over $.ri00,000 Rev. Morgan Dlx receives n salary of $2.r.,000. This salary Is mrro than double that of Bishop Potter of tho dloccwe or New York, who recolves but $12,000. This largo Incomo Is exhausted by many claims; the expenses or tho church proper, tho support or tho chapels, tho largo yenrly grnnls to twenty-four parishes, the payment of taxes nnd nssesfunents nnd tho maintenance of tho parochial schools and other parish charities. Tho rontnl of tho "church farm" property constitutes tho mnln sourco of Trinity's In como. Tho property Is scattered widely throughout the city. Much of It, however, I Ilis In the near vicinity of the church It Is rented for various puriumes -for public bulldlngH, stores and tenements. The year Iniok of Trinity parish states that tho parish Ih "systematically eanviifsed, and all cases where tho ministrations of the church are needed nro reported Immediately to tho roe tor." Among the considerable draliiH on tho Trinity Income nro the expenses of the church proper nnd tho nupirt of tho clinH'ls Twenty-live thousand dollars goes, im ah vo stated, for the Hilary of Rev. Mr. Dlx. As slstlng Mr. Dlx In tho work of the church and Us chapels aro eight victim and Hlxteon curates and they receive each one from .i,000 to $10,(100. Tho sextons of the church and (lie several chapels revolve $ir..noo ami each iuo is furnished with a deputy nnd un assistant. Tho nuislo of tho cliuivh costs much The many choir lMyH receive, each one from $21 to $100 yearly. The oololsls, o' which there aro eighteen, receive fiini $200 lo $100. For the church Itself there Is a yearly musical appropriation of $10,000. for each one of the seven cltnpcls, $7.MM), milk lug a total of over $(10,000. That the main teimnco of excellent music In churches In right and admirable s conceded. The church has ever held music to bo a softening In lluenco on the hearts of tho sinful, solace to all tho penitent. A good work Is enr rled on by Trinity In the matter or lit. schools. For tho maintenance of parochial schools tho vestry yearly appropriates the sum of $22,000; for tho maintenance of night and Industrial schools, $.1,000. Trinity hospital for tho sick nnd pour Is maintained by tho corporation nt a yearly expense of $0,000. Tho corporation nlso mnlmi provision of $.1,000 for tho support i f seven beds In ether hospitals. From the corporation incomo n yearly contribution of nlmn to tho poor of $0,000 Is made. The wholo yearly coot of tho maintenance of charities within tho parish, which nro sup pertod out of the corporation Income, aver ages $50,000; for charities without the parish $.10,000-n total of $S0,000. Ballad of the Barren Kaster Clinton Hcollnrd In Woman's Homo Com imnlon. It wns tho barren Easter, And o'er Paniello plain, V here'er the sweeping eye might rove, I' nun beeehen grovo to 1-eeelien grove. ireened neither grass nor grain. It was the barren !CMli.r; II v vale anil windy bill. Whom blossoms tossed on venter year Now bourgeoned no nnrelssiis sjicnr. And clowed no daffodil. 11 was tho barren Easter, And toward tho grliidlng-iloor. i,m!irVi,"r iw,"'"t w"h,M ",u'k, Along the dreary niemlow-trnck Went good Saint Isadore. It was (he barren i&mtor. 10 where , a mighty vo-nak spread, WT, Vf "'i'"" "tailings re ' Seemed erylnu' out bis inline. 11 was tho barren Easier. Ami to 1ih em-H their cry. Hang plaintively, "o Isadore Crai.t h thy p,y. Wl. ,,' ;,.,, iilvo uueenr, or wo die!" It was the barren Easier, WftflM Hhnro It was tho barren liinter And onward to the mill 'ii. ,K' th. ''rPary mendow-trnek. I empty bagH within his mck Tho good salnl plodded still. ' II was the barren Easier- Mo Henivo know why he wont tH., '"!', '"' ,,,,, "' ' ' roHn, JNw all the grain wis spent. It was the barren Easter When nt tho miller's feet fo east ti,,, fvl0kB , , h-'i1, ,",1n,v "",' "Pen I oro Abrlm wllh golden wheat! "oi!'"H tlln '"'oil Easter; T,? P. nhn!LPr,rnro .'m,"'H w"r'' him who fed tho birds! J The Kaster Window Philadelphia Times. I wns Hasten Ido and Easter Kowim A proaehed tho window space W"S U hero each was told ,,,".'." .,., lo occupy her place. "l,L"lH '""d jM'hK 3;.Ai,,i;:e!';;,w,g;;Il-' .r":!iy'l!;r-f;!j;-' ,,lVhe.l,,',Jl.'.ra(',, ,'""n Plac-o fi,., vvl,"' " uaiiL'hty stride "Jr1?" H",,, A,M;,;f,,i;K'h,,!ieiir::!..,n,,Hl H,,n- "At every ball enter flrsl, At ilrawlng rooms uiul ( . K.m, oir my train, voi. .1 , f A,HS, Wiint country 'bumpkins these!" U'Mh V.'"1 ,"10 I'l'rplo Velvet frowned "ronkfiiHt flown turned g e TLin 1)y ""' 1110 imssersby looked in upon tho scene.