The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-03-29
EASTER BAY.
trinity Church.

Easter SUNDAY, tne Jay SCI apart IOr IN
commemoration OF the resurrection of on
Saviour, was observed at Trinity churcl
with impressive aud appropriate religion
services, conducted by the rector, Rev
William j. Harris, d. d. In accordance
with an approved custom, the church wa
beautifully and tastefuly decorated will
flowers by the ladies of the congregation
and presented rare and beautiful appear
ancc. In and about the chancel were dis
played flowers of every hue, hanging bask
cts, pots and boquets. The altar was pro
fusely decorated with boqucts as were
also, the prayer and reading desks ant
font, while at the right Of the lecturn were
Towering and green growing plants, and
from chandeliers near the chancel being
flower baskets innumerabc. The mural
tablet, erected 10 the memory of the Rev
John A. Hicks, d. d., first rector of tho
parish, was entwined with ivy.
Morning prayer was celebrated at siS
o'clock, in accordance with custom long in
vogue in this church-Rutland being, with
perhaps single exception, the first of Yer
mont churches to commence religious
services at so early an hour, Easter morn
| ing. The usual Easter selections were
performed by the choir, consisting of Miss
G. Belle 1luntoon, soprano Mrs. J. b.
Hathaway, coDtralto Taft, of Brattle-
boro, tenor Frank NJ. Davis, basso and
chorister; Lucias L. Morse organist
and we venture TO say that rarely, in Yer
mont, has church music been rendered 50
supcrbly and approximately as it was in
Trinity church, yesterday At half-past
ten, morning service was continued by the
celebration of the .itany, by sermon,
and the administration of the holy com
munon. The sermon was delivered by
the rector from these words: "And they
said among themselves, Who shall roll us
away the stone from the door Of the sepel-
chure"-Mark 1913
After detailing the history of the resur-
rection, as related in the gospels, and
showing how the question of the three holy
NODltu was dUsNtjtOs Nv luc scuulIE VI
an angel to remove not only the visible
obstacles to an entrance into the place of
| the sepulchre, but also those which were
unknown to them, he proceeded TO deduce
the practical suggestions of the narrative
and of the words on which the discourse
was founded. Conscious of i'll deserts, and
of exposure to Gods just displeasure, We
have no hope of ourselves. Dead, as We
are by nature, in trespasscs and sin, and
buried in the sepulchre of conscious sin.
| fulness, and with the door thereof sealed
with the heavy stone of Gods displeasure,
we continually cry out, who shall roll
us away the stone, who shall turn back
| from us the relribution justly due for our
sins. Some may be found who answers
that he will do it for himself but rarely
can any one be found presumptious enough
| to believe either that he can live rightly
here or attain happiness hereafter without
help from some Interior source. This help
we can only receive from God, and this al
| believe whether they believe in one OIL
many Gods. To those who live under the
christian dispensation, this help has come
through the Son of God.
AS these holy women knew that Christ
had been brought to his entombment by
the malice of his implacable foes, SO do We
know that our best hopes have been buried
by the malicious arts Of the most impla
cable of all foes. Did we know how large
a stone had been placed at the door of the
| sepulchre of our hopes, how ii had been
seated, and how closely the door was
guarded we should despair Of finding any
AID in rolling away the stone But the
same divine messenger, who comes TO SCI
us free from the death OF sin. has prepared
a way, and though the adversary should
again and again, roll the stone to the dooi
of the sepulchre, He will break his un.
known power, if so be We acknowledge
our unworthiness, and anxiously seek tc
do Gods will. All this, and more, is the
fruit of the literal occurrences of the first
| Easter Day. As He rose from the dead, SC
may we arise from the death of sin to the
life of righteousness. This thought will
console us in the hour Of death. as it does
console us when we stand by the oper
| grave, where is about to be placed the
earthly tenament of loved friend. Aflel
celebrating these thoughts, the rcctol
closed his most admirable sermon, which
we have so hastily and lmperfectly
sketched, as follows
"Whenever, then, brethren, we are
| tempted to think Of any of our hopes OF
| our Joys, as entombed beyond the chanc,
of resurrection, let us remember that oul
blessed Savior stands ever ready to rol
| away the stone from the door of the sepul
| chre ; to restore to us NOT, perhaps the
very joys that we have lost, but joys 81
much higher and nobler as the glorfieC
body, with which He rose from the dead
was nober and higher than His natura
body, which was Land in the grave wound
ed and bruised, Let us never doubt elthe
His ability or his readiness to bring US I'm
mediate relief in every time of perplexity
Let us never look elsewhere for the conso
lstion, which can come from Him alone
In fine, resting wholly in Him, In any ex
trcmity whatsoever let us never cry eithe
hopelessly or even doubtlngly. Who shall
roll us away the stone from the door OF tn
sepulchre?
At 4 p m, evening prayer was said
while at 7. p. m. was semi choral service
by the children and choir. At this service
as well as at the others during The day
there was present very large congrcga
ton, the church being literally filled. Tn
service was opened by an anthem, afte
which the carol angels, roll the rocl
away" was rendered, the solo being sun
by Frank NJ. Davis, and the chorus by til
children Of the Sunday school. The regu
lar order of Evening Prayer followed, til
l45th Psalm, from the Psalter, being sun
aniiphonally by the choir and The Sunda
school. AT the close Of the ordinary eel
vices, the children sang the carol, "Chris
is risen, and were then catechised by til
rector upon the subject "the day" Anothe
carol followed ''I.et us join our voices,
when a short but interesting address wa
made 10 the children by the Rev. Di
Harris, an abstract of which, want of spac
compels us TO omit. After the carol 18th
world itself keeps Easter day." the ella,
offerings OF the teachers and scholars WEI
collected, while an anthem was sung b
the choir and these offerings were +,
ceived and presented to the rector, som