Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-04-22

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| so magnihed az to exclude the attribute Of
| Justice. II was shown that we acquiesoe in
! the administration Of Justice in all human at
fairs. The criminal must be punished Of
tenders against human law are not allowed to
escape. Violation Of the divine law must
also deserve retribution. The resurrection at
the last day of both the Just and the unjust,
the righteous and the wicked is taught not
| only in the gospels but also in the books OF
the prophets. Daniel, II; 2.) Christ taught
the same doctrine, but he also taught a way
OF escape from the wrath OF the Almighty.
| (St. John, IL %, 2G.) At the conclusion OF
the sermon the preacher maintained that there
could be no such thing as q genuine Easter
| Joy unless the solemn services Of Holy Week
had first been performed. We must stand
beside the cross on Good Friday, il we would
sing our Easter hymns in the true spirit of
devotion. There must be season OF peni-
tence and humiliation TO be followed by one
of rejoicing, as the discipline Of life is need
ed before the joys Of Paradise are known.
At the children's service, $3.50 p. NJ, the church
was crowded by a congregation attracted
thther to hear the children sing their carols.
| The rector addressed the children at this SER
vice, and the distribution Of Easter eggs and
cards followed.
At the Congregational church, the pastor
did not preach at the morning service, but in
his stead Rev. DIR. Means of Boston presented
the cause Of foreign missions. In his able
sermon, the preacher deftly and helpfully
| connected the bright thoughts Of the glad
Easter-tide with the dawning of tho gospel
| light in sin-darkoned lands, and gave TO his
hearers discourse which was neither entirely
devoted to missions nor TO Easter thoughts"
but was enriched with both. The evening
was occupied with the annual Easter Sunday
School concert, Remarkably well done were
the Rotations by the little ones, who reflect
ed great credit upon their teachers. We have
seldom heard choir Of girl voices more eff
fective in tone and rendering than that which
! gave some half-dozen selections during this
concert. Three Of the carols sung by this
choir were written by the pastor. The pull
| pit was fairly EMPOWERED with flowers Ia
the rear, on the choir rail- were masses of
| potted plants, and on either side of the desk
huge and fragrant pyramids framed in the
preacher. Below the pulpit were also groups
Of Gala lilies and masses of green.
At the Unitarian church a choral and re.
sponsiye service 10y the Sunday school took
the place of the usual morning service The
music was admirably arranged and credtably
performed, quartette of brass instruments
assisting and adding greatly to the fine effect
In place Of a sermon, the pastor gave an orig
inal poem embodying the story OF Christs
public ministry, His death and resurrection
Toward the close the rite of baptism was ad-
ministered, followed by the usual Easter offer
ing on the part of the school and congrega-
ton, in behalf of the Children's Mission TO
/ the Children Of the Destitute, and the distri-
button Of flowers and cards. The floral dis.
play was very handsome and effective, and
the attendance at the service was unusually
large.
The subject of Rev. Z. W. Whitney's
morning discourse, at the Universalist church.
was "Rising with Christ, founded upon Col
NIL. As Christ rose from the dead, so ought
we TO rise above sin and temptation and live
lives of purity and holiness. The church
was very handsomely decorated with flower
ing and foliage plants, which rose in pyra-
mids on either side Of the altar; a cross of
| white flowers was placed in front Of the desk
a harp of colored flowers was suspended
above the picture of the cross which hangs
upon the pulpit wall over the pulpit hung
| an arch of evergreons while vases of cut
flowers ornamented both pulpit and gallery.
The morning service was followed by com
munion, and twelve persons were received
into the church. The concert in the evening
was very largely attended and was of a char
acter appropriate to the day
At the Baptist church Rev Mr.. Cow took
his morning text from Romans, Wa, his topic
being THE Symbols Of Resurrection" After
dwelling upon the unbroken observance of
Christ's resurrection by his followers, and
showing how this observance was at length
merged in Easter, he called attention to the
Importance of this fact as attesting the truth
Of Christianity. He then referred TO certain
facts in nature which symbolic and give
promise Of a resurrection, referring also to
Paul's slusion to the seed in a similar con-
nection The ordinance of baptism was re-
ferred TO, in conclusion as the most perfect
symbol of resurrection and following the
sermon the ordinance was administered to
five persons. The concert in the evening
partook largely Of a musical character, the
choir being assisted by the local orchestra
and quRrtette of male voices The pro-
gramme included the recital of the Apostles
Greed with musical responses, and TIE De-
um by the quartette. There were also reci-
tations by Misses Zetta Stewart and Matte
Bemis, which were very effectively rendered.
The Methodist society had the pleasure of
holding the first service in their now church
on Easter Sunday, and large congregation
was present The pulpit was finely decorat-
ed with flowers, and the singing partook of a
character appropriate TO the day. Rev. Mr..
Miller preached the closing sermon Of his
passionate on the occasion, his topic being
MANS Search after God" THIS he declared
to be universal human impulse, proven by
all history and indicated in the erection Of
the present edfce.
No priest having been sent here, the Roman
Catholics had no service. The church was
open during the day, and the affairs bore their
usual ornaments and floral decorations