St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1889-04-25

And echo each gladdening strain,
While ptiful minor is voicing
| Our own secret doubling and pain;
| We weave him a shroud of our sadness,
We cover his smile with our gloom;
| And drive back the angel of gladness
| Who waits at the door of the tomb.
| We know not our own hearts have hidden
Our Christ in grave of our own,
| We know not our own hands are hidden
| To roll from the threshold the stone;
While our fearful eyes, dropping and weary
With watching in sorrow and fear,
Might see, with the heart-broken Mary,
That the Lord is alive and is near
A more perfect Easter day could
not be imagined than the one on
which the sun rose last Sabbath
morning. The occasion rarely comes
in Vermont when nature has pro-
gressed SO far in her annual awaken
ing and even the birds caught the
rhythm of the day and warbled their
songs of praise from sunrise until
sunset. Nearly all the churches OBJ
served the day and the sanctuaries
were filled with heavenly music and
were fragrant with the perfume of
choice flowers. The story of the day
is given in detail below.
At the Baptist Church.
At the morning service at this
church Rev. E. T. Sandford preached
a thoughtful sermon from the text
found in 1 Peter 1 8, BLESSED be the
God and Father of our Lord Jesus
Christ, which according to his abun-
dant mercy hath begotten us again
unto a lively hope by the resurrec
ton of Jesus Christ from the dead"
In the evening there was an unusual
ly good concert by the Sunday school
consisting of recitations and music.
The music included solos by Miss Ma
son of Barre, Mrs. Knapp and E. N.
Folsom and singing by quartette
and a double quartette. The pro-
ceeds of the concert were $S and will
be given to the Baptist Sunday
school at Barre. The church was
tastefully decorated with flowers
and the services were very well at
tended.
At the Free Baptist Church.
The day was observed here both
afternoon and evening. The church
was finely decorated with notices
and flowers and the morning audi
ence was the largest for sometime.
The sermon was preached by Rev. A.
P. Tracy of Sutton. 1t was indeed
an Easter sermon and SO real and
vivid that it seemed at times as if
Christ was personally visible, and
the fearful JOY and hope and love
which held every heart at the feet of
the risen Lord cannot soon be for
gotten. The Easter concert in the
evening was much appreciated by an
unusually large audience 1.-The mes
sengers of the resurrection" was well
rendered by the children with fine Sc
lectiOns by the choir quartette. Two
little folks, Delos and Oracle Well
lool, l)idySu Oh lHS dSSOiulOll anu
organ to the delight of all, and Miss
Mabel Goodwin, the soprano in the
quartette, gave a pleasing rendering
of the solo Little messenger" All
the children performed their parts
creditably and the whole program
showed great painstaking on the
part of the uperintendent and friends
of the school,
At the North Church.
The floral display here was the
choicest ever shown and reflected
great credit on the florists, ]. T. Bor-
land and H. Gentry The pulpit was
banked with pots of palms among
which were placed a profusion of
Easter lilies, callas and two vases of
lilies sent from the Bermudas. The |
centre of attraction and admiration
was five pots of the beautiful orchid,
DendrObinun1 thrySifOrurn, from the |
cOnservatOries at ''Pinehurst. The |
plants had 1875 clusters of blossoms
and each cluster was loaded with |
flowers. In front of the pulpit was a
small cross of orchids and white
roses. AT the morning service Rev.
A. E. Winship of Boston delivered a
scholarly and original sermon in
which he proved that the souls cray
ing for the infinity, the personality
and the perpetual blessings of the
spectively by the Father, Son and
Holy Ghost. In heevening the Eas-
ter exercise, Day of Joy" was given
by the Sunday school, interspersed
with music by the school and quar-
tettes. At the close the superinten-
dent, Col. Franklin Fairbanks, pre-
sented every scholar with a choice
bouquet The choir and organist
added much to the enjoyment of the
services, both of which were unusu-
ally well attended.
At the South Church.
The services here were we'll attend
ed and the floral display included
generous sprinkling of lilies and cut
flowers flanked by the rich colors of
the coleus in pots. Rev. E. 7. Fair
banks preached from the text, God
is love-" dwelling particularly upon
the depth and meaning of those won
derful words. The musical program
was as follows: