St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1890-04-10
EASTER.
How the Churches Observed the Day.


The dear saints feel an answering thrill,
With whitest flowers their hands they fill
| And singing all in unison.
Unto the batt1ements they press,
The very marge of heaven-how nearl
And bend and look upon us here
With ewes that rain down tenderness.
Their roses brimmed with fragrant dew,
Their lilies fair they raise on high
''Rejoicel the Lord is risen!' they cry.
Christ is arisenl We prove it true.
Rejoice. and dry those faithIess tears
With which your Easter flowers are stained;
Share in our bliss, who have attained
The rapture of the eternal years"
Bend 1ow Beloved; against the blue
Lift higher yet your lilies fair,
Till, following where treasures are,
We come to share the feast with you.
-ISusan Coolidge, in Chicago Advance.
The gloom of Good Friday was
dispelled by the brightness of Easter
and the old legend that the sun
dances on Easter morning was vindi-
Gated last Sunday 1t was a bright
and joyous day, and the services of
praise and song in the churches fifty
supplemented the glory of the skies.
There was large attendance at all
the churches and the day was a
blessed one for all who believe in a
risen Savior
At ST. Andrews Church.
The service of Easter day at st.
Andrews began with a largely at
tended praise service at Z a. m. The
choir was augmented for the Occa-
sion and rendered excellent music.
The beautiful morning sun streamed
through the church window and
helped to emphasize the fact that
Christ had risen indeed. The chancel
and altar were tastefully trimmed
with flowers by members of St.
Margaret's guild, an organization
which is ever ready to manifest in a
tangible way its devotion to the
work.
At 1870 a large congregation
gathered to worship the risen Christ.
The rector preached from the text
found in Mark 16: 8, "Who shall roll
us away the stone? ?" The holy COM
munion was then administered
At p. m. the children's carol ser
vice was held in connection with the
service of baptism, three children be-
ing received into the church. During
Lent the children have been contrib
uting to the efforts of the children of
the church at large to raise $50 for
missions. The offerings were pre-
sented class by class, the class having
the largest offering receiving the title
of banuer class for a year. This
honor was carried off by w. S. Boyn-
tons class, $9.15 being given. The
mite boxes netted $27.22.
At the North Church.
At the morning service Rev. c. M.
Lamson took for his theme the word
"Arise," as suggested by the text
found in Col. 3: 1. The Easter mes
sage was look up and not down, to
be in the world but not of the world,
and to "seek those things that are
above" An elaborate musical pro-
gram was rendered by the quartet
choir, J. H. Humphrey leader, John
D. Hazen organist. The floral dis
play was beautiful in its simplicity
and consisted of red and white
azaleas, Easter and calla lilies and
rare orchids with a background of
potted palms. In the evening the
Sabbath school gave their annual
Easter concert, the musical part of
the program being an attractive
feature. The pastor gave a short
address presenting thoughts sug-
gested by the lilies with which he
was surrounded. Greetings were
read from the uperintendent who
though absent remembered the
school by a letter, and by flowers
given to each member at the close of
the service.
At the South Church..
The services both morning and
evening were well attended. On each
side of the pulpit were choice floral
offerings. At the morning service
Rev. Edward T. Fairbanks preached
from the text found in Matt 81
emphasizing the thought that Christ
is the pivot around which all things
revolve A choir of seven voices,
with H. H. May, leader, and M. H.
Eddy, organist, rendered TIE Deums
and anthems and other appropriat te
Easter music. The Sunday school
gave a concert in the evening which
was a fitting close to the services of
the day.
At the Catholic Church.
Every service here was attended
by an unusual number of worship
pers, some coming from quite dis
tance. The altar was well covered
with floral offerings, and the music
was rendered in an acceptable man
ner, the choir being accompanied in
some pieces by the French band.
The Easter offering for the benefit of
the church amounted to over $4OO.
The services were conducted by Rev
FIR. BoissOnnault.
At the Methodist Church.
Easter was observed here by ap-