St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1893-04-06
EASTER SUNDAY.
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EAO EN- OUNDH /.
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every disciple. He lives to make our
lives in sense the completion OF his,
all the while weaving our small
purposes, thoughts and activities in
to his superb, original plan. This
makes the most ordinary Christian
life great in meaning, and sure OF
immortal honor as sharing the
Redeemer's life.
The pulpit was prettily decorated
with a group of callas, Easter lilies,
azaleas and other flowers. The
music OF the morning as given by a
well balanced choir Of 20 voices I'M
der H. H. Mays direction, follow
ed the order previously announced
and was an inspiriting and delightful
feature of the service-as chorus
singing always is.
1t was at the evening exercise, how
ever, that the musical part of the
days observance was developed to
the best advantage. A crowded
house listened to and enjoyed the
programme. There were seven reel
tations by the children, given singy
or concertedly, and these all touched
upon the Easter theme. lnterspersed
among them were three fine choruses
a violin solo by Mr.. Young; a cornet
solo by Mr.. Batchelder; solos by
Miss Goodwin and Mr.. May; a trio
by Miss Goodwin, Miss Ethel
Abbott and Mrs. Peck; and quar-
tette by Messrs. Tyler, Peck, Adams
and Ryder. 1t was probably the
most attractive Sunday evening con-
cert ever given at the South church,
and every number on the programme
was well done. Mr.. Harris at the
organ gave as the opening piece
Batistes Offertory in G, and as a
postlude Guilmaut's Professional
March.
At the close OF the concert Easter
flowers were distributed to the
children.
Church of the Messiah.
Rev. Mr.. Weston's Easter sermon
was based on l. Corinthians V: 7, s.
Purge out therefore the old leaven,
that We may be new lump, y
Therefore let us keep the feast y \
with the unleavened bread of SINGER
ity and truth The speaker enpha.
sized the following points:
We keep this joyous festival in memo.
ry of the truth that Christ our Passov-
cr is sacrificed for us; not in any tech
meal, unjust or mystical sense; not to
satisfy the claims of broken law;
not to make possible the pardon Of
Gods penitent children; but sacrificed
through his own great love to lead us
back to the God we have dishonored, the
Father whose love we have despised
that VIC may receive the pardon he al
ways waits to give.
And for us in no narrow sense; not
for 'us" as "the elect" not for "us" as
the baptized"; not for "us" as "tht
faithful; not for Jus" as believers
but for us as members of the race he
came to save; for us. because for all.
This is what Christianity means to us
not Christ saving one soul here, another
there, a third elsewhere; but saving the
world, drawing it upward to a better
nobler life; quickening mems consciences
broadening their love, imparting to then
knowledge of God, ofduty, Immortality.
1t is ore thing to subordinate this day
to the thought of a resurrection of the
body" and another and quite different
thing to make it an aid in raising our
souls from the deafness of sin into the
new life of trust and obedience"
At this service a pleasant feature
was the baptizing of three persons
and the confirmation of six.
Roses, callas, Easter lilies and a
variety of other ported plants and
cut flowers comprised the decora-
tons at this church and added jov
to the services.
In the evening the children OF the
Sunday school gave pleasing con-
cert which was made up of recita-
tions by some of the smallest mem
bers OF the school, as well as few
of the older ones, and everything the
little people undertook they did well
as usual Other features on this oc-
casion were singing by a quartette
of ladies; a flute solo by Mr.. Fetch
and violin solo by Mr.. Young, for
each of which Mrs. Harris was ac-
companist; and other exercises of a
nature particularly suited for an
Easter festival.
The North Church.
A considerable portion of the time
at the morning service was given to
musical features and the reading OF
an Easter letter from the church to
its absent members, and the exer
cises throughout were appreciatively
listened to by the large audience
which gathered there. The order o.
choir music differed somewhat from
that announced last week and was
as follows;
organ voluntary, II Smart
Response
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