The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1893-04-05
EASTER SUNDAY.
The Queen Festival of the Ecclesiastical
Year Impressirely Celebrated at
Newberry.

"'Tis Easter, Sabbath, Morning, Spring,
And mans great hope is born in balm;
Hosannah in the Highest, sing.
sing hallelujahS TO the Lamb.'
Sunday last was all that might rea-
sonably have been desired in a beauti-
ful Easter Sunday; little warm in the
afternoon, perhaps, considering the
cool weather of late, but charming
Easter day and a lovely Sabbath withal.
Divine services We're held in all the
churches. DR.. Cozby occupied bis pull
pit at Aveleigh Presbyterian church,
| Mr.. McClintock held service at the
| THOMPSON street church, while Rev.
Mr.. Daniel and Mr.. Wright preached
respectively at the Methodist and Bap-
| tist churches. At night Rev. Mr..
Waite filled the Methodist pulpit. The
congregations were generally large and
attentive aud the discourses, which
| were profound eXpositions of divine
truth, were also marked by a deep
spirit of piety and love and delivered
with an abiding desire for the saliva
| ton Of souls.
1t was at the Lutheran, Episcopal
and Methodist churches that special
Easter services were held and the sane
tuaries more or less elaborately deco
rated in honor of the joyous occasion.
| The Methodist Church looked very
bright and beautiful in its sweet trib tie
of floral offerings. A background of
ivy in the chancel recess gave addition
al radiance to the wealth of lilies in
front of the pulpit and added splendour
to the rare flowers whose gracious pres
ence adorned the pulpit. Flowers are
types of holiness and breathe the fra
grant sentiment and epic Of religion.
The darkened chancei and the lighted
candles told of the pail and sombre
shadow of the seprlchre.
Rev. W. W. Daniel preached rare
ly eloquent sermon in the morning
from Acts 2: 36: Therefore let al the
house of Israel know. assuredly, that
God hath made that same Jesus, whom
ye have crucified, both Lord and
! Christ"
At the Evangelical Lutheran church,
DR.. J. B. Fox made a short and force
full address on the fall of man, from
John IL: l9-"Because I live ye shall
live also" Stress and emphasis were
laid upon the beautiful and appropriate
lessons for the day and on the solemn
communion service of the notable occa-
sion, by which we have a true discern
ment of the great and undying princi-
! pies that are involved in the resurrec-
ton of the crucifed Lord OF Sabbaotb.
The Easter decorations of the Luth-
eran church were rich and handsome,
yet not quite so elaborate as on the
Easter previous.
"Faith and Hope Triumphant say''
"Christ will rise on Easter day."
This cry of the Church's exultation
appeared as an appropriate motto on
either side of the pulpit-the first half
on the left and the latter on the right.
A large cross of crystal white was
obliquely suspended in rear Of the pull
pit on background of ivy, with HAL
lelujah" in gilt in front. Pot flowers
were tastefully arranged in pyramids
in front of the pulpit and at the end of
the aisles. The yellow jasmine and
the delicate apple blossom blended
their pretty colors in an adornment Of
the pulpit. The chancel railing was
entwined with lilac and pink and white
flowers, which made fresh and at
tractive bordering for the lower half of
the picture within the chancel, while
from the ceiling gracefully suspended
garland fell on either side just over the
pulpit. The galleries were decorated
with garlands. Lighted candles gave
peculiar significance to the scene. The
Holy Communion, which was admin
istered to the large congregation at
the end of the morning service, was
fitting close to the celebration, made
all the more joyous by the exquisite
melody of the choir.
St. Luke's church was visited on
maundy Thursday by the Rev. Ed
mund NJ. Joyner, Archdeacon of this
diocese, who held divine service at
night, administering the Holy Com
munion to many who had not been re-
freshed by this sacrament since the
death of the Rev. w. II. Hanckel. The
flock was also given the Good Fridays
solemn services which were indeed
touching-the sad elimination Of the
events and suffering of the Passion
Week.
Mr.. Joyner's Thursday nights dis
course, from the words "This do in re-
membrauce of Me-" was afame with
the fire of divine love and breathed the
gentle, forgiving and merciful spirit of
the Master. He spoke eloquently of the
power of that love which brought Him
from the glory of the upper world and
kept him and sustained him, in life
of suffering, without wavering to the
i end. He emphasized this resolution
so full of cost to the Son of man-this
spirit of self-denial, and urged his
hearers to follow Him in his lowly
walk and gentle ministries among
men.
On Easter day the services were by
the faithful Lay Reader, who, after
the beautiful services of the day, read
a fine sermon on the Resurrection of
Christ, full of beautiful thoughts. The
music was hearty and feeling; the ad-
dition of fine tenor voice gave great
life to the chants and hymns appointed
for the Queen of Festivals.
Considering the scarcity of flowers
this Easter, st. Luke's had a very gen.
erous offering, and everywhere did the
flowers and evergreenS tell Of the teach
ings of her creed-"The Resurrection
of the body and the Life everlasting."
The altar with her attire of spotless
white, bidding all "Come unto Me"-
her Cross with outstretched arms-all
spoke solemnly but with power Of the
kingdom Of which she is a witness
her ministers standing at one end of
the line, at the other end of which
stands the Risen Lord Himself: "Lo,
am with you alway, even unto the end
of the worldn Though without a
shepherd, st. Luke's little flock was
permitted to join with "the Holy
Church throughout all the world" in
singing "Christ our Passover is sacri-
feed for US, therefore let US keep the
feast" Christ being raised from the
dead, dieth 10 more" "Christ is risen
from the dead and become the first
fruits of them that slept. For since
by man came death, by man came also
the resurrection of the dead. For as
in Adam all die, even so in Christ
shall all be made alive"
Southern Baptist Convention, Nashville,
/ Tennessee.
There promises to be very large at
tendance on the Southern BaDtist Con-