Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1895-04-18
Easter Observed By the Churches.

Rarely do we have an unpleasant Easter,
4 but this year the rain fell all day long,
keeping the fair-weather Christians
closely confined at home and preventing
the services at the different churches from
I appearing too much like millinery OPEN
lngs on large scale.
st. Johns church was tastefully deco
rated with flowers by the young ladies',
and services were held both morning and
evening. In front OF the chancel was ar
ranged pyramid of ported plants, many
of them in bloom, and in the font was a
I tall, graceful plant having delicate white
/ blossoms. On the retable back of the altar
stood beautiful Easter lily, whose fra
GRANGE filed the entire church, and on
either side of the lily were placed a bou-
quet of white flowers and blossoming
geraniums. J. d. Denison, Esq, lay
I reader. read the service in the morning,
delivering fine Easter sermon by Bishop
Phillips Brooks. In the evening, the rec
tor otticiated, preaching from the text,
Acts XVI. S-"W by should it be thought
thing incredible with you that God
should raise the dead ~ The Sunday
school Easter Offering for Foreign and
Domestic missions was received at this
I service.
I The decorations at the Cong'I church,
which were very beautiful indeed, were
in color scheme OF green, red and white.
| The center piece was bank of scarlet
geraniums, on either side of which were
white geraniums and lilies. A noticeable
feature Of the decorations were the many
handsome palms, effectively arranged on
the platform. The service was one OF
Scripture and song, entitled "Easter
Praises, and the music was unusually
fine, the hymn, "My Shepherd Walks Be-
side Me-" rendered by Mrs. I. J. Ad
ans, supported by quartette, being one
of the most beautiful selections. Two
poems, appropriate to the Easter season,
we're read by the pastor, who also spoke
on the text found in Romans vi.-"There-
fore we are buried with him by baptism
unto death: that like as Christ was raised
up from the dead by the glory of the
Father, even so we also should walk in
neWness OF life.H At the evening service
poems were read by Mrs. V. NJ. Hardy,
Miss Kate Howard and Miss Mary Tewks
bury, and special Easter talks were given
by different members of the congregation.
The floral display in the Christi
church was remarkable for the vast num-
Der OF blossoms which formed a glowing
mass Of color around the pulpit platform.
and in their fragrance and beauty fifty
symbolized the hopes that sprang into
life on the first Easter morning. Special
music uau oeen prepared oy thS cnOlr, ana
four anthems were very finely rendered.
The sermon by the pastor, the Rev. G. w.
Morrow, was on the text, Philippians iii.
10-"That may know the power of His
resurrection"
The services at the Baptist church were
appropriate to Easter, and the church was
beautifully decorated with plants and
flowers. The sermon by Rev. Mr.. Robson
was on ssThe Comfort of the Resurrection
the thoughts being drawn from /. Thes-
salonians iv. 14-"For If we believe that
Jesus died and rose again from the dead,
even so also them that sleep in Jesus will
God bring with him." The anthem,
"Christ is Risen,u by Excel, was sung by
the choir. The Chapel Day concert, which
was to have been given by the Sunday
school in the evening, was postponed one
week on account of the rain.