St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1895-04-19
ETY. of appropriate music was rem
dered with feeling.

lOuhu III SOls 4N 10 anu anu hio
theme was From Gloom to Glory"
Among other things he said the Won
drous beauty of a gorgeous sunset is
followed by black night. The
beauty, the devotion, the power of
human life ends in the unknown
darkness and horror of death. The
burial of Christ extinguished every
light, buried every hope ofhumanity.
Mans body is corruptible. The
open grave swallowed up all life.
Mans moral nature is corruptible
and corrupted by sin. Christ's tomb
was found empty, with the glorious
message "He is Risen" From the
open grave came interruption. The
risen body was fashioned to ascend.
The moral nature is made incorrup-
tible, freed from the necessity of
struggling to be good. Every mar
BILE statue is wrought first in clay
yielding to the touch, then copied in
lasting stone. Human nature is
wrought in corruptible clay but
must put on interruption. The res
direction of Christ takes away all
the horror of death.
At the North Church.
The pastor, Rev. DR.. Heath preach
ed from l Cor. XIV: 40, land as we
have borne the image OF the earthly,
we shall also bear the image of the
heavenly" showing that future life
is proved by scripture, nature and
death. The characteristics of the
earthly are weakness, dependence and
changeableness, and to prove this, IL
lustrations were freely drawn from
nature, and man and his work.
That which marks the heavenly is
power, strength and Interchangeable
ness, The twofold purpose OF the
discourse was to make clear and I'M
press upon the members of the con-
gregation the need of thinking of the
real life of the earthly, and the giving
up of the dross, and to give comfort
and consolation to those in sorrow
and mourning by taking away from
them the fear of death as such.
There is no such thing as death,
which is shown by the apparent dy-
ing of nature, which rises new again
So with our life. Man may lose all
he possesses, business, money, goods
ETC., and still have more than all left
in mind and thought and love. The
music rendered by the choir was a.
follows:
As 1t Began to Dawn, Vincen
He is Risen Rec
2 Festival TIE Deum in E-hat, Buc
Male Quartette-Alleluia, Froehc
: In the evening an Easter concer
was given by the Sunday school
when every pupil was the recipien
of bouquet of flowers from tn
superintendent. Col. Franklin Fair
: banks, who although unable iron
? illness to be present, did not forge
/ the children at their service. A vot
= of thanks for his kindness waspasse'
t BY the pupils, who also sent thei
love to their dear superintendent
| who has so long been i'll. Short ad
| dresses were made by the vice super
intendent, and by DR.. Heath, the lat
ter drawing from his own childis
recollections OF what most impressed
e him with the truth OF the resurre(
v ton. He also drew from natur
many illustrations to make tn
children grasp the idea of life coming
again after death. The singing rer
e dered by the children was very pleas
Y ing, as were also the recitations b
. Young ladies OF the school. Itwoul
be difficult to sufficiently praise tn
u display of floral decorations. 1t wa
q probably the best ever seen in thi
s. town, and reflects credit on Mr.. GeI
h trv and Mr.. Borland, gardeners a
d Pnehurst and Underclyffe, fror
5. whence the flowers were sent for th
g Easter celebration. The whole fror
e of the beautiful church was file
l. with Easter lilies, orchids, palm
}. azalias and other ornamental an
[. Towering plants, most effectively a
g ranged-a sight to make glad tt
'e eyes of all beholders.
t. The organ music at both service
g was rendered by ]. w. Hervey
l. New Bedford in manner that wa
r. most gratifying. Mr.. Hervey kin
e. ly consented to play two selection
is after the children's service was owe
N and the entire congregation renal
" ed to listen to the solemn and swe
r. strains.
is At the South Church.
- - The observance of Easter at Il
D. above church on Sunday was mo
.n appropriate, the pulpit and plattor
y being adorned with great skill al
a. taste by various plants, includii
palms, Gala and Easter lilies. Re
~ Edward T. Fairbanks, the paste
er who has recovered from his rece
I'd tedious illness from the grip, preach
an interesting sermon from the tex
en- "In him was life," John |. D., al
as held the rapt attention OF his heare
all through his discourse. He dire'
on ed their thoughts to the fact that |
ey is power, and that every right-mln
,se ed person wants power to resl'
power to accomplish, and power
endure, and that there was pow
,er all up the scale, from the infan
,sSr ,sST power to that Of grown men.
used plenteous illustrations to pro
Ter that the victory, the power, is Wi
eef life and not with death, and th
tb;s victory oflife was what we w,