St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1895-04-19
EASTER AT THE CHURCHES.
Beautiful Flowers, Fine Music and
Thoughtful Sermons.

See the land, her Easter keeping,
Rises as her Maker rose;
Seeds so long In darkness sleeping
Burst at last from winter snow.
Earth with heaven above rejoices;
Fields and gardens hail the spring;
Shaughs and woodlands ring with voices
While the wild birds build and sing.
You, to whom your Maker granted
Powers to those sweet birds unknown,
Use the craft by God implanted
Use the reason not your own.
Here, while heaven and earth rejoices,
Each his Easter tribute bring
Work of fingers, chant OF voices,
Like the birds who build and sing.
-[Charles Kingsley.
Sunday was a gloomy day as far
as the weather was concerned, but
few people stayed at home from
church on account of the weather.
While there was steady rain all day
the churches were well filled with
worshippers and all entered into the
spirit of the day.
At the Advent Church.
The pastor, Ed. c. W. Dockham,
preached a sermon on the Resurrec-
ton. The speaker not only called
forth the plain prediction Of prophets
and positive declarations of the
Saviour touching this subject, but
in a plain and very interesting man
ner traced the foreshadowing of this
sublime event through the typical
offerings of Jewish history. Some of
which were these
. First, "Aaron's Rod" that budded,
blossomed and bore fruit. The rod
E when laid away typi6ed Christ IN
death; with blossoms on it, Christ
: alive from the dead with fruit on it,
the dead that came out OF their
! graves after His resurrection, as tro-
phies of his conquest. Second, the
typical Paschal Lamb. The blood
touched mans moral condition,
bringing those whose faith laid hold
: upon it into a guiltless condition
, before God. The eating of the flesh
signifies the provision made for the
physical man as we'll as the moral.
: Third, the "wave sheaf," gathered
out of the great harvest field it was
: a type of the rest of the grain in the
n field, and the way and manner in
:, which it was gathered was type OF
: the process of the general harvest
9 This type was materlalized when
Iesus went down into the great har
e vest field of Gods sleepers, and came
# back bringing with him the wave
=. sheaf' (Which as those that came
/ out of their graves after His resur
If rection) the trophies of his conquest
And as the typical sheaf was carried
q by the High Priest into the Taberna
Gle service and waved before the Lord
IL so Jesus, our high priest, when h'
&c assembled up to commence his priestly
t. office, took his wave sheaf with hin
in to present before the Lord in demon
stration of the success of the grea
redemptive scheme.
In the evening the Sabbath schoo
S gave an Easter concert, in which al
le parts were beautifully rendered.
al the VI Inc 4hCooidH'
IL Rev, H. H. Hoyt preached at th
e. Church of the Messiah last Sunda.
" morning, taking for his text |. Chron
ID icles, 59:15, "Our days on the eartl
ST are as a shadow. and there is non
TX abiding" The pulpit was prettil,
e. decorated with flowers, and musi
W. appropriate to Easter was Furnished
by the regular choir. The only chill
Ia of Mr.. and Mrs. Hoyt was chris
lis tened and FIVE Others united wit
es the church by confession of faith, an
he three by letters from other churche:
:. The vesper service in the evenin
i't was thoroughly enjoyed by larg
st audience. The double quartet rel
Of. dered very excellent musical pre-
gramme. Mrs. H. K. Ide, H. +
&c May and Mrs. H. H. Hoyt san
" solos. Mrs. May and Mrs. lde al
lia too we'll known to need commen
in Mrs. H. H. Hoyt, though havin
rt. sung in public very little since con
r. ing to this town, has very powe
full and remarkably sweet voic
ay Mr.. Hoyt took for the subject OF h
to short discourse these words: "Upo
et- the first day of the week came Mar
ith Magdalene to the sepulchre. M
Hoyt reviewed briefly the life of tn
woman, which. abounding in 81
and shame, by the mercy of Chri
was made pure and spotless, and
ms magnificent triumph of Christianit
1er over sin and shame. The music
ng programme for the morning was
III III Anthem, 20. Helping Hands of Jesus.
wo Solo, 40 for Closer Walk" schnech
,us oe.r+orv "Tbe AnSa1,s a Il; Mey; Message
,ut Mrs. Ide.
-. Response Heavenly Father, Beethov
his The evening programme was
,bt follows:
OF "Christ the Lord is Risen," Wills
os. ouartette, lone sweetly Solemn Thought.
15 AmbrC
+o Mrs. Hoyt Mrs. Ide,
" Miss Howe. Miss Clemons.
OF Solo, MY Hope Is In the Everlasting,
mr. II. H, May. star
VI Thanks be to God, Trowprid
1as Solo, "The Golden Threshold" Lo
10 "They have Taken Away My Lord" stair
IN (Solo by Mrs. Hoyto
no Chorus.