Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-04-12
BRATTLEBORO LOCAL.
EASTER IN THE CHURCHES
Floral Decorations and Music Added
Their Charm to the Exalted Theme
Of Resurrection.

Their Charm to the Exalted Theme
Of Resurrection.
The brightness, warmth and sun
-hine of spring, which we are wont To
associate with Easter. were entirely
lacking in the physical aspect of ma.
ture Sunday, rain. wind. lowering
skies and a chilling temperature be.
ing the prevailing accompaniments
outside Inside the churches. how.
ever, the floral decorations, the music
in harmony with the sentiment of the
day including the stirring anthems
and the carols by the children. added
their charm to the exalted theme of
resurrection, which the pastors extoll.
ed to large congregations.
Early celebration at Z O'Clock a. M.
in st. MlChaels Episcopal church was
followed by adult baptism, and at
1880 o'clock a second celebration was
held, when the rector, Rev. f. r..
Mathison preached an Easter sermon.
The chancel and altar were profusely
decorated with Easter lilies and bean
tiful flowers. A baptismaI service
for infants was held at o'clock, fol.
lowed at 4 O'Clock by the Sunday
school service. Evening prayer was
held at o'clock. when the rector
preached another sermon appropriate
to the day. Miss Grace Eels. violin
list, assisted in the musical par, of the
services.
The text of Rev. h. X. Marvin's SER
mon in the Universalist church was
Acts xvii, "A: And so it came about
that they escaped all safe to land"
The sermon was followed by the bap-
tism of three persons and the confirma.
ton Of four. A communion service
was also held. The decorations were
Easter lilies. daffodlls and plants. An
interesting Sunday school concert was
given in the evening, Sewall Morse,
cornetist, assisting.
\ missionary concert was held in
the Methodist church Easter Sunday
morning, the subject being Missions"
Rev. r. f. Lowe made a short address
on the same subject. Ihe church was
handsomely decorated with Easter
lilies and callas, plants and hemlock
branches. In the evening Mr.. Lowe
preached an Easter sermon from the
text. Revelations lis: II am he that
Iiveth and was dead. Behold | am
alive forevermore. Harry Smith of
los at the morning service and one at
the evening service.
An abundance OF Easter lilies. daft
odils and white and yellow flowers were
used in the decorations at the Unita-
rian church. Rev. f. z. .. Osgood
preached from the text, Hebrews xiii
l4:"Here we have no continuing city
but we seek one to come" Last ri
day was the 10th anniversary of the
church, and in the sermon Mr. Osgood
referred to the many changes that
have taken place in the parish in the
past 20 years. c. NJ. Dugan. violinist
assisted in the musical program. A
communion service was held after
which the lilies used in the decora-
tons We're carried to members of the
parish who were i'll. A carol service
was held at 4 o'clock, Mr.. Miller and
Mr.. Dugan assisting in the music.
The Easter morning service at the
Baptist church was devoted largely to
baptisms and a communion service. The
rite of baptism was administered to 10
persons. Rev. F.. f. Marble spoke
briefly from the text, Revelations |
l7-lS; Il am the first and the last and
the living one; and behold, am alive
iorevermore." The pulpit platform
was decorated with Easter lilies,
palms, ferns and plants. There We're
special exercises in the Bible school.
where the class rooms were decorated
by the individual classes. An Easter
oratorio, Emmanuel" was given at .
o'clock by a chorus, assisted by Frank
H. Brasor. The instrumental parts
were rendered by an orchestra under
the direction of c. NJ. Dugan.
Solemn high mass was celebrated in
the Roman Catholic church at 8 O'Clock
and at 1890 o'clock, in which was man
Tested the spirit of the day. The al
tar was handsomely decorated with
Easter lilies and plants. A vesper
service was held at 1870 o'clock, when
Stearnss complete vespers We're sung.
Easter lilies, hemlock bOughs and
willow branches were used tastefully
and effectively in decorating the Centre
congregational church. The lilies, of
which Their were about 80, were after
wards sent by the Sunday school and
Christian Endeavor society to mem
bers of the parish who were unable, on
account of illness to be present Rev.
II. r.. Miles preached an Easter ser
mon in the morning from the text,
Cor. XIV, 46: "Howbeit that was not
first which is spiritual, but that which
is natural and afterward that which is
spiritual" A praise service and Sun
day school concert on the subject,
Christ, the King" was given in the
church at 4 o'clock