The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-04-24
All the Barre Churches Filled
With WorShippers
In SPITE OF BAD WEATHER
Sermons and Music With the Risen
Lord as the Theme Characterized
All the Services, Which Were
Most Impressive.

An overcast sky, an occasional rain
drop and snowflake or two did not
keep the church -goers at home yesterday
morning, and the church edifices about
the city were filed to overfowing. A
like condition was noticeable at the
churches where evening services were
held, and in some cases people went
away for lack of seats. Conservative
estimates place the attendance Of the
morning at over three thousand. Ser
vices appropriate to Easter Day were
held generally. The decorations of the
interiors were very pretty.
Two large audiences gathered at ST.
Aonica's Roman Catholic church yester
morning, for low mass at nine o'clock
and high mass at 10.30. The decora-
tions were simple but very attractive,
consisting of Easter lilies, palms, etc.
The large altar in front, that Of the
Blessed Virgin at the left and that of.
St. Joseph on the other side of the
auditorium were decorated. The church
members were disappointed that the fine
marble altar had not arrived so that
it could have been set up for Easter.
1t is expected this week. Low mass
was sung by the children under direc-
tion of Sister Desailes. At high mass
the regular choir consisting of Miss Rose
Cook, Mrs. A. G.. Moore, Mrs. j. u.
McSweeney, Miss Teresa Scott, Messrs.
Norris, Thomas and Michael Hamel and
George Trembley, sang, assisted by Mas
ter James Riley, yiolinist. w. III. Gale
was organist. Miss Cook sang the Ave
Maria, with violin obligato, and Mrs.
Moore and Mrs. McSweeney sang solos
from the Gloria the Credo and the Agnus
Del. A well rendered trio was given by
Mrs. McSweeney, Miss Cook and Mr..
Trembley, also duet by Mrs. Moore
and Miss Scott Fr. Cray had charge
Of the services, and spoke on the Risen
Lord and the significance Of the day
to the world.
The Rev. w. A. Kinzie delivered a
sermon in keeping with the day at the
morning service of the Baptist church,
while the choir, Mrs. w. A Perry, Mrs.
Richard Bradley, w. ID. Kidder and w.
A. Perry, rendered special Easter music.
There was a large attendance. The
evening service took the form Of
sacred concert, there being singing and
recitations by the children and the rem
dering of parts of Schnecker's "The
Risen King" by the choir. A class of
young people graduated from the pri-
mary department with appropriate ex-
ercises. The pulpit Of the auditorium
was prettily decorated with flowers and
potted plants.
The Easter services at the Church of
the Good Shepherd brought out large
congregations throughout the day and
evening. The altar was beautifully dec
Grated with Easter lilies and palms.
Early morning communion was admin
istered at six o'clock and morning prayer
was held at 9.45 o'clock. At 10:30 rit-
ual service was held and the story Of
The Resurrection was told by the rec
tor, Rev. Charles T.. Freeman, after
which holy communion was admins
tered At seven o'clock there was even
ing prayer and sermon by the rector.
The services at the Uniyersalist
church in the morning We're enjoyed by
congregation that filled the church.
Beautiful Easter lilies and potted plants
in full bloom decorated the front of
the church. An enjoyable part of the
service was the music rendered by the
choir which is composed of Edmund
Mitchell, Mrs. M d. Lamb. Mrs. w. LII.
Gale and William Sheriffs. They were
assisted by W. J Gilbertson, cornetist,
and H. A. Gould, violinist. The beauti-
full cantata death and Life was ex-
cellently rendered The eantata con
tains the story of the Resurrection and
Crucifxion set to beautiful music which
was sung by the quartette with much
feeling and expression. The sermon,
which was delivered BIZ DIR. Henry X.
Blanchard Of Portland, Me, was with
out doubt one Of the best that has
been given at the church for some time.
DIR. Bianchard's subject was on the inn
mortality of the soul, and he took for
his text st. John 20, 10th verse: Il
ascend unto my Father, and your Faith
er; and my God and your Cod In
his remarks which were at times Of a
doctrinal nature, he said that the Uni
versalists more than all denominations
can thoroughly rejoice in an Easter ser
vice, for they believe that not alone a
few, but all of Gods children will final
ly attain to holiness and happiness. To
say nothing, he said, of theology, all
scientific and physiological reasearch
tends to confirm the belief in immortal
1 ity and when we believe that this life
is but the primary department of the
future, death is not the great tragedy
that it is sometimes considered. We
are saddened when we see young people
who have spent years educating and pre-
pairing themselves for the duties Of life,
suddenly stricken down, but when we
consider that they win 90 on develop
ing and using the powers they have
gained we rejoice that they were SO
well fitted for higher and holier exis-
tence.
The services at the Salvation Army
barracks were success with good
crowds and much interest in every way.