Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-04-05
1000 AT UNION SERVICE
Baptist Church Crowded on the
Evening Of Easter Sunday
cholrs of the Several Churches United
in Musical Program of Great Interest
Special Morning Services.

The spirit of Easter was manifest in
the churches last Sunday in special ser
vices in which the children, flowers and
music held the most prominent places.
Nearly all the churches in town followed
the custom handed down from generation
to generation of giving one service of
Easter Sunday to the little folk to sing.
recite and hear the Easter message in
simple form Every church was bright
with Easter lilies and flowers and the
kindly custom of giving them away to
the sick or to the children was followed.
More than all else it was a day of song
and the services held i'm the several
churches throughout the day eliminated
in a service in the Baptist church in the
evening in which the choirs and pastors
of the churches i'm town united.
The Baptist church was none too large
for the crowd that attended the union
service. None of these who had the
meeting in charge had any idea that ii
would prove so popular and extra ushers
and extra chairs were in demand some
time before the concert opened. The pro-
gram was arranged in a very pleasing
form for such a gathering, the first part
being typical of the crucihXion and res
urrectionlnnd the second part of the reap
pearanCes of Jesus. The musical num-
bers were interspersed with descriptive
scripture passages and hymns by the con-
gregatiOn.
The service opened with an organ pre-
lude and hymn after which the invoCa 20
ton was given by Rev A. II. Webb, pas
tor of the Methodist church Rev. r. ..
S Osgood read the scripture passages
throughout the service. The first two
solos gave the big audience a taste of the
musical treat which was in store for
them Mrs w. f.. Hubbard sang
Gounods There is a green hill far away
as the opening solo and f. II. Miller sang
Shelley's Death and life" The first
part included a second solo by Mr.. Miller
one by Fred c. Adams, a selection by the
Congregational quartet and another by
the fun chorus of 80 voices
The first special number in the sec
ond part was by quintet, Miss Emma
Gregg, Mrs. Hubbard Mrs. Eric Ian
dry Fred c. Adams and Walter a. Gil
bert. The chorus sand GounOd's TN
fold we portals" and Rev. Harry r
Miles read 80 to the heaven o
heavens did he ascend" paraphrased from
Milton. A hymn by the chorus followed
by the closing prayer and benedicton b!
Rev. G. Is. Lawson, pastor of the church
fittingly rounded out one of the bes
union services ever held in Brattleboro
substantial collection was taken 70
the benefit of the recently organized mu
tual aid association.
The Congregational church was pro
fusely decorated with Easter lilies anC
daffodils which We're taken to the homes
of the sick by members of the Sunda!
school after the service. In place of thu
regular Sunday school session the chill
dren had an Easter concert including eX
ercises by the primary and Junior depart
ments. A collection was taken 70
the Chinese famine relief fund. Instea,
of giving the children plants as usual
Rev. Harry r. Miles gave each of them
packet of seeds.
Easter was a joyful day in the Uni
versalist church for the new pastor whom
the church has selected, Rev. Delmas +
Trout, preached there for the first tim
since receiving the call. Although he ha
not formally accepted the call the churc
people feel that he will come and hav
adopted him as their own. In the Sun
day school concert. given in place of tn
regular session, he spoke briefly to tn
children on the Easter lily. The plant
with which the church was decorate
were given to the children at the clos
of the concert. Besides the exercises b
the children there We're selections by tn
quartet of the church and a solo by Mrs
Hubbard.