Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1910-04-01
THE EASTER SERVICES
Special Features Sunday in the
BrattIeboro Churches
Perfect Weather Prevailed and congre-
cations Were Unusually Large-Unon
, cholrs Gave cantata in Evening.

morning until night, and the congrega- |
tions were exceptionally large. Some eX- |
excellent sermons were preached from |
| lessons drawn from the resurrection and |
| the musical parts Of the services were |
| very pleasing. The musical programs |
were published in last Fridays issue |
| but there were some special features I'm |
! the different churches, which are men
| toned herewith.
The front of the platform in the First
| Baptist church was decorated with Eas-
ter lilies jonquils, palms and ferns Rev
| DR.. John r. Cow chose for his topic The
| church of the Resurrection. The Bible
! school session was given up to a special
program. a prominent feature of which
was a recognition Of l.. W. HawleN's 25th
| anniversary as superintendent which Is
made the subject of Il separate article
| elsewhere in this paper. Womans TRIO,
| II am He that lveth.' by Scott when
was sung in the church service, was re-
pcatcd I'm the Bible school, and there was
music by the school orchestra. The
Easter exercise, "The song of triumph
by j. Lincoln Hall, was rendered and
there were special exercises by the class
es and individuals.
An audience which filed the church and
| which neCeSsited providing extra chairs
was present in the evening when the
usual Easter song service by the COM
bined chors Of the Baptist, Congregation
al, Methodist, ana Universalist churches
took place. The cantata, The Crucihed,
by Geo. Il. NeVn was the principal num-
Der and it afforded the audience much de-
light In addition to the Cantata the
choir sang an anthem. BE Comforted, We
that MOURN" by Fisher, and "A duet was
sung hy Miss Gertrude Matthews and
Frederic G. Adams. Other members on
the program besides the hymns We're an
opening sentence ana invocation by Rev.
Roy NJ. Houghton of the Congregational
church. the scripture lesson by Rev. ID
f. Trout of the UniVersalist church and
a prayer by Rev. r.. j. Lewis of the
West Brattleboro Congregational church
i'm the absence of Rev. Mark II. Sharples
of the Methodist church.
Six persons united with the Cniversalist
church at the morning service, four 10y
baptism and two by letter. The decor
| atoms in this church which were in
! charge of Mrs. G. =. Chase, We're par
ticularly handsome and were arranged
with striking effect They consisted of
| wisteria, caruations ana Easter lilies
Conspicuous among them was a sunburst
in white on the wall at the left of the pull
| pit, and across its face were the words
He Is Risen" in pink carnations. On
stand beside the pulpit stood beauu-
full brass vase of flowers, the vase being
a gift of Mr. and Mrs. John Nj. Hack
ley of Greenfield. Mass. and Edward II.
Atherton of BrattleborO as a memorial to
their father and mother. to be used that
day for the first time. ON one side is
, inscribed In memory of our father and
! mother, Humphrey and Hannah Anterior,
Faster 1910" and on the opposite side
is a handsome scroll within which are
. the Letters Il ii s. At four o'clock in
I | the afternoon a concert was given by the
younger classes of the Sunday school. at
which another large audience was pre-
sent Each pupil was presented tiny
| plant to care for until it reaches ma =
: turity The Easter lilies were distributed
= among the sick.
no DuIpit pl9tfpTm and choir rail in
| the Congregational church were decorat-
/ ed with Easter lilies and daffodis, and at
| the close of the service the members OF
| the parish who were i'll or shut in were
| remembered with flowers as usual The
| members of the Sunday school gave q
| ! concert in the church at the close OF the
| preaching service, the concert taking ht
| place of the study period and closing
| with remarks by Rev. r. NJ. Houghton OF
| How the King returned to heaven
| When the beginners and members of the
| primary department had concluded theil
| part of the program they returned t.
their rooms Mrs w. T. Haigh told ar
| Easter story to the beginners and Mrs
| +. T.. Perry read letter from Mountain
| White boy in Tennessee whom the chill
| dren of the state are educating and ther
| took a missionary Offering for him. fol
| lowing which was missionary lesson
Each child was given flower.
There was no preaching service in the
morning service being given up to Z
| concert by the Sunday school, assisted
| by the choir, which included solos. re
citations and singing by classes. There
| were decorations of lilies and potteC
| plants The review lesson was studied
| at the close of the concert In the
evening the Epworth league held serv
| ice conducted by Mrs. Bertha Deane anC
James Perry.
St. NIichaeTs Roman Catholic churcl
Il haantifnl sipht 81 both
O'Clock and 1890 o'clock masses, thu
| main altar and both side affairs beinl
illuminated by an outline of electric light
and by candles. Only once before hat
the electric lamps on all the affairs beel
n lighted at a service. The affairs ais
v were beautified with Easter flowers
Rev Father LEcuyer preached a sermon
at the early mass and Rev. Father
j. Carmody at the second mass, boil
Of which were of special excellence. Tn
Ut music by the children at the first mas
and by the choir at 1890 was much en-
+ joyed There was no vesper service, tn
benediction following the second mass.
A very pleasing feature at the o'cloc
mass was the singing by the children o
u the Easter hymns. The hymns Risen
n and Joyous Easter Bells in particula
m were rendered with fine effect, shown
Us the care and training given the childre
a5 | by their teacher Sister Celestine. Mis-
Ie | May Yauvey presided at the organ.
e. services in st. Michaers Episcopal churcl
ry where there were handsome decoration
,lse of Easter lilies and potted plants. Mis-
or Alice Butterfield was the soprano SOLOS
Mt Mrs. Arthur II. Brasor being i'll. TneT
IS, was a communion service at a, II
&C. following which the choir boys weT
on entertained at breakfast by Mrs. Kit
. tredge Haskins al her home on TerraC
~ street. At 1890 there was a preachin
:" service and the rite of communion agai
was administered. Evening prayer wa
. held at o'clock, when three childre
were baptized and there was a short az
OI dress by the rector AS on all festiv'
days the professional included a marc
through the aisles of the church. 1t wa
announced that the music would be r.
peated next Sunday.
Easter was observed in the Unitaria
church by a special service in while
Clint Dugan assisted in the musical pre-
ih- gram At the close of the service
carol service for the Sunday school WI
10 held, Mr.. Dugan F.. II. Miller and Mi
: - Harriet Holden assisting. One infant WI
et chrstened and Rev. e. Q. S, OsgoC
AZ gave a brief talk on "Thankfuness
~, The church was finely decorated Wi
49,. Easter lilies and daffodlls, which we
&c sent to the shut-ins and given to II
~ little folk.