Norwich bulletin., 1912-04-08

lne Author Of life to those who accept | his work. Jesus emphasizes the su- 1 premacy of the spirit in the true | spirit in the true scheme of life. His | was the life of real altruism. It was not in deeds alone, but in the inner purposes and motives that made him the Willing servant of race Such a life could not be held down It has in 1t the elements of ascendancy. In this IS. the secret of successful discipleship ito pattern after the quality of this l triumphant life. And he promises to give us the power to achieve such a victory of spirit, and his resurrection is the pledge of ful1ilment.
 Central Baptist Church. At the morning service at the Cen tral Baptist church a congregation of unusual proportions was present. Ten | persons were baptized and received l into the church.
 Rev. P. C. Wright spoke from the | text in John IA: 19. Because ] live" | He said tn part: Here we have the | mighty fact of the Christian religion | After all is said we must rest our hope and our faith upon the timeless life i He was in eternity. He is here All 1 the mysteries of our faith center here i lDiety, miracles, virgin birth, resurrec- | ton, find their solution in reference to ! llllS ldCls Lildl lst luE IIISleSS He, 1 Herein is to be found the explana- 1 ton of our breaking over the limita- | tions of our fellowmen. Yet a little while, and the world beholdeth me no 1 more; but ye behold me Because ] I live' This fact explains our vision. l From the days of Christ until now the | world has felt the working of a new ] boyer All human well being is wrought out through this power. It is l the highest power, always operating along the line of the highest standards | Upon it we are dependent for all our ] outlooks toward human uplift. And it
 is due to the timeless life.
 Finally Jesus herein gave birth to our greatest expectation. Because 1 l live: ye shall live also" The timeless- ness of his life is the strength of our hearts. The grave is not our goal. We may pass into it's darkness, but we shall come again into the light. We may know the chIll but we shall feel the glow of eternal life. Not only shall we live, but live more truly. Free from care and sorrow we shall come to our best. Come to that for which he 1 purposed us. The soul shall at last realize itself in the fullness of its per feet being.
 For the offertory solo, with violin
 oJligat0 by Raymond E. Eldred, Mrs. Nelson r. Crowell, soprano. was heard
 in her best voice, singing with sweet
 ness and expression, and the quartette numbers were well rendered.
 For the evening service, w. IT. O'Brien. baritone of the Barleben quar-
 tette, Boston, WIS heard with plea sure
 in two finely rendered solos, The Res
 urrection Morn (Rodney) and the aria
 O God Have Mercy from Mendelssohn's S
 St. Paul.
 The flowers about the pulpit. Easter
 lilies, arranged with palms and ever
 greens, were particularly attractive A large cross of lilies and purple hya-
 cinths was on the front of the choir
 gallery. The lilies were furnished by
 the Sunday school classes and were
 sent to shut-in ones after the evening
 service.
 Among the floral decorations was a
 beautiful collection of American Beau
 ty roses and ferns presented to Rev
 and Mrs. P. c. Wright in recognition
 of this first Sunday in April being the
 tenth anniversary of his assuming the
 successful pastorate which he has en-
 ioyed with the church,
 Trinity Episcopal Church.
 At Trinity Episcopal church, the
 impressive sermon by Archdeacon j. Eldred Brown at the morning service ] at 10.30 was from the text II. Timothy i.1G, Christ Jesus, our Saviour, whC
 abolished death and brought life and
 immortality to light through the gos- pei" This was full eucharistic serv- fee as well as the 7.20 service and
 notably pleasing work was done by
 the choir under direction of Miss Car
 oHne H Thompson. The junior choiI sang at the morning service. At the Easter exercises of the Sun day school, a carol service, at o'clock
 in the afternoon, prizes for perfect attendance were awarded as follows: One term, Harold Walz, George Good win two terms. Jennie, Dorothy and John Kane; two years. Ruth Sullivan; i. two years, two terms, Francis Baker
 Ruth Hiscox: four years, Mary and
 Viola Walz; medals, five years, Bertha
 and Alice Dean; medals, six years . Reginald Smith, Rachael Smith and | Woodruff Sullivan
 The altar was beautifully decorated with Easter lilies.
 Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church. About the pulpit at Trinity Methodis-
 Episcopal church were Easter lilies anC
 narcissus, and before the altar was . , cross of lilies and galaX. In each o-
 the windows was a pot of Easter lilies For the morning sermon Rev. F. w 5 Coleman spoke from the text Acts 2: B. This Jesus hath God raised up f whereof We are all witnesses.
 The preacher said in part: We com
 memorate today the resurrection o Jesus Christ. Whatever analogy ", may be able to find in his birth life
 and death, when compared with othel - great men, Jesus Christ stands ou , prominent and conspicuous from al
 men in the perfectly unique fact of hi. resurrection.
 , His life and teachings would lost their significance if it were not for tn, |, mystery of his atoning death; and hi death would lose its significance wer,
 it not for his resurrection.
 2 Christian worship becomes reall, , communication with the risen livinl Christ. Thus we even in this 20l century become witnesses of his resur
 recticn. The modern Christian says I know that he lives because I am il living communion with Him And be cause He lives ! shall live also Tn, worlds chief need, even today. is tha
 Of witnesses to His resurrection and al , that it implies Ours is an age whicl
 must face the mysterious problems 0 ! life and in it's struggle 10 spell out thu ] mystery of human destiny.
 The question we ought to ask our selves LlllS LdSteE morning IS, Has tn f fact of our Lords resurrection and tn i truths which depend upon 1t become si . real to us that like the early disciple it has totally changed our whole atti T tude toW ards fife. filling us Wirh an ir repressibls optimism before whlcl
 gloom and despair flee away. So req z 10 us that uron this solid faith of our others may rely and find in our witnes that which shall lead them likewise {, < a real and blessed communion with th U risen I ord
 Church of the Good Shepherd, Univsr y salist.
 ? Appropriate music for the day by al | augmented choir of 16 voices, renderet , in a MaN that brought many commit