Norwich bulletin., 1912-04-08
Easter Congregations Fill Church
City Pastors Discourse Upon the Resurrection Theme
 Programmes Rev. P. C. Wright's Tenth Anniversary

Bright, sunny skies for the morning of Easter Sunday, with the special significance of the day in the church calendar, meant unusually large con gregations in all the churches of the city for the opening service of the day, but sudden shower arriving about , o'clock and continuing through the evening, with an increasing downpour of rain, made the evening attendance of worshippers much smaller.
 Park Congregational Church.
 At Park church at the morning ser vice there w&s a large congregation and the usual beautiful decorations of Easter Niles and other appropriate flowers and green plants. The Easter music was well chosen and carried out in way to add materially to the inn pressiveness of the service. The offer tory, by Mir. Learned, was a beautiful selection. Miss Royce also added to the second anthem with the sweet tones of her violin. Dr. Howes ser mon was from Acts 26: 8, Why should it be thought a thing incredible with you, that God should raise the dead % The resurrection means so much to US on account of who Christ was and what came before. The great fact of the incarnation puts this one on the same meridian. We are i'm mensely concerned in our Lords re- appearance on earth again, concerned in 8 God great enough to decend to us. We have many proofs of this resur- rection. One is it's publicity It was flooded with light, and is the best ou thenticated fact in history. It had num- erous and competent witnesses. It convinced the incredulous. No myth could have been worked off upon those hardly early believers, nor upon the persecutor. St Paul and these people had no fragile conviction of its truth Dangers and prosecutions made lions of them. Another proof is it's relation to other events ins history Only big event like this could so fit into and bring about other great events which have changed the whole world 1t prevails over evil men and evil act ions It provides deep provision for deep experiences and fills the world with beneficence and saints. It has no uncertainties.
 The vesper service had more Easter music and a special sermon for the children of the Sunday school,
 Broadway Congregational Church. In his sermon at the morning ser vice at Broadway Congregational church the pastor, Rev. E. $. WOrces- ter, spoke upon the topic What the l Bible Means by Resurrection, using the text II Cor. 6 IA, God both raised the 1 Lord. and will raise up us through his power. He developed first how late the idea appeared in the course of Old Testament development, and what was involved in it when it did appear. Sec ond, the increasing currency and scope of the conception in the period between | the Old Testament and the New. l Third, the substance of Ney Testa- ment teaching on the subject arranged | in answer to three questions CD Who | are raised from the dead2 @ When l do they rise? (5) What is the nature | of the resurrection? How are the | dea l raised? and with what manner of | body do they cone?" In conclusion it was pointed out that, whatever ques- ! tions of detail remained unanswered, l the absolute confidence of the apostles l regarding the future was based on i their present knowledge of the risen | Christ. We. too, see him, because of | the suffering of death crowned with | glory and honor" and, dying tQt sin | that we may live unto righteoushesS, seek to know him and the power of l his resurrection if by any means we may attain to the resurrection from ! the dead.
 The special music by the quartette was rendered in fine harmony and the offertory with beautiful expression by Mrs. Charles Tyler Bard,
 Easter lilies in front of the desk and | daffodiIs with evergreen arranged along i the front of the pulpit made up the | attractive floral decorations.
 At a service at , D. m.. the cantata, | The Resurrection and the Life (Reed), was finely given by the quartette.
 Second Congregational Church,
 Jesus, the Resurrection and the Life was the theme from the text, John | ii:25, 26: T am the resurrection and the life; he that believeth on me l though he die. yet shall he live: and whosOever lVeth and believeth on me shall never die" for the eloquent ser mon by Rev. H. j. Wyckoff at the morning ser, ice at the Second Congre- gatiOnal church.
 He pointed out that this double self ! characterization of Jesus gains in meaning if the rhetorical or so-called l envelope" form in which it is cast ! is dissolved and the two explanatory clauses are attached to the truths they | should unfold. clearer reading of | the text would be. q am the resurrec- ton: he that believeth on me, though he die, yet shall he live. l am the life; | WhOsOeVer liVeth and belieyeth on me shall neV CT die" Jesus is treating ol life, and two of its most important incidents. death and resurrection Physical dissolution is a necessity tC
 the souls attainment of it's highest ideal; eternal life. Resurrection is nc less certainly pFedicated of the souls persistent continuance. Death is the reverse; resurrection, the ObVerse Oi r nf l-
 dental phases of life; and submi themselves to logical proof. But tlat
 quality of life commonly known 6s i'm mortality is beyond the reach of argu-
 ment; it's chief evidence is in q per sonal experience of life become so like that of Jesus as to assert it's own tr-
 refutable right to perpetuatiOn. The
 soul that recognizes its kinship witt
 the Lord of Life expects both deatI and resurrection; yet its chief concerI
 is with neither of these, but primarily
 with cIle unObstructed, unbiased tallS-
 manic vision of life as Jesus himself
 lived it, and taught the world to hvt
 it with aim.
 Easter lilies and palms were attrac-
 lively arranged for the pulpit decora-
 tions. the lilies contributed by mem
 bers of the church and Sunday schoo
 and distributed to sick members of th'
 church
 The principal music of the day wal
 at the evening service. when the can
 tata, Death and Life was given witt
 fine effect by the Quartette, assisted
 by vocallsts and d string quartette. , First Baptist Church
 The Easter service at the F'irs
 Bapust church, with it's decoration anC
 programme of special music. and tn,
 Easter sermcn was most effective anC
 impressive. Palms, Easter lilies, witl
 an arch of white flowers, made a beau
 tiful decoration for the day services
 In accord with the Easter spirit. tht
 pastor, Rev. F. Q. Cunningham, deliv
 cred a strong sermon upon the sub feet. The Lord of Life, from the tex