Norwich bulletin., 1913-03-24
THE EASTER MESSAGE
Told in Song and Story in the Ser
 vices in the Churches.


 In song. sermon and story the Easter services al all the churches in tn, city told again of the Resurrection Il Christ The floral decorations were elaborate. A touching feature of the floral contributions at the Congrega tiona1 church was the handsome dis
 play of azalias presented by MT. and Mrs. J. l.. Leonard as memorial to their son, Norman Alvah Leonard, who died two weeks ago yesterday, and IL
 whom Rev. w S. Beard made a ten der and eloquent reference in his
 Easter sermon. The special music il
 all the churches was Of a high order
 At the vesper service at the CongFesa-
 tiona1 church Mrs. C. H. CasweH gave
 q, brief but very choice organ recital
 preceding the vesper exercises The
 musical feature of the vesper pro-
 gramme was the rendition of the caE-
 tata Death and Life by the quartette
 and chorus of 30 voices. The cantata
 Sunday evening under C. H. Casweli $
 fine leadership was admirably gwen.
 Rev. MT. Beard preached a very able
 sermon in the morning on Faith and
 Immortality and he made a brief ad-
 dress at vespers on the Helplessness
 Of Death.
 At the Baptist church the morning
 service was under the auspices of the
 Sunday school, Supt James G. Robin
 Interesting Easter. and Livingston e
 concert exercise included Song, Jesus Little Flock, primary department;
 recitation. Spring is Coming. Sabra
 Stoughton; address, A Two Fold Trib- ute. pastor; song, Easter Time, pri- mary department: recitation, Jo:in Smith Judson Turney, Oswin Doeiit- tie: recitation, Speed the Light, Grace Patton: stories of Livingstone: Ar hold Bowen, 2-Marion Goss, 3-Ever- cit Ladd, Donald Kramer; exercise, The Hero's Message to Us, Ethel Go' den, Ruth Hoxie, Florence Bates; ad- dress. Heirs of the Task. Raymond Bates: baptism of Misses Harriet E. Ellison and Grace B. Walden.
 At the evening service at the Baptist church the cantata The Resurrection According to St. John was finely rem dered by these musicians; Sopran ano, Mrs. Otto Robinson, Mrs. Ada Merrl- field Miss Florence Bates; alto, Nil 5s Lillian Miller, Mrs. Fred Ti1den. Mrs. ' c Tatem: tenor, George Patton, Jr-. Charles Jordan; bass, Fayette Goss, A. l. French, Russell Andrews; organisc, Charles Tucker; violinist, Charles Tucker.
 The morning service at the Meth ooist church was one of special inter stand spiritual power, Twelve new m eTn bers were received into church whom were baptized. and three were received into full connection with the church Rev. L. NJ. F'locken gave an inspiring address on The Easter Mes ga 2e ana DaNl0 Livingstone. 10o nofaI decorations were contributed by Mi. and Mrs. A. c. Scri pture and the Easter. lilies were from the Epworth league. The evening service was a Sunday school concert exercise, The Message of Light. The following were on the progra mme: Scripture reading, Florence Luton: song. primary de- partment Easter recfta lions, by Flor ence Jones. Doris Bradway; hymn, by Laura Reed. Roma Hicks. Florence Luton: reading Everett Sweet: sob, Ruth Herrick; stories of Livingstone by Junior girls; declamation, Laura Reed: solo, Grace Jacobs. Easter exer- else, Eva Summers, Marion Ide. Alice CIough; quartette. Mrs. c. L. Clinton. Mrs. Stephen Childs, Messrs. G. Hall and l.. F1ocken.
 At the morning service at St. PauPs Episcopal church Rev. MT Adams treaehed an eloquent Easter sermon in which he referred in appreciative terms to the call of the parish to be- se me their rector. which invitation he accepts to take effect the first Sunday n April. Rev. Mir Adams goes To riudson for the next two weeks to ar ,ange to move his household effects 10 lis city. and the supply for the next .wo Sundays is not yet announced. The Fesper service was musical exercise oy children of the Sunday sehoct, whose sweet. voices told the Resurrec- ion story in Easter carols.