Norwich bulletin., 1914-04-13

end or the WOrlQ- we SnOulQ reJOlCS
 that we are as Paul says, raised up
 with Christ here and now and that in
 Gods own good time shall be
 when our Lord is in the spirit life. The front of the pulpit was decorat-
 ed with choice cut flowers and potted
 daffodils and hyaeinths. The special music for the day by the choir was
 given with fine effect. with voices
 melodious and parts well balanced.
 At Trinity Methodist.
 The entire pulpit at Trinity Metho-
 dist Episcopal church was adorned
 with beautiful flowers. A large cross
 made of Easter lilies and laurel leaves
 was at the center, surrounded by cut
 flowers, daffodils and hyacinths- The church window sills each contained plant.
 The girls vested choir under the di rection of Miss Perl M Jackson sang with pleasing effect and the solo num-
 bers were given in fine voice.
 The Empty Tomb was the theme of
 the sermon by the pastor, Rev. F. ". Coleman, from the text John 20, 5:
 They have taken away the Lord and l know not where they have laid him. Our hearts are often saddened as we are called to a stand before the open sepulchre of our beloved friends This Easter morning we stand in ! though before an open sepulcher, but it is empty. This empty grave has had
 a strange fascination for humanity
 We do not have to see it with our physical eyes to realize its Signifi- canoe. Not one of the deciples but be- lieved Christ was dead. Not one of them had any expectation of his res urrection. They were convinced, not
 by the empty tomb alone, but becauses they saw Christ after his return from the dead.
 We are assured that we worship not a dad wifi hut liN-inO S9VinI1r It is contact with the living Christ Through the Holy Spirit that makes
 believers even today.
 Standing beside the open sepulcher of our own beloved dead we obtain hope and comfort as we think of the empty tomb among the Syrian hills. We hear the voice of Christ saving. l am the resurrection ana the life. Apart from him all our intimations of 1 immortality have but little or no foundation. Who are we thaat we should expect the gift of immortal life. Are we worthy of it? To all our doubts and fears the gospel of Christ brings a glorious answer.
 At Central Baptist. At the morning service at the Gen. tral Baptist church an Easter eantata, ! The Resurrection According to St John (BuIlard), occupied the larger part of the service, with admira ble NOTk on Il6 part Ol the III the production of the cantata- Apart from the cantata, the soprano solo Easter Song was expressively rendered in fine voice by Mrs. Grace Aldrich Crowell.
 The sermon by the pastor, Rev Dr. Joel B. Slocum, was a brief one upon The Deathless Life, i'll which he said that there is only one deathless life, and that is provided by the deathless Christ. It is because he conquered death that we too shall conquer it: It is because he resumed life on the other side of the tomb that we too shall re- sume life. True, there is still that which we call death. but it is scarcely more than name.
 After the day-our little day of earth there will be night. But after the night there will be morning. And that morning will not wear away to noon. and the noon lose it's brightness in the ! shadows of departing day. It w1H be 1 day without dark, peace without pang, joy without sorrow, meeting without parting, life without dying.
 For the evening service there was a
 double quartette for the music, and the solo number was by George A.
 Turner, tenor, who sang in splendid
 voice.
 Easter lilies in profusion, ealla lilies
 and other Towering plants, all in white, were used with markedly har-
 monious and pleasing effect in the dec orations of pulpit and choir gallery,
 mingled with the green of bay trees and southern smilax.
 The potted plants were furnished by the Sunday school classes and were
 sent by them after the evening service to shutin or sick people.
 St. Patriek's Church. The jubilant tempo of Kalliwoda's s Gloria in Excelsis Dec, taken by chor- us organ and orchestra in St. Pat
 riPlxfS ornvydnd nhnrnh SiOnifio9 nf of the Easter spirit Sunday. Ascen- sion and calla lilies and white roses adorned the altars. Within the sane tuary were palms. ferns and beautiful
 mauve azaleas in pots. Chorister Frank l.. Farrell had his voices un~ der good control, while the beauty of the mass was well brought out by Bakers string orchestra and the fine
 organ. The voices of Mrs. F.
 L. Farrell, Roderick F. Sullivan, William Goodfellow and John Slattery were heard to good effect. Especially pleasing was Mrs. Farrell s solo work in the Tantum Ergo as re- gards phrasing and expression, when
 Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament
 was given by Rev. MyIes P. Calvin, following the mass.
 In the solemn high mass Father Gal win was celebrant, Rev. D. l. Don ahue, a Dominican Father from St. Catherine'S rectory, New York, was deacon, Rev InOnldS A. NIrullDtN. SUD- deacon, and Rev John H. Frederick master of ceremonies. The sermon
 was by Rev. Father Donahue, from the test: This is the day which the Lord | hath made. Let us rejoice and be glad therein
 His theme was the resurrection as the pivotal proof of Christ's victory over sin, hell and death. By it Christ proved His promises, Tn three days l shall rise again. T am the res urrection and the life' Dying for us, rising again by His own infinite power, He proved Himself the giver of life, ! the master of death. Through this proof His ignorant, tirnorous disciples became heroes; spread His gospel far and wide
 Though God-given faith. we know Christs is the model of our resurrec = ton. which, as St Paul warns us. will be either in glory or in degrada- tion. We can model the death which is so certain for us and our resur- rection on His, by the practice of faith. the daily exercise of religion. The practical result of our religion depends upon our daily lives.
 Are we real followers of Christ, or merely shams? It is vital to realize 1 that We shall be as we are now, hence to make our lives Christlike. that our l resurrection, like the Saviour's, may be to glory.
 ! The Easter offering was for the va l rious diocesan charities.
 MEMORIAL TO DIR. PRATT.
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