The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-04-24
Large Church Congregations
in Spite of Inclement
Weather
UNITED CHOIRS
RENDER CANTATA


School Concerts Features of Pro
grams-service by Beauseant Com
mandery in Masonic Temple.
1t win be 81 years before another /
such dreary Easter Sunday on April %
will be endured Not until the year
2000 will Easter fall again on April %,
which Is not to be regretted if the
weather of that particular calendar day
is always like that of yesterday.
For persistent cold, drilling rain
without a moment s respite or even the
pleasing threat of a break in the low
hanging clouds, it will be hard to beat
yesterday, q day which is considered
I the one day in the whole year when
/ everyone by right of custom blossoms
out in spring regalia.
| Many braved the danger of utterly
running new gowns and gayly colored
shoes. Others We're less optimistic of
/ the chances of salvaging anything and
appeared clad in the more sombre hued
garments of the yesterdays. 1t was a
very disappointing Easter day, viewed
entirely from the standpoint of the
/ physical exterior
/ The churches, however. suffered very
little in the matter of attendance. In
each church at all the services the con
gregations were large enough to plain
/ ly indicate that the day was one to be
especially marked by church going folks
generally and some folks who are not
regular church attendants in particu-
lar. Faces not very familiar to pastors
appeared in pews.
Nature and religion, fashion and
childhood welcomed Easter, uniting
reverent rejoicing with purely human
gladness for the coming OF spring, even
though the particular day was marked
by a persistent spring rain.
There were l6 baptisms in the First
Baptist church at the morning service
|, yesterday. As in all of the churches
the Easter lilies predominated in the
decorations, with a few palms, and
around the baptistrv were arranged va
rigated vinca vines. The Sunday
school orchestra played at the morning
service and again for the Sunday
school exercises which followed the
close of the church service.
Lilies and potted plants were the
decorations in St. Michael s Episcopal
church. At the early service 81 par
took of communion and As more at the
!, regular 1880 o clock service, which
was a very large proportion of the
, communicates of the church. PotteC
! iplants of red and white were ar
ranged in the form of cross at tn,
children s service in the afternoon anC
each child was presented a plant
! Prizes for attendance during the Len
o ten season were given also.
The masses in st. NHchael's Roman
, Catholic church were attended by con
Egregations that indicated that the in
: clement weather had kept few, if any
n at home. The church decorations wer
n of lilies and palms, attractively al
n ranged about the ehancel.
!. There was very large congregation
d at the service in the Methodist ehurc
: Sunday morning. Lilies, ferns and cal
>. nations comprised the floral decora
> tions and these were distrimute
among the shut-ins after the service
i The Sunday school exercises, Whic
e were at the usual hour, were attende
e by very large number of children.
r In the Centre Congregational churc1
,e the platform was banked with Easte
lilies and daffodils, which later wer
"a carried to the sick and shut -ins. Afte
G. the morning service a special CON
le munion service was held, which wa
$ largely attended This took the plac
,r of the communion service which usua
" is held the first Sunday in May. y
Sunday school session was held, but a
clock a Sunday school concert wa
given and the interest of the childre
was shown by the large number Of theI
III who came despite the rain. The rec
tations and all exercises were especia
- " interesting and it was the opinion @
,r many that the singing by the childre
H. never was better.
;s One of the largest congregations eve
80 in the Universalist church was preser
~ in the morning. The platform an
- choir rail were banked with lille
IT,.' palms, daisy plants and red and whit
- geraniums The Easter concert by th
d" Sunday school followed the mornin
service and the attendance at that We
the largest i'll the history of the schoo
The Sunday school room was decorate
with flowers, all of which were latt
Is, distributed among the sick and shut-iI
while each child of the Sunday scho
~ was given a potted plant. At the Fr
~. day evening service of this church II
= the reception of new members and Il
- observance of holy communion Z we
~ admitted to membership.
~, Nv Lilies, palms, pink geraniums al
,ts white carnations were the floral decor
ne tions in the Unitarian church. III
III morning service was followed by a ear
Use service for the children of the Sunds
school to which many of the older pa
ishioners remained. Rev. E. @. 5. z
good, pastor, gave brief address. Ea'
ri child was presented one Of the pott
plants.
4 surprisingly large congregatiC
o