The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-04-09
PATRIOTIC SPIRIT
WITH EASTER TIDE
Some Barre Pastors Alluded to the Ma
tons Crisis and National Decora-
tons Were Features.

Casters observance in Barre conformeC
measureably to the manner of marking
the festival of the resurrection in othel
years and while cold weather probably
served to confuse the popular notion that
the end of Lent means springtime with
an unacceptable feeling that the raw nor
already windswept might better have
| performed on Thanksgiving day, there
remained the Easter of the soul, festi-
val of gladness that is obedient neither
to the weather nor the calendar. In all
of the city churches the Easter spirit
was uppermost and if in some instances
| it seemed more subdued than usual it
was because popular feelings in this time
of stress are not exactly tempered to
occasions that call for outpourings Of
JOY.
No doubt the majesty and dominion of
the risen Redeemer moved and was real
lied among worshippers yesterday, but
| there was also a note of dedication and
conservation that was not OF Easter. In
several of the churches the flag had a
conspicuous place in the decorations.
Easter music with augmented choirs was
rendered wherever congregations assem-
bled and sermons, for the most part, were
of the triumph which followed that sub
lime tragedy on Calvary. Children were
not forgotten in the pre- Easter plans
and Sunday evening concerts offered the
little folks every opportunity to do their
share in the days observance. Ii was
sunny Easter, withal a cold one, and if
there are those who regard it quite as
much a millinery festival as a great
commemorative day in the calendar OF
the Christian church the weather could
not have suited their taste
Service settings and the sermon en-
phasized the patriotic note at the Con-
gregationsl church, where the national
colors were used with telling effect.
There the pastor preached on the topic,
The Challenge to America" In the aft
ernoon the patriotic music of the morn
ing services was supplanted by an Eas
ter program in which special instrument
tai soloists were heard.
The impressive Easter services of the
Roman Catholic church were given be
fore many woTshippers at st. Monica's
church At the first mass the children
under the leadership OF the Sisters OF
the Sacred Heart. sang their hymns and
at solemn high mass an augmented choir
rendered NIillards mass, There were
two celebrations of the holy communion
at the Church of the Good Shepherd,
where the rector preached on "The Emp
ty Tomb" in the morning and "The Risen
Christ" at evening services. ''The Easter
Lily was the subject Of the pastors
morning sermon at the First Presbyte-
rian church. the usual services being fol-
lowed by Easter exercises in which the
children participated. In the evening a
large chorus sang the cantsta. Easter
Angels"
At the Hedding Methodist church an
sermon from the topic. The
Easter Faith, was followed in the even
ing By a concert in which nearly every
child in the Sunday school appeared |
There was an Easter message from the |
pulpit at the First Baptist church in the /
morning and children's exercises in the /
evening were followed BY the baptism II /
several candidates. Something Of the /
was injected into the forenoon
service al the Universslist church. where