Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-01

cdrfleQ out. 1aG WSdtHSI Hoo iuSei. Beautiful floral decorations in all of the churches added to the attractive ness of the Easter service. Sunday evening at the Central Baptist church nineteen were baptised and at the First Baptist church seven men bap- tised.
 Church of the Good Shepherds ! Jesus the Conqueror was the subject of the Easter sermon delivered Suns day morning by Rev. Joseph F. Cobb at the Church of the Good Shepherd, Universalist. The floral decorations were unusually attractive. Rev. MT: Cobb took for his text Mark Is: 6, and said in part in his sermon: We wish to speak on this Easter morning of Jesus the Conqueror, for this very fact that he was the con- queror of death has possibly meant more to mankind than anything else that has ever taken place in the world. It means exceedingly much to peo- 1 pie today, for it takes away from them much of the gloom and darkness that otherwise would fiji their lives. ! We are taught at the Eastertide the grand truth of resurrection in many ways.
 MT Cobb told the parable of the dragon fly which gives a lesson or an | interpretation of what takes place when man passes on. So we have for our thought this morning two great l faces:
 | First, Jesus is Conqueror. He has overcome death and opened to all the 1 life of the spirit.
 Second, we are more than conquer OTIS. through Jesus.
 1 Let us rejoice then at this Easter season, as season of joy and love, and seek Jesus our Lord not in the tomb but in the glorious life of God S universal kingdom.
 1 He is not here, He is risen. Let us rejoice that he has conquered death and all the ills of mortar life, and that in him and through him we may also | do likewise.
 Two members were received into fellowship.
 St. Mary's Church. l Easter, which marked the Feast of the Resurrection of the Risen Lord was observed with all due solemnity at St. Marys church on Sunday. Large congregations were the rule at the three masses for the day. The altar decorations pictured the joyousness ot the feast which were decked with flow CTS, the Easter lily preGominating, while palms and potted plants were grouped in the sanctuary. This work
 was in charge of the Sisters of the lparish.
 1 The low mass at 7So was offered by Rev. William H. Kennedy, who also celebrated the children's mass at o'clock, and at both these servicet many communicants received the sac raments., The high mass at 10.3O was offered by the rector, Rev John H lF'itzmaurice, and following the mass he gave benediction of the most bless ed sacrament.
 i The sermons for the day treated or the hope centered in the Resurrection of the Risen Lord, His conquering O. death, malice and sin. for if He haC
 not risen, our faith and all good work.
 in vain. says St. Paul, St. Augustin, . iIh speaking of His resurrection saif that in His death He proved that H. was man. while in His resurrection H. also proved that He was God. Tn
 benefits derived from His victory owe
 the grave placed in the hands of Inal the means, if faithfully carried o,S |, the assuranceI that we too would on l day rise from the grave The singini of the masses was of the usual higl
 order and the programs were wei l carried out by the arganist, Mrs Thomas J. Healey. At the o'clocl
 mass the Easter anthems were wel
 rendered by the chorus of the junio choir, and at the offertory Harry Gran l Mullaney rendered in fine voice Lord
 I Give My Heart to Thee. The musica
 composition for the high mass at 1o.3 l was Weber's mass in c, and shove t the result of much effort on thos taking part in same. At benedictio
 which followed Miss Sadie A. Drisco
 rendered the o Salutarius Hostia in
 most pleasing manner.
 The annual Easter offering was fo E diocesan charities and proved to b very generous.
 The Episcopal Churches. . At both Christ and Trinity Episco r pal churches attractive Easter pro n ] grammes were carried out in tn : morning and in addition there wer e special services at f o'clock in tn afternoon for the children. 9 Sunday morning Rev. R. R. Grahai n preached an Easter sermon on I'll s Cropping After Immortal Life He said g i Never has the world needed tf I Easter message as much as the e have this year. Within the past wee | thousands of men have given up the t lives in the battlefield of Franc
 Most of these are young men who haN
 been cut off before they could full !. their purpose in life. What has bt e come of that vital principal which an y mated them but few days ago?. s In spite of certain proof that thel . is life beyond the grave, all me = have a craving for immortality. The
 have been three distinct attempts
 satisfy this craving.
 s- xr1I,o ior1a% 1a IAN $ atheistic view. There is no belief e future life Life is a lamp al
 when the lamp is shattered the fan
 goes out in the dust. The only maj l. ner of future life is that which n mans children may be said to live a
 cording to his teachings.
 The second view is the pantheist d The followers of this creed belle h that each life is a part of the cosm stream which anirnates the univers
 flowing from ttS Great Unknown y the Great Unknown. A life is Ii is particle of ice in a stream. It n of the stream and .melts and merg ,e and becomes a part of the stream af
 >er a brief span.
 The third attempt has resulted J. what might be called the theistic b le lief. It embraces all who believe sr any kind of gods or personal deit at That almost from the dawn of histo
 men have believed in future life -l shown by the burial of implemen
 with the prehistoric man in his graz
 The early man seemed to realize tn # the dead would have use for the E articles hence their inclusion in t
 grave But life after death was
 WOMEN BEAVER THAN MEN Women often do their daily tasks
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