Middletown transcript., 1918-03-16
St. ANNE'S CHURCH
Lenten Season Full Of Meaning
This Year
EASTER FLOWERS FOR ALTAR

Sunday, March 18th The Fifth Sun
day in Lent passion Sunday.)
Services: 1890. Morning Prayer Lit
any and Sermon.
l1.45, Sunday School session.
73O, Evening Prayer and Address.
MEETINGS
The Parish Guild will meet on Thurs
day afternoon at two O'Clock, at the
residence of Miss Lydia Cochran, South
Broad street.
Never, in our experience, has Lent
come to US so full of meaning as it does
this year. More and more we are real
izing the awful fact of war. At first
it seemed so far off and the interfer-
ence with our daily lives was so slight
thot the impressions made were not
very deep. Now, however, the effects
are beginning to tell in so many ways
that we cannot help feeling the grip of
the monster. The Honor roll is grow
ing-more and more of our families are
putting up the service flag with the re-
minding star telling of an absent hoy;
the meatless and wheatless and heat
less days. the messages of the Food
Commissioner telling us of the need of
strict economy, the portionins out of
fuel as rations are portioned out in
army camps, all these bring home to US
the fact that We are not merely living
in time of war, but that we are
very party to the struggle. Just as
individuals must make their sacrifices
so the Church must bear Her part in
the self-denials In former years the
people were called to the practice of
self-denai, but the Church was more
lavish in opportunities given for wor-
ship and prayer, for quiet medtatan
before Her altar. This year some of
the services were necessarily omitted
but we are to look forward to Holy
Week of activity and for blessed Eas-
ter.
Lent is the preparation time for Eas-
ter And a we'll spent Lent will mean
happy Easter. Easter is a ''Day Of
Obligation, that is, day on which
every ccmmunicant Of the church is ex-
pected to make communion unless kept
from church by illness.
Our young people are manifesting
considerable interest in earning money
for their Lenten mite boxes. Th., la
ter ones are to be returned at Easter
without faiD and the money SO col
lected is used for Missions which means
preaching the gospel throughout the
world.
EASTER FLOWERS FOR THE ALTAR
Envelopes will be found in the pc . $
on this Sunday in which contributio"
for the Easter Flowers may be placed.
These are intended to enable everyoi e
who so desires to make contribution,
however small it may be. The Easter
decoration should be beautiful without
extravaganza, and their significance as
a recognition of the blessings of Easter
tide is greatly enhanced when they
represent the thought Of large num-
ber of our people. The envelope con
tanning your offering may be deposited in
the boxes at the end of the church or
in the otfertory plate on Sunday Any
amount will be acceptable and will be
Just that much assistance to the Altar
Guild. OF course. we shall be glad t.
receive the loan Of any plants or flow
ers.
The Quiet Hours for Women under
the auspices OF the Woman's Auxiliary
of the Diocese, will this year be con-
Quoted by Bishop Kinsman in Trinity
Church, on the Monday before Easter,
which is also the Feast Of the Annun
citation of St. Mary, the Virgin. The
exercises will begin with a celebration
of the Holy Communioa at 10 O'Clock,
and will continue until one clock All
the women of the diocese are invited to
attond