Norwich bulletin., 1921-03-28
SEN. MOON AND TiDEs.
CREENEvILlE

| The Feast of the Resurrection was ob- served with due solernnity at St. Mary's church on Sunday. The altar decorations were of palms, ferns and Easter lilies. i tastefully arranged by. the Sisters of the parish. s-e ] The three masses for the day were all largely attended. The low mass at 7.39 was read by. the pastor. Rev. Wil- liam A.. Keefe. The cfildrerl's mass at and the high mass at 1Q.30 were sung by Rev. William H. Kennedy. The sermons for the day treated in. Christ's three-fold victory-over the world, the flesh and the devil, symbolized in His resurrection from the, grave while He had foretold the first announcement of which came from an enemy of Christ-the Roman guard placed to watch the tomb. His resurrection was pre-figure of ours that is to follow, which we hope is to take us to better life beyond the portals of the grave. If Christ's resurrection was mythical one then our faith and all good works are in vairl, says St. Paul who was known to have converted 5000 at once preaching on the joys of the res urrectisn- and what it meant to humanity. The apostles, who were known to have been weak men before the resurrection gained strength and confidence to take up their life work of preaching the gospel pf Christ to all nations.
 Ih the evening at o'clock there was the offering of the Eitanies of The Blessed Virgin and St. Joseph and! Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament were given by Rev. Fr. Kennedy before . fair sized Of congregation 5 ,..a ! The musical portion of the Easter set- vices at St. Mary's was very impressive. At g o'clock mass the junior choir sang with all the joyous spirit of Eastertide and evidenced judicious training. Miss Marguerite Driscoll was the offertory SOL iOkst, accompanied by the choir, which numbers about thirty voices. At the ten thirty mass Millard's brilliant mass in { G was sung by the senior choir with 9 fine sense of harmony and interpreta- ton. At the offertory the ever-inspiring Haec Dies by Wiegand, was sung in fin4 ished manner refiecting much credit on the direction of the organist The soloists of the day were Miss Sadie DriscolI. se- pfzno; Eleanor Donovan. soprano; Rose Malone, contralto; Nicholas Speilnan .enor: Horace Corning, basso; John Fcntaine, tenor; organist, Henry La FUnta1ne.
 There were many conrnunicants at the altar for the first two masses At. the o'clock mass it was monthly holy com. nnunion day for The Maidens of the Sa. cred Heart. The special offerings foI ths day went to diocesan charities and wers of good proportions. a ;sF s At the Federated Church.. Rev. R. Daniel Trick, the pastor preached Sunday morning from the text 1. Cor, Is, 20, But now hath Christ beer raised from the dead, the first fruits O them that sleep In part he said: t,
 The state of the text is a bold asser ton. It is not the conviction of theor, \ ha 1f ia nf F0n to be of value must have sustaining evi dence. What is this evidence? Let U observe the facts for the resurrection.
 l. The death of Jesus. It does seen to me that those who were responsibl for the. death of Jesus would see to that, he was put to death. Men who ha gone to the extent that the Jews ha would not allow a swooned man to D buried for 8 dead one when so much wa ht stake. & A
 Q. The empty tomb. As nature ha Byinpathized with Jesus in the crucifxio in the three hours of darkness and ha triumphed with him in. the eaxthqual at the resurrection, SO here in the empt tomb she erects the monument oS victor which cannot be destroyed.
 s, The report of the watch m guard, which believe was Jewish. WI placed at the tomb to prevent the disc RiSS lIOHl btCbnH6. bAAC UOUJ = Vk- 7SGot. When they had lost the body through u power of God in the resurrection tht claimed the disciples, who up to this tin did not believe in the resurrection, can while they slept, and stole the body. Tn case would not stand the light of a leg court and this by reason of its failu becomes positive evidence of the IeSu Tection of Jesus.
 I. The appeafance to the wom Al. kra. tion. We would have expected Jesus
 have made his appearance to the eleve So that this apparently unnatural situ tion becomes naturally 8 strong point evidence for the resurrection of Jesus. g.. The appearance to ,. the discipl the men. The Jews, other than the ele eli, somehow and to; some extent antt rated the resurrection, as Is evidenced 2 the guard at the tomb. The discipl