"IN .JOSEPH'S LOVELY GARDEN"

Nine o'clock and fine spring morning. Jerus­alem agog with excitement. Passover crowds fill city. Hundreds unable to find accommodation with­in the city are camping outside the city.

~ine o'clock and a fine spring morning as these campers shade their eyes and look direction of Damascus Gate - evidently something happening. Seems like a procession of some sort emerging. So it is. With natural curiosity they race down the hillsides to meet strange and compelling sight.

Platoon of Roman soldiers. Morning sun on helmets and shields. Three men in midst bowed be­neath three crosses. One of prisoners in weak condition - appears to have been lashed. Burden seems too much for him. Staggers and falls. Pro­cession halts a moment while someone commandeered to carry grim cross. Processi n continues.

An ever-growing crowd m rbidly excited - an­xious to see a Roman crucifixion. at last reach hill - Calvary - place of skull. Dull strokes of hammer are heard and so n three crosses are rear­ed and dropped into sockets.

And the victims? Two rather notorious law­breakers. Jericho Road will be safer now. One in center - nobody seems to know very much about him. Charged with blasphemy against G d. Claims to be equal with God. They say he comes from Nazareth -Nazareth; dirty little Nazareth. Preposterous.

·fhrough morning hours crowd surges around the cross. Soldiers keep patient watch. All in day's work. · Why don't the hurry and die. Anybody got a dice. Throw you for his robe - nothing else of value.

Noon comes. Clouds begin to gather. Dust swirls. Getting darker. Like midnight. Storm breaks. Rocks begin to roll down hillside. 'l'he crosses begin to reel. Crowd now a mob - mad with fear and superstition. Soldiers now upon feet in circle around the cr sses. Heady to repel any attack. 'l'hree hours pass. Still dark. At last earth stops trembling. Torches now flicker. Sun

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appears like pale yellow disc. 'l'WO of victims still alive. Must not live beyond sundown for to-morrow the Sabbath. Their legs must b.e brok­en. Man on center cross is dead.

Sunset now. Joseph of Arimathea arrived to claim body of Jesus for burial. "Who was he" ask Roman officer? Comes sorrowful answer; "We hoped he might be our Messiah". Darkness falls at last. Joseph and his servants prepare body of Jesus for resting place. In Joseph's lovely garden the body is tenderly placed in new tomb. Guard is set; stone rolled to mouth of tomb and sealed. At last silence falls with the night.

beautiful significanee in John's words -"Now in the place where He was crucified there was a garden; and in the garden a new tomb". In the placing together of these two - garden and tomb there is more than mere casualness. John has put the two together for a purpose. He has these stand in association and intimacy for a reason. ·rhere is beautiful symbolism here.

Victory out of Defeat Seemed like defeat when ~ /~#</ b.._ ~ JJ-. ~ C',-.L ( Jesus hung on tJ ross • His .JaA~~ ~-#.4,-3 . ,. '' enemies said "That's the end of the imposter and dreamer!" Had seen Him die. Seen spear thrust. Seen body taken down. Placed in tomb. Sealed. Take no chances of hav­ing body stolen by followers.

Worried unnecessarily about followers. All fled. Terror-stricken; broken-hearted. ~nd of dreams and hopes. Going back to Galil ean routine - broken and beaten men. End of everything. And it seemed like the end. When Rome crucified a man •. • • Looked as though honors that day had gone to Pilate and Caiaphas. Empty cross silhouetted against sky. And here is the tomb. Jesus not only dead but discredited for ever. 'l'omb symbol of unutterable defeat. Looked like the end.

John reminds us however that tomb is in a garden. 'l'omb speaks of finality and defeat. But garden is symbol of living victory. Speaks of life and radiant beauty. Garden place of miracle~

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In winter the garden is in bondage to desolation, glo m, ugliness. Death seems the victor. But in spring the miracle comes - life, beauty, color, fragrance once more hold sway. Nature's apparent defeat was but a prelude to a more glorious vic­tory. John reminds us the tomb was in a garden •

.ll·or a few hours the garden wore somber gar­ment of defeat; then it put on garments of shin­ing victory. Mary Magdalene and the other women came with the first flush of dawn. They heard faint twittering of birds. They found stone of tomb rolled away. Then the heard the triumphant proclamation - "He is not here; He is risen!"

Triumph of Sacrifice For after all, a garden is an unselfish and self­giving thing. Humble and

sweetsmelling herbs give of themselves graciously and with no thought of withholding anything f r themselves. Garden is a perfect sym~91 of _ §~ving. John saw its fitting symbolism. 'ttA.t-lcfT()~I' - r_(!7YM./ .

.ll i tting symbol of His life and death. .ll'or in some deep fashion His death was sacrificial. He gave of Himself. 'tNo man taketh my life from Me; I lay it down of Myself". Need not have died. He might have evaded the Cross. Not old and had to die - young and c uld die. ~reached from borrowed boat; fed multitude with borrowed loaves; cele­brated Last Supper in borrowed room; rode on bor­rowed donkey into Jerusalem; placed in borrowed temb. But the Cross was His; the pain was His; the spear-wound was His; prints of nails in hands and feet were His. Nothing borrowed here.

Jesus gave Himself - as a garden gives its beaut~ and fragrance. As a garden gives all it has to give; so did Jesus, the Lord of the Garden.

The Symbol of Hope uarden symbol of hope. Death­less hope. tlere is dirty brown bulb. Ugly, withered.

Picture of lifelessness and hopelessness. Hidden in cold, wet earth. ' Mid stone and clod. rtowever within that dull brown ugliness there is a spark

HAS HABIT OF RISING FROM THE DEAD. ITS TOMB IS I A GARD _, N. ''HE ROSE . rl.ND 'iiiTH HIM HOPE AROSE, ND LIF~ AND LIGHT. MEN SAID ' NOT CHRIST, BUT D~ATH

IED YESTERt"UGHT ' • AND JOY AND TRUTH AND ALL 'IHI GS VIRTUOUS, ROSE Y.iHEN HE ROSE."

SO TO-DAY THERE COMES THIS ~~SSAGE OF HOPE. THE ASSOCI.aTION OF THE TO B ~ND THE GnRDEN IS PRO ISE OF A LARGER AND LOV LIER LIFE SPRINGING OUT 0 PAIN , SACRIFICE AND DEATH. THAT IS THE PAR DOX OF THE J:ASTER JOY - THE HIGHEST JOY IS BORN OF THE DEEPEST SORRO . THE DARKEST NIGHT THAT ~V~R WAS I THE HISTORY Oli' THE '~tORLD, VAS TRANSMUTED BY EJ ST R TO THE FAIREST DAY THAT EVER DA~ NED.

HO .il THE V10RLD NEEDS THE EaSTER HOPE.. BRUTE liORC SEEMS TO BE HAVING ITS DAY aND ITS AY. BUT OUR HOPE IS IN THE CHRIST OF E STL!:R MORN - IN ONE . ~HO ROSE BOVE BRUTE FORCE . LET US HOLD THAT HOP . SAYS THE RO N CAPTAIN IN ''THE TERRIBLE rBEK" "I TELL YOU i\0 JJAN, THI5 DEAD SO N OF YOURS, DIS IGURED SHA:ll£D, SPaT UPON, HAS BUILT A KINGDO ·1 THI D Y THAT C. N NEVER IE. SOME THING ili~S HAPPENED UP HERE ON THIS HILL TO-DAY, TO Sli.hKE .11.LL OUR KING OLS OF FEAR a ND BLOOD TO TH~ UST. IT CA N'T LAST; IT

S ~STED, THIS BUILDING I BLOOD rt ND F34R. OUR KI NGDO .1S ALfu.rtDY B GIN TO TOTT:;.;R " .

.11. HO V WE NED THIS .11.ST~R HOPE . IT SPE KS OF A GOD WHO IS THE Grl.RDEN ND OF THJ. LIVI ~G. IT SPEAKS ,. ITH HOP~ OF A LrtRGER E ISTE NCZ - oiHli: RE E .... HALL NO LONGE.R B CIRCUMSCRIBED aND LI HTED. IT bPEAKS OF A LIFE WHERE THE SINGER SHALL SI G THEIR HITHERTO UNSUNG SONGS; WHERE THE POET ID ARTIST ',. ILL XPRESS THEMSELVES IN GRE TER BE UTY ND FRE DOM; HERE THE STRIVER AFTER TRUTH aND CHA CTER, bHALL STRI ~ AND SHALL SUCCESD .

THE GA'iliDEN rl.ND THE TOMB. THEY SPEi K Oil-, VIC OUT OF' DEFEAT; GLORY THROUGH SACRIFIC~; HOPE THRO' DESPAIR; LIFl; OUT OF D:!:ATH. I~Y THE EASTJ1J R JOY ANL HOPE AND ASSURANCE BE YOURS THIS DAY.

JV1rs. J ., \Vltll GncertUJ, pcrstsrent pcntence; not tO downhearted if we do not reup the han·cst. Sor body will. Do you know those lovely lines by l\1u1 Stuart called "The Seed Shop " ?-

·• Hc.re in a quiet and dusty 1oom they lie. Faded as crumbled stone. or ~hitting sa!ld, Forlorn as ashes. shrh·elleiL >centles~. dry­Meadows and gardens runn111g !ht·ough my h<1

.. In this brown husk. n rlale of hawthorn drea A cedar. in this narrow cc ,l i,; thrust That will drink deeply of a century's stream~ These lilies sl1all make summer-on my dus·

·• Here is their safe and simp.c house oJ death, Sealed in their shells, a million xoses leap, Here I can blow n garden wilh m'/ bn·· th. And in my hand a forest l1es aslt'(,:J.' '

Don't despair. Just now the ideals of unity peace m;~~' seem to be living in a house of death they are not dead. Don't cease to sow lhem; one <

they will bloom. :i:

];~-~;.;~-~ le.sson~-"an~l sermon: and therefore dh·ision of the rlulie_, of selection mig<'nt b adver'e effects. Further. one cannot blame ·. nrcacher;: fGr ;;uch chan~es of lune as have ca1 Hymn flOG to be sunrr to Tllf• Golden Chain . 57' 0 Perfect Lolle. 177 to Cloisters. 92.3 to ~-1emoria711 9~0 to St. Peter . and other equ pathetic insla'1C("' which I ha\'C experienced.

Fo1· some of thf' dcpressin.!! music still heat"< our ~hurchc5 ihe compilers of the Hymnal mus hPld rc~r>onsihle. A~ an example. now that H: 72D h::~s bream•· so popular, how one lone:s for inconwarablv finer second tunc. Inteoer Vitro oi 1912 Primith·e Supplement! Generally, howe offlcials and congrcr!ations alikc seem inlespon to tbc flner tum•s: that at nn:«· rate. is nw experit of two suburb:m churches in thi,; city. In counlr.1· 1Jhc situation seems similar.

To .suggest a rPmedy for this evil is difficult, do not let us !o,:e co-ordination between the hy and "ennon. Rather let those responsible for mu>ic m~k{! a rn<Jn' determined effort to acqr ehoi:·.s and con~r~g:-tlioM alike with the resourc< the Hvm"~l ~--' ·· - ---' ·· · · · - -· ·· ·

Alplaus and Rexford Methodist Churches, declares: ·'No one can say exactly what llnppenecl on the first Easter morning. That something happened is C\'ident. The fact of an empty tomb seems to he conclusive that something l'appenccl unle~: we can cliscreclit the many witnes~~s.

"We must also confess our in­ability to determine exactly what. the Risen Bocly of the Christ v.•as. Surely it was not physical ?.s we uncle:·stancl that term; physical bodies do not )Jass thl'ough walls and closed doors. Neithcl was it a 'spirit' bocly as we seek to undcrstnncl that term; lr was sc~n and tangihle . To sny the least, the Risen Bocly of Christ was and still is, strictly unique.

"The significance of the resurrection is not in the belief that it primarily proves the immortality of human life; there are other and more immediate grounds for such It belief. The sig­nificn,nce of the first Easter ls in the fact that the followers of Jesus came to believe that He who had died, now lived. With that belief nncl conYiC­tion, thcso 1nen went to the ends of the world e;rtablishing the Christian Church and dying the death of martyrs . Bct·,yeen the crucifixion of Jesus and the ftrst prcachi11g o~ the disciples in Jerusalem, must be found something that changed i hese men from hopeless cowards to courageous couriers; tl1ut something wn-~ the re­surrection hclief. To discount that belief is to malw the achievements of the disciples unintclligihlc. Whether right or wrong in their belici in a Risen Clui~t is beside the point; but there cnn be no evading of the in­disputable conclusion that because of this belief and on this bclit"f the Christian Cll urch wus Io1mded."

Calendar for Today 10:30 A. M. MORNING WORSHIP. Reception of new members. II :00 A. M. PRIMARY AND JUNIOR CHURCH. 11:55 A.M. CHURCH SCHOOL. S. W. Fear, General Superintendent. 7:30 P. M. THIRD ANNUAL EASTER EVENING UNION SERVICE. This service

will be held at the First Baptist Church. The Junior and Senior Choirs of the Protestant Churches will render a program of sacred music.

MONDAY

TUESDAY

Other Announcements 8:00 The Moul Baraca Class will meet at the home of William G.

Hartin, 54 Spring Street. 7:00 The Fremont Youth Fellowship will hold its Annual Banquet.

Speaker, Rev. Herbert F. Thompson, First Presbyterian Church, Northville. Subject, The Reflections of a Religious Hobo.

8:00 The E. F. W. Class meets at the home of Mrs. Melvin Shaffer, Extension Easterly Street.

8:00 The Anna Mosher Class will hold its regular meeting. 8:00 The Muddle Class will meet at the home of Mrs. Joanna

Putman, 120 East Boulevard. WEDNESDAY 7:30 The Mid-Week Service with the minister in charge.

8:30 The April meeting of the Official Board. THURSDAY 7:30 Chorus Choir rehearsal.

8:00 The Venner Class meets at the home of Howard Graham, 6 Apple Street.

8:00 The Epworth Workers Class meets at the church. FRIDAY 6:30 The Excelsior Philathea Class meets at the church.

Lenten Offering Envelopes If you have not brought your Lenten Offering Envelope this morning, kindly

leave it at the church as soon as convenient. Your church needs the proceeds of this offering in order to meet its Conference Apportionments.

Troy Annual Conference The Fifth Annual Session of Troy Annual Conference will be held at

Saratoga Springs, April 13th to 16th. Bishop Francis J. McConnell will preside.

The Altar Flowers The altar flowers this morning are given by members of the Official Board

in memory of those of our church membership who, during the past year, have departed this life and have become members of the Church Triumphant. "Blessed are those who die in the Lord".

Easter Memorial Lilies The Easter lilies this morning are given in Loving Memory of: Ida Green­

slete, by her sisters, Mrs. Roy Bassler and Mrs. Chris Williams; Mrs. Willis Williams, by the family; Dorothy Quackenbush; Reverend Alexander McKinlay, by the family; William Rockwell, by his sons, Corp. Newell, Prvts. Wallace and George Rockwell; Mrs. Bertha Backus, by her family; William Harris, by his family; William Lair, by his wife, Mrs. William Lair and son Paul Lair; Philip Schamberger, by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Schamberger; deceased mem­bers, by the Werner Workers; deceased members, by the E. F. W. Class; Mr. and Mrs. Everett A. Allen, by grandsons, Everett D. and Walter E: Allen; Marilyn Fisher, by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Fisher; Mr. and Mrs. W. Wemple, by granddaughter, June Rogers; Mrs. Ann Richard::;on and Jennie Richardson, by Mrs. William Meyers and Charles H. Richardson.

Fremont Street Methodist Church GLOVERSVILLE, NEW YORK

Fred Clarke, Minister Dorothy E. Mellick, Grace L. Gifford,

Minister of Mus ic Church Secretary Lewis Cunning, Sexton

Easter Sunday- April 9, 1944 Order of Morning Worship

ORGAN PRELUDE-"Easter Again Is Here" ------------------------------------------------------·-----Means CALL TO WORSHIP-By the Minister HYMN 154-"Christ the Lord Is Risen Today" from "Lyra Davidica"

Christ the Lord is risen today, Alleluia! Sons of men and angels say, Alleluia! Raise your joys and triumphs high, Alleluia! Sing, ye heavens, and earth reply, Alleluia!

Lives again our g lorious King, Alleluia! Where, 0 death, is now thy sting? Alleluia! Once He died, our souls to save, Alleluia! Where's thy victory, boasting grave? Alleluia!

Love's redeeming work is done, Alleluia! Fought the fight, the battle won, Alleluia! Death in vain forbids Him rise, Alleluia! Christ hath opened paradise, Alleluia!

Soar we now where Christ has led, Alleluia! Following our exalted Head, Alleluia! Made like Him, like Him we rise, Alleluia! Ours the cross, the grave, the skies, Alleluia!

Amen PRAYER- To be offered by all

0 gracious Lord and Father, who for our sin and for the sin of the whole world didst permit thy Son to endure the cross, and the tomb, and then to rise again on that Resurrection Morn: give us hope, and courage, and faith for the facing of our sorrows, and lor ultimate conquest by the good and the right. May s in and anxieties die within us, and radiant and useful virtues rise to command our individual lives. May war, and hatreds, and greeds die within nations and peoples, and may the Kingdom of God upon earth rise to bless mankind. From the travail and darkness of this day in which we live may a new world arise - a world well-pleasing in thy sight and blessed by thy continued favor. May we live evermore in the joy and gladness of Jesus' resurrection. Amen.

THE LORD'S PRAYER-To be said by all

RESPONSIVE READING Minister:

People:

Minister: People: Minister:

0, give thanks unto the Lord; for He is good: for His mercy en­dureth forever. I will give thanks unto the Lord, according to His righteousness and will sing praises to the name of the Lord Most High. Let all the people praise Thee, 0 God, let all the people praise Thee. Unto Thee, 0 Lord, do I lift up my soul. Let your light shine before men that they may see your good works and glorify your Father which is in heaven.

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People: Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ who ac­cording to His great mercy, begat us again unto a living hop~ by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.

Minister: And Jesus came unto them and spake unto them saying: All authority hath been given unto me in heaven and on earth. Go ye therefore and make disciples of all nations.

People: And they shall be mine, saith the Lord of hosts, in the day when I make up my jewels .

Minister: And all nations shall call Thee blessed. 0, praise the Lord dll ye nations, praise Him all ye people.

People: For His merciful kindness is great towards us: and the truth of the Lord endureth forever.

GLORIA PATRI

APOSTLES' CREED * SCRIPTURE LESSON- John 19:38-42, 20 :1-2, 11-16 * ANTHEM-"With a Voice of Singing" ----------------------·-----·--------------· ----------------------·-------Shaw PASTORAL PRAYER

ORGAN OFFERTORY-"Andante Cantabile" ---------------------------------------------·Tschaikowsky PRESENTATION OF OFFERING

ANTHEM-''Christ Is Risen' ' -------------------·---------·---------·-------------------·----------------------------Mueller

ANTHEM -"In Joseph's Lovely Garden" ----------------------------·---------------------·---------Dickenson

HYMN 150-"Sing with All the Sons of Glory" -----------------------------------------------Beethoven Sing with all the sons of glory, Life eternal! Heaven rejoices:

Sing the resurrection song! Jesus Jives who once was dead; Death and sorrow, earth's dark Join, 0 man, the deathless voices,

story, Child of God, lift up thy head! To the former days belong: Patriarchs from the distant ages,

All around the clouds are breaking, Saints all longing for their heav'n, Soon the storms of time shall Prophets, psalmists, seers, and sages,

cease, All await the glory given. In God's likeness, man awaking,

Knows the everlasting peace.

0 what glory, far exceeding All that eye has yet perceived!

Holiest hearts for ages pleading, Never that full joy conceived.

God has promised, Christ prepares it,

There on high our welcome waits; Every humble spirit shares it,

Christ has passed th' eternal gates.

Lift eternal! 0 what wonders Crowd on faith; what joy unknown,

When, amidst earth's closing thun­ders,

Saints shall stand before the throne! Oh, to enter that bright portal,

See that glowing firmament, Know with Thee, 0 God immortal,

"Jesus Christ whom Thou has senti" Amen

SERMON-"THE GARDEN AND THE TOMB"

RECEPTION OF ADULTS INTO CHURCH MEMBERSHIP CONFIRMATION OF YOUNG PEOPLE ANTHEM-"The Hallelujah Chorus" from "The Messiah" -----------------------------·---Handel BENEDICTION DOXOLOGY

ORGAN POSTLUDE-''Toccata'' ----------------·---------------------------------------------------- -----Boelmann *Interval for Ushering

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C/iot Jflone Go with me, Master, by the way;

Make every day a walk with Thee;

New glory shalL the sunshine gain,

And all the clouds shall lightened be.

Go with me on life's dusty road

And help me bear the weary load.

TaLk with me, Master, by the way;

The voices of the world recede,

The shadows darken o'er the land­

How poor am I, how great my need.

Speak to my heart disquieted

Till it shalL lose its fear and dread.

Bide with me, Master, all the way,

Though to my blinded eyes unknown;

So shall I feel a Presence near

Where I had thought I walked alone.

And when, far spent, the days dec~ine,

Break Thou the bread, dear Guest of mine!

ANON. Jesus Tender Shepherd

FREMONT STRF.ET METHODIST CHtffiCR GLOVERSVILLE,_ NEW YORK

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EASTER SUNDAY 1946

A program for the Adult, High School, Junior High School and Junior Departments of the Church School.

ORGAN PRELUDE - "O Sons and Daughters, Let Us Sing" 15th cent. French Chorale

PROCESSIONAL OF CLASSES

LF.ADER: "Then all the disciples forsook Him and fled." During the sad days just pass·ed, we ha. ve seen the lights go out. One week ago there were twelve men lighted with joy about the Ma ster. Later, when danger threatened, they fled. On the Friday, it seemed that the last, the great Light had been extinguished. But on this cel­ebration of Easter Day we know the light still brightly shines. Therefore let us sing .

HY.MN 151 - "Come ye faithful, raise the strain11 St. Kevin

LEADER: On that Easter morning the disciples found the tomb empty. Those who were nearby heard the voice of an angel declaring the Crucified Lord had risen from the dead. Then the disciples began to recover their faith. It is well that we synbolize their recovery by lighting their candles - as we do now.

The candle of Judas we do not relight. We know not the ultimate fate of Judas. And we dare not remove his candle. Perhaps he was granted the forgiveness promised to those who sin. We must leave Judas to the loving mercy of God.

CHORIC SPEAKING - John 20:1-19 The Junior Department

ANTHEM - "Jesus Christ Is Risen Today" The Cha pel Choir

FJI.S TER PRAYER

PRES ENTATION OF EASTER OFFERING

Llanfa ir

ORGAN OFFERTORY - "This Bless ed Ea ster Day" Praetorious

CHORIC SPEAKING - "An Easter Canticle 11 The Junior Dep­a rtment

LEADER: Easter must be r ecla imed. Too long the world hus miss ed the Easter glow, Cha rmed by the glitter of a f a shion show; A dress pa r a de ; a ga l a holiday, With church-bound manikins upon display . The f a ith of Ea ster never will be ca ught By making Christ a fl eeting aft s r t hought.

PEOPLE; Eas t er must be r edeemed From r eve lry tha t marks the end of Lent, And worshipers who yearly a r e cont ent To journey to God's House , and then for ge t That Christ still live s when Ea ster's sun ha s set. The vision f a des; the power soon i s lost If Ea ster docs not l ea d to Punt~cost.

George W. Wiseman

LEADER: There was but one Light tha t e~rly Ea ster morning . But a s the day l engthened the number wa s increas ed. Ther e wer e the discipl es. Then the faithful women. Then the l a r ge r body or believers . Then those brave missionarie s of the Cross. Thus the light-bearers grew in numbers through the years.We too are follow­ers of the Christ. We too should carry the Light -ther efore in the mood of consecrdtion l et us sing:

HYMN 164 - "All ha il the power of Je sus 1 Name" Corona­BENEDICTION tion

Calendar for Today

8:00 a.m. Easter Sunrise Service at First Presbyterian Church for the youth of First Presbyterian, First Methodist and Fremont churches. The service will be followed by an Easter Breakfast.

10:30 a.m. Easter Day Morning Worship. Festival music by the combined choirs under the leadership of Miss Gloria Iacone, Minister of Music. Sermon, "In Joseph's Lovely Garden," by the minister.

10:30 a . rn . The Children's Division of the Church School. The children of the Primary and Junior Departments will attend the service in the sanctuary.

11:45 a . m. Youth and Adult Divisions of the Church School.

7:30p.m. Union Evening Worship under the auspices of the Gloversville Council of Churches. This service will be held at Fremont. The united choirs of the city will present Easter music, including a brief cantata under the direction of Mr. Otto Miller, Minister of Music of the First Presbyterian Church, with Miss Iacone at the organ.

MONDAY 7:30

TUESDAY, 6:30

WEDNESDAY, 7:30

THURSDAY, 7:30

8:00

8:00

8:00

Through the Week at Fremont

The Boy Scouts meet at the church.

The Muddle Class will hold a covered dish at the church.

Mid-week Service with Mr. Clarke leading.

Fremont Choir rehearsal. Important rehearsal in preparation for the Annual Conference Sunday Evening Service at Sara­toga. The Laurel Band meets at the home of Mrs. Jesse Rickard, 21 Saratoga Boulevard. The Berean Class meets at the horne of Mrs. F. D. Shoop, 28 North Street. The Epworth Workers meet at the church.

Easter Memorial Lilies

Easter lilies are in memory of: Mr. and Mrs. Everett A. Allen, Mrs. Bertha Backus, Mr. and Mrs. Ellis D. Berner, Mrs. David Burton, Mrs. Isabel Cohen, Henry Collins, Jay Collins, deceased members of the Cordial Class, Mrs. Priscilla Cuyler, Mrs. Albert Edwards, deceased members of the E. F. W. Class , Mrs. Benjamin Ellsworth, Mrs. S. W. Fear, Marilyn Fischer, Mrs. Clara Fonda, William Frederick, Cornell and Roy Gifford, Moritz Gundersen, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Hanson, William H. Harris, Miss Mary Hevey, Mrs. Jerusha Higgins , Miss Charlotte Hill, Mrs. Estelle Hodder, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Lair, William Lair, Rev. and Mrs. 0. C. Lane, William Lucas, Mr. and Mrs. William Meyers, Dorothy Mellick, William McDonald, Rev. Alexander McKinlay, Mrs. Helen Montanye, George W. Moore, Harry J. O'Brien, Mrs. Charles Olmstead, Mrs . Mary Olmstead, Bertram Perry, Mrs. Laura Porter, Edward and Mrs. Earl Rathburn, Clayton Rhodes, Charles H. Richardson, William Rockwell, Philip Schamberger, Mrs. Lina Schermerhorn, Mr. and Mrs. William Tiedeman, Mrs. Ethel Trevett, deceased members of the Venner Class, Walton E. Werner, Mrs. Elizabeth Whiting, the Whitman Family, Leroy Young.

Rev. Fred Clarke, Minister Miss Gloria Iacone, Minister of Music Mrs. Grace Gifford, Church Secretary

Mrs. Harvey Connor, Minister's Assistant Mr. Lewi,; Cunning, Sexton

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FREMONT METHODIST

STREET CHURCH

Gloversville, New York April 17, 1949

EASTER DAY

Bach

Order of Morning Worship

ORGAN PRELUDE-"Passacaglia in C Minor"

INTROIT-"To God on High be Thanks and Praise" Decius

HYMN 154-"Christ the Lord is Risen Today"

Christ the Lord is risen today, Alleluia! Sons of men and angels say, Alleluia! Raise your joys and triumphs high, Alleluia! Sing, ye heavens, and earth reply, Alleluia!

Lives again our glorious King, Alleluia! Where, 0 death, is now thy sting? Alleluia! Once he died, our souls to save, Alleluia! Where's thy victory, boasting grave? Alleluia!

Love's redeeming work is done, Alleluia! Fought the fight, the battle won, Alleluia! Death in vain forbids Him rise, Alleluia! Christ hath opened paradise, Alleluia!

Soar we now where Christ has led, Alleluia! Following our exalted Head, Alleluia! Made like Him, like Him we rise, Alleluia! Ours the Cross, the grave, the skies, Alleluia!

LITANY OF PRAISE (The congregation standing)

Easter Hymn

Amen

Minister: Praise ye the Lord. Praise ye the Lord from the heavens; praise Him in the heights.

People: Praise His holy Name.

Minister: Praise ye Him, all His angels; praise Him all ye stars of light.

People: Praise His holy Name.

Minister: Kings of the earth and all people; princes and all judges of the earth.

People: Let all the people praise Him.

Minister: Let them praise the Name of the Lord; for His Name alone is excellent; His glory is above the earth and the heaven.

People: Praise ye the Lord.

DOXOLOGY-"Praise God from whom all blessings flow" * ANTHEM- ''Rejoice''

Youth and Junior Choir s

SCRIPTURE LESSON-John 19:38-42; 20:1-2, 11-16

ANTHEM- "0 Sons and Daughters, Let Us Sing" The Fremont Choir

PASTORAL PRAYER and LORD'S PRAYER * OFFERTORY ANTHEM- "Hosanna"

The Fremont Choir

PRESENTATION OF EASTER OFFERING

The special Lenter-Easter Offering will be devoted to ministering to the sick and hungry of the world and also to our own needs at Fremont. Please be gener­ous.

HYMN 156-"The Strife is O'er, the Battle Won"

Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! The strife is o'er, the battle done; The victory of life is won; The song of triumph has begun. Alleluia!

The powers of death have done their worst, But Christ their legions hath dispersed; Let shouts of holy joy outburst. Alleluia!

The three sad days have quickly sped; He rises glorious from the dead; All glory to our risen Head! Alleluia!

Lord, by the stripes which wounded Thee, From death's dread sting Thy servants free, That .we may live and sing to Thee. Alleluia I

Amen

EASTER SERMON-"IN JOSEPH'S LOVELY GARDEN"

Old Hundred

Messiter

Arr. by Gillette

Christiansen

Victory

ANTHEM-"Hallelujah Chorus" from the "Messiah" Handel

BENEDICTION-By the minister

ORGAN POSTLUDE-"Canzona"

*Interval for ushering

The Fremont Choir

The Altar Flowers

Gabrieli

·The flowers in the vases are given in loving memory of Fred W. Shire and Reginald G. Shire by the family.

Calendar for Today

8:00 a.m. Easter Sunrise Service at First Presbyterian Church for the youth of First Presbyterian, First Methodist and Fremont churches. The service will be followed by an Easter Breakfast.

10:30 a . m. Easter Day Morning Worship. Festival music by the combined choirs under the leadership of Miss Gloria Iacone, Minister of Mus ic. Sermon, "In Joseph's Lovely Garden," by the minister.

10:30 a.m. The Children's Division of the Church School. The children of the Primary and Junior Departments will attend the service in the sanctuary.

11:45 a.m. Youth and Adult Divisions ol ihe Church School.

7:30p.m. Union Evening Worship under the auspices of the Gloversville Council of Churches. This service will be held at Fremont. The united choirs of the city will present Easter music, including a briel cantata under the d irection of Mr. Otto Miller, Minister of Music of the First Presbyterian Church, with Miss la cone at the organ.

MONDAY

TUESDAY,

Through the Week at Fremont

7:30 The Boy Scouts meet at the church.

6:30 The Muddle Class will hold a covered dish at the church.

WEDNESDAY, 7:30 Mid-week Service with Mr. Clarke leading.

THURSDAY, 7:30 Fremont Choir rehearsal. Important rehearsal in preparation for the Annual Conierence Sunday Evening Service at Sara­toga.

8:00 The Laurel Band meets at the home of Mrs. Jesse Rickard, 21 Saratoga Boulevard.

8:00 The Berean Class meets at the home of Mrs. F. D. Shoop, 28 North Stree t.

8:00 The Epworth Workers meet at the church.

Easter Memorial Lilies

Easter lilies are in memory of: Mr. and Mrs. Everett A. Allen, Mrs. Bertha Backus, Mr. and Mrs. Ellis D. Berner, Mrs. David Burton, Mrs . Isabel Cohen, Henry Collins, Jay Collins, deceased members of the Cordial Class, Mrs. Priscilla Cuyler, Mrs . Albert Edwards, deceased members of the E. F. W. Class, Mrs. Benjamin Ellsworth, Mrs. S. W. Fear, Marilyn Fischer, Mrs. Clara Fonda, William Frederick, Cornell and Roy Gilford, Moritz Gundersen, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Hanson, William H. Harris, Miss Mary Hevey, Mrs. Jerusha Higgins, Miss Charlotte Hill, Mrs. Estelle Hodder, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Lair, William Lair, Rev. a nd Mrs. 0. C. Lane, William Lucas, Mr. and Mrs . William Meyers, Dorothy Mellick, William McDonald, Rev. Alexander McKinlay, Mrs. Helen Montanye, George W. Moore, Harry J. O'Brien, Mrs. Charles Olmstead, Mrs. Mary Olmstead, Bertram Perry, Mrs. Laura Porter, Edward a nd Mrs. Earl Rathburn, Clayton Rhodes, Charles H. Richardson, William Rockwell, Philip Schamberger, Mrs. Lina Schermerhorn, Mr. and Mrs. William Tiedeman, Mrs. Ethel Trevett, deceased members of the Venner Class, Walton E. Werner, Mrs. Elizabeth Whiting, the Whitman Family, Leroy Young.

Rev. Fred Clarke, Minister Miss Gloria Iacone, Minister of Music Mrs. Grace Gifford, Church Secretary

Mrs. Harvey Connor, Minister's Assistant Mr. Lewis Cunning, Sexton

Litho in U.S.A. No , -4'HSL Co pyright 1949 Au9sburg Publishing House

FREMONT METHODIST

STREET CHURCH.

Gloversville, New York April 17, 1949

EASTER DAY

Bach

Order of Morning Worship

ORGAN PRELUDE-"Passacaglia in C Minor"

INTROIT-"To God on High be Thanks and Praise"

HYMN 154-"Christ the Lord is Risen Today"

Decius

Easter Hymn

Christ the Lord is risen today, Alleluia! Sons of men and angels say, Alleluia! Raise your joys and triumphs high, Alleluia! Sing, ye heavens, and earth reply, Alleluia!

Lives again our glorious King, Alleluia! Where, 0 death, is now thy sting? Alleluia! Once he died, our souls to save, Alleluia! Where's thy victory, boasting grave? Alleluia!

Love's redeeming work is done, Alleluia! Fought the fight, the battle won, Alleluia! Death in vain forbids Him rise, Alleluia! Christ hath opened paradise, Alleluia!

Soar we now where Christ has led, Alleluia! Following our exalted Head, Alleluia! Made like Him, like Him we rise, Alleluia! Ours the Cross, the grave, the skies, Alleluia!

LIT ANY OF PRAISE (The congregation standing)

Amen

Minister: Praise ye the Lord. Praise ye the Lord from the heavens; praise Him in the heights.

People: Praise His holy Name.

Minister: Praise ye Him, all His angels; praise Him all ye stars of light.

People: Praise His holy Name.

Minister: Kings of the earth and all people; princes and all judges of the earth.

People: Let all the people praise Him.

Minister: Let them praise the Name of the Lord; for His Name alone is excellent; His glory is above the earth and the heaven.

People: Praise ye the Lord.

DOXOLOGY-"Praise God from whom all blessings flow" * ANTHEM-"Rejoice"

Youth and Junior Choirs

SCRIPTURE LESSON-John 19:38-42; 20:1 -2, 11-16

ANTHEM- "0 Sons and Daughters, Let Us Sing" The Fremont Choir

PASTORAL PRAYER and-LORD'S PRAYER .. OFFERTORY ANTHEM- "Hosanna"

The Fremont Choir

PRESENTATION OF EASTER OFFERING

The special Lenter-Easter Offering will be devoted to ministering to the sick and hungry of the world and also to our own needs at Fremont. Please be gener­ous.

HYMN 156- "The Strife is O'er, the Battle Won"

Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! The strife is o'er., the battle done; The victory of life is won; The song of triumph has begun. Alleluia!

The powers of death have done their worst, But Christ their legions hath dispersed; Let shouts of holy joy outburst. Alleluia!

The three sad days have quickly sped; He rises glorious from the dead; All glory to our risen Head! Alleluia!

Lord, by the stripes which wounded Thee, From death's dread sting Thy servants free, That we may live and sing to Thee. Alleluia!

Amen

EASTER SERMON-"IN JOSEPH'S LOVELY GARDEN"

Old Hundred

Messiter

Arr. by Gillette

Christiansen

Victory

ANTHEM- "Hallelujah Chorus" from the "Messiah" Handel The Fremont Choir

BENEDICTION-By the minister

ORGAN POSTLUDE-"Canzona" Gabrieli

* Interval for ushering

The Altar Flowers The flowers in the vases are given in loving memory of Fred W. Shire and

Reginald G . Shire by the family.