Resurrection Lessons From Mary At The Tomb Easter Review
The author reflects on John chapter twenty and the Easter morning events, emphasizing belief in the resurrection as central to Christian faith. It compares Mary Magdalene’s tearful search with the disciples’ initial doubt, notes Peter and John’s reactions, and explains why Jesus permitted worship after the resurrection. The piece frames faith in Christ’s risen power as essential for salvation and peace.
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American Press Association
Mary Magdalene
Peter
John
Jesus
Christ
Mary
Luke
Mount of Olives
Emmaus
Father
Mercies
God
Frederic Whitfield
Thomas
Easter Message on Christ Rising and Living
The Easter service proclaims Christ's risen life as historical fact and a cornerstone of Christianity. It links the resurrection to eternal hope, urges a Christ centered life, and cites Bible readings from Luke, Job, Psalms, Daniel, Matthew, Acts, Romans, and first Corinthians.
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S. H. Doyle
Jesus Christ
Christ
God
To Honor Work and the Call of Labor in Education
A short meditation on work as central to schooling. The Christian Register stresses that education should cultivate hands on diligent toil and the glory of tool use. It argues against laziness and urges making labor a core value for progress and humanity.
Healing Not Wounding In Christian Thought
A reflection on restraint and mercy in faith practice. The piece argues against destructive criticism, urging Christians to heal and restrain hostility, showing truth through love, emulating Christ who conquers enemies by love. It cautions that fighting evil does not require destroying one’s own house or severing connections.
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Christ
Covetousness as a Swinish Trait in Fallen Nature
A quotation from the Christian Intelligencer describes covetousness as perpetual envy of others properties. It condemns the desire to accumulate wealth as a dangerous vice reinforced by both society and religious institutions.
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Christian Intelligencer
Not Sufficient to be a Good Man
A notable saying from the Episcopal Recorder argues that mere goodness is empty without a Christian name and affiliation. It emphasizes the social weight of religious identity, urging individuals to align with the Christian denomination to gain real standing.
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Episcopal Recorder
Middlesex County News Roundup and Social Circle Report
Middlesex County notes Mr Floyd Bickford and family moved to Somerville while Mrs Nancy Metcalf remains feeble but improving. The Ladies Social Circle to meet April 2 in the vestry with an evening entertainment. A carriage accident near Nashua left Mrs Redding seriously injured and Mr Redding and Mildred unhurt. Agnes OBrien of Westford now resides here. trombone soloist Nelson Provost joined Graniteville cornet band and will perform at mid month open air concert. Fortnightly club meeting at Wright school discussed Tennyson with life sketch and poems, plus humorous readings and a debate on pen versus sword. next meeting March 27 focusing on Your Favorite Poet.
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Floyd Bickford
Somerville
Nancy Metcalf
L. K. Taylor
John Q. Battles
Pladg
R. E. Ay
Daugh Mildred
Nashua
Frank Caunter
Will Wal
Lynn
Wright School
William Smith
Tennyson
Boxboro Widow Quotes Dying Lamp Prayer Dawn
In Boxboro, nonagenarian Mrs Sophronia Brown requests a lamp to see dawn as she repeats the biblical line I am the light of the world. The verse reflects her farewell as Clara Hapgood Nash signs the dying note with a hopeful dawn imagery.
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Sophronia Brown
Boxboro
Clara Hapgood Nash
Carr is elected selectman and Chabot constable after tie
A tie vote at the recent town meeting for selectman Edward J. Carr and constable Louis Chabot was decided at the adjourned meeting Saturday. A newborn son arrived Friday to Mr and Mrs Alvah Carr. Fred Robbins suffers from tonsillitis. An Easter Sunday school concert replaces the usual preaching service. Ella and Grace Morse were traveling to Montreal when a bridge in Plymouth, New Hampshire, was swept away by an ice freshet 20 minutes later.
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Selectman
Constable
Edward J. Carr
Louis Chabot
Alvah Carr
Fred Robbins
Ella
Grace Morse
Montreal
Plymouth
N. H
Town reports for 1901 to 1992 and local changes
Town reports outline a 228 page volume plus 40 pages of school reports with rising taxes. Bartholimo the fruit man moves to Garry's block, vacating a site for the baker's sales room. Mrs Holden widow of Wm Holden dies on Monument Street. Funeral set for March 26 at 3 p.m. at the house. Miss Mabel Thomas lectures Evolution and Biology for the Women’s club at the Unitarian church vestry. March meeting to elect officers by ballot next Monday.
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Bartholimo
Garry’s
Holden
Wm. Holden
Monument Street
Mabel Thomas
Unitarian Church
Balot
Bedford Church Plans Easter Concert and Holy Week Services
The Bedford Orthodox church hosts an Easter concert by Sabbath school members and friends next Sabbath with special music. Holy Week prayer services are set for Wednesday and Friday evenings. Rev. Dr. Patrick is expected Friday, March 28. Mrs. James Sulloway noted as W C T U first vice president. new town residents Mr. and Mrs. Moses B. Johnson to return and take duties at Stonecroft. Capt. Freeman visits with daughter Mrs. Charles C. Elliott. Jurors John H. Brown and Hiram Laws drawn for term starting April 7.
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Risen Life
Carrie P. Webber
Patrick
James Sulloway
Bedford
Moses B. Johnson
Topsfield
Fuller House
Johnson
Stonecroft
C. W. Jenks
Capt. Freeman
Truro
Charles C. Elliott
John H. Brown
Hiram Laws
Christ
Oliver Harding
Minerva K. Harding
Ephraim
Rebekah (Dow
Meriden
N. H
Lowell
Oliver M. Harding
First Congregational Church
Billerica
Jesus
George P. Greenwood
South Billerica
F. A. Wilson
Andover
A. E. Wurst
Wilson
Fox Hill Cemetery
East Billerica
Charles E. Hallowell
Edwin Blodgett
Dea. S. H. King
Sears
California
Miss Bruce
Mitchell Boys’ School
Lowell High School
Sergt. Dow
Capt. Hodge
Asa Pollard
Dorothy Kohlrausch
North Billerica
John B. Tyler
Rome
Grange meeting discusses Arbor Day and invites state lecturer
At the next Westford Grange meeting on April 3 Deputy Stevens from Stow will attend. The lecturer hour focuses on the true interpretation of Arbor Day and whether the Grange should observe it with Rev E H Roper L W Wheeler and S L Taylor leading the discussion. State Lecturer Charles H Rice of Leominster is invited to speak at the town hall.
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Grange
Stevens
Stow
The
E. H. Roper
L. W. Wheeler
S. L. Taylor
Charles H. Rice
Leominster
Rice
New England
Middlesex
Pomona
Odd Fellows Hall
Bridge Street
Lowell
Chelmsford
Westford
Unitarian Church
Little Wanderers
Boston
William R. Taylusk
Homer M. Seavey
Congregational Church
Healy to Build New House on Wall Street Site
Graniteville notes Mr J A Healy moved his dwelling opposite the livery stable to the Daly lot on Wall street and will begin work on a larger modern house with an office. The minstrel entertainment in Westford next month draws local interest with several village residents taking part. Miss Louise Finn and Miss Helen M Wall visited Mr P Wall’s home. John Healy and William Wyman attended a select party at the Riley home in North Westford.
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J. A. Healy
Broadway
Daly Lot
Wall Street
Westford
Louise Finn
Pawtucket
R. L
Helen M. Wall
Watertown
P. Wall
John Healy
William Wyman
Riley
North Westford
Lowell
Tyngsboro
Littleton Notes: funeral visits clubs and weddings
In Littleton this week Miss S F White attended the funeral of cousin Henry Whitcomb in Boston. Bonnie Brae hosts and Melrose visits occur. The Women’s Club opened with a program featuring the Ariel quartette and speaker Ada C Bowles on women inventors. A Risings Daughters fair social afternoon, art gallery, and forthcoming wedding of Fred S Kimball to Flora Merrill are noted. Prof Elmer Kimball and Mrs Handley are mentioned with local town news.
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S. F. White
Boston
Henry Whitcomb
G. W. Cox
Bonnie Brae
C. S. Robbins
Melrose
Ferris
Bouilliard Farm
Nagog Pond
Needham & Fletcher
Helen
Marion Brown
Lexington
Ariel Quartette
Miss Flagg
Miss Lane
Georgie Whitcomb
Ada C. Bowles
Risng
Elmer Kimball
Elmer Handley
Pepperell
E. K. Adams
K. F. A. Patch
Fred S. Kimball
Flora H. Merrill
Orthodox Congregational Church
Sudbury town meeting ends with routine votes and grants
Sudbury voters approved a three year term for town clerk with J S Hunt, re elected selectmen and assessors, and renewed offices. Funding approved for schools, poor, roads, bridges, street lights, and library, totaling 12950 dollars, with 8700.79 dollars in uncollected taxes reported.
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den. F. F. Walker
J. S. Hunt
G. A. Haynes
F. W. Goodnow
F. F. Gerry
W. M. Moore
P. J. McManus
Geo H. Thompson
F. E. Bent
H. W. Gilbert
F. E. Brackett
T. F. O'Neill
F. F. Walker
Board of Health
Geo. E. Harrington
Henry M. Hall, Jr
J.S. Hunt
Goodnow
J. F. Oliver
Mill Bridge
State Highway Commission
Treasury
1900 Club Meets At Unitarian Parsonage In Billerica
The 1900 Club gathered at the Unitarian parsonage on Thursday March 20 with Mrs. Lindlai M. Wiers hosting. Miss Mary H. Clemens presided as secretary read minutes. Reading included Current Events and sketches by Mrs. Emma Living Stone and Miss Lucy Brooks. The program covered Italy and Rome, with notes from Mrs. Jeannie Tyler in Rome.
Wax figures and civic appointments mark Chelmsford eve
At the Unitarian vestry an entertainment featured Madame de Pompadour wax figures echoing Mrs. Jarley. The exhibit impressed a large audience with diverse era portrayals and readings by Miss Elsie Ambleby. The newly elected Chelmsford board of selectmen and assorted officials were organized, with numerous appointments for coal weighers, burial superintendents, health sealer, fish warden, and fire wardens among others.
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Madame de Pompadour
Jarley
Madam Pompadour
Adams
Elsie Ambleby
Selectmen
Joseph B. Warren
Patrick T. McMahon
R. Wilson Dix
A. Heady Park
Walter Perham
Board of Health
A. G. Scoboria
M. D
William J. Randall
George W. Whidden
Polic
H. H. Emerson
North
Patrick S. Ward
John P. Faton
Melvin Walker
Herbert C. Sweetser
Walter B. Emerson
Fred A. Hazen
John O'Conner
Geo. C. Moore
Charles TF. Scribner
William J. Quigley
John Marinel, Jr
Warren Berry
Charles Finnick, Jr
Local roster of officials and appointees listed
Abram A Sherman Geo O Spaulding Frank C Byam special police officers George CC Moore Thomas Brown James J Hackett Frank C Byam Fred I Vinal Patrick Ward H Bert Emerson Thomas C Mooney registrar of voters three years Geo H Ripley superintendent of town farm Eimer E Hildreth.
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Abram A. Sherman
Geo. O. Spaulding
Frank C. Byam
George CC. Moore
Thomas Brown
James J. Hackett
Fred I. Vinal
Patrick 8. Ward
H. Herbert Emerson
Thomas C. Mooney
Geo. H. Ripley
Town Farm
Eimer E. Hildreth
Good Friday Services Held at St John’s Church North Chelmsford
North Chelmsford reports Good Friday services at St John’s church with Rev. Fr. Fidelis of St Anselm’s college Manchester speaking at the pulpit. Fred McEnaney, a student at St Anselm’s, will spend Easter at John Mulligan’s home as public schools reopen Monday morning after closure this week.
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St. John’s Church
Fidelis
St. Anselm’s College
Manchester
N. H
Fred McEnaney
St Anselm’s College
John Mulligan
Hillside church committee eyes steel ceiling purchase
A special committee met in the Hillside church vestry to approve plans for a new steel ceiling now on its way. Citizens gathered last week at Frank Scott’s Swain street home opposing the Whitman Rendering Works’ locality.
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Hillside
Frank Scott
Swain
Whitman
Tewksbury Hospital Baseball Team Plans New Diamond
The State hospital baseball team is practicing in preparation for the next season. A new diamond is planned on the triangular lot opposite the administration building. The High school closed for a week. A. E. Carley travels to Kingston Rhode Island to visit his brother Fred at Kingston College. Rev Albert E. Wurst led last night's service at First Congregational Church vestry. An Easter concert by the First Congregational Sunday school children is set for tomorrow evening in the church auditorium.
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State Hospital
A. E. Carley
Kingston
R. I
Fred Carley
Kingston College
Albert E. Wurst
Billerica
First Congregational Church
First Congregational Sunday School
Sunday Masses and Services listed for multiple parishes
A village church page details Sunday schedules for St Josephs Immaculate Conception St Michaels Sacred Heart St Jean Baptiste St Anthonys including times for high mass first mass children's mass vespers Sunday school and benediction across streets and addresses with assigned pastors and orders. Multiple parishes on Merrimack Street East Merrimack Street Gorham Street and Moore Street are listed with service times and locations.
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St. Joseph’s
Iee Street
Kirk Street
Joseph A. Fournier
Immaculate Conception
Oblate Fathers
Merrimack Street
Brown
High Streets
E. A. Dorgan
St. Michael’s
Sixth Street
John J. Shaw
Church of the Sacred Heart
Moore Street
Andrews Street
John P. Reynolds
St. Jean Baptiste
Aiken Street
Joseph Mangin
O. M. Lil
St. Anthony's
Gorham Street
Congress Street
John Rosa
Union Mission and churches schedule on Sunday services
Union Mission on Paige Street led by Elder W C Westcott holds services at 3 pm. Union Mission church at Barristers' Hall offers 2 pm Sunday service. Odd Fellows Hall on Merrimack Street hosts 6:30 pm Sunday service. Central Mission on First Street opposite Read Street has Sabbath exercises at 3 pm and West Sixth Street chapel lists sermon at 10:30 am and preaching at 7 pm. Coburn Mission on Varnum Avenue has 3 pm Sabbath school and Thursday prayer meeting at 7:30 pm. Ayer City on Lincoln Street Tanner Street corner conducts 3 pm and 6:30 pm Sunday services with 2 pm Sunday school.
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Union Mission
Paige Street
Kirk
W. C. Westcott
Union Mission Church
Barristers
Odd Fellows
Merrimack Street
Central Mission
First Street
Read Street
West Sixth Street
French Baptist
Isaac Lafleur
Coburn Mission
Varnum Avenue
Ayer City
Lincoln Street
Tanner Street
Church and religious services listing in Mead area
A compiled schedule lists Evangelical Lutheran Mead Owcroft Street Rev J V Soderman services 1030 and 730 am Sunday school at 9 am Other churches include Church of Scotland 620 pm Seventh Day Adventists Old Highland hall Branch Street Sabbath afternoon 2 pm First Church of Christ Scientist Volunteers of America meetings at 3 pm gospel service 8 pm Second Church of Christ Scientist service 1045 am Sunday school 12 pm Odd Fellows building Middlesex Street Grand Street Adventist morning service and evening sermons Christadelphian Ecclesia morning Abolition of Death Spiritualist Society C Fannie Allyn of Stoneham speaks afternoon and evening Volunteers of America 23 Shat tuck Street adjutant J D Bachesler officer in charge 3 pm praise and testimony 8 pm gospel service.
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Seventh Day Adventists
Old Highland Hall
Branch Street
First Church of Christ, Scientist Volunteers of America
Christian Fellowship
Second Church of Christ
Scientist
Odd Fellows
Middlesex Street
Grand Street Adventist
Christadelphian
Spiritualist Society
C. Fannie Allyn
Stoneham
the Volunteers of America
Shattuck Street
Adjt
J. D. Bachesler
Young Women's Christian Association Weekly Schedule
The usual gospel service starts Sunday at 4 PM led by Rev. Mellin from Mt. Vernon Street church. Twilight song service follows at 7 PM. The Junior league and Sunshine club meet at 3 PM Saturday, Girls' Bible class at 5:30 PM. A magic lantern show at 7:45 PM by David Bartlett features views of the Philippines Jamaica and Havana.
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Young Women’s Christian Association
Mellin
Mt. Vernon Street
Junior League
Sunshine Club
David Bartlett
Philippines
Jamaica
Havana
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D. M. Stearns
Christian Endeavor
Bible Readings
Job xix
Dan
Luke xiv
John Vy
Acts xxvi
John iii
Eter
Middlesex County
South Chelmsford
Carlisle
Concord
Graniteville
Littleton
Sudbury
Lindlai M. Wiers
Unitarian Parsonage
Mary H. Clemens
Lucy E. Brooks
Emma Maud Living Stone
Tasso
Correggio
Jeannie S. Tyler
Eternal City
Lucy B. Brooks
Lydia F. Hardy
Italy
Edward F. Dickinson
Washington, D. C
Joseph Jaquith
Lucy S. Peirce
Sanborn Seminary
Edgar S. Wiers
Mr. Walers
William Evans
Salvation Army
Wiers
Handel
Largo
Allcock
H. Winthrop Pierce
Fannie
Merrimac
Pollard
Knapp
Billerica Centre
Joel Knapp
Women’s Alliance
Luella M. Wiers
Carrie Knowles
Post Office
Rhode Island
Charlotte Bigelow Smith
James Martineau
Sarah Heywood Trumbull
Beverly
Cordelia A. Foster
Mr. Wurst
North Chelmsford
Dracut
Tewksbury
Evangelical Lutheran Church
Meadowcroft Street
J. V. Soderman
Church of Scotland
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