The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1873-12-30 00:00:00

THE PLEITIIILL 07 CHRISTMAS.
011011101 DIVOIATIONS.

Per the festival Of ChrWawa the ohnrehes
were specially adorned with brlght-berrbed belly,
✓easoestile texts, sad named emblem dose la
si=Hely Trinity &unit was deecerated with
sod good testa. Over the reredos was the
imerlptlea "Pd... of Pease" elegantly dose la white
()Able lettere as red, &ad emeloged is • bordering of
variegated holly. The triplet andel...oath, eoutabsieg
a *tare of oar Saviour In the mitre, Beaked oa either
side by the Lord's prayer and the Apostles' areed, was
dentate)) outlined with greenery. The arehlteetural
limes a the east window were marked with ever-
green, sad arehed over it warn the text "Glory to God
to the highest, on earth peens, goodwill towards rasa"
elegantly illneolnated and eoieured,sod eaeleaed within •
le&ty bard.,; sad at the Isom* pail el the window
warn • Maltese erase formed la leaves. Thll pulpit and
reading disk were wreathed with variegat4 holly,
enlivened with bright barrlea Oa the frosts! el the
pulpit wart • ribbon scroll of white with bias as the
'seem, bearing the words la red sad blue *berth test
" Unto no • Boa is giros," while lb* remilag de.k bed
in eorreepoadiag style " Uate as • Alla Is bora " and
the front of the alter *loth a Maltese cram
The gelimise on dither side had " Teri Bright
sad Morning litar," aod "The Bee& and Offspring of
Jesse " la lame rod sad bias ehareeters„ on white, sad
eaeleLd withia le.fy borders. Is front of the aro*
gallery wee "Th. King of Glory." Th• panel* of the
galleries and the wall, of the Miura were adorned with
Interlacing circles sad "'tangier sad every variety of
stored emblem tastefully sae& The wladows were
ontilsed with gnomish sad their epltys oovered with
moss, caided with yellow immerteilea, while the
ram lades' the Msdu wan apkslly wr.ethad with
mixed evergreeas. TIM feat wss shastely adorned with
moss, term sad white blossoms. la the vertibele was
the but ensiceed In throe Oxford frames "This is none
other than the haws of God, aad We le the gate of
Hearses." The demoratiaus were the tostofal handiwork
of the Misses Pantos', Mies Coombs Km J. F. Hodges,
A. Spicer, &deleted by Mr. Groper, roaster of the
Natioaal tierhool. Oa Christmas day service oom-
weaved with 'linen the eheerfal eld-fasliloced hymn
" Christisar awake, 'slate the happy morn," wed
" Hark. the ',weld serials sin." sod other Christaa
hymns sere snag dating the day. The sivolal Peel 73,
ware eheet.d• Th. Koct,r preaehei &brief sermon from
the Irani@ "Th. Ki 4of Glory." liveniog &lurk* was
at 4 p.m.
Al :it. Peter'. the decorations we restrlet.cl to the
spiral wreathing of the pillars la the neve with
greener,' rightened with hory berries. il.r.
• t awake," Garb, the Merrill angels stag."
and " Brighteet ant best" were the principal hymn',
sad they were Inv nicely sung. There was serrise
morning end events', the hitter being particularly wall
attended:

St. George • Church, fordlegten, had • Moe
appearanoe, tbrough the oars of several kind end
willies helpers. In design the deoesatlona are exactly
the sante se in previous years. The writhes of the nave
and obaneell were festooned with wreaths of holly, and
the niseelve pillars of the south aisle eurroended •ith
spiral sullen& of the sum and ether evergreens. The
pulpit Is hung with • wreath eepeelally bright, and the
Wet "Glory to God la the highest" appears over the
slimiest arch.

The handsome interior of Ati Saints was ehastoly
sodwillatiod. The heads .11k. &relies In the &reading
of the reredos were garnished with holly, and the
shafto entwined with ivy, while In the blank panels at
either end warn displayed a wreath of greenery. There
wag a marlin, string course of evergreen rand the
charted and ri.ing from It over the reredos filre
derelarati ii " Unto us a child is born" deal, formed in
white on red, eeolused within a bordering of leav,e
having Orford corner.. On either elde of the ail
'ludo. were Interlacing triangles formed of evergreen
spray', and on the aide walla of the chanoel emblems of
eterel•y lii similar material. Over the twee. dividing
the choir from the side Melee ivy was trailed, an
suratraatint tbo whole warn la illuminated obaraelers
" Hark the herald sank sing" on one aids, and
opposite, "Glory to the new-barn Leg." The lostern
we. adorned with greenery and alternate homilies of
rod holly bertha and yellow bomorteller round Om top,
sad bad is front a Maltose Grow of •hlte on loaves,
with • airolot of bright berries In the make. The
raga was marked one In paaek whit evergreen. About
the togas were hue prim& of greaaery, and Is treat
wen lbs wood " timed dila laves on red, sad