Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1866-12-28

The uild South WIG ara mccoy stI Cts,
or Tue-t.y, were il sinking contrast with
the frosty air aud snow y hich are The regu-
Jar article of Christmas w,atbcs IN Vermont.
b.; III, aw cd not interfere with tic Try
2IGui otsuyarec Of Tie festival .u Ills
city. lie stores and places Of business were
c,uusi'y c,f,d ai,,I noon Tie services
in IL, Fl sclal AID Cstlc'., clurcL,. were
v,Il a't,rd,d. ard tie Christmas czcrei-cs
a. s,,,1el Of the Sabbath Schools, were Of
unurual interest.
Ii, school CT the Episcopal Church had
ter tree On Monday evening at 8 O'Clock 1t
us laced IL the clancel, which was seIarat-
ed fsom tie body of the church by an ample
clrta-u Tie children assembled in front
.ld :it,r sirging Christma- carol, were
,tGn rcd ly Bi-IaI Hopkins. At Tie close
dlis .,maIks tie curtain fell and disclosed
lcuos, large ard frc enc, bc-u-iulIy
licLi,d and 4d,n with petty ami valuable
si.i-. Which were distributed 70 tie children
ly n, D=!,l. Ano.1u carol by tie chill
dIr I,..ov,d, ard he services closed with a
cgll,c, and lenedic;iou
Tie Ch5istuas ,,Iyic,s in lie Episcopal
Chur,i were exceedingly interesting Tie
church was handsomely decorated, as usual,
with ,,.r glceu wreaths. Tic sermon was
PRECEDED by the BitoT, .ll tie beautiful
music, given by a sel,ot caou OF eight of
JLc beet ycIces in town, under tn direction
Of Mr.. Moor, YVES WORTHY n c-pc.i4 nc;c,
as viii bs seen from the programme, which
was Sc .oii5ws:
CnEIsIyAs Day, DC. 18th, 1866.
81 PauTs Church, Burlington, IT,
MORNING SERVICE.
N,ute I1ul',uus I,u.ro. arranged in
parts, Or. HODGES
Gloria in EXCESS, Tc.k.rrln.
TIE Deuia Laudamus, arranged fr S voices.
with soi.s fer Soprano, Tenor and Bass, s. c.
Moore.
17Tsaim, ooh God my heart d5ei.'' Oh
Hundred. Luther.
Gloria Tibi. Tn,tr-man
aHtaa II AA-4-s +a.Aa l4lt H-4L l-4lLEHs aELAL--
cd for Quareiie and Chorus, Ives.
Christmas Anthem, GLORY to God In the
highest, Mozsrt,
Trislgion.' DR.. Hodge,
Hymn 70. St Martins. Tansur
The Il Dam, Of AIr. Moolc's composition,
was Wy fine thing. and was effectively
rendered. the Soprano Solo being given by
Miss D.nis,n, tie Tenor solo BY Edward
Lyman, ard the Lass solo ly Mr.. Hines, and
all tic music was Of unusual excellence.
needing only tic new organ, which VIII soon
he IN i', I''oc, TO give II fall eject.
Tie sabbath School Of the Unitarian
Church Lad their tree Tuesday evening. It'll
called the largest and finest tree that has
becn seen IN Burlington. heiog nearly 80 |
ioet hef, s,d beautifully lighted, one Of
tie iliru.rations teirg q star of gas light,
placed IL some mysterious wy in the ton Of I
tie tree and shedding a beautiful light
amorg a., aTRnchos. TIE CUTS were runer-
ous ard nYprolrlatc ami included some
very hsutilul gifts for the pastor, Rev. I. !
e. Ware. Pr miacnt among witch was a |
prrsc c' $3.50. Remarks were made to the |
ebildr,r Il Nr. WtIe; the children sang
ticir caiois yoy nic,lY; ard tie occasion
was one Of rare enjoyment for all.
The Methodist Sabbath School also had a |
treeand festival. Tuesday evening, (which .b,y
think tie Il,asantost one ttoy ever onioyed.
The tree was Ilaecd IL the church, and bore
aband4H; !rult Of Christina gifts. Among
them was a set Of silver sp-5u5 fr the pas
tor, Rev. Mr.. McAnn, and q bsauiu! vol
ume, the " Christian Armor,'' costing SIS.
which was presented to Mr.. j. j. Howard.
by tie school, in recognition Of his lon. and
faithful service as Librarian. Remarks
were made by MT. McAnn, Mr. Huntington.
Mr.. Howard and others; the Singing by The
children YVES remarkably good, end a piece
entitled - The starlcss crown reci.ci br
Miss Minnie Castle. attracted much a.t5n-
ton, anon, tie exercises. all &C whi.l were
exceedingly pleasant and appropriate
The Festival Of the God tempt s. was
held Tuesday evening in their LaI iu Bank
Block, and passed % righ, pleasantly. in
address on the Problem Of Lie. 80 wa de-
IiVerei by L. /. Lawrence, Esq. Tie lice
was arranged with excellent taste and It's
branches were hung with ia atupdauce OF
: .rs, among which Was d handsome silver
sugar howl for Mr.. VI. H. 5 WhI,comh
present presiding officer OF the 10 g.,
Nv y. o''- 'o'''''t iO' %Ar' re, and a
The customary Mas- .vL,-.7,-t
ices were hell
"a were 49,.
.ully attended as usual.