, 1869-12-30
HYDE PARK.
Holiday Festivities in the Churches
and Family Circles.


The great CITY cannot have al tbs eensktoh1-
the little t1rtee h.ve thetIa also Hyde PAfk IL =
city: wss 70 named on the maps OF 1883. Ita
Ltree.s ore city numbered, from Thirty ninth to
One liutdr*d and Fo1t1etn. II c1,nEa to tho xrest
city Ike the m,atiette - the szue-shst thing Of
oc&uty that l. tie Joy Of Cn1s1tnaA The Cd ssy-
tIs hss been improved and enlarged, foe. ctrlst-
mas tas CONC sere1al times thu year, NJ leaat Il
did 10 COG to HJda Pzsf
Fus, came the festival At the Go:hE Church On
the h1l, OF the Eplloopa Socsety. Tne fairies had
betn II work for sesesA Gays and niRhn; they
had festooned tie church with eVezgreens, nlled
esch cosnrf With q mtti2aute fHcst, 'Eensp' sn<.
"a lstae trte 70 me front oentre, nileo II win
The eserlr cam-, AID 20 dsd he trseuds aun..
!nR. lo,oos and 1s1. A III, PRESIDED a ths OF
gan. Hnd dt&pslHtd no - Of melody 4aAstad BY
vas eupR. the Rev. Nj. BuEoee sdaErssed the chi
II d brought cut Why The Chiittmsa uee was lie
unto Jesus the SAsior: F1fst Il u everRreeu-lt
nestr o1es. Second II Ia full Of light. Talrd- 1t
These p1etepss were distributed to the .chols1a
from Tho tree: then to the teachers, alec 10 Mn
Bngbse nne Net OF tuls. a'd to the rector, R:v.
Nj. Bufnee, pfeseDt which ho refuYned thanks
for, ana SAID IL gave hin An tnsplesuon-
Atet the oeaedictsop the company retired.
on ne M same = sssoinE ieat'ai .; o. some my
catlou to al present.
On sahoata moruipg = Christmas ,esmoa VA
preached bs the pastor, Rev D. 8 johnson. at the
FIetbytettAn Church The CHURCH wAs beautifully
decorated with evergreen festoons over eaca Of
the twtlve wlLdows: over the entrance wAs
rlActd double 1estooDs eDc.rcl1nR large star. and
ovrr the pnlpit the sare deslkp win large clpss.
The sermon vas very eloquent and impressive,
acd vii not room be fofRotien.
After the sermon, The Sabbath School met and
tecstet ctrlstnas le*Aon, after which The fol.
loving un1crr1 we're cnoren for the ensuing year:
s.:.ss heeez sszse eo.rueh...
S,,,,sa.y a:d r>.as.,rr-Ben}. I. Merrill
On sabbatn morning occurred tho fourth Sab
bah School Concert Of The ytA1, under the drec-
q ,ss ps fa f hce e.
ru1y set lorth bs Scripture text, nemoltzed and
tepeAted on Gail ~ al! the scholars In rusu-
nceoont OF Hethlehtm-as It VAS and a It q
now-~'tn ra'i DESCRIPTION Of the Church Of the
ton to eytFy pt'e present 10 come AID wossnp at
0is feel Who called them to conc, not By sucn =
low End narror coor as the onc described, bus BY
Lex nsru SWEET, Esq, being called on, sddressed
the school IN arsWer 70 the question; "Could
nerod have been 10 wicked man az to shy the
He gave a iull histozy Of uerod and his anccs.
tcfs; n1s rivals 10 the throne; how he slew them
his dnquictuoe: Lis repeated appsrae nsions; bis
IeFtrhh anx:ety; aDd how in The midst Of ail
lLe6f tnlCEB Ee WIS startled by The W1se men
elta tld1Das OF anbthtr Ktt7 OF the JewA And
20 the massacre At bethlehem was only the
cfonntrE act Of whole llfe Of violsncs and
A voluntary quartgtte, consisting OF M,t.es Van
uetcn and Horne and AesnIE. C8dy aud Hubbard.
rang beautiful anthem, descriptive OF tho scene
Alo1her song b5 ,ns scdooi; inen Benea,ete. G '''
Lastlt, conta the holiday festival. On Tuesday
evening. At tho Presbyterian Church. That saue
even1.g, blooued again in n. .ate. Rtory, Long,
| fairs.ile cpatns We1e fcs'ooned from bouRh 10
hough: golden balls, msRio flowers, gay utboaa,
! TO the decorations round the room. all formed a
scsse ine ehhdr.n vii ever remember.
looking people tn HI Park The Mission schools
| nj WootlAon and the German settiemert-out
| 7ns nls, ceremony was that oi Lighting up tht
Tree, ard eTery bright little eye becaue hEghtel
asihe nGnts spalk'ed out ore ~ one. 4 Jouuf
Next The "calldsea'' sang tne!r q welcome"
We arc coming gentle Savior"
vety sweetly. Psa1es BY the pastor. Distribution
AIseI lhe children had nll heeu remembered
| Nj. Leopsru SWEET called up Mr. and Mrs- John
oy Inc LsdIes' Society. and other members Of tn
.nd give them talk. said he: -
sss j 9sst yoa ~
keep silent while talt to you." lie thea con
traeled the Cbfts tnAs festival OF 10 taT ~th lha
| 0! sc oiocn time: showed how II has been chtla
',sn,zed; epoke OF tnht tree II coming down to u
| rom The DruldS, but 1t bad been beauttne4f no
gifted: how The tevere Purttans had trnEoed o.
| Cbr.8tuAs, anu tAat even now, to EeE England
| the, had uoEe: but cut on these Western prairie
.deah had expanded ike the labd, And We Ner
rtre to eD'oJ Them. lie then presented MI. "a
Mr.. JOHNSON with beautiful Silver pitcher, "a
yer, and psls Of goolets, ~ Sigh, token Of II
| lore q the people, and tnelr hearty appEpsal 6
himself and hls family in the puptt and o1t OF |
Rev. Nj. Joan.oa replied that ne could not ohe
the lntnLc1ton 10 Keep allerce. but was coupe!e
| 10 speak. lie xclno@ ied9ed the t1nuuess Of tn
people Of his chuicn; tnnaked them for Iha Ia
toten Of II, and hoped they all would dEaE TAts
our OF the well Of kalVation.
To Chas. A. Norton. ex-a1per1ntcndeut ~
presented a COPY OF kntot tahle illustrations, I
It G teacherB of the sabbath School.
Refreshments were then ds'nl,uted In boontsi
supply TO ALL and IN the 8syiG peculiar TO thete PEI
pie, after which the happy LomPany separated
Ii ID sad tn1t some or the needs Of that tree n
sayed, AID 1t Il expected 10 bloom again next yen