Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-12-27
Christmas DOlugs.

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Christmas Day. with it, round of surprises. both
pleasing and otherwise. has come and gone
For days past Santa Claus, the genial DID king Of
gift-land, has had host of can,asscrs ut work
throughout our town-as well ~ in other por-
tons Of the world--and on Monday, A. the re-
turns were all H. the result was declared both In
public and In private; and declared too, most
acceptably To goody number of little ono-, rs
well as some older, a. one might judge from the
happy faces to be seen on every hand Aside
from the many home" festivals, the pleasures
oi which only the participants themselves can
speak Of, the day was duly celebrated at every
place of worship save that Of the Baptist Society,
aud II one felt At all Inclined u attend Christ
mas festival abundant opportunity was afforded
him. We give below at least a hint u how the
event was celebrated at the various churches in
town
At CHRIST cnrRcH.
special services were held on sunday evening and
Monday forenoon The church Was handsomely
trimmed with evergreen, each pillar being deco
rated with a cross and shield, and the chancel
with shrubhory and large cross FROM which the
evergreen was gracefully iestooned about the up.
per part Of the walls ~ course the music was
well selected and finely rendered, under the super
vision Of Mr.. H. H. scrbner the organist The
music given on that evening was:
Sing Alielun Forth rnck.
Gloria in Txcclei. ...... ..............
Canaie Domino. .............. banks.
Henelc Aulmn Mes. .t,rrgurian.
shout the Glad rdiugs. Warren.
While shepherds Watched. ............... Coronation.
Mr. Bancroft soloin Shout the Glad Tidings"
was given with splendid effect aud the other
parts were also admirably sustained.
At the ristmas morning service the pastor,
Rev. DR. Hull, preached from the text: "And the
Word was made flesh aud dwelt among u.s.
The Word was made flesh that the truth spoken
might be made manifest that in Christ we might
all be made alive. We rejoice over the birth Of
this Christ, for lie opened way for our fellow
ship with Him, and we may become the children
Of God by this dwelling of the Word among us,
our religion becomes real and practical, and we
have a strong incentive To righteousness Let Us
follow Him in holy living. The music on ili. oc-
casiou was as follows;
Aud there were shepherds .... banks.
Nente Exuanus .tifcsifiau.
Nlncieeuth Psalm choir and .... Mares.
fody-nnh Psalm, choir and school ............
Eishty hfh Psalm, cholr and school. fafrant.
Te peum n minor Buck.
Juhilate iu sahilng.
Han thou long eapectcd Autumn.
Gloria Iihi. Iuckeman.
Angels from the Realms Of Glog by i.H scrbner.
zacheus Stood Forth .Oncror. bass solo.
hoNoiogy Duke Street
nu'-ilark. hat meau those holy voices Verdi
Tusagon Cambridge.
hymn. MARROW.
hniA IN iAfflt
The Duet at close Of the morning service, by Mrs.
Oviatt and Mr. Fred Bancroft, entitled Ilark,
what mean those holy voices?' was rendered in
an excellent manner. Never has this well known
choir acquitted themselves more credtably than
on this occasion-the rendering Of their solos be-
ing especially noticeable. Mr. Bancrofts solo
"Nouchsaie, o Lord Was given in good style
and voice, as all can readily believe who have
ever heard him sing Mrs. Oviatt was in excel
leut voice, and sang her solos as she always does
most acceptably while Miss Clara Dewey sang to
good advantage in an alto solo, and Mr. James r.
Sabin acquitted himself with credit Ia the bass
solo, "Zacheus Stood Forth" Mr.. Scrbners
arrangement Of the hymn, Angels from the
Realms Of Glory" is very fine indeed, and is one
Of the best we ever heard It, effect on the an.
dieuce was proof OF it, merit.
ON Monday afternoon the Sunday-school met 10
indulge in Christmas festivities, and strip the
" fruit from two trees which Santa's" agents
had loaded Some additional trimming had been
prepared, and this, with the loaded trees, and the
crowd Of happy faces made a pleasant rictnre to
look upon. Aft brief exercises hy he school,
interspersed with music, the presents were dis
tributed and the entertainment concluded. BY
the way, We were glad % see that Mr. Scrbner,
the organist was so far appreciated as to be pre-
scented with Chickerlng . piano, Nothing like
durable reliable instrument you know.
AT THE curRcH or THE MESSIAH
the event Of Christmas Eve was duly observed by
sabbath-school concert held in the vestry.
The room, always pleasant aud inviting, was made
even more so by trimmings Of evergreen and
autumn leaves, and the public faith in the ability
Of the school to furnish profitable entertainment
was plainly indicated by full house. The ex-
ercses opened with piano solo by Mr. William
Wheaton, the organist, followed by an appropri-
ate anthem by the choir which, it is unnecessary
to say, were finely rendered The further exer-
cises Of the evening consisted Of recitations,
Scriptural and otherwise, and music. While all
we're good, we especially notice a recitation on
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