Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-12-25

Christmas comes once a year, for which
children are grateful. That it doesn't come
oftener parents are grateful, Whether
Christmas was tho invention of Santa Claus
or Santa Claus of Christmas is q matter OF
no vexation to the rising generation
after generation, 80 long as both are
prompt on time. Last night Christmas
came in with the creeping cold of midnight
Last night at - o'clock Santa Claus started
on his "tour around the world" unlike
Grant, giving not taking. At early
dawn to-day Santa Claus boom was
taken up by every good child in
the Christian world. Hearts were made
glad in palace and howell, for Christmas
comes but to few except with hearty greet
ing. Children are overjoyed, parents are
made happy and half renew their youth in
the exhuberance of their offspring. The
season, the day of gifts is a handsome and
creditable, beautiful commemoration of that
Day, on which God gave His only begotten
Son, because he 50 loved the world. The
first great gift was bestowed in love, and
each Christmas gift is a like token, the
creature initiating the Creator.
Christmas is here.
1t came to many along about midnight
pretty much like the incoming of an ordi-
nary day; newspaper 1nen f'rinstance.
1t came to happy children safely sleeping
in dreamiand. And the morning came with
bounteous realization of every dream.
1t came to parents busy as first assistants
to CHEEKY faced, rotund, jolly good old Santa
Claus.
Hero and there it came to house of
mourning, yet had the balm of commence
ration to soften sorrow.
1t, Christmas, a real, genuine, old-fash-
Toned Christmas, with snow ankle deep,
sleigh bells jingling, turkeys sizzling, the
thermometer frozen up to point away be-
low zero, bringing with it the usual observ-
anceS.
In the Churches.
CATHOLIC SERVICES.
High uaass will be celebrated and Scr
mon delivered at the Cathedral, this morn
ing at 1890 o'clock A. NJ. John Ellerton
Lodges Grand Mass will be sung by the
choir; specially selected and augmented for
the occasion.
Assumption church, German Catholic.
Special services will be held here to-day, at
o'clock A. M. The choir selections are as
foliows:
Kempter's mass in B fiat.
Veni Creator, aeptet, by Schutky.
Ofertorium, Hodie Christps natus est,
Messrs. Hanggi & Rapp.
The church of St. Louis will hold services
at 1890 O'Clock A. NJ. High mass will DO
celebrated followed by a
sermon by Father Payette, pastor,
st. Joseph's church--Father O'Keife Off
ciating high mass will be celebrated.
st. Mary's church-Weber's grand festi-
val mass will be sung by the choir. Father
Caillet will follow with an address to his par
ishioners.
In all tho churches Christmas is special
festival day, and its observance is solemnly
impressive.
THE EPISCOPAL CHURCHES.
St. Pauls church has put on the usual
holiday attire of Christmas. The walls of
the church, fount, altar, chancel and crypt
have boon beautifully and ornately decorated
with evergreens and profusion of flowers.
At 8 O clock Holy Communion will be cele-
brated. At II O'Clock A. M. q choral service
will be given, followed by sermon by the
rector. Rsv. E. s. Thomas.
The musical selections are the choicest,
and will be given as follows, under the di-
rection of Mr.. r.. Gordon, Miss Katie Cor
don, organist:
Gloria 18th mass ....................M Mozart
And there were Shepherds .......... Willard.
hyrle Elelson. .Goun0d.
'Hark the Herald Angels. ........... Warren.
Ofertory, Cantique de Noel Adam.
The choir will consist of Misses Shipman
aud Hanson, Mrs. Col. Z. W. Smith, Mes
danes Young, Fisher and Officer, and Messrs
Cook, W. J. Dyer, Col. Smith, Trowbridge,
w. r. Merriam and Fahnestock.
Services will be held at Christ church at
II o'clock A. NJ, the Rev. Mr.. Ten Brock
officiating.
Miss Pierson, Mrs. Will and Messrs.
Draper and Buckalew compose the choir,
Prof. Frank Wood, director. The following
musical selections will be rendered.:
Venite. Frank Wood
Gloria. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. Chapel and Haydn
s'Christians Awake, "........... Warren
''Hark, the Herald Angels" ..... .Mendelssohn.
JACKSON NJ E. CHURCH.
The scholars of the Jackson street NJ E.
Sunday school and their friends commenced
the Christmas boom last evening by holding
festival at the church.
At O'Clock the church was filled With
crowd ranging in years lom the infant in
arms to the old settler, all bent on starting
in with merry Christmas.
The exercises commenced with prayer by
the pastor, Rev. s. NJ. Davis, which was fol-
lowed by programme consisting of an in
strumental duett by Miss Connolly and Miss
Sabin, recitations by Minnie Hazenwinkle
and Mabel Porter, members of the infant
class, vocal selections by Miss Fairchild and
Mrs. Thayer, and Christmas story written
and read by Miss Emily Huntington Miller,
the same being illustrated By large
crayon sketches drawn for the occasion
by Mr.. w. N. Woodward. At the conclu-
sion of the programme those present de-
seconded to the parlors of the church, where
refreshments were served and each of the
children presented with package of candy,
or some grateful and pleasing gift.