Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-12-31
Christmas Services.


a third mass Mt half-past ten o'clock A. Nj, were
held At the first and last mass the choir sang,
and the young ladies that compose IL did their
best. sermon was preached at the first and
last mass, on the feast Of the day. The sanctuary
and the altar were beautifully decorated with
evergreens flowers and lights. One Of the side
affairs had been transformed into kind of grotto |
trimmed with evergreens to remind the audience |
OF the stable at Bethlehem. Inside were the |
statues OF the Infant Jesus, Of the Blessed Virgin
Mary and Of St. Joseph, surrounded by lights.
The church was tastefully decorated and the |
ladies who had charge Of that part deserve praise
CHURCH OF THE MEssIAH.-As a Christmas fes |
tval, the younger scholars Of this Sunday-school
assisted by some friends gave little fair and en-
tertainment on the evening OF December 23d, pre-
senting few charades and the operetta entitled
"Cobwebs, to the great qualification Of large
company who crowded the vestry The costumes
were peculiarly pretty the stage was dressed very
attractively. and the singing and acting evinced a
great deal Of careful training. The eye and ear
having been feasted, the palate received atten-
tion a supply OF ice cream and cake being pro-
vded. tableau concluded the entertainment.
The usual evergreen decorations and Christmas
tree with Its load of gifts, were absent, the
children having determined to give themselves
another peasure-that Of sending to "The Child
ron,s M,ss,on ,o tho Ch;dren 81 tho Dss,,tute
Il, pos,o, tho ,roceods from, admss,on fans and
.a,.s n, ,ho tahlos- IA ior,,s ,ronor,;or ~ the
ARTICLES beno their own handiworl,. and the re-.
s,l, ia TINT some for,v do,lara accrnes IN that
most ,yor,h, charity Tho subiec, cops;dered Mt
tho regular mon,blv sundav-school service held
in tho ves,rv of tho Cburcb NJ the Messiah last
Sunday evening was "Christmas Observance"
Members Of the different classes presented answers
10 sucb questions as "whv do we celebrate the
o. h of Dscember AZ the birthday OF Jesus?'
" What ia the hest Christmas eift?r and gave ex-
planatiops Of customs prevailing at Christmas
tide and discpssed changes in Nav England hab-
i,s in regard To Christmas the pastor eulareine
unon some NJ the points The EXERCISES included
also a few recitations. and the singing of several
| Christmas carols.
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,n,,d tor Tho oo,,;nr -, Chr;s, :, r.in, tor his
,.u. ,naua, t,,,.a d. c,a,;n,a ,o,r,h o,a,,or
fourtb and fifth verses. I" But when the fullness
Of time was come. God sent forth his son made of
a woman. made under the law to redeem them
that were under the law. that we might receive
the adontion of sons" Referring tn the condition
of the world for his recepton Mt the time Christ
| came It was shown that the fullness of time had
not nreviouslv come lint that God had in the long
ages which had passed nv different agencies
been instructinp the people for the coming of the
Messiah. the redeemer of men. In the evening
the large vestrv was filled with neone To Listen to
n Scriptural Christmas concert exercise showing
the nrorbecies copcernipg the coming NJ Christ
and their fnlfIlment. tho ,estimopv NJ Chria in
relation tn bimself and tho testimopv of his dis
cinl.s and anos,,es corcerr;no his 1ife da.th and
resurrection The exercise passed off verv Meas.
an,v and left n good ;mnress;,n unon the neople
Christm,s Eve w.s o;van nm IN tho Children an.
t;ra,x Tvo larae trees baaviiv ladan with
"Chr;utmas frp;t" oree,ed than with a marry
Cbr;stmas uron thar ep,,arce IN tbaroom After
m borr,s soc;a, rec;,.t;o, s;,o;rr rraver and
tho road;,o ~ . Chr,.,,.s ,oan, h, tho nas,or
,ho hoor,a =, Tho ,I;,.,o o,as - "a mol, 40 soma
of tho ,arror on.s ,r.ro r.aa ,,od III, tbo dis,r;-
hr,ion =, tho ,ron, ,;oo u,oaa,.s u,,h ,yh;oh al,
naa,.,o, q, ~. -o..,suho.oi
nEihANi NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. EVE 'he ouhuay-
schooi FESTIVAL WAS liciu III the chaPei' WHICH was
1asteiuiiy oecora'eu' inc numerous i''.ie ioiAs
anu 'ieii hu'i'o'ous oiuei iie"us "hon .ney Gu
'erea 'ne rooni' h"a 'heir n'eres. arouseu ny .he
s'sh' Vi very meat oo'a'se' ris'hs 'ro'n p''t
! 10TH opposi'e .he en''ahce among mass Vi ever
} green On 'he aoof-p'".e oi whch s'ooo lor'n' IL
pam LETTERS MIS- 'oose AFTER Few mo
meh's the assembly was caiied 10 order, ana tht
! exercises opened with the singing OF the hymt
Glory TO 1od In the highest by the school
ms was followed by a recitation by Cara Poland
linen some twenty little ioiks trooped on 10 th'
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s,ooL;na dosoondoa from ,ha ooi,;na 7, ,o
tonnd IN contain nre.ents from santa C,ans-no
onv for tho chdren I'm, also tor al, nrosor, an,
i. tho ,,t,le ores ahsen, 90 uou In tha onioruon
4 ~ ,hesa Gifts and in an ,ntorr,a, aooa ,;,o ,h
t remainder n, the evening was snent In m
r c,,rsa ~ I, The ,hroo ,ornna., o,..aa. -, a.
s,hha,b.sobooI ,.,boro5 on Tho n,,,,oru nm,
,h,ouab NJ q u,,,a rrasan.aa C.r,s,,,,
Gin ~ a nrot,v chair ~ Mas,ar parc,, unc,,s "
, sor NJ tho nas,or ubioh mo. r.oa;voa 10, hin, ~
$ h;s to,bo, IN snnd,, ,ha ohn,oh .,,.oa. -.
e ,r;mmod rathar roro ,;oh,Iv ,han rsna, rh
4 mn.ic w.s ~ n hioh order .rd III. sorv;oa
n ,bror,hor, ,oo,n,nn and oua,,no No.. .n,.o.~,
J. .,a IN Tho sa,.nn
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ohA'', ohoHo" onuicn was very manu-
n 'o"0'y ue0oi"'oo WIN sp'u'e "nu oeu"r ie'''ol'
: ~iea'hS' CROSSES S'ars e"'' paced upon 'ne wa'is
p'iiais ana III other places behihu the aitar wa
y whte screen oordered with green RIBBON, peai
It lug 'ue motto III green letters me Word wa
a 'haue hesh. over the choir was banner IN
'cf'oeo, oory 70 uod IN 'he hishesti over Tn
ses'ry uoor shaNer one Oh reace, ana owe
t inc n'a'h entrance uoou WILL ine iont oor
d an ''hhor'e''e Cross ana s'ahd Oh INGENIOUS
d ho"ers was p'aceo III .ne chahcei front In
. "hoie enec. was nue., anu CANNOT DO put on pape'