Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-12-24
CHRISTMAS IN THE CHURCHES.
CommemOrating the SaviOr's Birth.
The Music and the Religious SerUices To-
3nOrTOtC.

WOTTOtCs
Tomorrow being the anniversary Of the birth
Of the Savior, special religious services Will De
held In most OF the churches Of this District,
and they will be unusually impressive. In the
Roman Catholic and Protestant Episcopal
churches there will be joyful music Of high
order, appropriate to the great Christian ami
versary. In many of the churches the Christmas
festivals for the children of the Sunday schools
will be held this evening, and there Will be
many private parties. The E-street Baptist, 1st
Presbyterian, Calvary Baptist and J. New Ne " York wI9Ii
Methodist churches the usual Christmas morn
ing prayer meetings will take place.
ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCHES.
st. Patrick's.- Services at and 1890 O'Clock
a. m Won Webers mass, in g, with Goeb's
.'rantum Ergo" and Abts 20 salutarisn ,as Misses
gill and Bonn, soprani; Misses Carr and New
ton, alti; Messrs, Fendall and Clarke tenori;
Messrs. Kearney, Bliss and Duhamel, bassi; and
st. neutrality-suspicious. obss mass IN 's a. Witt viii be
rendered at the early service, $3.50 O'Clock a. m.
and at II o'clock; ..There were Shepherds
Abiding in the Field" will be sung with GiorZa's
festival mass. The choir is composed Of Misses
L. Mygatt, NJ. Livingstone, j. Rodier, l. Barker
and Mrs Barringer, soprani; Mrs. N. Callan,
tons ai " Meesr Burnett aa Burnett
j. E. Shorb and A. May, tenort; Messrs. ]. F. H.
Blois, j. DAILY, T. w. Riley and L. E. Cannon,
bassi; Mr.. Harry Sherman, organist, and Messrs.
w. A. Widney and II. A. Kohr. bassi. have vol
unteered to assist.
st. Peters Capitol HilD.-There will be early
mass at O'Clock in the morning, at which will
be sung 'Adeste Fidelis," and at II am. high
mass Will be celebrated, when will be sung Mo-
Zart's mass No. II. ''Veni CREATOR by Millard
oertey There " VIII be
the Misses Clarke soprano; Miss Miller, alto;
John Siebert. tenor; Theodore Miller. bass; Prof
Missbach organist and director.
A NJ lay I'M
will be sung with Gaudeamus. The choir is
under the direction of Mrs. schwakopf, and 1t in
cludes Misses Geier, Bauer, Mr. NeH, Mrs. Rup-
pert, Miss Rapp and Mr.. Rupert.
st: stephen's.-At 10 O'Clock, by Rev Father
McNally, assisted by Rev. Father Southgate
high mass will be celebrated, at which the Vent
Sorting; offertory, ':Adeste Fidelis by Novello
In the afternoon, at O'Clock, vespers in st"
GiolZa; magnificat in &C." Alma; 'Redemp
by Verdi; "Tantium." by Rosewig. The choir
is composed of Miss Byrne, Mrs. WetZel, Mrs.
Carey, Mrs. Gibbons and Mrs. Mcleod, Soprani;
Mrs. Gillen and Misses Mcleod and Serrin, alti;
DR., Rupert, ST., tenor; F. A. ROckar, bass: j.
c. FoertSch, organist.
st. Dominic's.-Grand high mass at 5 O'Clock
am, when Won Weber's mass in ''G' is to be
sung by the choir. The music at the grand
high mass at II O'Clock will besunusually fine
The mass selected for the latter is Haydn's No.
Is, and will be sung entire without curtailment
twill be accompanied by an orchestra of thir-
ty two pieces from the best instrumental per-
formers in the District. The granduale will be
by string quartette. and the music an andante
from SchubertS string quartette. Haydn'S sur
prise symphony will be performed at the Offer
tory by the full orchestra. After the mass will
be benedictton. The choir is composed as fol-
lows: Sopranf, Miss Blanche Robinson, Miss
Josie Fegan, Miss Annie Ourand, Miss Maggie
Fitzgerald, Mrs. Magnus Koechling, Mrs. c. T.
Smith; alti, Mrs. NJ. F. Newton. Mrs. E. Fade
lei, Mr. NJ. F. King, Mr.. George French, MI. Fred
erick Newman; bassi, Mr.. II. Adams. Mr.. j. H.
Hickox, Mr. Emil Holer. Mr. l.. p. Seibold; Or
ganist, Prof. Otto Frank; director S. J. Kubel
The floral decorations are superb.
st. Augustines,, ,tcolored)-At Il O'Clock
Gaenfa nas VIII be rendered
following choir will be supported by a chorus Of
thirty voices: Mrs. j. A. SmallwoOd and Miss
Lena Miller, soprani; Misses NJ. A. C. Cookley
and N. E. Gray, contralti; Misses C. c. McKenny
min and j. S1mmS, baSSi.
Church of the Immacula e Conceptioa.-Mass
win be sung at .; and 10 O'Clock a. m. and yes
pers at p. m. Haydn's No. 8, Imperial mass
will be sung at 10 O'Clock by the choir, consist
ing of Mrs. Annie j. King, Mrs. Charles Koahler
and Misses Katie Griffin, Rose McCiuskey and
and Misses Nellie Kearon, Mamie Noonan and
Carrie Maher, alti Messrs. Charles Connen,
James II. Forsyth, tenori; Messrs. Henry Bos-
Delemegne, bassi; Mr. Charles Connell, director;
Miss Meachor, organist. At the offertory Nor
ellos .Adeste Ftdelis" will be sung.
den's 10th mass will be sung at O'Clock pm
The choir is composed as follows: Mrs. F. w.
Jones, Mrs. W. D. Allen and Miss Virginia john
Parkhurst and Jones, tenori; Messrs. Murray
Kelley and Thomson, bassi; F. w. JONES' direc-
tor; j. w. Lawrence, organtst. The choir will
and soprano; at the offertory, "Jubilant Dea."
At ST. Aloysius church. first mass will be at
5o'clock. Millard's new mass, in flat, will be
Eichorn, alto; John Pugh, tenor; and VIM. F.
Pruit, basso. Mr. VIM. Waldecker will lead the
choir and preside at the organ. Mozarts 'yeni
mass, and Dudley Bucks 'sThere were shep-
herds Watching, twill be sung at the onertory.
Miss Eva Mills is expected to be in the choir
and will sing solo.
PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCHES.
At st. johns Church, Washington, Rev. DR..
}. Vaughn Lewis, rector, will be assisted by
several clergymen. The choir, under the direc-
lowing program: Gounods .:Nazareth'' by five
bass voices. The "Venite" and 'Gioria Patri" Of
Kimban. .Te Deum" by Bristow and "Jubi-
Shall be Star from Jacob, from Mendelssohn's
''Christus" will be sung. kimballS ''senten-
ces" for the offertory and the "Agnus Del" of
is composed of male voices, as follows: A. F.
Childs, II. c. Pearson, and j. s. Smith, first
tenors; Il. s. slmons, and W. P. Atkinson, Sec
Ond tenOrS; j. Henry Kaiser and j. Wilson, bass:
F. N. Pearson, James s. Pagan, and Frank Cliff
ford, second bass Prof. I. S. Kimball is the
organist.
At st. Johns Church Georgetown the music
Will be as follows: Opening anthem, sing unto
the Lord, by j. Barnby; Venite, (chant); Gloria
Patri, key L fiat, j. Barnby; TIE Deum, key D. A.
Sullivan; Jubiiate Dec, key F, G. w. Garrett;
hymn, 425, Tucker; hymn, 16, Hall; offertory,
sing and rejoice, j. Barnby; kyrie Eleison, G..
W. Warren; Agnes Del, E. s. Kimball. The
choir consists OF an exceedingly well trained
chorus. Organist, w. E. Middleton.
AT Trinity Church, Rev. DR.. Charles G.. Addi-
son will conduct services, with Rev. Dr. Doug
lass Forrest as associate. For the Christmas
service Miss Ada Moxan, organist and direct
ress, has arranged the following program, in
which the regular choir of 25 voices will be as
sisted by several volunteers: bass solo from
GounOd's Noel" by Mr.. B. NJ. Keyser; for the
"Ven1te," cathedral chant and gloria, by
Lloyd the "Te Deum" will be Baumbach's
fiat; the "Jubilaten by Lloyd, and for an Offer
torium 50 Magn1ficat" rrom Millard's vesper SER
vice. The solos will be sustained by Miss Mol
lie Durant, soprano; Mr.. Frank Barnard and
MI. Frank Mcguire, tenorS: Mr.. Wesley Middle
ton and Mr.. B. NJ. KeySer, basSi.
At the Epiphany church the choir will be di-
rected by Mrs. @. A. Pearson, Organist and
leader. The choral exercises will embrace, in
addition to hymns from the hymnal, plain
chant at the "venite," the "Gior1a," !" by Calkin;
..fe Deum" and "Jubilate," /" by Reay, and for
Ine onertory, .'Stng, Heavens" by B. Tours.
Inc choir numbers sixteen voices, and the solos
Will 0e by Mrs. Camp, soprano: Mrs. Root con-
Iralto; MI. knoop, tenor, and Mr.. Read, basso.
The rector, Rev. Dr. Paret viii Officiate, assisted
by Rev. Mr., Mead. =