The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1886-12-26
THE YULE-TIDE. FESS WAL.
THE DEoORAITONS OF SOME OF THE
CHUHCHES DESCRIBED.

The Christmas festival was observed with
unusual zeal yesterday. The whole COM
munity went to their homes loaded, Christ
mas Eve In fact everything was loaded
Even the trains and horse-cars caught the
| spirit of the hour and got loaded, too
Way up till midnight purchasing throngs
blocked the highways and byways of the
city, choked up the stores, tired out the
clerks and waiting ladies, and then went
home to build Santa Claus's little
temple over the the heerth-stones.
The children alone came to
the scratch fresh and rosy.
And they were up bright and early to
surprise Santa Claus if they could, to see
at any rate what he had left for them. if he
had stolen his usual march upon them.
The day was bright and clear and bracinc
There was asgeneral suspension of bnsi.
ness all around, and everybody turned in
to have good time.
! But it was in the churches that the ob-
servanee was most general Some of tn
Catholic churches opened with prayer and
music at midnight of Friday, and way
along till afternoon masses were heard.
Many of the churches were beautifully de-
! corated.
Probably the most e'ahorately decorated
church on the Hill was st. Johns Profess
tant Episcopal. As one enters the church
ne sees great masses of green on every side
and hung IN an exceedingly attractive man
ner. Along the side there are heavy rones
of evergreen and holly hung. stretching
| from one end of the church to the Other
Over each window there are large stars of
the same material. just back of the altar
there Is massive wood screen. and the
/ choir room back of that is decorated with
all sorts of pretty devices. The pulpit is
gracefully qecked with designs made of the
| evergreen and holly. In the right hand
corner underneath little arch there is a
| Christmas tree trimmed with tinsel. that
| glitters like diamonds when the LIGHT
strikes it. The remainder of the arch and
| the ole on the left of the church are rass
of green studded line and then with roses.
The names of those who did the
work are Mr.. and Mrs Crinkshank.
Miss Mann and Addie Pollard, Miss Mary
Reddy, Mr.. Lee Clement, Mr. Stoddard.
Miss Clara Bumsted, Mr. Hardy, Miss
Bowley, Miss Hewittson, Mr.. Reddy, Miss
Clara Reddy, Miss Newton. Mr.. W pscott
and Miss Lotheridge, besides a number of
|
The following was the program yester-
day. 1t will be repeated to-day:
MORNING sERv1cs, 1880 A. n.
Prelude, Pastoral Symphony Messiah. =. Handel
professional, Brightest and Best ....... LIE Jeans
Anthem, Behold. Bring. .........J Barnsby
Gloria Patri. in F...................G reatnex
Festival Festival t. S. Dsum, in Buck
Introit, It Came Upon the Midnight =. sullivan
Gloria Tibi, in ID. Garrett
ofertory. Angels from the Realms Of Glory, A'i'''
Communion Hymn 2O7. Agnes DEL tenor solo Ia'NsN
/ B, Tours
Gloria m IN Exeesis, Ole Chant
Professional. And the Glory of the Lord. Handel
The Bergen Reformed Church. on Rer
gen avenue, was not deliberately decorated
by any means, but it was beautiful never
theless, and reflected. credit on the youno
ladies who had charge of the work and on
the few young gentlemen who did a portion
of the hardest work.
From the chandelier in tRe center of the
church there were seven ropes q
evergreen and holly ext, nding OF
| the gallery and for ming a uer-
feet star. Directly ben cath the Chan
deiier there hung small star made of the
same material and saV .dded with roses
Inc organ ioIt ana puipl were decked wi h
pretty designs placed in that exouisite
style tnat only Wont ms hand can exc
cute. Miss Bremmer Miss Addia Van
Wlnkle, MISS Mary BE tt, Miss Nellie Brem-
mer, MISS Florence ' an Horn, Miss Phoebe
Engilsn, Miss Addte Stevens, Miss Gusse
van morn, MISS AZ Idle Varcomb, and q
oevy OF others whose names could not be
ascertained' ana wa are all members of
the Earnest ~o rkers." Society, had
charge of the work. IT ere was No service
in the church vest erd Az This aftarnoon
and evening the follc ,winp musical nro.
Crane, under the diret lions of n v BIC
ham and arranged I " him. will he cone
through with:
MoESTSG SERVICE.
Anthem, "shout the Glad. Tidings". Williams
Festival TIE Deum ...... ......s.. Tlciav
Anthem, "And there wer . shepherds" . HOLDEN
Offertory Noel sole for sontralto Gounode
EVENING, SERVICE.
Anthem-Hark! What n lean those holy voices.
banks
The Christmas Entertainment for the
children of the Ger ltenary NJ E. Church,
Pavonia avenue, took place Friday even
ing. The basemen { of the church, CON
trary to the usual 4ustom, was but scaDtilv
decorated with gre, Va. Tae pillars were
wound with repes c f greens, and Others
were hung from the ceiling. The COM
mittee of arrangeme nts were, Mr.. S. O
Church. chairman; lGesrs w. G. Rosen-
burg, w. F. Cole and d. P. Ogilvie. The
exercises were opened with prayer by the
pastor, the Rev. E. w. Burr. The pro-
gramme for the evening was as follows:
Reeitations by three little girls, Carrie
Skinner, Katie Room and Matte Xavier
A quartette, called the Amicable Adult
Quartette. composed of Mr.. John Wat
son, the Misses Lilly and Flora Watson
and DIR. G. f. Kyle, rendered several fine
pieces. Master Richard Foulk recited a
piece entitled '.Bsek to Santa CLAUSE
Johnnie Drake recitea piece entitled zone
mas Bells. which was applauded. Master
Hubert Eabrey recited '.fhe Night After