St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-26
XMAS DAY IN ST.PAUL
How the Bells Pealed Out
the, Tidings of a Sa-
s vior's Birth.
The Christmas Festivities in
Honor of the Birth Of
Christ.
Churches Filled With Swell
ing Anthems of Peace
on Earth.
Catholic Churches Show the
Usual Impressive Feat
ure Services.

'.Hark, the herald angels sing"
How beautiful are the words OF TINS
old HYMNS, waited on the air of early
christmas morn. The sublime pathoS
nj the music, rising in volume as the
story of the birth of the Savior Is I'M
folded by the heavenly hosts, has
raised it to the highest rank of the
many meodious hymns which at tins
delightful season are carOled from the
choils of ChriStendOm. 1t was sung IN
the Episcopal churches of st. Paul, as
il was sung in the pretty little EplSco-
nal missionary church in Jerusalem.
Wherever the foot of the missionary
has trod, in almost every cline and III
divers tongues, men and women WarOleu
the refrain:
Glory Ia our newborn king"
Christmas is, essentially festive as
well as a religious season. The rellg-
iouS end was generally observed In the
civ during the morning. The feStivl-
ties began with dinner. and became fast
and furious as the evening wore on and
another day was chalked up to the al
lotled span OF man. The religious eXer-
cises in the Roman Catholic churches
were inaugurated as early rs O'Clock,
when solemn pOntlhcat mass was cele-
brated The usual morning mass came
afterwards.
Elaborate services distinguished the
Episcopal churches. Holy communion
was administered at Christ church at
$50. and at the service later the sacred
edifce was well filled. The we'll
trained choir at this church rendered
some charming Christmas music, and
the address of Rev. e. ID. Andrews par
took of the character of a seaSonable
talk. Yesterday WIS practically the
reOpening of the church since It's. reno
Walton. The improvements made add
much to lis attractfgeneSS. The sane
fuarys has been rebuilt and removed
farther back, 50 as to- afIold increased
pew accommodation. and the organ
has been placed IN a small re-
cess built into The side of the
sanctuary. The mural decorations OF
the sanctuary are simple, but strictly
in keeping with the ecclesiastical char
acfer of the building. The memorial
window. donated by the choir in me-
IrOrialH of those OF the choir who died
dnring the year. is very pretty. The
church was very neatly decorated for
the Christmas services. A new guild
house has been erected by the Christ
church people, which can he approached
both from the outside ami through a
door leading from the church. The
guild house includes a lecture hall, ca
pable of seating 200 people; a choir
room, rect0r's study, and one or two
small rooms.
a large number of people were pres
ent at the st. Paul church, the service
being conducted by Rev. J. Wright. A
feature of the service at this church was
the conservation of brass pulpit, which
has been presented to the church. The
choir, under the supervision of Prof.
Bullen. rendered the Christmas anthem
in fine style. Appropriate services were
also held at st. johns church, the
Church of the Good Shepherd, the
Church of the Ascension and st. Peters
church. The pastor of the latter church
Rev Samuel Mills was reported indis-
posed. and the service he was to con-
duct at White Bear lake was under
taken by F. b. Willard.
Rev. 5. q. Smith delivered a stirring
address at the Peoples church, where
fine musical service was also given.
The Memorial English Lutheran church
celebrated the event with beautiful
choral service.