The critic., 1890-12-24
MUSIC In TIE CHURCHES.
SPECIAL SERVICES WILL M HELD IN
MANY OF THEN.

The Trained Choirs OF the Protestant
Episcopal, Lutheran, Catholic and
other Churches win Swell the Mel.
ody In Honor Of the Birth Of Christ.
the sky" runs an old Christmas carol, and
with Joy too deep for mere words the
Christian churches will take up the bur
den of this song tomorrow, with u
mighty sweep of melody, until IL re-
echoes again through church aud chapel
and finds a response mt every hcarthstone.
Christmastidc the great fcstal season
Of the Church celebrating the birth of its
founder, will be appropriately celebrated
in the churches, and all creeds and people
will unite in singing their hearticst praise
on the birthday Of the Child King.
Foundry Church will celebrate the day
ly u prayer meeting at sunrise Christmas
MON, the pastor, Rev. DR.. Elliott, lead
inv The service.
The Lutheran Memorial Church will
hold a special Christmas morn service at
7o'clock, I Rev Dr. Butler officiating, in
the chapel adjoing the church.
st. PauIS Lutheran Church, Eleventh
and III streets, will have very elaborate
services at IL o'clock Christmas Day
Rev. DIR. Domer, the pastor will preach
the Christmas sermon. The choir, under
the leadership of Mr.. Richardson, will
sing the following music:
Christmas anthem, arranged from Mozart;
"oh, Sing to God" tNocD, Gounod; anthem,
"sing, Oh, Hcaycns;" Glare, "'rhe Holy Child"
Shaw baritone solo, Mr. win Domor,
At st. Andrews Church, Fourteenth
and Corcoran streets, Rev. ]. u. Perry,
rector the following music will he rem
dcred:
Organ prelude, Festival Orcrtoirc, Batis,c;
processionnl Hymn %, Adestc Fidclis; Vcni,e,
Gregorian; Gloria Patri ~, Holden In A C?),
Buck In %, Danks in 30; Te Deum, Buck in
G.; Jubiate, Pstton In 40; Introit while
shepherds watched their flocks by night"
Danksin Ab: Hymn l6, Rev. Dr. j. IL. Hopkins;
sional flynn ~, S. A. Ward; organ postlude,
fuguc, j. $. Bach. Soprani, Mrs Matte Bart
lett, Mrs T. W. Carlisle, Mrs. +. G. Herring
Miss NJ. l.. snowden and Miss X. $. Jones; alti,
Misses Tacie a. Daniel, Anna NJ. Nixon and
Bertha Dawson; tenori, McssrH 4. JAY Marsh
II. 5. Chlds and DR.. y +. IIollngsworth: bassi
Mr.. Benjamin +. Keller and Colonel Cecil Clny
organist and director, Mr.. James W. Cheney.
At the Church Of the Epiphany, q street,
a special choir, under the direction of the
new choiTmaster and organist, Professor
Coleman, will rendcrthe following music:
patrip," Grayman: We dcum, no festival"
Buck; "ofrertory anthem" Tours.
The choir will be composed a. follows:
Sorrani, Mrs Frank A. Mute Miss Cora T..
Noyes, Miss Alice 4. Jenkins, Mrs. Helene
Smith, Miss Carrie jenkins, Miss Dobbins, Miss
Caldwell; alti, Mrs James Z. Oyster, Miss
Carrie Iarner, Miss Nellie Dobbins, Miss Lucy
Pa,terson; tenori, Mr.. Douglass q. Miller, Nj.
A. s. Mccoy. Mr.. {. H. johnson Mr. q. T. iatl.
m y Aillay ItnIlipps has Il n
kaiser, Henry NJ. Walter, q. Is. Griffith, Flank
A. Mute, George A. Terry.
At Il. Johns Church, Rcv. DR.. George
Wi!liYm Douglass, rector, very elaborate
service will be held at II o'clock. The
u:ical programme will be as follows:
Iicct' scnal, Hymn ~ Adeste Fldelis. Real.
~; onii. Exultimus Dominus, In Ab, Dlnisl;
cloria htri, in u, Fields; Tc Deum, Lsuiaml.
j. q, Calkin; Bcnedictus In b. Beethoven; Ia
troit Anthem Raise now your soag on high"
piut Saens: Kyric kleison. in q, Atkinson; a;
Gloria Iibi in c, 1slis; Hymn IL sold ST.
Mettin'-;" Oncriory anthem, "1h Angel Ga
lli,l was sent from God" Smart; Aacriptlol,
"lrHiso God from whom Gull Franc; Sanctus,
Fsccl,i- old chant: Nunc Dimttis, Anon Re.
ccssional Hymn %, Avi-on.
The choir will be made up as follows:
Ilassi-- Nathaniel b. Fugitt, r. II. Atkinson,
Ernest II Daniel and j. G. spencer, Tonori-
william II. Dcniel, NJ. T. Mullcdy, W. q. PEN
=. II.
putschc, William stoifcl and Harry Ellis So.
pran--Iouis Firkc, Walton Goodwin, Max
Maxwell, Thomas Stretton, Harry Pierce, llor-
ace Clifton, Karl j. Daniel, Thoma. William
khode-, John Reed, Norvcll Burr, Frank Pill
son and Mi-s Louise Moeller. william H.
Daniel, preccptor; John Theopi, organlst.
The children carol service will be held
on SATURDAY, 9th instant, ST. Johns Day
at o'clock p. N.
At Christ Church, Georgetown, there
will be u "Childrcn's CAROL Christmas
eve. The service Christmas Day, con-
Quoted by Rev. DIR. a. ii. Stewart, willin
clude the following musical programme:
Ncnlta, Russell; Gloria Patri, RUSSELL; Te
Deum, Mendelssohn; Jubilatc. DcO: Gloria
Tihi, Sii; offortory "Glory to God in the High
est" 5. G, Cook; sonatus, xxx; Eucharlstlo
Hymn, 2OI; Gloria Excelsis, old chant; Nunc
Dimittis, 200.
The quartette choir will be composed
Of Miss Daiscy Moore, Mrs. Clifton, Mr..
William Turpin and Mr.. Henry Olds; or
ganist, Miss Mary Dashiols.
In many of the Protestant churches the
Christmas services will be held next Sun
day. and elaborate musical programmes
will be given.
All the Catholic churches will observe
the day by masses, especially remarkable
for the fine music. At st. Dominic's
NIllTtll, GSlNtU anu IL stTcclS southwest,
the music will be as follows:
At 3 o'clock mass IIaydna mass, No .; at
the gradual, Date sonitum Pace, Costa; Veni
Creator, kreutHer (malc quartette): ofrertOry,
Novelties Adeste Fidelis
The choir will include the following:
Soprani. Misses Mary IIesser. May Fowler,
Mollle Wright, Gertie Faunce, Maggie Kelly,
Fannie Kelly, Lille Flannery; alti, Misses
Katie Lackey, Estellc Fowler, Maggie Lqckey;
tenori, McHsrs, Al. Fennell, James IIcndly,
ben. Taylor; bassi, Emil Holcr, Robert Lowry.
Or. Eugster; organist and director, Miss Bar
b9ra bisckof.
At the early mass at st. Pauls Church
the musical programme will inclldc
Ictct's celebrated mass in ID. complete: AT
the onertory Adeste Fidells, Novello ON
conclusion OF mass the Christmas carol, 'The
Snow Lay on the Ground" will be sung by the
full choir OF thirty.IOur voices. At the late
mGsr the music will be Generals mas. In @
complete: before sermon grand choruzJ, Veal
Creator, Hummcl, nj OrertUry Adcste FilcliS
Novello; " the benedction OF the blessed sac
rament, which Will be given Immediately AFT II
Inust, q salutaris, trio for two sopranos ani
basr, by Mercudante; Tantum Ergo, in A. bS
Ios.i; duet by sixteen mele voices, with choru,
| by the full choir of mixed voices.
The choir is composed of the following
singers.
Soprani, Mrs. W. X. Carr Misses Mary Mas
| terton, Mary 1'rean0r Bertha Dove Carter
| Lizzie Doyle, Annie Cook, Jennie Lloyd Salli,
| smith, Mary Dunn, Mary Crown, Kate q
| Lamb; alti, Misses Annie OBrien, Ami,
smith, Anna Treanor, Colchester, Lille Smith
| Katie shea; tenori, Messrs Eberly, Blckert
John McEyoy, Thomas Fitzgerald, Dufry, Il
q. Jones, John T. Coughlin, Il. Locrart Ernes
Smith; bassi. Messrs Joseph X. Dean, Charlie
Meyers, Peter c. D. Treanor, Frank Sylvester
George DAILY, lgnatins Strapb, John Treanor
organist, Miss Kate G. Lamb; conductor, Nh
John Treanor.
At ST. Aloysius' Church Guilman
mass will be sung at the o'clock service
and Novello's Adestc Fidelis at the Offer
tory At the II o'clock mass HAYDN
imperial mass, No. 3, will be given will
orchestrai Neni Creator lie Provost Offer
tory, Costos Date Sonitum.
The choir will he AS follows;
soprani Misses Molllo Byrnc, Mamie Moore