The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-12-21
CHURCH NEWS NOTES.
Christmas Observanccs for the Holds
Week Among Different Churches.

Christmas ObseryRnccs Tor the Holiday
Week Among Different Churches.
Rev. Benjamin Parsons preached yesterday In
the North Seattle Baptist church.
The Ministerial Association meets this morn
ing at the Chamber of Commerce rooms.
Rev. Thomas Baldwin preached at the Market
i street Baptist church yesterday morning.
81 Marks church will be open every night
until Christmas for decorating the sanctuary.
The Welsh people will celebrate the Eisteddfod
festival ut Black Diamond this year on Christ
mas.
The afternoon meeting at the Y. N. c. A.
rooms yesterday was addressed by Rev. d. @.
Garrett.
The young people of Grace Methodist Epis
copal church will hold Christmas tree exercises
on Thursday evening.
very successful bazaar and supper was
given by the ladies OF the Market street Baptist
church last Wednesday.
Gifts for the Christmas tree for the poor may
be sent TO the rectory Of st. Marks church,
Fourth and Olive streets.
Quarterly meeting will be held on Friday and
Saturday next at Trinity Methodist Episcopal
church in Queen Anne town.
The Plymouth Congregational church young
people will hold Christmas exercises on Christ
mas evening in the lecture room.
4 Christmas entertainment will be given at
Calvary Presbyterian church on Thursday even
ing for the sunday school members.
A Christmas tree and entertainment will be
given by the young people OF Trinity Methodist
Episcopal church on Thursday evening.
Rev. X. E. Dunlap, at the First Christian
church, preached yesterday morning upon the
subject, THE Foundation OF the Faith"
Rev. Allen Keene, of Maine, and graduate
of Yale Divinity school, has been called to the
psstorate of the new Congregational church at
south Bend.
Christmas services will be held at the Battery
street Methodist Episcopal church next sunday,
and IN entertainment will DO given the follow
ing evening.
Rev b. +. Brooks and Rev P. H. Bodkins
pastors, respectively, of ST. Paul's and Epworth
Methodist Episcopal churches in Tacoma were
III the city last week.
Christmas day Will be observed at ST. Marks
church with Holy Communion at STA. m. and full
service with communion at II. The choir has
magnificent programme.
The religious study class of the Unitarian
church spent its half hour yesterday IN an sp-
pTeciative anu just consideration aud compari-
son OF Loyola and Calvin.
The young people OF the Second Methodist
Protestant church are getting up Christmas
cauta,a for Wednesday evening. Il Is entitled
"A Visit From Santa Claus.
Rev T.. NJ. Boyd, al Calvary Presbyterian
church, preached yesterday morning upon the
subject; "The song OF Triumph" In the even
Ing he spoke on 1.-The Divine Friend"
Rev Father Prefontaiue yesterday morning
delivered powerful sermon To a large congre-
cation on the gospel OF the day, taking fox his
text: Prepare Ye the Way OF the Lord"
The young people OF Market street Bapti ST
church vii. celebrate Christmas OF Friday night
with an entertainment entitled "The MistaSe o.
New Years" IL promises to be very enjoyable
affair.
Christmas exercises will he held in the Brook
lyn Congregational church Thursday evening
Thera vii. be q Christmas tree ana the sunday.
school will give musical aad Literary pro
grsmms.
The P0stosfce Mission OF the Unitarian church
ia in the TEN porsry charge of Mrs. A. s. Apple
ton 100 Seventh street, from whom liberal
Christian literature may 20 had free upon ap-
plicatiou.
The WomAn's Foreign Missionary Society o.
the Methodist church has elected tbs following
officers for the ensuing year: President, Mrs. +.
z Fowler, vice presidents, Mrs : y. Crockett;