The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-12-24

| BraIeral. sopranos AFS. DtOHaIl Dii9' l'H,4-
dolph, and Miss Murphy. altos; Messrs Ords-
ley and Powers. tenors: Messrs Finegsn,
Halloran. Peacock, and Morrisey bassos.
aAcRKu-HEART CHURCH.
At tho Sacred Heart church service will be
| held at 5. 7:as. 9. and 1880 clock Christmas
morning. The "kyrie" and Gloria: Mo,
zart's Twelfth. "Ssnctus.p "Benedictus."
4 and "Agnus Dei,n by Lejesl and the Adeste
Fidelis will be sung. The choir IS composed
OF the following ladies' and gentlemen 30
| pranos Misses l.. Finnegan. Y. Kelly, 4. 1 err
ritter, A. Black. and \; and NJ Powell Aitos.
Mrs. s. Woolls, Miss X. Ietelle, and Mrs. Butt
Rassos J.P Gallagher and John j. tlnnegan
Tenors-M. J. Cullinane and w. F. Reddy.
| The Rev. Father j. b. O'Reilly Will probably
preach at the o'clock service, and Rey
Father W. b. Hanly will deliver the sermon
ut the 1880 mass. The early and the late
masses will be High masses.
There will be Christmas-tree for the sun
day school scholars on Saturday the 25th,
and an attractive entertainment, embracing
singing, recitatons, &c.
ST. MAEY's.
The following will be the observance At St.
/ Mary's church on Christmas day:
! Solemn high mass at A. 81.
! Children's mass at 3 o'clock.
! Second solemn high mass at 1880.
Solemn vespers at j. Nj.
AT the chilurens mass the boys and girls OF
the parochisl schools will sing Latin, Ger
man and English hymns accompanied by
clarionet. violin and organ.
At the first high mass the choir will sing
Lejeal's mass in d. at the offeTtory "Laeten-
! tur Cell" by Wigand. before the sermon.
! 'Veni Creator by William q. Fiske.
At the second high mass Schweitzer's
/ "Mssa in HonOrem Angelorum will be
! sung for the first time in Richmond. The
! full choir Of fifteen voices will DO accompa-
MED by the organ
At the vespers also new selections will 0e
rendered.
The principal members Of the choir are
| Misses l.. Hickey. NJ. Sledd. a. Nolte. Tn.
kusterer A. Gerring and A. HcCann. So
pranos Misses VI. Wittkamp and A. Remke,
altos 5lessrs. Charles Mesmer. Charles
Gardewin and J. Stumpf, tenors Messrs };
/ McEvoy and A. Fischer. bassOs musical
director and organist, Charles Fr. Mutter.
PARE-pLAcE.
At Park Place Methodist church an attract
i've programme has been prepared and will he
rendered Is follows:
Voluntary, choir, Jubiate (Dsnks): Hymn
No s.. prayer. Sentence choir; Psalter
Apostles Creed Gloria. choir. Hymn 80. Joy
to the Worldn Sullivan. OHertory. choir.
Gloria. Twelfth Mass (Dlozartl; sermon:
prayer Nunc Dlmittis. Second Partisan
Tone lStanler): Hymn 63, Herald Angels
CMendelssOhn). DOXOlOgy. benedlctOn post
lude. organ. The music will be under the
direction OF Professor j. Emory Shaw. as
sisted by the following choir. First and sec
Ond sopranos. Mrs W. K Bache Misses
Kate Whitaker. Carrie Timberiake Maggie
Curley. Hattie Hudglns and Nellie Elliott:
tenors. Messrs II. ". Iupman. K. e. Tup-
man and Wilbur Montgomery. bassos Messrs.
W. 5. Iupman, w. Ii. Bennett and +. f..
Diggs.
OTHER METHODIsrs.
A Christmas service will be held az Broad
street Methodist church az 6 o'clock in the
morning. This early hour is not now in
vogue IN the Protestant churches Of Rich
mOnd. and makes an innovation in this line.
In making the announcement Sunday, Or.
Tudor stated that. with the exception of last
year. il had been his custom in every church
he had served 10 hold these early services on
Christmas morning. and that he had always
found them very popular and profitable.
The services will be brief and Or. Tudor
will take as the sub ect OF his remarks They
saw the star On Christmas morning day
will dawn at a few minutes before 2 O'clock
and AT o'clock II will yet be dark
This fact will add to the novelty and solem-
nifty of the occasion. As the tin horn and
fre-cracker are very early rsers church-goers
need not fear housekeeping themselves.
Rev. @. \. Laughon pastor Of Denny
street church. will hold services Christmas
morning at ! o'clock.
A pound party will be held at Clay-street
church Christmas moralng ut II O'clock and
8 committee will receive contributions for tho
poor.
TIE IUTHrRANs.
There will be services at Bethlehem Evan
gelcai Lutheran church Christmas morning
At ii o'clock and at S o'clock at night. nj
which the pastor. Hoy. e. j. Oehlschiaeger.
will oficiate. Owing to the illness OF several
members Of the choir the usual excellent
musical programme had to DO dispensed with
though some special selections will be rem
dered at the services. The Sunday -school
Christmas festival will take place at the
church Sunday night.
There will be services and good music at
the other Lutheran churches
THE BAprIsTs
At the First Baptist church there will be no
services on Christmas day. but on the Sun
day following the programme as below will
be rendered 30. Zion. That Iellest Good
Tidngs' Buck. "Adeste Fidels' ARRANGED
by NoyeAoE FESTIVAL Gloria lSchilling);
10 Deum' warren.
The following IS the choir Sopranos
Mrs. W. r. Knowles and Mrs. Jessie Harvey
Magruder contratos Mrs. j. L. Rowe and
Miss Emma Staude. tenors-r. W. Cunning
ham and Ii. @. Msgruder bassos II. I /
Cardozo and III. +. Ramos w. h. Mathews.
organlst.
CLAY STREET.
At the Clay-street Baptist church on
Christmas day there will be speeches and re-
citations by the Sunday-scho0l scholars an I
proPnate 70 the occasion. and special music |
by the following choir. Sopranos Miss Sal /
lie Ciwathmey. Katie Campbell. Mary Fer
gusson Ross Ragland. Emma Pemberton I
and Mrs. koDeft, Allen Altos Miss Bette
Ragland. Jennie Ferguson AID Mrs Perkins /
1enors w d. James. Il. 5. Monds and r. T. /
Walthall BassOs-G. NJ lawson. Robert /
Powers. b. +. Cosby. ". A. 1wyman and /
Charles Frank. Special collection for Sun.
day-school and Bible board
At Grove avenue Baptist church there will ,
be impressive services on Christmas day. Mr. I
}. T.. Morris - musical director and a pleas. /
ing'y arranged programme will be rendered
-HE PRlsBYTERIASs.
Al the Grace street PRESBYTERIAN church /
there will he no services On Christmas dav [
but on tho following SUNDAY the programrne
below will be rendered
Morning service: Organ voluntary. March |
CWidor), Christmas anthem. Praise the
Lord" (PorterG Hymn "a, "Hark. What |
Means Those Holy Foices,n (Dykesl. /
Offertory. Memories Of bethlehem CPor.
ter. Hymn r. To Us Child is Bonn /
(HOlbrook): HYMN 73l, Around the Saw
tours Lofty Throne" Schubert: Postlude.
Finale (Widor.
Evening service. Organ voluntary. Eatrats