The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-12-25
PRAISE YE THE LORD!
GLORY TO COD IN THE HIGHEST
PEACE ON EARTH.n
Beautiful Musical Programmes 60 be Rem
dered ut Many OF Richmond's
Churches This Morning.

appropriately celebrated in the church IS
o. Richmond to-day.
In the Roman Catholic and Protestant
Episcopal churches the music rendered
Will be Of an elaborate order. In the
other churches the great festival viii be
celebrated with commensurate music and
song. The selections Will be rendered
mainly by choral choirs. which have been
Tor weeks past rehearsing.
by their zeal and earnestness the pro-
rrammes have been made attractive and
BEAUTIFUL. and Christmas bay falling On
sunday. there will be large congregations
no the many churches holding services.
Quite a number OF changes have been
made 10y organists since last Christmas.
colonel W. Kirk Mathews. formerly al
the First Baptist. ia now at All Saints.
M Philip =. Powers. who once OffiCiatcd
us o~rganist at Monumental. is now filling
IRE vacated place Of Col. Mathews; Prof.
d. Emory Shaw. formerly OF Park-Ila 90.
is now at the Monumental. Mr.. Rcgi-
rald Walker has become %organist at
park-Place. and Miss Maggie +. Kerse has
succeeded Miss Libby kirk at the Church
q the Sacred Heart
Among the choir singers the following
CHANGES have occurred; Miss ANIME
Hammer is the soprano at Grace church'
aling the position formerly held by MISS
Emma Staude. Miss Evie Lawson, OF
panvfle. is the soprano Of the First Bap-
rfst. cant. Frank W. Cunningham and Mr..
n. Thurston Cardozo hay retired from
the First Baptist choir and their places
have been filled by Messrs. William Hem
ming and Charles w. Hunter, respect
lively.
Mrs. ". p. Knowles has succeeded Miss
Annie Louise Griswoid az Centenary. ana
Mrs. W. Scott McRae fills the vacancy
caused by the retirement Of Miss Nena
Harpold from st. James choir.
Mrs. Jessie Harvey Magruder, the we'll
known contralto, has removed TO Wash
iuCton.. II. G..
Miss Yetta Herrold. the soprano who
13 such excellent work at the First
prosbyterian. is stn confined TO her room,
loving never recovered from the burns
st. recently sustained by the fire at her
home.
rfss Mary p. Thurston. another So
urano. has accepted a position at the head
n me vocal department at the Southern
Female College. at Murfreesboro. n. c.,
ana Miss Annie Louise Griswold has a
position at Shorter College for Women. at
Rome. Ga,
bliss ANNAf y Ifiithf a must QtlAblhAlA
.1ur1nO church singer. Of Norfolk. has be-
.0ue a resident Of Richmond, and will be
beard during the holidays at some of the
churches O m Church Hill.
Miss May Greener. who possesses an
alto voice Of rare sweetness and culture,
is the alto at Grace church.
Mr.. Charles {. Crump. who was the
haeso last year at st. James. has gone TO
Le.sh-street Baptist church.
At st. Peters Cathedral pontihcal
high mass viii be celebrated at 1890 A.
~ by the Right Reverend Bishop Van
de Nyver. The choir viii be assisted In
flee rendition of the mass and offert0ry
IF Professor John Baseler's orchestra Of
twelve pieces.
The Kyrle. Gloria. Credo. Sanctus.
rsuedictus. Agnes Del and Dona Nobis.
from Kaliwada's Grand Mass. in a major.
for soli. Quartette. and chorus, will be
sung Ia splendid style.
The offertOry win be Novelties arrange
mant Of the Christmas anthem Adeste
Tdelos for solo soprano. soil quartette
and chorus. Professor Paine Will proba-
assist as organist. relieving Mr..
Leonard. who viii sing bass In the soil
Quartettc.
The choir will consist OF the following
ladies and gentlemen. SOprani-Mesdames
COwardin. Talley. Cassignal. Misses Kirk.
Phillips. Rich. Evans and BrannOn; Att
Mrs. Worneley. Misses Murphy and Ran
lolph: Tenori-Herr Schiller and Mr..
Powers; Hassi-Messrs. Leonard. Peacock
Morrissey. Conductor. Colonel c.
l'B. Cowardln.
SACRED HTART CHURCH.
At Sacred Heart church first mass
DO Christmas morning will be cele-
rated al 8 O'Clock. The music will be
is follows: Kyrle and Gloria, from Mo
arts XII. CredO. Sanctus. Benedictus
pa Agnus Del from William O. Fiske's
lass I'm + fiat. Neni Creator by Willard.
'he members OF the choir are: S%oprani-
fisses i. F%lnegan. Y. Kelly, y. II NJ.
Annye Ferriter. II. Kerse and
FRS. Hotz: Alti-Misses r. Zetelle. A.
'~orriter and Mrs. Smith; Bassi-Messrs.
l.. and j.. y. Finegan: Tenor-W. +.
Teddy. Miss Maggie Kerse viii preside
Z the organ.
ST. ~PATRICK's CHURCH.
The choir at this church IS under the
irectiOn Of Professor H.. A.. Caulfield and
Il render at the o'clock mass the fol-
carefuliy-arranged programme:
deste Fideles CNOvelo). Kyrie. solo n
aorus a.. Lambillotte). Gloria, grand
aorus a.. LamOillotte). Neni Creator
IummeD. Credo o.. Lambillotte), Sane
ls ~. Lambilotte). Agnus Del and Dona
obls O.. Lambilotte). The following
dies and gentlemen constitute the choir:
lsses Cassie Cavedo, Mary Smith. Mamie
caby. Lucy Lynch, Annie Sullivan, Mary
Mary Sweeney, Maggie Leahy,
M Messrs. William H.. Shervin, NJ, Ma
jney and Louis Kellum. Organist, Pro-
ssor II. A. Caulheld.
ST. MARY's CHURCH.
At st. Mary's church the mass in honor
the blessed sacrament. by La Hache,
m he rendered. The offertories will be:
aetentur Coeli. by John Wigand, and J
ieste FIdeles. The members Of the choir 4
o.. Misses l.. Hickey. a, Gerring, \
ulcher. Thomas Kusterer, r. Gerring,
Tholl. NJ. Wittkamp and A. Remke.
G.. Mcssmer. 4. Sauerwaid, 6.
lrdewin. J.. McEyoy. A. Nonderlehr and ,
Fischer. The Organist and director is
.~ofessor Charles Frank Mntter. }
Episcopal Churches. ,
The music at Monumental church at {
FL morning service VIII be as follows: Y
mite shaw, Gloria in Excelsis (Schil- :
TIE Deum and Jubilate CCalkins) in y
Hat new; anthem, Sing, O Heavens y
ours). Gloria Tibi and communion SER =
.e SHAW; three hymns. y
.yening service.-Evening service In 7 q.
ourst The members or tAe chOlF are T
follows: Sopranos: Misses Kate Meade. o.
nina Fisher. Virginia Johnson, Mary x
Mary Bigger. Lottie Coleman. =.
Chambcrlaync, Nellie Adkins and
rs. j. Emory Shaw. Altos: Misses iii
Meade. Louisa Meade. Stanie Ad- Ct
ls. and While Bowles. Tenor and bas- J.
B.. Messrs. Dlgges. B~rockentrough, -
rrar. Morris. Cardwell. Booker n u
y
ST. JOINS CHURCH. II
The services at St. Johns church viii h
beautiful. as follows: Voluntary, We O.
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