The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-12-25
CHRISTMAS DAY SERVICES.
All DENOMINATIONS WILL W0RTHILY
CELEBRATE THE FEAST
Unnsua'ly Elaborate Preparations MaAe ~
the Catholics aud OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Music TO BE Heard mt Some Churches.

unnsna'iy Elaborate Preparations MsAe ~
the Catholics and OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Music 10 BE Heard nt some Churches.
AS Christmas Day. tho FIRST feast OF the
| Christian year. falls on q Sunday this year.
unusual efforts have been made to celebrate
| the feast worthily in tho churches OF all do
nominations. Imposing programmes OF music
| have been prepared. not only in the Roman
| Catholic and Episcopalian churches, which
observe the day tradtionally. but in the
| evangelical churches. also. special musical pro-
grammcs have been prepared and even the
Unitarian churches will join In the Christmas
carolings.
At Trinity tho rector. the Rev. DR.. Morgan
Dix. will preach. and the music will be rem
dc.cd by tho surpliccd choir Of forty male
voices. under the direction OF DR.. Messiter and
MIR. Baier Tho Trinity parish chapels will
have moro elaborate programmes than their
mother church. At st. A9ues's Chapel. In CO.
lumbns avenue. the Rev. DIR. Bradley will
preach. and the communion service will DO
Tours and CARROTS. At Trinity Chapel. West
Twcnty-hfth street. near Broadway. DIR. W. H.
Nibbert will preach and much OF the music
will be from Eyrc's morning prayer. At 81.
Paurs. at Vesey street and Broadway. tho Rev.
DR.. James Mucahey will preach. and during
tho oncrtory Gounod's oratorio, Nazareth"
will be sung in Bucks arrangement. DR..
Brown. rector OF st. Johns Chapel In varick
street. will preach at tho morning service
there. and the choir MASTER Mr.. George I,o
Jeuno. has drawn largely upon his favorite
composer. Gounod. for the music to be render
ed. Dr.. Dunnell. rector OF All Souls Church In
Henry street. has prepared an elaborate pro-
gramme for the morning service: at sc.
Michasls. in West Nincty-thir street. the
Rev. DR.. T. NJ. Peters. who has Just celebrated
the golden jubilee Of his connection with the
parish. will offlciate. and also be the preacher.
The music will be taken largely from tho
works OF Frank L. Moir. The Rev. DR.. Satter.
ss, w a prsaSh at Saysry Church
cal programme Of considerable eiaborateness.
that by
Ct St Th?mas's Church. Fifth avenue and
not soa be iSnG % The evening prayer at
changes will be rsne on the " Chimes and and
gifts will be distributed to tho children q
At the old Epiphany House. 100 Stanton
Ss 1ne sh1 T carols On the step:
and an, IN the evening as much Of the music q
the day will BIO repeated as the service viii
Mass at St. Patrisk's Cathedral will be cele.
At ! l o'clock Archbishop Corrgan will colo
pirate solemn ,ppntical high mass. The Rey.
!. A. Halpin. $. j., of st. Francis Xavier's will
!hs assist, will tS be
organ ut high mass ut st. SteDhen's 8. in East
Twenty eighth street. At st Leos. in the
same street. Father Ducey will preach. and
choir and orchestra. unde Mr.. ]. J.. Bonn. will
render the music Of the high mass.
Dr. Klein. orgnnist and the Rev. J. B; Young.
ysy
IN West Sixteenth street. which will be sung
bya mai" quintet and a choir Of men and boys.
eighth street and Fifth avenue. will he largely
musical: the selections will be rendered by a
quartet and a chorus Of TWENTY-FIVE men and
boys. The Rev. Dr. Macarthur will preach at
both boil, services In the Calvary Baptist Church.
enth avenues. and special song service will
be rendered The Sunday school children OF
the parish will! be present Mt the morning
eervice. and will cling the carols. The Rev. Dr..
Messiah. Park avenue and Thirty-fourth
street. and an interesting programme OF
music has been arranged by Mr.. ThomRs,
director. who will have a double quartet q
so!oist and string quartet to interpret It.
At Cooper Tpos this evening the Rev Dr.
dered.
In Brooklyn. too no less than in this city the
churches OF all denominations will celebrate
evangelical churches. to a greater degree than
In this city. seem to be making much OF the
day.
Comparatively few social events will take
place to-day. Almost everything Of the sort
will be the Christmas festival OF the Children
y the st ,Gs." to be held this evening In Tony
PASTORS Theatre.