The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-12-26

master. Long and ardnous work of prepa-
ration on the part Of ali in the Choir ia.
D~rh rewarded by the noble results al
tanned yesterday. The rector preached =
sermon appropriate 70 the day from the
And the word vss made flesh and
u"eis among an. and we behegd His glory.
.e siory as OF the only begotfen of tie
rstaer. fuii Of grace and truth." John IA.
nation
The music at Trinity Episcopal church
~ 'he morning was again very fine and
We astendancs large. although nearly
e'ery commitment had been at midnight
H1ss the night before. Mrs. Whittiesey.
Nno has q beautiful voice. sang IS an
ent'o's solo to communion servIce the old
ahahen, Glory 10 God in the Highest, -
aha tue oHerfory solo, sHarkl the Herald
nhsels Sing." was sung by Mrs L. u.
Drums The remaining feature OF the
singing vas the rendIng Of the soprano
soios OF the anthems by Frank Loshe,
whose voice Is q clear treble still. The
usual vested choir Was assisted by several
anxiiariss- Dean Watson preached a
speclai Christmas sermon. There were no
evening services.
one OF the most interesting of the nanv
ifee church entertainments given in the
evening vas the beautiful chl!dren's
Christmas csntata. King Winter" at the
First NJ. Z. church. This cantata de-
scrsoes the result OF the effort Of Kirg
winter and the other Fairyland person
AGES dear TO children 70 cooperate With
Santa Caaus in giving the children an ideal
chrstmas, and contains some of the most
beautiful music ever written by the au-
thor, L. o. Emerson.
ine stage had been raised behind the
pulpit and had been covered with white
cloth and strings Of white popcorn. A
proiusion Of white cotton batting also had
been used to make a wintry prospect The
Characters were all appropriately dressed,
and the cantata went through without a
hitch. The solos were sung with good eff
feet, and the chorus showed no lack OF
training. The leading role, King Winter,
was taken by VI. NJ. Grout. His solo. 'sTell
the Glorious Tale of Old" was extremely
Well sung. Z. l. Blaine, who was one of
the most tsreless workers for the success.
OF the affair, took the part of Santa Clans.
his dress was exactly according to the
standard set by the little believers In Santa
Claus and his actions 30 dignIfed that
when, after the play was over, he stepped
out before the curtain to talk with q friend.
two little children who had believed him
the genuine old ST. Nick were so
disappointed at discovering he was
not that they burst into tears.
The part of the Queen of Slumber
was taken by Miss Lille v. Axtell As
Dream Fairy, Miss Nellie HuckIns sang
the alto solo Father, o Hear Us" In a
manner that called for much applause
from the audience. Mirth. personated by
Miss Title Atwood, sang beautifully the
contralto solo "Your Christmas Day
Would Soon Decay" Joy was
personated By Miss r. L. Feb
rem. One of the prettiest features
OF the entertainment was the singing of
the duet Ere the Morn with Seraph
Choirs." by Miss Rose Cole as Love, and
Miss Annie Wood as Hope The chill
dren's choruses were splendid. but owing
TO several unforeseen accidents the young
men and young women's chorus showed q
little lack of preparation.
The church was fairly jammed with one
OF the largest audiences il has contained
this year.
At the First Baptist church In the even
ing Christmas tree for the Sunday school
children was given. There were no ex-
pensive gifts. each child receiving only an
equal share of the confectionery, fruit and
nuts hung on the tree. There
were, however, some substantial pres
ents for the poor of the city, which
were not hung on the tree. but heaped AT
| its foot. These were donations of -four.
sugar. coffee and other staple groceries,
| clothing. household utensils and money.
| from the people OF the church. The goods
will be distributed free of charge TO the
| church this morning TO the proper per-
sons. There was musical aud literary
| programme. the most interesting part oi
| which was the dialogue. Three Little Old
Maids" given by three very little maids.
At Taylor Congregational church a large
tree brilliant with candles aud tinsel was
| erected. There were no costly gifts upon
| the tree. only candy, nuts and popcorn
| for all children present. Each one OF the
| Sunday school classes brought to the
| church TO be given to the poor large
basket OF food, clothing. etc. The mus
| cal aud literary portion OF the entertain.
ment was good, especially Hsndel's chorus
Unto Us q Child Is Born" by the whols
| Sunday school,
| mere were christmas trees IN noth tne
| First and Second Presbyterian churche:
in the evening, with singing. recitation,
| and fancy exercises by the younger Sun.
day school scholars. Grace II. T.. church
| also had sn evening entertainment of the
same kind, gotten up by the Sunday
| school
| The Sunday school of the Second Meth
odist Protestant church held their services
| commemorative of the birth of the
| worlds Redcemer on Saturday evening
| The church had been handsomely deco
rated for the occasion by the committee
| having the matter in hand. The follow
| ing programme of exercises was success
| fully rendered by the school. under The
| direction OF Mrs. X. c. Ward, after which
| came the distribution OF presents from
| the Christmas tree: Prayer. by the pas
| tor, Rev. J. Shepherd; song. Merry
| Christmas, by the school, recitation
| "0ld SAINTS Claus" Francis Gilmore
| Shoemaker John. infant class; Claire
| Warts" Claire Harmon; Remember th'
| Poor" the school; recitation, Dillis G
| Knapp: recitation. class of seven boys
! recitation, class OF seven girls; song
Gerty and Ethel Braid; recitation, Pic
COLA" Vera Thompson: song. Ethe
/ Kirby: recitation, Holly Rees ans
| Blanche Graham; Lutte Jack Frost,
infant class; The Spirit OF Christmas,