St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1894-12-27
CHRISTMAS.
At the South Church.

CuOlI, dSSlSlSu Nv w. d. ATWOOD ana
c. S. Adams, and series of readings
from Ben Hur. The pastor read
verses from the Bible about the incl
dents connected with Christ's birth
and after each verse a young lady
read selection from Ben Hur that
was right in line with the words of
the Bible. The following ladies gave
selections from Ben Hur; Miss Rus
sell, Miss Cornelia T. Fairbanks, Miss
May, Miss Albee, Miss Mcneil and
Miss Merrill. At the conclusion of
the readings the pastor madea short
address, saying that he hoped all
would make this Christmas the occa-
sion for welcoming the King into our
lives. The children then took a col
lection for the rescue work of the city
missionary in Boston, the superinten-
dent briefly explaining the great
work that is being done i'll this line.
The children were then made happy
by the distribution of candy. The
following musical programme was
rendered in the evening:
Organ Prelude in D minor, Batiste
And there were Shepherds" Williams
Solo, Christmas Song" Adams
Come ye Lofty, Come ye Lowly,"
Schneider
THE Home Light" Macy
Solo, The Birthday of a King"
Male Ouartette. Guide me, Thou
Great jehovah FIatow
Solo, GLORY to Thee, my God, this night
Meyer-Helmund
'Sing, o Heavens" Tours
Organ Postlude, Selected.
at the North Church.
At the morning service the pastor
ing the message Of the angels for his
text. The choir rendered the follow
ing musical programme:
Organ NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS." Gounod
Choir-'Hark. Hark. my Soul" Shelley
"There were Shepherds" FairIarnb
offertory-CaroI, christmas Bells"
for male and female quartettes.
Organ-Postlude, Rink
AS closing hymn the choir sang a
selection of which both the words
and the music was composed for the
occasion. The words of the hymn
were closely in line with the thoughts
of the sermon and the selection was
a fitting close to the service.
The annual children's concert in
the evening was largely attended and
the children performed their various
parts well. In the choruses the chill
dren were assisted by solos from Miss
Penniman, Mrs. F. H. Miner, Miss
Sadie Cameron and Miss Alice War
den. The exercise "The Angels Sto-
ry" was rendered, which consisted
almost entirely OF music. During the
exercise recita tions were given by
Miss Anna Somerville. Miss Annie
Day and Miss Mary Mastin. At the
| customary distribution of the beau
attended church regularly the past
year nearly 20 books were given
away. The pastor in his address
paid beautiful tributes to the absent
superintendent, Col. Fairbanks, aud
his beloved wife, speaking very ten
derly of her love for the church and
| Sunday school and her active work
in every organization connected with
the church. The choir's musical pro-
| gramme for the evening was as fol-
| lows:
Organ voluntary-"Ofertoire," Batiste
| Choir-"Like Silver Lamps" Barnby
| The Birthday of King" Neidlinger
Children's service-.The Angels Story"
| ''Naaman" by Costa
The choir was assisted by Mr.
Avery, basso. of Plymouth. N. H.
| The Methodist Church.
At Grace Methodist Episcopal
church, the exercises were appropri-
ate to the day. The decorations
were Of evergreen tastefully arranged.
The pastor preached on The Over
ture of the Angels" from Luke 2: 13,
Il. The music for the morning SER
vice was as follows:
Organ voluntary: Fantasaa aS In G F. wssgmau
W GlSry RrIoe of the whR9e1
| Organ Postlude, March in F.
In the evening large audience lis
tened to an interesting programme
| given by the Sunday school. Organ
ist Eddy played as a voluntary Le-
maigre's March Solemnelle and for a
postiude an Offertoire in D. Miss
Ethel Abbott sang very acceptably
| A Adams "Cantique de Noel" and
Mr.. Batchelder accompanied the or
| ganist in one selection upon a cornet.
At the conclusion of the programme
brief remarks were made by the pas
tor and Supt- Bailey.
On Tuesday evening two monster
Christmas trees greeted the children
| and their friends as they entered the
church. They were finely decorated
and were loaded with presents. Al
ter music, prayer was offered by Rev
7. Hamilton. The gifts were then
distributed. Among others. Rev. J
! Hamilton and wife received an ele.
CANT banquet lamp from their St
lJohnsbury friends, and Rev. Mr.. Tyris