Daily Kennebec journal., 1894-12-24
g. House, A. c. Hall. Georgia F. Rideout
St. Mays.

Advent, the services at St Mary's were in
keeping with that solemn occasion. Rev.
u. W. Doherty took his text from Luke.
% chapter and 9Th verse, EVERY valley
snail be filled and every mountain and
NIL shall be brought low; and the crooked
SNAIL pe made straight, and the rough
ways Shall be made smooth y He adjusted
tne text along the lines of human life and
drew illustrations from it, He spoke of
ohrist coming into the world to save sin
ners, and that by following His teaching
we would derive that blessedness which
renders US happy. The altar was decora-
ted in remembrance of the occasion and
IN the evening vesper service was held.
The special services will be held, Christ
mas day. at St Mary's, and preparation
are being made for fine music.
St. Marks.
The services at ST. Marks were not of
a special nature, but Christmas day servi-
ces will be held both morning and even
ing. Hymns number 8, 43, 344 and 675
were sung and Rev. A. w. Snyder
preached from "When the Saviour comes
will He find faith in the earth?' He
dwelt upon the preparation for the COM
ing OF Christ and made impressive men
tion of the word "when,' drawing Illus
trations that were especially interesting
and to the point.
Unitarian Church.
A heavy wreath of evergreen extended
all around the casing of the church and
the pulpit and railing in front of the or
gan were trimmed with it. The musical
programme was as follows:
Carol--"Ring the Christmas Bells"
Anthem-"Hark, What Mean Those Lowiy
Anthem, ,"while Shepherds Watched Their
Carol-"Babe of Bethlehem" Marston
Anthem-"B Bethlehem" H. N. Bartlett
Darol-"In Excelsis Gloria" G. w. Warren
Hymn-"It Came Upon the Midnight Clear"
The singers were: Miss Robinson,
soprano; Miss Turner, alto c. H. Black
ington, tenor; H. P. Lowell, bass; with
Mrs P. J. Myrick, organist. Rev. E. E.
Newbert delivered fine sermon and his
text was as follows: GA Divine Discon-
tent Luke ii IA; son earth peace, good
will to men; Matt x:34.
In the evening carol service was rem
dered, in which the following little girls
took part: Ruby True, Grace Little, Cert
rude Newbert, Myrtle Fisher Ruby Con-
nor, Millie Fish and Ella Snowdeal.
Methodist Church.
The services at this church were very
largely attended. The pastor, Rev. G. S.
Cummings preached mastery sermon
from "And saw a new heaven and new
earth, for the first heaven and the first
earth were passed away Revelation xiii.
The following special musical pro-
gramme was very finely rendered by the
regular choir: Mrs. H. S. Marden,
soprano; Miss Jennie Sumner. contralto;
Mr. Fred Moorlen, tenor; Mr.. j. W. Beck,
bass and director; Miss Florence Fuller,
organist
Doxolopy. Choir and Congregation
Anthem-"Arise; Shine, for Thy Light 1t is is
Come" u. DUCK
Hymn-."Joy to the World, the Lord aora,tfas Has
Come" Choir and Congregation
Anthem-"The Birthday of King"
Choir.
Hymn, Choir and c0ng,sgation wssbsn
Congregational Church.
The pulpit was decorated with holly
and a large number attended the services
Rev. J. S. Williamson preached from the
following text:
Matt. IS, Freely you have received,
freely give
The musical programme was as follows
"rhe City's Hum was flushed and STILL y p.v
"rhere's Song in the Air." Halcomb
Calm on the Listening Ear of Night, !. F. Gould
at Came Upon the Midnight Clear r.,,.
Mrs. F. W. Chase, Miss Flora Cross, u.
r Hawes and o. S. Smiley were the sing
erS. and IrOI. f1dTt pICoiuoA "o '--S -
In the evening Christmas Sunday school
concert was given in the vestry, which was
very attractively decorated with holly and
evergreen wreaths, while suspended over
tbe platform was golden colored star
representing the Star Of the East The
nroaramme for the evening was as FOL
lows:
uvmn 11s. Sunday school book.
Lords prayer (standingJ cchool
Sn;s,ssap;yng1..The Promised Morn"
Singing Miss Johnson's class
,od;nu Miss Dinslow's class
Hynn-"Emmanuel," ,..-;. Doro,dson
Recitation, .. Christ- child"
Scripture reading, ,;ss U;,der,s class
Mrs Townsends class, Miss Wlloer oi"s'
Hvmn-"Merrily Onward" ,.,,n,c class
Exercise, y
Hymn."Aao"n 'ne Ae''' Mabel Rand
Recitation,
Hon. ]. W. Bradbury made lew re-
n,arks on the Bible and what 1t meant 70
be a Christian which were listened to at
tentively and with interest. Rev. }. ;.
Williamson also made few brief re-