The San Francisco call., 1895-12-24
OTHER PROTESTANT CHURCHES.

4 number of Protestant denominations
held their Christmas services last Sunday,
particularly the Presbyterians, Congre-
gationalists. Baptists and Methodists.
The Lutheran churches, however, will
generally observe the festival to-day.
The following churches will all hold
special Christmas services. Many OF them
are beautifully decorated and the Sunday
schools and the poor of the parishes will
be remembered:
Eddy and Cough streets, will celebrate Christ
mas day with divine services i'll the forenoon
at JAS and with a children's festival in the
evening, beginning at q O'Clock. While the
church will be decorated with trees and ever
green's and other emblems characteristic OF the
Christmas season, the real feature of the cele-
bratiOn will be the singing by the entire con-
gr egation OF the good old Christmas carols so
fondly cherished by the German church, the
rendering by the choir of Berdau's beautiful
composition on God so loved the world"
ana the Christmas sermon by the pastor on
Luke ii:1-15. The organist, Professor j. II.
Hargens, will open the services with the
"Gloria in ETcelsis' OF MozarVs Mass. The
Sunday-school, with a membership of over
400, will assemble in the schoolrooms at D 30
P. NJ. and at the appointed hour march into
the church in the order of the classes. The eX-
ercises will consist of an address by the pastor,
singing of Christmas songs by the school and
choir, with recita;ions on the prophecies of
Christ's coming and his birth at Bethlehem
The children Will then be dismissed by classes
to the Sunday-school rooms, where they will re-
ceive their presents, of which an immense
stock has been provided.
SWEDISH LUTHERAN CHURCH. 1889 Mission
street.-The pastor, Rev. Z. Nelander, AN,
Ph.D., Will conduct three services, as follows
Early morning service (Ottesang) 5 O'Clock;
morning service (Hogmessa) 1O:45 O'Clock;
evening service, 8 O'Clock.
The iast-named service will be held in the
English language, the pastor preaching on the
subject: 1.-The Taxing Under Cyrenius.' The
church will be elaborately decorated. A costly
frame, donated by the Young Peoples Society
for the altar painting, "The Ascension" by o.
Grafstrom, will be in readiness for these ser
vices.
Christmas is the great religious festival of
the year with the Swedish Lutherans, and on
that account to-day's services have been made
especially Interesting from a musical stand
point.
Eleventh street. - The members OF st. Mat
thew's, under the leadership OF their minister,
the Rev. II. Gehrcke, have prepared Christmas
exercises in true German style. The pretty
little church has new and beautiful altar win
dows of stained glass, and the chancel will be
decorated with a profusion of palms and
A NJ. The Rev. II. Gehrcke has chosen for his
text Titus f:11: ''For the grace OF God that
bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men"
The organist, Professor L. Was will render as
a prelude Christmas offertory. especially
appointed choir will sing appropriate music.
ST. MARKUs LUTHERAN CHURCH, O'Farrell
street, near Franklin, will celebrate the fes-
tival of Christmas in the following services:
Organ prelude (Rinck); hymn, go for Thou
sand Tongues; ''kyrie" (Reineckel: 'Gloria
Patri'' &C. Greith); "GloTa in Excelsis'' CAN'T. F.
Surianol: prayer; "Noel" (Adam); Scripture
reading; Christmas anthem (Werner); hymn
''Lord. How Shall | Be Meeting?"; sermon, "Be-
hold, Bring You Good Tidngs of Great JOY
Rev. Mr.. Fuendeling; Christmas chorus, "This
Is Faithful Saying; postlude (Bachl.
BETHLEHEM CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, Yer
mont street, near Twenty-fourth, will hold its
Christmas services on Wednesday evening, as
the pastor, Rev. W. II. Tubbs, viii officiate in
the morning at the Almshouse chapel. At
ethlehem the musical exercises will be under
the direction of Miss Emma Wilson, organist
and Miss Ethel Neal, violinist.
THE FIRST GERHAN BAPTIST CHURCH corner
of Seventh and Dehone streets, will celebrate
Christmas at P. NJ, when the school will have
a Christmas tree and Santa Claus A pro-
gramme of songs, declamations, ETC., in Ger
man will be rendered, and there win be q pre-
sentation OF gifts TO the children.
ST. JOINS PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH California
street, will hold its Christmas services next
Sunday, that will mark the advent OF Rev
Mr.. Kennedy of Seattle, recently called to fill
the pulpit made vacant by the decease OF Rev.
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