The San Francisco call., 1895-12-24
EPISCOPALIAN CHURCHES.

All the Episcopalian churches will hold
Christmas services tomorrow, which will
include one or more celebrations of Holy
Communion, as we'll as morning PRAYER
and sermon.
At Trinity Church the chancel is deco
rated.with fir trees, tall palms, large stars
and crowns of English holly. The altar
decorations consist of evergreens and clus-
ters of golden-colored chrysan:hemums
st. Luke's Church is very elaborately dec
grated. All the windows are wreathed in
evergreens and crimson berries, and the
pillars are entwined with evergreens and
surmounted by alternate crosses, and
crowns. The long festoons of fir in the
chancel form two st. Andrew crosses, and
the altar decorations consist of a white
floral cross, surmounted by a star of gas
Jets.
All the Episcopalian churches in the
City are being decorated many of them as
ela3orately as the two above mentioned
The Christmas cheer of the poor in the
various parishes has not been neglected
Some OF the churches are celebia ating the
season by holding "nanger services" at
which the well-to-do children of the par
ish deposit gifts for poor children and
orphans in manger erected in the church
The services in some of the Eplscopalian
churches tomorrow will be as follows:
GRACE CHURCH, on California street, will have
morning prayer, with celebration of holy COM
munion and sermon by the Right Rev. Bishop
Nichols. The music at the mathis service will
consist of: Professional, 90, Come. all We
faithful; "Te Deum," in fiat (Dr. Kimbail
"Jubilate," i'll c (Schilling) arranged by w H
Holt; At the celebration of holy communion
the following music will be sung, under the
direction OF the organist William II. Holt
"Kyrie" and "Gloria," in G CTallis); offertory
tenor solo, "Noel' (AdaIn); unaccompanied
panied chorus, 'Let anthems of praise to the
heavens ascend'' Charles H. GabrieD; ''Sanc-
tus" Qayior); "Gloria in Excelsis," plain
chant service; occasional; organ postlude,
THE CHURCH OF THE ADVENT Eleventh street,
near Market, will have holy communion at z
A. NJ, as well as holy communion with full
choral service at Ii A. NJ, and sermon by the
rector Rev. John A. Emery. Then will follow
Communion hymn, lHQdgesl; "Agnus Dei,'
cessional 40, come, all ye faithfup'; "venite, y
fRobinson); "Te Deum," (Hopkins); "Jubi-
late !Gar1Teett; hymn, "Hsrk; the herald
@Yei @ieria sTiE Tibp GARRETT; "dfedo (Bes ymR
"Shout the glad tidings"; offertoriur, ''Hark
what mean those holy voices?'; presentation,
(Anon.); "sursum Corda" (Camidge); "sanctus'
(stainer); "Benedictus" (Adamsl; "Nunc Di-
mittis''; professional, "Once in Royal David S
city," The music will be under the direction
OF Henry Kirke White Jr.
ST. STEPHENS Episcopal CHURCH will hold
early celebration of the holy communion at z
A. NJ; morning prayer and second celebration
at IL A.. d., with sermon by the Rev. Z. J. Lion,
rector The music will be under the direction
of the organist and choir-master, Roscoe
Warren Lucy, and will be sung by re-enforced
choir of twenty voices. Miss Jennie Wilcox
will sing the offertory and the soloists during
the service will be Miss Mary Crittenden, Miss
Lies aud Miss Igo and Messrs. Nowlan, Martin
and Bird. The IL o'clock service will be as fol-
lows: Organ voluntary (HandeD, opening an
them (William Reed), solo and chorus; hymn,
'.Hark, the Herald Angels" (MendeIssohn);