Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-21
Joyous Strains Will Be Heard To-
morrow in Many Churches.
CHOIRS AUGMENTED FOR TIE OCCASION
Programs Arranged for the Sig
nificant Celebrations.
WHERE THEY WILL OCCUR

wSiie the great religious festival of
Christmas is generally observed by all
Christian denominations with joyous and
significant pomp and ceremony. 1t has be-
come the custom in many of the churches
other than those of the Roman Catholic and
Episcopal persuasions to hold the services
peculiar to the celebration Of the anniver-
sary of the natal day of the Savior upon the
Sunday preceding the week day upon whica
the festival will fall. This custom will be
followed il many OF the Washington
churches and below will be found a descrip-
ton of Christmas services that will be held
tomorrow:
Presbyterian.
First Presbyterian Church, AZ street be-
| tween street and Indiana avenue, Rev. B.
Sunderland, DID,, Rev. Adolos Allen. Rev.
T. De Witt Talmage, DID,. pastors.-In ad-
dition to usual hymns for choir and congre-
cation on the Sunday before Christmas the
choir will render the following anthems at
morning and evening services: Break Forth
Into Joy, DIR. Chas. Vincent; There Were
Shepherds, Sydenham; Wise Men From the
East, oDr. Chas. Vincent The choir Is COM
director; Mrs. w. L. Wilson. soprano; Miss
Emma Brock, contralto; H. o. Simons, ten
or, and Frank L. Ward, organist.
Feck Memorial Church, 2Sth and NJ streets
special Christmas services will be augment
ed by extra Christmas music. The boys
choir consists of Ross Beach, Harry Kauf
| man, VIM. Mutchler Otto Heitmueller, Geo.
Schaffer, Jos. Gross. Edw. klock, Fred.
Meyers and Clinton Scott, with Mr. A. Bren-
ton Barringer conductor. The music to
be rendered will be as follows: l. A process
sional hymn. Herald Angels, Mendelssohn.
by choir. =. Anthem, Hank, Through the
Solemn Night, Harris, choir. B. Christmas
carol All Glory to God in the Highest,
Ba1hus, choir. 4. Baritone solo. Night of
Nights. Mr.. A. B. Barringer. 5. Soprano
solo. Jerusalem, Mrs. Florence L. Bar
ringer. g. Recessional hymn, by choir.
and Maryland avenue northeast, Rev.
Thomas Chalmers Easton, pastor-11 am,
music as follows: Hail to the Happy. the
Glorious Morn. by NJ A. Melvil: Te Deum
festivaD. by Dudley Buck; Hank, What
Mean These Holy Voices? ]. Weigand; o
Come All Ye Faithful by L. Novello; Miss
King, by w. H. Neidlinger; Mr.. Mellis.
tenor solo, Fear Ye Not, . Israel, by Dud-
ley Buck; DR.. Barnes. bass solo, Nazareth,
by Gounod. Choir: Sopranos Misses Mich
olson, Hutton and Mote and Mrs. Carson;
altos, Misses McCabe. Miller, Hopkins and
Lendeur; tenors. Messrs. Mellis, Shedd and
Zimmerman; bassos. Messrs. Cole, Hop
k!ns and Barnes. Organist, Mrs. ]. L.
Shedd; assistant organ.st. Miss Inez Smith.
Western Presbyterian Church. H street
above 10TH, Rev. Howard Wilbur Ennis.
pastor-11 am, voluntary. Offertory, d
illlHOT, balSte, anthem, JOY TO the w ORD,
Palmer; doXology; invocation and saluta-
ton; Old Testament lesson; anthem, with
soprano and bass solos, Christians, Awake,
Warren. Miss Hardness and Mr.. Sutton;
chlldren's Sermonette. Gods Christmas
Gift; hymn; New Testament lesson; prayer;
offertory. soprano solo, While Shepherds
Watched Their Flocks by Night, Mario,
Miss Annie S. Hardness; sermon. The Tri-
umph of the Ages. solo, duet and chorus,
The Prince of Peace Clare: prayer: hymn;
benediction; postlude, Trumphal March,
| Buck. 7:30 pm, voluntary. Andanla,
Quartet in F, Haydn; anthem. Sing, o
Heavens, Tours; dCxoloSy; invocation;
Apostles Creed; Gloria; Scripture lesson;
barytone solo, The Birthday Of a King.
Neidlingar; the pastor; prayer; offertory,
anthem. Calm on the Listening Ear of
Night, Holden; sermon, The Advent of the
Messiah. Illustrated by stereopticon repro
auctions of master paintings: solo and
chorus See Amid the Winters Snow,
Wand prayer: benediction; postlude, Allie
gro and Presto Fifth organ Concerto),
Handel Chorister. Mr.. Robert G. Sutton;
organist, Mr.. Harry G. kimball.
Methodist Episcopal.
Hamline Church. corner 9th and streets
northwest Rev. E. 8. Todd, pastor.-Serv-
Ice. IL am. Prelude, Offertory in G, Wely,
organist, Prof. Otis D. Swett Magnifcat,
Stearns, solosts, Misses Ida O'Neal. Emma
Williams and Mr.. ]. Walter Humphrey;
hymn 1872. Jubilate Dec, E fiat Corbin; hymn
1855; offertory. Spring Song, Mendessohn,
Prof. SWEET; offertory. bass solo, Fear Not
Ye. Israel, Dudley Buck, Mr.. j. Walter
Humphrey; hymn 1873, Gloria; postlude,
Tocoata and Fugue in d minor, ]. s. Bach
Service, $50 pm: Prelude, Sketch In B fiat,
Crossley, Prof SWEET; Christmas Anthem
Shelley, soloists, Ladies' Quartet Misses
NJ. Julia Turner. Daisy O'Neal, Emma Will
Jams and Anna B. Bush; hymn 1874: quartet,
Lamb of God, Still Keep Me, Schneider
Misses Turner and Williams, Messrs. Rose
and Humphrey; hymn 100; offertory, Offer
tory in d HAT, Bruce, Prof. SWEET; offertory.
soprano solo, Miss Ida O'Neal, A Dream Of
Bethlehem, Rodney; violin .obligato. Mr..
Brooke Amss; hymn 1S7, Gloria Postludium
in d, Gustav Merkel, sopranos, Misses NJ.
Julia Turner Ida O'NeaI, Daisy O'Neal.
Reinohl, Mesdames NJ. A. Wertz, Madye
Shea, and Benjamin Durfee; altos, Misses
Emma Williams, Bertha Grossart, Nellie
Hawke, Flora Bell, Jacyntha Judson, Anna
b. Bush. Mamie Clear and Emily H. Rose;
teEors. Messrs. E. j. Febrey, Ed. Playter
Phillip Gottwals and Paul F. Grove; bassos,
Messrs. ]. Walter Humphrey. Earnest r.
Humphrey DIR. George b. Corey, Raymond
Moulton. f. l.. Harres, William Alburger
Winner Reinohl, R. B. Saunders and Harry
Bushby. Prof. ]. Arthur Rose. director.
metropolitan Memorial Church, corner Az
and streets northwest. Rev. Hugh John
ston, pastor.-Morning: Organ, Nazareth,
GounodW estbrook; anthems Let Us Now
Go Even Unto Bethlehem, Hatton; There
Adam Buck; organ, Grand Chorus Bubois
Evening: Organ. Larghetta from Concerto
in D, Mozart, anthems, From the Eastern
Skies. Schneider; Sing, o Heavens, Tours
Silent Night, Hallowed Night, Becker; organ
postlude from Noel, Saint-Saens. Mrs. w.
S. Gibson. soprano; Miss Matte Gray, alto;
Mr.. A. j. Marsh, tenor; Mr.. Warren W.
Rich, bass and leader, and Mr.. Wilbur F.
DaleS, organiSt.
Foundry Church, corner 14th and streets
northwest, Rev. Oliver A. Brown, pastor
II am: Organ voluntary, Gloria Patria.
Hymn No. 1873. Prayer. Morning lesson.
Solo. While Shepherds Watch Their Flocks,
L. Mario, Mr.. Emory Wilson. Offertory.
Hymn No. 1Ss. Sermon by pastor, Rev.
Oliver A. Brown. Solo, Night Of Night Van
de Water). Miss Grace Altschu. Hymn No.
1872 Doxology and benediction. Organ post
IL de. Mr. Frank A Wilson, precentor; Mr.
William X. Cohen, organist, and Mr.. George
H. Chandlee, cornetist.
Grace Church, corner 9th and S streets
| northwest, Rev. Watson Case, pastor.-Di-
rector, Prof. w. ]. Stephens; organist, Miss
Virginia Emory. Choir: Sopranos, Mrs.
Frank Simpson, Miss Edith Gibson, Miss
Mai v. Isel; altos. Mrs. w. J. Stephens, Miss
Eva Terry, Miss Hattie Loveless; tenors
Mr.. w. ]. Stephens, Mr. Frank Simpson, Mr..
Thomas G. Young; bassos, Mr.. H. G. Isel