The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-28

Elaborate Music IN the k'chE ave.
nue. Baptist ard First and Second
Presbyterian Churches.
The final church Christmas services
and special music peculiar to the day
took place yesterday III the Elm Park
Methodist, First Presbyterian, Second
Presbyterian. St. Luke's, and Penn
Avenue Baptist churches in the central
city, and in severa! churches in the
North End and West Side sections.
Possibly the most elaborate pro-
gramme of Christmas music ever rem
dered in Scranton was that of Elm
Park church. II was entirely of feS-
tival character, the greater part being
in the evening when the singers were:
The regular quartette, Miss Wolfe, SO
prano; Miss Van Dervoort, contralto;
Mr.. Wooler. tenor. ana Mr.. Thomas,
baSso: j. Alfred Pennington. organist
and director: Mrs. J. II. Page, soprano;
Miss Julia Allen. viOlinist; LlcWellyn
Jones, pianist, and Il chorus of girls.
The Ginning of Christmas carols by the
bells in the tower preceded each SER
vice.
The evening programme consisted of
an organ prelude. Offertory and post
lude by Mr.. Pennington, two hymns.
three anthems by the quartette, four
carols by the girls chorus, Il soprano
solo by Miss Wolfe, Il contralto solo by
Miss Van Dervoort, Il bass solo by Mr.
Thomas, a tenor solo 10y Mr.. Wooler, II
violin solo by Miss Allen, and Il ladies'
trio by Miss Wolfe, Miss Van Dervo"rt
and Mrs. Page.
The programme i'm the First 'reshy-
tcrian church was postponed week
ago owing to the illness of some of the
singers but was given yesterday with
marked success. In the choir We're:
Sopranos. Miss Elizabeth Thomas, Miss
Phoebe Smith. Miss Margaret Torrey:
altos. Miss Lille Joseph, Miss May
Kinrsbury: tenors, William limerick.
Thomas Abraham; bassos, Isaac Post,
William Jessup, ir. The music was di-
rected by Reeve Jones. Miss Florence
Richmond was organist.
PENN AVENUE CHURCH.
At the Penn Avenue Baptist church
there We're three services. morning. af-
Christmas addresses by the pastor Rev.
nr. Joseph *. Dixon. A handsomely
designed printed programme was val
ucd souvenir of the day. Its title page
contained Il copy of 'Christmas Bells.
one of Blackfield's famous paintings.
ard its interior pages were most at
tractive. An inspiring music service
VAS rendered during the day under the
direction of Chorister &. +. Whittcmore.
The afternoon meeting included sing
ing and exercises by the Sabbath school.
The music programme morning and
evening consisted of five anthems in
which there We're solos by Miss Mar
garet Jones, Morris Thomas, Mr.. Whit
tcmor" the Misses Rose. Mr.. Airey and
Mr.. l!ebcrling; four carols, Il tenor
solo 10y Joshua John, Il solo 10y Mrs.
Lizzie Hughes Erundage, Il cuntralto
solo by Miss Jones. Il bass solo and Il
ladies' trio.
Music of unusual merit was heard
in the Second Presbyterian church
morning ami evening under the di1c
tion of, j. NJ. Chance, choirmaSter and
orGanist. In the morning there We're
two anthems with solos, an organ pre-
ludc, oifertory ana postlude, a contralto
solo by Miss Garagan, and a tenor
solo by Mr.. Beynon, with Il violin OBJ
ligato by Walter kiple. \ feature OF
the evening music was II Cantata "Thc
Holy Child' by Thomas Adams. sung
by the quartette ana full choir. The
cantala was distinctly choral in its
composition ana very beautiful.
TRINITY LTTHEi.AN
Wei arranged programmes of music
were credtably rendered at the two SER
vices in Trinity Lutheran church un-
der the direction of T.. II. Protheroe,
organist. The soloists We're Miss a. T..
Scheuer Llcwellyn Jones. Miss Minerva
Hopp. William j. Davies. a. +. Scheuer
and Miss Croft. The choir was com
posed of: Sopranos, Miss \. f..
Scheuer. BESSIE croft, Rose Huber,
and Bessie Schive: altos. Minerva
Hopp. Abbie Orff and Lizzie Messner:
tenors, II. Seibert. William J. Davies
and ID. j. Davies: bassos, II. j. Schu-
bert. Llewellyn Jones and II. II.
Brader.
In st. Luke's Episcopal church the
music was of a special character, al
though the main programme was rem
dered on Christmas day. Among the
morning selections was a tenor solo by
David stevens. and in the evening he
and y. H. Warren sang in duett Be
hold | Bring You Good Tidings." All
chosen andwere correspondngly we'll
chosen and We're correspOndingiy we'll
rendered. The Sabbath school exercises
.,l
place tonight and will be- participated
in jointly by the scholars of the mother
parish and the missions of Olive street,
South Side. and Olyphant.
At the Washburn Street Prcsbyter-
ian church large congregations attend
ed the morning and evening service.
The decorations of smilax and holly
boughs about the pulpit and choir gal
lcry presented Il very pleasing appear
ance. The pastor, Rev. John +. MOfiat,
preached at the morning service on the
TOPIC Good Tidngs of Great JOY
The large choir showed careful training
in their very creditable rendition q: all
the musical numbers. Pleasing solos
were given by Mr.. David Baynham and
a. j. Harber. The solo, bending DER
a Cradle Low" by Mrs. Jayne with vio-
lin obligato by Professor Bauer. was
one of tha most pleasing numbers of
the day. The solos 10y Miss Sailer were
rendered in her usual excellent man
ner. Edwin Bowen is always a favoritc
with this congregation and his singing
| and that of Mrs. Boston-W Williams and
Mrs. Calliins was UP to their usual high
standard. The choir was fortunate in
securing the valuable assistance of
Professor X. j. Bauer. whose playing
added much to the pleasure of the
musical service.
MIR. MOFFAT'S SERMON.
The pastors evening tonic was God
was in Christ Reconciling the World