The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-12-27
YESTERDAYS SERVICES.

II. Dale.
YESTERDAYS SERVICES.
The music at yesterdays two SER
vices was elaborate in choice and dis
played the well known talent Of the
! church quartette and ]. Alfred Pen
nington, the organist. The evening
| service was almost wholly of music.
| Every seat in the church was occu-
! pied.
At the Penn Avenue Baptist church
| there were special services morning
and evening and at 2 O'clCCN the sun
| day school and congregation united.
! The pastors choir, forty children;
| John 7. Watkins. Miss Jones, Mrs.
! Brunduge and a chorus participated in
the rlusic. THE Meaning of Bethle-
hem was the evening topic of the
pastor, Rev. DR.. Joseph *. Dixon.
| The beautiful decorations Of the
church, the grandeur of the ceremonies
and the superior quality of the music
| tended to make this years Christmas
| celebration at the cathedral one of the
most elaborate in its history. The
beautiful and stately interior was a
| maze of evergreen and smlaX, while
| the already beautiful altars of marble
and onyx and the richly furnished
sanctuary We're veritably a dazzling
| sight one hundred cut Gala lilies,
| with a back ground of smilaX were
among the wealth of decorations on
the main altar At the gospel side of
the sanctuary was a representation of
the Stable of bethlehem with life-si2e
figures of the Infant Savior, the Virgin
Mary, Saint Joseph, the shepherds ard
the sheep and cattle. This and the
decorations will remain in place during
| the holidays.
Ten masses were celebrated Christ
mas morning on the main altar, Rev.
]. A. O'Reilly being celebrant at three,
| Rev. =. ]. Cough at three, Bishop
Hoban at three, and Bishop O'Hara at
one The first mass at ; o'clock was a
solemn high mass, Rev. Father O'Reil-
ly being cclebrart; Rev Il. j. Mac
Godrick, deacon; Rev. p. j. Cough,
sub deacon, and Rev. ]. J. y. FeeleY,
master of ceremonies. Rev. Father
O'Reilly preached a brief sermon on
the significance Of the day.
PONTIFICIAL HIGH MASS.
The last mass at 10 O'Clock was a
solemn pontifical high mass, Bishop
O'Hara participating in cope and
mitre His deacons of honor We're Rev.
F. =. McNally and Rev. d. a. Dunn.
Bishop HOban was celebrant; Rev. ID.
j. MacGoldrck, arch-priest; Rev NJ.
w. LOTUS, deacon; Rev. L. ]. Cough,
sub-deacon and Rev. j. j. l}. FecIey,
master of ceremonies, Rev. Father
MacGoldrick preached the sermon.
The full church choir, under the di-
rection of Prof. Schilling and accom-
panied by Bauer's orchestra, sang the
sublime and inspiring Gilsin's military
mass.
Yesterday morning at 1890 o'clock a
solemn high mass was sung by the
newly ordained Rev. Thomas Leonard
of the West Side. Rev. Father LOTUS
was dracon: Rev. Father Cough, sub
deacon; Rev. Father Feeley, master OF
ceremonies. Rev. +. p. McNally
preached the sermon.
A feature Of the Christmas Celebra-
ton ut St Patrick's church, Jackson
street was the music at the 9 o'ClOcl
or chill lrens mass. IT consisted of Sc.
leCted anthems i'm English and Latin
Holy Night" and "Venite Adoremus'
among them, rendered by a chorus 0l
fifty young pupils of St, PatriCk's Pa
rCchal school, accompanied by an or,
chestra Of mandolins, guitars ana vio
Inns ana the grand organ, the inStru,
mentalsts also being children from the
school. 4 solemn high mass was cele
mated at 1890 O'Clock, the celebranU be-,
ing Rev. Thomas Leonard, and thi,
being his first mass Rev. j. b. Whelar
assisted him and preached the sermon
, The choir sang Leas' mass and at the
offertory Miss Harriet Ward, with or
gan accompaniment by Miss Anna
Durltn, rendered a violin solo. At the
conclusion Of the mass the family ant
friends of the new priest received hi!
, special blessing at the altar railing.
, At St. Pauls church, Grern Ridge
there were five masses, the prncina
mass at 10 o'clock being high mass
at which the pastor, Rev. z, j. Nc
Manus vas ceebrant ana preacher
The music was of exceptional meri
and the church was beautifully deco
rated
, ST JOHNS CHURCH.
At the 1880 o'clock mass i'm St Johns
church, Fig street, the choir sang Bar
tholomew's mass in + Hat under tn
! direction of Prof. +. Z. Southworth
Miss Kate Reardon presided at the or
gan and Cusick's orchestra also as
sisted. The solo parts were sustaine,
by Misses Katie V, Donahoe, Kate Ma
liza, Lizzie Durkln, Bessie Burns, Wini
fred G. Melvin, Mary Murray, Mar!
McTigue, Katie DurlIin and John Troy
John Courtney, James Mangan, Johl