The times., 1897-11-25
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MT Heath, the First Assistant Post
master General, will help eat big turkey
in conlpany with his wife and u few
| friends, at hls home, No. 1900 Connecticut
avenue.
| Commissioner Evans, Of the Pension or
flee, is living ut the Ebbitt House. and il
is here he will indulge in a Thanks giving
| feast.
During the day services appropriate to
| the occasion will be held in the PRINCIPAL
churches
At st. Aloysius Church, at 9oclcck. op-
portunity will occur OF witnessing u mill.
tary mass. In this country the ccreEnrny
has been performed but four or five times,
and then only in churches in charge of
the Jesuit fathers
The forms oil the military mass ad their
origin in the days when the Catholic re-
lision was that OF the world, when it was
customary To offer up the holy sacri-
flee on the field of battle Il S q thaRksgiv-
leg victory, or requiem for those fallen
in the fight. As thank giving act it WI
be performed today, the GonZaga Cadets
representing the military element The
battalion of three companies will form
outside the church, and at the word Of
| command will march in through the cen
ter or main doer, preceded by the drum
corps, which Will march up the middle
aisle and take position at it's head.
When the cadet corps is in place in
frrnt OF the sanctuary, the company
ficers will be or the right Of the altar:
the non-Conmissioned staff, cOlors, colcr-
guard and company sergeants OH tine left.
the first company in two rows aligned
befoTe the altar rail; the drum curpF at
the head OF the center aisle: the se.und
company in the rght-hand aisle, and The
third in theleft, After entering the ca lrch,
no commands are given by the voice, sig
nals being used entirely. Under arms, tile
military cap is worn during mass.
When all are in position parade res
is signaled, until the priest goes up the
steps to the altar, when the companies
kneeI. Throughout the mass tile com
panies remain either kneeling or stand
ing. At the benedicton the whole bat
talon remains kneeling mtn tile last gos-
pei, when at the signal parade rest"
the companies again stand up, and so re-
main until the priest and his attendants
have left the sanctuary. The battalion is
marched OUT Of the churchin Iniiitar order
During the celebration OF the military
mass Archbishop Martinelli, the papal dele
gate, wearing the robes or office. VIII be
enthroned in the sanctuary The sermon
viii be delivered by Rev. William 0 o'Brien
Pardow, S. ].
The sesSiunmeeting of Gunton Temple
Memorial Presbyterian Church has ex-
tended invitations to the neighborine
churches TO unite in a Thanksgiving service
at 10 O'Clock, and the Fifteenth Street
Methodist Episcopal Church was selected as
the place OF worship, with Dr. Fiske as the
preacher for the occasion.
The church has been attractively ana
uniquely decorated for the service. Mr..
Roessle, OF the Arlington Hotel, has fur
nIshed Virginia holly and other ereenery :.
namely, corn on the stalk, wheat in the
smear and various other vegetables. A five
loot star, made OF corn, has been suspended
over the pulpit and grapes, oranges. bananas
and other fruit viii appear among the
tesiooHs Fowls ia tlIa feather win be used
as symbol OF the day.
Kew Dr. Talma ge win preach an apDrn-
pirate discourse at the First PRESBYTERIAN
Church at IL O'Clock. The quartet choir
VIII render special music The church
viii be decorated with specimens of obc
harvests of the North and South.
choral service VIII he given by the
choir of The First Congregation Church
corner Tenth and streets northwest a,
II O'Clock. Under the leadership of DR.
j. W Eiscfofr, organist, the following
program viii be rendered "Americ, :,
invocation, anthem, 'Oh, Lord. How Man
ifold," BaRaby; contraito solo The IIea ven.
" Song" Gray: chorus, And the Glory of
| Tr1
duet, soprano and tenor, 'The Iord is Nv
Light Buck chorus, Thanks Be to God
from Mendelssohn's s "Eliiah:' sermon nv
The pastor; offertory, anthem, 'Grander
Than Oceans Story" Costa quartet. 'CoJra
Intc Nc !" Godnod la yer; bass solo, with
IN this Sacred Dwelling" Mozart; "Te
Deuni,' in c. Gounod: benediction: postlude.
Rev. Hugh Johnson viii preach at the
Metropolitan Church at II O'Clock ON the
subject, The Nations Blessing" Spec ial
choir music viii he rendered and the pastor
viii reao he proclamation Of the President
from the official document.
The Vermont Avenue Christian, Ninth
Street Christian and Third Christian
churches will meet at II a. m. at the Yer
mont AveT.ue Church for THANKSGIVING ser.
vices. Rev. Cephas SheIburne, of Rock-
vile, will preach the sermon. Spec iaI offer
ings VIII be made for the poor, and the
music will be appropriate to the occasion.
The uEinn service Of the BAPTIST churches
OF the Columbian Association of the city
will be held at the First FaDtist Church.
SiXteeHth aud . streets northwest. Short
addresses are to he made by several rastors.
At the Tenth Street Baptist Church. cor
ner of Tenth and R streets northwest.
Rev. j. E. Rankin, president of Howard
University, Will deliver sermon anpro-
PIRATE to the day.
Services VIII be held at the Church OF
the Covenant, and an address Will be de-
llyered by the pastor, Rev. Dr. Hamlin.
A special announcement is made of the
services which VIII be held in the follow
ing Episcopal churches: Rock Creek Church.
near Soldiers Home; st. Margaret's Church.
connecticut avenue, and at the Church Of
the Ascension, Massachusetts, avenue ana
Twelfth street. At the latter church tho
sermon Will be delivered by the rector.
Rev. DR. Elliott
AT the New York Avenue Presbyterian
Church at II O'Clock a sermon win ha
delivered by the pastor, Rev. DR. Rad
cliffe. The music will be rendered. nv
the church quartet and chorus, undar t,a
direction Of Mr.. j. Porter Lawrence or
ganist and precentor, and viii consist of.
From Egypt's Bondage" by Gaul; Fore
fathers Hymn" by Mason; Praise ya
the Lord" by Maunder; Sing for Har-
vest, by Elvey, and AMERICA y by Carey.
Union services viii be held at the Gnr-
ley Memorial Presbyterian Church. FIortda
avenue, between Sixth and Seventh
street northwest, which will be Dartict.