The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-11-16
THIRD ANyU4I rEsrrrAL.

The Five ChOirs of the Diocesan Choir Guild, at Trinity Church, Friday Evening.
 The diocesan choir guild of Connecti- cut is now in the third year of it's ex- istence. It was organized three years ago largely through the efforts of the Rev. Clarence w. Bispham of this city. The first meeting was held at St. Johns church, Bridgeport; the second in St, Andrews, Middletown, and this year it will be held in Trinity church in this city on Friday night of this week, The services will begin at o'clock on account of the length of the programme. Great interest is felt in the festival and the demand for tickets has been very large Only 2,OO0 tickets have been issued and only those pre- senting the necessary billet will be ad- mitted to the church. There will be no reserved seats and first corners will ANN'S t'i9S NAlOlIC. iiC bOyn Ol llle visiting ohoirs will arrive here early Friday morning, At the communion service at II o'clock, which will be a full choral celebration, the entire guild will be in attendance. The afternoon the boys have for sightseeing. Very little rehcarsing will be done on Friday. The Rev. Mr. Bispham. who will con- duct, has visited all the choirs and directed some of the preliminary re- hearsals in order to insure the correct tempt and interpretation from the choirmasters in their preparatory training. At o'clock Francis, the ca terer, will serve a fine collation. in Trinity church parish house and the chorsters will be duly fed and braced for the big service at ' o'clock. The service will follow the general lines of the usual choral evening prayer. The i following is the order:
 Organ Preludes.
 a. Choral March,. ... Dudley Buck D. In ParidlSum.. .......... Dupols c, Grand Choeur.. ... ....,.. Rollins Recessional-hymn 407-"For Thee,
 o Dear, Dear Country. Edwards Twentieth selection of psalms to chants
 by Battishill, Hurley and Barnby. Magnificent and Nunc Dimittis from Sir John Stalners' B flat service. Anthem-"Jesu Word of God Incar-
 nate" ..... .,. .Gounod Anthem-"O Praise the Lord of Heav-
 en''.,.. ... .............Si Sir John Goss Address by the Rev. w. R. Trotter Offertory--"And Now, Lord, Thou Art
 God' <. ...........Sir John Stainer Hymn 450,. :. :. ....,....,..,., Holden
 All Hail the Power
 Te Deum in D,......,........., Sullivan Sevenfold Amen. ,..... Steiner Retrocessional-Hy 403.... Ward
 70 Mother Dear. Jerusalem"
 The entire service, including the re- sponses, will be sung by the united chorus of over 200 voices. The Rev. MT. Trotter of Bristol, R. l., wfo m3k S the address, is one of the highest au- thorities on church music in the coun- try A vast host of choirmasters from all over the state will be in attend ance.
 The choirs that compose the guild are the following named:
 Trinity. New Haven, choir color, or ange; Rev. c. W. Bispham, precentor; H. J, Read, erganist.
 St. John's, Bridgeport, choir color, light blue; r. F. Howard, choirmaster; William wiedenhammer, organist. 1 Holy Trinity, Middletown, choir ! color, purple; w. E. Davis, organist ] and choirmaster
 Trinity. Bridgeport, choir color, red; F. F. Howard. choirmaster; F. M I Jackson, organist
 St Andrews, Meriden, choir color lavender; R. A. Clarke, organist and choirmaster.