The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-25
TO-DAY'S CHURCH MUSIC
A RESUME OF THE PROGRAMMES TO
BE OFFERED.
Special Efforts to Make the Services
Unusually Attractive to
Church GOers.

Christmas music will be a feature in all or
the churches to-day. Below is q resume of
the different programmes as they have APP
peared in the Journal in full during the
week. AT Christ Church Mrs. Ella Baxter
Hit, recently of Columbus, o., will be the
soloist, and the choir of forty voices will be
augmented by Misses Schellschmidt, vio-
lin; Mr.. Edward Taylor, cornet; Mr.. Rollo
Bell, flute. The quartet is Mrs. Hit, Miss
Schelschmidt, Mr. Dougherty and Mr.. John
L. Geiger, who is also the director.
At Grace Cathedral there will be a choral
service, with numbers by Mendelssohn and
Cruikshank. The offertory will be Silent
the Night in India
AT st. Pauls Church there will be a full
musical service at both the morning and
evening hour, and the offertory will be the
Gloria" from the Twelfth Mass, by Mo-
Fart.
At the First Presbyterian Church Miss
Merle Kirkman, violinist of note, will play
solos at both morning and evening service.
The soloists will be Mrs. Alice Fleming
Evans, Miss Edna Dice and Mr. S. Morris
Meek. Mr.. Nat Davis will play the violin
obligato for Mr.. Meek. There will be an
thems by leading composers of religious
music.
At the Second Presbyterian Church there
will be fine music, and the offertory will be
the Pilgrims Chorus" from "Fann-
hauser.' special programme will be
given at the 4 o'clock afternoon service.
At the Tabernacle Presbyterian Church
the music will be sung by Miss Lille Adam,
Miss Edith Conner, Mr.. w. M. Daggett and
Mr.. Walter Wilson. A special number will
be the chant, 1.-THE Lords Prayer" by Mr..
Oliver Willard Pierce, the organist and di-
rector.
At the Fourth Presbyterian Church there
will be a varied programme of organ solos,
vocal solos and concerted numbers by quar-
tet and chorus numbers.
At Memorial Presbyterian Church Mr..
w. H. Donley will play several organ num-
bers and the chorus of fifty or more voices
will sing. There will be solo numbers by
Miss Nellie Jordan, Miss Grace Cunning
ham, Mr.. Nathan Richardson and Mr.. Ed
ward Stiltz.
At College-avenue Baptist Miss Neva
Whitaker will give the organ numbers and
Dr. c. w. Conger will give violin numbers
and obligatos Both morning and evening
there will be special music with a song
service at the latter hour.
At the First Baptist Church Mrs. En-
rique c. Miller, Miss Agnes Herd, Miss Isa-
belle Melcher, Mr.. Charles ]. w. Parker and
Mr.. Arthur d. Gates are the soloists and
Mr.. A. p. Preston the organist and director,
with an attractive programme of solos and
chorus numbers, the first of which is the
At the Central-avenue Church Miss Lulu
Fisher, Mrs. John Sonntag, Mr.. j. Raymond
Lynn and Mr.. o. w. Isensee will sing and
Mr.. Joseph Joiner is the organist.
At Merdian-street Church the Choral So
ciety will be assisted by Mr.. Rudolph Kos
ter violin. The solo quartet is Miss Clarissa
Rooms Miss Mary e. Broughton, Mrs Wal
ter Fugate, Mr. Andrew Smith and Mr..
Louis Dochez.
ME will sing the solo, MY Redeemer and
My Lord" by Dudley Buck, and there Will
be numbers by the chorus choir, under the
direction of Emil Wulschner.
At Mayfower Church Miss Hyde will sing
the only solo, and the quartet will give an
At SITS. Peter and Paul's and at St 10
seph's there will be special musical services
at both the morning mass and vespers.
A Christmas cantata will be given this
Sunday evening at Tomllnson Hall by, the
mixed chorus OF the lions evangelical
Prof b. Froemel The soloists are Mr.; II.
Repke Mr. c.. Ziegler, Miss Culmann, Miss
Gastetter. Miss Weghorst and Mrs; Charles
Ziegler. The composers of the cantataS are
Theodore Burck and II. Jacoby
At the Central Christian Church the quar-
tet, Mrs. Philip Goetz, Mrs; II. II. HoWland,
with Mrs. Edenharter, organlSt, Will give
special programme.
At Holy Cross Church Marza's Mass in
c. will be given at the 10 o'clock and 4:3O
o'clock services.
At Plymouth Church, at 4:30 o'clock, there
will be a special children'S service, with
Christmas music and stereopticon pictures;
At the Third Christian Church there will
be solos by Mrs. John Jewell, Mrs. Frances
b. Lefeber and Miss Matte Myers The
closing number will be from the oratorio of
"Shiloh."
At the English Lutheran Church this
morning the children will give a sacred cam
tata, '"rhe King of Love-" and in the even
Christ" illustrated by the stereopticon.
At the Seventh Presbyterian Church the
male quartet will be assisted by Miss 10
sephine Robinson, Mrs. Lena Loveioy How
ard, Mrs. Elizabeth Larsh and Miss Har-
rit Wishard. 80
At the East Park NJ. e. Church there will
he a special service this evening, with a SER
mon by l.. T. Lewis, president of the city
EpWorth League Union.