The times., 1898-11-24
SPECIAL CHURCH SERVICES.
Thanksgiving VIII he Celebrated in
Many Houses of Worship,


ThnnlSsEiving Will he Celcbrnted in
Many Houses of Worship.
Special Thanksgiving Day services viii
be held In nearly all the churches In the
the city.
Services will be held in the Presidents
church. corner of Four -and-a-half ard C
Streets northwest. at II O'clock. Rev. DR..
Frank W. Bristol will preach the sermon.
and special music has been arranged.
vice.
High mass will be celebrated in s..
Dominic's Church this morning at 8
O'Clock in honor of Thanksgiving Day
Special music has been provided. and the
choir will be assisted by several string
instruments.
The Lincoln memorial and the Fifteenth
Street Presbyterian Churches will hold
union services in the Lincoln Church at II
O'Clock. Rev A II. Grimke, who was at
one time consul general at San Domingo.
will deliver the sermon.
In st. Aloysius Church, military
Thanksgiving mass will be celebrated 1T
10 o'clock. by Monsignor Martinelf, apos-
tolic delegate from Rome. He will be
assisted by the pastor and assistant pas
tor of the church. The mass of Thanks
giving will be sung by the choir. under
the direction of Prof. Kubet.
Rev. T Dewitt Talmage will deliver the
sermon at the First Presbyterian Church
at II o'clock. Special music will be sung
by the choir.
Three masses viii be celebrated in St.
Patrick's Church-at 6, Z, and a. m. The
latter will be high requiem mass for the
|, successful issue of the war.
Special services will be held in St.
Pauls English Lutheran Church at IL
O'Clock. The sermon will be preached by
Rev. DIR. Domer, pastor of the church
Rev. DIR. Wallace Radcliffe will preach
the sermon In the New York Avenue
Presbyterian Church at IL o'clock. The
services viii be very impressive.
In the Church of the Covenant thanks
giving services will commence at IL
o'clock and will last for about an hour.
The sermon will be preached by Rev.
Teunis s. Hamlin, pastor of the church.
Solemn thanksgiving mass Will be cele
brated in St. Peters Church this morning
at S o'clock Father O'Brien Will be the
celebrant and will be assisted by Fathers
OrDonoghue and Mcclure. The regular
church choir under the direction of
Lucius Randolph. will sing the mass of
: Thanksgiving.
The Waugh, Twelfth Street and Trinity
Methodist Episcopal churches will hold
union services in the Waugh Church, at
by male quartet
terian Churches will hold union services
in the latter church, beginning at IL
O'Clock. Rev. j. z. Stuchell,. assistant
pastor of the First Presbyterian. will de-
liver the sermon. DIR. Luccock will offer
the Thanksgiving prayer. Special music
will be sung by the regular church choir.
The union services of the thirteen Bap-
tist churches of the District of Columbia
will be held in the Calvary Baptist
Church at II o'clock. The introductory
services will be participated in by several
well-known pastors of the various
churches. The annual Thanksgiving SER
mon will be delivered by Rev. Thomas ].
Morgan, ID. D., corresponding secretary of
the American Baptist Home Mission Soc
iety. He will speak upon the Nations
Vocation" Special music will be render
ed by the Calvary quartet choir. under the
direction of Prof. Gebest.
In St. Johns Episcopal Church special
services will be held at IL o'clock. The
pastor. Rev DR.. McKay-Smith. will de-
liver sermon upon Faith, Vigilance
and Gratitude"
The Trinity Episcopal Church will have
Holy Communion at 9 O'clock The
Thanksgiving service will be held at II
o'clock, at which the sermon will be given
by Rev. r. p. Williams, pastor of the
church.
AT the Epiphany Episcopal Church
Thanksgiving communion Will be admin
istered at o'clock. Rev. r. H. McKim.
D. D., will preach at II o'clock. The reg
uiar church choir will render appropriat te
anthems during the service. The annual
| Thanksgiving Offering to the aged and in
| firm clergy will be taken up.
The Washington Hebrew Congregat ton
will hold Thanksgiving services in their
/ synagogue a II o'clock. Rabbi Stern will
/ ofticiate. Appropriate music will be rem
| dered by the regular church quartet
| The congregation of All Souls Church
/ and the Church of Our Father will hold
/ union services at II o'clock in the latter
church. Rev. Leslie Moore will deliver
the sermon and will be assisted by Rev.
f. B. Leayitt. Special music has been
arranged.