The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-12-27
GOOD WILL -. :.
!. REIGNED.
Christmas Day Observed
by Wilmingtonians in
Many Ways. ~-..

Many Ways. l-..
Because Sunday was Christmas and yes
terday, through legal means was made the
real ChristmaI. there existed In Whining
ton universal state Of affairs. Monday
is, according to the regular routine. q
busy day, but 1t was not Yesterday That
| Is. II was not as far as active business Is
concerned.
| There was practically no business done
and tho streets were almost deserted. Few
people went shopping, and those few
were simply looking for one store, which
they might, by accident find opon.
| Nevertheless there were plenty of people
on tho streets. Family parties were most
In evidence. persons who were going to
/ visit somebody's homo. They wandered
along. father, mother and children, with
joy "peace GU Garth good will to men, "ds-
pic:ed on their countenances.
| Tho theatres reaped 4. harvest, all the
audiences at tho matinees being large. 1t
was beautiful day. The sun shone al.
most continuously, and the air was just
cold enough to prompt everybody to keep
on tho move, giving animation and an ap-
pearancs of gayety 20 the crowds. livery.
body sso,ned to have good time and that
Is really tH6 SCEEcV VI cbJSJAaS 3" SAAAso
mas Monday. e
sunday, the Christmas day, according,
to the calendar, was u most enjoyable day.
The city was awake With tho changing OF
the church bells.
Then that cherry greeting Merry Christ
mas" and the hearty response, Same to
! you," started on their annual round OF
goodwill sounding joyfully In hundreds
Of homes ringing out on every street, per-
| l. ~1,v nttu
the oars, the churches, everywhere until.
| 1t became rs universal MS the Christmas
spirit, In fact, the old phrase, which seems
destined to outlive all substitutes and var
iations did its duty nobly, rs 1t 50 often
has before. When the enry church bells
rang out the sky was cloudy, the air was
raw and there WAS an unsettled fseilng
about the atmosphere, which. with slight
variations and occasional glimpses OF blue
patches beyond the clouds, kept up all
day.
Almost everybody was merry, yet there
were some exceptions. E,rly in the morn.
ing young men, Young women. small
children and whole families arose, rinpi'ed
their Christmas stockings, siSad up their
Gifts and fell into various stages of'ecstasy
shook hands, kissed zach other exchanged
hanks and shouted with various degrees
OF hoartiness. according to temperament
and the contents Of the Christmas stock
ing, The small childre Immediately be-
gan tho effort to make themselves sick ON
candy and other holiday CONNECTIONS. to
foot their horns, beat their drums and
break their toys.
Christmas music and Christmas SER
| mons marked tho services at every church
in Wilmington on Sunday. IN many in
stances tho interiors Of tho edih"es wero
beautifully and tastcfully decorated nnd
ID all of them tho music was OF charAc-
ter in keeping with The day.
This spirit Of Christmas was particular
Nv noticeable in the Roman Catholic
| Churches. Gorgeous vestments, dazzling
Iiluminations and splendid music SOM
| bned to render the day one to he rnnem-
bered by tho worshipers. Cut-lowers.
smilax, palms and evergrccns were useu
with lavish hands, altlrs. galleries and
pillars being deoked with them The my
riads OF wax apers used on 10 affairs In
creased tho beauty Of the etfrIi
The congregations OF Epworth,, ard va
Swehts church usherea in the day with
midnight services. E1worth's rongraga-
ton worshipped in song, while that OF
| Old Swetles in sermon and song. Rev.
Martin l, dunlap preaching on tho text
and there was no room for them in tho
! inn"
St. Andrews Sunday school held speo
ial Christmas exercises in tho afternoon.
when carols wero sung and fino pro-
gramme was given. John Craig was the
orpanist. A feature of tho programme
was an interesting address by Rev. DR..
| W. S. Baer. Tickets wcrc distributed for
a Christmas party to ba given hy tho Sun
tlay school on Wednesday evening.
| There was q large attendance ct St
Peul's r. G. Church. The services wero
notable for tho reason that All elaborate
musical programme was given and also
because Bishop Monaghan, of tho Diocese
of Wilmington OBLIGATED
The bishop spoke briefly OF the day and
of the lessons which it teaches. The dis
course, though brief. was interesting.
At St. Paul'sM. Y. Church Rsy. Dr.
W. j. S. Murray, FPh. p delivered q
Christmas sermon, his subject being tito
I Wise Mems VisitFto, Bethlehem" and the
text being found in Matthew IA and2.
Bishop Coleman ofliciatsd Mt the Christ
mas service in Grace Church, Brandywnc
hundred. ard appropriate music WAS given
Tho bishop preached tho sermon, his text
being: "rhero was no room for Thorn in
the inn" St. Luke II, 7.
At First Presbyterian Church yesterday
morning the pastor. R,v. William Main
Schall preached an appropriate sermon on
the Incarnation" Pastor Schall chose
his text from John /; !, 14-"The Word
was God and the Word was made flesh,
and dwelt among us"
Rev. DR.. Vaughan preached at sbury
NJ. Il. Church.
At Hanover Presbyterian Church Rev.
]. b. Randall Of Lincoln University
Bishop Coleman preached In Philadel.
phia la the evening.
DR.. A. N. Kelgwin had an unusually
Impressive Sunday morning service. The
choir rendered perhaps the best program
In the city. The sermons was OH the les
sons Of tho day and was most inspiring be-
fore its conclusion the doctor touched on
the expansion question putting himself on
record as In favor of the policy.
God did not ask the nations Of the earth
for precedent when He opened the Red
Sea and allowed the Children of Israel to
pass over on dry land. Neither did he ask
for precedent when no ordained Admiral
Dewey to go down into Manila bay and
defeat the Spanish fleet with tho loss of
but one man. So God asks for no precc-
dent when he places on America the ro.
sponsibility of governing the Philippines
Wo must govern them and the people
of tho nation will comply with God 8 de-
mand.
MIR. Keigwin characterized the year as
tho most evontf1l ono OF the nations his.
tory.
Az ASDuFy M. r. CuUTCu SUNNY nlnnG
the Sunday school guve a special program
of Christmas carols, the orchestra assist.
Ing. Rev. DR.. Crowc made felicitous
address, after which he spoke Of q few
dangerous tendsnciGs at present In the
Methodist Church, and in churches Of 9th
CT denominations,
Central Presbyterian Sunday school cele.
brated It's 43d anniversary Sunday night.
The annual report Of the school was
read by Superintendent W. X Crosby.
He said tho Sunday school was In pros
porous condition, although handicapped
by II room that was not adapted to tho pur.
poses. 81 He said he would give $1,000 toward
building now school room IL s2n,01O was
raised.
Tho main school has 357 members, Z of.
flcers and IS teachers. There nro $50 chill
dron in the primary department and 70 In
the home branch, making total OF $40.
Tho largest attendance during tho year
was 4N9 and tho smallest l28. The aver
age attendance wa' 205. During the year
ShSI "a WINS cO,Iecteu or this 1893 "a was