Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-30
Vigils to Be Obseryed in Many ofthe
Churches
MIDNIGHT CELEBRATIONS OF MASS
Some Elaborate Programs Of Music
to Be Given
CENTRAL UNION MISSION

Services in celebration of the eve of the
new year will be observed tomorrow night
In many of the churches of the city. no.
tably hose of the Protestant faith, and in
some of them programs have been made on
an extensive scale. Watch Night, 1t
is known among many, will be fittingly OBJ
served with prayer and service of song the
old year being ushered cut and the new
one welcomed with solemn acclaim.
In some of the Catholic churches there
will be midnight celebrations of the mass.
TO mark the beginning of what is known
in the Catholic faith as the jubilee year
Those churches which have provided for
the occasion are as follows:
The vigil service closing the old year.
which has become an established institu-
ton in the New York Avenue Presbyterian
Church. will be held at IL o'clock Sunday
evening, and will close promptly at mid
| night. This will take the place of the usual
Sunday evening service and will be con-
Quoted by the pastor, assisted by the choir
consisting of Mrs. Shir-Ciiff, Miss Whit
aker. Mr.. w. d. Mcfarland and Mr.. Wal
Ter Humphreys. The theme will be THE
Weavers Shuttle" The anthems rendered
will be Hawley's ABIDE With Me" Gold
beck My Faith Looks Up to Thee"
Gounod s Hold Thou NV Hand" and also
Ring Out, Wild Bells. to the Wild Sky
Central Union Mission.
The workers" at the Mission are busy
getting ready for New Year day. Sunday
evening watch night" service will De
heid from 40 O'clock to ~ O'Clock mid
night, ushering out the old and greeting the
ne" year Monday continuous religious ser
wees OF an evangelistic character will b.,
conducted in the auditorium from IL O clock
noon until $50 O'Clock at night. with
n
The Women's Band will give a New Year
luhch TO the homeless and trendiess from
l TO . pm. 1t is expected that 1000 per.
sons VIII be entertained on this occasion
doughnuts, coffee fruit, etc. At it's con-
ciusion the guests will be conducted 10 the
auditorium TO hear the gospel
Inc board of directors and their ladies
VIII hold reception FROM - m. to 8 pm
In the board room, and the friends of the
mission and the public generally are invited
10 call and inspect the various departments
OF city mission work.
In West End Churches
Inc several churches in the West End
Will hold services Appropriate to the advent
OF the new year, some being in the nature
OF watch meetings., tomorrow evening.
while in others special observance of the
day will occur Monday. At the Dumbarton
Avenue NJ. E. Church watch night services
VIII CoiIilelcs tomorrow 10
o'clock Similar services will be held at the
congress Street NJ. P. Church and Mt
Tabor Church. u
st. Peters,
The service at st. Peters Church inaug-
urating the opening of the last year of the
nineteenth century will be of the most i'm
pressive character. Solemn high mass will
be celebrated, Rev. Father John ]. O'Brten.
celebrant; Rev Father Phi. Mcclure, dea-
con; Rev. Father John Sullivan subdeacon
me sermon VIII be preached by Rev.
Father Martin O'Donoghue, who was until
last July, connected with the parish of St
refers, and is now pursuing special
course Of study at the Catholic University
The music at this service will be very fine
Promptly at fifteen minutes before mid
night Prof. Anton Gloetzner specially en-
gagged as Organist for this OCCASION will be-
gin the organ prelude; following this Miss
Hattie Richie, soprano soIost of the choir
Will sing Adams Noel using English
words, followed by the grand chorus of the
choir, led by Mr. Lucus f. Randolph, ir.,
conductor of the choir. Mr.. Ferd. Becker
will then render Richard Thorne's Simple
Aven' on the violin, during which the
priests. preceded by the supplied acolytes
Will take their places before the altar, and
promptly at midnight the choir will COM
me nee the Kyrie Eleison from Mozarts XII
mass. The Veni Creator to be sung is Cir
no Well-knoWn composition. At the Of
fertory Giorza's "Jesu Redemptor Omi-
mum, with solos and trio for soprano,
tenor and baritone, and chorus. During
holy communion Novelties arrangement Of
Adeste Ffdeles.' the old Christmas hymn.
This Will be followed by benediction of the
blessed sacrament, when "Jesu Del Vivi,"
trlo for soprano, tenor and baritone, ar
ranged from Ferdis "Attila:" Millards
Tantum Ergo" tenor solo (Mr. Melville
Hensey) and chorus, and Marcos 'Laudate
Dominum will be sung. The occasional
will be GouEods Nazareth" solos for alto
and baritone, and chorus followed by the
postlude an organ selection by Mr.. Gloetz-
ner.
The choir at this service will comprise
the following singers: Soprani. Miss Hat
tie Richie, Mrs. Charles P. SWEET, Misses
beth Wddicumbe. Katie Mcbride, Annie
Sullivan, Mesdames Arnie Bennermann
and Anna Cook; alti, Misses Lola Arendes
Mary L. Llufrio, Mrs. NJ. V. Benner Misses
Lily Mapes, Mabel Martin; tenori, Messrs
Charles P. SWEET Melville Hensey L. F.
Randolph. jr.; barytoni, Messrs. Ed. B.
Fox, Bernard A. Atchison, W. E. Abbott;
bass Messrs. Jos. F. Eckert, Claude B.
Atchison, Russell G. Abbott, John A. Aren-
des. Mr.. Charles w. Moore, the popular
basso will assist the bass choir. Mr.. An
ton Gloetzner, organiSt; Mr.. Lucius F. Ran
dolph, jr, conductor
St. AIoysius.
Solemn jubilee mass will be celebrated at
IL midnight. December 81, 1899, at st.
Aloysius Church The mass will be with
gram will be as follows: Mass, Guilmant
No. 8; graduate, violin SOLO Bach; offer
tory, Exulta Sion, Hammered; benedictus
interlude orchestral number; after mass,
benediction and TIE Deum. The choir is
composed as follows: Organist and direc-
tor. Mr.. s. j. Kubel; the quartet, Mrs. w.
L. Wilson, soprano; Mrs. Margaret Nolan
Martin, alto; Mr.. T. E. Turpin, tenor; Mr..
James Nolan, bass. Members of the cho-
rus: Sopranos. Mrs. r. C. Pennebaker Mrs.
l.. Schott, Mrs L. Pratt, Misses J. Philips,
N. Corrigan, K. Heron c, Noyes, ]. Lynch,
N: Murphy. S. Fair and p. Grasse; altos,
Misses S. Murphy, N. Mcguire, C. Kubel,
NJ. O'Day and Mrs A. c.: Taylor; tenors,
Messrs. T. Davis. NJ P. Connolly, r. Doc
ley, c. Houlehan. C. Xanten, G. Lansdale
and G. Harrison; bassos, Messrs. H. Chase,
d. O'Hare, ]. L. Dwyer, J; Eckert, NJ Dom
nelly, G. Sheriff ana 4. Neff.
Members of the orchestra: Messrs Min
ster, Nordlinger, Leimbach, Schwakopf,
Jaegle, Kruger. jaeger, Messenger, Van
pucke. Kendrick Baumgartd and Tilleux
Holy Trinity.
At Trinity Church, "a solemn high mass
will be celebrated at midnight tomorrow
being the mass which Pope Leo specially