The San Francisco call., 1899-12-24


| ~ HRISTMAS will be celebrated in
H the Oakland churches tomorrow.
| N1and Monday will be given over 10
secular celebration Of the day. The
| churches Of Oakland are noted for their
fine music on Christmas day and the pro-
grammes this year have been prepared
with unusual care. The following are the
programmes Of the churches of the ciIy:
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
Morning service-Organ prelude. allie
gro appassionate. Basil HarwCod: doXol-
ogy. "Old Hundred; invocation; anthem,
Christmas. Awake" G.. w. Warren:
hymn No. 326; responsive Scripture read
ing; barytone solo and chorus. The
Birthday OF a King" W. II. Neidlinger;
prayer; onertory; soprano solo. Christ
mas Morn" d. p. Hughes: sermon: an
them. There Were Shepherds" NJ VOg-
| rich; announcements; contralto solo (se-
| Buck; hymn No. 3lS: benediction: organ
postiude; finale. Grand Piece Sympho-
nique
Evening service-Organ prelude ".
| Symphony, WidOr; recitative for tenor
| Comfort He My People" (Messiah). Han
del; chorus. And the Glory of the LoJd"
chorus, 20 Thou That Tellest' (Messiah).
| Handel: response. The Lords Prayer"
male quartet: hymn No. 1s0: recitative for
! soprano (Messiah) Handel; (a) There
/ Were Shepherds" CbJ And Lo, the An
| gel" (c) "And the Angel Said (dJ And
Suddenly; chorus, Glory to God (Mes-
/ chorus, "Cantique de Noel" Adolph
| Adam; 9ermOn: soprano solo. Rejoice
Greatly (Messiahl, Handel; barytone
| 'Halleluiah Chorus" (Messiah). Handel:
organ postlude, finale, First Symphony,
| Vierne.
FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.
Evening seryice-Recitative. Behold. a
virgin Shall Conceive Mrs. Lena Car
| roll Nicholson; aria, 20, Thou That Tell
est Good Ttdings 10 Zion: For Unto Us
a Child Is Born: Glory TO Cod: Behold
the Lamb of Cod: Surely He Hath Borne
Are Healed; "All We, Like Sheep. Have
| Gone Astray': Lift Up Your Heads. o
| Ye Gates" The solo numbers will be as
follows: He Shall Feed His Flock"
est" Mrs. Carroll Nicholson. cOntralto:
Rejoice Greatly" Come Unto Ne" Mrs
Martin Schultz. soprano: Thus Saith the
(HandeD, Putnam Griswold.
FIRST METHODIST CHURCH.
Morning service-Rev. +. r. Ollie. u. D.
pastor: Rev. Paul Mansfield. spencer. as
sistant pastor; Mrs. a. A. Dewing. So
| prano; Miss Caroline Little. soprano:
Miss Mabel Gray. contralto w. ". Davis
! tenor; j. w Maddrill bassO; the Stewart
| string quartet, Alexander T. Stewart first
! violin, John r. Lewis second violin. Eu-
Miss Fern Frost, pianist; Mrs. George r
/ Wastell, organist: J. NJ Robinson. choir
master; organ, The Manger" (Guilmanu; (;
doxology; creed; Come Near, Ye Ma
| tions" (WatsOn):
Come near. ye nations. to hear.
hear:
Let the earth hear. and all that is therein.
The world and all things that come forth
| OF IL.
For unto you is born this day in the city
A Savior. which is Christ the Lord.
Glory TO, God in the highest.
And on earth peace, good will toward
men.
Glory to God, 7elula, Amen.
Responsive reading; Gloria: Scripture
lesson: prayer; response; hymn No. 1S3;
i announcements; ofrertOry: Sing Sing
This Blessed Morn" Leslie): the sermon,
The Growth. OF the Christmas Spirit
prayer; 1T Came Upon a Midnight
Clear" (sullivan); hymn No. 1872; benedic-
ton.
Evenlng-organ. "Cantllene." Capocci:
OF Saba Shall Come" Rheinberger: re-
sponsive reading: "Oh, Divine Redeener''
(Gounod), Mrs. A. A. Dewing; violin OBJ
ligato. Alex Stewart; largo from the
quartet Aus Meinem Leben" (Smetna).
Stewart Quartet; GLORY to Heaven :
Eternal King (Meyer-Helmundl. Miss
Mabel cray Sfo SSfffert99!ryi angels From the
reading; "Oh, Little Town OF Bethlehem -
Hawley; The Angelus" Qiszp. Stewart
Quartet; The Glad Tidings." Brewer:
hymn No. 2iS. benediction; organ, "Ber-
ceuse,' Schotte.
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH.
Morning service-Doxology; hymn; re-
sponsive reading; anthem. ''Sanctus'
(Messa Solennellei (GOunodJ. Ernest Wolf
and choir; scripture; prayer; response.
Holy. Holy" Gaul; hymn; OffertOry solo.
20 Divine Redeemer' (GounOd). choir:
violin Oblgato, T.. A Wolff; sermon. pas
Miss George and choir; hymn; organ post
lude.
Programme for Sunday school song SER
vice Sunday evening: Organ voluntary.
song. The Christmas Song" school: re-
sponsive reading; prayer; anthem, Prince
! OF Peace choir. recitation. bethlehem 3
Babe" Ruby Reese. responsive reading
song. Chimes of Beauty school and
choir; recitation. Crowded Out" Herbert
Pratt: announcement and offertory; read
Ing. The Coming Of the Prince. Mrs.
lehem." school. responsive reading: song.
Joy TO the World congregation; adj
dress. pastor: solo and chorus. We Can
not Say Farewell Clara Wilson and
school; benediction; postlude.
FIRST UNITARIAN CHURCH.
Morning service-Organ solo, March
for Christmas Festival" CIV. T. Besp.
Miss A0Bs song or K9sE ASsG MPiss Sorss i2
organ, offertory in d fiat. (salome).
Miss Abba o. Kellogg; tenor solo. Christ
mas NSnelleyl. +. - SNllHs COnlTallO
solo, Birthday of the King (Neidlinger).
Miss May L. Darlington; duet for violins.
Noel (Adams). +. G. and j. NJ. Kendall:
duet. contralto and barytone, The Lord
Is My Life" Dudley Buck), Miss Barring
ton and DR.. Edward Won Adelung; post
lude in + (H. Smart), Miss Kellogg.
Rev. Benjamin Fay Mills will preach on
the subject, THE Day We Celebrate" a
Christmas sermon.
UNION-STREET PRESBYTERIAN.
Morning service-Anthem, Behold, I
Bring You Glad Tidings' (Sir John Goss).
choir: offertory, selected, Miss Harriet
Chamberlain; Christmas sermon. Rev.
Dwight L. Potter; anthem. Begin. My
Soul. the Exalted Lay" GA j. Holden),
choir.
Evening service. 7:3O o'clocl-"venite"
(Kratz). choir; anthem, The Bird Let
Loose From Eastern Skies EMERSON.
Miss Harriet Chamberlain and choir; Of
fertory, "In a Manger Lowly" (Dr. Ster-
rett). W. J. Oakes: address by the pastor /:
anthem, calm on the Listening Ear OF
Night (Ashford). Miss Lille Ellen Coop
er and choir.
Appropriate hymns al both services
SOpranos-Aliss Harriet Chamberlain,
Miss Ruby Forster. Miss Edith A. White
head, Miss Margaret Cooper. Miss Stella
Borland. Miss Clara Piepenberg. Miss