The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-12-26
INSPIRING CHURCH SERVICES.
paxholics and Episcopalians Come
4 memornte savior's Birth With
/ Magnificent Pomp and Ceremony
4 salvation Army Gives q Turkey
i Dinner TO 500 of City's Poor-Tho
! Lowficst welcomed to the Feast.

aiizauon, ana wnen are warm
90 into life. even II but for the moment.
s a. me pest ana hottest impulses OF the
puman ncart, YESTERDAY cast It's peaceful
spell over the city OF Seattle
NeveB perhaps. mas Seattle enjoyed
merrfer Christmas. Coming at the close Of
the greatest century in the history OF the
world. the first century in the history OF
{ne nation ana the most prosperous year
the history OK the city, all things COM
oinea 20 make inc last Christmas OF the
agmeen hundreds day OF rejoicing
Pver the past, and OF bright anticipation
Eor the future.
TO tho fact that the holiday fell on Mon
Gay "a n uus any =, n.s p s ss. i sn
snevftafae wreck az Chrtstmas shonninr was
nxer nm catiyrdar night and the weary
h1rvrrr ana sellers alike ware sSiIowed fba
bIessf<, privilege of day Of complete rest
~ sunday nrecedinr the holiday. IKE.
fVase many OF the conventional public re-
ilryious ceremonIals were held on Sunday.
lifting the great day itself to be more fully
6.voted 10 the observances of the home
snn 5000.
1hia vvaa payficuIarlv tr,,e Of the Profess
ess,t oh,,~ct,es x5hicS almost without ex
sr-St,n,, hn,a thair aarv,oea commemorative
G4ha hirth ~ ina Savior on Sunday. leav-
a., thsIr corcregations free vAsterdav to
fciiovv their own fpolinations In Yuletide
Hen{fvfffe4. To this fnct WAS due In great
snaasure thA ndficeabie absence OF the
s,syal rrovrd. ~ church Voers ana holiday
makers from the streets, and the conse-
r.,a,,t ayi.ratvsainr ~ ~ peace ana uuie-
s,da
n tha cathol,c churches Of Seattle. how
ssvcr. ana IN the churches Of the Episcopa-
it.ns among the Protestants yesterday.
IN. observed n ,naArtificent and solemn
ssv,a - }ne Greatest and hottest church
~ 80 a. zft,,.
s y s,.,,s srorn 4 .oora Of he'll
Esss ~. asro,,r, ~ hundred. OF voices In
ns.s.sSsn,,s,sss snd the measured chant
49, $3.50 - go, s ~.Sis,.rAa - cho,rs
= '-a' $500 - -
4s
rvorAf3I,B for the spIendor Of altar
NM decorations ana magnificence of GER
~ W emonial were the services in the
three ,arrest Catholic churches of the city,
fhe Church Of the immaculate Conception,
4he church of Our Lady of Good Help and
Avn ch,,,ch ~ tba sacred Heart Early
$500. ss-,4,s grana h,ob mass at 1870
$3.50 .",,o,vea no oionuant sermons an.
asssa. ~ az ocoa s;on wera the fea.
opa ~ ~ ~ .hasa Ca,bo,ic services
- q. ~ 1890 T.r,,,i.v parish md 81.
an 81 s,, ar,,.,,,as ~. anac,al
fau LpsoopaA ..,. 49, ..,,,a ,rder I'd
SERVICES were ", .uS rS,--sa,s,,t t5oraI
n the Catnonc cnuIeneS. mas 'l ae rrorst,r,
decorations maze the nouses e., " ,,astas
Wer1tapie powers o. peaues, :. " .,esaa IA .a,a,sts
choirs ana some OF the nnos. u.s.
In the city rendered eitloofa.e liius'S"' - - -
grammes. ,
Although not one OF the largest cnurcnes
In Seattle, no church IN the CITY surpasseu
the English Lutheran, on seventh avenus
ana Union street, in the magnincence Oh
It's floral decorations. The congregational
singing of Christmas carols was feature
OF the service in this church.
A Christmas celebration of kind far
different from that of the churches mem
toned was that held by the salvation
Army yesterday afternoon at its barracks
on second avenue south 1t took the form
OF a great Christmas dinner, to which fully
900 men, women ana eIiiure., me p 70 a.
ef the poor the typicai popus11v ,l. " l.le
tenement house district ana the siurhs' sat
( down.
There was none SO pool, none SO Iasseo,
mono so eespised OF ms iehow men .rst THAT ne
was barred from tnat ieast- hosoeVer
VIII May Come was the motto ina. nuns
over the door, and "A merry Cnristni ma,
and Happy New year; you are an WEI
come, was the snort ana sinpie sraec
that the kindiy-faced solder Oh the Loro
said before the meal PECAN