St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-12-20
VOL. LXIII---NO. 1857
Christmas at the Churches.

Christmas at the Churches.
At the Free Baptist church the pastors
sermon will be appropriate to the day.
The choir will present the following pro-
gramme of music:
'Glory of the Lord" r. II Phppen
"Alleluia Alleluap r. E. DeReef
There re Shepherds" Caleb Simper
Hymn H ark what mean those holy voices"
Hymn "Oh could l speak the matchless
worth"
The Sunday school will give Christ
mas concert at o'clock in the evening.
Presents from the Christmas tree will be
distributed on Monday evening at the
same hour.
The subject at Grace Methodist church
Sunday morning will be christmas
Bells" Special Christmas music will be
furnished by the quartette. In the even
ing Christmas concert exercise entitled
"Chrstmas Glory" will be rendered by
chorus OF fifty voices in addition to
special music by the quartette, and reci-
tations by members ofthe Sunday school.
The following musical programme will
be rendered:
MORNING.
Tollite Hostias, final chorus f. ON the Ora
torio of Noel, by Camille Saint Saens.
"a Christmas Song" by Howard.
Holy Voices" by Mario.
Postlude, by Ebenezer Prout.
EVENING.
"Quis Est Homo" duet from the stabat
Mater, by Rossini.
| Christmas Anthem. by Schneider.
Holy Night" by ] II. Fillmore, the Quar-
tette assisted by Mr.. Young.
Postlude. Fugue with choral by Gustav
| Merkcl.
Rev. Charles Pickels, D. D., OF London,
who is visiting his son, c. w. Pickells,
will have charge of st. Andrews parish
for time, beginning next Sunday when
there will be the two regular services.
The five O'Clock afternoon service will
be special Christmas service for the
Sunday school. There will be choral
celebration of the Holy Communion in
St. Andrews church on Christmas day
at 1870 a m. The music will consist of
Kyrie, Credo, Sanctus, Agnus Del and
Gloria in Excelss by A. J.. Eyre, in E fiat.
and the anthem, "Behold l bring you
glad tidings," by Sir John Goss.
At the Unversalst church the pastor,
Rev. 1. p Quimby. will take for his
subject, "The Adaptation of the Bible to
the wants of Mankind" At 7 p. m.
there will be Sunday school concert in
the church, to which the general public
are cordially invited. Monday evening
there will be Christmas tree at the
vestry, especially for the benefit of the
pupils OF the Sunday school. There will
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ment All interested are invited to be
present.
The Sunday school of the North church
will hold Christmas concert on Sunday
evening next, and some very interesting
musical and literary exercises are being
made ready for this occasion by several
classes and by individual pupils. Mrs.
Anna Spencer Frost will assist by giving
reading, and the choir will contribute
a special selection or two. The annual
distribution of books to the children who
have been constant in attendance at the
morning service will take place at this
time All are cordially invited to these
exercises. On Monday evening, at half
past six o'clock, the children of the inter-
mediate and primary departments will
gather around a Christmas tree and
have merry time for an hour, finishing
their iun in season to enjoy whatever
festivities they had planned to indulge in
at their homes.
Following is the programme of the
music al the North church next Sunday:
MORNING SERVICE
Organ Voluntary.
A i. A af tt,a No+; txtN Nt,r;,
Anthem, christmas. "organ and piano acc.
Carol, "Sweeter than Songs of Summer"
]. F. Bridge
Organ Postlude.
Anthem, christians Awake" Schnecker
anthem, "O'er the Hills of Bethlehem"
Shelley
Concert by Sunday school children.
Organ Postlude.
The choir will have the assistance of
Miss Anna M. Somerville and Mrs. H. E.
Smith sopranos, Miss Mabel Carpenter
alto, and c. H. Wood basso.
At the South church at the morning
service the full chorus will sing selections
from Dudley Bucks THE Coming of the
King" In the evening the children will
sing carols by Schillng, Shepherd, Will
kinson and Luther and the chorus
assisted by Mr.. Young, violinst, will
sing the following;
"It Is the Blessed Xmas Morn" Bartlett.
brightest and Best" Hanscom.
1uartette "Hark Hark with Harps Of
Cold" Marston.
"Sing, oh Heavens" Tours.
The services at the First Baptist church
next SUNDAY will be appropriate to the
Christmas season. The choir assisted by
the Bible school scholars will give a
Christmas song service in the evening
and the pastor will give short talk on
"Some Christmas lessons" On Monday
evening there will be Christmas tree
and festival to which all the members oi
the Sunday school and parish are cor
daily invited. Presents for the tree
should be left with the committee as soon
as 8 p. m.
Midnight mass will be observed next
Sunday night at st. Aloysius church and
special music is being prepared for the
, , occasion.
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