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mark m. closing of the nineteenth century
and tho opening ~ the twentieth. In n ma
jority of case. the celebration will take tho
form of n midnight service. hut some viii hold
sunrise meet inas - n the NOR ming OF New years
Day and others will hold their end OF IN" ccn'
fury s.rvicos to-day. In every Cathoho
Church In the world midnight mass viii be SAID
tomorrow night This will be done ~ ths
particular dispensation of Pope Leo NIll.
who has notified every Archbishop and Bishop
that he expects them Ia say mass at mid
night on tho last day Of the year In their 70
spcctive cathedrals. A. St Patrick's Cathe-
dral. Archbishop Corrlgan will celebrate
pontifcal high mass at midnight. Adnis.
sion will be by ticket only. "A rule which WIN
prevail at many OF the local Catholic churches.
Not very many years ago the term Watch
Night Service" belonged only to the Methodist
Church. For several years past. however.
other denominations have been adopting
the name as well as the idea and this ysnr
the advent Of the new century has led many
Presbyterian. Baptist. Episcopal and other
chur ohes to arrange watch meetings" whose
doors are usually closed on New Years eve.
Some OF them will hold a union service with
neighboring churches, For instance. at the
Madison Avenue Methodist Church Madison
avenue and Si1teth street. that church VIII
unite with the Epiphany Baptist. tho First
Reformed Episcopal and the Madison Ave-
nue. Presbyterian. and all four pastors will
r eak at the service. A someNhat different
arrangement has been made by some Of tho
churches Of tho upper West side Nearly
all Of these will have individual watch meet
ings. but the pastors will. some of them, so
from church to church in the nelghborhood.
Tho Rev. Dr. John Bacom Shaw. pastor of
81 nd Sk,., Ar,a
dam avenue and io5th street. will speak Mt
his own church and also at the Scotch Pres
byterian, Central Park West and Ninety
sixth street, and at Grace Methodist l0itn
stree between Amsterdam and Columbus
avenues The Rev. DR.. Phillip NJ Waters.
and the Rev Dr. David q Nylie, the pas
tors respectively Of the Grace Methodist
and Scotch Presbyter ian churches. will both
speak at the West End Presbyterian, where
a special feature OF the service will be the
singing by the West End Choral Union under
the direction of Prof 7. f. Morran~
Almost every Methodist church In New
York will hold watch night service and In
service Al St. James's Methodist Church.
Madison avenue and l2eth street the meeting
Eer Esy ogsrh nr 4 4 ~ McDowell. secretary Of the
Methodist Board of Education. will preach
a sermon and addresses will be made by the
Kew. 4. L. Young, who win begin at that
service a serie. Of special evansentitio ser ser
greGstion Of Calvary Baptist church, West
Ffty-seventh street, will assemble al 10
O'Clock New Years eve and will listen to a
Al ii o'clock the service will he changes 70
prayer meeting, and thus continue I'll the
The meeting at the central PRESBYTERIAN
Church. Fifty-seventh street. between Sev.
enth and Eighth avenues, VII aso ,so obsnh bsxIh
conducting an old Country, prayer meet
| ing for an hour. after which the watch meet
nsd made pbS'ih bs the pastor past he Rev De- Wilton Mers
Smith and IA ths Efy "f2fsf Church
service viii be held with the !niversity Place
| Presbyterian and the Judson Memoir a!
10 S,sf 30 and i viii be largely musical in charactsi
| The Rev Or. Howard Duifield. pastor OF the
church will preside and i ndsy !; dSApsStsd ,St az
| the University place church. will make an
address There will also be service at the
Rev f'Tn"tJ Dr j. II Hcadley, pastor i, viii begin
at 10 O'clock with social half hour which
will he followed by prayer meeting With an
vice will close the meeting az midnight
One Of the features OF the ce!ebraton of
the coming Of the new century will be tie
Broadway opposite Wall street, Grnce Church.
Broadwav and Tenth street. and - Andrews
of the services ut EPISCOPAL ChGfches Monday
nght will include midnight celebration ~
s9e Holy RsSc Hs MH VI" Sa
street near Columbus avenue where the
service will begin at II 40 with hymns prayers
At the church Of the Heavenly Rest, Fifth
avenue near Fortv-hfth street. service VIII
begin at II o'clock Monday night win a
dresses will be made by the Rey Arthur i,
Judge: rector OF - Ma,theM's Episcopal
Morgan. n i' rector Of tn" Heavenly Resi-, who
viii a!s9 SPEAK ncis, lit too there viii be I,,
Inediately after the midnight hour The Rev.
Walter $ Bentley is 10 be he SPEAKER at the
watch night service a, All Souls, ,Epsc9psl
street. his topic being "Twcntieth Century
Visions A celebration sL;ta of ,hG Holy COM
Saints Church Henry and SCANNED streets.
there will be procession Of the choir. chill
dren and older people at IN mtdnish' ,l,H 81 -. p
byterian Church in New York have been
asked 70 attend a mectinS N he be-, chapel ot
and Thirty-seventh street. on Monday after
noon and evening. The afternoon meeting
ocloSs and WI bhsr, he "ddgfs'GG by s
of the Union Theological seminary The
evening session begin, at ana VIII b" Y
will end az clock with The IorG,s Snppnr
| 10 be administered by the Rev Dr Mal:bis y
BabcoCk. pastor of the Brl'k 'hurrh brook-
lyn Preshyterians will Eol! similar meeting
next Monday afternoon NJ IN N" central
Church Marcy and jefferson avenues
The Young Mems Christian Association
will hold Il big meeting to-day in carnegie
Hall Gov Roosevelt 'as promised 20 speak
and Robert T., Spcer. Secretary of the Pres
bvterisn Board Of foreigu Missions. will
also make an address Christian Endeav-
orers are 10 hold n watch night service 81
their own in the rooms OF the falton street
Prayer Meeting The meeting begins at
IL ofoloci and will b" conducted by The Rev.
Dr. J Wilbur Chapman. pastor ~ the Fourth
Presbyterian Church. The Rev. David j.
Burrei Will make an address. meeting
will be held In the hall Of thc Young Mems
Christian Association, Tventy-third street
and Fourth avenue. on Monday afternoon IN
tho interest of the Twentieth Century Gospel
Campaign.
Of the new century "a generally as those
on this side OF tho river In Christ Episcopal
Church. Bedford avenue n service has been
held every New Years Eve Tor fifteen years.
aud IL has become 50 popular that tickets
OF admission have TO bc used To prevent
oysrcrowding The service begins az II.
The watch night service at 81. AIMS Church.
Clinton and Livingston streets. j. also a very
old institution, attracting people from great
distances II will this year begin at 1880
and continue for an hour Nearly every
brooklyn Methodist church will have watch
meeting Those which have prepared special
programmes are. The Nosuand Avenue,
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