The sun., 1900-12-24
MIDNIGHT CHURCH SERVICES.
sA Large Choir VIII Render a
Select Program at Epworth.
Excellent Music Will be Rendered
in Many OF the City's
Churches Tomorrow.

Midnight services will be held tonight
q in Epwolth NJ Il. Church. The novelty
a Of the experiment will attract large
efassemblage, for whom Il musical treat
Ghas beer prepared The choir of thirty
reive voices, the largest in the city, will
arender specially prepared program,
i (which has been rehearsed for some time.
n frJ'he services will begin at II o'clock and
II Gell be as follows:
Ut sulsrhe pastor, the Rev. r.. Burgette
n Thort, will deliver a sermonette, and
,.w$nere will be Scripture rcnding. The
n. ii services will begin promptly at u o'clock
4, intand continue for about one and half
isAours.
nj .Gloria patria (a) Bethlehem"
= 90 Ashford; 90 arise, Shine" Parks;
8 prayer; (a) 1.-The Holy Babe" Lyons;
"a Oh 30, Bethlehem" Herbert; Scripture
" reading; "Mortals, Awake, Fillmore;
81 solo, ..The Newborn King" L'espore;
ta) .'Fcar Not Danks; (b) prince Of
Peace" Herbert; Scripture reading; (al
.Hrhere Were Shepherds" Emerson; (b)
s.Messiah in King" Herbert: sermon
cite. Rev. f. Burgette Short; ''The
Angels Song" Dudley Buck; (D And
There Were Shepherds" (b) Ring.
Sweet Bells Herbert
The Christmas Day service in st.
Stephens Church will be tomorrow
morning at o'clock. The hoy choir,
- which will be vested for the first time,
ts-,Swill render these numbers: Heavenly
2oRoices," IL. Z. Danks; THE Glorious
4 goqews,' II. u. Danks; "Carol Loudly,
6 eeuarol Sweetly," Il. De Koven; "Nenite
rh;sp Wxeltemus,' Gregorian; '.Adeste FL
,itv Hles" Reading; "Benedction," Gregol-
Wiz ifsey GGn: clark! the Herald Angels Sing.
JpaInA Ia AIendelsohn; William II. Robinson, il
Twill sing "The New Born King" by l.
Espoir, "The Advent Tree" A Christ
mas service will be rendered by the sun
day School on Wednesday evening. The
decorations at ST. Stephens will sur.
pass those Of former years,
a St. Joseph's Colored Church.
WChristmas will be observed i'll st. 10
seph's Colored Church on French street
with becoming solmnity. AT a. III
solemn mass will be chanted, u
i which fifty boys of the home will sinl
!, very pleasing and devotional mass
The sermon viii be preached by th'
pastor. 1t is expected that a large mum
ber of colored people from all parts o
the city will attend this celebration
The last mass will be celebrated at
a. IN. by Rev. y. Kamp late of Nev
Zealand, who will also preach. Al
v elaborate entertainment has been pre-
pared for Wednesday evening. III
friends of the institution and relatives o
the day scholars are invited for TN
occasion.
st. JOINTS Church.
\ The following musical program will b
rendered in st. Johns Church on Christ
mas morning:
f Professional, Adestre Fidelo; Venitt
Shumaker; Glori Patri, Holden; 4
Deum, Dudley Buck; benediction, Sull
II van; hymn, "Shout the Glad Tidings,
~ communion service, f.. r. Morrison
II anthem, 'Trhus Speaketh the Lord {
n Hosts,' Stainer; hymn, "Hark the He
q aid Angels Sing" recessional, "Ange
Il from the Throne of Glory.
G. VIM. X. Bradford, organist al
choirmaster. The christmas music wi
n be repeated on the following Sunday.
n Trinity Church.
In Trinity P. q. Church on Christina
Eorning the Following program will
given: "Te oeum, in d. Parry; "Can
que do Noel A. Adam; "The Word
Made Incarnate,' Thomas Adam
.'Kyrie," Canctus," Gloria in EXcelsis
Godfrey; "Agnus Del" Carpente
hymns and chants by various composer
n L. Leslie Carpenter, organist and cho
- master.
"a ST. Paul's r.. @. Church.
The following musical program will
rendered IN 81. fuul W. ~ Chulch
Christmas Day:
Five O'Clock a. M; carol, "Unto us
Born" Schneider; professional, Bat
4 (orchestra); mass in d., Hyden; off
NJ tory. "Ddeste Fidelis," Novello; rec
N sional, With Glory" Diehlmann.
soloists of the mass are as follows:
prano, Mrs. Mary G. Preston, Norah
Walther; contralto, Misses Cora q. ~
aSs Jennie Daley; tenors, Messrs. w
4. NJ. Nulty, Joseph E. McCatfer
Iobn Flood; bass, Messrs. John A. N
honey, Thos. Ford.
L I,be choir of thirty voices will be
sisted by the philharmonic scrches
mnder the direction of Mr.. Ed. III
IL e. b. Preston, choirmaster; w. M.
'A Brown, organist.