The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-12-22
CHRISTMAS GIFTS
What the Sunday Schools
Will Do
In all Of These in Raleigh There viii
be Season of Happiness for
the Little Sabbath School
Children.

Children.
Next Friday is Christmas and this week
is one dear to the little ones.
To the larger ones, too, it is previous,
but there is something in childhood that
smacks of Christmas, and to them large
ly are the festivities of the week devoted.
Raleigh is a city of many churches, and
in these churches there are Sunday schools
where the little children and the older
children gather Sabbath after Sabbath to
learn of the Christ whose natal day the
Christmas times celebrate.
There will be gift-giving in the Sun
day schools, and in many OF them 1t will
take the form of gifts from the children
to the poor. There will be Christmas
trees and Santa Claus, and in a number OF
schools delightful cantatas will be render
ed AS far as is known the program OF
Sunday school Christmas events IN Raj
eigh is as follows:
CHRIST CHURCH.
In Christ Church there will be special
serv &c of music The Sunday school WI.
have Christmas tree on "Wednesday be-
fore Christmas, at which the hearts OF the
little ones will be made.
CHURCH OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD
Special music will be rendered here al
So The happiness of the children Will
come on the Saturday after Christmas,
when there will be a splendid Christmas
tree ladened with gifts. special service
will be held for children Sunday morning.
EDENTON STREET METHODIST.
The celebration for the Sunday school
takes place on the Wednesday before
Christmas. In the Sunday school room
there will be Christmas tree. The ex-
ercises will begin at o'clock in the after
noon and the gifts will be distributed
CENTRAL METHODIST.
On Christmas night there will be given
Christmas Cantata. After this each
class will give as it desires for the bene
fit of the poor, and in this the parents and
other visitors will join. Then will come
the distribution of candy to the children.
The day after Christmas the gifts to the
poor will be distributed.
FIRST BAPTIST.
On Thursday night after Christmas
there will be a program OF much interest
for the children, and no visitors are in
vited. The occasion will be made very
happy one for the children.
TABERNACLE BAPTIST.
Here there will be a unique Christmas
for the infant class only, On the day be-
lore Christmas the children will take
Christmas stockings to the Sunday school
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find them filled with good things.
FAYETTEVILLE STREET BAPTIST.
On Monday night after Christmas there
will be Cantata at the Fayetteville
Street Baptist Sunday svhool, when 1.-THE
Old Fashioned Santa Claus" will be rem
dered and then there will be gifts distri
buted.
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN.
On Tuesday night there will be big
Christmas entertainment with gifts for
every member of the school, There will
be music and a splendid Christmas story
by Rev. Alfred H. Moment, d. d.
EPWORTH METHODIST
On Christmas night or the night after
Christmas there will be an entertainment
for the children. At this time gifts will
be distributed to all of these.
HILLSBORO STREET CHRISTIAN.
On Wednesday evening at Hillsboro
Street Christian church there will be an
entertainment and Santa Claus will de-
liver gifts to the children, who will find
this happy occasion.
WEST RALEIGH BAPTIST
At this Sunday School there will be a |
Christmas tree, possibly the night be-
fore Christmas though the time has not
been announced. The tree will be a
beautiful one, with presents for all.
SAMARIA BAPTIST.
On Monday night after Christmas there
will be an entertainment at Samaria Rap
fist church, and gifts will be distributed.
CATHOLIC CHURCH.
There will be celebration Of the sea-
son at this church, and the occasion will
be made a happy one in which ali the
children will be remembered. At the
church service On Sunday there will be
special music.
METHODIST ORPHANAGF.
On Christmas day there will be q spe-
cial big dinner for the orphans. There |
will be remembrances for them Oh Christ |
mas morning and there is talk OF a Christ
mas tree at night.
CATHOLIC ORPHANAGE.
At Nazareth Christmas day will DE APP
propriately observed and the plans are
for The remembrance Of all at that insti-
tuition 1
SOLDIERS HOME.
Christmas day will find many remem-
brances going TO the old soldier. A fea- |
ture Of the day will be the Christmas
dinner.
ST. LUKE'S HOME.