Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-24

Shepherds. w. c. Williams; soprano solo,
Night of Nights. Van De Water.
Evening services, 1880 o'clock-When
Jesus Was Born In Bethlehem. c. 7. Steele;
Lyon; contralto solo. Oh, Holy Night
Adolphe Adam.
The quartet comprises: Mrs. Mary Miller
Scott, soprano; Miss Lydia Hughes, con-
tralto; Mr. H. c. Hartley. tenor: Mr.. w.
organist and director.
Interesting services will be held at Ryland
M. p. Church, 10th and D streets south
west. The program of music will include
Christmas anthems, The Shepherds by ].
B. Herbert: When Christ Was Born. by j.
+. banks; The Holy Babe of Bethlehem
by j. P. banks; The Midnight Song. by
Chas. Gabriel: Sing and Rejoice, by ]. B.
Herbert
The soloists at the morning service will
be DR.. Harry White, and at the evening
service Mr.. Leon Martin.
Sopranos. Mrs. r. L. Wright, Mrs. NJ. S.
Odell, Miss Laura HALEY, Miss Mary
Brewer; altos, Mrs. F. B. Gilmore. Miss
Florence Cornwall. Miss Grace Hall; tenors.
Mr.. E. M. Hall. Mr.. w. III. Flarnow. Mr..
B. c. Goodman, Mr.. John Heyl; bassos,
Mr.. Leon Martin, Mr.. Raymond Ayre, Mr..
Ed. Van Horn. Mr.. j. H. Cathell.
Mrs. Jesse w Nicholson, contralto soloist
and directress of the choir of Grace NJ. +.
Church, 9th and streets northwest, has
arranged an attractive program for Christ
mas night. She will be assisted by Mrs
arthur g. Dunn, the well-kpown soprano
soloist of the Grace Church choir who will
be remembered for her solo work in the
opera Carmen" the success of which, 1t is
said, was due largely to Mrs Dunns fine
work in one of the principal parts; also by
Mr.. Harry Helwig, who some years'ago was
the boy soprano of st. Johns Church. but
who has now developed a rich baritone
voice, which he uses to good advantage
Also large chorus of fifteen voices, with
Prof. George H. Ward at the organ.
At the Metropolitan Memorial NJ e.
Church, corner of street and John Mar
shall place, Rev. Frank NJ. Bristol. DID,,
pastor, the Christmas music will comprise
the following numbers: 1T Came Upon the
Midnight Clear" by Sir John Stainer; Still
is the Night in Bethlehem" by Spence;
Hail to the Christ" by Barnby: All My
Heart Rejoices," by Seavey; Behold, He
Cometh." by Ketelbey; "A Little Child of
Bethlehem" by Lutkin; angels from the
Realms" by Lansing, and Holy Night" by
Adam. The choir is composed of Mrs. Day
ellie Taylor WEIGH, soprano; Miss Matte
Gray, alto; Mr.. Dana Holland, bass; Mr.. A.
P. Tasker, organist and Mr.. Perry B. Tur-
pin, tenor and director.
There will be no early service tomorrow
morning in the Anacostia Methodist Episco-
pal Church at Jackson and Pierce streets,
to custom, and the principal sefV-
Charles O. Isaac, the pastor of the church
will preach Christmas day sermon. Mr.
Dsniel c. Smithson will direct the choir In
special musical program Mrs. Elizabeth
Nelson will be the OrganiSt. The usual
evering meeting will occur at 7:30 o'clock
Arrangements are being made for the Sun
day school entertainment of the church,
which will be held Tuesday evening at 30
o'clock.
Methodist Protestant.
The Christmas services at the North Car
china Avenue Methodist Protestant Church.
Rev. A. Norman Ward. pastor. Will be as
follows: Morning at II o'clock-Organ pre-
lude, Angels Chorus. Clark; anthem, Glory!
Glory! Glory! Root; soprano solo. Bright In
the East (Miss Mary a. Dodge: an
them. Hank! the Herald Angels Sing.
Towne Evening service. 1880 o'clock
Organ prelude violin solo, Pilgrim $
Chorus. Wagner (Mr Walter l.. Slater;
anthem. Gloria in Excelsis, Buck;
anthem, Wake. Oh My Soul, Craner; violin
Slater; soprano solo. Bethlehem, Dresser
Miss Ada Filer): anthem. In Manager
Poor and Lowly. Craner The choir VIII
consist of sopranos: Misses Mary A. Dodge.
Ada Filler Roberta Dant. Sue Hess and
Mrs Edgar Busey: altos: Mrs. c. V. Scho-
field Mrs. H. ]. Bascom and Mrs. NJ. H.
Hermann tenors: Messrs. Wilbur A. Dodge
and Andrew Burdine: bass: George s.
II. u.
VIM. IT. Scott: organist and choirmaster,
Chas. V. Schofield.
Baptist. l...-
At the morning service at Calvary Baptist
Church the choir will sing the following
anthems: Hark. the Glad Sound, Foster;
Like Silver Lamps, Barnby; 1t Came Upon
the Midnight Clear, Bartlett Mr.. McFar-
land will sing Comfort Ye and Every Val
ia,
richs, violinist, will play, by request, the
Andante from Mendelssohn's Concerto. The
choir of Calvary Baptist Church will con-
sist of: Miss Carrie Burkhart, soprano;
Mrs. Ralph p. Barnard, alto; Mr.. VIM. D.
Mcfarland, tenor: Mr.. Percy Thompson
bass; Mr.. Arthur D. Mayo, organist and di-
rector.
Temple Baptist Church follows:
Morning service-Organ voluntary, pasto-
raj, Merkel: doxology; anthem, Break
Forth Into JOY" Owen; offertory, soprano
solo, Christmas" PeZzard; anthem, "Hark
What Mean Those Holy Voices?' Neidlin-
ger.
In the evening there will be Christmas
service with the Sunday school. The pro-
Blessed Be the Lord Wood; offertory,
contralto solo, 20 Holy Night" Adams;
carols by the Sunday school, The choir
comprises Miss Mabel c. Latimer, soprano;
Asil .. ooAiii CoI-kisi LII. "A. D.
Brown, tenor; Mr. Halstead P. Hoover,
bass, and Mrs. Grace Dufour Brown, organ
list and director
At the Fifth Baptist Church. E street near
1th street southwest, besides the regular
and evening services, there will be
a Christmas prayer meeting at $50 o'clock
select program of music will be given at
both forenoon and evening services. Those
In the musical feature will be:
Organist, J. w. Garland; sopranos, Mrs.
Annie E. Grigsby, Mrs. ]. H. Brewer, Mrs
Minnie Price, Mrs. Edgar Mooney, Miss
Ella c. Howison, Miss E. Pearle Grigsby;
tenors, Messrs. J. Hammond Brewer Raw
mond Lewis and George Powell; altos, Mrs.
Virgie Thompson Miss Mabel Grigsby Miss
Martha E. HoWison. Miss Minnie Wood;
bassos. Messrs. Ross James, Arthur James.
G. /. Guesford, Joseph Stout and w. L. VIII
kerson.
There will be a special program of
Christmas music at the Metropolitan Bap-
fist Church, corner of 9th and streets
northeast, Rev. John Compton Ball. pastor.
At the morning service, beginning at II
o'clock, the following music will be rem
dered: Prelude, organ and violin, inter-
mezzo from "Cavalleria Rusticana," Miss
Lillian Koechling, violinist; Sanctus, Nv
Gounod; Christmas. by Shelley; bass solo.
Nazareth, by Gounod, sung by Mr. William
T. Ellis.
At the evening service, 7:3O O'clock
o Holy Night, by Giffe-Adam; And There
Were Shepherds, by Palmer; Christmas an
them, by Williams.