Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-12-24
Special Services Have Been Ar
ranged For Both This Even
ing and Christmas Day
THERE WILL BE MANY TREES
Most of the Sunday Schools Have
Planned for Christmas Trees With
Suitable Programs to be Given This
Evening for the Little Folks - The
Sunday Church Services.

Tn all the churches Of the city
christmas will be celebrated either this
evening or Sunday, and In some OF
them special services have been PLAN
ned for both times. In most of the
churches tonight there will be brightly
lighted and prettily trimmed Christmas
trees for the little folks Of the Sunday
school. and to a few, Santa Claus, the
dearest saint in all childhood, has
promised to come and distribute from
the green boughs the loving remem-
ORANGES of parents, friends and teach
ers Wherever there is to be trees
good things to eat have been provided
for the pupils and sacks, full to their
tops, with candy and nuts and sweet
meats will be given to all who attend.
In all Of the churches tomorrow
Christmas sermons will be delivered,
and in most of them special music,
prepared for the occasion, will be sung.
Some of the musical programs, such
as the one at st. Mary's, will be quite
elaborate. Below is given a brief sum-
mary of the services both for this ev
ening and Sunday which will be held
at the several different churches.
At ST. Mary's
Services at ST. Mary's will begin
with high mass and sermon at o'clock
Sunday morning. Low mass will be
celebrated at o'clock, and solemn
high mass and sermon at 10:30 o'clock.
The sermon at o'clock mass will be
delivered by Dean Fitzpatrick upon
the subject, The Joys of Christmas"
He will also preach at the 10:3O
o'clock mass on the text, In Him Was
Life and the Life Was the Light OF
the World
st. PauI's Episcopal.
The regular Sunday program OF SER
vices will be held at st. Paurs on
Christmas day. Rev. William Pence
James will administer holy communion
at 1880 o'clock, followed by the festi-
val service and sermon at 10:30 o'clock.
The evening service will be held at 4
o'clock On next Wednesday evening,
December %, the Christmas festival
for the children will be given in the
basement of the church beginning at
$50 o'clock. The festival will be fol-
lowed by supper anu SbIuoSs
Congregational.
A Christmas tree loaded with the
gifts of parents and friends candy and
nuts, with Santa Claus to distribute
them has been planned for the Sunday
school pupils Of the Congregational
church this evening at o'clock. The
accompanying program which will be
short. will be given by the younger
members of the school. Professor e.
A. Steiner, of Grinnell, will preach
both morning and evening Christmas
day at the usual hours.
Methodist.
At 1880 o'clock Christmas eve the
Sunday school children of the Metho-
dist church will give program typical
of Christmas. There will be a tree
bearing presents for the children, also
good things to eat. The Sunday SER
vices will be at the usual hour; 1890
o'clock in the morning and 1880 o'clock
pastor Rev. G. L. Gould. At the morn
ing service baptism will be ad1ninist-
cred.
First United Evangelical.
For the children of the south side
there will be Christmas tree at the
First United Evangelical church at
1880 o'clock this evening. The children
of the Sunday school will give a. Christ
mas program, and there will be gifts
and sweetmeats for the little folks. On
Sunday the usual services will be held
at IL o'clock in the morning and at
1880 o'clock in the evening. Rev. A.
M. Morris, the pastor, has prepared a
special Christmas sermon for the
morning service on the subject Gods
Gifts" Specially prepared music will
be given by the church choir at both
services. Rev. Morris evening subject
will be "Christ's Reception to Earth"
Norwegian Lutheran.
The Sunday school of the Norwegian
Lutheran church will celebrate Christi
mas with tree and program at the
church this evening. The program in
which pupils of the school will take
part will be in both English and Nor
wegian. On Christmas, Sunday, the
usual services will be held at 1880
o'clock in the evening by the pastor
Rev. M. Londahl.
Swedish Luthern.
Christmas day observance at the |
Swedish Luthern church will begin
with morning services at O'clock in |
charge of the pastor, Rev. c. A. Lind |
vail In the evening at o'clock the
Sunday school will give It's annual en-
At the services specially |
prepared music will be given by the
church choir.
Southwest Mission.
For the little folks of the Southwest
Mission the teachers Of the school
nave planned a merry good time this
evening. A tree laden with pretty lit
lie gifts for the regular pupils, and
bags of nuts and candy and sweet
meats for all, will be the feature, A
Christmas program will be given by
he children of the school.
Union Mission.
Those interested In the Union Mis-
sion, 1910 Summit street, have plan
led for Christmas day but there will
,e no Christmas tree. The services
which will be typical of the day, will
,e held in the morning at 10 o'clock.
\ special program has been prepared.
Christian Scientists.
Only the regular Sunday services VIII
,e held Christmas morning at the First
Church Of Christ, Scientists, at the US
lal hour.
Tree at State Street Evangelical.
A Christmas tree and entertainment
will be enjoyed by the Sunday school OF
he State Street United Evangelical
hurch at 1880 o'clock this evening. Al