The San Francisco call., 1904-12-25
MANY CH0IRS WILL RAISE
THEIR VOICES IN SONG,
iii Chwrhes TO Hola Sbeczal Se,mces
Oakland Pastors Announce Their
Programmes for Day.

coming on Sunday there will be spe
land tomorrow. There will be spe
cial music and special sermons in all
OF the places of worship.
Handels famous oratorio, THE Mes
siah," will be sung tomorrow evening
at the First Congregational Church by
a chorus choir of eighty voices, under
the direction cf Alexander Stewart.
The service will begin at o'clock. ow-
Ing to the length of the oratorio,
which consumes much more time than
an ordinary Sunday evening service.
In the morning special Christmas
music will be rendered by the choir
and g. Christmas sermon will be
preached by the Rev. Charles r.
Brown.
Robert Lloyd, the director of the
First Presbyterian Church choir, has
arranged special music. which will be
sung by a solo quartet, composed of
Mrs. A. I. Fletcher, Mrs. John Mad
den, Miss Mabel Gordon and Mrs.
Robert Lloyd, and an Augmented
chorus choir. Following is the pro-
gramme of the Christmas musical SER
vice:
Morning - Organ prelude, 'NoeP'
Dudley Buck); anthem, Sing, oh
Heavens" Lowe); barytone solo,
Noel (Adam); soprano solo. Night
Song of Bethlehem" (Nevin); offer
l. nv
OF Glory" (Brown); alto solo, Christ
mas" (Shelley); anthem, male quartet
and alto solo, The Holy Babe
(Batchelder); postlude, 'Finale"
Nemmens).
Evening-Organ prelude. Military
March" (Schubert); "Pastorale"
(John w. Metcalf), and Pilgrims
Chorus" The choir will render: An
them, Birthday of a King (Neid-
linger); tenor solo, The Glorious
Morn" CNeidlinger); quartet, Ring
Cut, Wild Bells Lahoe); offertory
and bass solo, "Hark! What mean?"
Oowe); anthem, 1T Came Upon the
Midnight" (Gilchrist); organ post
lude, 'Toccata-"
SUNDAY SCHOOL SERVICES.
The Sunday school will have special
Christmas services at 9:45 a. m. The
Christmas story will be given to the
school by Mrs Charles Woodbury..
Special Christmas music will be sung
at the Union-street Presbyterian
Church by the following choir: Mrs.
NJ M. Brown, Mrs. ]. w. Aldrich. Mrs.
J. E. Whitehead, Miss M Sampson,
6;es DainenburU Mr. NJ AZ Rr0Un
Mr.. ]. E. Whitehead, Miss H. l.. Cham
berlain, Miss Eva Williams, Miss Es-
telle Matheson, Miss L. Rowland, Miss
NJ. Harris, Mr.. 1. S. MacCurdy, Mr.. C.
Bumstrager. George Pollett, organist;
w. J. Oaes, choir director.
Fifty voices will join in the Christ
mas music at the First Baptist Church,
which will be sung under the direction
Of Percy A. r. Dow. Following is the
programme for the morning and even
ing services:
IL a. m.-Prelude, minuetto in G
minor (Tours); GLORY to God in the
Highest" solo, quartet and chorus
(PergolesD; Star of the Orient" Mrs.
Best and quartet (Shelley); anthem,
Peace on Earth" choir; THE Glori-
GUS Morn" Mrs. Warner and chorus
(NiedIinger); postlude in F minor
(PetralD.
7:3O .. m.-"The Righteous Branch" 4"
the great Advent cantata, by Clough
Letter. will be rendered by the full
chorus. Solo parts-Mrs. Margaret
Best, soprano; Mrs. ]. ]. Warner, con-
tralto; Mr.. Scott Kent and Mr.. Norman
Pendleton, tenors; Mr.. Reginald Mar
rack, barytone, assisted by Miss Hib-
berd and Mr.. Letter. Noel" (offertory
with cello obligato). (Adam), by Mrs
Best.
Holy communion will be celebrated at
ST. Paul's Church at s a. m. by the
Rev. c. T. Walkley, and will be fol-
lowed at 10:30 with special Christmas
music. The programme follows:
Morning services at 1920 o'clock;
Prelude: 'Passacaglia" from, Sonata"
in Z minor, Rheinberger; processional
"Adeste Fidelis," Reading; "Venite," /"
Turtle; Gloria Patri." Turtle: "Te
Deum," Oliver King; "Jubilate," Oliver
King; introit, While Shepherds
Watched Their Flocks by Night" Tan
sur; "Kyrie," Mendelssohn; Gloria IT.
BIZ" Fickenscher; hymn, "Hark, the
Herald Angels Sing" Mendelssohn; !;
offertory, Star of the Orient" HIarry
Rowe Shelley, Lowell Redfield; Sane
tus," Gounod; communion hymn, "Ag-
nus Del" Tours; Gloria in Excel
SIS" Old Chant; occasional, Angels
from the Realms of Glory" Smart;
postlude, "Triumphal March" from
fifth symphony, Beethoven.
Evening services at 6 o'clock will be
a carol service for the children, led by
the vested choir.
FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH.
A special musical programme in
honor Of Yuletide will be presented at
the First Christian Church by the fol-
lowing choir:
Sopranos-Miss Wanzetta Fuller
(soloist), Mrs. j. n. Hubbard. Miss
Nellie " Philbrick. Miss George Lam
bert, Miss Nina PhiIbrick, Miss Maudie
A Henderson, Miss Mamie L. Phil
brick, Mrs. Frank Nebeker, Miss Mabel
Pelton, Miss Clara Lane.
Altos-Mrs. Blanche E. Young