Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-12-24
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Christmas Service Will Be Held in All tn,
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ALL TO PRAISE THE BABE OF BETHLEHEM
Protestnnts and Catholics Alike Turn
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savior is Born.
The anniversary of the birth Of the Babe
of Bethlehem will be appropriately cele-
brated In Omaha's churches today and
Christmas day with sermon and song.
Scarcely preacher in all the city but
has chosen a Christmas subject for his
theme and not a choir but will sing OF
that eventful night, almost twenty CEN
turtles past, when a Saviour Of the world
was born. No preaching OF creeds and doc
trines will there be, for the universal
thought will bark to Him on whom all de-
nominations agree, and who lived and had
His being before ever creed was formu-
lated 1t is a season of common praise
and rejoicing.
The Protestant churches. with the excep-
ton of some of the Episcopal churches
will hold their Christmas services Sunday
Catholics will celebrate the feast of Christ
mas on Christmas day and few OF the
Episcopal churches will hold services on
the same day.
Sunday school entertainments were set at
various times. ranging from saturday night
to Tuesday afternoon. The great majority
| of them, however, are to be held Christmas
eve and Christmas night. 1t is safe to
| say there is not a boy or girl in the city
| who is not anticipating with pleasure the
/ greatest event in the childs calendar.
/ Even the poor little fellows who do not
| attend Sunday school are to have their
! Christmas tree at the City mission
| Exceptionally good musical programs
! have been prepared by the choir directors
! of the churches All of the large choirs
have been drilling for some time on the
| Christmas program and prepared to
furnish music high in quality, in keeping
with the day.
The message OF Christmas is to be pre-
scented at the vesper service of st. Marys
Avenue Congregational church Sunday
! afternoon The pastor Rev. Lucius c.
Baird, and the director of music, Thomas
j. Kelly, have arranged a special service
under the title of christmas Eve in Beth
lehem." which is founded on an old Ger
man carol:
| Not in Jerusalem,
| But from Bethlehem
| Comes salvation, consolation;
| Not In Jerusalem.
The service is divided into two parts,
entitled, Bethlehem in Prophesy and His
tory" and 1.-THE Seekers for Bethlehems
Child" The various characters who figure
scripture and song. Among the seekers
the anthem, Now When Jesus Was Born"
| (Cruickshank), presents the wise men.
| "Nunc Dimittis" shows the Prophet Sim
con. The shepherds are heard in Vincent's
| anthem, There Were Shepherds" The
dark face of Herod brings in the minor
strain which is heard in Dudley Bucks
anthem. I'm Ramah There Was Voice"
Two other Christmas carols are included
| In the program which the vested choir will
give. They are: Holy Night, Peaceful
Night" and Philip Brooks carol, 20 Little
| Town of Bethlehem"
Following is the program:
MORNING, 0:S0
Old Carol-Not Jerusalem (Moravan)
Processonai-o, Come Ali ye Faith '''
cantee-Benedictus jfrom Luxe trent trent
Hymn-Hark, the Herald Angels Sing
The Anthsm"Nov When jesus MeR %ss
onertory Solo Gby requestj-The Birth: =
Gay Oh MRS Mrs. Kelly. Ne'oi'nser
neutrality-suspicious. OF two old
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At the afternoon service the program has
been arranged by the pastor so that the
lessons, hymns, anthems, SOLOS, prayers
and sermon will form a continuous whole,
under the title, christmas Eve at Bethle-
hem," at which, among other things, these
will be sung:
Carol-Not Jerusalem CMoravian).....
Observation-Disclosures. Adam Drese
Processional-Angels from the Realms
caroi@o Little Town Of Bethlehem n''A'
soloT ise0 TersGs 2naby Dudley Rf sae
Mrs. Verne Miller,
Carol-Holy Night, Peaceful Night.
Antheim.Tiiher;c; Were Shepherd, AbId- DOs
oertoFFy Music (organy from Christi n'en'
Anthem1NOw. When Jesus Was Born Dat"
Rsossslonal-o. Come, All Y Esl!sfql ~,,n
This program will be Thomas ]. Kellys
seventeenth Christmas program in Omaha.
Selections from Handers great work,
1.-THE Messiah" will be sung by a choir
OF sixty voices at KountGe Memorial
} church Sunday evening The Sunday musl-
cal services will be follows;
MORNING.
congession. and Absoiutiion.. .....
, Iutroit for Christmas Day..............
: Gloria. Patri, Kyrie, and Gloria in
Ahthsm"Drop Down, Ye Heavens.
Epistle and Gospel Lesson. with re- re- '''
s.rm sPopTTfhs Advent Of the king.
, Chorus-Unto us Child is Born. Handel
Prayer, closing with the Lords Prayer
EVENING.
| A service OF sacred song. Selections from
the oratorio. THE Messiah" by George
Frederick Handel.
/. Chorus-For Unto Us a Child is
2. Aria (soprano) ...... Mrs. Frank HuntIey
3, Chorus-Surely He Hath Borne Our
4. Chorus1Aii We, Like Sheep. Have
Gone Astray............ .............
| .. ARA Cpassl .......: ., 3. Hamilton
6 Chorus-Lift Up Your Heads. oh
| We Gates. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
Z. Aria (soprano) ..- Miss Macy Stapenhorst
s. Chorus-Halleluiah ...................
Miss Amanda Tebbins first piano; Miss
JOY Keck. second plano; e. ID. Keck
, choirmaster.
Following will De the music for the
/ Christmas service at the First Congrega,
, tional church, Mrs. c. s. Richardson or.
ganist and Ira b. Penniman director:
MORNING.
: Preude-Christmas Prelude with Chorus
of Shepherds .....................L ernmeu,
5 Acknowledgment and Best of the Sons
of the Morning .......................B ucL
Quartet, Tenor and Soprano. Solo and