Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-12-29
GIFTS FOR THE SUNDAY SCHOOL
SCHOLARS OF MANY CHURCHES.
Several More Celebrations We're
Held in This City Last
Night.
THE CHINESE EMBLEMS
Beautiful Banners Add to the
Decorations in the Presby-
terian Church.

One of the prettiest and most inn
pressive Christmas festival services
of the holiday season was that of st.
Peters Episcopal Sunday school last
night.
The services were held in the
church which was decorated with
Christmas greens. The chancel was
strikingly beautiful and needed lit
tie decoration besides the festoons of
evergreens.
The members of the Sunday school
marched from the chapel to the
church, as they have done on many,
many Christmas festivals, up the CEN
ire aisle of the church. singing their
Christmas carol, carrying their BAN
ners and took their places in the
foremost pews. The Christmas pro-
cession of children is one of the most
striking features of the entire servf
ice.
The Christmas carols were beauti-
full. The infant class carol, Sing
Once More the Old, Old Story was
pleasing feature and the little tots,
under the direction of their teacher,
Miss Hart, brought forth much favt
orable comment. Their behavior
was perfect and spoke highly for
their instructress. t
Rev. James l.. Lancaster spoke to
the children of the Birth of Christ
and the Significance of Christmas
time After the service the children
received their presents of prettily
dressed dolls, books and candy
around magnificent Christmas tree
placed on the platform.
The tree, the topmost branches of
which touched the ceiling, wasllit by
many candles, while at the top an
electric light .shone, which. t1s0seiEffs
dren Immediately termed the Beth
lehem STAR"
T. c. Booth distributed the pres
ents to the infant class and ]. H.
Muichahey, superintendent of the
Sunday school, presented the older
scholars of the Sunday school with
their gifts.
All of the presents were of high
order. The dolls we're little beauties
and delighted the heart of many
little girl as she snugly clasped her
dolly in her Ion, her way home.
The boys received games and books,
and car in pretty boxes was dis
tributet ! all.
1'he Christmas festival was
great success and one to be remem-
bered with pleasure and joy until
the next Christmastide. ~
Presbyterian.
The decorations of the Presbyterian
church at the Christmas exercises
last night were unique and beautiful.
The usual Christmas decorations
were enlivened by a number OF
Chinese banners and baskets of ar
tificial flowers. Across the organ was
a large banner bearing Chinese char.
acters, which interpreted werek
Gods Blessing" God Loves th
World" The banner is handsori iz
affair of red satin with bla4
gold characters. 1t Is about
long and two wide. On the 81 8
was a small banner embelliSf Z
the Chinese dragon. Two bar
artificial flowers which belone
the large banner decorations
suspended from festoons of Chst 81
mas greens hung on the ceif{ g
These decorations were presented n
the Sunday school by four ChinessE
scholars, Sene Yet, Len Yet, Cherh
Sing and Lii Lup, who are membera
of the Sunday school and are taugh&
by Miss Jennie Petersen and f. a.
Seaman. The banners are very eS
pensive and decidedly artistic 0rieI Is
tai decorations.
The extension platform used at I'll ~
revival supplied the stage for the d.
lightful cantata, "The Joy of Chris
mas"
Mrs. Adele Stevenson has had IL h
members of the primary and junibS
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