Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-12-24

CENBER "a, 1905.
Duet-"Be Glad, o Ye Rshte9ps"
Mr. ,i,.r ] IA, a. h1s'ner
Baker, Basso.
soprano, Solo and Chorus-"Go9d Tide I'D
Solo by Hidrcth Sisson Riddle. Violin
Oblgato by Mrs. Dale.
Postlude-"E ntree DO Procession in
DR.. Fletcher NJ sisson pastor; lena
Ellsworth Dale. musical director; Mrs. ii.
L Brass organist.
The beautiful feast Of our Blessed Lords
Nativity will be appropriately usherod in
at St Philomena's Cathedral Monday
morning at 5 o'clock, when Bishop Scan
nell will celebrate a solemn pontihcal mass.
| Very Rev. William Kelly will be the as
sistant priest at the throne and Rev. Nj.
Luersman, s. j., and Rev. William Kearns
| will act as deacons of honor Rev. James
w Stenson and Rev. Z. j. Troy. S. j., Will
| be deacon and sub-deacon, respectively, OF
| the mass. The sermon will be delivered
| by the bishop. who will also impart the
papal blessing. The Junior choir will rem
| der the choral mass in c at this celebra-
| ton. Low mass will be celebrated at T.
1880. s, $50 and .. At 1880 Rev. William
| Kearns will be the celebrant OF solemn
/ high mass, and he will be attended 10y
Mgr. Colaneri V. G., as deacon, and by
| Rev William l.. Mcnamara as sub
deason. The sermon will be delivered by
Rev ]. w. Stei son, who will also act as
master of ceremonies. The senior choir
under the direction OF Miss Margaret Swift
will render Marcos 'Messe solemnelle."
op. 10 and at the conclusion solemn bene-
| diction of the blessed sacrament will be
given.
st. Johns. ST. Peters and molly Family
! churches will celebrate solemn high mass
| at o'clock Christmas morning. high mass
at 1890 and low mass at intervening hours.
| Services at the other churches will be the
| same, except that high mass instead of
| solemn high mass will be celebrated at D.
At Sacred Heart church there will be a
children's mass a, s O'Clock. At St Mary
Magdalen's there will be special orchestral
music.
| The Central United Presbyterian Sunday
school will this year take advantage of
the fact that Christmas eve comes on
Sunday to make its Christmas observance
strictly a religious service. 1t will be held
| In the church. Twenty-fourth and Dodge
streets, at IOU SulludS evening anu VIII
consist of an attractive program of re-
sponsive readings, Rotations and appro-
pirate music, with a short sermon by the
pastor, Rev. r. B. A Mcbride. 1t has
been the custom of this school for years to
give rather than receive and the offering
this year is asked in money and will go to
make Christmas glad for some of the poor
Of the city. The program will he in charge
| OF George G.. Wallace, superintendent.
George F. Gilman will preside at the organ.
| A choir of thirty or forty children and
young men and women has been trained
for the occasion.
The choir OF Saratoga Congregational
church Sunday evening will sing the
hymns Holy, Holy. Holy" Joy to the
World" and Heaven is Not Far Away"
An anthem. 1.-THE Shepherds" will be
given. H. w Dunn will sing a baritone
solo and Clarence Petersen will sing a solo
Rev. Philetus II. Mcdowell, pastor of I'm.
manuel Baptist church, will preach Christ
mas sermons Sunday morning and evening
The morning subject will be, "The Manger
Cradle: the Worlds Mecca" THE Gift
That Gladdens the World" will be the sub.
ject of the evening sermon.
The annual Sunday school Christmas ex.
ercises of CASTELAR, Street Presbyterian
church will be held at the church Monday
night at 7:30. The Sunday school will also
furnish a program Sunday evening.
There will be Christmas tree and Sun
day school program at Grace Lutheran
church Tuesday night.
A Christmas entertainment will be hello
Monday night at st. Marks English Luth
eran church. There will be a Christmas
tree and presents TO the children.
The Sunday school OF Knox Presbyterian
church will give a cantata, 'In Santa Clau.
| Land" Saturday evening at 1870
At the Sunday evening service at the
First Presbyterian church DR.. w. o. Henri!
will give a stereopticon lecture on 9TH,
Land Of Christ" with personal reminis
J cences.
Lowe Avenue Presbyterian Sunday schoo
will hold it's Christmas entertainment Tues
day evening at the church.
? Christmas music will be given Sunda,
morning and evening by the chorus choir a
Calvary Baptist church. The entertain
ment of the Sunday school will be oil
Christmas night at 1880 in the audienc
room of the church.
, At Trinity cathedral on Christmas morn
: ing there will be celebration OF the hol,
. communion at 7:S0 and celebration and ser
; mon at 10.
l The Christmas tree and Sunday schoo
festival of Trinity parish will be held Il
the chapel on the afternoon OF Holy limo
! cents day, December Is, at o'clock TIL
primary class under the direction of Mis-
Voss, assisted by Miss Allie Adams an,
: Miss Carmelita Chase, is preparing a spe
cial Christmas carol TO sing as the opening
: number.
AT $50 Christmas morning a servfc
called "Julotta" will be held at the Swedis
Methodist church There will be specia
music and sermon by the pastor, Rev
! Peter Munson. The Sunday school festivi
) ties will be held at 1880 Christmas night
Y The following Christmas hymn, writes
by J. o. Wallin and translated into English
r will be sung:
All hail the blessed morning hour!
Thou herald of the day of power,
Foretold by prophets holy.
: O glorious morn, o happy morn,
1 words Of JOY by angels borne
A Down to the shepherds iowly;
4 Praising, raising
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