Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-30
TOPICS FOR A DAY OF REST,

Beginning Sunday morning the services
will be held in the main auditorium Of the
edifice, which has been undergoing extern
sive repairs and redecoration for the last
few weeks, during which time the serv-
Ices have, perforce, been held in the Sun
day school rooms. over 5000 has been
spent In rehabilitating the interior wood
work of the church and the church now
has one of the finest and most handsomely
decorated auditoriums in the city. The
pastor Rev. Frank L. Loveland, d. D.,
with the assistance OF the choir and music
committee, has arranged special programs,
to be rendered at 1880 a. m. and 1880 p.
m, when a chorus choir of forty voices,
which has been organized and trained by
the choirmaster Lee @. Gratz, will sing.
The respective programs are as follows:
MORNING.
Organ Prelude-Chorus of Shepherds.
...'':.. ::........................ Lemmens
Choir and Congregation
Recitation of the Apostles Creed.......
Anthem-sing. o Heavens. ............T Tours
Miss Loveland, Quartet and Chorus of
Forty Voices.
"a Christmas anthem for mixed voices,
with soprano Obligatory
Responsive Scripture Lesson-Psalter,
od sunday '''''''''''.''''...'',....'.
'O'" choir ana Congregation.
The scriptuTes-yohn 15:s-lS...............
Nght Sony Of Bethis
MRS Jennson, Mrs Anderson. Mr. GFe HGS
Hymn No 1O7. ........,.................
Choir and Congregation.
The Sermon-The Paradox OF Love......
BY the Pastor.
Antheu-Child Jesus Comes Nannav
Mrs. Jennison and Mr.. Charles Havlcek
"a Christmas carol for chorus of mixed
voices, with soprano solo, and obligato for
Hymn No. 1n........................
Choir and Congregation.
Reception OF members by pastor and
Doxoiogy and apostolic benedition.......
Observation-Disclosures March. ......... Merkel
EVENING.
Organ Prelude-Christmas Offering Tours
Choir and Congregatio
Anthem-o Holy Night....:....................Xidam
First Church Quartet
"a quartet for mixed voices, with So
Responsive scripture-Psalter, page TO-.
Ofertory-Prayer and Cradle Song.
so,o-0 Night Of Nights GG9iImant
Mrs. J. II. Jennison.
(Solo for soprano voice, with organ ac-
companiment.)
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Choir and Congregation.
The Sermon--A Closing Year Media
ton on Memory .................,.,
BY the Pastor.
Anthem-And There Were Shepherds.
Mrs. Jennison, Mr.. Kratz, Quartet and
Chorus.
"a Christmas anthem for quartet and
chorus with solos for soprano and BARI
Hymn No. 50. ..........................
Choir and Congregation.
Reception OF members and baptismal
service ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
DoXology and benedlction.
Postlude-Hallelujah Chorus. ........ Handel
With Christmas services in nearly every
church in Omaha last Sunday, special ex-
ercises on Christmas day and evening and
Christmas tree exercises for the children
OF the churches either Christmas eve OF
within few days following. il has been
what might be termed busy week for the
pastors and the laity or the, city, while
even tho members OF the various choirs are
thinking seriously of taking the rest cure
/ II has been without doubt one OF the most
successful Christmases ever experienced by
/ the churches and all are starting In the
new year on a sound financial basis, the
effect OF the .Torrey mission doing much
TO aid in that respect on account OF the in