The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-12-27

trasted with the joyous "Adestc Fl
delis," sung by the entire choir In
his sermon, Dean Harris spoke Of the
coming to the world of the Christ, the
baby, boy and man, giving short re-
sumo of the wonderful life of Christ
and all the events that led up to the
simple scene that took place in the
Dean declared, connected with this most
wonderful event, was poor. Poverty
came to it's own at the birth of Christ,
for his mother was simple maiden
who had toilcd, his adopted father was
carpenter, and the first to know Of
his birth were the sheepherders, those
simple, godly men, who in simple faith
their Savior At the conclusion OF
his sermon, the credo rang out and
from then the music swept along, in
true Joyous Christmas rhythm. Solos
of merit were sung by Miss Owen, Miss
Ryan, Miss Fitzpatrick5 and Messrs.
Curtis and Ashworth, Miss Nora Glea-
son conducting
At st. Marks.
AT Et. Mark IS the vested choir ca
rolled of the coming of the Savior, q
babe born of the Virgin. The church
with flowers and greenery suggested
the holy day and the crowd Of worship.
pers bowed their heads in alteration at
the impassioned prayer sent up on
Christmas morning, The impressive pro-
ccssional chanting, ooh, Come All Ye
Faithful swung down the aisle and
then back in the sanctuary; Medelss,,
and ''Jubilate by Handel was
given. Two other noteworthy musical
hits were the anthem and hymn, Calm
on the Listening Ear of Night and
ooh, Little Town of Bethlehom.' - The
soloists Of the service were Mrs. ". I.
Adams. Miss Isabel Osborne, Miss Amy
Osborne. T, e. Harper, Herbert Brown
and Karl Scheid,
AZ st. Paul g church the programme
Adams. Some extraordinarily exquisite
selections were given. The offertory
solo sung by Mr. Brines, Adams fam
Gus "Noel, " stood out as a perfect bit
of vocalization. The occasional, clark,
the Herald Angels Sing" was also met
with appreciation by the worshippers.
All of the churches presented fine
musical offerings and the throngs who
attended morning services went homo
to turkey dinner after morning IN
which devout worship and a musical
treat were hopelessly mixed up.
At County InArmary.
One of the most satisfactory of the
Christmas celebrations was the little
Christmas JOY given the 90 inmates of
the county Infrmary, Here, the ono
place where one would fancy no yule-
tide JOY could enter, there were many
smiling, happy, withered old faces,
happy as children, for a great Christ
mas s.day treat had been theirs. Sup
erintendent Sabine had brought phon-
ograph to the Infrmary and fifty tunes
were played before the happy old folks
were content to stop listening to the
wonderful music box. He also gave them
a present, a little gift suited to each
one s individual need or taste, and pro
vided a bangup turkey dinner. AS II
this all were not enough Miss Allen, Of
the Central school of Murray, brought
down the girl members of her class, the
girls giving each of the old ladies y
pretty white apron. There were some
tired old heads in the Infrmary Christ
mas night. But there were smiles and
cheary words and the children and
home folks, dead years ago, visions nj
these dead ones so often marring holi-
day occasions. were forgotten and the
ones ancient fell asleep, only remem-
bering that it was pretty good old
world after ALL to provide them with
so much happiness,
In accordance with the custom that
has endured for many, many years,
Utah commandery No. l, knights Temp
lar gathered in Masonic temple on
Christmas morning for the memorable
toast proposed TO the eminent grand
commander, the same ceremony being
repeated at exactly the same hour in
every city of the United States. Emil
nent Commander Clesson S. Kinney pro-
posed the toast, which is invariably the
same: F'To Our Most Eminent Grand
Master, George NJ. Moulton; Merry
Christmas. May He Always Remem-
ber the Love and Friendship of His
Fellow Soldiers of the Cross.
Mr.. Kinney then gave the grand
commander s response "To the One
Hundred and Sixty-ive Thousand Sir
knights of Our Jurisdiction, on Christ
mast Day, the Most Memorable of All
Days in the Christmas Calendar, This
Sentiment Is Dedicated: Man should
ever seek his earthly reward for deeds
which is the voice Of God, and next to
gain the esteem of his fellowInen,
which, where worthily won, is price
less treasure.
Some music of excellence was given
by quartette, consisting Of Fred s.
Graham. Willard Sqnires, Agatha Berk-
noel and Mrs. Moore. they rendering
Gounod IS Praise Ye the Father,
Buck IS "Te Deum'' in f fat, and
Schneider g "Holy, Peaceful Night.
IN a most charming manner.
II. c. Mcmillan. in happily little
speech. brought out the beauty and
solemnity of the day. telling of its OBJ
servance through the years and point
ing out what the day itself means to
the Christian world About eighty
knights were present at the observ-
ance, which is an institution among