The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-09-16

FAN WORK ut Churches.
| With the approach of Fall time
there 10 general resuming of activ-
tiles along all lines OF business. but
in no instance IL II more to be seen
than in the work Of the churches and
the various societies having for their
object the up building of the cause
! of religion and all that pertains to re-
/ ligion and the religious life of Mont
gomery.
/ BY the FIRST week in October. the
! pastors Of all Montgomery churches
will have returned to their charges
! and resumed their work. all the bet
I ter qualified by reason of vacation
Members Of the churches and Sunday
Schools will be again in their re-
spective places in church and school
/ and the wheels will begin to move.
! There has been lass suspension OF
| church work In Montgomery this
! summer than usual--fewer churches
have closed and all Sunday Schools.
without exception, have been continu-
/ Gus in their work.
| The Court Street Methodist Churcn
annex will be completed soon and the
Sunday School department will be es-
tablished in its handsome new quar-
tiers, preparatory to the winters work.
The new Sunday School apartment OF
: the Court Street church will be, when
! completed, one of the hapdsomest and
most thoroughly equipped sunday
school apartments in the South
The First Baptist Church, when COM
pleted. will have few rivals In this
part of the country. Several months
VIII elapse yet, however. before the
First Baptist Church will be COM
pleted and ready for occupancy. In
| the meantime the congregation will
continue to worship at their old church.
Special work pertaining to the reli-
! gious life of the city will be done by
the Young Women's Christian Asso-
citation, this winter, and with the open
ing of the elegant new home of the
! Young Mems Christian Association new
life will be infused into the work of
the young men Of Montgomery along
religious lines.
| Catholic Church Notes.
| The Male Choir Of St. Peters
| Church has been re-organized, and
augmented by a number of boys
voices. Today this choir will render
several Gregorian numbers at the
late Mass, which will be at s:30 o'clock.
The choir is now rehearsing for the
| vesper service, and when resumed,
vespers will be sung throughout in
the Gregorian Chant.
/ Gradually it is hoped to be able to
meet the requirements OF Pope Pius
| Tenth's "Motu Proprio" concerning
Catholic Church music. The following
boys and young men compose the
new choir:
Trebies-Masters c. DOVE. F. Dove.
q. Moeller, C. Willis. E. Ausfeld. H..
McGlinn and J. Biggio.
4 Tenors-Messrs. r. Edwards, r. Lee.
~. OConnell, J. West.
i Bassos-Messrs ] A. Rembusch, T.
lie, Locke and Mclaughlin.
At the late Mass this morning the
following musical numbers will be
sung by this choir:
/ Asperges Me, Gregorian; Kyrie Elei-
son, v. Stark: Ave Maris Stella (by
boys) Roman Hymnal; Sanctus, ".
Stark; Benedictus ". Stark; Agnus Del.
". Stark; o Salutaris, Roman Hymnal;
Tantum Ergo. Roman Hymnal; Ador-
emus and Laudate, Gregorian; Holy
God we Praise Thy Name. Recessional
Hymn.
Next Wednesday, Friday and Satur-
day will be observed by Catholics as
Ember Days. or days on which fast
ing and abstinence from meat Is pre-
scribed. These Ember Days occur -four
times a year. that Catholics may puri-
fly their souls and do penance at the
beginning of every quarter of the
year Pope st. Leo, the Great as
cribes an Apostolic origin to the uni
versal practice of observing these
fasts of the "Quattuor Temporal"