The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-12-23

Services Yesterday Part0ok of
the Seas0n-The Day
Itself.

Christmas was the theme in some
/ form, in nearly all the churches yes
! terday. If it was not in the text or
sermon it was in the singing. And if
| it was not in the singing it was in the
Sunday school and the devotional SER
vices. The story of the shepherds
watching their fiocks by night. of the
babe born in the manager, of the herald
angels, was repeated and studied and
retold in services everywhere.
The day itself presented little that
was outwardly symbolic of Christmas.
/ Very heavy rains marked the right
early hours of the morning in all parts
of the city. There was no wind and
| the rain fell straight down in torrents.
Then there was a cessation in the main
for the remainder of the forenoon, Civ
| ing people a chance to go to Sunday
school.
Some took advantage of the oppor-
tunity. But about noon the heavy
rains began again, and continued
throughout the day with only inter-
missions of fair weather or a less
heavy fall of rain.
Notwithstanding this there were a
good many people on the streets, and
when fire alarm sounded and called
the fire department to fire in China
town, there were enough people within
sound of the fire whistle to gather
big crowd at the fire within a very few
minutes.
At Central Union church in the
morning DR.. Scudder, the pastor.
preached a Christmas sermon on the
theme, ''The Two Names" Some of
the selections from Handlers Messiah"
were sung by the choir and chorus
under the leadership of Stanley Liv-
ingston. At the evening service there
was special Christmas music.
The regular Christmas exercises for
the children of Central Union church
will take place at 7:30 o'clock this
tree and quite an elaborate program.
But this is the year in which the chill
dren of the Sunday school give pres
ents. One year they receive presents
and the next year they give. This is
the next year.
There will be a regular Christmas
service at Central Union church at
IL o'clock on the morning of Christmas
day. There will be a sermon and ap-
propriate Christmas music.
AT the Methodist church yesterday
morning the pastor, Rev. David Crane,
preached on the Incarnation" At the
Epw6rth League service in the even
ing the topic was '',Ghe Birth of the
King
At st. Andrews cathedral the SER
vices were those for the fourth Sum
day in Advent. On Christmas day
there will be holy communion at st. |
Andrews at 6 o'clock in the morning,
and at 7; morning prayer and COM
munion in Hawaiian at 9, and morning |
prayer and communion for the English |
speaking congregation at 1890. The |
three days following Christmas, the |
feast of st. Johns, st. Stephens day,
and Holy Innocent's day, there will be |
holy communion at Z a. m
The preacher at st. Andrews cathe- |
dral yesterday morning was the Rev. |
Canon r. Hilton. of the Diocese OF New |
Westminster, Vancouver. B. c.
At the Roman Catholic cathedral yes
terday the services began with low
masses and holy communion at and /
z a. m, low mass with singing and |
English sermon at 9; solemn high mass
with native sermon at 1920; rosary
and native instruction at p. M, and |
Portuguese sermon and benedfctior at /
z p. m. On Christmas day, the masses
will begin at 4:S0 in the morning. There
will be holy communion at 6, Z, s, 9;
solemn pontifical high mass with spe,
cial music by the cathedral choir and
orchestra at 1890
At st. Augustine's chapel, Waikiki.
there will be midnight mass Christmas
eve.