Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-21
CHURCHES PREPARE ELABORATE
PROGRAMS
ALL TO HAVE SPECIAL MUSIC
AND SERVICES
Salvation Army Will Bring Cheer to
Hundreds Of Homes Where
Happiness Is Little
Known

| OF Los Angeles VIII celebrate lhe Iiihe VI
| Peace on earth and good will to men,"
and the birth of Christ will be commem-
morated in sermon and song in church
and Sunday school.
| Nor will 1t be a season for the well-to-
| do alone, for the various Sunday schools
and institutions teaching that 1t Is more
| blessed to give tnan to receive, are pre-
pairing Christmas cheer for hundreds or
people in Los Angeles who would other
wise be neglected through misfortune and
illness from the joys of Christmas day.
| Chief among the Christmas charities
will be the work of the Salvation Army In
giving a Christmas dinner, and that OF
| the Volunteers of America, who win fur
nish shoes, stockings and underclothins
| to about 900 needy children.
The Salvation Army will give dinner
! to about 1000 men, women and children
at it's hall, 1H1k San Pedro street, com
mencing at II o'clock, for women, children
anc. cripples. Turkey, beef, ham, three
kinds of vegetables, celery cranberries
bread, butter pie and coffee will compose
| the menu. -,
| Aside from this about 100 baskets will
| be distributed among needy families.
Christmas Tree
| Christmas night the Army will give a
Christmas tree for about 300 children
when toys, fruits and candles will be dis
| tributed
| Dick Ferris of the Auditorium theater
| l., aiding the army by donating 500 loaves
OF bread for the feast, the result OF his
| bread baking contest.
| At the Volunteers of America Christ
mas tree will be given, where toys and
| fruits and candles. dolls for the girls and
knives for the boys will be given out, as
well as orders for pair OF SHOES, stock-
ings and underwear to those who are In
need Each order will cost about ~. IL
is expected that about $500 Will be ex-
pended by the Volunteers.
Many of the Sunday schools Will gather
gifts to be distributed among the poor
children of the city
| Following are the Christmas programs
| and services:
| Los Angeles Fellowship
| The Los Angeles Fellowship will hold a
service of especial Christmas interest In
Blanchard hall Sunday morning at IL.
BENJAMIN Fay Mills, the permanent min
lister. will deliver the address on The
Human Birth of God" This is Mr.. Mills
second Sunday back from his northern
evangelistic tour. Alfred Walper, the
| talented violinist, will render an appro-
pirate Christmas selection, "Oh Sanctls-
simo," by Shulz, also "Gavot' py
| Thomas.
| In the evening at 7:45 members of the
Sunday school are to present, under the
| leadership of Charles Howard Mills an
| elaborate Christmas concert In Dobinson
auditorium, 1044 South Hope street For
weeks the children have been faithfully
rehearsng their bright cheering choruses'
There will be recitations OF an inspiring
nature. solos and instrumental music. All
the participants, from the tiniest fair
haired tot to the stalwart youth of Il
i wears. are doing their utmost to make
/ this cheerful concert one of deep interest
and fascination.
| At both of these services all seats are
free and visitors and strangers Will be
especially welcome
WestIake Presbyterian
"The Birthday of Hope will be the
| tonic of Rev w. d. Landis tomorrow
morning at the Westlake Presbyterian
church. The Christmas exercises, with
santa Claus, will be held Wednesday
| evening in this church for the Sunday
school.
and 1.-THE Grace that Is Above Every
Grace will be the topics 'of Rev. Hugh
| X. Walker tomorrow morning and even
! ing at the Emmanuel Presbyterian church,
which will close course of three CHRIST
mas sermons. Monday evening the chill
! lren of the Sunday school Will enjoy a
| Christmas tree, and on the following Fri
day afternoon will follow their annual
custom in entertaining the children from
tho Los Angeles Orphans home with
| Christmas tree.
| At the Central Presbyterian church Rev.
A. b. Prichard, the pastor, Will speak on
| s'The Supernatural Element in the In
carnation'' at the morning service the
Sunday school will give national Christ
mas festival in the church Thursday
| 30 1f he TIf1fn
| represented.
| In the Protestant Evangelical churches
the Christmas services will be held to-
morrow, with special Sunday school exer-
cises throughout the coming week.
Following are some of the services Of
the leading churches for tomorrow:
| because There Was No Room" will
be the topic of {. Christmas sermon by
| Rev. William Horace Day, pastor of the
First CONGREGATIONAL church, in the morn
ing. Special music will be rendered as
| follows:
First Congregational Church
children's Children professional with boys chorus.
organ, Second ofertory on two Christmas
1 hymns (Guilmont)
choir. ''Where Is He That Is Born King Of
| the Jews?" (Coombs).
| Bass solo, Mr.. Pfannkuchen
Response. "Bw Down Thine Ear" (Mendel-
\ ssohn).
| Oscar Selling.
| Organ Christmas pastorale tWhiting)
| Soprano solo, 1.-The Christ Child" (Coombs)
/ Mrs Charles G. Stevens.
| Violin obligato Mr.. Selling.
| Choir, while Shephards Watch (Spence).
Organ postlude, "Halleujah Chorus (Me-
| sslah) (HandeD.
Evening
| The choir of the church, composed of Mrs
| Charles G. Stvers, soprano and director; Mrs
| O. e. Richards. contralto. Angus Boynton.
| tenor; Adolph Pfunnkuchen, bass, Walter F.
| Skeele organist will be assisted by Misses
] Colby and Lyons soprano; Misses JOY and
Ebbert contralto; Messrs. Zinck and Selby,
| tenors; Messrs. Barnes and Andrews, bass
| and the Choral club, William Lott, director.
| Organ, variations on ancient christmas
| Carol" (Detheir).
Choir, "a Christmas Hymn (otis), with
Response Bow Down Thine Ear CMen-
First part of cantata. "star of Bethlehem
! (Harper).
offertory. organ. March, of Magi" Dubois)
second part Of cantata,
| Organ postlude, March Militare' tShelley).
Bible School
| AT the Bible school the, children will