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Sunday Ball in New York State.

ALBANY, N. Y, July 6.-Sunday ball IN
New York state is dead. Senator Thomp-
sons bill permitting Sunday base ball In
New York city. which Mayor Mcclellan We
toed, was called up in the senate on the last
day Of the session to be passed over the
mayors veto, but it failed, and was one Of
the few bills Mayor Mcclellan vetoed that
the legislature did not pass over his veto.
Only % votes infavor Of passing the bill
over the veto were secured, to 16 In opposi-
ton.
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How Ed Delehanty Learned to Bat

Big Ed Delehanty, the pioneer of that
celebrated family of ball players. and
whose 'swatting" was the wonder Of the
base ball profession, was often approached
by players and scribes to his ability to
keep up his stick work so regularly, but
he never deigned to reply except to say 1t
was born in him But once in IA while the
big fellow unbent, and the way hs used to
shoot the gaff' into the green one was
caution. One day at the ball park out on
eth street the rain prevented the contlnu-
ance of the game with the Philadelphia
team, of which Del was a member ana
there was quite a group sitting AROUND
J. Earle Wagner, the owner Of the WASH
ingtons, passing the "con" round rather
freely.
the Washingtons, and on his turn up prior
to the rain Del had soaked one of his out
shoots for keeps, much TO the dlsr'mhture
of McJames, who was then a rather green
one from South Carolina. and he broke INTO
the con" Immediately:
How did you learn to gauge curve pitch
ing so well, Mr.. Delehanty, may / ask!
McJames asked politely
The appeilation of Mr.. rather look Dele
hanty off his seat.
"Oh, that was easy" replied the mighty
Delehanty You see my father was
great naturalist, and made fancy or tram
ing birds. and particularly these cranky
bats that fly around at night. When l gave
up my studies at college and determined to
play base ball, my dad used to go In long
room and placing me under bright light,
send the bats out of the cages in my direc-
ton You knw how bats curve around in
their flying. and my dad made II obligatory
that must hit every one that curved IN my
direction | did. and that's how l gauge
you jays who think you know thing or
two about curves"
McJames took 1t all in. and Win Mercer
used TO take him out on the lots evenings
to practice hitting the bats, and II was a
long time before McJames dropped To the
fact that the king OF batsmen" was giving
him a stringing for daring to call him Mr."
Delehanty when every other player In uni
form had permission to say Del
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Sam Crawford Got Reckless With the
Iather

Sam Crawford of the Detroit club in his
earlier days out in his native state of Ne
braska was a barber. and even now, at
times he likes the feel of the razor.
This popularity Sans part is well
nursed on the part of the other Tigers. who
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w here to Dine

get free shaves when Crawford is In the
mood for shaving.
When the Detroit team was in Philadel-
phia recently, Sam and Bill Coughlin had a
room together, and Sam expressed a willing
ness to shave the game little third basemsh'
Bill, like Barkis was open for propo-
sitions, and after Sam had hunted about
the room for piece OF soap with Wnich 10
do the foamy act, he at last found cake.
which was of a brand the like OF which
neither he, nor Coughlin. had ever seen
before. IL,
When Sam had applied the lathsr. IN ms
after stropping the razor. and inquired
How do you like the soap. Bill?
Coughlin, who is little given to talking.
laconically answered:
.sI don't think | ever tasted better"
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CURRENT BASE BALL NOTES.

to say the least and Knight is young and
promising player and a good batsman."
-
Who can doubt that Mike Donlin would
be of much service to the New = ork Ma
tionals this year? He is Of the best
batsmen in the country and more than one
club would be glad to secure him for his
all round ability.
One cannot but admire the splendid up
hill fight that Clark Griffith has made this
year He always fights to the last ditch
and never gives up under any circum-
stances until the last man is out. He has
an array that is always doing its prettiest.
1t will be often noticed that a team will
be at a standstill when its best batsmen
are not hitting When Willie Keller is
not batting you will find that the New
York Americans are not making very much
progress. Willie never had such a bad
year as the present one since a member of
the American League. He is doing better
however of late and the result is that the
team has taken a new lease of life. 1t was
thought at time this season that New
York would be one of the clubs to fight for
the pennant. but there Is no chance for
that now. The club is not strong enough in
the box and has not the all round strength
out of which pennant winners are made
*
The great Improvement in the work Of the
| Boston Americans Is due to the grand work
that big ICY" Young has been doing and
| to the improvement in that of Fred Parent
The latter has been doing work more like
| that he displayed in his first year than he
| has at any time. He Is hitting in the roo
| class and doing better In this respect than
, any member of the club. The club is also
better in batting.
! 1t is question indeed if Mack has not
parted with better material than he has to-
day in his own team. Pickering can hit the
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One by one the players touted as great
drop back into the minors for more ex-
perience." At last Joe Harris has been rele-
gated to the minors and there is little pros
pect that he will ever make the majors
again. Griffith has turned Keefe. the Ca
fornian and Brockett, who was a star with
Buffalo last season. over to Kittredge who
is doubtless delighted to secure them for
his tail-end Montreal team. Poor kit"
He thought he had a. sure winner when the
season began and 1t was generally believed
that his array would cut a wide swath in
the Eastern League. but the opposite has
Dseh 1I,e le SUI anu ne can ninge tears
Boston team
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How Many Lave Had Seen.

When the Washington team was In De-
troit last year Sam Thompson. the one-time
Philadelphia star. who now lives in the
Wolverine city. came around to the hotel
in order to have little tanning bee with
the boys. Sam retired from the game ten
years ago, although he filed in for De-
troit a short while last summer and de-
livered the goods in old-time form.
At the Washingtons' headquarters In De-
troit Sam and Lave Cross got to tanning.
and Thompson asked Cross how long he in
tended remaining in the game.
oh for many years yet" jocularly re-
piled Lave ''as l am only a youngster in
feeling, if not in age"
How old are you. anyway, Lave?" In
quired Thompson. with that stereotype eX-
preston Of countenance which never
changes under any conditions
''Oh. I've seen about thrty-ive sum-
mers." replied Cross with grin.
If that's all you've seem" retorted
Thompson. as he bit off the end of a cigar,
Its you to an ocuist quick
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Must Have Been a Little Cremped.

When the Chicago club was last in Wash
ington. the various members of that bril-
liant outfit were commenting on this city
as being a residential center. for so many
of the retired capitalists of other Cities and
this brought Fielder Jones to the front.
Said the doughty Chicago captain:
Il don't blame any one having the money
for leaving the overcrowded large cities
and coming here, where there is plenty of
space to breathe in, and where the houses
are roomy, and not cut up into apartments
that would barely accommodate a pygmy
family"
Right you are there, Fielder" chmed In
George Davis. Why, l had a room in a
house once In New York that was small
that every time l wanted to yawn | had
to raise window
That must have been something like a
place l lived in when L first went 10 Chi
cago,' cried Nick Altrock. why. the
space about that dinky shack was linn
tied that they had to use folding flower
beds.
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What Jimmy Ryan Knew.

When Billy Sunday was playing out
field position on the Chicago team, under
the captaincy of his brother-in-law, the
famous Arson, he was Johnny -on-the-Spot
with his moral talks and he never lost an
opportunity to give his brother players good
advice.
talk of Billy that particular morning
treated on the origin of man. and Billy
asserted that men were made of dust.
Some of them might be- interrupted
Jimmy Ryan. as he began to shed his
sweater, but I'll bet you that Lynch is
not He owes me So" continued Ryan,
land dust will settle sometimes. but Lynch
never will"
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helping the Toledo to maintain a leading
position in the American Association race
by his fine stick work. 1t was a wonder
that no major club buckled to Arm
bruster. 1t Is often the case that a club
fears to tackle a proposition that has been
turned down by some other major league
club.
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1t is question indeed If Mack has not
parted with better material than he has to-
day in his own team. Pickering can hit the
ball bit and so can Armbruster who is
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Many Elaborate Programs of
Melody Planned fer Today.
CHRISTMAS MORNING ALSO
Episcopal and Catholic Congrega-
tons Hold Services Wednesday.
SPECIAL FEATURES BY CHo1Rs
In Commemoration Of the Birth of
the Prince Of Peace Songs
Will Rise.

In praise of the Prince of Peace. whose
birth will be commemorated Wednesday,
special music will be the feature in prac-
tically all of the Christian churches of the
city today at both morning and evening
services. Anthems, hymns and carols by
the greatest music masters of the centu-
ries will blend in one mighty chorus
throughout the city, and the music will
form a prominent feature of all the wor-
ship.
The Catholic and Episcopal churches OF
the city nave planned special services for
Christmas day, and here again the glad
music appropriate to the Christmas fes-
tival will be a feature. For weeks choirs,
quartets and soloists have been rehears-
ing in preparation for this event, and
many of the most difficult and most beau
tiful of the Christmas anthems and hymns
will be sung either today or Wednesday
in some instances both days.
Persons of all ages will participate in
the song service in connection with Christ
mas. To the voices of the older singers
in many of the churches there will be
added those of the children, and in many
cases the Sunday school entertainments
will have musical features in which the
children will have the chief part. Yuletide
cantatas are on many of the programs
The details of the musical programs in
many of the city's churches follow:
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taris. H W. Howard; Tantum Ergo. VIE

taris II. ". Howard; Tantum Ergo. VIE
gand. in c.
The solos will be sung by the following
members of Immaculate Conception choir:
Miss Bessie F. Hickey. Miss Katie v.
Mutually, Mrs. Nellie d. Kelser, Miss Eta
Wilson. Miss Blanche Young, Miss Mae
Michigan. Messrs. Martin Grant, VIM. II.
De Lacey and Harry NJ. Crowell. Mr.
Harry Wheaton Howard, organist and
choir director.
St. Patrick,s Church = The following
Christmas program will be rendered by
ST. Patrick's choir. &C the ) and II O'Clock
masses on that day: Prelude, Adeste FL
delis, Noveli; mass, Haydn's Imperial,
No. 3. complete; offertory. Adeste F'idelis.
Novello; at the communion. Laetentur
Goeli, V. Hammarel and Christmas Morn
ing, r. Barrett: after mass, Oh. Holy
Night. Adam Buck The soloist are So
prano, Mrs Helen Donohue Deyo; alto.
Mrs. Elizabeth T. Evans; tenor, Mr.. Mel
Vile D. Hensey; bass, Thomas A. Murray
Orsanist, Mr.. Charles c. Dunn; first vio-
Inns, Mr.. Chris. Arth Mr. Sol. Minister and
Mr.. Herman Rakemann. Director, Mr..
Armand Gumprecht. The choir will have
the assistance of On orchestra.
ST. Aloysius' Church.-The first mass on
Christmas day will be at midnight. Be
fore mass a trombone quartet will sound
the Adeste Fidelis from the tower of the
church. During the mass the quartet will
render Holy NlSnt silent NlSnt. AOOTa-
ton, Noel. The mass to be sung is N
Zfs Missa Solemnis; offertory, Adeste III
delis, Novelli's arrangement. At the
solemn high mass at IL O'Clock the follow
ing program will be rendered: Process
sional. kretschmar, organ: mass. Bruno
Oscar Klein's Messe Solennelle; offertory,
oh Dies Praeclara. Gounod: graduate,
Adeste Fidelis; after mass, recessional,
Christmas Morn. Barrett
The choir is composed of the following:
Soloists, Mrs Blanche NJ Rogers. Miss
Regina Baptista, Or. w. w. Kemball. Mr..
A. w. Porter: sopranos, Mrs. w. Will
marth. Mrs. H. Williams, Misses Hansen.
Reeves and Beuchert; altos, Misses Mar
guerite Sweeney, c. Becker, c. Kubel.
Mrs. A. c. Taylor; tenors, Messrs. T.
Maxwell. ]. August: BASES. Messrs. A.
Gardner w. H. Parker, E. Kubel, J.
Duffy. Organist and director, S. J. kubel.
st. AIMS Church.-Midnight mass:
Kyrie. La Hache; Gloria in Excelsis Dec
and Credo Marco: Sanctus and Benedic-
tus, Gounod: Agnus Del. Durand; Adeste
Fidelis. Novelli: En- Sacra Nox. Adams:
occasional. Hail to the Newborn King,
Parker The soloists are: Sopranos. Misses
Susie L. Lewis. Ada Poore and Mary
Devine: alto. Mrs. Martha Poore Barber:
tenor. Mr.. Joseph Cullen: bassos. Messrs.
Charles v. Bechtel and A. j. Cummings.
Miss Katherine Lackey is the organist
and director.
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the Word. Lansing: Behold I Bring You
Good Tidings. Bartlett: Peace Upon Earth.
Geibel; alto solo, He Shall Feed His
Flock, Handel: soprano solo. Come Unto
Him, Handel: violin solo. Cavatina. Ran.
Evening service at T:30-Anthem, Break
Forth Into Joy. Ambrose. o Holy Child
of Bethlehem, Chadwick: bass solo. The
Song Sublime, Norris; violin sole. Adagio,
Mendelssohn. The choir includes Mrs.
Walter A. Gawler. soprano: Mrs. Ralph
P. Barnard. alto: Mr.. Perry b. Turpin,
tenor; Mr.. ]. Henry Kaiser, bass; Mr.. Ar
thur D. Mayo. organist and director: Mrs.
Bertha Lucas Stoddard. violinist.
Metropolitan Baptist Church, corner of
9Th and A streets northeast. Rev. John
Compton Ball. PASTORAL the morning
service today the following music will be
rendered: Organ prelude; anthem. Bene-
dietus. by Farmer; tenor solo, Hallelu-
jah, Christ Is Born. by Bischoff. to be
them, Star of the Orient. by Shelley:
anthem. Christmas, by Shelley, and or
gan postlude.
At the evening service the following
will be rendered.: Organ prelude: an
them. And There Were Shepherds. by
Williams: trio, Holy Father Thou Hast
Taught Us, by Belcher. to be sung by
Mrs. William Keye Miller. Mr.. William T.
Ellis and DR.. w. Bruce Hoofnagle: So
prano solo. Night of Nights. by Van
deWater. to be sung by Mrs. William
heye Miller: autumn, Sanctus. by Gou-
nod, and organ postlude.
The members of the choir are: So
pranos. Mrs. William Keye Miller, Miss
Mabel Roberts. Miss Nellie Barber Miss
Kathryn Dodge and Miss Rachel Fle-
harty: altos. Miss Laura v. French, Miss
Emma Guschewsky and Miss Sadie
Dodge; tenors, DR.. w. Bruce Hoofnagle.
Mr.. ROLAND E. Fleharty and Mr.. Lewis
B. Lawrence; bassos, Mr.. Gilbert A. Clark
and Mr.. William T. Ellis; organist Mrs.
Harry G. Wilbur: director. Mr.. Gilbert A
Clark: librarian, Miss Emma Guschewsky.
Kendall Baptist Church.-The Christmas
anthems will be: Christians Awake, Zion
Rejoice; % Holy Child. ny c. Harold
Lowden, and Hallelujah to the King, by
Charles H. Gabriel.
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IN C0LORED CLUTCHES.

Shiloh Baptist Church. L street near
18th street.-Special Christmas services
will be held on Christmas morning at 5
o clock, and on Sunday, December 20,
at which time the pastor. Rev. J. Milton
Waldron. will preach special sermons on
1.-THE Advent Of Jesus Christ" and the
choir. under the direction Of DR.. John
E. Rattley. will render Bordeses and
Cramer's anthems, Glory to God In the
Highest and Heber's hymn, The Ma
tivity. Andrew J. Payne will render a
tenor solo. and the choir and congrega-
ton will sing several well-known Christ
mas carols.
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CHRISTIAN CHURCHES.

Whitney Avenue Memorial Christian
Church.-Christmas music will be rem
dered as follows: Organ prelude. Pas
toral Symphony. Messiah, Handel. and
o Come, All Ye Faithful, transcription,
Ashford; hymn. Hark! the Herald Angels
Glorious Song Of Old, Miss Colburn.
Boese; hymn. Joy to the World. Handel;
baritone solo. The Anthem Celestial. Mr..
John Walker. Adams; hymn, Brightest
and Best. Dykes; soprano solo, Hallelu-
jah. Christ Is Born Today, Bischoff. Miss
Sadie Lewis; hymn, o, Come All Ye
Faithful. Portozello. The choir consists
Of the following: Sopranos. Mrs. Col
burn, Miss Edith Colburn, Miss Sadie
Mrs. Elsie Cartwright. Miss Katie Moore.
Mrs. Maude Degges; tenors. Mr.. ]. C.
Niblick. Mr.. c. M. Greenfield: bassos.
Mr.. John Walker, Mr.. Hiram Schell. The
organist and choir leader is DR.. Allen
Walker.
Vermont Avenue Christian Church.
A varied program of anthems and solos
will be rendered today by the quartet.
There Were Shepherds and Glory to God
In the Highest. by Miles. DR.. Bischoff's new
tenor solo. Hallelujah, Christ Is Born.
will be sung by Mr.. Charles w. Bird
well; Miss Mercy Adkins. alto. will sing
The Birthday of a King. The soprano,
Miss Annie Eaton, will render Harry
Rowe Shelley's The Dawn of Hope; Gou-
Benjamin A. Lineback. basso.
Miss Mercy Adkins. alto soloist, who
has been confined to her room with a Sc
we're bronchial affection, will sing with
the quartet this morning, for the first
time in several weeks.
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LUTHERAN.

Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church. 9Th
and Streets.-The Christmas day serv-
ices will be as follows: $3.50 a.m.-Early
Christmas praise service, Hark, What
Mean Those Holy Voices; Psalm 9S: Clio
ria Patri; Prayer; 1t Came Upon the Mid
night Clear; reading of the episue and
the gospel for the day; creed; o Little
Town Of Bethlehem: sermon; We Have
Seen His Star and Are Come to Worship
HIM; selection by the children's choir,
Angels from the Realms OF Glory; offering;
benedictus: prayer and Lords prayer:
benediction. Mrs. F. burberry is the Or
ganist and director Of choir. The men,
bers of adult choir are: Misses May
Lerch Gertrude Rupertus, Charlotte May.
Olga Bealle and Messrs. Harry Beauverd,
Charles Lustig and Earle Seidenspinner.
At IL ANA German Christian serv-
ice; solo by Miss Martha Metzler. At
1880 pm.-Christmas praise service with
the Sabbath school. The church will be
decorated for the holidays.
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ever. Hall; Bethlehem. solo. Dresser: Sing
of the Magi. Miles.
The members of the choir are: So
pranos, Miss Ada May Filler, Miss Sue
Hess, Miss Alice Oxley, Miss Grace Meier.
Miss Roberta Dant. Miss Jessie Weller;
altos. Mrs C. v. Schofield, Mrs. NJ. H.
Herriman; tenors. Mr.. George Tate, Mr..
E. Cairnes: BASES, Mr.. o. Ports, Mr..
Harry Scott, Mr. John Martyr. Mr.. Will
liam T. Scott, Mr.. Walter Scott. Solos
will be sung by Mr.. George Tate, Miss
Ada May Filler and Miss Sue Hess. The
choir is under the direction of Charles
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CONGREGATIONAL.

Mount Pleasant Congregational Church
Columbia road near 14th street.-The fol-
lowing musical program will be rendered
during the morning and evening services
today: Anthems-Te Deum, B minor
(BucD: Sing, On, Sing (Rogers), o Holy
Night (Adam), Arise. Shine (Buck); The
Angel Gabriel (Stevenson). Solos-Violin,
Pastourelle Edward Elgar), played by
Miss Elton Ronsaville; soprano solo. Wor-
ship Christ. the Newborn King GIanl-
mond. sung by Mrs. Killing: contralto
solo. The Virgins Cradle. hymn, Morris
class. sung by Miss Bethune. Organ
numbers-Apertis Thesadris Suis Obtule-
runt Magi Oomino), Aurum, Thus ct
Myrrhum UiszD. Alleluia Ooret), Noel
(Buck), Ofertoire Sur PAdeste fClauss-
mann). The members of the quartet are:
Soprano, Mrs. C. B. king; alto, Miss
Frances Bethune; tenor, Dr. C. L. Bliss;
bass, Mr.. ]. K. Wiley. Mr.. Lewis Corn
ing Atwater is organist and director.
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LONDON, December 21.-The army
council has adopted a modified form of
the Japanese bayonet for the British
army. 1t is IL inches long. as compared
with the present bayonet of II inches,
proximately 81 y instead of 5jIs inches
Instead of being two edged. with dou-
BILE groove. 1t is single-edged, with a
back and single grove, slightly tdpered
to a point.
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NEW YORK, December 21.-'rhe first
mortgage bondholders of the Southern
Steel Company have formed a pro-
tective committee to cooperate In the
rehabilitation of the company. The
committee consists of James T. Wood
ward, r. B. Van Cortlandt. Walter T.
Rosen and r. Q. Brown Of New York.
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METHODIST.

Hamline NJ. E. Church. 9th and P
streets.-Today there will be special music
appropriate to Christmas. During the
morning service the choir will be heard
in Harker's Angels From the Realms of
Glory. and Sing. OBJ, Heavens. by Clare.
Bring You Good Tidings, by HUM,
and Lowden's Oh, Holy Child. The in
dividual members of the quartet, it is
announced. will be heard to advantage
in some very effective solo parts. In
addition. Mr. Bartlett will render the COM
position Of Rotoli. Glory to God. and a
solo will be provided for one of the serv-
ices by another member Of the choir.
The choir Is composed of the following
Mrs. s. P. Hollingsworth. soprano; Mrs.
F. N. Shore. contralto; Mr.. Charles Bart
lett, tenor and director; Mr.. James Hicks,
basso: Miss Edith Athey. organist.
Waugh NJ. E. Church.-The Christmas
services will be held today. At the even
ing service Miss Mabel Latimer and Miss
Blanche Young will sing solos appropriate
to the occasion. Miss Latimer Pessard's
Once Again We Hail With Joy at the Of
fertory, and Miss Young's solo after the
sermon will be Adam Geibers In Old
Judea. The precentor. Mr.. Randolph, will
sing Adams o Holy. Night and BischofEs
Hallelujah, Christ is Born at the morn
ing service, and Van de Waters Night Of
Nights in the evening.
Gorsuch M. E. Church.z-Special exer-
cises in celebration of the Christmas sea-
son will be held today. Fruits of the
Manager" will be the subject of the morn
ing sermon by Rev. William Lee Lynn. In
the evening he will make a short address
on Gods Great Gift The following
musical program will be rendered by the
choir. under the direction of Mr.. Charles
w. Fitton. jr.. the leader: Morning serv-
ice-Behold. Bring You GOOD T1dings.
by McPhail; Shepherds in the, Field jAbid-
ing. Glory Be to God In the Highest, by
Thompson. Evening service-Hsrk! Hank!
My Soul, by Perkins; The Song of the
Angels, Come and Worship, Hail. Thou
Prince of Peace. by Earle: Glory Be to
God in the Highest, by Thompson;
Brightest and Best, by McPhail; While
Shepherds Watched the Flocks. Behold.
Bring You Good Tidings, by McPhail;