The San Francisco call., 1908-12-25
Special Services
Today in Churches
Glad Christmas Message Will Be
Sung in Many Of Local Edifices

In addition to the other churches
which have previously announced
Christmas services the following
churches yesterday made announce
ment of special exercises:
St. Paul's, st. Joseph's, Holy limo
cents, st. Marks German Lutheran,
Spanish church of Nuestra Sonora de
Guadalupe, Lebanon Presbyterian, EN-
manuel Baptist, Howard Presbyterian,
Green street, Fourth Congregational
At st. PauPs church today the boys
choral will sing hymns and carols in
connection with masses at and s
O'clock Other masses will be cele-
brated at z. 8, 9, 10 and IL o'clock
Solemn high mass will be celebrated at
II o'clock.
In connection with the other masses
the Young Ladies' and the Holy Angels
sodalities will sing the Christmas an
thems. Rev. M. d. Connolly. pastor,
will preach the sermon The boys
choral will sing "Adeste Fidelis." The
choir will sing the FIRST Mass" by
Giorzas. The soloists of the boys
choral are: ]. Meagher, j. Lynch. A.
Levy and w. Flynn. The choir is com
posed of the following:
Sopranos, Mrs Il. D. yalersa Mrs. D. Keane
Gillogley; altos, Mrs. ]. Driscoll, Miss K Wood;
tenors, R. D. yalergs' George Keane. Charles
violin, William Healy; organist, Miss Amelia F.
Quinn.
HOLY INNoCENTS' CHURCH
Christmas day services at the Holy
Innocents church, Fair Oaks street,
between Twenty-fifth and Twenty
sixth, will be opened by Rev. H. b.
Collier at 1880 a. m. with the celebra-
tion of holy communion. Right Rev.
w. T. Nichols, D. D., will preach in
the morning at 1920 and will also
administer the holy sacrament at that
time besides receiving and blessing a
memorial communion service together
with another memorial which will be
presented
| Beginning at 6 a. m. there will be
low masses every half hour until 1890
a. m. at the Spanish church of Nuestra
| Sonora de Guadalupe today. Solemn
| high mass will be celebrated at 1890
In connection with the solemn high
mass the following musical program
will be rendered:
Mass in A" (Mercadanti); offertory civilian
cico Is. Arillaga) gradual. Noel. Solosts
Mrs. B. Camarena, Mrs. G. Hoops Miss Letitli
Marshall Mr. and Mrs. G. Schuester and 2. Go
| mez. assisted by a large choir. Organist anC
/ director, S. Arrillaga.
| Christmas services at St Marks
German Lutheran church, O'Farrel
street, near Franklin, Rev. J. +Fuende-
ling, pastor, will begin at 10 O'Clock
this morning, at which time the follow
ing musical program will be rendered
80 Star Resplsndent" (Cadman), alto solo
Peace on Earth III. II. Beach,, anthem
HE Brlngeth Peace on Earth (L. Case), so
| prano solo; 20 Zion, That Brngest Good It'd
New Born King (W. Hammond), bass solo
Special music will also be rendered at tn
Christmas tree festival. Saturday, December 26
| at $3.50 p. m, by the choir, consisting of Mrs
and o. wendt; Johannes c. Raith. organist an
choir master
DAY AT ST. JOSEPH'S
| The order of the Christmas services
at ST. Joseph's church, Tenth and How
ard streets, today will be as follows:
| High mass 3 a. M; low masses, 6, 4. 8, 9, 1
Rev. p L. Mulligan; deacon, Rev. p. J. Keane
Nativity Rev James P. Moran: '.Kyrie,
| ''Benedictus,' Agnes Del (Gounod); Offer
tory, Noel Charles Goetting: sopranos. Mis-
Lottie Crawford. Miss Edith Gowan: contraltos
| Charles Goetting. D. Gllfeather; basso. Leonar
| Tremayne; organist Mrs. Edward Gowan.
Christmas services will be held mex
Sunday at the Howard Presbyterian
church, Oak and Baker streets, Rev
John S. Thomas, pastor. The order o
4 services will be as follows:
Morning, IL oclock-0rgan prelude. 'sChris
mas Pastorale'' fDinelli) doxology and invocs
ton; anthem, There Were Shepherds (vir
cent?; responsive reading; hymn, ''Hark, tn
Herald Angels Sing tMendelssohnl; scrptur
lesson; soprano solo, with violin obligato, 18th
Christ Child'' (Coombs); prayer; anthem. .'Slnt
o Heavens (Tours); hymn, 80 Little Town {