The San Francisco call., 1908-12-20
CHRISTMAS MUSIC
IN MANY CHURCHES
Elaborate Program of Carols
and OratOriOs to Be Given
in Houses of Worship
Sermons Dealing With Subjects
Appropriate to Season
Will Be Delivered

the special services In many Oakland
churches tomorrow AT the First Bap-
tist church a choral choir, solo quartet
and the accompaniment of the pipe
organ will be used 10 give the musical
selections. The soloists will be Mrs.
May Gilmour, soprano; Mrs. j. ]. War
ner. contralto; Ralph T. Fisher, bass;
Phllip Ha9, tenor; Mrs. W. {. Cook
Rev. Charles r. Brown will preach
a Christmas sermon in the morning in
the First Congregational church.
Handers oratorio, Messiah" win be
sung In the evening, a large choir tax
ing part. Services will be held I'm the
chapel at IL O'Clock Christmas morn
A musical program viii be given at
the First Presbyterian church, where
DR.. T. l.. Goodspeed will preach at both
the morning and evening services.
At the First Methodist church DR.. S.
D. Hutsinpillar- will preach in the
AT the Eighth ayenue Methodist
church, Rev. L. l. Loufbourow will
preach in the morning when special
Christmas music will be rendered.
Rev. Orlando Z. Hart, ID. D., will
preach tomorrow morning on The
Power and Coming of Our Lord Jesus
DR.. J. w Buckham of the Pacific
theological seminary will occupy the
pulpit tomorrow. A musical service
viii be held in the evening.
Benjamin Fay Mills, organizer of the
Fellowship movement will speak sun
day afternoon at o'clock at Pythian
castle, Twelfth and Alice streets, on
What Is the Fellowship"
Christmas day services Wilt be un-
usually elaborate in the Episcopal and
Catholic churches. Some of the pro-
grams follow;
ST. Johns Episcopal church 1880 a. NJ
Solemn procession, choral eucharist and sermon
by the rector, 10 be repeated on Sunday, De-
4 Organ prelude "Andantino" U.emarc) Vim
cent Arpiissa organist: solemn procession
Reading; ..Introit.' psalm tSregorian Tone) (;
4 ''kyrie' in tTours); sequence hymn 60; AN
gels From the Realms Of Glory tRegent
! Tours; hymn, Nazareth" (Gounod). R. H.
Ihomas; sermon by the rector offertory. GLORY
TO God IN the Highest, &c. NJ: Lee -Sursum
Agnus Del" Gloria in EXcelss." in C
/ t.fours); hymn OF adoration. DIT. 81; reces-
sional; Hark. the Herald Angels Sing Men
delssohnl: '.Marche Pontihcate'' (Gounod) Vim
cent Arlllaga, organist. Choir members: So
pranos, Robert Crowley. Stewart Johnson. Robert
/ OrTig. Gilbert NeStoby, Henry Heneberg. Nal
colin Hook Carl Mau. John GrenfelI Louis La
Blanc; Sidney Plummer, Karl Klose: altos
Iii'' n d y. n A1lohSlut NsstiehAn paly, 5uilus
I hlose, Horace Beverley; tenors-J. d. Baker
snd c J. Robinson; bassos-H. Boyd. Newton
Barry and r. II. Thomas; organist and choir
master, Vincent Arrillaga; rector, Rev Father
ST Paul's Episcopal church, Christmas day.
/ 1920 o'clock program and soloists=Organ pre-
! Jude ssTriuniBhal Msrch's from ..T-Iffb SYM
phony'' Beethoven: professional s.Harkl the
Herald Angels Sing tMendelssohnl; ''Venlte
/ Exultemus Domino 10 nat (Buckl: "Gloria
Patri'' IN far Buck: ''1re Deum Lsudamus'
( In fat Stanford; "Jubilate Dec" in AlBarn-
byl; introit 20 Little Town Of Bethlehem
CRednerl 'kyrie'' in A lElveyl: ''Gloria Tibi''
in tHopkinsl anthem, 20 Come. Redeemer OF
from The Beatitudes' Cesar Franck); offer
! tory solo, Calm on the Listening Ears OF
Night (Matthews), Mrs A. Fickenseher; pre-.
sentation OF aims. odd Hundred 'Sanctus''
. from Service - in fat Eyre: communion
hymn, 20 Lamb of Cod from Service" IN E
fst Eyre: ''Gloria in Excelsis'' from
/ Service in hat (Eyre); recessional. 20
Come, All Ye Faithful" (Reading) organ post
lude "March Religieuse" tGuilmant,, Mrs A.
Lowell Redneld. barytone vested choir of &c
voices. A. Fickenscher. organist; Edwin Dun
St Patriek's Catholic church viii be beautI
fully decorated ON Christmas morning and the
new electric effects, lately installed, will tend
to make the, service more impressive.
The first mass will commence at O'Clock
hour until II O'Clock which viii conclude fhC
morning services. The II o'clock viii be
solemn high
The first four masses will be read by ths
pastor, Rev. j. B. McNally. The young ladies
sodality choir will render suitable hymns dur
ing these masses. under the direction of Lii
steal program: March (Dresserl; "Adeste ri
deles." sodaiity choir; Jesus. Dearest Lord >
sodality choir; orertory; Noel CAdam), Lille
Treacey, accompanist NJ. Treacey; Angels We
Have Heard" choir: "Awakei' solo. Miss c
Hudson: silent Night choir; GLORY I.
Cod chorus; march, ". D. Dressler, accom-
The O'Clock. 7:so O'Clock and s:sc
masses will be sung by the chidren's choir
directed by the sisters of st. Joseph. The 9
9.30 and 10 O'Clock viii be sung by tn,
boys choir. directed by Professor Sandy. Lii
mass at IL o'clock viii be sung by the regu
lar choir, directed by Professor Sandy and Lii
han Treacey Battpan's ''Messe solennelle' IL
L fat has been selected. The singers viii be
Sopranos-Misses Estelle Long, A. Sweeney. X
Lydon, n. Lydon; altos-NIisses Clara Hudson
Ray Sweeney, Florence AIcGee, Mrs. James Han
ley; basso-Prof. S. J. Handy, director; tenors-
p. Antolin and A. o'Connor. ofertory, Noel
ST Mary's church will celebrate solemn higI
mass az II a. m. Christmas day. The music
will be rendered by the Oakland Conserva tory -o
Music choir and orchestra OF so trained mu
sicians, under the direction OF Prof. Adolf Greg
ory Hummelis mass in Hat will be given ii
its entirety The orchestral prelude win bs
from Eiear's LAX Christi the interludes from
the "Adoramus Te," by Blair. Both these com
positions viii be heard for the first time In Cali
fornia The postlude will be Grand March," il
ID major, by Schubert: Al the offertory Novelties
chestratson the solo being taken by Mrs Charlie,
z Bergner and the quartet by Misses Mabel GagaI
| and Mabel Wright and Louis Spuller and Joh1
FiebeEling. The soprano solos of the mass vii
be su1g by Mrs. Jessie Norton and Miss Gins
Wilkie contralto by Miss Marie Spuller tenor b,
r L. Spulier and bass by Professor Gregory. Th'
members Of the choir are
sopranes-sIrs. S. Norton, Mrs. Bergner, Mrs
6. Wjlkie and Misses Mabel Peterson Agatbs
Gremespacher. Carolyn Altman Mabel Gagan anC
Gina Wilkie.
Aitos-AIisses Marie Spuller. Jennie Yale Ma
bel Wright. Carolyn Ryan, c. Sampson, Heller
Elliott and Veronica Canty.
| Tenors-Louis Spuller Charles Hurley, Perc,
Biggart G. A. Morena, George Bankhead and G
Greenbaum.
Bassos-John Fieberling George Carlson A
Asmussan Carl volker. John Crawford, Norman
Wflkfe and Paul g. Pulse.
The members of the orchestra Violins-
J. Kieferdorf, F. Cooper. ]. Lindsey +. Kruge
: berg Mrs II. Brooke. G. Evans and Rollin Noble
! viola Robert Pedde cello Otto Schmidt: contr,
bass p O,Brien; oboe. George c. Cushing
, clarionets. George Hancock and Howard Baxter
horns. c. Duprey; trumpets, Miss Creyia John
0 son: trombone. Y. Underwood. tympani II. En-
E berson: organisf. Mrs Adolf Gregory
: St Francis de Sales church-Afusic Christina
morning will be follows: At the oclocl
mass the children choir viii sing the .Adeste ri
deles'' and Adams .-Noel." At 1880 solemn
high mass. The choir, under the direction o
Miss Elizabeth McNally, organst. viii rende
s'Adeste Fideles,' solo and quartet, and Haydn
s.IInperial Mass complete. -Yeni Creator
contralto solo by Miss Ruth Waterman. For OF
: ferforv Adams Noel tenor solo by Carl An
derSon and chorus. Sooists-Mrs. Ilewelyl
Williams; contralto, Miss Ruth Waterman; tenor
! Carl Anderson; basso, 5. J. Sandy, assisted b.
! full chorus.
2 Choral Yespers win be held at O'Clock Sunda
+ afternoon at St Paul's Episcopal church with
full vested choir.