Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-27

and spirit Bakers orchestra supple
 mented the organ with customary har-
 mony. Several of the musical num-
 bers were Professor Farrells own skill
 ful arrangement.
 The preacher was the Rev Father
 FitzPatrick, who. after reading from
 St. Luke's gospel the story of the
 Nativity-found in a prophetic text
 from Isaiah lessons befittino the feast
 commemorated. Those who looked for
 Messiah not as helpless infant but
 a powerful king verified to the letter
 St Johns indictment. He was in the
 world. and the world was made by
 Him, and the world knew Him not"
 To us, as to the shepherds, it is given to see in the Babe in Bethlehem's sta
 ble the omnipotent God. welcoming our homage with love which never
 grows cold. or unheeding, or indiffer- ent The obligation to bring gifts. not of gold and frankincense and myrrh, but of love and faith and obedience, was set forth with the earnestness, beauty of imagery and polish of dic- ton which always characterize Father FitzPatrick's sermons. and the impress sion made on the large congregation
 was most marked.
 Central Baptist.
 Special Christmas anthems by the church quartette and a soprano solo. Calm on the Listening Ear of Night (Hawley). expressively sung by Mrs. Archibald Mitchell, Jr.. made the ap- propriate music at the Central Baptist church at the morning service. The sermon was by the pastor. Rev. P. C. Wright. upon The Worlds Peace, in which he developed the thought that the worlds peace lay in the advent of Jesus. for he was the saviour from sin, and the sermon closed with the express sion of the Christians Christmas hope that the time shall come when the peace of God shall cover the earth, for all shall know Him, from the least un- to the greatest.
 Ropes of laurel, with a red star and red bows on the front of the choir gallery, with standard bay trees and evergreen trees on the pulpit, made up the attractive decorations.
 In the evening the quartette was as 1 sisted by a chorus for the opening song service. After a brief sermon by the pastor upon The Best of Christmas, a number of selections from Gardner s Christmas cantata, The Nativity. were given by the Quartette under the di- rection of James l.. Case. Their tune full solo and duet numbers were heard
 with much pleasure.
 Broadway Church.
 Sixty-fiv were in attendance at Broadway Congregational church Sun day morning when Rev. E. s. Worces-
 ter preached from the text. Hebrews 2-27. There were holiday decorations of evergreen and hemlock boughs. Un- der the direction of F. W. Lester. choir director and organist. the auartette sang the Christmas anthems with fin- l ish and expression.
 The Sunday school service was held
 at 3 o'clock. when there were many
 present. Following the processional hymn. the responsive service was par the choir and the congregation. A
 recitation by Miss Woods class fol-
 lowed, after which O Little Town of
 Bethlehem was sung. Bibles were pre- 1 sented to the following: Hans Ras- | mussen, Hazel Townsend. Martha Pol lock, Charles Buckley, Richard Morris 1 and Frederick Freeman. Following prayer and singing of Joy to the World ! the Lord is Come, the report of the secretary and treasurer. Charles l. Smith. was made, showing the largest attendance to have been 353, the aver age 243 and the enrolment 3S5. There
 were only six Sundays when there were
 less than 200 in attendance. The offer ing was for the Sunday school and Publishing society, and was followed by the carol, A Child is Born, sung by
 the quartette in fine voice. A recita-
 tion of Psalm II, led by Supt. Cary,
 was given by the school. after which
 came the scripture lesson and an ad- dress by Rev Mir. Worcester on Pre- occupation. A hymn with prayer and benediction closed the service.
 Those perfect in attendance number ed 42. and are: For one year. W. T, Rogers. Hans Rasmussen, Margaret Mitchell Mrs. Jennie Gallup, Miss Ma
 rion J. Kimball Oliver A. Holmes. Will liam Clarkson, Abby Gallup, Halsey l Gallup. Otto Rosienne. Herman II Rosienne. Norman Rasmussen, Ger trude Gallup. Alice C. Browning, Freda Weinphal, Walter Lumsden Emma Kaiser, Lizzie Assad. Henreitta Davis Lillian Hawos, Marion Beebe; for two
 years, Ronald Kimball, Frederick A. Freeman. Alice Perrin Charles Sands
 Edward Hotchkiss. Erna Rosienne
 Mary l.. Kelley: for three years, Wal
 ter J. Shanley, William Buckley, Flor
 ence A. Smith Helen Browning, w. O. Dyer. Miss J. Myles Standish; for five
 years, Alden Sands. C. l. Smith; for
 eight years. George Dyer Minnie Free
 man, Lillian Dyer; for eleven years,
 Joseph E. Spicer
 Second Church.
 Owing to the inability of the or
 ganist to get to tine church Sunday
 morning the service was held in the
 Sunday school room and the Christ
 mas music had to be postponed. There
 were about half a hundred present.
 and Rev Herbert J. Wyckoff Of New
 Haven preached the sermon from John
 iv:27. his theme being The irt of
 Giving, which he declared Is not det-
 rimental to the character of Jesus.
 Recently many gifts have been given
 in the spirit of Jesus but not in his
 name. The giving of the word Is arti-
 f1cial. being a calculating. ostenta-
 tious gift. with the hope of receiving again. Most of it is selfish, the let ting go of something which was never
 part of us, the giving to those whom
 it Is known will make return gifts.
 In the narratives of Jesus the giv-
 ing was with no thought of return.
 Christ went to the poor. the hungry and the needy. healed the blind and
 the sick Christ was always the giv-
 CT because the need of men drew it
 out from his compassion. There was nothing conventional, selfish or calcu- .lating about it. He gave the gift of Gods peace. saying. Not as the world