The Detroit times., 1910-12-24

PcrlapS At no olhef season hl lA4'
year Is church music 50 joyous ~
spirit and beautiful In melody as al
christmas time when denominutional
dugmas are FORGOTTEN In the one grand
song of praise In celebration OI tht
birth OF the Christ t-childf The churches
OF Detroit have always been Iotcd Tor
che excellence of their musical pro-
Tets and directors Vie with each other
in selecting the best In the ucin oi
Christmas musical literature Tor lrt,-
ditiOn at the Christmas services. TIN
Chancels and altars OF both Protestant
and Roman Catholic churches are beau
titully decorated with flowers and
Christmas greens. the splendid and
brilliant scarlet pOinsetta taking a
conspicuous place In the decorations.
Among the Detroit churches to have
pecial musical programs are the fol-
lowing
PREsBYTERIAN.
Fort st.7,,,Morping The anthem EN-,
upon the midnight clear ana
solo for soprano by Coombs, I'm
der the silent stars, each with
violin obligatO. Pasquale Btlslia wil
assist and Will play Svendsen's "Ro-
mama" for the offertory. AT the even
ipg service the ChristmDs solos from
Handels Messiah Will be sung, But
Who may abide" Mr.. Cloh"cy; Every
Valley Mr. LAWN. He shall feed Ills
Him Mrs. owen. \ new and eACep-
tionally tne Christmas cantata will
also be sung, entitled the "ShephCrd' &
Vision" by Berge. ~ j. Corey Is or
ganist and director
Central --- Morning; 80 Zion. that
tellest good tidings" ,Buck), Chor-
us, The song OF the shepherds
CWoodman), chorus, Arise. shine foi
thy light Is come" (GilberD. duet $50
pranO ana atob. Evening: Calm or
the listening ear of night Parker
chorus; 20 holy night (Adam), tenor
solo Chorus choir and following solo
lists: Miss Pauline Freund, soprano
Miss Mae Wlrth alto. Harry Heard
tenor and director, Miss Mabel Wilson
organist.
Scovel MISUNDERSTANDING: Anthem
Break Forth Into Joy ,Simper)
soprano solo. "Hosanna" tBanalstyne)
Miss Laura koOb, anthem, Bethle-
hem" tCoombsD, soprano solo, Mrs. j
Potter. Evening. Anthem. THE Birth
day OF the King" (Neidlinger), CON
tralto solo Mrs. W. Haystead, anthem
Babe OF Light and Glory tDressler)
soprano and tenor solos, Mrs. Potter
and Mr. DavY. anthem, "Oh. Come All
Ne Faithful CReading); anthem
Bethlehem" tCoombs), soprano solo
Mrs. Potter: anthem, The Heavens
Are Telling" tSlmperJ bass solo, -
Dun solo. The Christmas sons
ADAM. W. Gilmore. solo. ITO Vic,
tory tNeidlinecr), Mrs. ". Haystead
Into JOY Spence THE Virgins Lul-
la by" from "Thc Holy Night Brew,
err, The Glorious song" tGeibeD and
calm on the Lst'ning Ear tMarston)
Evening The star That Now Is shin
ing" (kineD, "'rhe Nativity Accord
ing to - Luke" q Christmas cantata
are Miss Minnie : Welz. director and
contralto. Harker : Watkins, tenor
Mrs. Johannes Bodemann, soprano
Cyrus b. Warren, bass; Miss Leona
~. loo AIah ha1 al fNft
soprano. and Miss Leila l. Walz. alto
viii assist in the cantata in the eve
ming Lewis NJ Ellis, cornetist. as
sists I'm the CONGREGATIONAL hymns
Forest st-ave.-Morning. Anthem, The
Birthday OF the King, tNeidlinger)
Christmas exercises. Sunday school
Evening Quartet. tie Deum," tBuck)
quartet. "rhe Holy Night" tBrewer)
Brewer, quartet. "Allelulia, tBrew'
The choir consists of Mrs. r. o
Geist, contralto, T.. c. Fitzgerald
rector Mrs ID Mclean. organist.
Jenerson-ave.-M ornin Qrgani
,;Adeste Fidelesi ANTHEM. anthem, saeaS earos
When | View the Mother SBarn6y)
Iidlngs." Brewer; organ. "Hallelu.
Iah chorus" Hande). Nespers, y. m
followed by stereopticon lecture. The
choir is, Mrs Frederic Brown. Mrs
Charles Parker, Dr Greusel. Archibald
Jackson and ALE Zuidema.
Westminste Miscellean'
cous program OF Christmas music; IN
GLIDING Mozart's GLORIA in Excelsis
with trumpet obligato, by Earl Van
Amburgh Evening: Quartet assisted
cantata THE Manger Throne, Inc
organist and director is Richard Keys
Biggs.
church OF the Covenant Morning
aud evening programs Include w he F..
From the East the Wise Men Came,
hem" hawley. Let Us Go Even Int
Bethlehem" Field; And There We're
Shepherds Abiding in the Fields. Shel'
ley. baritone solo with violin oplSato
The Heralds OF Heaven" The choir
includes Frederick Robinson, director
Mrs William Walmoth. Miss Rose Con
rad Miss Marie Born. Miss Jessie
Connie. Mrs = o Steen, Mrs. X =
Hotchkiss. Frank Wise and K. ;. liotch
kiss. organist The choir will be as
sisted by Robert Montana, baritone, anC
otto L. Mann, violin.
First-Morning Prelude. "Christma'
Hymn" Guilmant. anthem. ''Sing: {
Heavens" Shackley; alto solo, Tht
Newborn King" LEspore; carol
'Hark, the Christmas Bells" Ward
tenor solo. Nazareth" Gounod. post
lude, March TriumphaL" Lemmons
Evening: Prelude, "Andante," Merkel
anthem "Holy Night" Storer. soprano
solo. '"ro Victory" Neidlnger; anthem
20 Zion that .Bringest Good Things,
Buck. bass solo When Heaven Scnc
mas star" Gounod; postlude, Finale
F'aulke.
EPISCOPAL.