South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-12-20
CHURCHES BEGIN
CELEBRATION OF
CHRISTMAS EARLY

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Graves, S. r. Arbogast, Mr.. Beyler
Mr.. Lee, Mr.. Bleuler.
The First Baptist church will con-
duct regular Christmas exercises at
the two services Sunday. A beautiful
program has been prepared as fol-
lows:
Morning worship -" Holy, Holy.
Holy, by the choir; invocation, by the
paster; quartet, "Watchman, Tell Us
of the Night; solo, go Jerusalem,
Look About Thee. by Julia NJ. Rode;
The star of the East, and solos by
Mrs. Leta Duntan with violin obligato
by Miss Vida Shontz; Romance, for
violin; sermon, Jesus is Great, by
Rev. G. A. Decker; and the postlude,
"Marche Solenelle", by Miss Wal
bridge.
At the evening worship the program
will be: Organ prelude, Holy Night,
by Miss Carolyn Walbridge; chorale.
"Once TO David's Royal City; 20
Little Town of Bethlehem, with So
prano obligato by Mrs. Rode; solo.
THE Virgins Lullaby, by Mrs. Dun
can; OffertOire, Meditation, for the
violin, by Miss Shontz; sermon, How
May Know That Jesus is the Son Of
Cod, by the pastor; and a solo by the
quartet I1oly NlSHlf GSdCeAul NlSnl
with the postlude By Miss Walbridge.
Besides those already mentioned.
Glen Cover, tenor; DIR. 7. P. Meyer.
bass; and Miss Camille Butterworth,
alto, will be in the choir.
At Presbyterian Church.
The regular Christmas entertain
ment OF the First Presbyterian
church will be held on Wednesday
night although Sunday special
Christmas music will be rendered at
the regular services and the pastor.
Rev. Q. A. Lippincott, will deliver q
sermon in the morning on THE Birth
day of King.
The Trinity Presbyterian church
will hold it's annual Christmas enter
tainment Thursday night with spe-
cial program in which nearly every
member OF the Sunday school will
take part. Sunday evening the pastor
will preach on "Halleluiahs to Christ.
Grace NJ. r. church will have a
Christmas program Sunday evening.
River Park NJ. E. church will have
the annual entertainment on Christ
mas even and Sunday morning the
Christmas sermon will be delivered
by the pastor, with GLORY to God, on
Earth Peace, as his subject.
Stull NJ. r. church will have special
services Sunday morning when the
pastor will speak on How Can l
Who Made Many for Me?" A can
tata will be presented by the West
minister Presbyterian church Sunday
school Wednesday night and special
services will be observed on Sunday.
Nearly every other church In the
city will take part in the annual cele-
bration by fitting programs either
some night during the week or at the
Sunday service.
ar CATHOLIC CHURCHES.
Services in the Catholic churches
will be elaborate. At st. Patrick's
church a special Christmas mass will
be read at 5 o'clock in the morning
as has been the custom for many
years. There will be another service
at 1880, a children's mass at o'clock
and high mass at 1890. The church
will be beautifully decorated and the
manger at Bethlehem will be repro
duced on one Of the affairs. The music
will be in charge of the organist,
Prof. Frederick Binder. and at the
1890 O'Clock mass orchestral music
will be a feature.
The ST. Hedwige's Choral society
numbering sc members of the St.
Hedwige's church, will render a we'll
selected program of chorals and ora
torios at the 10 o'clock mass. They
will also sing Cans mass in CD
minor "Asperges Me-" by Pecher;
a grand offertory. "Quem-Vidistis
Postores," by Rev. DR.. Crookall: a
separate male and female chorus in
termingled with solos, duets and a
finale, a grand chorus of ten parts.
The closing number will be a SOL
emn Marche Pontificale," by L. w.
Hardy, and the entire program will
be accompanied by full orchestra un-
der the direction OF Casimir f. Luz
ny In the evening. Wiegand's YES
pers'' will be sung.