Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-22
SUNDAY SCHOOLS 10
OBSERVE CHRISTMAS
NEARLY ALL OF THE CHURCHES
TO Celebrate BIRTH
OF CHRIST.
PROGRAMS ON TUESDAY,.
WEDNESDAY, AND THURSDAY
Santa Claus Will BE at Most OF the
Churches, to Amuss tho Little Folks
- Salvation Army TO Do its Usual
Work Among the Poo-outline OF
the Exercises.

| Work Among the Poor-outiine OF
the Exercises.
! Old Santa Claus is going to have
| busy Christmas. At first he mourned
the lack of snow, over which his fleet
| footed reindeer are accustomed to
| travel. But now he is glad that II
didn't snow, for he is going to have to
/! do so many things. and be in so many
places, that he is rejoicing over the
/ good roads and the fact that his auto
mobile can get over the ground at
greater rate of speed than old Bonner
and Bitten
! Exercises of the Sunday schools OF
the different churches are to be gem
eral turnout the city, ana will extend
from Tuesday to Thursday evening.
/ The Salvation Army is to do its usual
| extensive Christmas work among the
| poor.
, Out line Of Exercises.
At the Central Church OF Christ the
! Sunday school will hold its Christmas
! tree Tuesday evening at 7:S0. Each
child has been asked 10 bring some
gift for the poor, which is supposed to
pay admiSs to the exercises. A
Christmas program will be given, and
Santa, Claus will be there. Candy and
nuts will be distributed to the children.
| Gifts of candy and nuts will be given
20 the children OF Elm Norwegian
Lutheran Sunday school Tuesday eve
ming, beginning at 1880. The gifts will
be hung on a tree. A ladies' chorus
will sing three Christmas numbers. On
| Christmas morning services will be
held with a sermon by the pastor In
Norw egian. The choir viii give special
Christmas music.
The Congregational Sunday school is
also TO observe Tuesday evening, and
will have q tree and Santa Claus. a
Christmas program viii be given by
the children, and Christmas goodies
will be distributed. The children will
bring gifts for the Fifth street mis-
sion, over which the church ,presides.
Many Wednesday Night.
Naturally most of the Christmas
programs are 10 be given on Christ
mas eve. ST. Paurs church will hold
nesday evening at 1880, when a Christ
mas program will be given and gifts
will be distributed among the children
from tree. An Christmas morning at
1880 the holy communion will be eel
ebrated, and at 10 o'clock morning
prayer will be followed by the holy
communion and sermon by the pastor
on THE Christmas Manifest tion"
The choir will sing the festival tie
Deum." by Dudley Buck. and other
special Christmas anthems.
A Christmas cantata by the pupnls Of
the Sunday school will be featured at
the Methodist at 1880 Wednesday
night. There will be no tree. but Santa
Claus will be present to distribute the
gifts.
A tree and ship from Santa Claus,
laden with candy. nuts, and fruit Will
be given at the First United Evangeli
cal al 7:45. The children Will present
a program.
AT the Friends a program and tree
, will be presented, and Santa will give
Christmas bags Of candy and nuts to
the children. The exercise will begin
at 7:45.
At the Presbyterian tree, with st.
| Nicholas present in person to distri-
| butte the Christmas sweets will be held.
The pupils will give program, begin
ming at 73o. The children OF the school
will make gifts to the Interdenomina-
tional Charities Association. These
will be deposited in q manger during a
grand march by the little folks.
| Two Christmas trees, bearing books
pictures. candy and nuts for the chill
dren, will be given at the German
Evangelical at 7:30. The children will
give a Christmas program. At 1o:3o
| Christmas morning special Christmas
service will be held, with sermon by
the pastor. The choir will give special
music.
The United Brethren Sunday school
viii give it's tree and a program be-
ginning at 1870. Candy will be given
| the children.
! The Second Baptist church, colored,
will have snow drift instead OF
tree. in connection with a program be-
/; ginning at s O'Clock Santa Claus Will
De present The gifts will be fastened
TO a large ladder covered with cotton
sprinkled with diamond dust.
A program, with Santa Claus giving
| out gifts TO the children, will be given
at the Baptist, beginning at 1880.
Thursdays Exercises.
The other exercises are scheduled for
Chris tmas night The State street
church will give its annual program
at 1880, when Santa Claus will give out
| the candy.
The Swedish Lutheran church will
give its program beginning at I O'Clock
| Christmas night Gifts Of candy and
nuts will be distributed from a tree.
Christmas night Will also be OBJ
served at the Pentecostal Church of
the Nazarene. The program will be-
gin at 7:30. There will be no tree, but
gifts Will be distributed.
The Salvation Army will have tree
for the children Of its Sunday school
Christmas night, when presents --ill
be distributed. The army has arranged
to care for 100 poor families, and to
these Christmas baskets, containing
enough for goods sized family. will be
distributed Wednesday afternoon.
Y. w. c. A. vesper Service.