Evening star., 1914-12-20

| I1OtlI Tor the next fortnight, some VI
the churches holding their special
Christmas services today, some next
Sunday, some on the great day itself,
while announcement is made of can
tatas telling the story of the Babe of
Bethlehem to be given at intervals
throughout the holiday season. "The
Christmas Dawn" a new cantata by
Gilbert Spross, will be rendered by the
| choir at the Church of the Ascension
this afternoon, beginning at AIS
O'Clock. This will be the first public
performance of this work and the text.
which is of prophetic nature, was
compiled by Rev. John McEab. The
solos will be sustained by Miss Cor
inne Lockett, soprano: Miss Jessie
| Masters, contralto: Clifford Wilkins,
| tenor. and \. y. Gardner bass. Albert
| ". Harmed. organist and choirmaster
of the church. will direct the work, and
organ prelude and postlude for the
| service.
THE Coming of the King a can
tata by Dudley Buck. will be rendered
Tuesday evening at Luther Memorial
| Church, under the direction of Donald
| Freeze.
,, The regular quartet, composed Of
Grace Garland, contralto; l.. TAYLOR
Chewing, tenor. and Richard Max
well, bass. will DE assisted by Earl
Carbauh, baritone, and Miss Ruth
Bronson, violinist, and their work Will
be supplemented by the singing of a
chorus of about thirty voices.
| Mr. and Mrs Gist Blair. following
| their annual custom, will entertain
the choir and choirmaster, II. H. Free
man. of old st. Johns Church at dim
ner Tuesday evening. An elaborate
entertainment appropriate to the sea-
son will follow the banquet.
! Miss Ethel Garrett Johnston will give
the organ recital before the service
at old st Johns Church. Lafayette
| Square, this afternoon, beginning at
3:45 o'clock. Her selections will include
Bach; .Meditation," by Frysinger. and
l"Toccata.' from Fifth Organ Symph-
ony,' by Widor. A specially prepared
man. organist and choirmaster. for the
service following these recitals, and
this afternoon the choir of men and
boys will sing "Masniticat' an, and
dental solo by Charles Trow bridge
| Tittmann: anthem, More Love to
Thee, o Christ" by Marks: Incidental
solos. Master Richard Mccartney, so
prano: Paul Bleyden. tenor, and Mr.:
Tittmann: organ postude, "Fantasie,'
in L, by Rink. Miss Johnston.
This afternoon. at the Church of the
| Covenant, the double quartet, under the
| direction of Nh. Wrightson, with Mr..
Murray at the organ, will render the
anthem. IF l Go Not Away" by Caldi-
| colt: incidental solos. Mr. Backing and
! Mr. Humphrey; bass solo, Defend Me
Still" by Jordan. Mr.. Humphrey
Bread of the World in Mercy Broken
! by James. incidental solo. Mrs. Gawler
Sun of My Soul" by Bullard, Incl
dental solos, Mrs. Gawler. Messrs
Backing and Humphrey; "Hear the
Voice and PRAYER of Thy Servants by
| Steane. This evening the program VII
| include the organ prelude, "Pastorale,
by Callaerts; anthem, Lead Me. Lord,
20 Love That VIII Not Let Me Co. in
| cidental solos, Mrs. Gawler and Mr.
| Tittmau: The Lord Is Ny Rock,
! Lord, How Long," "Postlude in d, by
| Loret.
THE Story of Bethlehem by West
Will be sung this evening by the quar-
tet OF Calvary Baptist Church. com
posed of Miss Mabel Roberts, Mrs. Will
| liam T. Reed, r. p. Backing and Theo-
| dore T. Apple, with Louis A. Potter
jr, organist and director This morn
ing the anthems will be Sing. Q Heav-
ems by Tours. and the first choru:
from Mendelssohn's unfinished oratorIo
| "Christus,' There Shall Star From
Jacob Come Forth
The quartet of the First Presbyterian
Church. composed of Mrs. Harry HURT
| Miss Emma Houchen, Clarence ii. Sor'
rell and II. II. i. Hel"Ig. With e. ID
Kocher, organist and director, will ren.
der this evening The Manger Throne,
| by Manney.
The choir of Mount Vernon NJ. z
| Church. under the direction of Mrs. T
A. Hulfsll. with Fulton b. Karr as or
! ganist and assisted by Edward Wag'
ron, violinist, and Henry Hope, cellist
| will render this morning the prelude
| for organ and strings, "Berceuse, from
4Jocelyn': anthems. 'He Shall Reigr
Forever" Arise. Shine. For Thy Ligh
Is Come: offertory, organ and strings
Largo" by Handel. and "Overture.'
| by Mozart.
The choir of West Street Presbyte,
riau Church. under direction of George
Herbert Wells, organist, will render
the following programs of Christina:
II o'clock, Behold. l Bring You Coco
Tidings," and The Birthday of the
King, Evening, 1:$o; Sing and Re.
joice. o Daughter of Zion 80 Sing te
| Night" Sing, o Heaven and "Tht
Newborn King" The choir consist.
of solo quartet and chorus of twen-
ty-five voices. The soloists are Mrs
bert Houghton, contralto; d. Austin
Howard, tenor, and S. Theodore How
ard, bass.
| At the Church of Our Father (Uni-
versalist), this morning, the quartet
composed of Mrs. sydney Hollings-
| worth, soprano: Miss Lillian Chenowith
contralto. w. D. Blanchard. tenor, and
Walter T. Matson, bass, will sing
blessed Is He That Cometh," by
Geibel. and arise, Shine, for Thy
Light Is Come" and the offertory will
be a contralto solo, The Dream OF
| Peace" Mrs Dorothy Baxter VIII pre-
side as usual at the organ.
| A new Christmas cantata, The Eve
| of Grace" the text by Van Tassel SUIT
| uhen and the music by j. Sebastian Mat
| theWs will be sung by the Washington
| cathedral choir at the Bethlehem
| Chapel this afternoon at O'Clock III
| place of the evening service. The
| COMPOSER has written the cathedral
| choirmaster, Edgar Priest. that this
| will be the first presentation OF the
| work. The soloists will be Master
Howard Young, soprano: Dr. Henry
| Jaeger, tenor; Henry II. Tallmadge
| baritone, and Warren w. Grimes, bass
DR.. William Stansfield. organist and
director of the choir of the First Con
gresationa1 Church, has arranged the
following program for the services TO-
day: Organ prelude, "Pastorale, from
"The Messiah" by Haendel; anthems.
chorus; "Nazareth,' by Gounod; Hal
ChOrus" from "'he Messiah