Omaha daily bee., 1915-12-25

TOPICS FOR A DAY OF REST
Christmas Music to Be One of the
Prominent Features in Churches
Of the City Sunday,
PREPARE ELABORATE PROGRAMS

PREPARE ELABORATE PROGhAMS
In a large number of the city churches
Sunday, both morning and evening,
Christmas music will be the leading fea-
ture. There will be short sermons by
the pastors, after which the choirs will
have charge.
For the Christmas music the choirs
have been drilled for weeks, and in many
churches the programs to be rendered
will be more elaborate than usual. There
will be anthems. solos and great
variety of instrumental music. These
programs will be rendered at the regu-
Jar hours for the morning and evening
services.
The Episcopal churches will have serv-
ices on Christmas day.
At the Zion Lutheran church, Thirty
sixth and Lafayette avenue, A. T. Lori
mer. Pastor, there will be q Christmas
morning matin service at o'clock. The
church choir will render:
Behold ! Bring you Good Tidings.....
There Were Shepherds. ............ Marks
Sing. Oh Sing, This Blessed Morn.....
.......'''.'..'''.'..''''.. Schnecker
Swedish service at 1880 a. m.;<special
music. 90
Sunday morning. Sunday school. $780,
service, IL a. m. ~
Sunday evening, the Sunday school viii
render its annual festival. commencing
at 7:30.
New Years eve wake, arranged by the
Mems society. Program at p, m. spe-
cial hour and serving of refreshments.
Devotional service at n:D p. m.
New Years day: Service at 1890 a, m
The annual business session of the con
Eregation will be held at 2:SO p. m.
The Hanscom Park Methodist Episco-
pal Sunday school will present the BETH
lehem Christmas pageant this evening at
7:9O o'clock at the church, Twenty-ninth
and Woolworth avenue.
North Presbyterian.
The following song service will be
rendered at the North Presbyterian
church Sunday evening at 7:SO o'clock;
Anthem With Tenor solo-And There
Were sicS shsPhRs sSnoids and Choir. n0s"
Carol With Violin Obligato-ChTlst
MRS. Roy flanagan. Miss Madge West
and Men-Brightest and Best; Buck
obligato and Male Chorus-Jesns
is King. ..................s.... 49,. Nfdt1
Miss Roberta Coulter. Miss Ruth Knapp.
Offertory--Psstora symphony. Handel
solo With Violin Obligato-O Little
Mrs oR Rov 0i Flseagsn' Miss Madge West.
Anthem With Mezzo Solo and soprano
Opligato-Hark, Hark My Soul.Sneiley
Miss Helen Fales. Mrs. Flanagan.
Do "a Chorus
Miss Eloise West, organist; Lee q.
Kratz. choirmaster.
The First Presbyterian church of Ben
son, A. ]. McClung, pastor, will hold
Christmas evening song service Sunday
evening at 1880 o'clock:
Hymn-Joy to the World. ...........,...
Congregations
Anthem-The Glad New Song. Post
- Junior Choir'
A. j. McClung.
Anthem-wake the Word. from sium-
.;,;,;;,..;;.'''''''''.''' Molioy
Solo-There's a Song I'm the Air........
Mrs, Mason.
Scripture.
Solo-There Were Shepherds Abiding
$780, Miss Alice johnson.
Authenticated Night. .Offenbach
CONTEMPLATION NhS -NS" h"ih
Choir.
Central United Presbyterian.
The Sunday program at the Central
United Presbyterian church follows:
MORNING. 1880.
Organ Prelude-March OF the Magi
Anthe%~And There We're shepheEas.'
Tenor solo. Ross b. Johnson. '''''
Bass solo. Charles c. Lang, tr
soprano Solo-The Birthday OF
hs Mrs. NJ NJ iffiie;pi:o;niistaii He'onnSe'
Organ Offertory-Pastoral symphony
from The Messiah ...............H ande
Anthem-o Holy Night. -. ,Adolph Adam
Soprano solo and obligato, Mrs. w. r
Callfas.
ccppngTegstoRps L., Praise. Psalter No. 49,.
Christmas Choir; Sopranos. Mrs. W. +
fas and Mrs. n. II. Heptonstall: altos
Miss Grace Pool and Miss Ethel Yost
tenor Ross b. johnson; bassos, Charlie
gAnist Miss Ora Ogie.
EVENING. 7:3O
Organ Prelude-The Shepherds in the
Ar,h held The Field viz, Otto Mallin
sOloTThe Babe Of Bethlehem. re Wss
Miss Ethel Yost.
Anthem-And There Were shep-
Tenor solo. Ross B. Johnson ei'e
Bass solo. Charles G. Lsns' jr.
Quartet-No Room in the Inn. Updegraf
Mrs. Callfas. Miss YOst and Messrs
Johnson and Rouner.
Anthem-o Holy Might, :....A Adam
Soprano solo and obliEato