The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-12-23
SERVICES PLANNED
IN CITY CHURCHES
Special Sermons and Programs
as Arranged for the
Holiday.

A special Christmas service will be
held tomorrow night at the Metropoii.
tan Baptist Church. The Rev. John
Compton Bali will deliver a sermon,
the theme OF which will be "The
Light OF Lights" The choir will rem
der special music and a large Sunday
school chorus will sing from the north
gallery. There will be a large Christ
mas tree, strung with scores of col
ored electric lights.
Foundry W. E. Church.
The Rev. Wallace MacMuiien, of
Drew Theological Seminary. will
occupy the pulpit OF Foundry Metho.
dist Episcopal Church tomorrow. The
subjects, respectively. OF tho morning
and evening sermons will be THE
Glory OF Chrirtmas" and Tho Angel
Message" A quartet will furnish spe.
ciel music at each service. Monday
morning at o'clock a Christmas
morning praise service will be con.
Quoted by the Rev. Whitford l.. Nc
Do~cll
Grace Reform Church.
The Rev. Henry II. Ranct, pastor
Of Grace Reform Church. will preach
his Christmas sermon tomorrow morn.
ing at II o'clock. There will be no
evening service. \ special service
will be held at o'clock, Monday
morning. at which the story of Christ.
mas will be read from the Bible. The
Christmas festival OF the Sunday
school will be held Tuesday evening
at $3.50 o'clock.
Douglas Memorial.
Christmas services at Douglas Me.
mortal NJ. l.. Church. Eleventh and
II streets northeast, will be held TO.
morrow at II a. m, and 1880 y. m.
the Rev. Or. c. c. Mclean, who IL
preaching q series OF sermons on the
life OF Christ, viii use as his theme.
"Tho Nativity" The soioists will be
Mrs. II. II. Grooms. Mrs. de Borah "
lawson.
Fifteenth street Ckrtstiss.
Special Christmas services will be
hei at the Fifteenth street Christian
l34S Massachusetts avcnus
tomorrow. In the morning
the minister. the Rev. L. l.. Bowers
will talk on The Christian Heart.
An illustrated lecture, The Birth or
n King" will he given In the evening.
Music by the choir and the male quar-.
tet.
Trinity Episcopal Church.
At Trinity Episcopal Church. Third
and & streets northwest. Christmas
services will begin with carols at s.
p M. tomorrow. The soloIsts will be
siiss Bernice Calhoun. Mrs. q. &. 60.
vert. q. u. Watts and George ~. Lam
bert, On Christmas day the services
Will start with Holy Communion at N
o'clock and at II o'clock. 4 new an.
Them, Calm on the Listening Ear OF
Night" by Oscar Franklin Comstock,
he organist and the choirmaster. viii
be sung as the onertory.
st. Johns Episcopal
The Christmas services at old 81.
Johns church Monday viii include
wo morning services. T:3O o'clock AID
II o'clock, and a special vesper scry.
&c at I:i5 o'clock, conducted BY the
Rev. Roland Cotton Smith. rector OF
he church. lie will he assisted by
he Rev. George Williamson Smith
md ths Rev. Edward Slater Dunlap.
The soioiSts will be Richard Allen,
lilo Atkinson. Paul Bleyd.n and Ar.
hur e. Gorbach.
~. Peters Catholic Churrh.
81. Peters Catholic Church, Second
ND q streets southeast. will celebrate
solemn High Mass 90 midnight by the !
r.. Rev, Mgr. J, NJ. O'Brien. with the |
rev. ]. y. wiedenham as deacon and |
ne Rev. y. 4. Norris as sub-deacon. |
VII he given under the direction OF |
Ora. Hattie Richie Prescott and Miss |
'atherine Mckenna, organist. There |
Ilso Will be low masses at s o'clock |
nd o o'clock.
Ninth street Christtan Church.
Christmas services at the Ninth |
treet Christian Church will be TO, 1
morrow morning and evening. At the
norning service the pastor. the Rev.
ieorge A. Miller, will preach on
Light In the Darkness" Al the eve
ing service the choir. under the dI.
ection OF Prof. Joseph Harrison, will
ing Christmas music.
Grace baptist Church.
At the Grace Baptist Church the
musical services will be
iven by the choir and orchestra un.
er the direction OF DIR. n. T. Wood.
ard. TIE soloists will be Miss Es.
her Parker, Mrs. c. Il. Ruilman, Mrs.
!. T. Woodward, Ed. Towers, h. l..
ewell.