Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-25

Christmas exercises were beautiful ly carried out by the various Sunday schools in the city Sunday afternoon and evening. At some of the ser vices the scholars received candies, flowers, etc. and in all their hears were filled WitH the even better things, the E.,essed spirit of Christmas.
 On Sunday afternoon at o'clock the annual Christmas exercises Of the Sunday school of Broadway Congre- gational church were held in the church. The Sunday school children assembled in the Sunday school room and marched in the church.
 The programme follows:
 Processional Hymn, Oh Come Let Us Adore Him; player; anthem or carol; recitations. Our Gifts. by Prim- ary department; We Love to Think of Jesus, Miss Helen Browning's class; What Does It Mean, by Miss Sauters and Miss Alice Browning's classes hymn, Thousand Years Have Come and Gene; report of secretary: offering; presentation of Bibles; scripture. read ing and recitation; hymn. Hail to the Lord Who Game: sermon; hymn Room In My Heart For Thee; pray CT and Benediction; Postlude.
 The Bibles were presented to the following children of the Sunday school who have reached the age oi eight years Edmund Spicer. Marion Sanger, Herbert Spears, Geraldine Spalding and Norman Mossessian, by the pastor Rev. Edward $. Worcester In behalf of the church baskets ot flowers were presented to the scholars bs F. J. Leayens.
 The offering taken at the service will go towards the missionary, extension and educational work of the Congre- gstiona1 Sunday School and Publish ing society.
 Trinity Episcopal.
 Members of the Sunday school Of the
 Trinity Episcopal church assembled at the church at o'clock dhen Christ mas carols were sung and Rev. ] FL dred Brown, rector, gave d short ad- dress explaining to the scholars Of the missionary work to which they devoted their offerings for the last four Sun days. in helping to erect a chapel al Broolzlings South Dakota, under the direction of Rev. Paul Roberts. a grad
 uate of Berkeley Divinity school. The programme of the Christmas carol service follows:
 Carol, Away in the Manager: Lords prayer and versicles; carol, Good Christians Rejoice; lesson; carol. Si- oI, Good King Kencelas, address: car ol, Kings of the Orient; offering; clos ing, collects and Benediction; carol Shepherds !Stave Off Your Drousy Sleep.
 Trinity Methodist.
 Special Christmas services for the Sunday school and church were held in Trinity Methodist Episcopal church Sunday evening. The church was prettily decorated with evergreens and holly. A Christmas programme was given which included very pretty feature, the lighting of the Christmas wreath, by twenty -four girls singing professional and recessional hymns
 The male quartet. Robert Gray. Leon ard Purvis, Christopher Allen and Haywood Dolbeare, sang. The pro-
 gramme follows:
 Prelude; Hymn 112; scripture and prayer; tnthem, There were Shepherds Ashford; singing by the Trinity Male quartette: Anthem, The Ever lasting anthem, The Sound of Holy Voices Heyser; Hymn 1O7; lighting the Christmas Wreath; Postlude.s Christ Episcopal.
 The Christ church Sunday school ob- served Christmas with a carol service and Christmas tree in the church or l Sunday afternoon. The tree was beau | trical effects. Presents were dfstrib- | uted to the members of the Sunday | school. The programme: Prelude professional, lesson, carol No. 1, pray | CT, carol No. 2, offering. distribution 1 of gifts. carol No. 3. prayer, reces- i sional, benediction.
 Central Baptist.
 The Central Baptist Sunday schoo ] held it's annual Christmas Giving ser.
 James l.. Case presided and the en- 1 tire school came together in the au. | ditorium of the church. Over foul 1 hundred members of the school were
 present. The Mems class had ninety l six present. Last Sunday there were
 one hundred and six men present anc l Sunday before last there were one 1 hundred and three men present. Their | offering yesterday to the Christina: 1 giving fund was twenty-five dollars The total Christmas contribution O l the school yesterday for the help O 1 others and the advance of Christian work was something over four hun dred dollars; three hundred of whicI | will be sent to India and the Philip pines for educational work in thost l two countries.
 The exercises of actually offering l provisions and fruit, poultry and DO l tatoes and cash and bringing thes, l things to the platform were partici pated in by every class in the sc1loo l and they brought forth warm appIaus,
 as each class sent up one or more rep 1 resentative to carry the articles tt ] the platform. Steadily the pile grey ! until 1t became a close second to
 regularly appointed grocery depart
 ment. The enthusiasm grew with tn, enlarging pyramid of good things al
 Of which swere designated for cases O worthy need. The climax came Whel 1 two members of the City Bible Class l for Men carried to the platform a core i OH which were fastened at intercal 1 twenty-five one dollar bills. crisp ant 1 new.
 1 All of these provisions were distrib 1 uted by autos on Sunday afternoon st l i'm n C Is snel1dines his q, str