Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-25
THE SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS
Beautiful Exercises Carried Out by Sunday Schools of the
 City-The Attendances Were Large

that many hearts might be made glad for Christmas day.
 i. The entire service was carried out with delightful .sn1oethness and the spirit that was aroused was worthy of the high ideals of an organization that not only studies Gods word on Sunday lent discovers in that Book that it is more blessed to give than to receive.
 The committee that made the ar | engagements for this years program was as follows:
 J. H. Ely. Mrs. Lucius Brown, Mrs. Frank Mitchell. MT. and Mrs. A. F. Wyman, Miss Helen Moore, Miss Bes- sic Grimes, and Miss Alice Dean. 7. First Baptist.
 The evening service at the First Sunday school and was a, service of Christmas Giving. Five objects for which donations might be used were given out in the Bible school, each class designating to which object it's offering might be used.
 l Earle Stan1n1, the school secretary, announced the several numbers of the program, which opened with singing by the school, Joy to the World; ;
 prayer by the pastor. MT: Strouse; ]; ments. It Came Upon the Midnight Clear: responsive readings Miss Ruth l Phillips and her class, Nellie Pitts, Rubie Faulkner, Virginia WoodWorth, Helen Cuprak, Elizabeth Weinard, Ei- 1 sic Warren; anthem. There Were | Shepherds; recitation, What Can I l Give Him, Irnosene Manning: song, Away in a Manager. primary depart ment, recitation. They Gave Him Their Treasures, Miss Gardner's class, Robert Otis, Jr.. Harry Waters, Rich 1 ard Mcguire, Arthur Armstrong, Floyd | Pinrop. Star of the King nri- mary department; recitation, What Would You Do, What Will You Do, l Miss Elsie Lindberg's class. Eleanor 1 Cbadbois, Helen Risley, Justine Briggs, l Sorothy Farrell, Katherine Carpenter, Polly Mitchell, Marion Royce, Rubie i Faulkner, Virginia Woodwork: song, l Redeemer Divine, Miss Grace Stetson's class, Laura Peckham, Edna Shaffer, 1 Helen Woodwork, Ethel Miller, Dor 1 othy Holden, Florence Pitts, Alice Cad ] bois: presentation of gifts from the ! Beginners to the Senior department l Each gift presented by one or more of | the class called. was placed in a rep 1 lica of Christ's manager, over which was glowing an electrical star.
 The program closed with singing Bright Star of Truth.
 Park Congregational Church. Park Congrega ational church Sunday school held their Christmas exercises 1 Sunday afternoon in the church. The church was handsomely decorated with evergreens and laurel and on the plat form was large Christmas Uee, /! beautifully decorated with tinsel and Sunday school marched into the church from the chapel. led by the | superintendent and assistant superin- f tendent, singing Oh. Come All Ye l Faithful A scripture exercise by eight of the younger children of the school, led by Miss Eleanor Norton
 was a pretty feature of the program l Books were given to eight members ! of the school for having been present 1 at every session of the school during ! Richard Bunnell. John Fellows, liar old Prentice, Otis Fellows. Robert Eastwood, Mary Tirrell, Catherine 1 Bunnell and Sadie Colt. Boxes o1 1 candy were given to the members o1 1 the school at the close of the program 1 Organ prelude: processional hymn l Oh. Come, All Ye Faithful: invoca- ! tion, union petition: The Worlds Best
 Christmas Gift, a scripture exercise
 presetned by The Christmas Herald
 and eight younger children, Miss Flea ans, Anita Babcock, Sherrod Inglis ] Billy Tirrell, Irene Broadhurst Robert l keeler and Harriet Geer; \ Carol o1 1 Christmas Cheer; The Gifts They | Brought, d scripture e8SEciSS, DE LIle
 Christmas Herald and Marian Gallau-
 det, Louise Noseep, Edward Graham ] William Latham; hymn. Oh. Little Town of Bethlehem; A Christmas Story, the story of the other wise men
 Van Dyke, Miss Hannah Crowell l Hymn of Peace; presentation of at. l tendance gifts; address. Rev. s. H Howe, D. D.: Our Offering of King 1 dom Gifts for relief and reconstruction
 1 work in Turkey: the offertory prayer
 l The T1yfn of Service, Thou Dids
 -eave Thy Throne and Thy Kingly
 1 Crown; benediction; organ postlude
 Those having the exercises in charge l were Miss Elizabeth F. Pullen, chair.
 man of the adult committee, Mrs. E | J. Graham, chairman of the infant de
 | partment, and Mrs. iF'rederick F
 1 Sayles. At the morning session of the Sun.
 day school each member of the infan
 department received a gift and som.