El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-22

/ @HRISTMAS sermons will be de-
uvered from practically all FL
~ Paso pulpits Sunday - sermons
good will toward all men'-in which
The spirit OF the holy season viii be
emphasized
Christmas services In FL Paso
4 churches also viii be featured with
: splendid music. anthems ana sacred
; songs OF the Christmas season. IN
! all the churches, Catholic and Prot
+ estant- Sunday will breathe the
& Christmas spirit. although the special
Christmas masses in the Catholic
! churches all viii be on Christmas
[ day.
I In several OF the churches OF the
; city the service will have for a spe-
cial feature relief for the Armenian
and Syrian victims Of Turkish atr0ci-
ties. This viii be true of the First
T Methodist and First Pre~Jvteria~
churches, Asbury Methodist and
others, in which the sunday school
children have planned to assist in a
substantial manner the suffering
children OF the stricken lands in the
/ far east.
Children Work for Armenian Relief.
For two weeks past the Christmas
4. .lAA4= VI the JOY anu EAL4G VI AAAE
First Methodist Episcopal Sunday
school has been translating itself into
terms Of relief for boys and girls in
far off suffering Armenia. These
distant and almost overlooked vic
Tins Of both the ravage OF war and
the ferocity Of fauaticism have been
made the special object OF good viii
! by the HUNDREDS OF Fl Paso boys and
girls belonging to the Sunday school
OF the church with the revolving
cross" and a substantial sum Of
money is daily growing as the result
OF the efforts OF the local juvenile
philanthrOnists. The money that j.
being contributed Will be admins
tered through the agency OF the
American Armenian Relief assocta-
tiOn. The fund will be closed with
special offering taken at the Christ
mas celebration OF Sunday school
which will occur At the First n z
church Sunday night.
There will be an Observance o
Christmas at each OF the two serv
ices at the First Methodist church,
the church with the revolving cross"
Special music for the morning Occa-
sion will be Rogers chorus. Sing. 4
Heavens" and The SheDherd King"
Verne. a soprano solo by Mrs. Lee
HebberS, Rev. John n. Jackson, the
pastor Of the church. viii deliver 2
Christmas sermon on The First
Promise OF the Christianity or CNr-~+
IN the evening q Joint program will
be given by the Sunday school an
the choir OF the church.
Christmas Spirit ut First Presby-
terrain
The Christmas spirit and thought
will be emphasized in all the services
at the First Presbyterian church
Sunday. The church will be beau
tifully decorated for the occasion and
special Christmas musical numbers
viii be rendered IN all services.
First cores the Sunday school AZ
$40 o'clock in the morning, when
some 400 children will assemble 20
hear again the sweet story Of old.
The babe Of Beth chem
At the morning hour Of worship
1926. the quartet will present three
splendid Christmas numbers, where
Is He That Is Born King OF the
Jews?" and ''The Dawn Of Hope" bv
c. W. COMBS: a duet bv Mrs. Robert
Holiday and F. G. Billings: THE
Morning Stars sang Together" bv
Bruno Huhn. Where Is HeZ' viii
be the subject OF the sermon bv Rev
Cherries L. Overstreet. the pastor.
The annual Sunday school Christ
mas program will be given at
o'clock in the evening. Instead Of