Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-23


special vocal and instrumental music.
PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL.
The Bishop of Washington. Right
Rev. Alfred Harding. will celebrate the
Nries Will make the address at the first
services in recognition OF Christmas
day at the Washington Cathedral. Mt.
St Adams, which are scheduled Tor
1880 pm. tomorrow night. A feature
Will be congregational singing led by
a vested choir of men under direction
OF the Cathedral organist. Edgar
Priest. The program OF music includes
the professional litany Q Come. Q
hymns. Adeste F'ideles. o Little Town
of Bethlehem and 1t Came Upon the
Midnight Clear, and the old chant
Gloria in Excelsis.
Christmas day there Will be holy
communion at 1880 am. morning pray
er at 10 am. and evening prayer and
war intercessions at 5.15 pm, while
at IL o'clock Christmas morning VIII
come the most important of all. the
festival service. with Bishop Harding
again as the preacher and music by
the vested choir of men and boys. The
music will include festival setting
by J. Kendrick Pyne, and festival
the birth OF the Messiah. The anthem
will be the Christmas offertorium, Be
hold, the Heavens Are Telling. At this
service the choir will sing as process
sional. Adeste Fideles and a very an
cient Christmas hymn of the church.
OF the Fathers Love Begotten, Ere
the Worlds Began. Two Christmas
carols also will be sung in the course
of this service.
Christmas is given special observance
In, nic ca ~ la
and the churches and chapels of that
denomination throughout the District
generally have from one to three or
even more services in the spirit of the
evening.
st. Johns Church.
Services in celebration Of the Yule-
tide season at old st. Johns Church
will begin this afternoon at AIS. This
service will take the place of the regu-
lar vesper service, and will consist of
singing of Christmas carols and the
presentation of presents to the children
Of the school. Rev. Roland Cotton
Smith, rector. and Rev. Edward s. Dun
dresses, and the regular male choir OF
the parish will assist. under direction
of Henry H. Freeman. organist and
choirmaster.
On Christmas day there will be two
special services-7:30 and II am. The
first will consist of celebration of the
holy communion, with an address by
the rector. The order of music Will De
special professional. Sing, o Sing. This
Blessed Morn; introit, o Come. All Se
Faithful: service of the holy COM
munion in A fiat major; sermon hymn.
Hark, the Herald Angels Sing; offer
tory anthem, Silent Night. and recess
sional, Angels From the Realms OF
Glory. -,
At the II am. service she order will
include: Professional. Sing, o Sing. This
biiate Dec. introit anthem, Jesus. Thou
Dear Babe Divine. traditional cradle
song from Haiti: service Of the holy
communion in A fat major. sermon
hymn, O Come. All Ye Faithful; offer
tory anthem, Holy Night by Adam.
and occasional. Angels From the
Realms of Glory;
Chester Gorbach. bass: Paul Bleyden,
tenor, and Master Milo Atkinson, So
prano. Rev. Roland Cotton Smith. rec
tor. will preach at both services as
Rev. George Williamson Smith. The
male choir of forty men and boys Will
give the music, under direction OF
Henry H. Freeman. organ1st ana choir-
master.
Church Of the Ascension.
Ar fine Church of the Ascension. Mas
sschusetts avenue and 18th street north
west, Rev. J. Henning Nelms, rector,
there will be Christmas day services,
consisting of holy communion at am,
and at II o'clock special Christmas
services. with communion. The preach
err at this principal service Will be ri
Rev. James D. Funston, Bishop OF
Idaho.
st. James Church.
r,, ..r1.;oae arc arranged for Christ
mas day at st. James Church. Sth
street near Massachusetts avenue
northeast Rev. James W. Clark. rector:
Tbey are at I, s, 1890 and II am. and
: nm. At the II o'clock service there
will be a plain song mass. with ia
miJiar and appropriate Christmas hymns
by the mems choir.
All Saints Church.
Services will be held Christmas morn
ing at All Saints Church. Chevy Chase,
Rev, J. w Austin. rector. with holy
communion feature. The special
musical numbers. to be given under
direction of Mrs. A NJ. Jackson. organ l.
list, include professional hymn, Chrls-
tians, Awake; Venite. TIE Deum, Bene-
dictus; introit, Hark. the Herald Angels
Sing; Kyrie, Gloria Tibi; hymn, Joy
Fills Our Utmost Hearts Today; Of
fertory anthem, Sing. o Heavens; com,
munion hymns, Saving victim ana
j
celsis. and occasional, Angels From
the Realms of Glory.
st. Margaret's Church.
Christmas services at st. Margaret's
Church. Connecticut avenue and ban
croft place. Rev. Herbert Scott Smith,
rector, include holy communion at I
am. and $50 am. and morning prayer
and communion at II o'clock Tuesday;
The special music at the latter Will
consist of professional hymn, Fenite.
TIE Deum, Jubilate, introit, sermon
hymn and offertory and occasional
anthems The Christmas cantata. Beth.
lehe,, will be sung by the children OF
the. Sunday school at O'Clock this
evening, the soloists being Miss Myra
McCathran Marks. Melville d. Hensey
and Arthur Derbert-
TRANSPORTATION Chapel.
Observance of Christmas by the
TRANSPORTATION Chapel, Rock Creek
parish. 14th and Gallatin streets north
ID T.,