Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-12-19
PATRIOTIC And
MUSICAL SERVICE
St. Anne's Church Has Inspiring
Program Of AT And Worship
TEN NATIONAi AIRS
Professor Torovsky's Orchestra Thrills
The Large Congregation
Present.

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| pressiveness was. held last Sunday
night at St. Anne's Church, when the
large vested choir was augmented by
an orchestra from the Naval Acad-
emy Band The orchestra consisted
OF Professor Adolph Torovsky, leader,
and Messrs. Sima, Henning. Peterson
and Buys. with two comets, two
trombones and kettle drums; Mr..
Edward Ritchings, organist.
After the responsive reading OF
Psalm 20. led by the Rev. DR. James
M. Magruder, the national airs of nine
of the Allies were rendered, viz: Ser
via, Roumania, Japan, Belgium. Italy.
Portugal. Russia, France. Great Bri-
tain. As Frances Revolutionary an
them, la Marseillaise, ., was render
ed, the whole congregation arose and
stood at attention, as they did also for
Great Britain's God Save The King. !"
The choir, accompanied by the
whole orchestra sang the anthem
from the Russian of Nikolai Alaksye-
witch Nekrasoff, and as an offertory,
Hail, Gladdening Light" from G. c.
Martin
s The rector, Rev. Edward d. John
son, preached from the Text Tim
othy 2:3 Endure hardness as a
good soldier of Jesus Christ" He
spoke Of the soul-stirring national an
thems just heard and of the deep
meaning which they now have for the
nations rent by this awful war. Con-
tinuing, he said in part:
"The anthems of the allied nations
which have been rendered cannot be
heard without emotion They speak
to us of struggles and sacrifices
heroically endured, and they have
inspired men to go without faltering
into danger and death. They speak
OF a cause to which we are commit
ted and for the triumph of which we
offer up our prayers.
''We have declared our own readi-
ness to endure sacrifices, though as
yet we have not been called upon to
make them. But the time has al
ready come when we must conserve
all that is best in US and all of our
possessions for the sake Of those who
depend upon us while they are fight
ing in our behalf, and for the sake of
those who are in need
I'VE are fortunate in that our ma
tional ideals of service have been
voiced for us by the President in
such a way as to strengthen and in
spire those who hold them
Among other things, Mr.. Johnson
urged support of the Y NJ. c. A. and
the Red Cross. AS Job reminds us,
we must not "eat our morsel alone"
but be sharers.
War is the great destroyer of con-
ventions, and the strengthener OF
those qualities of primitive man that
we want to outgrow. So we must
conserve, particularly moral char
acter, and the home. We must
vigilantly see to protection of our
sons and daughters
Camp life must be kept clean; the
men in the service must be shielded
from temptation. The curse of God
certainly can be seen to rest upon un-
clean living
Tive me no mamma Ior starving
life
Nor sun delaying for half lost
strife.
Grant me but light to see my foe
mans face,
Then shrill above my pain the bat
tie fife"
The offering was taken for religi-
Gus work in army camps. After the
Benediction the whole choir and con-
gregation united in singing the first
verse of ''The Star-Spangled Ban
ner.' accompanied by the whole
orchestra.
The Professional Hymn was The
Church's One Foundation" and the
Recessional. Go Forward Christian
Soldier
A large number of visitors were
present, including service men and
candidates for the Naval Academy.