Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-12-24
GLORIA IN EXCELSIS
PEACE ON EARTH
Good Will To Elen-Xmas Music
In The Churches.
BEAUTIFUL CRIB AT ST. MARY'S
Church ChOirs Will Sing Appropriate
Christmas Hymns Glory fos
God Ia The Highest.

The joyful Feast of Christmas will
be celebrated in Saint Mary's Church,
this city. with all due solemnity as in
former years. Everything will be
done by way of solemn services, beau
tiful decorations and appropriate
music to instill into the parishioners
the true spirit of the blessed season.
A beautiful crib will be erected in the
sanctuary in which will be found
representations of the Divine Infant,
His Blessed Mother, Saint Joseph and
the adoring shepherds The High
Altar at which the Masses of the day
Will be offered, will be beautifully
decorated with flowers and berns and
palms, while in the body Of the
church will hang streamers of Christ
mas greens and electric lights.
The principal and most solemn ser
vice of the day will be the Solemn
High Mass at o'clock in the morn
ing The celebrant of the Mass will
be Rev. Father Warren, the Rector of
st. Mary's Church The other
Fathers of the community will assist
in the sanctuary. Promptly at
o'clock the Rev Celebrant and the
Ministers of the Mass, the assisting
clergy and the sanctuary boys will
form procession in the rectory, and
headed by the cross-bearer and AGO.
lytes will proceed up the main aisle
of the church while the choir sings
an appropriate Christmas hymn This
will hn fAi1 Il
Low Masses. The other schedule
Masses will be at Z, and 1890. The
children will sing hymns during the
s O'Clock Mass, and there will be
Benediction of the Most Blessed
Sacrament after the 1910 Mass.
The regular church choir, under the
direction of the organist Miss Lille
Henkel, will render the following pro-
gram:
PROFESSIONAL Selection by Naval
Academy Orchestra.
"Jesu lie" (Stilly Night Duet and
Chorus.
Kyrie-"Mass in D"-by A. f. Lejeal
Gloria-Credo MASS in D"-A. F.
Lejeal.
Offertory -"Hodie Christus Natus Est
B. Klein.
Selection by orchestra.
Sanctus, Benedictus, Agnus Del
Mass in D"-A. F. Lejeal
Communion--"Adeste Fidelis"-Noel
Selection by orchestra
Chorus .
Selection by orchestra
st. Anne's Church.
Christmas Eve Service-Music by St
Cecilia's Guild
Christmas Day-7.30. Holy Com
munion-Music by St Cecilia's
Guild.
IL o'clock, Holy Communion-Vested
Choir.
Communion Service-Smart in F.
Anthem-"Sing, o Heavens''-Tours
An evening of Christmas music on
Sunday, December 80. at 7.3O o'clock.
A selection of ancient and modern
carols will be sung by the vested
choir, and the organist will play sew
eral Christmas selections.
Naval Academy Chapel.
The services at the Naval Academy
Chapel on Christmas Day will be as
follows:
z A. M.-Celebration of the Holy
Communion.
At this service all who are connect
ed with the Naval Academy and who
are communicates of any Christian
Chruch, are cordially invited to make
their Christmas Communion There
will be no Communion service at S.45
Gas on Sundays
At 10 A. NJ. mot 1045) Morning
Prayer and Sermon.
Attendance at both services is vol
untary, and no seats are reserved"
at either service
The Chapel Sunday School will
hold its Christmas festival (carols.
Christmas tree and Santa Claus) in
the auditorium of Mahan Hall on
Thursday afternoon, December 27, at
430 o'clock
The children of the school and
their teachers invite all other chill
dren of officers, professors and in
structors on duty at the Naval Acad-
emy whether they belong to the Sun
day School or notl to be their guests
on the occasion and to occupy seats
with them on the main floor OF the
aud;Sor;nn, All other nnrs0ns an