The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-12-27
SPECIAL MUSIC, CANTATAS AMI
WHITE qIPT OFFERINGS ARE
FEATURES
Services we'll Attended And Joy OF Tho
yuletide season Is in Ev-
idence

With few exceptions every church IN
the city held beautifully impressive
services sunday. tn oprosrams consist
| INK of special music, cantatas and White
: CIT offerings. The Christmas spirit
! was much IN evidence. and flowers
| both Gu. and potted plants as well as
! Christmas grecncry, were q bright note
n the air Of solcmni.y which rervadcd
the houses Of worship.
| Tho offerings at the various churches
| including the White Gifts, Will DO de-
| voted mostly 10 relief in tho near East
! and the donations were generous indeed
! In addition TO the collections was tnat
! for the Scm!narinn FUND taken up IN ST
Joscph's Cathedral. II amounted 10
moro than two thousand dollars. and
was tho largest offering in the history
OF the parish.
Cantata at st. Matthews
At ST. Matthews p. T.. church Sunday
! q rtrrnoon ut four thirty O'Clock. the cam
I tata "C'hristmas" was ce:;ght.u;:y rem
dered hy the full vested choir under
! direction Of Paul Allen Beymer. Csna;
services were held both morning and eV-
ening, with n treo for the childrc OF st.
Johns Sunday school at 7:30 T. NJ.
Tho Story Of Christmas" ut the evening
service. Rev. Nottingham conducted
both morning ad evening services.
The usual Sunday services were held
at st James Lutheran church Sunday.
At Rucklev NJ L. Zane street VI. f..
land Thomson NJ. +. churches. White
Glrt offering was taken nj the Sunday
evening services. In addition delightful
musical programs were rendered before
,ap1rcc!at!ve congregations. Usual Sum
dav services were held. White GIFT ar
fcrlrG was also taken AZ tho Sunday
evening Servira AZ the First English Lu-
thcran church. with usual morning and
evening programs
white Gift Offering
AT the First ChristiAn church Sunday
morning program emitted Whit"
Gifts for the King was offered Special
Christmas music wOs delightfully."- rom
dcrcd by some or the most talented fon
both Young and old. in the church. The
evening program was fully - entertain
ing with "A Christmas Story" by Rev.
w H. Folds. being tho feature,
The Third Presbyterian church folk
held a special song service OF Christmas
music sunday evening. A shorter music
al program was delivered Mt tho morning
service, also. Rev. ]. p. Lcyenbcrgcr
conducted both services.
Oratorio at Chapline Street
The Messiah's Coming" sem!-ora-
torlo by Henry Wildcrrere, text by Reno
Bronnor. was the Christmas cantata Of
fered at the Chaplinc street VI. E. church
by Il choir Of some thirty voices. ma fol-
lows: Soprano--H. s. Barth. Mrs. Walter
Robinson, Miss Eleanor Allison, Mrs. s.
z. Davis. Miss Mildred Bowman, Miss
Martha Boil, Miss Virginia koehler
Miss Edna Ruetchcler. Miss Irene Lewis.
Miss Mary Ester, Miss A!tha Allison.
Miss Ieona Weyrich. Ato>-Mrs. T.. l..
Huehner. Miss LESSEE Stewart. Miss
Hilda Bondl. Mrs. Chas Davis. Mrs. II
f. Henderson,. Tcnor-Ross Carnahan,
Earl Hathaway. Carl Davis. Charles Da-
Wis. II. s. Berth. Eass--tnthony r. NIL
Ter S l.. Davis. Vernon Winters, Clar-
crcc Kerr.
The vested choir OF thu Baptist Tenn
NJ" offered "Salvation OF lsra ell" n hcau
ticul cantatn by Ira u. Wilson. Sunday
evening. The cantlta. which consists Of
.wrlvc numbers. was efficiently dlre'.~
ed ~ Miss R-Ss futile. whose charming
aoDranr vo!co Was at It's best IN several
OF The numbers. Rcv. Lockhart deliver
I'D an especially interesting and instruc-
two talk at this wrll attended meeting.
Regular services we're he!i at tho