The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-12-26
GHRISIlNASHERE
: OBSERNED.INIALL.
l0GAL.CHURCHES
seryices Held Sunday and.
Monday Midnight Mass
Feature Of Day.

christmas services opened In the
churches OF the city on Christmas
eve when sst. Peters Catholic
Church and Christ Episcopal
Church held midnight mass, and
continued until noon yesterday,
when the last mass was held in st.
Petefs Church. The midnight ser.
vices With only candle light and
special Christmas music by the
church choirss were impressive. At
ST peter,s a Christmas sermon was
preached by the Rev. Father P. H.
Gilsenan. IN the Episcopal Church
the singing Of Christmas carols
proceeded the communion service at
12 O'clock.
Sunday was universal Peace
Days IN an the churches Of the
country, and this idea was carried
out In the cantatas, which were
sung some time during the day in
practically all the churches OF the
city, and In the minister's sermons.
a beautiful icantata entitled 1.-THE
Greatest Christmas Gift" was pre-
sented at the Sunday morning ser.
Vice ot the Grace Lutheran Church
by the church choir. The compo.
sition was written by H. W. Petrie
for d choirgo fifteen voices, and
II was presented under the direc.
tion of Mrs. Oliver A. Wood. The
perspnnel Of the choir was as fol.
lowE Sopranos, Mrs. Russell Con.
ner Mics Margaret Frischkon. Miss
Fred Wallace. Miss Bessie Rosen.
inerlsle Miss Clara Leaman, Miss
Helen Thayer; altos, Mrs G. A. Pill.
son, Mrs Warder Tut, Mrs. Wood;
teuors. A. Dyer. q. F. Stanhagen.
Hairy Crow bases. G. H. Bloom,
Nili simms and F. c. Frey.
AZ ID! m. the primary depart
p1eiit on the. Sunday school present
ed q pageant, Bethlehem"
Diamond M. e.
n the Diamond Street Methodist
Episeopall Church a service OF song
entitled The Everlasting Light
was lieldsat $50 ~. m. Under the d.
fettion OF Mrs. S. A. Shuttleworth.
A $40 u, m. the Epworth League
preFented IA Christmas carol service
under the leadership OF Mrs. Ger.
tie M shaffer.
A Christmas pageant byIthe en-.
tire Sunday school was given at
7:sn m M In the Billingsley Mem.
orfal Methodist Episcopal Church
South In Fairmont avenue and
Third street, OF which the Rev. r.
HteWfe s-pastor. At the morn
ing service the Reverend Mr..
Brown preached upon the subject,
An Occasion of Rejoicing"
eTheg Heart OF Christmas" was
the morning SERMON. and "Univer.
sal Peace and. How to Get It" was
tie evening sermon. Of the Rev.
james r. Gordon. pastor OF the
Central Christian Church In Wal.
mi hyeniie and Third street. Spe.
rial Christmas music was sung at
both services under the direction
OF Miss Eva Hartley, choir direc.
tor.
Brewers cantata "The Holy
Sight' was sung in the First Pres.
bvterian Church in Jackson and
Jefferson streets at 1880 o'clock
Snnday night by the quartet OF the
church., composed OF Mrs. Ada
Hatch Benedict, Mrs. Forrest F.
Fankhotlser. Lamar C. Satterfield
and Jack v. Abbott, under the d.
rechon of Mrs. 2. C. Church. organ.
st and chorister. In addition to
The cantata short address was
made by DR.. II. 6. stoetzer, pastor
OF the church.
the morning service Doctor
Steetzer chose as his subject "a
Governor That Shall Feed the PEG.
1.-the First Methodist Protest.
ant Church in Market street a can.
tata, The Angels Message" was
PRESENTED by the church choir at
u! M.
Christmas Festival.
AShnday school festival entitled
White Christmas Festival" in
which the children gave as well as
received. was held in the Christ
Episcopal Church in Washington
street at 8 O'Clock Sunday morning.
holy communion service was held
q s q. M, and the regular morn.
ing prayer and sermon exercises
began at 10:45 o'clock. No service
was held on Sunday evening
The Rev w. J. Eddy, pastor OF
the First Baptist Church in Wal.
nut avenue and First street. chose
a. his:subject for the Sunday morn.
ing sermon Jesus" It was illus.
trated In part, and special music
was furnished by the primary and
junior departments Of the Sunday
school; by. the church choir, and BY
EDWARD Eardley, who saGg a vocal
solo, AT the evening service the
Reverend Mr.. Eddy discussed "The
Choices OF Life"
IN the First Methodist Episcopal
Church In Fairmont avenue and
fourth street Vessels cantata
NoelH and q pageant "The Adora,
ton Of the Kings and Shepards"
We're presented at 1880 p m,
On the rostrum was a manger,
and IN this was the Christ child,
The manger was surrounded by
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