Evening star., 1924-03-16
IN THE CHURCHES
HARRY EDWARD MUELLER.

n ARRf EDWARD MUELLER, or
ganist, will be assisted by
Charles Crawford Gorst, whistler and
naturalist, at the musical vesper
service in the First CONGREGATIONAL
Mr.. Gorst, leading naturalist of the
country. recognized by such men as
John Burroughs, Frank n. Chapman,
editor of Rirdlore, and T. Gilbert
Perason, secretary of the National
Audubon Society, is said to be the
greatest imitator of birds in the
United States. He has perfected
authority on bird music and birds
For more than fifteen years he has
delighted audiences in every state of
the Union and nearly every Canadian
province. He has proved by wit
messed demonstration that his birf
songs will incite songs from the birds
initiated.
Mr. Gorst says he never exactly
learned a method. Nor can he teach
it to others. He initiates more than
500 songs of some 900 species of
birds.
The choir Of Ascension Church
will give the second of the special
Lenten musical Services tonight at $
o'clock. They Will sing "Penitence,
part 7, of Maunder'S cantata. "Peni-
| tence, Pardon and Peace" The So
prano solo will be sung. by Mrs
! Aileen NJ Burns The choir will sing
! also 'Nunc Dimittis' q. c. Marksl
| The instrumental numbers Will be
"Berceuse" (Guilmant) and Sketch
No. l" (Schumann). Mrs. Julia Cul-
breth Gray, contralto, will ng the
offertory solo. 80 Lord. Be Mercifur
(Bartlett).
At the morning service the COM
| munion service will be chosen from
the chant and service book; the Of
fertory anthem will be Ave Verum
(Gounod), and John B. Wilson, or
ganist and choirmaster, will play
lutie, "Andante con Motor" from
Sonata V" (Mendelssohn).
Christ Church, Alexandria, Va, Es-
telle Wentworth, choir director, and
Katharine Seelye Wallace, organist.
will be as follows: Morning service:
Organ prelude, Prayer UoreD
"Benedicite" lCustan>el offertory
Humiliation" tStainer): organ post
lude, Gothic March" ,FoschinD.
melody in G Major tGuilmant>; an
them, blessed Are They tTours)
sung by quartet composed of Janet
Pickett, soprano; Madge kanode, con-
tralto; Ellsworth Condron, tenor, and
Wilfred Gilbert. bass. assisted by the
choir; offertory, organ selection by
Mrs. Wallace; organ postlude, Len
ten Postlude" (Koch).
Music today at the Bethlehem
Chapel of the National Cathedral will
be: Holy communion and sermon, IL
am; professional hymn, S45; intrpit,
Psalm 13O: communion service
(Cruickshank) hymn before sermon.
So; ofrertory anthem tSir John Goss) {:
hymn in place of GLORIA in Excelsis, v
227: after benediction, Psalm %: re-
cessional hymn, 344. Choral even
song and sermon, 4 pm: professional
hymn, b25; Psalm 119. verses l to 16;
.Magnificat" and "Nunc Dimittis"
fGregorian); hymn before sermon,
S42; offertory anthem (Sir George
Martini; benediction hymn, 341, and
recessional hymn, 1876.
The following musical program will
be given at the Ninth Street Chris
tian Church today: Morning-Choir
anthem, More Love to Thee"
(Speaks). Evening con-
cert. woodland Dreams" (Vargas),
Venetian Love Song" (Nevin), over
ture, "Massaniello" (Auber), and
"Blue Bells" (Zamecnik).
Today at the Mount Pleasant Con-
gregational Church. for the II o'clock
service, the music will be by the
Mount Pleasant chorus and the solo
quartet, under the direction OF Nor