Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 24, 1920, Winnipeg, Manitoba Manitoba free Christmas in the churches Fol Church services 01 commemorate birthday of Jesus i on Christmas morning and on sunday special ser vices will be held to commemorate great event in for anglicans and every roman Catholic and anglican Church and in Many of the churches of other denominations services will be held tomorrow morning in Observance of the birth of following the usual communion services will be held in the anglican the hours in most oases being and although exception is made in the Case of very Small whose membership would not warrant three services being in the Catholic churches on Christmas morn ing three masses Are usually one of them a High Christmas eve in the roman churches is also commemorated by masses and the custom of a Midnight communion eucharist will also be followed by some of the anglican churches notably ill Michael and All Angels and for years past archbishop Mathe of has always made it a Point to conduct 31 Oclock services in psf pcs Cathedral on Christmas morn in the larger anglican churches cd Lional clergymen Are frequently to assist in the communion services on christinas according to arrangements made for to Corr cd Canon Jeffery will assist at holy Trinity and Canon de of Johns will take 4e service in Matthews and will also take the 11 Oclock service in Saviours Morse Canon Mathe of Johns will assist it Martins and and a Deacon Thomas will conduct the Mavice at a Christmas Carol Gilbert Jector of Patricks Hill and Vale enfold still the Earth in stars Are nature sleeping god 10 Man draws mystery s the Light of revealing instance of fair students of mortal joins collese Are being i god to Man draws nigh Poyntz has been sent by Archdeacon i general missionary to j sin and death souls still enthralling Crystal City and Oer the years the Echo Laurence Coulton will go to i Angels Roundt Waite and Trees 1 Bank while Wortham has been hot to Griswold and Miami and hos Bank have been assigned to Swan scandinavian arrangements have been made by glad Hope bringing god to Man draws i at the usual 11 3 and 7 and the band and songsters will be making a specially of Hvist As selections and at the scandinavian churches of Winnie half an hour before the evening ser jest hold their usual services at 7 vice the band will commence on Christmas in order that i playing Christmas pieces and one the communicants May reach their special feature of the music will be respective places of worship the Winthe playing of the hallelujah chorus a leg electric railway company has j by the on at 8 arranged to Send out three special the sunday school Are having their one of these will leave the City j Christmas there will be a tails at North main Street at splendid service of Christmas Mother will leave Deer Lodge at the j Given by the and some Fine same and the third has been i singing and memory scheduled to Start from East Kildonan i this service is open to the pub All of the cars will switch Andrews Andrews choir will sing at Oak Street sunday morning and Elgin lib Baptist and the first by Anima Avenue sunday evening rendering a ran Mission Church special song ser Nurnberg of solos and choruses from it Logan Avenue and take the Pas sengers direct to the in the swedish Zion the swed vices with Brief addresses have been offering for calling attention to the custom of jiving to the clergymen As a special Christmas gift the offerings on Christmas Day or on the Day when the Christmas services Are a special letter has been sent out from the Synod office to All of the anglican Church wardens in the diocese of Ruperts the Hope is expressed Bat the Appeal will meet with a tarty envelopes to he used for the Pur pose have already been sent to the afferent Many of them be it distributed in the churches last at holy Trinity Southam topics for Christmas Day and sunday at holy Church will be in keeping he on Christmas Day actors address will be on the on sunday morn is he will speak on when the Christ and on sunday even his theme will room in special Christmas music be rendered at each after the sunday evening service to choir will sing a number of Christmas carols and and Gyeral appropriate Organ numbers also be Knox Church special selections from the lies in will b the Mcpherson will Render a trumpet the holy Crescent of Crescent congregational fort will preach a special Christmas ser Mon on sunday entitled the great Christmas and the choir will Render appropriate the evening service will be in charge of the when they will Render Petrie entitled the Light miss Nellie Malcolm will preside at the new Organ which has recently been Winnipeg Central at the Furby in connection with the Winnipeg Central sunday a popular gospel service appropriate to Christmas will begin at there will be Spe Cial Christmas followed by line moving William Hay will be the at Rosedale a Christmas entitled the Story of the will be presented in Rosedale methodist Church on sunday afternoon at 3 Oclock by the primary department of the sunday King special Christmas services will be conducted in King memorial Church on Freeman will preach at both in the morning his subject will the e Given by the choir at j coming of Jesus the boys services in Knox Church on j brigade will Parade at this in the morning evening subject the Law of Means Ini Law will preach on the and in the evening will be the Ning of in the eve of the music will appropriate for the Grace the Good there will be special Broadway methodist Broadway methodist Church Rev w Abbott will preach at 1 both in the Mornone his sub by special the choir and i Jet will the Christmas a Ynestra of Nimtz performers will land in the evening his theme will Bethlehem and its Maryland methodist the choir of Maryland methodist Church will Render a Pecuil musical programme on the will we a Short handels at Grace on Shadwick will Lead the orches James bonding will preside grand Organ Ami Arnold Dann l at Tho morning ser the ill preach on the wonderful the in the morning1 on the Blessing of the in the evening he will speak on Ine at birth of Christmas message will be at Chalmers Church Bruch Thornton morning Good news to All people will in Pauls be the subject of the discourse 1 will be made especially Day morning in Chalmers Church attesting for the by selections ulna of Manitoba from the Messiah will be rendered by present and will Tell by the in the evening a can toy chrismas Thorn tata entitled the Star of the Hord subject will the by will be Ren and the subject of a Short the birth of Christ and its As related in scripture the prophecy unto us a child is unto us a son is Given and the Al government shall be upon his shoulder and his name shall be called the mighty the Ever lasting the Prince of of the increase of his govern ment and peace there shall be no upon the throne of and upon his to order and to establish it Nith judgment and with Justice from henceforth even the birth of a trans lation of the gospel of Luke by Richard Francis just at this time an edict was issued by Caesar Augustus for the registration of the whole it was the first registration made during the governorship of Quirinius in Syria and All went to be one to the town to which he so Joseph went up from from the town of to to Davids town of because he was of the House and lineage of to have himself registered together with who was betrothed to him and was with but while they were her full time and she gave birth to her firstborn and wrapped him and Laid him in a because there was no room for them in the now there were shepherds in the same part of the peeping watch Over their sheep by night in the open when suddenly an Angel of the lord stood by and the glory of the lord shone round them and they were filled with but the Angel said to them put away All fear for i am bringing you Good news of great for All the for a Saviour who is the anointed lord is born to you in the town of and this is the Token for you you will find a babe wrapped in swaddling clothes and lying in a and immediately there was with the Angel a multitude of the army of heaven praising cod and saying Clory be to god in the highest and on Earth peace among men who please him As soon As the Angels had left them and returned to the shepherds said to one another let us now go Over As far As Bethlehem and see this that has which the lord has made known to so they made haste and came and found Mary and with the babe lying in the and when they saw the they told what had been said to them about him and All who listened were astonished at what the shepherds told but Mary treasured up All these often dwelling on them in her and the shepherds glorifying and praising god for All that they had heard and seen in accordance with the announcement made to the significance of Jesus who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the hath in these last Days spoken unto us by his whom he hath appointed heir to All by whom also he made the worlds who being the brightness of his glory and the express image of his and upholding All things by the word of his when he had by him self purged our sat Down on the right hand of the Maje Lyon High being made so much better than the As he hath by inheritance obtained a More excellent name than for unto which of the Angels said he at any thou Art my this Day have i Begotten thee and i will be to him a and he shall be to me a son and when he Bringel in the first Begotten into the world he and let All the Angels of god worship and of the Angels who Marketh his Angels and his ministers a flame of fire but unto the son he thy o is for Ever and Ever a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy thou Hast loved and hated iniquity wherefore even thy hath anointed thee with the Oil of gladness above thy in the beginning hath Laid the foundations of the Earth and the heavens Are the works of thine hands they shall but thou remain est and they All shall Wax old As does a garment and As a vesture shall thou fold them and they shall be changed but thou Art the same and thy years shall not but to which of the Angels said he Al any sit on my right until i make thine enemies thy Footstool Are they not All ministering sent Forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of to the chapter Slevc at Augustine j discourse will be fur tinny Trnini Serl evening prayer at will seeing i be followed by a Short address at a musical Sirvio will he i it Phillips after in the carols and j which a special Carol service will of this will Rake the form Munion services will be held at and on Christmas at All saints Church the Christ Mas festival will commence with a Midnight beginning Christmas on Sun Day afternoon a service wiil be and at Evensong carols will be Maclean Maclean Mission will hold special Christmas services on the choir will be at full strength for the and arrangements have been made to Mato the evening ser vice largely musical in we Lee will preach on both Nassau general Secretary Baptist Union of Western will occupy the pulpit at Nassau Street Baptist Church on his morning subject will be love never and in the evening he will speak on the changed there will be a special Organ recital at by the and Spe Cial Christmas music will be rendered at both services by the choir under the leadership of anthems in on the of Ovule a in the programme with the the annual sunday school Conven 1 Tion of the Rainy River District will be held in the presbyterian while shepherds Felt pious Osnif trance he religious significance of Christmas has been too commonly minimized among Chris the Day among adults be ing degraded into one merely for the Exchange of often neither Given nor received Iri any but out of a sense or As in too Many Homes the whose Day it More particularly Are not taught to link their merry making on Christmas with the sift of god to the world in the person of his son Jesus although some of our denominations hold services on that Day the vast majority of protestants do not and of our denominations keep their churches but As it is unquestioned that the Christian Church was founded by Jesus Christ it will be Well to celebrate the event of his if not on Christmas then on some other the old gospel Story of the nativity has inspired Many Beautiful hymns and has been the suggestion for Many of elaborate by de sign on Christmas Many import ant events have taken As the crowning of Charlemagne As holy roman emperor 800 and William As King of England Arthur Henry for this Day is born unto you a Saviour by Cardinal ipod tithe whole Christian world prostrate itself in Adora Tion around the crib of Bethlehem and rehearses in accents of love a history which precedes All time and will endure throughout As if by an instinct of our highe spiritual there Well up from the Depths of our hearts emotions which Challenge the Power of human we seem to be lifted out of the sphere of natural Endeavor to put on a new life and to stretch in desire to a blessedness though not is eminently if asked to explain the rapturous influence which controls we have no other words than the evangel of Joy the Angel Arave unto Earth for this Day is Horn unto you a Saviour who is Christ the we rejoice in anticipation of a new out pouring of gods blessed for the scope of the divine infants Mission is to enlighten them who sit in darkness and in the Shadow of to direct our feet into the Way of is in our midst to flood the world with the Light of cods to restore to us our lost Birthright of Joy to set the discordant Wail of humanity to new harmonies to attune to the music of heavenly Hope hearts which for Ages Haa been swept by the wild notes of i 12 to heave i 0 Little town of Bethlehem f by Phillip Brooks local sending contingent to student Volunteer convention in i Heywood i Harvey first Vickers second Burchall Jack Fuller Dorcas Secre miss Redman liter Ary Hill leaflet Sec Retar treasurer and mite Box treas Baxter thank offering Sec baby Branch mid Junior de miss o Little town of How still we see thee lie above thy deep and dreamless the silent stars go in thy dark Street Shin eth the everlasting the Hopes and fears of All the years Are met in thee How How the wondrous gift is Given so god imparts to human the blessings of his no earn May hear his but in this world of when Meek souls will receive him the dear Christ enters o holy child of descend on we cast out our sin and enter be born in us we hear the Christmas Angels the great glad tidings Tell of come to abide with our lord Leto he Jool to for tech Jer draining a training Church Lead ers and sunday school workers is to be held this Winter beginning 25 and lasting two under the auspices of ten teacher training department of the of which Hetherington is the students from All parts of the Proy Ince will be in the curriculum will be a comprehensive and provide something for practically every phrase of Church class hours will run concurrently with the Public there will evening classes for specialized training and for City teachers who May not be Atole to attend during the the Best instructors in the province will be secured for the sunday school and Church boards i have been urged to Semi selected representatives to take advantage of the Opportunity for Winnipeg will Send 12 under graduates to the students Christian movement Conven Tion which will be held in Ontario agricultural on january when a students Chris Tian movement to embrace All of the Bishop addressing a Catho lic educational meeting in declared that the catholics of who Are now taxed without j the right to vote on collegiate inst i tute intend to move to claim Rig lots under the Constitution of can the referring to the London controversy As to whether one or three collegiate institutes should be pointed out Al though Catholic citizens must Bear their share of the Esti while shepherds watched their flocks by All seated on the the Angel of the Lora came and glory shone fear said for mighty dread had seized their troubled mind glad tidings of great Joy i bring to you and All to in Davids this Day is of Davids the who is Christ the and this shall be the sign the heavenly babe you there shall find to human View All meanly wrapped in swaddling and in a Manger thus spake the seraph Forth appeared a shining throng of praising who thus addressed their Joyful Eong All a glory be to god on colleges and educational institutions in Canada is expected to be put in the local contingent have arranged to travel on the train which leaves the depot at on the representatives of the differ ent faculties and colleges have been i selected As follows Harry j varsity arts medicals i Johns j Wesley miss j Reid and miss miss j Wesley Doris Sauni varsity arts Kathleen Cas students Volunteer movement representing j the University and intercollegiate Secretary of the according to notice which has a ached student contingents Are also coming from other Western Many of those i will travel on the same train which j will carry the local it is i that final action re Garding the proposed movement can not be taken by the Guelph Conven Tion As the decisions arrived at will have to be submitted to the student bodies of the different ordained at among the candidates who were ordained in Pauls one sunday was a thur Akin who is sixty five years of he has been nine times around the and has trav Elled extensively in Europe and during the latter part of the War he acted As temporary British Consul at he has been attached to mated at to pub lic school supporters alone will vote when the Issue is decided municipal at the of of Jarfet by Cunningham x a place like in Many against the soft Limestone it often happens that the existence of a where the House was to was a great since it offered a ground As Well As a Spe suitable spot for the House hold animals and for a store i would seem that Joseph was at last Able to get room in some such Back portion of the and to Aro Mary bore her divine a below the High altar the Church of the is now shown the very place where Elvis August event transpired a Little like Clam its floor of Marble wrought 1ntc a Star in the Bear ing in latin the Jesus Christ was born of the Virgin a Row of hangs round the outer the right to attend to them hiking a jealously watched each of the ancient the the the t the having one or More of these under their the evidence for this site is so Strong that for accept it As reaching a it to within living memory of the Days of the but even if this be an the fact remains that in this Petty Village the Saviour of the world was made Man for our red Emp no wonder that we read of the Anthem of the for surely nothing could draw Forth the interest of the heavenly popu lation like the exceeding Grace god was showing to sinful the annual meeting of the Provin Cial boys Board will be held in the 30 at 2 Stewart will the various committee chairman will present reports of the years organization and and will make recommendations for the work of the coming funds totalling Over were raised during the past year by the women auxiliary of Martins anglican according to Secre Tarys the officers for 1321 have been elected As follows honorary he gift with a lift will be remembered for providing 365 for son husband or Friend a years membership card in the Well Send you the you give it to him at the Cost from membership gifts first Baptist Church i vices in keeping the ill u the first i be Mitiu in in v of congregational Carol singing Ana a Jain january 11 and i and to the Earth be peace special numbers by the i special cup Lipsys will be Laid on Good will henceforth from heaven t Street Mission j older boys and girls miss j men will be f of the provincial Oldi begin and never Tate or k trim will of Louth usmial i and a Hap Par service will also be i White Christmas Rev John Mac leans topic at Mission on sunday in the evening his theme will be the March of Maple Street and or girls and Harry Ati Kinson will be the principal i fort Secretary j ministers endorse tax for the has the programme j in charge and a Good attendance is at on ii Christ at the meeting of the ministerial association of Toronto the following moved by the the special Christmas music will be on rendered at both on new j years eve a watch night pc and seconded by the will be an auxiliary of the Bible society j Canon was passed 7t is Here at Georges i May be established in i by resolved that this ministerial As mum will contrihtiied1 it St Georges anglican the opinion of the methodist Church j approves of the to by the Crescent on sunday has been asked As to the desirability be submitted to die voters on the 1st i i the service will be musical in Char army Citadel and the choir will sing a special christinas j number of the old Well known sunday at the Lupert a childrens service will be be held on sunday com of the and the matter has Ai of to Grant a partial ready been the Sash exemption of taxation tin cheaper 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