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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1898
Page
5
Dr Lorimer preaches on How King Herod Kept Christmas Day at Tremont Temple urging that righteousness triumphs over worldly force. The sermon contrasts Herod’s worship with true faith and warns that mere form without virtue corrupts. Governor Wolcott spends Christmas quietly in Boston.
Savannah notes a civilian style Christmas in camp for the Seventh Army Corps. Substantial funds from home supported a Christmas dinner for the Third Nebraska under Colonel Win Bryan, with money shared among companies as troops relaxed routine.
In the harbor city, fishing crews and their families observe Christmas with turkey and plum duff as Jewish residents balance holiday joy with sorrow over past persecutions. Elders caution against religious conflict while youths embrace gift exchanges and communal gatherings at Hebrew clubs and temples.
Judge Day president of the peace commission and Mrs Day arrived in Canton at 10 15 am to share Christmas dinner with family. A Stark county bar commission and friends met them at the station. The judge and Mrs Day are in excellent health. the voyage home improved both.
Christmas services filled Boston Catholic churches from 5:30 am with hourly prayers to 10:30 pm. The Cathedral of the Holy Cross hosted a solemn high Mass with Archbishop Williams and aides. Bright adornments of evergreens and holly highlighted the Immaculate Conception church as crowds filled the pews.
Bowdoin Square Baptist Tabernacle in Tabernacle Bowdoin Square reopened yesterday after several weeks of remodeling. The renov ated church drew a large morning attendance with pedestrians stopping to view the interior through the glass doors. A dedication hymn was sung by the choir and a dedicatory prayer was delivered by the Hon. Joseph Story.
Special Christmas services were held yesterday at all Chelsea churches with large attendance and heavy floral decorations. At St James Episcopal Church the holy communion was celebrated at 7 and 9.30 oclock, with the holy eucharist at 10.26. The Rev Charles S. Hutchinson celebrated and the Rev F M Schneeweins assisted. A fine musical program was rendered by the boy choir under Dudley Pall.
Emperor William and the imperial family observed Christmas amid traditional rites. During a solitary walk near Sans Souci palace in Potsdam last evening the Emperor spoke with soldiers and workmen, giving out Christmas presents.
A large audience heard Rev. B Fay Mills at Hollis Street Theatre on The Spirit of Christmas. He urged embracing the Christ within all people and urged proving all things while praising universal divine potential.
The city’s leaders enjoyed a calm Christmas with family and friends. Mayor Quincy alone kept忙 busy at City Hall from 10 am to 4 pm drafting the annual message for the new administration. His home at 82 Charles Street hosted a large, unspecified set of gifts. John HH Lee spent the day at home in Brighton, returning in the evening to share Christmas stories.
The unit diverted plans for a Christmas dinner, spending the holiday afloat after sailing yesterday with the first Texas, preserving a naval timetable and morale at sea.
Soldiers' Day observations at Camp Horse followed a general order limiting duties to essential public service. The First United States Infantry is ordered to Savannah with the first battalion departing for Port Tampa tomorrow and the second battalion to Charleston on Tuesday. The third battalion heads for Port Tampa on January 4, while the Second Engineers move to Havana. Lieutenant EF Burks of the Sixteenth Infantry is named provost marshal at Huntsville.
Sailors celebrated Christmas at the Navy Yard with dinners aboard par racks naval prison and receiving ships. Marines played on the Wabash while crews gathered ashore in Beaton Charlestown. The article recalls multiple wrecks off New England and abroad, expressing sympathy for families of the lost at sea.
The Universalist Church in Somerville held a Christmas program featuring The Hope of the World a choral cantata Ring Forth Ye Bells The Shepherds The Wise Men and The Royal Babe The quartet included Soprasd Miss Williams Miss Davis iener Mr Prior and Mr Daniels under organist and director J Herbert Thompson Reverend Charles W Legalle of Albany NY preached a sermon on the day as Vagant rector candidate
The Destitute Alden family at 515 Broadway Chelsea received immediate help after a Post account of their hunger and jobless state. Local residents, merchants, and workers donated coal bread pies butter potatoes and other essentials while offers of paid work and temporary employment were promised. The community expressed relief and the children gained nourishment and hope for a fresh start.
At penal institutions Christmas was not celebrated in the usual manner yesterday as inmates received standard Sunday rites. Baskets and packages sent by friends were inspected and distributed as they arrived. The big holiday dinner and ward privileges were postponed to today, with about forty tons of food reported entering the Charlestown State Prison.
A wartime relief item notes troops fared well while turkeys remained scarce at seven dollars each. A commander contemplated fattening them up for New Year celebrations to ease meals.
United States forces start a regular Havana patrol to curb possible disorders after a Friday bando. A midnight shot from a roof near Mont Serat left an unidentified man dead and three wounded. General Lee plans a New Year parade with about 11 000 troops and Cuban allies, while Christmas at Camp Quemados features scarce turkeys and generous company meals.
At the Young Men's Christian Union last night a Christmas vesper program highlighted by the Austin Street Unitarian Church choir of Cambridge. Soprano H. Carlton Slack contralto Ruth Cordis Long tenor Lester Gardner and others performed with organist Gérard Mendall Taylor directing. The Rev Philo W Sprague of St John’s Charlestown delivered a sermon on The Message of Christmas citing Isaiah and stressing the deeper meaning of Christmas beyond sun prominence.
The Carney Hospital held a Christmas morning high mass at 8am with Kyrie in B flat Gloria in B flat Adeste Fideles and other traditional pieces led by soloists Mrs Divver Miss Melen Divver Mrs ONeill Mrs Maguire Miss Nora Burns Mr Charles Weamers and Mr J Tobin. Walsh played the organ.
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