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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1898
Page
6
Merry Christmas described with white moonlight over a city, late night chimes, and church services drawing large crowds. Some homes lacked stockings as poverty tempered celebrations while others carried on in shared festivity with gifts and trees.
The church decorated richly with laurel wreaths and plants hosted a double quintet choir for Christmas services. The pastor preached from Behold I make all things new. A 4 pm Sunday school concert featured the choir and children with titles Long Ago at Christmas and Star of Bethlehem. The tree exercises are planned for Wednesday with supper and The Snowflakes entertainment.
Decorations with green and red laurel and red satin filled the Kirk Street Church auditorium for morning services. Rev. W. A. Bartlett led a Christmas carol and preached on Christmastide lessons stressing Christian training for children to carry on the church’s work. An evening Christmas song service followed.
Large crowds attended Eliot Congregational Church Sunday. Rev Dr Greene preached a Christmas sermon in the morning and the Sunday school children staged a Christmas concert in the evening. A standout selection was The Christ Child sung by Miss Clark with Mrs Hamilton-Taylor at the organ. The church was festively decorated with evergreens and potted plants.
Christmas services began at Mr Meram's church at seven o'clock in the morning with a morningtide service devoted to prayer and song. The regular hour followed with anthems singing and the sermon by the pastor. At eight o'clock the children held a service with carols and recitations in a Christmas cantata.
In First Trinitarian the auditorium sparkled with green decor and a Christmas star as many youths attended. The choir performed well and Rev. Fr. Kenngett shared a sincere Christmas Message. At First Congregational the platform and organ featured rich colors with laurel, flowers lightly placed, two quartets sang well, and the pastor read the Christmas story to a lively audience.
Rev. Geo H. Johnson preached on the joy of Christmas from Simeon’s words Mine eyes have seen thy salvation. Evergreen decorations adorned the pulpit created by the Young People’s flower committee. Evening concert replaced the usual notices with special music by the choir.
At Dracut Congregational Church Sunday the Christmas sermon was delivered by Rev. John P. Richardson. The morning and evening services featured a large congregation, a Christmas concert, and child choir performances directed by Deacon Charles L. Hodge and Mrs. Silas R. Coburn.
The morning service featured a sermon by Rev. C. E. Fisher on The New Christ, delivered clearly and comprehensively. The church choir offered impressive music with several solos, including a rare-effect performance by Mrs. Sherburne. Dr. F. R. Rix played the organ, and the pulpit area was decorated with evergreens and potted plants.
Grace Universalist church used fir trees and evergreens for festive decoration around the pulpit in the morning service which featured a children’s concert, carols, school and congregational singing, and recitations by pupils. An evening vesper service offered organ and choir music with the pastor’s sermon titled Good Tidings of Great Joy.
Christmas day at the Unitarian church featured a morning service with a high merit musical programme and a sermon by Rev. C. T. Billings. Decorations of green boughs and wreaths framed the space as the text Glory to God in the Highest was read. Children’s exercises followed in the vestry with readings and songs.
Special Christmas music filled morning and evening services with a fitting sermon series on Windows led by Rev. S. T. Ford. Decorations were bright with wreaths and palms, and the choir, aided by violinists Mr Dwyer and Mr French, performed Chimes of Christmas Morn and Traumerei. Sunday school officers for 1899 were elected. attendance averaged 432 with $454.86 collected and $137.24 in reserve.
Christmas spirit filled Branch Street Tabernacle with laurel green and cherry red decor. Rev Dilts led Sunday morning service and children performed a Christmas concert with multiple soloists and a hidden-voices chorus. Samuel G Stephens supervised the Sunday School with Florence Taft assisting. Worthen Street Baptist showcased palms and evergreens, a large star atop the organ, and Rev Bowley Green delivering a Christmas sermon.
A green archway crowned by a large white star stood at the church platform front with palms and flowers on both sides, creating a ceremonial display.
A morning music program pleased the audience and in the evening a large congregation heard the chorus choir perform the sacred cantata Hope of the World. Children assisted and Rev. A. E. Wilson shared the glad story of the day.
Sunday morning featured special Christmas music as Rev. F. Allison Currier delivered a day appropriate sermon. Evening events included a Sunday school concert with speaking and singing by the children.
Rev H W O Millington preached the Christmas sermon at the morning service. The choir sang appropriate music. A Christmas concert followed in the evening directed by R B Thomas with assistants L F Porter and M J Shattuck.
Decorations in green with evergreen festoons filled the church. Pastor Mr Higgins preached on the day and spoke of a Christmas spent in Chile, where his five years as a missionary included a dangerous adventure amid local superstitions and distrust of foreigners.
Large congregations attended Christmas services with Rev. L W Staples delivering "Opening the Spice Box" and "Childhood of Christ" at St Pauls. Choirs filled the day with seasonal music, listing sopranos altos tenors and basses plus organist Frank B Murphy. Worthen Street M E church featured evergreen decorations, a Metcalf led chorus performing morning anthems and a Sunday school concert in the evening.
At Centralville M E church morning service featured Rev J A Bowler preaching the Christmas sermon while the choir sang. Evening brought a Sunday school concert with solos by choir members and songs and recitations by children. Rev Bowler offered prayer and remarks.
Rev W H Meredith preached on True Christmas Joy Sunday morning in a warmly decorated church. In the evening the Sunday school children presented a concert with Christmas hymns as the highlight.
St Anne's church drew a large Sunday morning crowd for a special music program featuring Mendelssohn and Geer pieces. Rev. Dr. Chambre delivered a fitting sermon. An evening carol service attracted many, with well trained youth choirs blending in the hymns. Choir pastor Mr Baldwin led the music amid evergreen decorations and a side Christmas tree crafted by the young volunteers.
The St John s Episcopal church program was elaborate with the day shown by the numbers. The choir was directed by Mr Blunt Rev L C Manchester preached sermons appropriate for Christmas. Decorations featured evergreen plants used with good effect.
The House of Prayer held four Christmas services in a single day with laurel decorations and special music. Morning 6:30 service followed by 10:45 choral Eucharist, 4:00 children’s vespers, and 7:00 eventide service, with choir assistance from Miss Caroline Richardson Mrs Ward and Masters Herbert Hunt and Rupert Ripley.
Rev Fr Joyce remarks on Christmas day at the Immaculate Conception church. High mass at 6 o'clock opened a sequence of liturgical services highlighting Roman Catholic ceremony, devotion, and dignity, drawing hundreds of attendees including many non Roman faithful.
A Christmas Day service featured elaborate altars, lights, flowers, and an evergreen reredos. Rev. William D. Joyce preached on peace and charity amid references to American Philippine policy. The music included Cherubini’s Mass in A and a full orchestral accompaniment.
Christmas day was celebrated with elaborate altar decorations and a large crowd. Solemn high mass at 10 30 with Rev J J McHugh and others, the choir singing Haydn imperial mass. St Peter's marked Rev Joseph H Riordan’s first public mass at 10 30, sermon by Rev John J McKenna, evening vespers solemnized.
Sacred Heart church held a high mass on Sunday at 10 30 a m with Rev John McRory O M S as celebrant and Fr John P Reynolds O M S pastor delivering the sermon on The Christmas Time The choir directed by Miss Adelaide Sullivan sang well and Mr Martin Reynolds presided at the organ Vespers were held at 3 p m with Fr McRory O M L officiating
Christmas services at St Michael's Church featured two early masses and a solemn high mass at 10 30. Rev William O'Brien delivered an apt sermon as evergreen holly and laurel adorned the altar. solemn vespers and benediction at 4 pm drew a large congregation.
The choir conducted by Mr. John Warburton assisted at the late mass and vespers, aiding in the liturgical service.
At 1 o clock solemn high mass featured an augmented choir directed by Edward Pineault performing Gounod Messe Solennelle with Lavigneur’s ten piece orchestra. Celebrants were Rev. Fr. Guillard and Rev. A Marion with other clergy. Sermon by Father Mangin. Decorations enhanced the church’s beauty amid large crowds.
Chelmsford hosts a quartet of Christmas events with Santa visiting vestrys and church services. Unitarian and Baptist congregations stage concerts and cantatas featuring children, with Emma Stevens and Emma L. Parkhurst among organizers and performers. Santa distributes gifts to youngsters as church groups and Sunday schools present carols, recitations, and hymns amid festive greenery and candles.
The article describes Christmas Eve and Christmas Day events at the city church. Evensong featured hymns and anthems, with a baptism and a Christmas tree lighted in the Guild-room, where children performed and presents were given. A special piece titled the Darling of the Year showcased twelve girls as the months. Christmas morning included Holy Communion and a sermon about things crowded out. Prizes for attendance were awarded. A Congregational Society Christmas concert followed with congregational singing, readings, and a children's program directed by Miss Minnie A. Hardy and Rev. E. C. Bartlett teaching the joy of giving.
A festive sequence across Congregational Unitarian and church groups features children’s song and recitations, Santa Claus visits, and toy trees. Programs include "Uncle Santa Claus" and "We Vote for Santa Claus" with Mrs F E Varney, plus choir carols, solos by Cora Littledale, and a four part cantata Foretold Ex pected Embodied Exalted.
The Young Ladies Sodality of St Peter's church held a reception and testimonial for Rev. Michael Ronan on his 25th ordination anniversary at St Peter's hall. He received gifts including a silver triple gong, water cooler, two oil paintings, and a painting of St Anthony.
A dated card unsigned lists multiple signatories offering refunds on Greene's Syrup of Tar bottles if they fail to cure a cold or cough. It promises a 50c bottle refund and a 25c bottle with a satisfaction guarantee, naming Geo. C. Osgood M D Brock Co Ellingwood Co Butler Co F Blanchard and location 391 Middlesex Central and Middlesey.
A man with a six week cough, keeping him awake at night, believed he could not be cured. Two 25 cent bottles of Carter's cough balsam, made by Carter & Sherburne, Merrimack, corner Bridge street, cured him completely.
Eastern District trains will depart Lowell Middlesex Street Depot after October 16, 1898 for Taunton New Bedford Newport Providence Pawtucket Marlboro South Framingham and way-stations at 714 am 1125 am 625 pm with connections at South Framingham to Worcester Springfield Albany and the west and at Concord Junction to Fitchburg for Boston and Albany lines The 525 pm connects with the Stanton line to New York City and the south and west Sundays service to South Framingham Mansfield Pawtucket Providence and way-stations 729 am with return at 523 pm to Worcester and back Ticket office at Middlesex street station.
Corrected schedule lists trains from Merrimack Street Depot Lowell to Boston and numerous destinations including Lawrence Haverhill Exeter Dover Portland Saco Old Orchard and more. Includes daily and Sunday trains with varied times and notes on connections and routes.
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