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Newspaper
Winthrop Sun And Visitor
Location
Winthrop, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1909
Page
5
Tomorrow morning at 10 45 a.m. a Christmas sermon titled Jesus the Christ will be preached with special music. Rev H H Sanderson of Cambridge will speak at 6 30 p.m. A Christmas tree event and Santa Claus visit for children and young people are planned for Friday evening December 24th in the vestry.
Union Congregational Church on Tewksbury Street near Young’s Hotel invites worship at 10 30 with sermon Who Owns Christmas Miss Hazel Mack soloist Helen E Young organist. Deacon Frank B Jenkins superintendent Sunday school at noon. Evening service omitted due to Christmas concert.
The corner of Bowdoin and Buchanan streets lists Rev C W Henry as rector. Sunday services on December 19 include 8 am Holy Communion 10 30 am Morning prayer and sermon 12 10 pm Sunday school and 7 30 pm evening prayer and address Episcopalians and Other Catholics. The full vested choir will sing Christmas day services at 8 am Holy Communion 10 30 am Holy Communion and sermon with vested boy choir singing.
Sunday events at the First Church of Winthrop include sermons by Rev. Charles Tilton at 10 30 am and 7 30 pm, Sunday school at noon, Tilton Men's Class at noon, Junior League at 3 pm, Epworth League youth service at 6 30 pm, and all events free with welcoming notes for strangers. Musical directions list E E Rowland director and choir, with organist Miss Jennie Floyd.
Tuesday evening class meeting and Friday evening evangelistic service led by Pastor. Singing led by H W Hare.
All Souls Church urges that the religion of Jesus centers on love. The sermon praises love as the grandest word and highest duty, urging an end to doctrinal strife. It states only love allows understanding of Jesus of Nazareth and fulfills his mission.
A Christmas program was held at Union Congregational Church starting at 4 o clock on Sunday December 19 1909. The event featured a sequence of songs readings and recitations by the Sunday School and various classes with performances by the choir and department groups including the Primary Department the Beginners Class and the First and Second Grades plus solo and chorus pieces such as Praise Him There s a Wonderful Star Bethlehem s King When Christ Was Born The Air is Filled with Echoes The Heavenly Child Gifts for the King Can You Truly Tell Happy Christmas and The Manger So Low The Manger So Low and other titles conducted by the superintendent and church staff.
The town reports railroad stations receiving gas or electric upgrades and notes on the new appropriation committee estimating next year’s funds. Several residents visit or relocate, events at Highland Bridge Club, and a Good Cheer Alliance sale with Christmas calendar plates offered at E. B. Brown's.
A directive lists the class song for Mrs Powter's Sunday School choir as Slumber Sweetly Slumber for the Christmas offering. The item appears in hymn 71 with notes to omit the 38rd congregation.
Property on Plummer Avenue sold by John McNaught to Michael J Macauley for an undisclosed price. The Stokell School of Dancing advertises private lessons at 177 Huntington Avenue Boston with December rates eight lessons for five dollars. A social event at the Meston apartment on Cutler Street ends with refreshments and music. Members of the American Women's League gather at Mrs. Ella Robinson’s home at 2 Revere Street for a December gathering and plan another meeting.
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