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PAGE TWO THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, MONDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1930 CHURCHES OBSRVE CHRISTMAS SUNDAY (Continued from page 3) Simcoe Street United The spirit of Christmas was well emphasized at both services of Sim- coe street United Church yester- day, and large congregations were in attendance both morning and evening. The morning worship was in charge of the Sunday school and took the form of a beautiful white gift service, the various classes of the school bringing gifts for the poor and needy. The church auditorium was pret- tily decorated, the presence of two cedar trees at both ends of the choir loft, the colored streamers festooning the balcony and cedar branches, adding an appropriate and seasonable touch, The work of de- gorating had been performed by Mrs. E. Harston, Miss Evelyn Gay, Mr. Harold Gay, Mr. Bert Gay and three members of the Camelot Boys' Club, Douglas Hénderson, Jack Henley and Mr. H. Grant. The beautiful cradle, emblematic of the manger in which Jesus was born, and in which the white gifts were placed by the representatives of each class, had been -prepared by Mrs. Harston. Mr. Gay, superintendent of the Sunday school, presided over the morning service, assisted by the pastor, Rev, E, Harston, A fine program was presented and the work of the little children in tell- ing anew the wonderful Christmas story won the hearts of the whole congregation, The order of the service is pub- lished as follows: Doxology, Lord's Prayer, Hymn, O Come all ye faithful, Prayer, Rev. Harston, Scripture Lesson, Gerald Edmondson; Anthem, Choir; An- nouncements and Collection; Wel- come Speech, Frances Palmer; Cho- rus, "The First Christmas," Begin- ners' Class; Recitation, "The Best Christmas Spirit," Douglas Wales; Exercise, Primary girls, "Christ- mas Offerings," Margaret Harding, Eileen Ford and Helen Rowden Chorus, Primary Class; Story, "The Christmas. Star," Evelyn Gay; Hymn, "Away in the Manger'; Duet, '"'Bethlehem's Babe,' Genevi- eve James, and Thelma Halleran; Recitation, "Christmas 'in the Heart," Herbert Maynard; Violin Solo, Edouard Bartlett; Recitation, "Then and Now," Doreen Curtis; Solo, Adelle Rartlett; Story, "The Little Fir Tree," Mrs. Dr. Harding; Exercise, Junior Girls; Hymn, "Once in Royal David's City." The rendition of Dudley Buck's famous cantata "The Coming of the King" by the choir, was enjoyed by a large congregation at the even- ing service. In music the story of the first Christmas was eloquently described and one conld easily pic- ture the coming of the wise men from the east, the worried inquiries of jealous King Herod, the arrival of the wise men at the manger in Bethlehem, and the discovery of the new born King as the cantata was unfolded. The choir of forty voices, under the direction of J. H. Renwick, wader and organist, sang' win preat effect and the cantata last pight was easily its best effort for ' the year. The organ parts played by Mr. Renwick were of excellent quality and added much to the value of the composition. The work of the soloists is wor- thy of special praise, Mrs. Leo. Gray and Miss Marion Ross taking the soprano and alto solos respec- tively while Mr. W. H, Scilley was the ténor. Mr. George Fleming and Dr, C. W. Ferrier were the bar- ftone soloists while Mr. Ephraim Fleming contributed a bass solo, The pastor, Rev, Harston, took occasion last night to express ap- preciation for the choir's splendid work: during the year, : St. George's Church Special musical numbers and stir- ring Christmas messages featured the services of the last Sunday in Ad- vent, at St. George's Anglican Church, Canon C, R. dePencier, of St. George's Anglican Church, Oshawa, was in charge of both services, which were of a special nature and in fit- ting harmony with the Christmas sea- son which is now upon us. The special Christmas Sunday ser- vices were not held yesterday at St. George's but will be held next Sun- day. At the morning service, Canon C. R. dePencier chose for his sermon the subject of "The Festival of the Nativity of the Living God." No special text was used but Canon de- Pencier gave a stirring Christmas message. "Not many possessions but much appreciation" stated Canon de- Pencier, is what people should strive to attain. He pointed out that it is essential that the Fraternal spirit should be continued and the King- dom of Heaven established here by everyone, "The best remedy for dis- content," the speaker stated, "is to cultivate in ourselves the Christmas Spirit." "Simplicity and Eternity can only be obtained by following more closely His footsteps." For his sermon in the evening, Canon dePencier chose as his text the ninth and tenth verses of the Second chapter of St. Luke. "And Lo, the Angel of the Lord came upon them, and the Glory of the Lord shone round about them, and they were sore afraid. And the Angel said unto them, 'Fear Not." Canon dePencier pointed out different exam- ples to show that it was only human nature for people to be afraid of the unknown, just because it was un- known, such as the pioneers being afraid of the unknown. The birth of Christ was the means of showing that the unknown is good and means good. "The advent of Christ was the means of casting out fear," stated Canon dePencier, Special Music by Choir In the morning service the choir rendered Franz Gruber's "Silent Night," the solo part being capably handled by Mrs. C. P. Davis, At thet Evensong Sullivan's, "It Came Upon the Midnight Clear," was given by the Choir and Mrs. Albert Woodward sang a delightful solo and Mr. Norman Merrick also sang a solo. As a special addition to the evening service, the choir gave a ser- ies of Carols which were as follows: (1) Choir--"0 Little Town of Beth lehem." (2) Male Quartette, "We Three Kings." (3) Choir, "Good King Wenceslas." (4) Male Quartette, "Silent Night," (5) Christmas Lulla- by. (6) Choir, "It Came Upon the Midnight." Knox Presbyterian / Presentation of a handsome pulpit chair to the church by the "Joy Class" of girls, was an interesting fea- ture of the morning service at Knox Presbyterian Church on Sunday. The services, both morning and evening, were in keeping with Christmas Sun- day, and this highly practical gift fitted in well with the occasion. The presentation was made by Miss Mil- dred Mechin, who read an address from class, which was formerly under the leadership of Mrs. Deyman and is now led by Miss Munro. Rev. Duncan Munro, pastor of the congre- gation, on behalf of the church man- agement, accepted the gift, and ex- pressed deep appreciation of the kindly thoughts which prompted it. The adress read by Miss Mechen was as follows: "To the Minister and congrega- tion of Knox Church: "Nearly six years ago when our Sunday School was organized, a class of young la- dies banded themselves together under the leadership of Mrs Dey- man for Bible study and religious training. "A few years later the Joy Class formed themselves into a group, meeting at different homes and for- mulating schemes to raise funds to be used for the benefit -of Knox Church. "During {his period moneys have bea laid aside with the hope, that eg Aro sufficient might be raised, for the purpose of purchas- | ig a chair for the pulpit. "Last week our dream came true, | and to-day we wish to present to| Knox Church, this chair, as a token of gratitude to God for his love | and guidance, and our belief in the | prificiples of Presbyterianism. "It was with deep regref that in| the Fall of last year, Mrs. Deyman | gave up the duties as teacher of our class, and equally so ours, In losing so devoted a leader and friend. | "Since that time the work has been carried on under the capable leadership of Miss Munro, and we face the future with the hope that | God has many blessing in store for | our class and that Joy Class girls | may be instrumental in doing great- er work in the Master's vineyard in | this community." | Using the Christmas story as the basis for his message, The Rev, Mr Munro preached a stirring sermon, | warning his hearers against those | who were secking to rewrite th Bible, omitting fram it the story of the Divine birth at Bethlehem, T take the Babe of Bethelehem, and the experiences of the wise men and | the shepherds out of the Bible, he said, would be to destroy its sweet- | est pages, and he urged that the | thought of the Christ-child should | ever be kept foremost in the celebra- | tion of the Christmas festival. He | also deplored the tendency to com mercalise Christmas, and appealed to the congregation to brush this aside, and stick fast to the central thought of Christmas, the birth of the Sa viour, Jesus Christ The anthem, "It Came Midnight Clear" was sung by the choir, while George Roy sang the beautiful solo, "Nazareth" by Gounod At the evening service Mr. Munro preached on "The Central Truth of the Christmas Story." The church was well filled at both of these spe cial Christmas Sunday services, and a special song-service, starting at | Upon the | | V4 / 2. RECORDS Adeste Fideles ift that keeps on Giving Christmas Fantasy, Part 1 640 pm., was an enjoyable feature of the evening service, King Street United Church The Christmas theme was well por trayed at the services in King Street United Church yesterday, by the pas- tor, Rev. C. BE. Cragg. At the morn- ing service, he spoke on "The Wisc Men of the East" Speaking of the lifetime study that these three Persian men had made of the heavens, so that they knew imme- diately when the star of the Messiali appeared in the sky, the pastor «« clared that God's revelation alw come to us by way of the knowledge we already possess. "Ignorance is not the handmaid of the revelation of God," he said. While some scien- tists and other learned men were athiestic and scoffed at religion, the vest majority of the most noted sci- entific men and educationalists were men of Christian attitudes. "Today, there is only one light to lead men, and that is God's light--the Bible, he asserted. The presentation of gifts mark=d the sincerity of the worship which thesc wise men showed to the infant Christ, and the same fact applied to- day. Tt was tragical that many were giving the remnants of their time, their talents and their money, instead of giving their best today, he said. In the evening, the pastor's subject was "No Room in the Inn" The_ afternoon session of the Sun- day School included a White Gift service, the platform being piled high with the gifts.of the scholars for the benefit of the poor of the con gregation, A reading was given by Doris Salter and a solo by Mrs. F. Langmaid. At the morning service, the choir' music included the anthem "Sing O Heavens," by Gaul, and the carol "See Amid the Winter Snow." A solo, "Night of Nights," was excep- tionally well sung by Master Ernest Colbourne. The music at the evening service of af ot 4 or A iQ pri; Tet TU. Tot Oa Stop & Shop for Yo 14, rr ; included the anthem, "O Holy Night" by Adolph Adam, with Mrs, E, Far row taking the solo part, and the car ols "Midnight Masse" and "Let us go to Bethlehem." Misses Birdie Fallis and Wilma Crowthers sang a pleasing duet "The Song of the An gels," and the male quartette number, "The First Noel" was well taken by Messrs. H. C. Treneer, ¥. Walters C, Staples, and F. Hare. "There came a little Child to Earth" was sung as a mixed quartette number by Mrs. E, Farrow, Miss Birdie Fal lis, and Messrs. E, J. Luke and D. Redpath, St. Andrew's Church The beautiful White Gift Service, of with the children of School, and the members of the adult 3ible class and Young People's ciety, made the evening service at St Andrew's United Church a particu larly impressive one, entirely in keep- ing with the festive season, The ture story of the birth of Jesus illustrated slides, simultaneously with the ing of which the minister, Rev, I, J, Maxwell, read the stories of the birth of the shepherds, gifts by the three wise men a brief pulpit message, in which M Max: ' ' od the by beautiful lar the Saviour, the coming and the the fact (Continued on page 13) presentatior Sunday rip- Was tern Onl Xmas Cheer At Stop & Shop This is the season when we look for unusual things for the table--Xmas Cheer and good things to est--not necessarily expensive things, but those "Treats" that seem to carry with them the gay and festive spirit of Christmas. 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