The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 26, 1901, Page 4

CO CALL, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 190 1 WORSHIPERS GATHER | N ALL CHURCHES AND JOIN IN CELEBRATION OF THE NATIVITY OF CHRIST — ris'-mas Sermons and Beautiful Music Are Greatly Enjoyed by Congregations That Overflow the Various Houses of Worship Ch hlehem We will enter the si and ¥ after gazing we could not 1 infant, whe d out by the prophecies, the the beau deemer of world. Who would be con- . - ced by the sole aid of reason that the ten- sz ler, innocent babe, who is lving there. sur- undedeby cattle and other domestic animals, 1o th allen ma: Is not God wonderful in expected Messtah, savior all his works? Do not the heavens, earth and production of is ow forth his power and | his wisdom? Undoubtedly the wisdom and | wer' of God are manifest in every depart- | 10 detail of creation, but where is he erful and' glorious than in the = na- ? That son, had he fo ur- | e had a queen for ‘his mother es were not e custom of ho preceding Chri lic. Epis his father. instead of the-hum- | the only the lowly Joseph. He could have | celebrated the Day a palace instead of a cheerless, escribed dz He could have been clothed ir. es St. | and fine linen ins of living the Iif olin s he poor while he was incarnate. He unded by attendant by asses and by oxen. would not do. for it was his hmitz. The and was plaved royal purpose to come into this world 1o | mission, that of saving fallen man. | and aim ion and of the CHILDREN SING ANTHEMS. o ar salvatior Interesting Feature of First English T T Lutheran Church Services. . Father Charles McMann acted as re of the morning services a h 2 n Church was | celebrant, Rev. Father T. Caraher as dea- vested choir of | con and Rev. Father E. McGough as sub- . deacon. The altar of the church was justice to a yrated with festoons of evergreens and red. The | Christmas berries. An elaborate musical appropriately | yrogramme, composed of selections be- elander, pas- | fitting the joyous nature of the occasion, red a was rendered at both the late and early | for the mas: At the 5 o'clock ma Miss Marie | Xt was Ryan directed the choir. Miss Daisy Mer- the rill and Margaret Stevenot, who sang solos, acquitted themselves in the most commendable manner. The musie at the late mass was under the direction of Mrs. A. B. Collins, organ- ist. The programme and the singers were as follows: | art’s Twelfth Mase): Gloria and | offertory. Adeste Fi- [ (Novello); Sanctus (Mozart's Twelfth Agnus Dei (Haydn's Second Mass). ists: Mrs. B. F. Sides, Miss Lillie Viautin, Miss Florence Schage F. Wood- bridge., C. Schmit Members of che Mahoney, Miss Ina Collins, Miss ) Miss M. MeGiv- ney, Miss C. Paulisse Herold, Miss Thell, Miss L. Viautin, P. J. Enright Mrs. Kinses. SERVICES AT ST. IGNATIUS. Flowers and Christmas Berries Ar- | tistically Arranged on Altar. Appropriate Christmas services were | held vesterday morning in St. Ignatius Church. At the late mass the vast edi- fice was crowded from chancel rail to the outer doo The main altar was mc beautifully decorated with flowers, Chri the gla the spirit of good will it e o ter mepaeeq" s Ui { mas berries and verdant foliage. Myriads | n one race finds a hero. of candles shedding their gentle light hated by other na the midst of the green decorations pre- | our Washington, sented a scene very appropriate to the s St e Matoan. Xt -elebration of so joyous a festival. A very are the v areleon. Parie 46 | claborate and delightful musical pro- t. Italy enthrones Garibaldi, but does | BTamme was rendered. G g reg the birtndas of | The first mass was celebrated at 5 r. Bot st there enters )| o’clock in the morning. Very Rev. J. P. | wr 1 and unites a Freiden acted as celebrant, G. | e e = ace and good Butler as deacon, A. O. Villa sub-dea- m con and Rev. W. Culligan as master of Thie 4 wrapped in iling clott s | ceremonies | ‘ t upon the cirtle of the | At the solemn high mass. which was | to beng the things that | celebrated at 10:30 o'clock, Rev. Father L e T g i Edward Alien officiated, Rev. R. Arnalot | Dot the ey acted as deacon and W. J. Hogan as sub- deacon, while again m Rev Rev. Father Culligan was ster of ceremonies. M. J. Boarman delivered an im- e sermon. He took for his text | ay i born to you a Savior—glory be to God in the highest, on earth peace | to men of good willL” He spoke in part as follo ‘ In the pagan world th§ lgnorance was ay ng thunder through t with a lullaby that smi remediabie way and_ righteousness upon rictmas eve 1900 Christr e and gone. \ as lifted t nges. For the | palling. The world knew mot of justice, law ¢ that 15 3oy re the tidin or holiness. Talk not of Athens or Rome, <hs | ? that holy night. The noblest of all long- | Statues {il stood dedicated to the Unichown | it at lasi to see him who entered the | God and the Unknown God meaut an unknbwn earth st Bethlehem and eprang back to God | morality and an unknown higher civilization. | rom €1 | But with the birth of the Savior a new era arose. His doctrines and precepts will reno- vate the world, and behold as the rngel loykel he saw the world growing brigh: and hay- pler. True knowledge of man, of his nature | and of his destintes, and a true knowledge uf SERMON ON THE NATIVITY. Rev. Father Caraher Preaches on the 8 : God and his attribuies had 1 rext 15 th Birth of Christ. | remotest ends of the earth. 2 Behold, 1 bring you tidings of great | Man was free again in the: fraccom of 1le children of God With sin blorted o blood of the Savior +nd with the. fear to assist him man ca% lead a hife ol m | cnastity and disinteresteduoss The musical programme follows: that shall be to all the people, for thi: is born to you a Savior, which st the Lord, in the city of David,” Luke chapter 2, verses 10-11, was the text which Rev. Father Carahen, pastor of St. PRI Francis Church, selected for his Christ- ‘Agnus Dei mas sermon. Father Caraher described Pastores” — (Melvel); “the humble circumstances which sur- rounded the birth of the Savior of man. He spoke in part as follo “‘Mass” (Alary); 7 o'c ck the music was About & mile and a half to the east o (Gregorian): “‘Magnificat™ (Cagli- Bethelem is the grotto of the shepierd. It “Nazereth” (Gounod); motet, situated in the field of Boaz. Where Ru! atus” (Melvel): ““Tatum Ergo' gleaned the ears of corn that had escaped the | (Catalini); “Motet Adeste Fidelis,"" hands of the reapers Here it wa Dr. M. O'Connell rendered over this | organ - solos grotto, that the angels hovered on Christmas | from the works of Bach, Handel, Gigout, Best, ight. singing the words of my text to the | Malling, Loret, Callahert, Grison and Caesar wondering shepherds. It is believed that the | Frank. Father A. Cotelli, J., directed the €008 news of the Saviors birth was borne to r. e The shepherds by the angel Gabriel, who a nounced the mystery of the incarnation to Yirgin In Nazareth. The evangelist tells us | that the shepherds went to Bethlehem, where | they found Mery and Joseph, and the mraml g n the manger. Let us to-day journey in MUSIC AT GRACE CHURCH. The music at Grace Episcopal Church yesterday morning was ofythe usual high INATRONT R OF I GIRASE EPISCOPAL | Chi —— order. It was under the direction of Wil- liam H. Holt. Rev. R. ( 'oute, rector of the church, preached a sermon appropriate te ' th day. The mu programme rendered was as follows; Organ prelude, “'Pastorale” (Merkel); proces- sional, *H the Herald Angels Sing”” (Men- delssohn): _venite to Gregorian tome, after Psalter. “Glorla in Exceisis Deo,”” “Messe de Orphecnistes’” (Gounod Te Deum' and " (Buck); festival service in B; offe o Heavens Are Telling,” from *‘Cre- anthem. ““While All Things lence’ (Harris); introit, Ades- netug (Taylor) in C: Gloria, plain ional, ‘‘Angels From the Realms of Glory — . e | FIRESIDE CHRISTMAS SPENT BY SOCIETY Functions Are Given at But Two of the Fashionable Homes of City. Society took a day off to untie little ribbons and open dainty parcels yester- day. The “ohs” that followed a sight of the gifts crowded out all ideas of want- ing to be anyhere except at “home, sweet home.” The pleasure afforded b gifts of the yiletide is not surpri | the shops never offered a more. dazzling | rray of the “just w! 1 have alvays wanted” sort of presents, and the peopls never began earlier in the season to buy them. When Décember arrived many of the prettiest articles had been picked up by the early birds, and thc who pro- cured thelr*Christmas cards in Novem- ber were able to select artistic designs, which could scarcely' be gaid later on. Everybody had planned a happy fireside stmas and little attempt was made at entertaining this year. With the ex- ception of Mrs. and Miss McClung and Miss Charlotte Ellinwood, who received a few friends, the day was a quiet one as regards functions. . Miss Ellinwood's tea at her home, Pa- cific and Devisadero streets, was a most informal affair. A large number of friends dropped in between 4 and 6 TR SR, o e i, i w sy | & A 7 GIRL CHORISTERS A SHIPERS LEAVING EDIFIC ND WOR- SACRED i Bicshop W. F. Nichols Addresses Members of Sunday Schools IGHT REV. WILLIAM FORD NICHOLS. Bishop of Cali- fornia, preached the Christ- mas sermon -at the Cathedral Mission of the Good Samari- tan yesterday morning. He suited his sermon to the minds of the Sunday school children, who attended the services in a body. At the outset of his sermon he said his remarks would be very short, as he belleved a Christmas sermon should be brief, AFTER}THE MORNING [ IJERVICE", r ST MARY JLCATHEDRAL,, =3 Fidelis”; “Kyrie”: “Gloria ed”” (Woodward): sermon; » Herald Angels Sing” (Men. : Patri” (Wocdward): a them, “‘There o a (Cuthbert Harris): “‘Sursum ( : ‘'Sanctus” (Woo haristic hy Shepherd of Sou Agnus Del sloria_in E: ): “Nune Dimittis” (Gower ional hymn, ry” (Smart). Angels from the R Ims of . TELLS OF THE NATIVITY. Rev. Dr. Clampett Preaches a Force- ful Christmas Discourse. The Christmas music at Trinity C was of an unusgually impressive char: Rev. Frederick W. Clampett. “The Word was made among us.” flosh and He referred to the in rector the church, preached from St. John, i:14: hurch acter. of dwelt creas- ing and widening interest of the churcnes of the land in the commemoration of the nativity of the bles sald: thin ed Lord. impresses itself upon the mind In part he 4 more than the simplicity of the story of Bethlehem It ‘has been teld in language of transparent _beauty. It is an event so striking as press itself upon an entire civilization, to in.- And yet our time is reckened upon the event, the eyes of millions are turned in holy love upon the infant form at Bethlehem, and kings and queens bow, the “Word made flesh.” He was likewise sublime. Trul heavens were telling the glory of God, as the wise men of old, before y _the when the star guided the first worshiper to Bethie- hem and the angel cnorus filled the air. Time has demonstrated its permanency world was never more prepared to recel reverence the message. . The ve ard This message of simplicity, sublimity and permanency Is valued because the child Jesns was the revelation of the Father. Nothing short of the divine incarnation will satisfy the longing soul. Nothing short of the delty of the Son of God will harmonize the truths ‘of revelation. Meen may extol the Maste r as a pure moralist and unique example of .self-sac- rifica, but in the supreme thought of his ab. solute deity—his oneness with the Father- rests all that makes the Christtan faith a power. We behold God through the att of Jesus. The maje: pity and infinite lo: Vealed through the | e of Jesus of Naza ributes the mercy, compassion, of the Father were re- reth. CONGREGATIONS CROWD PLACES OF WORSHIP : AND HEAR GRAND MUSIC AND ABLE DISCOURSES HE attendances in the churches yesterday were very large. The interiors of the various edifices were prettily decorated in holly and Christmas berries. The sermons were appropriate to the nativity. In a general way Bishop Nichols| ' His incarnation, again, was the enrichment brought out the fact that there was alof humanity. It was "God manifest in the s 5 In the Catholic churches | masses were celebrated every hour from daybreak until the noon hour. Augmented choirs rendered special music and orchestras added to the effect. Bishop Nichols delivered a Christmas sermon to the Sunday-school children of the Cathedral Mission. + The weather was ideal. ‘o'clock, but these guests were invited by word of mouth, Miss Ellinwood issued no | regular invitations whatever. The Ellinwood home was decorated in an artistic manner with red berries and Christmas foliage. Among the young ladies who asgisted Miss Ellinwood _were Miss Ledntine Blakeman, Miss Katherine Herrin, Mi Grace Spreckels, Miss Liilian Spreckels and Miss Kate Dillon. ———— e SALISBURY, N. C.. Dec. 25.—Ray and Mil- ton, sons of John Rufty, an employe of the Southern Railway, were ground to pieces by a passenger traip early to-day. Zeb Trexiey, who witnessed the aceident, attempted to save the chiliren and was seriously insized, great deal of fiction in regard to Christ- mas and Santa Claus. He imprinted on tue minds of his young listeners that it was the birth of Christ that was being celebrated. “He told them of the Savior and pointed out that he was an actual man. He said Santa Claus was a myth and his coming at this season of the year was simply told to children in order to impress upon them that an unknown and not the parents brought presents for the children. The speaker told of Christ, nis lowly birth, the good he did in the world and of his death. ‘she church was very prettily decorated in holly and Christmas berries. The fol- lowing music was rendered: - #rosessicnal himn, O Come All Ye Faith- flesh.” With singular force this truth J <+ comes to us in Christmastide. It adds sacredness and dignity to manhood. It speaks to us in the language of St. John: ‘‘Behold, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not Yet appear what we shall be: but we know that w! shall appear we shall be like him.”" The Christian faith, at this season, with remarkable power of the infinite bilitles thus opened out by the life child Jesus. humanity. To this end he came that we have life abundantly. These truths make possible all the j Christmas. exchange of gifts and mutual well w Beneath social and home b'l‘e!?l.n s, hen he speaks possi- of the His humanity has sanctified all might oys of the one supreme truth of the Incarnate Jesus Christ, the Son of God. *“The Word, “‘was made flesh and dwelt among us. verily |Mayor-Elect Eugene E. Schmitz Renders a Violin Salo: at Offertory in St. Mary’s Church---Impressive Services Are Held f ‘* T St. Mary's Cathedral the beautiful and impre music was a feature, as it has | hmitz pl a Chi always been on ho The violin at the cholr and orchestra, under the | o B B direction of Professor Harri- Lt son, rendered an excellent pro- Father Wyman preached th gramme. tmas_sermon. , | At the 10:30 o’clock mass the | from St Luke ii:13: Rev. Charles Ramm :;“{flm}{f;—{nngdu reached the sermon. His discourse Was | shown o us." beautiful one and was of Christm: In art he said: God being a pure spirit the worship of P a D lightn| 1 [ | is the worship of a pure spirit. owever, | l1ght | ave never had any experienc pirituai | Fain.” | peing,: and cannot, ~therefope. even imagine | the | they are Jike, this worship God— | and h is our highest religious duty—is nece: sarily extremely difficult. Worsip is a mental | and inteHectual act; the will and mind mu dissolved i there are the pain produce it or it does not exist; but as we can- | (IOT€ OF | | not think &t all without the accompaniment Rt figures or images im the imagination (b fortr thought of God involved in his worship must necessarily be attended by some image of him It is the difficulty of forming this image which than ra the a the Auth Is this answering makes our mental grasp upon God commonly €0 feeble. - You will at once realize what mean if you have ever trled to cultivate d votion to God the Father or to God the Ho Ghost. To most people, I am sure, the object of such devotion will seem illusive, vanishing | before them as they try to fix their mental eyes | upon it. What sort of a mental picture can we | form of the Holy Ghost? X . This_initial difficulty of worship springing &5 from the spirituality of God is increased by a | t? I should scon d sta second, arising from the character of the wor- | Soon G2, T SCOMC 2c0n dlecover in every fn | ship which he requires of us. Worship, I have | were seeking but had not "”mifi“n:l h "';‘u' | 2aid. 1s an intellectual act. But it is more [ JiC JEONINE But had not vet attafned. —Th han that. It is an act of our whole being. | (O"G GINE W SpiTille, and therein The first and_ greatest commandment is this: | jui, 0l S0 € tr Idernesse hou shait love the Lord thy God with thy | | whole soul, with thy whole heart and with thy river beds run ¢ whole mind.” Not alone our intellect, but | © gy e ot O e our feelings, emotions our affections | o =50 LBt e as bor arc 1o have a share in our worsnip. ~Without | o (hS 4AY Is t0 every child of Adam a day: | these the purely mental acts which form the | who was fn the beginning betare o e basis of - love and adoration are cold and e s L e, feeble. It is the heart which gives to worship | 3} s God, who was one by whom all things are = intensity and color and warmth. hings are made. | who was with' Goa | i e e v — When our feelings run along with eur r»ng‘wus acts are 2 > \K\'h» n.o;~ are s Comment on Barrett’s Return. | sent or contrary it taki our resolution ™ €0 criy S 1 courage to remain faithful to our duty. One- \1\‘_' Il ITY. Dec. 5.—El Tlempo, & | half our being . scems then to be rebelling | Clerical organ. says that diplomatic ctr- | against the other half; and generally. in the | cles and politicians are commenting o | end, if the confiict be long, our mental powers | the return to the United. States of on lose their grasp and we are swept away by | John Barrett at a time when the confer | the persfstent current of our feelings. [ Bas Tust Sighn the coastbna. Yet these feelings are a part of our strange | important and fundamental questions. K1 little being. Powerful aids they are for good | Tiempo says it is now coming to be b when they respo me noble in- | ljeved that at Washington there i discon- spiration; demon furies en perverted to the | tent over the fact that the c of 'sin. They are God's gifts to us, and the Latin n s he asks us to bring them to his serv s ‘;“f d’;"‘ ooy g in accepting the that our whole being, itual and physical, | leadership of the United Sta sp! may offer him one harmonious homage. N But how can we bring our hearts to serve | DULUTH, Mina 25.—By the terms o him? Can the thought of the invisible spirit, | & decres in forecl Uie Pepete ot oo God. who is everywhere and vet nowhere, warm | Duluth Transfer Railway Company will ba soid us with the glow of fervor? Can an imma- | at auction on January 2. . The company w terial being kindle emotions within us? Can | originally bonded to the extent of $1,180.000 the fingers of our affections twire around that | and the amount which we cannot even imagine? | The kind heart needs the tangible, the vis- ible, the present, the concrete to move it. The absence of thesé from the pure spirituality of God made the worship of him in the olden time hard. It is for this reason that his n_people could with the utmost difficulty | be made to cleave to the theism which it was their mission to preserve. They wanted to see and feel their God, and so fell an easy prey Bnnejm B‘BIES If babies were for sale the most invet- l‘r‘{h:?‘n“i?sng:lg{ n‘;pd’vzfl.-“”‘:a‘p:;hs:;“n;:_xl:(;rhs;i erate ba in-hunfln% woman in the mountain the people. forgat the Lord whose | WOrld Wo‘udnot look for a bargain baby. prophet he was, -and cried out to She would want the best baby that could Arise, make us gods that may go befo It was but the strong cry of thefr s nature drowning the somber but weak of reason. So it was througheut their history. They | were constantly falling away: and it was only by the direct punishments that God could hold | them, even to a fitful, cold and feeble worship. But surely a merciful Father will at length have pity upen this weakness of human nature. | £ ; be bought, regardless of price. e | Every woman naturally craves a | healthy, handseme child, aud her crav- ing can be gratified if she will but re- | member that the child’s health is her own gift, and to give health she must ve He will not always remain far awfy from his | children. He will not always sdle by fear: | he will come to them; he will win them to | himself, and hold them by the cords of Adam, by_the bonds of love. 1 lives to-day on every sitar. He s | there, the same gracious Savior who had com- | pa: n on the multitude in the wildernes; ‘who brought Mary Magdalen weeping and peni- tent to his feet; whose touch healed the sic who comforted the grief-stricken widow of Nain; who wept at the tomb of Lazarus, and whose look of reproach brought the bitter tears of repentance to the eyes of Peter. The doors of his temple are always open, viting us to énter and fall down before m | in silent adoration. There. in his presence, our hearts grow warm again, our strength is | renewed and our courage revived. There our difficulties of worship ars solved and the frre. | pressible cravings of our nature to feel our | Savior near us find their answer. He has not | condemned us to wander over the face of the | earth, like Cain, with the curse of our sine | upon us. For we know where he fs, and we | may arise and go to him and cast our burden | upon him, as Martha's sister did when her | heart i d T“" 2 | ‘Around the altar where Jesus dwells | in HEe Ana earmth. " Thore hia ki oTe dren adore him With the ever-present angels, In the great cold world outside his very name and life are, alas, fast becoming a mera mon: ory and worship’ is Josing fts heart bemmins the object of it Is 100 far away. ' g , let us, en, whom falt! ful souls the angels song of gladness on this the natal day of the word made flesh " ALg Wwhen. in a few moments. he will be born agat for us, on the altar by the whispered words o3 consecration. let us bow down befors Far? Of offer him the warm homage of mrateru) ta e tion. for it is the ineffable mystery. of o manuel—God with ue, . —_—— MAYOR-ELECT PLAYS SoLo. Eugene E. Schmitz Renders a Chopg opit Nocturne at St. Mary’s. g There was a large congregati, 11 o'clock mass at St. ng";u cm-r:; lh(‘ golemn high mass was celebraten ary the music incldental to the solemn ser Jesus in- have it to give. Mothers whose babies have been weak and puny have nursed in strength their first strong child after using Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription. It . is the best preparative for | Mmaternity, encouraging the appetite, g‘“‘“”l flile merves and inducing re- »2p sleep. It gives the mothe Stren toeg?;e Trer Child. and make the baby’s advent practically painle: "My wife had been sick nearly all her Says Mr. E. E. Fricke, of Petersburg, M Co., Tlinols, Box 367, "and after trying ev thing T could think of 1 made up my m try “Favorite Prescription. t st Which my wife took. & thblespaosrel a day. until the baby came. _She after taking the first Dottle, and born he weighed nine and a half pound day he is six months old and weighs tweuty pounds. He is as good a child as any o wish. The doctor he is as he: baby could be. and also says the usc Favorite Prescription ' was the cause of su beaithy baby,? Dr. Plerce’s Pleasant Pellets are the best and safest laxative for the use of serv- | @elicate women, ha ¢