TTIE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX. PORTLAND, DECEMBER 2.t 1921
SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS WILL PREVAIL IN ALL CHURCHES TODAY
Elaborate Musical Programmes and Specially Prepared Sermons Promised Congregations Asked to Back Up Arms Cut by Adopting Resolution Submitted by Portland Religious Council.
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THE Christmas spirit will prevail
In all Portland churches today.
There will be special services in
the morning and at night In celebra
tion of the day, and cantatas, tableaux
and various other entertainments
have been arranged
The music will be especially fine,
and elaborate programmes have been
announced for the churches, both
large and small. The choirs will sing
Christmas anthems and carols and the
ong services will carry the messages
of Chrjstmas good-will throughout
the city.
The churches have been, decked
with garlands, potted plants and
flowers. The members of the Sunday
school classes have had charge of the
decorating In many churches. Special
welcome to the public at all services
Is planned. Such subjects as "The
Spirit of Christmas" and "The Mean
ing of the Day" have been chosen by
pastors.
Churches Help Xedy.
The churches have not forgotten
the needy. Christmas baskets will
be taken to the poor and many con
tribution today will be turned over
to the suffering In this country and
in other Lands. Members of young
people's societies gathered Christmas
eve to sing carols to lonely folk, and
today many will visit the hospitals.
The department of International
Justice and good will of the Portland
Council of churches has called upon
all the churches of the city to ob
serve today as International Good
Will Christmas. The churchee have
been called upon to pass the follow
ing resolutions, which the council will
send to President Harding and Ameri
can representatives in the Washing
ton conference on Wednesday night
after Christmas: '
The Washington conference on limita
tion of umuneiila, In the steps o far
taken, hit (one far in interpreting the
purposes of Christianity In International
relationship It has strengthened the
hope of Christian people for a "warless
world." Thus It wins their g-ratltuds on
the day dedicated to peace and to the cele
hratlon of the birth of the Christ who in
troduced the fundamental theory of ov
ernment by food will. .
It Is the earnest hope of the churches
of this city that the conference will not
adjourn until it has perfected plans look
ing toward:
1. A weepinir reduction of both fcrmles
aB2dh?iira."Vt,ok of far .uUr.
problems:
8. General commitments to suoinii wai 7
International difficulty for peaceful set
tlement;
4. International law. courts of Justice
and boards of arbitration;
We pledge our prayer and our loyal sup
port for the realization of these Ideals.
Amedee M. Smith Is president of the
Portland Council of Churches, and the
department of international Justice
and good will consists of Kdward O.
Sisson, chairman; James B. Kerr, Rev.
Daniel Bryant. Marshall Dana. Rev.
C W. Huett. Harry W. Stone. Rev. A.
R. Schmalle. Richard F. Schols. Rev.
D. W. M. MaeCluer, Mrs. Dallas
Bache, Richard W. Montague and J.
J. Handsaker.
When tlie First Methodist Sunday
school realized last Sunday that for
some two or three years it had taken
second place in contributions to the
near-east relief in the state, it de
termined that this year it would be
second to none. The offering. In thei
Bhip," will be taken Christmas morn
ing. "I am of the opinion that Oregon is
leading the United States in per cap
ita givinn from her Sunday schools,
as she lends in various other patriotic
and philanthropic measures," stated
J. J. Handsaker, state director. "So
far no other state director has re
ported the Sumlay school of Its size
whose record of givinir has exceeded
that of tho First Christian of this city.
Some may have given more in propor
tion to their numbers, and some may
have given more in actual dollars and
cents, but no school of its size 300
children has exceeded the offering
of SI 300 made last year. While this
generous) giving has been with no
thought of any notoriety or publicity,
still the story of the generosity of
this school has been told in a number
of states besides Oregon, with the re
sult of increased contributions."
Additional Christmas offerings have
been received during the past week
as follows: Portland Reformed Pres
byterian Sunday school, S60; McMinn
ville First Christian Sunday school, $2;
McMinnvillu Christian Sunday school,
S3. 54; Milwaukie Kvangelical Sunday
school, 21. Du; Mountain Home Sunday
school, $13; Mosier Union Sunday
school, $10; Corvailis Church of God
Sunday school, $20.
Much Interest is beine manifested in
the community church conference
which is to be held in the Y. M. C. A.
auditorium January 2 and 4. Some of
the leading church workers of Oregon
and Washington will take part In the
conference.
Leslie M. Butler, prominent business
man of .Hood River, will preside at
each session. Tuesday night an ad
dress will be given by Superintendent
Williman, "The Community Church
and Its Relation to the Kducational
System." This address will be fol
lowed by discussion led by Rev. E. B.
Pace of Monmouth Normal.
Tuesday afternoon Professor L. S.
Hopkins will give an address on "Co
operative Christianity." Rev. W. H.
Boddy. pastor ot the largest commu
nity church in the northwest, situated
at Hood River, will speak on the sub
ject, "The Price We Pay for Acute
Denominationalism."
Professor B. L. Gaukel will lead the
singing and render solos at each ses
sion. From present indications there
will be a larger attendance than was
at first expected. All who plan to at
tend the conference should write some
member of the committee for pro
gramme and registration blanks. Each
church will be entitled to two lay del
egates and a pastor. Each community'
or federated church will have a voice
and vote through its delegates in the
organization of the Association of
Community Churches. The committee ,
on arrangements is Rev. D. 12. Nourse,
412 Ivanhoe, Portland: R. S. Stryker,
M. D., Ridgefleld, Wash., and Rev.
George V. McClure, Ridgefleld, Wash.
The December losue of the Moody
ivi. i J . I
Bible Institute monthly, the official
publication of the Moody Bible in
stitute of Chicago, contains a page
article entitled "Premlllennlall-sm: a
Danger to the Church?" written by
Rev. Gottleib Hafner of Portland. Mr.
Hafner eays;
"The coming of the Lord Jesus
Christ is the hope of the church, and
every other hope substituted for it Is !
a fraud. If you want to learn what '
the word of God teaches concerning )
the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ. ;
read his own words and the words .
of his inspired apostles. But in doing
so, lay aside all preconceived Ideas
and accept his words without ques
tioning." Bishop William H. Washinger. D. D..
creneral superintendent of the Pacific
district of the United Brethren church. 1
vn4 Rev. G. E. McDonald. D. D., su- join the congregation with proces
perintendent of the Oregon confer- J sional, candle-lighting and carols,
ence, have Just returned from a busi- j On Tuesday at 2 P. M. will be held
neas trip to Dayton, O., the denomi- I the Christmas party for the church
national headquarters of their church,
They attended the sessions of the
board of administration at which the
operating budget for the fiscal year,
1922-.3. was fixed at SI, 000.000. In
addition to this, enlargement and en
dowment funds for benevolences and
education were authorized, amounting
to an additional million dollars. Ore
gon conference mission fields will be
I benefited by these funds, as will also
Philomath college, the denominational
I college of the Pacific district, at
Philomath, Or.
The programme of the United Breth
ren church for the Pacific district for
the next qundrennlum, includes the
building of IS new ehurch houses and
parsonages on old fields of labor, and
the entering of eix new fields. The
first church of the 15 is nearing
completion a beautiful village church
at Beaver, Or., valued at 14000. Two
new churches are, planned for Port
land for 1922, and others within the
quadrennlum. Bishop Washtnger's
leadership is recording victories.
Evangelist Champion, and the sing
er, Rev. Mr. Wilson of Shelby, Or.,
will arrive in Portland. January 1, for
a few months of evangelistic work In
the Pacific northwest.
Dr. G. R. Varney to Speak
at White Temple.
Cantata, "The Manger Throne,"
Will Be Given Thla Evening.
AT THE First Baptist church
(White Temple) Dr. G. R. Var
ney of Corvailis will occupy the pulpit
both morning and evening. There
will be special , Christmas music at
both services rendered by the Tem
plo quartet. In the evening the can
tata, "The Manger Throne," will be
given.
At the Sunday school hour, 9:45
A. M., special Christmas exercises
will be held and Dr. B. B. Sutcliffe
will tell the Christmas story. The
senior and intermediate Young Peo
ple's societies have arranged special
Christmas programmes for their meet
ings at 6:30 P. M.
Dr. XV. B. Hinson, pastor of the
East Side Baptist church, has re
turned from Vancouver, B. C, where
he was engaged in one week's re
vival services. He reported a suc
cessful meeting with 125 conversions.
This morning Dr. Hinson will preach
from the subject, "A 'Christmas Mes
sage. And tonight, the last sun
. . ' lrtf f Jh. vp ' inn, rp Hin-
them, will be "The Death of
I Year." At the close of this service
me orainance oi uciievurs uapkisin
will be administered
Two new publications of Dr. Hln
son's are Just off of the press "The
Return of the Lord." and "Good Chee r
for the Year." One of Dr. Hinson's
sermons Is printed in pamphlet form
each week.
Next Sunday the Bible school of
this church will commence a uni
form study of the Bible by books.
At the midweek service Wednes
day night Dr. Hinson'e subject will
be "The Last Great Prayer Meeting."
There will be a watch n!ght service
held in this church Saturday night
from 8 to 12. Dr. Hinso:. will occupy
the hour from 11 to 12
"International Good Will Christ
mas" will be observed at the Third
Baptist church today. The Rev. Ray
Edwin Close will preach from the
text. "And On Earth Peace Among
Men." Special music will be ren-
,re'd by tne choiTi Tne subject of
the evening sermon will be "Making
Room for Jesus."
The Christmas entertainment of the
Third Baptist Sunday school w'.'.l te
held tomorrow evening at 7:45. The
programme will Include he tableau.
"Adoratlcn at the Manger,". .1 one
act play. "The Students' Chri3t.nas
Night." a shepherds" drill, and reci
tations and songs in which the va
rious departments of the Sunday
school will participate.
At the Glencoe Baptist church', East
Forty-fifth and Main streets, the
Rev. C. H. Dayton, evangelist, will
speak at the hour of the morning
service. In the evening at 7:30 o'clock
the choir, assisted by the Old Soldiers'
quartet, will give a sacred concert.
Albany College Graduates
Co-operate in East.
Rev. Krert Jones) snl W. A.
Squires Kormlnir Church School.
ALBANY COLLEGE, Albany, Or,
Dec. zf. (Speclal.)-'-By a pecu
liar coincidence two graduates of Al
bany college in the class of 1909 are
co-operating In the establishment of
the first correlated school of religious
education In the entire country which
will open the first week in January
In the Oak Lane Presbyterian church
in Philadelphia.
Rev. Evert J. Jones who, after
graduating from the college here, re
sided for a time In Portland, is pastor
of this church, and Rev. W. A. Squires,
also residing in Philadelphia, a class
mate of Rev. Jones, who Is a member
of the educational stafff of the Pres
byterian board of Sabbath school
work, is assisting in this and other
projects of religious education, his
special field being weekday instruc
tion in religion.
Both of these men have attained
recent distinction in the field of re
ligious education. A book written
by Mr. Squires has attained the place
of a ''best seller" in religious book
stores of several denominations. It is
entitled "Week Day Instruction in the
Church." It shows how to correlate
the work of the church, the school
and the home for children's Christian
development.
This new school, which will be es
tablished in the church of which Rev.
Mr. Jones is pastor, will provide three
hours a week of religious instruction,
correlating the lessons of the week
day church school with those in the
primary. Junior and intermediate
grades of the Bible school and Chris
tian Endeavor. The school will be
under the supervision of a joint com
mittee from the Oak Lane Bible school
and the educational staff of the Pres
byterian board' of Sabbath school
work, with the pastor of Oak Lane
church as chairman.
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orator and debater when he attended
Albany college. Representing Albany
college, he won the state intercolle
giate oratorical contest in 1906.
'The Grace of Chrst" Is
Unitarian Subject.1
S per In I Christmas' Musir Will Be
Purniahed This Moraisx.
X Jr. this morning at 10:50 at the
Church of Our Father (Unitarian),
Broadway and Yamhill, will be upon
"The Grace of Christ," a Christmas
sermon. The choir will contribute
especially fine Christmas music to
the service, and the church school will
school and at 4 P. M. of the same dav '
officers and teachers of the church
school will meet.
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'Christian Science," Topic
in Portland Churches.
I sual Services Will Be IeU TodMT
tor C4njres;ations.
"C1
HRISTIAN SCIENCE" will be
the subject of the lesson-ser
mon In Churches of Christ, Scientist,
today.
Christian Science churches hold serv
ices at 11 A. M. and 8 P. M.. Fifth
and Seventh churches omit the eve
ning service. Wednesday evening
meetings are held in all churches at
8 o'clock. These meetings include
testimonies of Christian Science heal
ing. Sunday school for pupils up to
the age of 20 is held in all churches
at 9:45 and 11. except Third and Fifth,
which hold their sessions at 9:30 and
11.
Reading rooms are maintained at
1133 Northwest Bank building, S3
North Third street, 133 North Sixth
street (near Union station) and 148
Killlngsworth avenue, where the
Bible and Christian Science literature
may be read or purchased.
Christian Science churches are lo
cated as follows:
tlrst Nineteenth SAd Everett streets.
Second tast sixth and Holiaday avenue.
Third Kabt Tu'eiftU and JSaljuoai s;reets.
Fourth Vancouver avenue and fimerson
street.
Pifth Sixty-second street and Forty
second ave Southeast.
Sixth Pythian tempi (formerly Ma
sonic temple!. 388 Yamu.Ul street.
Seventh 403 timlta avenue.
The public is Invited to attend the
church services and use the reading
rooms.
United Brethren Churches
to Observe Day.
Christians Services Planned at T
v Ions Places of Worship.
CtjDTiTMi q o, ., iri,.t TTniterf ' Grc of God to All Men in the Birth
HRISTMAS day at the First United , of he ChJJd of Betnlehem.. At 5
Brethren church. East Fifteenth p. jl the transparent will be sen.
and Morrison streets, will be cele- j showing the birth of Christ. At 5:16
brated In appropriate fashion. Both the Sunday school children will ren
mornlng and evening services will i 5""" Chr's,1m", m';m a
carry a Christmas message. At 10:30 I Llt.tle, T?w,n .B.ethlehm' .""?a.n
nVlork th. SunrfaV achnnl will arive I
i" i
Its programme assisted by the aoult ;
scnooi. ..nr.stma. tree aii-u treat
I. fM, T service evtaence
At 7:45 P. M.' the choir of 20 voices
will render
cantata, entitled Th6
Good Shepherd." by Wilson. W. H
Moore is the director; Miss Beulah
Clark, flutist, and Mrs. J. B. Long,
accompanist. This choir also has a
number of good soloists who will par
ticipate. "
Rev. Ira V. Hawley will preach at
Second United Brtehren church this
morning on the subject. "Christ Above
All," and in the evening on "Clean
Up, Sinners." The choir, under the
direction of G. A. Peake, will furnish
special music both morning and eve
ning. At Third United Brethren churcH
Rev. E. O. Shepherd, the pastor, will
speak both morning and evening. The
Christmas spirit will be emphasized
and good music Is promised.
At the Fourth United Brethren
church. Tremont station, the pastor,
Rev. Leila Lucky, will speak this
morning on "The Greatest Gift to the
World." In the evening a Christmas
programme will be given by the Sun
day school.
Lutherans to Hold Service
at 7 This Morning.
Pnstor to Preach on "The Gift
Precious and Divine."
A".
EARLY Christmas morning
matin service will be conducted
by Rev. William E. Brinkman at 7
o'clock at the St. James English
Lutheran church. West Park ,and
Jefferson streets. The pastor will
preach a Christmas sermon on the
subject, "The Gift Precious and Di
vine." The full responsive service with
the processional and recessional of.
mi cieo ciiuir wui oe neta. spe
cial Christmas music will be a fea
ture of the service. Owing to the
Christmas service being held at 7
A. M. there will be no Sunday school
session at 9:50 or regular services
usually conducted at 11 o'clock A. M.
This evening at 7 o'clock the chil
dren's programme and service given
by the Sunday school will be held
in the main auditorium. There will
be singing, speaking and music. Two
beautifully decorated Christmas
trees will grace the church chancel.
A programme will be presented by
the children of both the senior and
primary departments of the Sunday
cchool. . ,
' The Christmas sermon in Our Sav
ior's Lutheran church will be in Nor
wegian in respect to the older mem
bers, of the congregation. Music bjr
the choir and soloists will augment
the service. The evening programme
with the Sunday school in attendance
will be in English.
Thursday evening the congregation
will hold its annual meeting and Jubi-j
iee oeivice. at win no tne congrega
tion's 45th anniversary. The first
service was rendered on that date in
I the year 187S in the Episcopal chapel
on Alder street, the officiatine- nas
tor being Rev. Emil Christenseu. fa-
ther of the present pastor On New
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"iff ws.tlws
Tear's day the confirmation classes
will . attend the annual reunion serv
ice. Christmas will be celebrated with
special services at St. Paul's Lu
theran church. East Twelfth and
Clinton streets, A. Krause, pastor.
The morning service at 10:30 is held
In German. The subject for the ser
mon will be "The Appearance of the
ana .ngnsn win oe usea. xne yni-
rM1 K . fha Th
n eye.
Sundav school meets for
th( rehearsa, at 9:30 p. M. 0n
Saturday SylvcMer service Is held in
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iicai sco i iua; ml j
The First Spiritualist church. East
Seventh and Hassalo streets, holds
services every Sunday at t and S P.M.
Interesting conference meetings In
the afternoon, followed by message
and healing circles. Evening address
given by Ira Taylor.
Jacob Stocker to Preach
Christmas Sermon.
'The Incarnation of Christ" Will
Be Evangelical Subject.
THE Sunday school of the Clay
street Evangelical church at
Tenth and Clay streets will convene
at the usual time at 9:30 and will
be In charge of the superintendent,
E. J. Keller.
At 10:45 A. M. the Christmas sermon
will be preached by the pastor. Jacob
Stocker. whose subject will be "The
Incarnation of Christ." A choir of the
children of the Sunday school will
render the special Christmas music
for this service. .
At 7 P. yt. the Sunday school of the
Clay-street Evangelical church ' will
render an ebalorate Christmas .pro
gramme with appropriate-exercises.
Thursday there will be held in the
parlors of the church a Chinese ban
quet, under the auspices of the mis
sionary committee, where Chinese
dishes will be served and Chinese
decorations will be used. Miss Shoe
maker, principal of a Chinese girls'
boarding school, under the auspices of
the Baptist board, on furlough at the
present, will give a missionary lecture
in connection with the banquet.
On December SI at 8:20 P. M. the
annual election of the officers of the
Sunday school will take place. In con
nection with this a watch-night serv
ice will be conducted.
At Rose City Park Presbyterian
church, this morning, Rev. Donald W.
M. MacCIuer will preach from the
topic "The First Christmas Gift."
Y. M. C. A. to Hold Xmas
Services This Afternoon.
Special Manic Will Re Fnrnlshed
in Aaditorlura at 3i30 o'clock.
CHRISTMAS services will be fea
tured at the Sunday afternoon
meeting at the auditorium of the
Portland Y. M. C A. at 3:30 o'clock
this afternoon. Special music will be
furnished. Several numbers will be
presented by Edward S. Lee, tenor
soloist of New York city. The meet
ing will be held under the auspices of
the religious and social work depart
ment, of which J. W. Palmer is execu-
tive secretary.
A stag party was held in the Y. M.
C. A. lobby last right. Community
singing was featured.
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B. F. Irvine addressed the Y. M. C. A.
Dormitory club Wedn.nrd,ny night.
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the church. Lewrr Eitrrlsr of the building and Father II. A. Knrabnles,
the head ut the rbureh la this dlstrirt.
GREEKS TO OBSERVE FEAST
OF NATIVITY ON JANUARY 7
Portland Members of Orthodox Catholic Church Will Celebrate Christ
mas According to Date Fixed by Gregorian Calendar.
EVENTS of the Tuletide season in
Portland began well ahead of the
actual Aata rf t V. A T.-. .. .. . . i
"l i"e reast 01 tne
Nativity, with school, loflge and
clety programmes.
Tho Christmas events will continue
well after today, and to one section
of the population of Portland Christ
mas day itself will not come vitil
Saturday, January 7. This is the
Christmas date of tb Greek Ortho
dox Catholic Apostolic church, under
the Gregorian calendar. About 1500
Greeks in Portland, and probably as
many more throughout the Pacific
northwest, give their allegiance to
this church and will observe the com
ing festival date. Christmas for the
Greek orthodox church falls on a date
13 days later than our own Christmas
day. ,
Greek Edifice Attractive.
The Greek church, located at East
Seventeenth and East Taggert streets,
is unknown to many residents of
Portland, but it is ti substantial
structure of artificial stone and its
interior presents the typical arrange
ment of Greek houses of worship,
while It is adorned with the work of
well-known artists. Both in the
sanctuary and the body of the church
features novel to many Portlanders
may be Been.
For the Christmas season thej-e will
be profuse decoration with evergreens
and flowers and flags. The American
and Greek flags are to be seen dis
played at the public -services of the
Greek church handsome, large flags
of 'heavy silk, donated by parishoners.
The Christmas services, which be
gin In this church at 9 o'clock the
morning of January 7, will run con
tinuously until the stroke of 12 noon.
First comes the service for the chil
dren, from 9 to 10 o'clock; tiiien the
sacrifice of the mass from 1.0 to 11,
and then the sermon from 11 to 12.
All persons stand during the entire
service of the sacrifice of tike mass.
Priest Hesds Northwest Chnrrh.
The Rev. B. A. Karahales. D. D., Is
pastor, a-nd he also is missionary
apostolic of the Greek orthodox
church for Oregon, Washington, Idaho
and British Columbia. His work takes
him to all of the larger cities of these
states for supervision of the religious
work among the Greek colonies, but
Portland is his headquarters, his resi
dence being 40thi Park street. Once
each month he visits Spokane, where
there is a large Greek colony, and
where a handsome Greek hall was
dedicated last Thanksgiving day. .
Occasionally he visits Vancouver,
B. C, and as often as possible the
other larger cities of the northwest
where there are considerable numbers
of Greeks.
The Portland church is known as
the Church of the Holy Trinity. In
the Interior the main floor is for the I
men and the women and children have
a gallery for Uieir use. This is pro
vided with seats, but on the main
floor there are only a few seats for
the use of aged persons or cripples.
Sanctuary Is Cat Off.
The entire end of the church de
voted to the sanctuary is cut off from
the body of the church with hand
somely carved wooden panels, adorned
with biblical pictures. There are
three oore entering this partition,
one on each side and a central door,
or half-door, closing before the altar,
and used only by the priest in the
celebration 4T the mass. Th other
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doors are used for the gospel and the
sermon.
In front of the partition, setting off
the sanctuary into which only the
prieet is supposed to set foot, there
are eight "condilion," or lamps, .and
two large "mianounlions" for candlea,
all of which were made in special de
sign for this church. Against the side
walls, and close to the sanctuary, are
the carved stands for the men singers
three on each side. No musical in
struments are used in the church, but
the trios sing back and forth, in vari
ous parts of the service. The sinners
stand almost underneath the folds of
tho American and Gre-k flags that
are always in place at the public
services.
Father Ka.rahales, In his general
work among the Greeks of the north
west, is making a strong point of
Americanization, and he insists chat
the American flag shall have the
place of prominence In all Greek
gatherings.
Congregational Church to
Hold Unique Services.
Chorus of ITS Voices to Participate
In Christmas Service.
THE Christmas church service this
morning at the First Congrega
tional church will be unique. For
several weeks Mrs. Carrie B. Adams
has been training a chorus of 175
voices for this service. They are the
fresh voices of the boys and sirls of
thT First church school. They will
sit in the spacious resr gallery, sing
several Christmas carols, and sing
antiphonally with the church choir.
Dr. McElveen will preach a 20-min-ute
sermon on "The Christmas Proph
ecy of Disarmament."
At the evening service a chorus of
45 adult voices and the church quar
tet will sing Charles Fonteyn Maney's
Christmas cantata, "The Manger
Throne." At the conclusion of the
cantata Dr. McEiveen will answer
two Christmas questions: "Does As
tronomy Verify the Star Incident of
the Christmas Story?" and "If Decem
ber 25 is Not the Correct Date of the
Birthday of Jesus, What Is the Cor
rect Date, -and Why Do We Persist in
Celebrating Christmas on the Wrong
Day?"
"Following the Star; What Do Men
Find?" is the topic to be discussed at
the two Christian Endeavor meetings.
The leader of the Senior Endeavor
meeting will be Floyd McKalson andi
the leader of the Intermediate En-I
deavor meeting will be Helen Went
worth. This morning at 9:45 o'clock
the church school will have a Christ
mas celebration in which every de
partment of the school will have a
part. The Women's association has
neciarea a vacation until aner the
noiiaays. tne next meeting or tne
association will be held on Wednes-
day, January 11. On January 12 the
church will hold a meeting to hear
reports from all departments.
Tuesday evening last a large num
ber of Congregationallsts of Portland
and vicinity did honor to the May
flower Pilgrims who 301 years ago
ended a dreary voyage across the At
lantic by landing at Plymouth Rock.
Among the speeches delivered after
the banquet was one by Dr. W. T.
McElveen on "The Pilgrim of Today."
Christmas services are announced
for today at the Highland Congrega-
tional church. Music will be made a
feature at the morning celebration of
the Nativity. There will be Christ
mas hymns, solos and other musical
selections. The sermon of Rev. Ed
ward Constant, the pastor, will have
for Its topic "The Spirit of the Day."
This evening there will be a carol and
picture service, wnen tu oeauuiui
views of the life of Christ will be
shown. The church is to be decorated
by members of the Sunday school in
honor of the festival.
The spirit of Christmas will per
meate all the services of the Sunny-
side Congregational church today. At
the snornlng service the Sunday
school will co-operate with the pastor
in supplying a Christmas programme.
The Sunday school will give the
musical features under the direction
of James Shearer, with Miss Elsie
Smith at the organ.
The Wednesday night Bible class 1
of Dr. Sutcliffe will be omitted this
week.
Thursday evening the church will
hold its annual business meeting. AH
members and friends are urged to at
tend. Saturday night the Senior Endeav
orers w ill 'hold a watch night meet
ing. The Christmas services at the At
kinson Memorial Congregational
church. East Everett and Twenty
ninth streets, will be at the usual
hours of 11 A. M. and 7:30 I. M., ex
cept the Sunday school, which will
meet at 10:30 for a brief session, unit
ing with the church at the 11 o'clock
service.
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Bishop Sumner Officiates
at Service Today.
Holy Communion tovffe Celebrated
at Pro-Cathedral.
V1 HERE will be two celebrations
X of holy communion at St. Stephen's
pro - cathedral today. Right Rev.
Walter Taylor Sumner, bishop of
Oregon, will be the celebrant at 7:45
A. M, and the Very Rev. R. T. T.
Hicks will celebrate at tho 11 o'clock
service. Special music by the vested
choir of .the pro-cathedral will tie
rendered at this service. The ser
mon for Christmas will be preached
by Bishop Stunner at 11 A. M. Then
will be 110 night service.
The Young People's sorletyj will
meet at the main entrance of the Good
Samaritan hospital at 3 o'clock nnd
hold a special song service in the
various wards for the sick. The
Young People's society will hold their
regular meeting in the parish house
at 5 P. M. instead of 6:30 I'. M. us
heretofore.
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St. Andrew's Bnisconal rhnrrh. Ports -
mouth a, nart of l: Chrl.tmaa nrn-
s-rmn . i, h i"a n r t, . m . 1,. . i
gramme. It began Christmas eve at
11:30 and consisted of a choral cele
bration of the holy communion, con
cluding shortly after midnight. Among
the special musical numbers were
a duet. ".Silent Nitfht." sung by Misses
Muriel Thomas and Bonnie De Vaul.
This morning there will be a cele
bration of the holy communion at
8 o'clock, and again at 11 o'clock,
with sermon. The annual children's
service and entertainment will be
held Thursday , night, December 23.
At St. Michael's and All Angels'.
Rose City Pa-rk. Rev. T F. Brown,
vicar, preparations for a hearty cele
bration of the birthday of Jesus have
been made; the church has been beau
tifully decorated with flowers and
evergreens by the Altar guild, and
the choristers, under the direction of
Miss Sue M. Frith, have prepared an
excellent musical programme. The
services will begin at 8 o'clock with
the holy communion.
At i:45 the Sunday school will have
a special festival service of Christ
mas S'I.ks and recitations At the
11 o'clock service Gower's communion
will be sung. The Christmas anthem
will be "O. Holy Night." and C. H
Savage will sing "The Birthday of
a King," by W. H. Ncidllnger.
'
At St. David's Parish. East Twelfth
nnd Belmont streets, Rev. Thomas
Jenkins, rector, the first event of
I Christmas were the children's carol
service and tree at 7 o'clock Chrlstr.as
eve.
Today the holy communion will be
celebrated at 7, 9:80 and 11 o'clock.
Christmas hymns will be sung at the
earliest celebration; the Junior choir
will sing at the second; and the adult,
choir will sing at 11 o'clock, when
there will be procession and sermon.'
The rector will preach on "God's'
Birth; an Event and a Process" At
the night service at 7:30 the choiri
and congregation will sing Christmas!
carols 1
I The Christmas programme at St.
Stephen's. East Forty-second and East V, church will Include special pro
Taylor streets, will consist of theierammeg today at both morning and
celebration of two great anniversaries I .., .,., , . ,
In one. The feast of the patron saint en,n ""Vice, In tne morning wor
of the parish falls on Monday. De-i'P L ,?Iock " Pastor, the
cember 2. and will therefore be cele. Harold H. Griffis, will d.-llver
brated Christmas day. For thisl message on "The Spirit of Chrlat-rea-wn
the men's choir has exerted 1 m- In tl,e evening at 7:45 the
every effort to prepare a fitting church and the Sunday school will
musical programme worthy of the I unI,tc. In the presentation of a spe
great occasion. cial Christmas pageant in five scenes.
B I entitled "The Bethlehem Story," lllus-
BiKhnn Walter Taylor will celebrate trated by motion pictures. Following
at St. Phillip's mission today at lO'the pageant the various classes and
o'clock. This mission has a full
vested choir and has made wonder
ful progress. The little chapel is
beautifully kept and the altar with
Its flowers and candles Is a testimony
to the loving care of the Altar guild.
The Davenport fund has quite re
cently provided handsome candelabra
The bishop will preach the Christ
mas sermon.
During the past week the 11 strong
committees have met and organized
for service. Publicity, halls, enter
tainment, pulpit supplies, transporta
tion, reception, housing, luncheon,
music; all these important matters
have been taken cere of by leading
churchmen. Next week the finance
and automobile groups will formu
late their plans.
Special Christmas Services
Are Methodist Feature.
Consrrrirntlonn of Portland Are As
sured of Fine Exercises.
AT the First Methodist church this
morning Dr. W. W. Youngson will
preach the Christmas sermon. His
theme will be "The Star and the
Manger." Next Saturday niisht there !
will be a watch-night service in the
church parlors. The Epworth League
will have charge of the meeting, be
ginning at t:30 and continuing till
12:05 A. M. It Is expected that Dr.
B. Earl Parker, the new pastor, will
be present to speak at about 11:30.
At the evening service at 6:13 at
Centenary-Wilbur Methodist Episco
pal church there will be a social hour
for young people of the city, to which
all are invited, after which, at 7:30(
there will be a "candle lighting" serv
ice in the church auditorium.
This morning at Rose City I
Methodist Episcopal church Dr.
C. W. Huett. the pastor. will
speak on the theme, "The Glory
of Christmas," and . a special pro-
gramme of music will be given by
the choir appropriate to the greatest
Christian festival of the year. The
programme will be varied and full
of good things from Mart to finish.
In the evening Dr. Huett will speak
upon the subject. "Pool's liold."
During the la.;t week a ;""d.'
: numoer or cottase prayer meetings
1 have bean held in the Rose City Pa: i.
uistrici in preparation for specia:
services which are to begin the In si
Sunday in January, and they will he
continued during the coming week.
1
Woodlawn Methodist church will
, celebrate Christmas with exercises hy
the children at 10 A. M. The pastor's
message at 11 A. M. will be "The Cen
tral Idea of Christmas." A vesper
service at 4 r. M. will close the day.
Special music at all these services.
Presbyterians Will Sing
Christmas Carols.
Dr. llownmn to Preach Today on
Two Forces In Manner."
ft'T'IIE
TWO FORCES OF THH
A MANGER" will be the theme of
Dr. Bowman'a sermon at the morning
service In the First Presbyterian
church. The choir will sing a group
of Christmaa carols ami Otto Wede
meyer will sing the offertory solo,
"Nazareth" (Gounod). At night. Dr.
Bowman will speak on "The Christ
Child In Art."
Tuesday night the auxiliary to the
"Oman's Missionary society will hold
the regular monthly meeting in room
H of the church house. Hiss Eliza
beth Carothtrs will relate some of
her experience with the Mormons in
Salt Uke City, where sho taught
school for a numhar of years. Miss
Mary Campbell will givo a short talk.
Mrs. N. K. Tully will lead the devo
tional service nnd Mrs. p. A. Ten
Haaf will sing. Visitors are welcome
Westminster Presbyterian will hol.I
, f , Jstmas "Prvlces this morning at
10:30. Special music for the day has
been prepared hy Professor Hutchi
son and the choir, and Dr. Pence will
An v-nristmaa Binds
Ages."
the
I Immediately following the preach-
i tne HiDie school will meet
In ono body for a short appropriate
session with Christ nuts songs and
alo a Christmas messago from tho
pastor.
Believing that tho rest of the day
should j(0 celebrated In tne home there
will bo no afternoon or night services
The response of the Bible school In
brniKlng in gifts for ,h ,,,. wng
very gratifrlnir Ind.eJ and this came
ns a great help to the welfare bureau
Just ut this time of year when their
funds are low. The families kh,,,,m,i
were those who nre under the rare
1 .. "'au. 1 no rnurcli is en-
"i ine oureau.
I . . lo .Vvork " ' " ' h-wized
I "cm ics in relieving siiffei
"r io avoid duplication. Enough
cash was given so that the women of
the church will at once, beginning
1ues.ly, do extra sewlnic to provide
clothing and comforters for thoe who
Just now n.. d them badly l cause of
Ihe extreme weather.
Due to th severe wenther the
Cirtstmaa parties for both the be
ginners and primary departments of
the Sunday school were postponed
until the coming week. The exact
da-tcs are left unannounced until there
is a break In theNveather
The Central Presbyterian church
will omit the night service today.
This morning Dr. Walter Henry Nu
gent, pa.stor, will preach on "Tho
Made Name of Jetw " Sunday night,
January 1. the choir will render
Herges Christmas cantata, "Ron of
the Highest."
The monthly social tea of the wo
man's society win be held Wednes
day afternoon at the home of Mrs
falter E. Gray, 13.1 Ent Thlrtv
fourth street. Thoso assisting Mrs.
Gray In entertaining are Mrs E A
Myers. Mrs G. T. MiK'nskle, Mrs. John
Molr. Mrs. Hartley Morgan. Mrs P A
Murray. Mrs. E A. Nealond, Mrs N f'
Norcen. Mis Eliza Parker, Mrs. B IC.
Cogswell. Mrs. C. H. KaMe, Mrs. 11. L.
Archibald.
The monthly "fun night" of the
Sunday school will take the form of a
Christmas party this time and will
be held Friday at 7:30 o'clock. Tho
programme will inclurle sevorai
oi moving pictures. Santa ClAtis. be
ing over his Christmas rush, will ho
present in person and make candy
for all present.
Christian Church to Hold
Special Services.
Rrv. Harold If. l.rlfflx' Topic to lie
"The Spirit of Christmas."
1
i HKlb rMAS at the First Christian
deparunents of the Sunday school will
make their Christmas offerings to
the neejy. cont rihut ing both to the
sufferers in the near ast and to Ih.i
needy in Portland. Last ear tho
offerings for this cause totaled mere
than H500 and it is expected that
this sum wiir be equaled hy the con
tributions at the close of this eve
ning's programme.
Tho Christmas day services at
Piedmont Presh terian church will be
limited to Sunday school at 9:16 anil
the morning service at 11. There will
be no Christlon Endeavor nor night
service. This Is to enable the young
people home from college to enjoy
the Christmas dwy at home. R( v. J.
Francis Morgan will preach in the
morn'ing on "The Manifested Life"
The. services New Year's day will
also he limited, no Christian Elides vo,
nor night service. However, at 7:3"
A. M. a sunrise piajer i,ieetlii i
I which the ouiiK people wlil co-n;-
erate will be observed. Simo.iy s hoo.
and morning eervire will follow e ;
I the usual time.
"Let Us Go Even Unto Bethlehem'
will be the subject of Ihe Rev E. Sut
ton Mace's sermon this morning In
th) Clinton Kelly Memorial Methodist
Episcopal church at Poweil and East
Fortieth streets. There will be Christ-
mas music and on orchestra ut the
services. Epworth League devotin:l
meeting at 6:45 P. M. Mr. Mace will
preach In the Westmoreland chapel
at Milwaukie and South avenues ut
7:30 J'. M.
"Christ, the Prime of Peace." will
(CoticJu.i. u on rCTT :i i
Congregation Beth Israel
Twelfth and Main Sts.
Rabbi Jonah B. W ise
Services Friday evening at S. Sat
urday morning at Hi. 30. Sumlay
morninp at 11. Religious school
Suti'iay morning at 10.
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