YESTERDAY'S SERVICES

Evening Star, Issue 15065, 23 December 1912, Page 8

YESTERDAY'S SERVICES

Caversham Presbyterian Church made yesterday memorable, the public use of the now pipe organ being the occasion of special features in the services and large congregations. In the morning the choir sang ' Lord, for Thy Tender Mercy's Sake,' and the communion was taken afterwards In th? afternoon. Mr A. M. Muir. choi?conductor, was presented by the Rev. D, Dutton, on behalf of the "choir, with a silver-mounted baton, in recognition of his assistance in improving the service of praise. Mr Muir in suit-able terms acknowledged the gift, and expressed his thanks to members of the choir for their loyal support. The carol service at night was appreciated by a big crowd. Even-thing went well, and the solos chosen by Mr Chas. A. Martin—'l Know that Mv Redeemer Liveth' and "The Hallelujah'— brought out with fine effect the capabilities ol the new organ. After the ordinarv service at the St Clair Presbyterian Church last night the Rev. G. Lindsay stepped down from the puipit and sat with the large congregation to listen to the Christmas carols that were sung by the choir, under the leadership of Mr S. F. Benton. Some fresh compositions were introduced, and all were effectively sung. Variety was supplied bv soios contributed bv Miss Walker. Mr Ruhen, and Mr Benton. At- the close. Mr T. C. Harrison voiced the thanks of the congregation to Mr Benton and the choir.

At the gaol yesterday morning a Christmas service was held. Mr W. L. Lo.<ue was accompanied by the hospital'"'choir's male quartet (Messrs Ritchie. Allan, Arnot, and Watt). Besides leading the Christmas hymns, which were heartilv and devoticnally sung by all present, the

quartet rendered two items and Mr T Ritchie sang a solo. Mr Logie'e text was from Luke ii., God's Christmas' greet-in" : " Peace on earth, good-will towards men?" Mr Ritchie presided at the organ. In the evening, at the Hospital, the hospital choir, consisting of Misses Logie, Alexander, M'Kiach, Mrs W. Logie and Miss Myall, and Messrs Ritchie, Allan, Watt, and Arnot, with Mr W. Li Logic as con? duetor and Miss E. M. Logie,°A.T.C.L.. as organist, rendered a twodiours' Christ? rnas carol service, the various pieces, including Gounod's ' Nazareth,' 'ln Excelsis Gloria,' ' Adeste Fideles,' and ' 'Tis Night on the Silent Mountains,' were well sung. No one in the institution was overlooked, each ward and the two open-air shelters being visited. Mr F. G. dimming, the eocietv's chaplain, was present-throughout the latter service, and at the conclusion, on behalf of his satiety, thanked the choir for their kind interest in the patients. Appropriate to the time of the year was the sermon delivered by Mr P. D. M'Callum at the Tabernacle, King street, last evening. The text chosen was .Matthew ii., 2: "Where is he that is born King of the Jews?" The speaker spoke upon that most marvellous story of Him who was heralded on the earth as no other being ever was—a story that appealed to old and young with equal beauty and force and power. Consideration was given to the principles upon .which the Kingdom of God is founded, and to those victories of the Cross which were supreme in their grandeur and sublimity.