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NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
| x oe ebrerved at the Manchester 
hurehes again this year, special 
ristmas tree exercises being held 
for the entertainment of the children 
of the Sunday School on Saturday 
evening, and on Sunday the pastors 
of the Baptist and Congregational 
Reicks preached appropriate ser- 
At the Congregational chapel Sat- 
urday evening the children of the 
Sunday School had a delightful 
_ Christmas tree party. The tree was 
loaded with gifts and there was also 
plenty of candy and candy canes, 
Mrs. William Hooper giving very 
things for the 
young folk on this occasion. Win- 
throp Younger was the Santa Claus. 
Games were played after the tree 
had been unloaded 
At the church Sunday morning 
_ there was special music by the choir. 
The pulpit and rostrum was simply 
but prettily decorated. The pastor, 
Rey. L. H. Ruge preached a very 
helpful sermon on ‘‘The Heavenly 
Host’’, an abstract of which will be 
found on another page. 
The following concert program 
was presented by the children of the 
Primary S. S. at 5 p. m., under the 
superintendent, 
Miss Annie L. Lane, assisted by the 
teachers: 
Manchester . 
Silent Night, Holy Night, 
Opening Chorus 
ee Pastor 
Esther Olsen 
_ Jack Frost Greeting, ....Sydney Baker 
BEEROIGUEL VIN, 0. oo ow ee owe 
Charlotte Hartley, Violet Reed, Ruth 
Olsen, Doris Knoerr, Beth Andrews 
The Promised Christ, .... Mary Knight 
_ Little Christmas Candles, 
Bernice Semons, Ora Norie, 
Barnet, Louise Andrews, 
Stanley 
Pirmiuias, Time, ....... Helen Cheever 
A Prayer for Santa Claus, 
Robert Decker 
Boosie 3 i se 
Wilbur 
aia o 9 po bls 
The Gifts for Jesus, 
John Edgecomb, Roger Baker 
Come Little Snowflakes, 
Primary School 
Santa Claus’ Real Name, Edith Ericson 
The Christmas Story, ...George Knight 
If You Had a Quarter, Mark Sinnicks 
A Christmas Sketch, ...Helen Crowell 
MOOMAND So nde ne a sy we Kathleen Slade 
Christmas Eve, ........ Mathilda Ruge 
A Christmas Carol, 
Luella Stanley, Helen Knight, Mado- 
lin Semons, Madeline Rating 
Make Room For Christ, ..Ruth Decker 
PERRYS ad chess aoa Fs s Pastor 
Hark the Herald Angels Sing 
C ongregation 
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In the Vestry of the Baptist 
church Saturday evening there was 
a large gathering of the members of 
the Bible School for the annual 
Christmas tree and entertainment. 
The room was very prettily decorat- 
ed in Christmas colors. <A large tree 
occupied a position in the front of 
the room, but there was no Santa 
Claus to distribute the gifts to the 
children, so Mrs. C. E. Brown told 
the children a story of the Vacant 
Christmas, and a group of little 
girls, dressed to represent various 
countries, distributed the presents. 
There was also recitations and chor- 
us singing on the program. 
The Christmas music at the Sun- 
day morning service was unusually 
good, and the program printed in 
our last issue was very ably carried 
out under the direction of Choirmas- 
ter Brown. 
- Christmas at the Manchester Churches. 
The pastor, Rev. T. L. Frost 
preached an able sermon on ‘‘Christ- 
mas Tributes’’. An abstract from 
his sermon will be found in another 
column. 
At the Sacred Heart church Sun- 
day appropriate observance was 
made of Christmas. At the Low 
Mass at 8.30 the children’s choir 
sang for the first time and was such a 
delightful feature of the service that 
the hope was expressed that the 
choir be made a regular feature. At 
the High’ Mass at 10.30 Rev. Fr. Sul- 
livan preached an eloquent Christ- 
mas sermon, There was special mu- 
sic by a large choir. In the after- 
noon at 2.30 the children of the par- 
ish gathered at the chureh for the 
Christmas festivities, at which time 
gifts of various kinds were distribut- 
ed to all. 
“CHRISTMAS TRIBUTES’’ 
- 
Subject of Rev. T. L. Frost’s Christmas Sermon at the Manchester Bap- 
tist Church. 
At the Sunday morning service 
Rev. Theodore Lyman Frost, the 
pastor, preached on ‘‘Christmas Tri- 
butes’’, his text being: ‘‘We saw 
His star in the east, and are come 
to worship Him’’. He said in part: 
‘‘Christmas is a time of hustle 
and hurry. The children are 
looking forward to it and the ex- 
pressman comes with mysterious 
pareels.. At last the day comes and 
we find out what the presents are. 
But at this time if we fail to give to 
the Son of God, who gave himself 
to us, we are missing the very best 
in Christmas. 
‘*T will speak this morning on An- 
cient Tributes, Modern Tributes and 
Our Tributes to the King in Heaven. 
‘‘Nature offered tribute to the 
Son of God when he came into the 
world. In heaven above shone a 
brilliant star. Some claim the star 
of the east to be a conjunction of the 
planets; in vain we seek for a natur- 
al interpretation for the star of the 
east. It was a special message from 
God himself, in nature, to herald 
the birth of his only begotten Son. 
The star of the east was in fact a 
tribute to Christ. 
‘“‘There is the tribute of unbehef 
—the tribute of hypocrisy. A prince 
was expected in Israel to become 
ruler of the Jews. When Jesus was 
born King Herod was on the throne, 
-—a man who disregarded religion to 
‘ 
serve a Roman government; a man 
cruel, crafty and cunning. When 
report came the king was startl- 
ed. He pretended to be interested. 
In reality he was murderous. How 
is this a tribute to Jesus Christ, the 
King of Heaven? Wherever there 
is a counterfeit, there is something 
genuine behind it. 
‘There is the tribute of indiffer- 
ence. The Chief Priests came to 
Herod and said Christ was to be 
born in Bethlehem. They were very 
accurate in their knowledge of his 
birthplace, but were too indifferent 
to verify these facts and see if Jesus 
really was born. Yet their indif- 
ference was a great tribute to Jesus. 
‘“‘Then there was the tribute of 
the angels. The angels came when 
Jesus was born. They knew Jesus 
before his birth; they were his an- 
gels and no wonder they were in- 
terested and sang praises to God. 
One came saying ‘I bring you tid- 
ings of great joy’. Then a multi- 
tude came. Ilow wonderful! How 
many lives are blessed as they lis- 
ten to the angels’ song of Bethle- 
hem. 
“The tribute of the toilers! The 
toilers in this world have always 
been among the first to pay tribute 
to our King. These shepherds had 
their flocks. to look after, yet they 
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