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MANCHESTER. 
Orthodox Cong’! Church. 
Rev. L. H. Ruge, Pastor 
Sunday morning worship at 10.45. 
Sunday School 12m. Y. P. S. C. E. 
6.00 in the Chapel, evening worship 
hi HF Prayer meeting Tuesday 7.30 p.m. 
Baptist Church. 
Rev. Theodore Lyman Frost, Minister. 
Sunday morning worship at 10.45. 
Bible School 12.00 m. B. Y. P. U. 
6.00 in the vestry. Evening worship 
7.00. Prayer meetings Tuesday and_ Fri- 
day evenings 7.30. 
Sacred Heart Church. 
Rev. Mark. J. Sullivan. 
Sunday Masses: 7, 8.30 and 10.30 a. 
m. Rosary and Benediction of the Bless- 
ed Sacrament Sunday afternoon at 3.30. 
Week-day Mass at the Chapel at 7.30 
a.m. 
- Congregational Church, January 2, 
1910. 10.45 a. m. Sermon and the 
Lord’s Supper following. Subject: 
**The Whirligig of Time.’’ 7 p. m. 
Regular service. 
Week of Prayer will be observed by 
the Congregational and Baptist churches 
by four union meetings, held on Tues- 
day, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday 
evenings of next week. ‘The first two 
meetings will be in the Congregational 
chapel, and the last two in the Baptist 
vestry. The first two meetings are in 
charge of Rev. T. L. Frost; the last 
two in.charge of Rev. L. H. Ruge. 
First Baptist Church, Sunday, Jan. 2. 
The pastor, Rev. Theodore Lyman 
Frost, will preach in the morning on 
“In Rememberance of Me;’’ in the 
evening on “‘The Prince of Murder- 
ers.”’ 
The Ever Ready circle of King’s 
Daughters will meet with Mrs. Stidstone 
on Pine street, Monday evening, January 
3. There is to be a Christmas tree. 
Each-‘member is requested to bring a 
present, not over ten cents in value. 
Full attendance desired. 
The Ministering Circle of King’s 
Daughters will meet with Mrs. Anna 
Phillips, School street, Monday evening, 
ge ee oe as “Keep.” 
BEVERLY FARMS. 
“Bebetly Farms Baptist Church, Rev. 
Clarence Strong Pond, Minister. 10.45 
a. m., Morning Worship and Sermon. 
Bible School ‘at 12 m. Class for Men 
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S. C. E. 7 p. m., evening wor- 
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AT THE CHURCHES. 
Storm Last Sunday Kept Attendants Away. 
No Services at Congregational Church. 
Last Sunday’s severe storm kept peo- 
ple away from church in Manchester. 
At the Congregational church no services 
were held, the regular morning service 
and the concert in the evening, for which 
considerable pains had been taken, were 
omitted. 
- At the Catholic church both masses 
were held in the morning and despite 
the storm, they were fairly well attended. 
On Christmas Day two masses were held, 
one st 8.30 and High Mass at 10.30, at 
which Rev. Fr. Brandley sang the mass 
and the pastor, Rev. Fr. Sullivan, 
preached the Christmas sermon. In the 
afternoon the children were treated to 
Christmas sweets, pictures, etc., in the 
chapel of the church. 
At the Baptist church in the morning 
Pastor T. L. Frost was greeted by a 
small congregation of a dozen beside 
himself. He abbreviated the services 
but preached his Christmas sermon in 
full. His text was taken from Luke 
2:14—*‘ Glory to God in the highest, 
and on earth peace among men in whom 
he is well pleased.’”’ He said in part: 
The Song the Angels Sang. 
*“We are apt to think of heaven as 
far removed from earth. We think of 
angels, if we think of them at all, as in- 
terested in singing praises around the 
throne of God, but the Gospel story 
brings out the fact that angels are inter- 
ested in men, and are conscious of what 
men are doing upon earth. Christ's 
birth was foretold by an angel, and the 
angels announced to the shepherds that 
the Christ was born. Angels ministered 
to Jesus after the temptation in the wild- 
erness. Angels rolled the stone away 
from the tomb in which the body of 
Christ was placed. Anvels announced 
to the disciples that Christ would come 
again upon the clouds. We are inter- 
ested this morning in the song the angels 
sang when they announced the birth of 
Jesus. Let us try and understand some- 
thing of the meaning of this wonderous 
anthem the angels sang. 
1. The Angels Song was a Song of Glory. 
““God created man for His glory, and 
He was glorified thereby. The greatest 
glory that has ever come to God came 
in the birth of Jesus Christ. It was the 
highest glory, for it was above all other 
glory in time, extending to all time. It 
was above at other glory in its wonderful 
effects. No wonder that the angels sang 
* Glory to God in the highest.’ 
2. It was a Song of Joy. 
** The little child in the manger was 
to bring to the world a fullness of joy it 
had never known. ‘There is no joy 
equal to the joy Christmas brings. Every 
true Christmas celebration is lacking in 
much if it contains not the note of great 
joy. Eventhough sorrow and distress 
have come to our lives still there should 
be joy in spite of these things at the 
Christmas time. 
You remember in Ralph Connor’s 
little book, ‘ The Angel and the Star,” 
how the shepherd kissed his wife and 
beautiful babe and went off to tend his 
flock. That night the Saviour was born 
and he was one of the shepherds to 
whom the announcement came. The 
day dawned and hereturned to his own 
home. As he approached the house: 
there arose the wail forthe dead, and the 
sound pierced his heart. Yet in spite of 
the fact that he knew death must have 
entered his home he was strangely com- 
forted. ‘Earth; its sorrows and its joys 
seemed small to him who had been. gaz- 
ing into Heaven’s glory and listening to 
Heaven’s music welcoming Heaven’s 
King.’ As his wife met him at the door 
dreading his agony at the news that his 
little child had died, he said, ‘ Peace, He 
is come.’ Then he told of the coming 
of the Messiah. “The mourners left the 
house leaving the two alone with their 
dead. Gathering his wife to his heart 
the shepherd said “ Dear, one, I cannot 
weep today because of the great joy that 
has come. Even though death has 
touched our babe, death’s victory is gone.’ 
3. The Song was a Song of Hope. 
“Tt meant hope forwoman. She was 
henceforthto be man’s equal. It meant 
hope for the oppressed. It meant hope 
for those bound in the shackles of sin. 
It was a Song of Love. 
“*Tt told of God’s love to the race. 
“God so loved the world that He gave 
his only begotten Son.’ 
5. It wasa Song of Peace. 
“Hatred and jealousy are never so 
out of place as at Christmas time. An 
unkindness is put aside, as men try to 
be generous and loving and forgiving 
they find peace. He only who gives 
peace to some other life finds peace.’ 
He only finds peace who serves Christ 
and lives for God’s glory. As Christ’s 
principles of life take hold of nations 
there will be the growth of peace among 
the nations. 
‘Every Christmas carol is simply an 
echo of the Angel’s Song. Glorious as 
was the song the angels sang, the song 
of the redeemed in heaven will be grand- 
er. Shall we be permitted to sing ‘that 
song? It depends upon whether our 
lives have been opened to the Christ of 
Christmas, and whether we try day by 
day to live in the spirit of Christmas, or 
in other words, the spirit of Christ.’’ 
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