Show i HAPPY CHRISTMAS FESTIVAL St Marks Cathedral the Scene of a Beautiful Service at Midnight Mid-night At St Clarks cathedral the happy Christinas festival was ushered In by IL i full choral celebration of the Holy Communion Com-munion beginning at the solemn midnight mid-night hour The old church was brilliantly bril-liantly lighted and the altar glowed with eucharistic candles and festal tapers The chancel decorations wero most beautiful beau-tiful consisting of flowers evergreens ands Immortelles The body of the church remained unadorned ur the days of mourning for Blbliop Leonard have not expired The Very Rev Dean of the cathedra was celebrant and L large con rerILLlon llllud the pews and crowded around the altar rail The full choir was in attendance and the flume music rendered with great skill and animation Thorp will be a full choral celebration with splendid musical programme and a Kcrmon by Dean l Eddie beglnninir at 11 oclock this morning At St Pauls the rector used the ab bievlatud form ol tIme morning prayer amid the communion service There was no strniun The music was very good the choir singing together and with good vol tunic and cxpruHslan Mr Berkhoel time organtot plaYed softly during the recital of time commandments with u pleasing effect Today the musical programme will be exceptionally good and will be repeated repeat-ed Sunday |