Word: messiah
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...would only consent to come into real contact with Christianity it would have the effect of an electric battery, establishing a complete sovereignty in their thought, interest, and being. The choir sang the anthems, "It came upon the midnight clear," by Sullivan; "Thus said the Lord," from the Messiah, sung by Mr. Richardson, of Boston, and Gounod's "Nazareth...
...Vespers this afternoon, Mr. P. Richardson of St. Paul's Church, will sing a baritone solo from "Messiah." The choir will sing Christmas anthems written by Gounod and by Sullivan...
...customs of unique character retained at Oxford during Christmastide. At Magdalen College a quaint and remarkable entertainment is given on Christmas Eve. The company assemble in the college hall about nine o'clock in the evening, and the choir at once proceed to sing part of Handel's "Messiah." Soon after ten o'clock, a short interval is allowed for supper, during which the little candles on the vast Christmas tree are lighted; and then, the gas being turned down, the choir commence singing Christmas carols, until the great bell in the tower booms out the hour of twelve, when...