The morning call., 1890-09-29
OAKLAND PULPITS.
Budget of News From Churches
Across the Bay.
Rapid Strides of Methodism - Yesterdays
Texts-County Funds-A Charge Dis
missed - Political Notes.

The different congregations of the Meth
odist Episcopal Church in Oakland are graf
flied at the return by the conference of their
old pastors Especially is this til e case with
the congregations of Rev. Drs. Ollie and
Heacock and Rev. j. Ii. Wythe Jr. Or.
Ollie has been successful during the past
three years in seeing the membership of his
congregation more than doubled and an adj
dition to t he church property valued at
about $4,000. DR.. Heacock's congregation
has also more than doubled during his min
istrations at the Eighth-avenue Church,
East Oakland, and a new church valued at
$4,000 has been built in place of the one
worth one-eighth of that sum.
The lectures of the Baptist Theological
Seminary opened last Thursday evening and
will be continued each Thursday and Friday
evening. The lectures will be delivered al
ternately in Oakland and San Francisco and
will be on topics connected with Sunday
school, missionary, evangelistic and church
work. The reason for delivery in each place
is that those desiring on either side of the
bay to attend them will not have 10 cross the
bay to do so.
Rev. C. Il. Hobart delivered lecture last
EDDY street, San Francisco, on "Some Sc
crets of Success From Christian Workers"
The same lecture will be delivered at the
Twenlieth-street Church, Oakland, on Fri
day evening, November list.
On the 10th of October Rev. J. O. A. Henry
will lecture on ''HOw to Study tie Bible" at
the First Church, Oakland and on the 30th
will deliver it at Emanuel Church, San Fran
cisco. The class rectations will be at the
building al the corner of Twelfth and Brush
streets, Oakland, decided by Mrs. DR.. L. Ii.
Gray to the seminary
PRESBYTERIAN NOTES.
AT the First United Presbyterian Church
yes erday, Rev. j. G.. Hanna, the eloquent
young PASTOR preached second discourse
ON the prophecy of God to the serpent, in
the Garden of Eden. at shall bruise thy
head, and thou shalt bruise his heel" The
discourse tended to show that while the
seed of the woman had its heel upon tile
head of the serpent, the latter was in many
ways bruiSng and biting the heel, according
to this the first prophecy, but ultimately the
seed of the woman is to have full triumph
in the complete crushing Of the head of the
serpent and in his death. The cXXii psalm
was sung as a solo by Mrs. l.. Murray to
George c. Stebbins' peace to Thee"
Rev. DIR. Owens, Secretary of the United
Presbyterian Board of Home Missions, and
Rev. DR.. A. G. Wallace, Secretary of the
Board of Church Extension, now making
tour of the missions of the United Presby-
terrain Church, are expected to arrive in
Oakland this week from Oregon and Wash
ingtUn where they nave been during the
present month.
The First Presby terrain Church of Oak
land is still without pastor and nothing
definite has been done since the declination
of Rev. DR.. r. +. Coyle of Chicago to accept
the unanimous call made TO him. 1t is said
he off nf the SOniatV hayp a of
prominent ministers OF the denomination in
view but are not yet decided upon any one
of them. Rev. James Eells, son OF Rev. DR..
Eells, has been occupying the pulpit.
PULPIT TOPICS.
At the First Methodist Episcopal Church
yesterday the subject Of Rev. DR.. Ollie was
"Absolom, the Young Politician
AT the Pilgrim Congregational Church,
East Oak land, Rev. G. r. Brainard OF Los
Angeles delivered discourse on the theme,
"a Character Study IN the Comparison of
Napoleon with st. John"
The topic of Rev. II. II. Rice at the Second
Presbyterian Church was THE Saloon
Blockade Against the Home, the State and
the Church."
At the Tenth-ayenue Baptist Church Rev.
Frank DiXon's subject was The Third
Birth"
The theme of Rev. DR.. Boyns at the
Asbury Methodist Church South was The
Strait Gate
The subject of Rev. George H Merrill at
the Market-street Congregational Church
was "PauPS DEFENSE
Rev E. C. Oakley has been formally in
stalled as pastor OF the Plymouth-avenue
Congregational Church. Rev. G.. III. Merrill
of the Market-street Church presided. Rev.
c. W. Hill of San Jose delivered the in
stallation sermon. Rev. DR.. j. X. Mclean
OF the First Church delivered the charge to
The pastor and Rev. DR.. George MoOar to the
people, while Rev. +. b. Pullan of Berkeley
offered the right hand OF fellowship. Rev.
DR.. c. w. Pond of San Francisco offered up
an installation prayer.
The congregation IS increasing in member
ship under the young pastor. The organ
recently in the First Congregational Church
at San Francisco has been remodeled at
cost OF $1,000 and placed in this church.
A RICH ESTATE.
Tie estate of John ii. Druke, deceased,
has been appraised at S2f9,665. The prin-
cipal portion of the estate consists of real
property in San Francisco on Market and
Ninth and Market and Steuart streets. The
total value of the San Francisco property is
S1sS,0O0. There is S565S in money, notes
and personal property, There is $4,000
worth of real property in Oakland, and a
lot valued at 5000 in St Helena.
The Alameda County Board of Education
has granted temporary grammar-grade
certificate to Amy L. Cottrell of Berkeley,
and recommendation for State Educa-
tloDdl ulplOlnaS has ueeu entered III favor OF
Annie E. Durkee and Ada f. Dobbins
Among the new books added to the school
library list was pioneer Heroes"
THE CoUNTY's CASH.
The cash in Alameda County's Treasury
has been counted by the Chairman of the
Board of Supervisors, the District Attorney
and the county Auditor, and shows the
amount to be S134,037 OF this S47. 600 is in
coin and the remainder on special deposit in
four OF the Oakland banks,
The annual meeting of the Associated
Charities of Oakland will be held this even
ing at Hamilton Hall. Rev. DR.. j. K Nc
Lean. the President. will occupy the chair,
and reports from the various societies form
ing the corporation will be made.
Lemuel K. Dras, formerly citizen of
Oakland and member of Lyon Post, G. A.
r., is o candidate for Sheriff at Tucson,
ARR He was member of Company ii,
Thirty ninth Regiment of Ohio Volunteers.
The charge against S. J. Benson of embez-
zling sewing-machine from the Domestic
Sewing-machine Company has been dis
missed.
Alameda.