Los Angeles herald., 1891-05-31
AMONG THE CHURCHES.
A NOVELTY IN THE WAY OF Lee
TURES.
Services Today at Various Temples OF
Worship-A Missionary and an Indian
on the Programme-Church Notes.

A series OF five anonymous lectures is
to be given in the lecture room OF I'm
manuel church, beginning on Wednes-
day evening, June 10th. These lectures
will be exclusively OF literary charac-
ter, and free from political or religious
discussion. The subjects will be an
nounced from week to week, but the
names of the lecturers are not to be
given. Five gentlemen of acknowledged
ability as speakers and writers have
consented to appear, viz: journalist,
a lawyer, a military officer, local poet
and literary man, each of whom Will
deliver one lecture of the course.
Admission will be 30 cents, or season
tickets $3.50 each, the proceeds to be
the church.
June 10th, will be Authors Opinions OF
Each Other.
ST. vINCENT's CHURCH.
The festival of Corpus Christi will be
celebrated with all due solemnity at st.
Vincent's church, corner of Grand
avenue and Washington street, this
morning. The Very Rev. A. ] Meyer,
c. NJ, will officiate at the solemn high
mass, and will be assisted by the Rev.
Fathers Landry and Lynn as deacon and
sub-deacon. The Rev. Father ]. j.
Murray will deliver the sermon. The
following excellent musical programme,
selected especially for this occasion, will
be rendered by the choir: Kyrie, Gloria,
Credo and Agnus Del, from Haydn's
Twelfth mass; Sanctus and Bende-
dictus, from Schubert's mass in O..
Preceding the sermon Mrs. DIR. M. M.
Kannon will sing Lambilotti's Veni
Creator, and for the offertory trio for
soprano, contralto and tenor entitled
Ave Maria, by B. Owen, will be rem
dered by Miss Katherine Kimball, Mrs.
J. j. Schallert and Mr.. Charles S. Wal
ton. Before the mass proper chorus,
Asperges Me, by Novello, will be sung,
in which Miss M. Rohr takes the So
prano part, followed by Mozart's cele-
brated Ave Verum. The services begin
at 10 O'Clock.
PLYMOUTH CONGREGATIONAL.
Rev. A. J. Wells will preach this
morning at the Plymouth Congregation
al church on Twenty-irst street upon
the subject, Growth or Grace? DIR.
Wells believes more in the theology of
this age than in the theology Of the
past, and that a true church should
touch humanity on all sides and concern
itself with all the interests of the peo-
pie. That is the inspiration of the SER
mon today.
TEMPLE STREET CHRISTIAN CHURCH.
Rev. A. c. Smither will preach at II
a. m. on Some New Things. In the even
ing he will preach upon Nebuchadnez-
zar's Dream, which is the fourth sermon
in series of prophetical and historical
sermons. These sermons are attracting
crowded houses. Undet Rev. Mr..
Smither's ministry this church has
grown rapidly in attendance and num-
bers.
CENTRAL BAPTIST.
At the Central Baptist church this
the pastor will preach upon
the subject OF Church Attendance, after
which there will be roll call service.
At night the sermon will be upon the
subject, The Roll Call of Heaven.
THE CATHEDRAL.
At 10 O'Clock this morning Farmers
mass will be given at the cathedral,
with a fine chorus and good soloists.
At the offertory, the Misses Santa Cruz
will sing as a duet, an Ave Maria, by
Wallace. After mass will occur the
procession of last Thursdays
feast of the holy sacrament, called
Corpus Christi.
PARK CONGREGATIONAL.
Rev. Cochrane of Japan, temporarily
chair at the university OF
Southern California, will give talk on
Religious and Social Life in Japan this
evening at $3.50 at the Young Peoples
society of the Park Congre-
gational church. Mr.. Cochrane has
spent twelve years as a missionary in
Japan, and his talk will be instructive
as we'll as entertaining. Rev. Carlyle of
Escondido will occupy the pulpit this
and DR.. Hutchins will speak
in the evening,
Y.P. s. C. E.
All of the young peoples societies OF
Christian endeavor in the city hold a
union meeting, or quarterly conference,
as it is called, on Wednesday evening,
at the First Presbyterian church. Re-
ports of the delegates to the late state
at Santa Cruz will be given
also short talks from society presidents
on the Aim of the G. E. Society. A new
president of the Los Angeles union is to
be elected in the place of Mr.. Hayes,
who has resigned.
SIMPSON TABERNACLE.
Rev. Will A. Knighten will preach at
the Simpson tabernacle this morning
upon Complete Christians. In the even
ing his subject will be What the Word
Can Do.
EAST SIDE CHURCHES.
At the Epiphany chapel Charles Cook,
a Sioux Indian from the Pine Ridge
agency, will speak in the morning upon
religious work among the agency Ind
ians. In the evening Rev. Charles A.
Kienzle will preach upon The Perfect
Love Which Casteth Out Fear.
At Asbury Methodist church DR.. Bre-
see will talk Of the Blessedness of the
Christian Religion in the morning and
the Reciprocal Influence of Pulpit and
Pew in the evening.
Rev. Jenkins will preach at the Con-
church this morning upon
The Song of Moses and the Lamb.
DIR. Pendleton breaches this morning
at the Baptist church about Mlcah's
Vision of the Breakers.
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