The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-01

evening for the benefit of the California
street Methodist Church. Bishop War
ren's researches as an astronomer are
highly estimated in the scientific world
| and no one of his lectures is more cele-
brated than that to be delivered on Tues
day, Forces of the Sunbeam"
Rev. w. l.. Citizens, dean of New Mex
leo, will preach at st. Paul's Church this
morning.
A sacred song service will be held at the
First Baptist Church this evening under
| the direction of r. P. Evans, director OF
the choir. There will be solos by Miss
Alice Partridge and Miss M. Gibbons, a
duet by Mrs. Susan Mills and Miss Part
ridge, trio by Miss Fanny L. Denny, G.
J. Evans and Joseph Mcguire and an
thems by the choir.
st. Marks Episcopal Church of Berkeley
! has called Rev. George Swan of Indian
apolis to its rectorship. He will assume
his duties at once.
Simpson Memorial Methodist Episcopal
| Church will give a farewell reception to
DR.. A. G.. Hirst on Friday evening. That
prom inent divine will leave soon after the
close of the coming conference for his new
charge in Chicago.
A story comes from the Northwest that
Rev. William NJ. Jeffries and Rev. J. P.
1 MarIett, Episcopal and Methodist minis
tiers respectively, preached to a company
of fellow mountain climbers on Mount
| Tacoma on the 18th ult. 1.-THE Sermon on
| the Mount" was their theme.
| Rev. M. D. Wilson, formerly of st. An
drew's Episcopal Church, Oakland, has
| accepted a call to ST. Peters of this City.
| Rev. W. n. Ramsay of Santa Barbara
will preach at the Church of st. John the
Evangelist this morning.
ST. Pauls Church, Pomona, has called
Rev. Searle NJ. Wren, who has been in the
service of that church the past three
months, to its rectorship. and he has
accepted.
Rev. F. D. Miller, rector of st. Paul's,
Bakersfield, is spending months yaca-
ton at Capitola.
Bishop Nichols preached in the navy
yard in the morning and at the Marine
barracks in the evening at NJ are Island last
Sabbath.
DIR. Bertha w. Sabin, who is doing mis-
sionary work at Anvik, Alaska, under
the auspices of Christ Church Mission, has
written an interesting letter to friends in
the City. She says: "You are all so mis-
taken in thinking this place bleak and
desolate. 1t is perfectly lovely, with new
beauties IN every season. The river view
has sunsets unsurpassed in any place I
have ever SEEM" She gives a detailed
account of the life of missionaries and
natives in the 'fone land"
There was social at the rooms of the
First Congregational Church Kindergarten
on Harrison street Friday evening. A. q.
Skilicon, the superintendent, presided
during the programme, which consisted
among other exercises, of an address by
DR.. G. Q. Brown and a cornet solo by Miss
Pearl Noble.
DR.. Williams will perform the rite OF
baptism for large number of infants at
Plymouth Church this morning. The sub
| ject of his morning sermon will be Faith
and Fear and of the evening discourse,
Heart, Hindrance and Herois1il. %
Rev. !. II. Collins of Fresno will fill the
pulpit OF the Third Congregational Church
to-day.
The. matter of transfer of Calvary
Church to the site at the corner of Sutter
street and Van Ness avenue NAV be con-
sidered by the congregation soon.