The San Francisco call., 1895-10-11
DIVINE SERVICES A-WHEEL
The Beautiful Baptist Chapel
Car Emmanuel" Is In
Berkeley.
SAD DEATH OF ITS DESIGNER.
Last Day Of the Central Assocla-
tion-PIea for California
College.

The Baptist chapel car. "Emmanuel," :"
arrived at Berkeley from Sacramento
Wednesday night and was sidetracked for
services in connection with the meeting of
the Baptist Association, which has been
held there during the last two days. This
chapel on wheels is a beautiful car, the
longest in the country, being IS feet in
length. and was built in Dayton, Ohio, at
a cost of $4,000. This was the price paid
for the coach alone, the trucks, air-brakes
and other belongings being donated by
their builders. The car has seating ca
pacity of 100 persons ana is equipped with
fine cabinet organ presented by the
makers. A bronze pulpit, bookcases and
a full assortment of Bibles, hymnals and
Sunday-school books for the services are
also in the equipment. -
But it is in the other apartments that
the ingenuity of construction and econ omy
of space is carried to the highest point.
There is complete pastors study, library,
consultation and dining room, and berths
for two persons. There are also provision
closets, water tank, coal bin and cozy
little kitchen that would gladden. the heart
of any parsons wife. The whole interior
of the car is furnished in maple highly
polished.
The chapel car was designed and built
under the supervision of Rev. e. G.
Wheeler, who had charge of it during it's
travels over the country until he was
killed in washout near Mitchells Station,
in New Mexico, on August of this year.
The car is now in charge of Rev. II. E.
Hills and it is hauled from place to place
where opportunities for church service are
found.
The railroad companies over the entire
country have been exceedingly courteous
to the chapel-car people, even to placing
Southern Pacific, Wells-Fargo Express and
| the telephone companies frank and pass
everything free over their lines if con-
nected with the car Emmanuel"
The Baptist Association met in the Bap-
tist church at Berkeley yesterday for the
exercises the following committees for the
coming year were appointed:
Publication-H. L. Gear, W. R. Strong, Mrs.
| G. NJ. Hill. Work among young people-Rev.
J: George Gibson, Miss Mary Bamford. George
W. Fraser. New churches-Rev. G. S. Abbott,
temperance-O. A. Lane, Mrs. N. J. Eddy, Mrs.
Mp. Boynton. obituary-Rey. J. L. Allen, q.
\. Gol9sby, H. T; Waite. Resolqtions.Rev.
Whitaker. State of religion and church
Professor J.. f. Wallace, Rev. Robert w.
Whitaker. Mrs. J. Sunderland. Sunday
!
Hayden. Home missions-H. F. Norris, Rev.
W. T. Jordan, Rev. n. Lychsen. STATE mis-
sions-Rev. E; H; Hayden, Rev. ". H. Labou-
sions-Mrs. c. II. Hobart, Rev. ]. Sunderland,
Miss Lillian Berger. Chinese missions-Mrs. F.
]. Ford, Lin Lun. American Baptist Publica-
| ton Soeiety-Rey. Ray Palmer, Mrs. r. II.
| Height
1t was decided to hold the next Central
Association at the First Baptist Church,
| Oakland, on the first Tuesday after the
| first Sunday of October, 1896.
Calvary Baptist Church of Sacramento
| asked permission to withdraw from Cen
tral to Pacific Association, as the other
Baptist church OF Sacramento was in the
latter district. The request was granted.
Revs. c. H. Hobart and s. B. Morse of
the committee on education made earnest
pleas for California College, the Baptist
institution at Highland Park, Oakland.
They recommended the endowment OF a
chair of theology in the college; also the
| appointment OF a financial agent to solicit
funds and patronage. Rev. j. Herndon
| Garnett was chosen for the work.
An entertaining paper on Sunday school
work was read by Miss Ella Berger and a
discussion on the same subject was made
by Rev. J. George Gibson. Miss F. j.
Ford read her report on foreign missions
followed by an address by Rev. r. II.
Graves of China upon the work of the
Baptist missionaries in Asia.
During the association dinners and
lunches have been provided by the ladies
of the different churches in Berkeley, Oak
land, Alameda and San Francisco.
The evening session was mainly devoted
to discussion of the work of various young
peoples societies and to an address by Rev.
NJ. P. Boynton of the First Baptist Church,
San Francisco, who spoke strongly in
favor of the Baptist faith and in apprecia.
tion of the past history of the denomina-
ton. A resolution was passed thanking
the Baptist church of Berkeley and other
Baptist churches around the bay for kind
nesses extended during the convention,
and the press for attention given to the
affairs of the association. A suggestion
was made that the association endeavor to
raise the sum of 500 for the First Baptist
Church of Berkeley in recognition of its
hospitality and to aid in the payment oi
its debt.
This proposal was, however, opposed and
it appearing that members of the Berkeley
church who were present objected to such
action, the matter was dropped.