The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-04
CHURCH FOR ALL CLASSES.
A Site Near Golden Gate Park
Purchased for the Howard
Sanctuary.
PLANS FOR THE STRUCTURE.
Architects Are Now Busy on De-
signs for Handsome
Structure.

A deed for p new building site at the
southeast corner of Oak and Baker streets
| has been filed by the trustees of the
Howard Presbyterian Church. The dimen-
| sions of the lot are 125 by 100 feet and the
cost $1S,500. 1t is expected that in the
autumn work on a fine structure, half
| stone and with stone front, at cost of not
less than $4,000, will be begun. 1t is in
tended that the audlence-room and Sunday
school shall communicate, and, when
thrown together, will afford a seating
capacity of 1000. Architects are engaged
upon plans, which will be submitted soon.
The building is contingent upon the sale
of the lot upon which the Howard Church
now stands, but the trustees are satisfied
that the sale will be made. 1t is in the
hands of r. ]. Mercer & Son, who hold the
lot, which has a front of 115 feet on Mis-
sion street, at $500 per front foot. No
price has been placed upon the old build
ing, but it was iocularly proposed by one
OF the friends of the church that the City
purchase it for barracks for the Salvation
Army.
1t is probable that whatever its use it
will not be occupied by any Presbyterian
agency, as within a radius of few blocks
are to be found five other Institutions of
that denomination-th Pacific Presby-
terrain Union Sunday-school, Mizpah
Church, Calvary Presbyterian Church, the
Gospel Mission, in charge of ]. G. Chown,
and the Christian Union Mission, under
the auspices of the First Church
Rev. F. R. Farrand, the pastor of Howard
Presbyterian Church and who will hold
the pastorate of the prospective one, is
comparative stranger in the City, He is
oil ar1d o0gL y,a1yry 10
graduated from Center College of that
State in 1873, studied law for a short time,
but. to use his own language, concluded
that he could be more useful to his fellow
man in the ministry" and with that in
view took a three years course at the
Western Theological Seminary at Allie
gheny, where he graduated in 1885, He
held pastorates at Clinton and Kirkville,
Mo-, and left the Southside Church at
Pittsburg to accept call to this City in
November. His six years la bors in that
church were attended by remarkable re-
suits.
There was an average yearly addition of
100 persons to the membership, and the
progress of the church in other lines was
also phenomenal. He favors preaching
the old-fashioned gospel as opposed to sem
sationalism, the divinity of Christ as
opposed to Unltarianism. and hell as OPP
posed to Universalism." 81 have found"
continued the young preacher, that the
church where Christ and him crucifed is
preached is the church that lives. Those
having sensationalism as basis draw for
q time, but soon go to pieces"
Referring to the new church he said:
''The change is made because, while the
members are scattered pretty generally
over the City the majority live in the
locality chosen. There will be no occasion
for the founding of an institutional church
in that vicinity, although if we were to
remain here / should consider this a good
field for such church. We propose above
all things to make this a church for every
body, place where rich and poor will
meet. l am strongly opposed to the prev
alent class distinctions in churches"