The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-15
]. F. Sullivan viii give the principal ad-

]. F. Sullivan will give the principal ad
dress.
Entertainments for the benefit of st.
Bridget's Church were given on Tuesday
and Wednesday evenings. The pro-
grammes rendered on both evenings were
musical.
The Young Ladies' Institute No. will
celebrate the anniversary of its organlza-
ton at Washington Hall on the LIST prox.
A fair for the benefit of st. Joseph's
Church, Berkeley, will be held in the
church hall for ten days, commencing on
the 25th inst.
The Catholic Ladies' Aid Society of Oak
land gave successful picnic at Haywards
on Admission day.
Rev. E. B. Spa1ding, rector of st. Johns
Church, will leave on the 25th inst. for
Minneapolis to attend the Council of Epis-
copal churches to which he was elected a
delegate. He will be gone six weeks.
Deacon e. c. Williams of Oakland will
give an address on Conditional Immor-
tality'' before the Congregational Monday
Climb tomorrow.
Rev. C. Victor Martin of San Juan has
been called to the Haywards Congrega
tional church.
DR.. W. D. Williams will preach the
fourth of his sermons in answer to skepti-
cism this evening at the Plymouth Con-
gregational Church. His theme will be
"God in the Soul-His Shadow in the Uni
verse;" He will discourse upon hereditary
inhuences'in his morning sermon on MAN
Prenatal and Postnatal."
Special preparations are being made for
impressive ceremonies on Wednesday and
Thursday by the Hebrew congregations of
the City. New Years day and the Day Of
Atonement will be observed with impos-
ing rites, and the music will be of an I'M
usually high order.
4 ,1,, A
rabbi to otficiate in San Francisco, Rev.
Julius Fryer, will be installed by the con-
gregation Ohabai Shalome at P. NJ. to-day.
Rabbis Voorsanger, Nieto, Levy and Fried
lander will perform the ceremony of in
stallation. During the same service the
new synagogue erected on Bush street, be-
tween Laguna and Octavia, will be dedi-
Gated. The newly installed rabbi will
preach the dedicatory sermon.
The Pacific Coast Woman's Board of
Missions held an all-day session at the
First Congregational Church on Wednes-
day. Mrs. III. E, Jewett gave an address
of welcome. Mrs. H. N. Hoyt, Mrs. NJ.
Willett, Mrs. Peoples of Siam, Mrs. A. H.
Smith of Africa, Rev. Walter Frear; DR..
q. Johnson of Chicago, Mrs. w. w. Scud-
der, DR.. j. d. Davis of Japan and Rev. ].
L. Barton spoke upon the Importance of
foreign missions. One of the chief speakers
was Mrs. Joseph Cook. wife of the re-
nowned lecturer, who spoke of the sacred
ness of the Scriptures.
The Congregational rally on Tuesday was
! a great success. DR.. Amory HI. Bradford
of Montclair, n. j., DR.. James g. Johnson
of Chicago and DR.. James l.. Barton, the
distinguished guest in whose honor IL was
held, must have been gratified with the
showing of Congregationalism in this City
and vicinity. Mrs. Joseph Cook was one
of the guests and speakers of the evening.
The rally proper at the First Congrega-
tional Church was preceded by banquet
and social hour, participated in by 200
ladies and gentlemen. The credit of the
assemblage is due largely to the Congrega-
tional Club.
st. Johns Presbyterian Church is to
have choir of male voices, whose services
will begin next month.
The successful festival service held at
Grace Episcopal Church on the first Sab
bath of this month is to be repeated by re-
quest this evening. William II. Holt is
the organist and musical director.
The California Mormon Mission head
quarters have been removed from AT Van
Ness avenue to 538 McAllister street, where
Elder Henry 5. Tanner, president of the
mission, is to be found daily. Elder B. w.
Henderson will dwell upon one OF the dis
tinctive doctrines of the church, THE Pre-
existence of Man." at Calanthe Hall,
Pythian Castle, this evening.