The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-25
CHRIST CHURCH SUPPLIED
A Special Me citing of the Oak
land Presbytery on Thurs
day.
by the Presbyterian Minis
terIal Union.

Rev. W. Lane, one of the most promi-
nent, though youngest, members of the
Episcopal clergy of the coast has accepted
call to Christ Church at Alameda He
will preach at that church to-day and will
go to MERGED to bid farewell to his old
parishioners this week. He will assume
charge of his new parish as once. Though
but 80 years old, Mr.. Lane has occupied
the responsible position of dean of the
cathedral at Spokane, Wash. He is
nephew of General James Lane and cousin
of George B. Mcclellan. He succeeds
Rev. W. T. Perkins, who resigned in order
to attend to business connected With his
patent of new and improved refrigerator
car.
The reception to be extended by the
Congregational Club to the Commissioners
of the American Board TO Japan on the
10th prox. will take the form of grand
Congregational rally. There will be
banquet early in the evening, and the club
and its guests will repair to the First
congregational Church at 8 P. M, where
there will be large audience of members
of the various churches of that denomina-
ton in the City. A special request has
been made by the executive committee of
the club that all Christian Endeavor,
Women's Missionary, Boys Brigade and
other auxiliary societies should be fully
represented and come in body. Addresses
will be made by DR.. j. L. Barton, secretary
of the board, Rev. J. G. Johnson of Chicago
and A. II. Bradford of Montclair, N j.
The General Association of Congrega-
t.onal Churches and Ministers of Califor-
mia will meet at the Market-street Congre-
gational Church of Oakland October to 4.
Rev. III. Hammond Cole of Olivet Con-
gregational Church has resigned his pas
torate to accept call to the Weaverville
Congregational church.
The Young Ladies' Branch of the
Womans Board of Missions of the Pacific
will hold its annual meeting at the First
Congregational Church on Thursday. The
afternoon session will commence at 2
o'clock. There will be basket supper at
6, and the evening session will open at
7:30.
DR.. W. w. Case will preach on "The
Abbot and the Devil at the Howard street
Methodist Church this morning and at the
evening service his theme will be 1.-The
Saloon-Keeper's Ledger" There will be a
praise service preceding the sermon and
Misses Pearl and Maud Noble will render
selections on the cornet and trombone.
They Will also give vocal duet, and ]. f.
Fleming, the barytone, will sing 1.-THE
Lost Chord"
The Presbyterian Occidental Board of
Missions will give farewell reception at
the Presbyterian Mission on Sacramento
street to the Misses Oneatt on Monday
afternoon. the I'd prox., from 3 to O clock.
The meeting of the Bay conference OF
the Congregational churches and minis
tiers, which has been postponed several
times, will be held at Haywards on the I'd
prox. DIR. Williams series of discourses
on Things That Stand" having aroused
much interest on the part of the ministry
and laity alike that subject has been chosen
for discussion. DR.. Goodell has been re-
quested to speak on the same subject on
that occasion. DIR. G.. o. Brown will be
the third speaker. DR.. Williams will give
the third of his series of sermons in au-
swer to the arguments of skeptles this
evening at Plymouth Church. He will an
! swer the question, 1.-THE Foundations of
Faith. Will They Stand?" His morning
discourse will be on Faith Conquering
Fear"
WAS Christ a socialist? 2" is the question
which the Institute of Applied Christianity
will discuss on Tuesday evening.
The California French Christian Union
will hold its annual meeting in this City
the first week in October,
Abram III. Cannon of Salt Lake City,
one OF the twelve apostles of the Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, spent
few days in this City last week, and is
now at Los Angeles. He is comforting
with other ecclesiastics of the State in
regard to the practicability of establishinga
mission in Japan.
John Beck and w. T. Beattie, Utonians
equally prominent in business and church
matters, will address the Latter-day Saints
at Calanthe Hall this afternoon and even
ing.
Rev. Thomas Filben. pastor of the First
Methodist Episcopal Church, will give
at the Methodist preachers meeting to-
morrow.
Rev. Campbell Coyle will address the
Presbyterian Ministerial Union tomorrow.
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